body image commiseration thread

godsshoeshine wrote:
i try to help out more at night on weekends so i'm pretty beat. gotta work on this though

just getting sleep even sans exercise help keeps off the pounds, I'm told.

sweetcell wrote:
i haven't been running much recently because of it, hence a few extra lbs.  time to reverse that trend.

Is running the only activity people do? My friends and co-workers do as well. Biking is great for the knees, there's stationary equipment, yoga/pilates…try swimming! Maybe search the internet / runner's forums for advice.

Vas wrote:
wow, some of you guys are real heavy  :o

But, they have height. ;)

vansmack wrote:

Sugartastic wrote:
Chipotle is owned by Burger King - remember that…

McDonalds, not Burger King, was the largest shareholder in Chipotle for a while, but they have since divested their shares, and did so almost 5 years ago, mainly because the founder wouldn't bow to pressures from McD's corp to add additional menu items (like cookies and coffee).  The founder credits McD's investment as the reason Chiptole is now a nationwide chain and for helping him deal with a lot of the pressures of fast growth, but he is also happy to be rid of them.  To say that McD's has any influence over how the food is made is to miss the mark completely.

I was just basing my info off of a post here [couple years back], about what to eat before a show. Okay, don't blame The King. I blame Rhett.
Either way and with blame aside, make good choices at Chipolte, that's all I am inferring.

Sugartastic wrote:

sweetcell wrote:
i haven't been running much recently because of it, hence a few extra lbs.  time to reverse that trend.

Is running the only activity people do? My friends and co-workers do as well. Biking is great for the knees, there's stationary equipment, yoga/pilates…try swimming! Maybe search the internet / runner's forums for advice.

i like biking, but it takes much longer to burn calories. other than that, running is the only exercise i really enjoy at this age

Sugartastic wrote:
Is running the only activity people do? My friends and co-workers do as well. Biking is great for the knees, there's stationary equipment, yoga/pilates…try swimming! Maybe search the internet / runner's forums for advice.

good suggestions  biking is ok, but less intense… i'd rather run 30 minutes than bike for an hour (or 45 mins, or whatever the conversion is).  swimming is too technical.  i can swim just fine, but i never did so competitively.  whenever i try swimming laps i get frustrated, feels like i'm treading water.  i know, i should learn… but i don't wanna learn, i wanna do!  whine whine whine.

i've been running for years.  not gonna stop now, dammit.

I divide my cardio time between an eliptical and a rower. The first burns beaucoup calories while the second does wonders for the upper body.

Vas wrote:
wow, some of you guys are real heavy  :o

Gee, music nerds who sit around on their computers all day talking about bands 99% of the worst was unaware of the existence of being overweight? I'm shocked.

I forgot to mention that I am 6'… and Sugartastic, thanks for the advice.  :)  My Chipotle order is the bean and rice burrito with cheese and guac, which I thought was relatively healthy.  But neither the cheese nor the guac were probably good ideas.

My only consistent exercise is walking home from the bar after hours, raising a pint the 45 degress and 18 inches from the counter to my mouth (my left arm is JACKED) and the occassional yoga class to please the wife and check out the chicks.  Someday I'll take this 6 foot frame to 150 pounds, but it's going to take muscle - fat won't work.

Sometimes, when I drink too much beer I look at my bloated gut and understand what most of you are going through.  Then I burp or fart and I forget all about it…

sweetcell wrote:
related note: any thoughts on overcoming plantar fasciitis? 

Change shoes.  The #1 cause of PF is that you don't have the right shoes for your feet.  I'm sure the doctor can recommend a fancy footwear store to determine the right type of shoe for you (try to avoid orthotics if poosible. Getting the right shoe recommendation wil be key and if you find a shoe you like, nuy a couple pairs and replace before they're to worn in).  If not, next time you're out here I'll take you to the shoe store over by Venerable's place (next to yancy's in my old hood) and they'll give you the full treatment and tell you what kind of shoe would give you the proper support (pronate/supenate/flat foot/6 toes/whatever)….

In the meantime, icing after running is it (with ibuprofen), but seriously, lay off the running until you get the right shoes. Also, don't jump out of bed in the morning - shockingly the #1 way to tear your ligament is jumping out of bed the morning after a long run when the ligament has tightened during a relaxing sleep.

try some aerobics to get rid of your gut, i mean…pouch.

walkonby wrote:
i'm six four and weigh two thirty, been working out for about a month now and do have a little gut due to my desire for tasting the best beers on the planet.  am i fat? 

