The Motorcycle Diary
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baglady2713
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major wishy washiness ahead....LOL
i have always felt that our lives & all the choices we make are the result of two forces...destiny/fate & free will acting together...
for eg you chose to join WLF...but i believe (but as you should never believe anything 100%...i'll say i believe it 85%!!) that the ppl who you meet on here is down to fate...who you are meant to meet for both good or bad...those who you will 'click' with & those you won't...everything is meant/a learning process...even our mistakes...if we learn from them...then they are not mistakes...we can rewrite our pasts!!
told you this/i was a bit doolally!!
as for causality...isn't everything cause & effect?? every moment/every thought/every word said or unsaid.../every choice/every deed/every decision...they all set things in motion...they all cause an effect of some kind...the great tapestry of life no less. i think we have two paths to choose from at any given moment in time...which ever path/action we take...will determine which set of consequences come into being/exist...maybe its not really even about which path you take but the learning from the experience.
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how could i forget the old saying....
lifes a journey not a destination blahbahblah...have i put you to sleep now with my ramblings??! LOL
i have always felt that our lives & all the choices we make are the result of two forces...destiny/fate & free will acting together...
for eg you chose to join WLF...but i believe (but as you should never believe anything 100%...i'll say i believe it 85%!!) that the ppl who you meet on here is down to fate...who you are meant to meet for both good or bad...those who you will 'click' with & those you won't...everything is meant/a learning process...even our mistakes...if we learn from them...then they are not mistakes...we can rewrite our pasts!!
told you this/i was a bit doolally!!as for causality...isn't everything cause & effect?? every moment/every thought/every word said or unsaid.../every choice/every deed/every decision...they all set things in motion...they all cause an effect of some kind...the great tapestry of life no less. i think we have two paths to choose from at any given moment in time...which ever path/action we take...will determine which set of consequences come into being/exist...maybe its not really even about which path you take but the learning from the experience.
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how could i forget the old saying....
lifes a journey not a destination blahbahblah...have i put you to sleep now with my ramblings??! LOL
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Schwa
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lol, no. I love to ramble. I think I’ll do some rambling myself.
I think you have an interesting and romantic perspective but I have to disagree. I think much of this comes down to how we as humans tackle the difficult questions. If you look at the whole of human history, rarely has mankind left difficult questions unanswered for long. That's not to say that we manage to satisfactorily answer those questions, lol, because we often make up our own answers when the real answers are still beyond our reach. Religious examples of this phenomenon include everything from our primitive explanations of the Sun, to the cause of disease, the origin of lightning and thunder, the tides, the elements, earthquakes, etc. You’ve already provide some examples for fate. How many events (both large and small) have been mistakenly attributed to the direct influence of supernatural beings or fate in human history? More than you or I could ever count I’m sure, regardless of where we stand on the spectrum of belief for fate and spirituality.
But I think that answering our own questions is only part of the problem. We also have a tendency to ask the wrong questions. For example, for centuries we asked ourselves what happens to water at the end of the Earth rather than questioning whether or not the Earth was flat to begin with. There's nothing wrong with asking the wrong questions. After all, they sometimes lead to the right ones. The problem comes with the assumption that we're asking the right questions to begin with. For example, think of a man who can’t grasp the concept of eternity or infinity. He might keep asking "How did it all begin?" Perhaps there was no beginning as we understand it and the better question is "What is that nature of all that is?" Or how about a woman asking, “What is the meaning of life?” The question is pretty pointless if you’ve never sufficiently answered the question, “Does life even have meaning?” (And by I mean “meaning” is the larger sense of that word, because of course we can give our lives meaning)
A third problem (among many others I’m sure) is that each of these questions and answers is framed by our individual perspectives and world views. Hey, we can’t help it! We’re only human after all, but dang, what a major limitation. A man who grows up in a Christian culture is likely going to be a Christian, a woman who grows up in a Muslim culture is likely going to be a Muslim, a kid raised in a liberal household (in the states) is likely to be a Democrat. Lol, or how about this example… I find it hysterical when I hear people say “Isn’t it terrible that they eat dogs in other countries!” while they’re stuffing their face with a ham sandwich and blissfully unaware that pigs are not only smarter than dogs but make amazing, loving pets! Man, I’m digressing.
