We made it! Some of us are smaller than we started, others are bigger, others just hung out and gave support. It’s time to celebrate!!!
As for me, I had a good February, a bad March, and a good April. Next challenge, I’m ready to set a true weight goal and possibly a strength goal.
Starting in a few weeks, ALeapAtTheWheel will take over for GlibFit challenge #2, another 10 week challenge with new goals and new material!
Hello Glibs,
We will be taking a 4 week hiatus from GlibFit, and then will be returning with GlibFit 2.0, son of GlibFit. I will be taking over for GlibFit 2.0. Do Not Adjust Your Set. GlibFit 2.0 will return at the Same Glib Time, Same Glib Channel.
Take a month to get fat and lazy, but be back here with your decoder rings ready. We will have a special, secret message for every Junior Glib Ranger four weeks from today!
-ALeapAtTheWheel
This morning I weighed in at 312.
The only good thing about that number is that it stopped going higher for the time being.
You’re a man in full, UCS. A master of the universe.
Well, someone is a Tom Wolfe fan!
How do you log your intake?
I don’t. I focus on changing the hundred little bad habits that led me down the road I’ve been on. I know I’m probably still eating too much, and a more obsessive fixation might have better outcomes in the short term, but the misery quotient skyrockets, and the underlying behavioural problems will resurface with a vengence. The more I think about food, the more likely I am to go hunting for something to eat.
I hear you man. I was 375+ at my highest (6’2 on a good day) and you don’t do that by skipping food. But you can’t outrun or outlift your fork. Particularly if you’re still eating a typical American diet heavy on the fried stuff and calorie dense stuff.
Some people say when you change your diet you kind of lose the taste for sweets and fried stuff and all that. Yeah, I don’t know how true that is. I can’t keep certain shit in the house, because I will eat it all. Like I don’t buy sweets at all, because I will eat a whole goddamn row of Oreos in a sitting.
I will say this time of year is the best time to kind of shock your diet a bit better. Fresh produce and grilled meat, you eat that between May and September. It’s hard for me to keep eating well in the depth of winter because the tomatoes and peppers are hothouse grown.
So far, it has not been even close to true for me. The biggest crave item for me is still sugar, followed by grain-based carbs.
Some people are fucking idiots. I never had a thing for sweets, but there’s an internet meme that says you should find a girl who looks at you the way Leap looks at a bag of Ruffles.
I have thrown out cookies because they were stale, and I bake regularly without a problem, but I can’t be trusted with a loaf of bread.
Out of sight out of mind. My filter is at the grocery store. If it makes it in the house it will eventually (read: immediately) be eaten.
I am better able to filter what I buy if I shop immediately after dinner. At that point, it’s easiest to tell myself ‘No’.
Yeah I do that. I also don’t go down the aisles, except on discreet grabs for items. I hit produce, get lots of veggies and fruits, hit the back wall for meat and eggs and yogurt, and when I get things like rice or pasta or coffee from the aisles, I walk straight to that item, grab it, and walk away. I don’t amble up and down the aisles, I beeline and grab.
“If it’s not on the list, it doesn’t go in the cart” is another thing that helps me. If I am not restocking my diet soda stash, I try and grab the smaller carts too.
Some people say when you change your diet you kind of lose the taste for sweets and fried stuff and all that.
My sweet tooth is much diminished since I got strict with myself. Even after years of diminished starch/carb intake, though, I still love them so hard. So, mixed results.
Like I don’t buy sweets at all, because I will eat a whole goddamn row of Oreos in a sitting.
It is much easier to exercise self-control an hour a week at the grocery store than 24/7/365. Get stuff you know you shouldn’t be eating out of your house. Clean out your fridge and your pantry, and don’t buy it any more, and voila you won’t be eating it. I learned this lesson when I quit smoking – I really quit buying cigs, and after a few weeks/months I got tired of bumming cigs and I was done.
2 Cigs a Day, down from 20+ a day, Yippee
/Darn Coffee in the Mornin’
I will never not enjoy that Michelle Janneke gif.
Yeah. Me too.
I made it to the gym at least once each week in the challenge. Pretty good considering I was traveling three of those weeks. I didn’t lose any weight, but I did get stronger. I went from pathetically weak to embarrassingly weak. If I keep it up, I’ll be merely not strong by the end of the next challenge.
