Recruiting Forum Football Talk IV

[Jackcrevol]

Yep. ~30 guys transferring out makes a difference, just like the pundits said it would

crazy. how overrated those players were. NONE of them are having incredible careers elsewhere. Crazier thing is this speaks to our talent level in that we are so thin we could use every one of them.

We went 3-7 because Pruitt was definition of incompetence. We also, despite having massive star power, were not very talented. I will argue that day and night.

 

[Jackcrevol]

Before my daughter was born I’d play for a couple hours at a time, getting lost in how immense the scenery is in that game. When i’d finally stop it would feel like I’d been camping. Totally awesome game.

There's a game for camping?

Uh, why not just go...camping? My mind is too simple for this complex world.

 

[Jackcrevol]

@nicksjuzunk, it’s Thursday morning!!!

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Post of the day, gif of the year!

 

[chargervol]

So, being one of the fattest states in the country is now helping us. BOOM!!

That moment when you realize the state sport - sitting in a tree stand for 8 hours and eating the state vegetable - funnel cake, just keeps on giving.

I'm kidding. Everyone knows the vegetable is corn in a jar. Followed closely by corn in a bag. Ah sweet Fritos.

 

[Jackcrevol]

That moment when you realize the state sport - sitting in a tree stand for 8 hours and eating the state vegetable - funnel cake, just keeps on giving.

I'm kidding. Everyone knows the vegetable is corn in a jar. Followed closely by corn in a bag. Ah sweet Fritos.

Question on snorting Coke Zero....

New forumula or old?

Let the debates!

 

[jakez4ut]

Yeah these exercise takes are bad for 99% of the population. You may be able to “out-exercise” a bad diet for a few days or weeks or months. But you cannot sustain it over your adult life and the eating habits will catch up to you.

Losing weight and maintaining a healthy weight is all about controlling intake and lifestyle changes regarding food. It’s fine to splurge on fast food semi-occasionally, but eating it routinely multiple times per week is a recipe for disaster.

Exercise is supremely important for multiple reasons but food is king.

i travel A LOT for a living and have done so for the past 21 years, so as someone that spent the vast majority of that time eating out on the road, i whole heartedly agree.

about 20 months ago, right before Covid shut everything down, i'm sitting there at 46 years old and about 285 lbs, and realized...that has to change. so i started buying groceries on the road and exercising. at that weight, i had plenty of energy reserves so if i could burn more than i took in or just broke even for the day, my metobolism would take over, and to lose the weight, that works. i lost like 70 lbs and 3 pant sizes 10 months later. 11 months after that (now), i'm still down over all about 50ish lbs, and could probably stand to lose 10lbs. but that's a whole lot better place to be than where i was back then.

but to maintain that or something close to that weight, with my metabolism and at my age, i absolutley have to change my eating habits AND continue to exercise on some type of regular basis.

otherwise, i'll be right back where i started, and at my age, it just gets harder and harder to re-lose that much weight. Now, if you are at, and maintain, a healthy weight, then in my opinion, it's all about taking care of your heart and your gut, and the only way you do that is your eating and drinking habits.

 

[engineerVOL]

There's a game for camping?

Uh, why not just go...camping? My mind is too simple for this complex world.

Jack was not made for this world.

 

[OGbabyaviVol]

He’s too busy texting. Non stop. I mean Nick give us a break

Tell me about it! I can’t keep up in the chat.

 

[GoBigOrange86]

When I moved to Georgia I set a goal that I was going to lose weight. I'd started grad school in Colorado at 250 and was down to about 220 when I left, not because I was really trying, but because I walked everywhere. I started running every day, usually no more than 30 minutes, and watched what I ate. I got down to about 165. Then in the beginning of 2019 I was hospitalized for about 3 weeks and by the time I was out hovered at 180-185. Then during COVID I was training for a marathon and running like a madman, but was eating like garbage and so was hovering at around 190. Marathon cancelled, I stop running, and now I'm around 205-210. I feel like a complete an utter failure but it's all fixable. It's all my fault and all I'd have to do is eat a little better and get back to exercising regularly, but I just can't find the motivation. I've been so consumed with work and with other things that running, even for 30 minutes, just feels like the last thing I want to do. Somehow I've got to break out of this funk because I was so proud of myself when I lost the weight. I felt so good about what I'd become, but nothing's been the same since that hospital stay.

