James2
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I was shooting the breeze recently with Steve, and I realized that after the first "I'm going to change my life" push, and I saw what was going to happen, and what wasn't, that I hadn't sat back down and redefined what the hell I am doing.
Lemme put down a bit of a forward. I am (and always have been) a pretty large being. In 6th grade, I was 6'0, and I had hit my current height of 6'2.5 in 7th grade. I have a naturally very large chest and shoulders (I measured a 52 inch chest my junior year of highschool, and a 21 inch neck, and those measurements don't touch me now). However, I happen to have regular person legs running from my knees to my ankles. I have been called a "Potato on toothpicks" or a "fridge on stilts" more times than I care to remember. When the movie "The Incredibles" came out, I got called (and some of my friends still call me) Mr. Incredible. Big Chest, big thighs, but a normal person's calves. Pretty hillarious.
Funny thing is, unlike a lot of people on these forums, I ENJOY being big. I like the ability to enter a party with a full keg hoisted over one arm. I like being able to just pick up my girlfriend and carry her to my bedroom when play fighting. I like getting random nods of respect from smaller men while walking down the street (ladies... this happens much more than you would think... It's an entire meathead subculture, as to who nods first). Nothing gets me more excited than when I get called over to grab something from on top of something tall, or ROOAAAAR OPEN A TIGHT PICKLE JAR. It is a small niche in society, but I love living in it.
How do I maintain my status as Mr. "Large and In Charge"? I lift weights. A LOT. I compete in a variety of different sports at different levels (from Rugby to Adult Kickball).
Anyways, now that we have established that I am nothin but a big 'ol meathead, I'd like to get my goals down. I want to get myself healthier. That could mean a lot of things, so I'll go into more detail. I have already entirely given up fast food. For something that I had grown so accustomed to (I used to eat it at least one meal a day, on average), I feel so much better without it. No more 2 99 cent double cheeseburgers and a 10 piece mcnugget. Basically, I have never been a nutrition-focused person because I have always been so active that my caloric expenditure always balanced out enough of the garbage I was eating. I want to change that. I've been reading through these forums, and doing some external research, and I want to get my intake to be a solid, healthy intake to match what I have been doing physically.
Anyways, Just figured that if I post here every so often it adds another layer of accountability, which is always good.
--James
Lemme put down a bit of a forward. I am (and always have been) a pretty large being. In 6th grade, I was 6'0, and I had hit my current height of 6'2.5 in 7th grade. I have a naturally very large chest and shoulders (I measured a 52 inch chest my junior year of highschool, and a 21 inch neck, and those measurements don't touch me now). However, I happen to have regular person legs running from my knees to my ankles. I have been called a "Potato on toothpicks" or a "fridge on stilts" more times than I care to remember. When the movie "The Incredibles" came out, I got called (and some of my friends still call me) Mr. Incredible. Big Chest, big thighs, but a normal person's calves. Pretty hillarious.
Funny thing is, unlike a lot of people on these forums, I ENJOY being big. I like the ability to enter a party with a full keg hoisted over one arm. I like being able to just pick up my girlfriend and carry her to my bedroom when play fighting. I like getting random nods of respect from smaller men while walking down the street (ladies... this happens much more than you would think... It's an entire meathead subculture, as to who nods first). Nothing gets me more excited than when I get called over to grab something from on top of something tall, or ROOAAAAR OPEN A TIGHT PICKLE JAR. It is a small niche in society, but I love living in it.
How do I maintain my status as Mr. "Large and In Charge"? I lift weights. A LOT. I compete in a variety of different sports at different levels (from Rugby to Adult Kickball).
Anyways, now that we have established that I am nothin but a big 'ol meathead, I'd like to get my goals down. I want to get myself healthier. That could mean a lot of things, so I'll go into more detail. I have already entirely given up fast food. For something that I had grown so accustomed to (I used to eat it at least one meal a day, on average), I feel so much better without it. No more 2 99 cent double cheeseburgers and a 10 piece mcnugget. Basically, I have never been a nutrition-focused person because I have always been so active that my caloric expenditure always balanced out enough of the garbage I was eating. I want to change that. I've been reading through these forums, and doing some external research, and I want to get my intake to be a solid, healthy intake to match what I have been doing physically.
Anyways, Just figured that if I post here every so often it adds another layer of accountability, which is always good.
--James