Nice.
It’s progress. Take it.
Got two more steroid injections in the ole’ back yesterday. No lifting and/or serious exercise for a while.
What the hell did you do to yourself?
He wore a concrete brazier in solidarity with the FLBP girls.
And then he used it to roast a rack of ribs, I guess.
Fuck me.
Lol.
Boobs and BBQ.
Mmmm.
I wish.
Genetic defect that didn’t manifest until now. Congenital spondylolysis resulting in anterolisthesis. Played soccer and lifted for decades, then all of a sudden BOOM. Not unusual according to my neuro. Basically my L5 is dislocated from my S1. To avoid making it worse, resulting is more pain, severe damage and, worst case, paralysis, I’m off straight bar powerlifting forever. I can still do bodyweight stuff which is what I’m focusing on.
Likely related in some way to my growth hormone abnormalities.
At least I was only born with two wisdom teeth so at least I had one genetic oddity working for me.
Holy shit, Q! That’s kind of scary. Any possible surgical fix?
Wow, that sucks.
And your doctor is sure boobs aren’t the cure?
So, Q has . . . lower back problems.
God apparently has a cruel sense of humor.
Absolutely missed that one.
SAD!
Nice work, Mr. Dean.
For the back, yeah there is but they strongly recommended against it unless the pain and/or other problems become unbearable. Surgeries like this almost always start a domino effect of more and more surgery, so they said do PT and lifestyle changes for as long as possible (ideally 20 years) before considering surgery.
For growth hormone stuff? Levels are back to normal. Out of all the physical abnormalities that it’s caused, the only one that bothers me and is fixable is my prognathia; though that itself would be a real pain. 2 years of braces, surgery, followed by liquid diet for 2 months. Ugh. Everything else that came from it I don’t really care about.
If anything I’m uniquely positioned to sympathize with these young ladies.
Surgeries like this almost always start a domino effect of more and more surgery,
This is true. As they lock up one vertebral joint, the lack of flexibility stresses other vertebrae, and the dominos start falling. You are lucky to have a doctor who recognizes this and thinks its a bad thing.
Holy shit.
RE: the back surgery: My grandfather’s time in the Airborne during the war fucked up his back. He had surgeries for it later in his life. It did not improve things for him. You should be careful about them.
We will have a special, secret message for every Junior Glib Ranger four weeks from today!
Hmm. I might actually be out of the brace by then.
Thanks for doing this, trashy! It was fun and, despite being injured a bunch of the time, I’m pretty happy with where I’m at.
I second the thanks.
You were injured? I must have missed that or forgotten. What happened?
Bacon magic came back, gloves were dropped.
Way OT (since the lynx are dead): Returning to Wade Boggs and his incredible dipsomaniacal ability, what gift of genetic bizarritude would you pick if you had to choose?
– Ability to drink 100 beers in a day
– Ability to ejaculate multiple times in a row without stopping like this guy: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01614576.1998.11074222
– Natural immunity to HIV like this guy: http://nymag.com/health/bestdoctors/2014/steve-crohn-aids-2014-6/
I got out of bed today. Does that count for anything?
Also, I agree with Chipwooder re: Michelle Jenneke
In addition,, 1969-era Mariska Veres.
Not to be greedy, but I also want the bass that guy is playing.
P-Bass?
Yes. 3 color sunburst, rosewood neck. (wipes drool off chin)
Or mock-playing.
That totally counts.
This is why Riven is universally beloved.
For no reason, more Shocking Blue.
Take a month to get fat and lazy, but be back here with your decoder rings ready.
It *might* stop snowing by then. That would help.
My last weigh in was Monday, at 349.6… exactly what it was 10 days before that. But in that time, I lost 2 lbs of fat, gained 2 lbs of lean muscle, and my stomach shrunk by… some number I don’t have access to right now. Pretty good, since I was on the road those ten days, and had my little sibling’s wedding in that time.
Oh, and the pain in my knee seems to be completely gone. I went from hardly being able to drop my ass in a half-ass squat a month an a half ago to being able to get down and stay down in an ass-to-ankles squat. So that was new and exciting. So exciting I did a shit load of bodyweight low-squats once I got back in the gym.