I guess my point (did I have one?) is that from my own limited perspective I see these three issues rising to the surface over and over again. Despite a few millennia of examples when it comes to the gooey stuff we continue to answer our own questions, assume we’re asking the right questions, and more often than not we don’t even bother to consider the possibility that all of those things we have always “believed in our hearts” to be true might be nothing more than social conditioning. For all of these reasons and more I'm a die hard prickles! I'm very willing to accept that I'm probably going to die without ever getting answers to all of the BIG questions.
Whew, feels good to talk about something of substance, but it's past my bed time and I need to crash! G'night!
baglady2713
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I think you have an interesting and romantic perspective but I have to disagree...??? i like that...a kind of compliment followed swiftly by a dismissal LOL
i read what you said with interest...but of course i just find it all a tad...well prickly...we do both agree you'll be surprised to hear on one thing actually...
that the BIG questions are essentially unanswerable...but to me thats not really even the point...i am interested in an individuals take on things...why we think the way we do...environment yes can be a large factor but i believe nature always outweighs nurture in everything...my sisters and i basically had same upbringing...but our perception & actual experience of our childhoods are/were vastly different...our charcter influenced not only our reactions to events/ppl around us at the time...setting different consequences in motion but it continues to have an influence now in our reflection of that time...for the record i want my younger sisters parents!!!!
i have soooo gone off topic now but for eg...my elder sister used to say to me...its your fault you get hit so much you should cry the first time he slaps your face like i do...then he stops. now was she right??? would my dad have stopped hitting me if i'd showed that he'd won?? that he'd crushed me?? made me cry??? i have to say yes she was probably right no doubt he would have...but me being me...stubborn arse that i am!! i wouldn't/couldn't!!
i had a point somwhere..i know i did????
oh yes...you kind of pipped me to the post with your mention of the questions some ppl ask even though they can't be answered/when we don't know they are even the right questions to ask at any given time etc or even why some ppl insist on asking questions wanting to know the WHY/HOW of things & others don't...b/c as i mentioned to you before i have a quite a large quote/paragraph from a book i really like...which i think captures this really well...(i'll put it on my diary as i've rambled on yours enough...sorry!!)
& as for the BIG questions i have one that can bamboozle my brain if i let it...(btw do you know i watched an interview with natalie wood the other day & she actually said the word...discombobulating...i swear to god!! told you i never made it up...what a word...everyone reading this should try & use it in a sentence today...why?? well why not??! plus its good to discombobulate other ppl!! i do it often apparently...without even trying...just a gift i guess!!)
bit busy now but i'll post it in my diary in a bit...
incidentally bamboozle...to perplex, mystify or even hoodwink...
discombobulate...to confuse or disconcert or even upset, frustrate...
i do like words...the funnier sounding the better...no idea why...
the word naughty always makes me smile...it even sounds 'naughty' just saying it!! why is that??!
arctic monkeys..cheeky chappies from the north...(of england btw
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how naughty does he sound when he says tales of naughtiness!!? or maybe its just me...
i like the word mardy...sulky, awkward, un-co-operative...mardy bum
(he even says i can't be arsed too...i put a little translation just for you in my diary...LOL. btw this songs cut off a bit early at the end)
from a mardy bum in sunny springy liverpool.........
i read what you said with interest...but of course i just find it all a tad...well prickly...we do both agree you'll be surprised to hear on one thing actually...
that the BIG questions are essentially unanswerable...but to me thats not really even the point...i am interested in an individuals take on things...why we think the way we do...environment yes can be a large factor but i believe nature always outweighs nurture in everything...my sisters and i basically had same upbringing...but our perception & actual experience of our childhoods are/were vastly different...our charcter influenced not only our reactions to events/ppl around us at the time...setting different consequences in motion but it continues to have an influence now in our reflection of that time...for the record i want my younger sisters parents!!!!
i have soooo gone off topic now but for eg...my elder sister used to say to me...its your fault you get hit so much you should cry the first time he slaps your face like i do...then he stops. now was she right??? would my dad have stopped hitting me if i'd showed that he'd won?? that he'd crushed me?? made me cry??? i have to say yes she was probably right no doubt he would have...but me being me...stubborn arse that i am!! i wouldn't/couldn't!!
i had a point somwhere..i know i did????
oh yes...you kind of pipped me to the post with your mention of the questions some ppl ask even though they can't be answered/when we don't know they are even the right questions to ask at any given time etc or even why some ppl insist on asking questions wanting to know the WHY/HOW of things & others don't...b/c as i mentioned to you before i have a quite a large quote/paragraph from a book i really like...which i think captures this really well...(i'll put it on my diary as i've rambled on yours enough...sorry!!
