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jakez4ut said:
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.
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For the low, low price of whatever you're willing to pay, I'll let you in on my secret diet that guarantees you'll never have excess body fat again.😉
 
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UTProf said:
That freaked me out too! When players were running right through me I was reacting like they were NPCs. Now I'm running through people without thinking about it. When I play offline games, I really need a story to get immersed in. Combat alone isn't always interesting enough because MMOs can do that well and it can be hilarious or challenging as hell to take on a combat challenge with other people.

Destiny looks like a great game. I've definitely been tempted by it. Would you recommend it?
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I wrote a tome. Volnation died for a minute. I lost my tome. :mad:

In short, absolutely. Great game. There's a reason it still has a large player base after so many years. Quite a bit of free content too, to get the feel, before spending $.

What platform(s) do you play on?
 
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Hope everyone has had a good week! I’ve had a blast… Went to Disney to only find out the day we arrived that my wife has Covid. The g-parents took our oldest so we let her stay with them at the resort and we got a hotel off property. Decided to stay to see if symptoms went away and we didn’t catch it. Tested my littlest one and myself after losing my smell and came back positive. So we headed home. So Covid ruined my second child’s birth with a false positive and kept us on quarantine and now ruined a Disney trip we planned for a year. I am perfectly fine with a little fatigue and congestion and my one year old had a fever and has been perfect since. To say I am over Covid would be an understatement. And yes we are all vaccinated and we only eat outside at restaurants and wear masks everywhere. So I’m jumping on the wagon that everyone is going to eventually get this thing and live your damn life.
 
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chargervol said:
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.
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How are you doing? Miss seeing you post here. Hope you and family are well.
 
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Jackcrevol said:
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.
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We went 3-7 because Pruitt didn't care about Tennessee. Fulmer was fool enough to let it happen.
 
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I have seen several media pundits trash the Vols for dropping the Army game for Akron, and I think that is a bunch of BS. I can't blame an athletic director for wanting to protect players by avoiding a game against a triple option team like Army of Georgia Tech, especially when those games can only negatively influence a season. If we win- so what? We were supposed to. But the likelihood of injuries against a scheme that literally relies on cut blocking players' at the knees to succeed just isn't worth the risk when there is no real benefit. The only games on the schedule that matter are SEC games. The only time we should take a strong out of conference opponent is if they are good enough that a win gives our program some credibility. A win against Army wouldn't really boost the Vols. Juice ain't worth the squeeze
 
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Smyrna ATL Vol said:
Hope everyone has had a good week! I’ve had a blast… Went to Disney to only find out the day we arrived that my wife has Covid. The g-parents took our oldest so we let her stay with them at the resort and we got a hotel off property. Decided to stay to see if symptoms went away and we didn’t catch it. Tested my littlest one and myself after losing my smell and came back positive. So we headed home. So Covid ruined my second child’s birth with a false positive and kept us on quarantine and now ruined a Disney trip we planned for a year. I am perfectly fine with a little fatigue and congestion and my one year old had a fever and has been perfect since. To say I am over Covid would be an understatement. And yes we are all vaccinated and we only eat outside at restaurants and wear masks everywhere. So I’m jumping on the wagon that everyone is going to eventually get this thing and live your damn life.
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Yep...
 
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GoBigOrange86 said:
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.
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All about that mindset dawg. Could start with just walking a mile after work outside. You got it you just gotta stay focused in. David Goggins is a good guy to watch if you need to get motivated. Stay hard
 
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GoBigOrange86 said:
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.
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It’s all good man. You can do it. Weight is rarely static and seasons of life where we do better vs worse. It really is all mental when it comes to food intake.

I’m 6’2 and played sports my entire life and was always around 190-195. Got up to 220 in college and lost down to 175. Got back up to 210 and now back to 185 and plan to keep it here for good.
 
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Smyrna ATL Vol said:
Hope everyone has had a good week! I’ve had a blast… Went to Disney to only find out the day we arrived that my wife has Covid. The g-parents took our oldest so we let her stay with them at the resort and we got a hotel off property. Decided to stay to see if symptoms went away and we didn’t catch it. Tested my littlest one and myself after losing my smell and came back positive. So we headed home. So Covid ruined my second child’s birth with a false positive and kept us on quarantine and now ruined a Disney trip we planned for a year. I am perfectly fine with a little fatigue and congestion and my one year old had a fever and has been perfect since. To say I am over Covid would be an understatement. And yes we are all vaccinated and we only eat outside at restaurants and wear masks everywhere. So I’m jumping on the wagon that everyone is going to eventually get this thing and live your damn life.
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I am just so glad you are alive to tell the tale.
 
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Smyrna ATL Vol said:
Hope everyone has had a good week! I’ve had a blast… Went to Disney to only find out the day we arrived that my wife has Covid. The g-parents took our oldest so we let her stay with them at the resort and we got a hotel off property. Decided to stay to see if symptoms went away and we didn’t catch it. Tested my littlest one and myself after losing my smell and came back positive. So we headed home. So Covid ruined my second child’s birth with a false positive and kept us on quarantine and now ruined a Disney trip we planned for a year. I am perfectly fine with a little fatigue and congestion and my one year old had a fever and has been perfect since. To say I am over Covid would be an understatement. And yes we are all vaccinated and we only eat outside at restaurants and wear masks everywhere. So I’m jumping on the wagon that everyone is going to eventually get this thing and live your damn life.
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Glad you are doing well my friend. Timing sucks for sure.
 
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