If you're a chick and you weigh over 125 lbs. - you're fat (if you are less than 5'2" and over 105-you're fat)
If you are a guy and you give a shit about losing a few pounds, you're gay…not that there is anything wrong with that.

apparently, my stats are news, so my cover is blown.  i'll make everyone else feel better.

6'3", 350ish.  down from i think about 375 at my peak.  made some major changes a little while back, and seeing results (weight, cholesterol, blood pressure all down).  merriweather season always gets me into better shape, so i'll probably drop some more soon.

For years, my wife has harped on me for not stretching prior to or after running.  My response: "You don't see cheetahs stretching prior to running."  Granted, comparing myself to any member of the animal kingdom in the realm of physical fitness is absurd.  But imagine my delight when we watched Zombieland (surprisingly not awful), and Woody Harrelson's character said the same thing about mountain lions.

vansmack wrote:
Also, don't jump out of bed in the morning - shockingly the #1 way to tear your ligament is jumping out of bed the morning after a long run when the ligament has tightened during a relaxing sleep.

For me, I'm about 6'1" and right now, weight around 187 or so.  I definitely need to drop a few, mostly around the mid-section, so I just jumped back on a running scheduled; I'm hoping to run the Marine Corps marathon this fall to kill two birds with one stone.  Of course, what's extra annoying is my wife losing more weight than she gained during the pregnancy, all without doing a single bit of exercise.  I think I might have gained a pound for every 5 she lost :(

thatguy wrote:
6'3", 350ish. 

Poppycock. I wouldn't have pegged you at an ounce over 335!

nkotb wrote:
Of course, what's extra annoying is my wife losing more weight than she gained during the pregnancy, all without doing a single bit of exercise.  I think I might have gained a pound for every 5 she lost :(

Benefits of breast feeding and being a new mom? ;)

Doom - sounds like you are doing well. Cheese and avocado can be good; avocado has the good fat and cheese is a good protein. Both help to put on few pounds when needed. (Good choice on the wine over beer…I was just referencing what my Gram had to do.)

sweetcell: there's a local running store that will provide a free assessment of your feet and what shoe you need. I have lots of friends who run extensively and have had the same foot problem. They've had to do a few things to take care of it, but not running on it is key. I thought the swimming might help to take the weight off. You could do water aerobics. :) My doc pushes swimming, so I suggested it. Although, the process to/from the pool once I get home late is cumbersome, which leads me to excuses for not. Currently I just walk and here and there or do yoga or hike…need to do more strength training for the bones and stretching for muscles and flexibility.

I'm 5'9".

Hit my adult low of 142 as a penniless 26 year old in my marathoning prime.

I've been up to 185 in my married government worker incarnation.

I've lost 10-12 pounds since January 1. Mostly by increasing my running mileage and decreasing my beer and snacking intake. I'd like to lost 6-8 more pounds, but I'm not giving up beer. Instead, I've signed up for the Marine Corps Marathon. It will be my first marathon since April 2006.

Glad to hear that Chipotle is no longer owned my McDonalds (I never said BK). Thanks for that info Vansmack. But I've never gone to Chipotle since the day ggw pointed out how many calories were in a Chipotle burrito. I'll be taking my daughter to Java Green for lunch today when my wife (who nonrally works from home) is downtown for a business lunch.

Breastfeeding doesn't necessarily lead to weight loss. Typically, if you're breastfeeding without any supplemental formula shit, you're eating for two people. And if you were a exercise nut (and I'm speaking in the tihrd person here, observing my wife's experience) before the kid, chances are there's just not going to be the time in the day to do what you did pre-pregnancy. And if you're a stay at home mom to a toddler who also works from home and has no nanny, you'll probably overeat and slack on the exercise. But at some point, you'll get fed up, change your diet, get back into running, and do a kickass marathon like my wife did Saturday.

And for the idiot who said any woman over 125 is fat, you're clueless. I dated a gangly woman who was 5'9" 118. My wife is also an athletic 5'9", and will never be anywhere near 125. But she'll still look much better naked than the  5'9" stringbean I dated.  ;)

Prove it.  You can PM me directly with a link to the photos.

James wrote:
My wife is also an athletic 5'9", and will never be anywhere near 125. But she'll still look much better naked than the  5'9" stringbean I dated.  ;)

Doctor wrote:
I forgot to mention that I am 6'… and Sugartastic, thanks for the advice.  :)  My Chipotle order is the bean and rice burrito with cheese and guac, which I thought was relatively healthy.   But neither the cheese nor the guac were probably good ideas.

The tortilla in that burrito alone is 290 calories. 

Switch to the burrito bol, leave the cheese off and you cut at least 390 calories out of that burrito.  You can even keep the guac, which has healthy fat that your body needs.  Cheese does not have healthy fat.