And I promptly strained my quad. :/ For some odd reason, it wasn’t used to that full range of motion. But 4 days later, and still no knee pain, which is astonishingly exciting. Now I can do all those things I’ve been using tendinitis as an excuse to get out of. Like gardening, and landscaping, and cleaning the floor, and organizing the tupperware on the bottom shelf. :/
Awesome!
Nice work, Leap! It’s been fun reading about all your wins.
Keep it rolling!
After looking at the link, I had to try the third world squat. Easy – I have no problem putting my butt on my heels. I suspect it is one of those things that is hard for men and easy for women – like the hula hoop.
In both of those cases, the different bone structure of the hips would be implicated.
Yep. I got into hula hoop because it was the one thing at the gym I could do that my fit young male trainer could not.
Could be. I know that men’s hamstrings get adaptively shorter as they age compared to women. Wouldn’t surprise me if it happens to other muscles as well.
Wouldn’t surprise me if it happens to other muscles as well.
That would explain all these intriguing email offers I get . . . .
Good job!
Nice work Leap.
I dropped 9 lbs during the challenge, which is pathetic for my situation. Should’ve been 20 if I had any self control in the month of March. However, I’m fairly consistently tracking calories and have started using the gym at the new office over lunch. Hoping for a more productive 2nd challenge.
-9 is better than +9, or +0.
Not in the challenge, but down 12
“-9 is better than +9, or +0.”
Exactly. My highest weight was over 375 pounds. I have maintained between 182 and 187 for about a year now.
It’s all about the trend. Down is down, up is up, even is even.
That’s fantastic Viking.
OT – remember The Conservative Party of Canada leadership race from last year? Remember how the dairy lobby in Quebec basically railroaded the leading candidate, Libertarian and free market booster Maxime Bernier?
It seems that The Conservatives are *really* pissed that he is talking about what a bunch of crony corporatist jackasses that they are.
http://nationalpost.com/opinion/andrew-coyne-tories-cry-foul-as-maxime-bernier-spills-the-beans-er-milk-on-leadership-race
Why did they want to stop Bernier? Because he had campaigned to abolish supply management, the official euphemism for what would otherwise be known as a state-sanctioned price-fixing scheme in force in several agricultural industries, dairy among them.
….
You would think this would be something of a scandal. The leadership race was hijacked by members of a vested interest who not only had no prior involvement with the party, but most likely wished it ill: what in civilized countries are called “entryists.” The winner of the race, the party’s current leader, sold himself and the party, not just to the highest bidder, but to a particularly venal bidder at that, with a direct financial interest in the outcome.
…..
So naturally the response of party supporters, on being lately reminded of all this, was fury … at the guy who pointed it out.
That would be Bernier. In his forthcoming book, the plangently titled Doing Politics Differently: My Vision for Canada, a chapter of which was released this week, the former industry minister recalls how Scheer’s campaign courted the dairy industry’s “fake Conservatives,” who were “only interested in blocking my candidacy and protecting their privileges.”
If this is the bunch of clowns we expect to unseat Trudeau, Canada is fucked.
remember The Conservative Party of Canada leadership race from last year?
I’m lucky if I remember Canada even exists.
Gord, that was a great read. Thanks.
I have been unbelievably fat and lazy for the past 8 months. I lament how bad I’ve been. I’m going to start fixing that soon, I swear. Just need to drink a few more beers first…
I’m afraid you’re out of beer.
Not a playa, but I will be next time. I’m down almost ten pounds to just north of 190, where I plateaued for now, due to a strict diet we were on for a week and a half. My goal is to get down to 180.
I know what I need – my diet is fine (just need to discipline my portion size). I need exercise, which means a new habit/routine. I am a creature of routine to the point where my days are nearly ritualized. I need to knock a half hour, forty-five minute hole in my morning routine (and not by getting out of bed earlier), and fill it with physical activity.
I’m practically a skinsuit filled with jello at this point, so this will suck.
The good news is that you make gain the fastest when you just start out. You’ll be shocked how fast you progress.
And the chicks will like you more, so there’s that!
And the chicks will like you more
Not sure that’s possible. *slicks eyebrows back, winks*
Stands taller, licks own eyebrows.
I’m pretty much in your position – just north of 190 and full of Jell-O. It wasn’t always this way – I just need to go to bed a bit earlier and get up a bit earlier so I can go to the gym in the morning – because it doesn’t fly in the afternoon for me.