 

[Jackcrevol]

Jack was not made for this world.
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Cavemanvol just smiled.

 

[jkleno]

Did something change in the forum? It's been a week or so since I logged on.

 

[volbeast33]

That moment when you realize the state sport - sitting in a tree stand for 8 hours and eating the state vegetable - funnel cake, just keeps on giving.

I'm kidding. Everyone knows the vegetable is corn in a jar. Followed closely by corn in a bag. Ah sweet Fritos.

I love funnel cakes…. Here is North Carolina…. There are mobile food trucks all over the place selling them.

 

[sneakergawd]

Sankey can’t be serious with this…smfh

 

[chargervol]

Question on snorting Coke Zero....

New forumula or old?

Let the debates!

Haha, I don't even drink soda. Think people were giving @Bassmaster_Vol a hard time and I typed it up and forgot about it, to be honest.
I'll definitely defer to his judgement on anything Coke Zero.

 

[chargervol]

I love funnel cakes…. Here is North Carolina…. There are mobile food trucks all over the place selling them.

Yeah, I lived in NC for years, just across the line though. Sister went to high school with Heath Schuler.

 

[volbeast33]

Yeah, I lived in NC for years, just across the line though. Sister went to high school with Heath Schuler.

I live in Shelby so not too far into North Carolina.

 

[Fun coupon VOL]

So my wife and I were in the right place right time today and confronted a child predator.

We are vacationing in Florida this week. We were letting the kids play around the green space in Seaside when this younger man came and started talking to my boys. Harmless looking. After we saw my son start to chase this young man like tag, alarm bells went off and mama bear swooped into action, she ran down there and asked what the guy was doing. He said laughingly he had missed his workout today and asked the kids if they wanted to make a $100 and chase him around like tag. Mama was having none of that and ran the guy off.

I finally come out of the coffee shop and get brought up to speed on the situation and said no no we need to find this guy. So I walk around for awhile until he finally comes out of this ice cream shop. In my best manners I asked him what TF is his situation. A flustered response from this cat and I quickly realize this guy isn’t right, but he’s smart, he’s preying. He hides in plain sight, finds a group of kids, targets the outlier child that is a little insecure of himself, and tempts him away from the pack. We tell him what he’s doing is a probably a crime, and certainly was out of line and starting something he didn’t want rectified by these parents, and he reiterated he was committing no crime, alarm bell #2 (he knows to keep the situation at arms length). I tell him to piss off. Wife photographs him.

Walking away I find my wife alerting some restaurant owners and they get security involved. While we wait for police to arrive I decide to go do a little detective work and go into the ice cream shop. I ask the employees if they’ve seen anything strange out of that guy. They quickly said “oh yea” he was there last night talking to 10 teenage or younger boys sharing high-school Harry stories and trying to buy them ice cream. After one boy got uncomfortable he called security and they ran this guy off.

I walk out of the store and another man said “hey I saw you talking to that guy, he said something inappropriate to my daughter and I about whipped his arse right on the spot.”

Well the sheriffs department is on this one now and I expect this gets resolved, turns out he is a Hurricane ida evacuee from last month.

TLDR; parents please watch your kids. Some sick freaks out there.

That was your chance to kill someone.

 

[Jackcrevol]

Yeah, I lived in NC for years, just across the line though. Sister went to high school with Heath Schuler.

Managed a wireless store over there. We employed some former players with connects to Tuscola. Some diff folks over that way.

That said, Heath seems like a good dude.

 

[chargervol]

I live in Shelby so not too far into North Carolina.

After 2 years, we moved to Waynesville, where I spent the most time.
Something I'll never forget - Absolutely hated the cable company, Haywood Cable. Moved back here to Dandrige, was here 6 months and they bought my cable provider.

I have satellite.

 

[Jackcrevol]

After 2 years, we moved to Waynesville, where I spent the most time.
Something I'll never forget - Absolutely hated the cable company, Haywood Cable. Moved back here to Dandrige, was here 6 months and they bought my cable provider.

I have satellite.

local cable companies in those areas have been gobbled up by Charter. those local cable providers were the pits.

 

[chargervol]

Managed a wireless store over there. We employed some former players with connects to Tuscola. Some diff folks over that way.

That said, Heath seems like a good dude.