)& as for the BIG questions i have one that can bamboozle my brain if i let it...(btw do you know i watched an interview with natalie wood the other day & she actually said the word...discombobulating...i swear to god!! told you i never made it up...what a word...everyone reading this should try & use it in a sentence today...why?? well why not??! plus its good to discombobulate other ppl!! i do it often apparently...without even trying...just a gift i guess!!
)bit busy now but i'll post it in my diary in a bit...
incidentally bamboozle...to perplex, mystify or even hoodwink...
discombobulate...to confuse or disconcert or even upset, frustrate...
i do like words...the funnier sounding the better...no idea why...
the word naughty always makes me smile...it even sounds 'naughty' just saying it!! why is that??!
arctic monkeys..cheeky chappies from the north...(of england btw
)how naughty does he sound when he says tales of naughtiness!!? or maybe its just me...
i like the word mardy...sulky, awkward, un-co-operative...mardy bum
(he even says i can't be arsed too...i put a little translation just for you in my diary...LOL. btw this songs cut off a bit early at the end)
from a mardy bum in sunny springy liverpool.........
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Schwa
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Woot! Great day, and it's Friday! Hell yeah!
We've had so much rain lately and it was finally sunny today. I took my dog to the park after work and followed that up with a good workout. I actually jogged today! I haven't jogged in something like a year and it felt really good. I only did 1 1/4 mile on the treadmill before switching to my bike to finish off the workout, and only 2 and a half of those laps were jogging laps, but still... it's a step in the right direction, right? lol
My resistance training is also paying off. I'm already seeing impressive results after only 3 workouts. Fitness kicks ass!
We've had so much rain lately and it was finally sunny today. I took my dog to the park after work and followed that up with a good workout. I actually jogged today! I haven't jogged in something like a year and it felt really good. I only did 1 1/4 mile on the treadmill before switching to my bike to finish off the workout, and only 2 and a half of those laps were jogging laps, but still... it's a step in the right direction, right? lol
My resistance training is also paying off. I'm already seeing impressive results after only 3 workouts. Fitness kicks ass!
Schwa
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Thanks for the encouragement, Melissa.
So I just set up my camera in preparation for taking some progress pics on Monday should I happen to reach my first big goal of 299lb. I took some "practice" shots a min ago and yikes! Ghastly! lol
For some reason my body has been burning fat around my legs and my ass but leaving it everywhere else, thus accentuating my barrel of a torso. It sucks to feel skinny (due to the relative gains in fitness that I have made over the last few months) and yet be so far from it. Ha ha!
No worries though, really. I'm honestly not overly bothered by it. After all, I'm about to be on 3rd pair of pants since starting the weight loss process, and that's pretty sweet. I'm down 3 notches on the new belt I bought last month. I've been able to wear all of my old 3X shirts and now they're starting to feel a little loose. I fit into chairs better. I have more energy and I feel great. So yeah, I really have nothing to complain about
Hope everyone is having a great weekend!
So I just set up my camera in preparation for taking some progress pics on Monday should I happen to reach my first big goal of 299lb. I took some "practice" shots a min ago and yikes! Ghastly! lol
For some reason my body has been burning fat around my legs and my ass but leaving it everywhere else, thus accentuating my barrel of a torso. It sucks to feel skinny (due to the relative gains in fitness that I have made over the last few months) and yet be so far from it. Ha ha!
No worries though, really. I'm honestly not overly bothered by it. After all, I'm about to be on 3rd pair of pants since starting the weight loss process, and that's pretty sweet. I'm down 3 notches on the new belt I bought last month. I've been able to wear all of my old 3X shirts and now they're starting to feel a little loose. I fit into chairs better. I have more energy and I feel great. So yeah, I really have nothing to complain about
Hope everyone is having a great weekend!
hey dude, how goes? i head back to the gym tomorrow! anyway i was going to say that your legs are your largest muscle group, so expect to lose there fat. i have no idea how next week will turn out, not exercising and all. good luck to you on hitting 299! wish me luck tomorrow too!
Schwa
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Kureansu not exercising?!
I'm almost glad to hear it. Now we know that you're human! hehe. 
But in all seriousness, it's probably a good thing for you to give your body a little rest. Good plan.So yeah man, best of luck to you. I'm very glad to have you around. I love that we pretty much have the same goals. It keeps me a little more motivated just to know there's someone else here hoping to lose the same amount of weight... even better that you're ahead of me. You're my white rabbit, lol
M_Marie
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Thanks for the encouragement, Melissa.