The worst soreness is the first two weeks, after that the muscles are more tired than sore.
I’m like that too. A fancy new gym opened literally across the street from my office. I kind of resigned myself to the fact that the Lord wanted me to work out in the mornings. Then I discovered that if I could be out the door in 15 minutes in the morning, I could get an exercise and shower in and be at my desk at the same time as before.
I have a gym in the building where I work. Pretty well equipped, even staffed with physical therapists/trainers off and on during the workday. Have I gone, even though it is less than 100 yards from my office? Of course not.
In my defense, I will not be able to set a routine during the workday for going to the gym – there are too many demands on my time. I could just get to the office an hour earlier, but I spend enough time here as it is and just resist the idea.
In my defense, I will not be able to set a routine during the workday for going to the gym – there are too many demands on my time. I could just get to the office an hour earlier, but I spend enough time here as it is and just resist the idea.
That’s the hard part… The office can be unpredictable sometimes. I went to the gym Monday and Tuesday, and knew that I wasn’t going on Wednesday because the GC was in town and wanted to have lunch. Then my lunch schedule got messed up yesterday, so no gym. Today I’m working from home, so my physical exertion may be mowing the lawn. Missing Thursday instantly took the wind out of my sails.
This helped. I will need the next one, tho’…and it will be harder.
Take a month to get fat and lazy
Will do, I’ll start by eating this entire pizza for lunch.
Did you forget the cheese? It seems light on the cheese…
…and heavy on crust.
There’s a layer of cheese under the toppings and then a dusting on top, the crust is a little doughy, next time I’ll try rolling it out for my 16″ screen, that one’s a 12″
I suppose toppings can sit on top of cheese. My habit is to put the cheese on as the last topping, and entomb the rest.
That’s how my wife likes it, but I prefer the maillard reaction happen on both the cheese and the toppings. The meat is objectively better when placed on top.
So why didn’t you cook it properly before dropping it into the pizza?
And your subjective opinion is noted.
I’m man of many talents, but patience isn’t one of them. I’m waaaaaaaaay too lazy to do anything more than slice the toppings prior to jamming the pizza in the oven.
I’ve been deliberately making my cooking more involved so that I don’t make as much food at any given meal. Thus permitting my own laziness to aid my diet goal of “eat less, fatass”
This sounds awful, but it actually works out quite well (in my subjective opinion):
Boil your pepperoni* (briefly) before putting it on pizza. It gets some of the fat out of the pepperoni slices, making the pizza less greasy and kind of concentrates the pepperoni flavor a little and helps the pepperoni crisp up a little in the oven.
*No euphemism
Still doing P90X. Week 2 of phase 2 and definitely seeing improvements.
Feeling good and my jeans almost fit my waist like they should.
Only problem is my large shirts are getting a little tight in the shoulders and I don’t have a lot of extra large shirts.
A candid picture on set of episode two filming.
*pushes ‘Nuke’ button*
*walks away*
Someone is angling for a guest writer slot with The Hat and the Hair.
I thought he only met with Trump twice. Now he’s greeting him on his first day?
Well, that’s what men of unimpeachable principle do, see.
Damnit, Chipper.
I still need to lose a few more pounds but am about where I should be.
Just need more exercise, a lot more. I carried a bull-calf across the field yesterday. That should count for something.
You just need to do that every day like the legendary Greek wrestler.
Sounds like quite the workout but it won’t be long before it could start carrying me instead. Fiesty joker, just a day old and it already tried headbutting me.
Ah here, Milo of Croton.
Legends say he carried his own bronze statue to its place at Olympia, and once carried a four-year-old bull on his shoulders before slaughtering, roasting, and devouring it in one day.[2][3] He was said to have achieved the feat of lifting the bull by starting in childhood, lifting and carrying a newborn calf and repeating the feat daily as it grew to maturity.
When I was 16 I had to carry one down our hill to the barn because a crazy cow chased the mom away and the calf didn’t know who to follow.
Hell of a workout, better than gym time.
Kind of similar situation. Our gelded jack donkey tried to kill to it. I was away and my wife saw the donkey stomping it into the ground. Dumbass bull just stood there watching his son getting killed by a gelded donkey a third his size and did nothing but bellow.