Yeah, I went to high school at Tuscola.
You could've walked from campus onto the set of Tombstone and the clothing not have changed.
Had a teacher try to have me expelled over a Metallica shirt.

(Dueling Banjos plays in background)

 

[OGbabyaviVol]

@nicksjuzunk

 

[Jackcrevol]

Yeah, I went to high school at Tuscola.
You could've walked from campus onto the set of Tombstone and the clothing not have changed.
Had a teacher try to have me expelled over a Metallica shirt.

(Dueling Banjos plays in background)

lol. no doubt.

 

[bignewt]

That was your chance to kill someone.

He should of just called one of the countless killers on VN who have snuffed out the lives of countless boys who have wronged their daughters.

 

[Vols4us]

i travel A LOT for a living and have done so for the past 21 years, so as someone that spent the vast majority of that time eating out on the road, i whole heartedly agree.

about 20 months ago, right before Covid shut everything down, i'm sitting there at 46 years old and about 285 lbs, and realized...that has to change. so i started buying groceries on the road and exercising. at that weight, i had plenty of energy reserves so if i could burn more than i took in or just broke even for the day, my metobolism would take over, and to lose the weight, that works. i lost like 70 lbs and 3 pant sizes 10 months later. 11 months after that (now), i'm still down over all about 50ish lbs, and could probably stand to lose 10lbs. but that's a whole lot better place to be than where i was back then.

but to maintain that or something close to that weight, with my metabolism and at my age, i absolutley have to change my eating habits AND continue to exercise on some type of regular basis.

otherwise, i'll be right back where i started, and at my age, it just gets harder and harder to re-lose that much weight. Now, if you are at, and maintain, a healthy weight, then in my opinion, it's all about taking care of your heart and your gut, and the only way you do that is your eating and drinking habits.

TL;dr as well. Similar story, just different numbers for me. Age 55. 15 years of travel and being a desk jockey the rest of the time. Exercise was hit and miss, mostly miss. Ate what I wanted. Had quit alcohol 15 years before that, drank more water and totally cut out any sodas, thankfully. But probably a walking health time bomb at my age, weight of 255 lbs, poor diet, high stress level, lack of consistent moderate exercise, etc. I looked like the Pillsbury Doughboy and hated it as a former athlete who still saw himself athletic.

Was fortunate to be able to retire at that age and just consult long term with my former employer. Work stress gone - check. Made diet changes to 75+% healthy, started fitness walking, light lifting to help my golfing - check. Got in over 125 rounds per year, sometimes a lot more. Dropped about 50 lbs. Maintained within 10 lbs. of that level for 6-7 years and got in the best shape I had experienced in over 25 years. If I ate too much or the wrong things, add a couple miles to the walking was my approach. Then my body began to tell its age. Started having some back flare-ups that later worsened (hips out of alignment), wrist soreness, etc. Caught the gawd-awful shingles despite having been vaccinated (pre-Shingrix). Weight drifted upward another 10-15 lbs. I could not continue the same level of exercise while eating 75% healthy. I did not have the stamina I needed and then COVID hit. Stamina gone. Shingles gets many of us the worst with that long term. COVID capitalized on it. Being quarantined off and on for a year added to it.

So, I tried a different approach that I now know I can use until the Lord takes me home. I still exercise in some form at least 3-5 days per week and keep the cardio up. Even simple things like parking as far away from the entrance of a store or restaurant as possible helps (less dings is a benefit). Always take steps, not elevators if possible. The lifting and some of the golfing had to be reduced because of the back. It all came back to understanding my diet. Like many, my body is all about carbs and sugar cravings. Cut the bad carbs out, put the good carbs in until full because the volume will be much higher for good while not dragging the metabolism down like the bad. Don't overeat meat to do it. Lay off the starches, sweets, a lot of bread, etc. Make it more Mediterranean. It's a lifestyle change instead of a pure diet. Down goes the bad weight, up comes the stamina, down goes the pressure on the weaker body parts. Add in the increased emphasis on immune system vitamins and supplements. Result = healthy again.

The lesson was I could and should have made diet changes and moderate exercise changes long before retirement and I would not have been in such bad shape. You just have to give yourself the reasons that click with you and commit to it. I found mine in my family and my faith. I want to be the best I can be for them as I have aged - don't want to be a drag if I can help it. I will still enjoy a treat occasionally, but just occasionally. It's not really a treat if it is all the time.