So I just set up my camera in preparation for taking some progress pics on Monday should I happen to reach my first big goal of 299lb. I took some "practice" shots a min ago and yikes! Ghastly! lol
For some reason my body has been burning fat around my legs and my ass but leaving it everywhere else, thus accentuating my barrel of a torso. It sucks to feel skinny (due to the relative gains in fitness that I have made over the last few months) and yet be so far from it. Ha ha!
No worries though, really. I'm honestly not overly bothered by it. After all, I'm about to be on 3rd pair of pants since starting the weight loss process, and that's pretty sweet. I'm down 3 notches on the new belt I bought last month. I've been able to wear all of my old 3X shirts and now they're starting to feel a little loose. I fit into chairs better. I have more energy and I feel great. So yeah, I really have nothing to complain about
Hope everyone is having a great weekend!
whoo hoo.... dont you LOVE the bummer reality that you cannot choose where you lose your fat first?
I am losing mine all in my waist and my boobs. now THAT is a bummer. victoria secrets push up bras and i have been tight since i started wearing bras lool.......l i REALLY couldnt afford to lose 3 inches in my boobs right off the bat HAHAHAanyways my problem spots are my thighs and my butt... so i hope those start kicking into fat shredding gear soon... or i might have to take matters furter into my own hands... that could get ugly hehe. Think butter knife and sand paper... ill get those rolls off somehow hehe. im bummed ive stayed at the same weight for almost 3 weeks now. did that happen to you at all???
ANYWAYS, this is your week!!!!!!!!!! 200's here we come!!!!!
Schwa
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Hells yeah!
I haven't hit a plateau just yet... unless you count the week I had a party at my place and ate and drank myself silly (weight gain that week). I know the plateau is probably coming soon so I'm mentally preparing myself for it. Then again, I know people who have lost 100 pounds without hitting a plateau, so you never know.
Too bad we can't switch weight loss areas. I could stand to lose a few inches off MY boobs. LOL!
Thank god I can laugh about that.
cinderelly
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Your doing great!!!Although i think your a lil greedy to not share any motivation with me*pouting*LOL
I dont have to much to say and im not really gonna touch on anythign as we talked for a long time last night
I hope you have a great day today and you will totally rock 299 or less!!!
Your doing great!!!Although i think your a lil greedy to not share any motivation with me
*pouting*LOLI dont have to much to say and im not really gonna touch on anythign as we talked for a long time last night
I hope you have a great day today and you will totally rock 299 or less!!!
Schwa
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Okay, so who's the idiot that decided it was a good idea for me to stay up until 1:30am and drink an entire bottle of wine the night before a lifting day? Oh damn, I'm that idiot! 
My workout today was fricken miserable and I barely got through it. I felt like I was totally sapped of energy about half way through, and I only managed to complete my routine because I refused to give up (for better or worse). From start to finish my routine took 53 minutes, which is about 13 minutes longer than usual. Bah. I think I also pulled a muscle in my neck due to sloppy form on my squats. The bar was riding a little too high on my shoulders rather than on my back during the last set. So yeah, lots of stupid mistakes today but the lessons have been learned... the HARD way!
I think I'm going to skip this coming Wednesday's lifting workout, either that or drop back on the weight and focus on smooth reps and exacting form for one session. We'll see how I feel com Wednesday afternoon.
Oh, I also snuck on the scale around mid day just to see what number popped up... it was 305. hehe. I'm not too concerned about it because I probably had several pounds worth of water by that point, not to mention breakfast and lunch. Still, here's hoping tomorrow's number is significantly lower!
Okay, time for some water, some aspirin, and maybe a nap! Gah!
My workout today was fricken miserable and I barely got through it. I felt like I was totally sapped of energy about half way through, and I only managed to complete my routine because I refused to give up (for better or worse). From start to finish my routine took 53 minutes, which is about 13 minutes longer than usual. Bah. I think I also pulled a muscle in my neck due to sloppy form on my squats. The bar was riding a little too high on my shoulders rather than on my back during the last set. So yeah, lots of stupid mistakes today but the lessons have been learned... the HARD way!
I think I'm going to skip this coming Wednesday's lifting workout, either that or drop back on the weight and focus on smooth reps and exacting form for one session. We'll see how I feel com Wednesday afternoon.
