The Motorcycle Diary

Thanks Kureansu. I ended up going out with some friends last night. They had several massive dark beers and a big plate of French fries with 4 types of sauces/dips. I had two miller lites and a glass of water. :)

So I weighed in today and ended up at 307 pounds. Despite being down another 4 pounds I had one of those annoying days where I felt fat all day long. For some reason whenever I get that feeling the last thing I want to do is workout, but I'm about to force myself to do 30 min of intense interval training on the bike followed by some heavy bag time so that I can officially tell my attitude to go #$@& itself.

All right, off I go…
 
Woot! That was a great workout. I'm going to start increasing my sprint intervals by 5 secs each week until I'm at a 1/1 ration of steady to sprint. The shape of my legs has changed so much since I started losing weight and exercising. My torso is still shapped like a barrel, but hey, it’s a slightly smaller barrel.

I was in the mood to cook so I made a shit load of spinach dip and jalapeño dip from scratch. I also chopped up two packs of pita pockets in preparation for baking some flavored pita chips for the dips (they're awesome). No worries, I plan on bringing ALL of the dip and the chips into work tomorrow and giving it away to my coworkers and our clients. I didn't even have any of the dip myself this evening, which is good because I probably made 15,000 calories worth. I just felt like making something :)

Oh, I also bought 60 free range cage-free eggs and a bunch of shredded cheddar to make eggs and cheese served in bread bowls tomorrow morning. Fortunately a local women's group donated the bread so I didn't have to spend on those. There was also a big loaf of sourdough I’m going to dig out and use as a bowl to serve the spinach dip.

I'm looking forward to tomorrow. There are few pleasures greater than watching such a large group of folks ravenously devour your cooking :D. Then again, since I didn't taste any of it myself I suppose it could have turned out really bad! :puke:
 
:DDAMN!!!I need to live near you:DAre you lookin for a g/f:D

HEH HEH HEH!!!

Im sure your co - workers will love you tomorrow!!!
 
cinderelly said:

Im sure your co - workers will love you tomorrow!!!
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It's really all part of my evil plan to fatten them up while I get thinner. That way even before I reach my goal weight I'll look thinner by comparison... at least while I'm at work.

Oh, and would you really want a man who makes you mega-high-calorie dips, decadent layered baked ziti, or homemade cinnamon rolls on a regular basis? lol
 
Schwa said:
Oh, and would you really want a man who makes you mega-high-calorie dips, decadent layered baked ziti, or homemade cinnamon rolls on a regular basis? lol
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Man after my own heart, as long as we exercised lots!!!

Exercise can be in many different forms, HAHAHA

:coolgleamA::coolgleamA::coolgleamA:
 
well done!!!

i noticed your ticker thingy when you left a post on my diary...another 4 lbs lost!!!:jump:




to cinderelly...so its not just be thinking about that other form of exercise then?? hahaha


schwa...i left you a post to put your mind at rest re my case anyway!! LOL


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you made all that yummy snack food & didn't eat any???????
i like the bread as bowls idea i'll have to copy that...but yes i would definitely eat some!!
 
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baglady2713 said:
you made all that yummy snack food & didn't eat any???????
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Heh, yes indeed, but I really wasn't tempted. Food like that seems like a waste to me considering how many calories are packed into a single bite. I could eat a huge salad with 4 oz of baby lettuce and spinach, plus several tablespoons of my favorite balsamic vinaigrette dressing and end up with half the calories I would get in a single bite of that dip on those pita chips I made. :ack2:
 
By the way, these last two days have been miserable for some reason. I've been in a really foul mood and had zero motivation to work out. I have also been feeling very negative in general, especially about my weight loss propects. I don't know if it's the time change or what, but it's very annoying. At least my eating has been on track.

Fortunately I'm already feeling much better this morning and I'm looking forward to a good workout this evening. I really hope the rain holds off this weekend so that I can go hiking again with my dog. That was a blast last weekend.
 
i know what you mean...last week i was soooo sure i'd never eat more than i needed ever again...then slipped earlier this week...made me realise though i shouldn't...ever...get complacent about it. most of the time now i feel a bit of a buzz...i can tell my bodies happier & functioning better as its not being overburdened by extra food thats for sure...at other times i just think fuck it...i can't be arsed!!!

i like your posts...but i've noticed you sometimes don't post for a few days...i'm nosey like that LOL make sure you allow yourself to talk about the negative stuff/days too...always better out than in...i think so anyway :)