She took the GSDs with her and charged the donkey with a stick. The shepherds drove him and the 3 female donkeys away. She said it was really incredible to watch them take over just by instinct without any commands needed. They split and just drove the herd, keeping the donkeys circled while moving them.
When I got home, I had to haul the calf to the barn and lock it up in the corral along with the mother. Now I gotta get rid of this damn donkey.
What an ass!
Dammit, I was going to make that joke.
All our menstruation cycles are starting to synchronize too.
You’re not menstruating, you’ve just got brutal hemorrhoids.
As someone who has had multiple ‘roids rubberbanded, I resemble that remark.
You know who else was named Milo and like to have a big stinky beast on his back every day?
I would actually read that.
The number of responders who think it’s real are a little disconcerting.
But god damn, Trump is taking no prisoners.
I’m not a big fan but when he’s right, he’s right.
Like I’ve said before, it take an incredible amount of work to make Trump look like the reasonable and truthful man. But our DC/Media complex is up to the job.
Yeah, Comey made the mistake of getting in the gutter with Trump. Nobody wins against Trump when things get personal.
Speaking of untruthful slimeballs, apparently there are some questions about Mueller’s turn as AUSA in Boston.
Where’s Mueller’s letter? Who took it out of the files, and why?
As an AUSA in Boston, he probably helped the FBI run interference for Whitey Bulger, too.
This. It’s going to be a long time before the entire truth about the government and Bulger come out.
How have I never used Piehole Needledick as my name in a video game before? What have I been doing with my life?
Michelle Jenneke is hot.
I did better this week than last week. I made it to the gym. I kept my snacking under control. I am tempted to go over my booze limit, but I will restrain myself. I did not meet my goal. Start weight was 293 lbs. Goal was a ten pound loss. My weight, when I went to the gym at lunch, is 285 lbs.
We’re pretty much on the same path. I started at 292 and ended at 283. Congrats on the positive momentum!
Thanks! And congrats to you too!
I’m creeping up to where I was before the flu, which sucks. And my BIL wants me to compete in a Tough Mudder with him next year. I’ll probably sign up for GlibFit 2: Aerobic Boogaloo.
I carried a bull-calf across the field yesterday.
I think Ring Lardner wrote a story about that.
I need to get my anxiety under control. Or at least learn not to stress eat.
Have you tried smoking?
Ha. I once told my psychiatrist that “I’m the only person in the world who’d be made healthier if I started smoking again”.
Quitting the first time was enough of a pain. Plus when I stopped smoking it was less than $2 a pack. Couldn’t afford it now.
“I think you should just stop worrying about it and be yourself”
That’s me pretty much. When I’m agitated about something, which is most of the time, I eat.
The worst is when the stessor is the fact that you’ve been overeating.
Just got back from an 8 mile run. Plus 8 sets of hill sprints.
Cracked a Sculpin IPA. Turned on my guitar amp and let me hat warm up. Gonna take a shower and then smoke this joint.
The runway is clear, ready for takeoff.
Well, at least she’s still hot: Charlize Theron debates leaving America for her black children
What places, Charlize? Name names. How racist is America now, and how racist do people think it is? How problematic is it?
That’s not how this works, Charlize. You’re white – it doesn’t count.
Sounds like you don’t know how to talk about quite a lot.
She could always go back to South Africa where race is no longer a problem.
Simple fix – move out to the midde of nowhere in any given southern state.
You’ll soon realize that the racism is in the bubble you’ve been in, and not the rest of the country.
I’ll bet you her mouth tastes like an ash-tray.
Broken clocks are right twice a day.
https://news.avclub.com/it-would-be-awesome-if-neil-degrasse-tyson-would-shut-i-1825241326
The police officer who murdered Andrew Finch in Wichita (the SWATting case) will not be charged.
http://www.kansas.com/news/local/crime/article208738719.html
The police are not releasing the officer’s name. It’s Justin Rapp.
He’s been on COPS before.
http://www.cops.com/c2723a1/
He’s got a quote there about not fearing death. It was before he used the “I WAS IN FEAR FOR MY LIFE!” defense for murdering an innocent man.
Let me go find my shocked face….
Jesus Christ. They are going to see if policies and procedures were followed. No doubt they were and that’s the problem.