Oh, I also snuck on the scale around mid day just to see what number popped up... it was 305. hehe. I'm not too concerned about it because I probably had several pounds worth of water by that point, not to mention breakfast and lunch. Still, here's hoping tomorrow's number is significantly lower!
Okay, time for some water, some aspirin, and maybe a nap! Gah!
Schwa
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By the way, I'm going to the movies this afternoon for the first time since starting this weight loss process a couple of months ago. I already know that I won't be tempted by the popcorn, candy and soda, but wow, what a change this will be!
It was not uncommon for me to order a large popcorn with layered butter, a large soda, and maybe some twizzlers at the theater. I was usually able to finish it all too! That's like two days worth of calories for me now! lol. Sometimes I'd buy my candy at a gas station prior to going to the movies just so I wouldn't be totally ashamed to be purchasing both the popcorn AND candy from the same person. How sad, eh?
Hmm, maybe I'll sneak a little bag of air popped popcorn (no salt, butter or oil) in my pocket
It was not uncommon for me to order a large popcorn with layered butter, a large soda, and maybe some twizzlers at the theater. I was usually able to finish it all too! That's like two days worth of calories for me now! lol. Sometimes I'd buy my candy at a gas station prior to going to the movies just so I wouldn't be totally ashamed to be purchasing both the popcorn AND candy from the same person. How sad, eh?
Hmm, maybe I'll sneak a little bag of air popped popcorn (no salt, butter or oil) in my pocket
baglady2713
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yeah even when i was really slim...my sister & i would spend a fiver on sweets at the pictures (cinema) & then insist on diet coke........hahaha
think i'm a little too quick for you re our 'little' discussions LOL....
so don't worry....you don't have to answer my latest contribution anytime soon...you can't help being slower love!!!!!!
a bit of einstein for your journal..........
pink to make the boys wink...
"The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility"
think i'm a little too quick for you re our 'little' discussions LOL....
so don't worry....you don't have to answer my latest contribution anytime soon...you can't help being slower love!!!!!!
a bit of einstein for your journal..........
pink to make the boys wink...
"The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility"
phatcat
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It's pretty great when you get to the point that you're able to not just make better eating choices (not buying giant popcorn, soda, and candy at the theater), but recognize how outrageous your previous behavior was. So kudos to you!
As an aside, when I used to get drive thru (Burger King, Wendys, etc.) I'd feel so embarrassed about how much I was ordering for just me, that I'd often order things that looked like they were for two people (2 small fries instead of one jumbo). Which of course just made a bad situation worse!
As an aside, when I used to get drive thru (Burger King, Wendys, etc.) I'd feel so embarrassed about how much I was ordering for just me, that I'd often order things that looked like they were for two people (2 small fries instead of one jumbo). Which of course just made a bad situation worse!
Schwa
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lol, yeah, I've done that before! Except I'd usually just order two drinks as a cover up
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Well, today was weigh-in day and by the scale I've lost .4 pounds (doh) thus brining me to 301.6. The 200's will have to wait for another week.
No worries though. I worked really hard this week and I've been noticing more positive changes in both my body and my performance, so I'm still moving in the right direction even if the numbers on the scale haven't heard the news.
As an aside... Wow I'm really tired this morning! Historically speaking that means I'm probably going to be tired the entire day. Damn
is 302 cursed?!?!
man i am annoyed by that. when i hit 302. it made me linger for while before it pushed through! i hope you don't slow down here like i did, but then again, i seemed to ahve picked up steam every since then, so it all balances out. i am glad that you know you are heading in the right direction, because discouragement gets you nowhere. why am i telling you this? you know this! anyway. keep up the progress. times like this i saw its a transition from muscle forming and fat losing, and that explains the slow loss. keep it up man, i'm starting to gain distance on you again! we can't let that happen!
man i am annoyed by that. when i hit 302. it made me linger for while before it pushed through! i hope you don't slow down here like i did, but then again, i seemed to ahve picked up steam every since then, so it all balances out. i am glad that you know you are heading in the right direction, because discouragement gets you nowhere. why am i telling you this? you know this! anyway. keep up the progress. times like this i saw its a transition from muscle forming and fat losing, and that explains the slow loss. keep it up man, i'm starting to gain distance on you again! we can't let that happen!
cinderelly
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You added weight training in to your routine, just recently right you are building up muscel
You know for damn sure you will cross that line next week!!!
You know for damn sure you will cross that line next week!!!