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do you say can't be arsed in the US?? i mean i know you say ass not arse...or do you say can't be assed??! can't imagine not saying can't be arsed...as i'm such a slacker at heart!! LOL
 
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Schwa said:
By the way, these last two days have been miserable for some reason. I've been in a really foul mood and had zero motivation to work out. I have also been feeling very negative in general, especially about my weight loss propects. I don't know if it's the time change or what, but it's very annoying. At least my eating has been on track.
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Ive been here two...I havent exercised all week, Ive been off and sick again and still pretty emotional:(

I gotta get my shit back together here...
 
come on schwa! get pumped! get back in the game. no reason to doubt yourself at all. the numbers are pushing the right way, and you know you know what you are doing. just keep at it man. believe it or not i get motivation from you as well, and i can't have you feel down in the dumps. I'm by nature not a negative thinker, because i believe in thinking things into existence. There are times when i am disappointed, but i always just pulled the positve from it and realize things can always be worse. Glad you are better though!
 
hello again...

& hi to relly & kureransu too!! :)


thinking about what you said about feeling miserable/being in a foul mood...

my mood can change from one extreme to the other very quickly at times...its like i have to monitor myself constantly!! very happy/alls right with the world...to very pissed off/don't want to get out of bed...ever!!

think possibly a mixture of my character & my genes...after all even depression has a biological basis...seratonin levels blahblahblah...& depression seems to be in my family...it doesn't affect every member of course!!

when i was in goa yrs ago i went to see a guru...as you do!! anyway...within minutes he said to me...you fly so high then....bang!!! you fall all the way down.........i remember thinking how is it possible that this little indian guy with a beard that went down past his waist who lived alone in a little hut 'gets me' so quickly & with far more insight than friends/family/exes ever have?????

once again i'm rambling....& even worse i'm doing it in someones elses diary... & all you probably meant was that you'd just had a few off days!!
 
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baglady2713 said:
i like your posts...but i've noticed you sometimes don't post for a few days...i'm nosey like that
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Yeah, when I’m feeling down I tend to avoid any additional social interaction. As for coming here to talk about the bad stuff as well as the good… well, I’m a guy, and we tend to brood in a dark room and growl rather than talk about our feelings. Oh, and no, to the best of my knowledge we don’t say “Can’t be arsed/assed” in the states.” It’s a big country though, so maybe it’s used regionally elsewhere.

cinderelly said:
Ive been here two...I haven’t exercised all week, Ive been off and sick again and still pretty emotional:(
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Sorry to hear that, hun. I hope you feel better soon and bounce back from the funk. I finally got some exercise today, but prior to that I didn’t exercise for two days :(

kureransu said:
believe it or not i get motivation from you as well
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Hey! Why do you sound like we should all be surprised by that?!!! lol, I’m kidding, I’m kidding.


I’d just like to take the opportunity to thank the three of you for sticking by me, even through my funks. I know I haven’t been around as much as I used to be. It’s been a roller coaster for sure.

I was able to bounce back today for some reason. After work I took my dog to the park and got to exercising right away when I arrived home. I did another 30 min of interval training on the bike and increased my sprints to 35 secs. The additional 5 secs doesn't seem like much, but I could really feel each of those extra seconds during the final 15 min. Ouch. After that I hit the weights and did some dead lifts, squats, bench press, military press, and a few other exercises involving multiple muscle groups.

I must admit, I had some NO-Explode prior to my workout today and I could really tell the difference. That stuff is pretty crazy.

I hope all is well. I'm going to come visit you in your journals to see what's happening in your lives.
 
yeah, everything is going well, it seems that you and baglady are also online, so maybe we'll see mucho replies here. so tell me, what exactly does no explode do for you?

oh and yeah its no problem, you and bl pretty much started the same day as me, you guys are like my WLF best friends. always gotta check on you and if i veisit no one else's diaries it will always be you two.
 
spooky...kureransu i came back to ask what that no explode thing is too!! we're so insync hahaha

anyway does it actually increase your metabolism...like a bit speedy??


you two & relly were the first ppl i spoke to on here too...funny how we're drawn to different ppl isn't it??

apparently 'they' say you're drawn to different ppl/friends in your life b/c you have something to learn from them & they from you...like magnets i suppose...so it figures that we 'repel' those we don't get along with/have nothing to learn from & vice verca for them too...hmmmm i could buy that...but i'm thinking that you two might be too rational for that...ie think its a load of baloney!! :D
 
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