Butterthebean

That's part of why I like Portland....I may have to live "car free."

Do not piss me off. I may be moving to the west coast, but I can still bring my brand of Texas justice with me.

Haha...yeah, it will be an adjustment but I welcome it. I'm a tree hugger, apparently the only one in the area. I live in rural Texas and even though there is garbage pick up.....and even though here it's legal to burn your garbage on your property.....I still can't take a run or a bike ride without seeing the evidence of someone who has chosen to toss several bags of garbage out on the side of a country road for reasons unknown. It's everywhere....and of course no one is coming behind picking it up. Alot of these roads around here, you can be on them and not see another car for 30 minutes....ample time to throw out a months worth of garbage, or a set of used tires, or that old mattress that you don't want, or an old recliner, or a box of unwanted newborn kittens or puppies. I've seen it all. It's heart breaking. Not to mention the southern overt racism, the bible thumping conservatism, the lack of running/walking/bicycling trails, the heat and humidity, the lack of mountains....I need a change.

How does the fit bit flex sync up with MFP?

Cool....I'm either moving to Portland or Northern Cali so this is good news. I'll be glad to be around more like minded people.

That's awesome. I just visited my wife's office for the first time recently. She still had fat pics of me in her office...no skinny pics. WTF?

Ran a 10K race this morning in San Antonio. My fastest time ever. It was nice running a new trail, and there were some amazing runners there. Had fun and finished early enough to still have post run waffle.

I think I just read a thread today about the guys at vitamin shoppe not knowing they even sold a product when there was a floor to ceiling display right there in the store so.....maybe they aren't much better. My point is it depends on the individual store. There may be some brilliant people working in another GNC somewhere.....I don't know where but it's possible.

I'd give anything for a triangle. Or a circle.....or a sock puppet even. Anything to allow the tiniest shred of humility.

Yep...overhead press....same thing that hurt me 6 months ago, but the other shoulder this time. It was immediate...too much weight too fast. No warm up. My PT back then told me never do overhead press again...even in front of the face. It's too detrimental to the shoulder, and there are other ways to build those muscles. My BIL who is a PT told me the same thing. They must be teaching them that in PT school. I may have to start listening, or at least spend some months building mine up without the press. I forsee lots of lateral raises in my future...and I hate those. But before I got hurt, I was doing deadlifts with the trap bar and was amazed at how much I felt it in my delts and traps. It really worked those muscles, but in a good way. Mostly a static contraction. I'm going to have to ease back into that in another week or 2.

Down boy or I'm going to turn the hose on you.

I have a ticker but I haven't moved it in 5 months. But I've still made gains in other areas.

Chelenka beat me to it....all or nothing thinking....most of us have it. It helped us get here. But it can derail your efforts so easily. You say you HAVE to reach a certain weight or BMI or you're a failure. That's all or nothing. It's not about success or failure. It's about improving your life, and you certainly have done that. You can strive to imrove even more, nothing at all wrong with that. We all keep striving. But you know as well as I...there is no finish line. There is no top of the mountain. Keep climbing but enjoy the view because you've already come farther than you ever thought you would. I'm proud of you.

Yeah, next time I'm going to wear my stars and stripes bikini thong and ask to keep it on. If I do get an erection, we can all sing the national anthem while he takes the pictures.

I'm definitely doing the body lift. I lost alot of weight....I need it. I never cared about BMI or goal weights...but I care about this!!! I want to take off my shirt and look half normal. I'm there now if I just didn't have this huge roll of skin where my belly used to be. It makes me feel like I'm still fat. I don't want to feel that for the rest of my life. I already went to one consult, and it was a friggin nightmare. Holy crap! The way it was put to me, you ladies get kind of desensitized to it all from years of obgyn visits, but most of us men have nothing comparable. So when that doc said strip I was a little apprehensive. Then he asked if he could have his female assistant come in and take the pics while he held extra skin this way and that, and marked me up with a sharpie. PICS???? Uh....I was already shitting in my pants so I said sure..why not? Well, you gotta understand that with all this exercise and weight loss it frees up alot of extra testerosterone for us men. Meaning....well....it's sorta like being back in junior high. Sometimes you just can't control yourself. So here I am trying not to vomit from nerves and trying not to have an inappropriate erection at the same time....oh Jeez! Long story short....I really needed a valium after that little visit. And now here I am about to go for another one in 2 weeks because it doesn't seem right to go with the first surgeon I meet. I hope this next one is easier. I don't think I can do too many more of these consults.

I don't remember the last time I burped. I thought it was because I never have sodas anymore. My sleeve does make weird noises from time to time.....like it's trying to call the mother ship some days. As for farting, mine hasn't increased but my wife's gasses have increased tremendously since she started the paleo diet. Holy mother.....has it ever.

So...I tried a mouthful of oats raw...tasted like eating confetti.

Oh I love running in the rain. It's the only time right now that it's not sweltering hot.

Yep I was lifting weights hot and heavy again till about 3 weeks ago when I strained my shoulder....again. The scale wasn't moving but I was definitely seeing results in the mirror. Good news is the shoulder is just this week showing signs of feeling better. Hopefully soon I'll be able to get back to the weights. I'd love to join a crossfit gym but the closest one to me is 45 minutes away...and my job is the other direction so it's not very convenient at all. I exercise at home everyday, but the gym seems like it would be a great boost in terms of being around some like minded people. I'm thinking hard about moving very soon and hopefully that will open up some options for me. The whole "house in the country" thing hasn't been all I thought it would be. Gotta get back to civilization.

LOL

Jane....you've mentioned this before, and I have to say....I salute you for pulling yourself back up and trying again with another WLS. I cannot imagine how difficult that must have been. I've seen strong people give up after alot less. You're a real champion.