I feel like a shit heel for not keeping up at all.
We’ll go with “work has been so crazy for me that I haven’t even been able to come hang out here and bitch about the insanity of the world.” and maybe I;ll get off my ass eventually.
http://dailycaller.com/2018/04/12/congress-citibank-contract-guns/
Politicians doing something I approve of? What is this world coming to?
Do those sixteen by themselves have the power to actually do that?
Gorram it! If a company wants to not do business with someone, they shouldn’t be compelled to!
What the fuck is wrong with people?!?
They shouldn’t be getting tax payer funds from our government while taking a stance against American’s constitutionally protected rights.
They shouldn’t be getting tax payer funds from our government
while taking a stance against American’s constitutionally protected rights.FTFY
They shouldn’t be getting tax payer funds period!
But the notion of having the government vet service providers to eliminate those who have unmutual thoughts is pretty shitty…
Imagine if BOA was doing that not as a political statement, but because they found the liability insurance too expensive for example. Would that change your calculus.
That’s a different discussion and one I would probably agree with.
The government is supposed to represent all American’s and I do think in this case they are applying a screening criteria correctly.
That’s not what this is about. Citi has decided to be “woke”.
Plus, I’m not familiar with banking, but I fail to see what liability insurance would have to do with Citi’s clients.
Would that change your calculus.
If BoA had an actual business, rather than political, reason for cutting off gun dealers, then my reaction would be different.
But, if they want to play politics, then lets play politics. If you get into the ring, don’t complain when you get punched.
Bake the cake, Tarran.
I guess they should. They should also be compelled to hire DREAMERS while we’re at it! And those assholes at Chick Fil-A! We ought to rethink allowing them to operate out of highway rest-stops!
Let’s build a beautiful fascist future where the state decides what is forbidden and makes everything else mandatory.
Not giving someone something is not the same as forcing someone to take an action.
Positive vs. Negative rights.
I’ll remember that the next time Democratic politicians demand that a government not do business with companies in the Koch Zaibatsu.
Gosh! That’s exactly the excuse I was given as to why Chick Fil A should be kept out of Boston!
There is something very wrong with how the commenting system applies threading… the above was supposed to be a reply to RC Dean’s comment below.
That’s exactly the excuse I was given as to why Chick Fil A should be kept out of Boston!
Fair point.
You could say this is just Chick-Fil-A getting into the ring, and taking a punch. Of course, Boston wasn’t just declining to do business with Chick-Fil-A based on its politics, it was exercising its regulatory power based on Chick-Fil-A’s politics. A distinction, but whether it is a distinction that makes a difference is up to you.
Nobody is compelling them to do anything. One of their customers (the government) is considering changing who it uses for banking services based on Citibank’s adoption of a new policy. The Repubs aren’t asking for a new law compelling banks to do business with gun dealers, they are just thinking about moving their business. Much as I would do, if I was a Citibank customer.
I agree. Since I do not wish to do business with Citi, I hope congress drops all contracts with them.
Of course, this would all be avoidable if businesses said up front that they wouldn’t take sides in the culture war. But having that kind of dignity and foresight is too much to expect from our betters these days.
It means all that bribery the NRA has been doing has paid off!
/progderp
Politicizing the handling of government contracts is not going to go anywhere good.
Final weight is 194. Since I was at 210ish on 1 Feb, I’ll call this a win, and look forward to the next one.
That’s about my start (in Jan) and finish. I’d definitely call it a win.
Started deadlifting around the start of Glibfit. I had never done it before. 135 pounds at the start but knocked out a couple of sets at 185 yesterday. I’m stupidly proud.
Lost 13.2 lbs, out of a goal of 21 lbs, for 62%. Sophomore CP would have been happy with that.
More importantly, I’m 27% of my way to my goal of losing 100 lbs.
Anyway, having this forum to check into each week was helpful. I really appreciate it, and looking forward to the next one.
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Well done.
I can only hope and pray that the door-gunner is screaming “Get Some! Get Some!” whilst laying waste. That gif of the runner girl never gets old. Nice work!
Also in the Winter of My Discontent files, the wife has to take back all of the dress clothes that she bought from the discount store for me today because they are too large. I tried on my dress trousers circa 2010 and they fit. Fuck you global warming and fuck you whales!