Beauty.

Knowing your kids, I could venture a guess if you like ;)

This is my workout now.

Every night my girls want to play "superbaby".
Man, holding them up in the air while they pretend to fly gives you a hell of a work out in the arms.

I eat anything I want, drink anything I want, was excercising, but
even stopped that now. I simply dont have time to do anything
healthy, or if I do have the time, I dont have the ambition.

I always said, you only live once, live life to its fullest, as there
is no guarentee when you will go.

In any case, congrats Colin and everyone whom lost the weight,
losing weight, quit smoking, etc.

Congrats Colin!

I've been battling the bulge also lately. For the past few years I have been very tired even if I sleep a full 9 hours a night. Being tired meant I wanted to do less and excerise was almost completely forgotten. The less I did the more tired I got and the less I was able to concentrate.
Finally went to a Dr. and he asked me some questions about my daily routine and sleep habits. He had me stay overnight several nights at the hospital to do sleep studies. I was hooked up to an EEG, breathing monitor, videotaped, etc..
Found out I had sleep apnea.
Sleep apnea is a condition that affects 5-10% of people and most don't even know it. When you sleep your body relaxes and the muscles that hold your tongue in place forget to do their job. Your tongue slides back and blocks the airflow in your throat. The oxygen levels in your body drop until your body realizes it is suffocating and jerks you awake to get the tongue out of the way. This happens several times an hour (for me it was an average of 11 times an hour). Since your oxygen levels are low at night your metabolism slows down and you lose weight much slower plus when you wake you are too tired to exercise.
I now have a CPAP breathing machine that I wear at night. The machine is like an oxygen mask that covers your nose and increases the pressure inside your lungs and throat so that the tongue does not block the airflow (kind of like an invisible splint inside). Now I sleep soundly at night and wake up feeling MUCH better. I just started on the machine last week and this past week I have definately felt much more alive and energetic. I am going to Curacao in a few days and plan on being active instead of sleeping in till mid-afternoon.

If anyone has symptoms such as : loud snoring, jerking awake at night, kicking while asleep, feeling tired during the day, falling asleep easily while reading, watching TV, or online.. you might have sleep apnea. If you think you might be a candidate, do yourself a favor and talk to a doctor. The breathing machine is easy to use, you hardly notice it at night. and it can make a world of difference in how you feel.

Maybe I'll be able to give Colin a run for his money before Vegas. I could easily lose 50lbs and now that I feel better I am going to try to do so!

Wow... glad you got this diagnosed and are getting treatment for it! :okthumb:

What's odd is that I know of at least a half-dozen webmasters who ALSO have this disorder. I wonder how common this is overall - and how common it is for webmasters as a whole?

I know I have a LOT of those symptoms and my hubby does too... I guess it's about time to go get this checked out. Your description was more scary than just thinking about the 'disturbed sleep' we've been experiencing.

:unsure:

If you do, we'll go for a run in vegas. ;-)

Yup, definately on to something there Brad! I found that just by eating breakfast (not waiting till like 2 pm to eat my first meal) and decreasing portion size just a bit, pounds come off easily. Not quickly (maybe 1/2 to 1 a week), but easily. :D

I dated a guy who has it and it would freak me out - he would snore and then just stop breathing. He thought he didn't have it any more because he ex-wife told him she didn't notice it the last year they were married - I suspect that's because she was the life insurance beneficiary. B)

Hey Peaches, did you know that your jaw snaps shut when I put stuff in your mouth while your sleeping?

Nice try, but me biting it in half is NOT how your pecker came to be 1 inch in size.

Good Job Colin!

Jesse, if you want a good school to go to, let me see if there's a BJJ school near you. I've lost close to 30 lbs in the past 2 months from just rolling, and not the rolling me and Colin used to do. =o)

An evil mind would guess wrongly at those letters and suggest something obscene ...

Fortunately, the thought never occurred to me. :)

too true!!

unfortunately though, its not necessarily our own fault for not knowing any better ... with the amount of doctors & nutritionists who all charge money to give you a different piece of advice than the last person, how are we supposed to know what's the truth?

we don't trust our own instinct enough ... we assume what we are being told must be right and ignore the pain in the stomach or stitch in the chest and assume it has 'gone away' when we can no longer feel it. listening to our bodies is so much more important than listening to a doctor.

these days i research things as they relate to ME with the assistance of a group of people who have helped me regain my health - a naturopath, a massage therapist, a kineasiologist, my yoga instructor & a nutritionist ... i've lost over 17kg (37 pounds) ...

Colin, i find it really hard some days to do what i KNOW i need to do to feel healthy - and as frustrating as it is to have someone else tell you, the trick is 'just do it!' ...

i find that i'm a lot more motivated when i feel like i'm learning something new, especially about myself ... so i have been taking a series of yoga courses - yoga is something i have really enjoyed and had a lot of success with so i find myself getting excited by reaching new goals ...

i couldn't touch my toes when i started, and for the first time the other day i not only touched my toes, but had my hands flat on the ground!! I can do these amazing twisty things with my body that feel uplifting!! THIS is motivation at its best ...

i'm starting a new course next wednesday, which is the first in a series of 'teacher training' courses ... i'm not interested in being a yoga instructor, but i want to be motivated to do this for a long time to come, so why the hell not!

pick something you like, and force yourself to be committed by making appointments for 'lessons' and paying money for classes etc ... eventually, you can't live without it!

I am following your track colin, i love to play sports but just raw working out and or getting off my ass to work out is hard to do... So I basically entered myself into a couple of bball and volleyball leagues around town so I'm busy 3 days a week playing ball for 2-3 hours each day.... each morning I run a couple miles after the 1st wek-week and a half your body wants to run as if it needs it...

Colin, I quit smoking twice. One time cigarettes, one time joints.

Both were easy, but it is only easy if you follow my 2 step plan:

1. Really really want to stop. If you just "wanna try quit smokin'" it ain't working;
2. Be a non smoker, sounds strange, but it is the truth. If somebody offers you a cigarette, say you don't smoke. Do not say you QUIT smoking. There's a big difference between saying you quit smoking and saying you do not smoke at all.

It's easy. It is all in the mind.

>> Wow, man. Quitting smoking must be tough. Anyone here used to smoke and have quit permanently? If so, how did you do it?

yea I get my weed thru a vaporiser: http://www.vapir.com/

An evil mind would guess wrongly at those letters and suggest something obscene ...

Fortunately, the thought never occurred to me. :)[/b][/quote]
BJJ = Brazilian Jiu Jitsu

Fucking Perv.

:lol:

if you lost 35 pounds and still eat at pizza hut I'd say you're missing the point :o)

In case you've never seen this, this may be the single most inspiring site I've ever seen when it comes to this. It even got me to make changes and do more.

Take a look around
http://www.twowiresthin.com/wl2003/index.html

Especially the day by day front pic views:
http://www.twowiresthin.com/wl2003/all/fro...ront/index.html

No gimmicks, no fad diets. He worked out and ate better.

Personally, that site inspired me a lot.

No, I think you did ;-)

I have a way better way to do it. I lost 40lbs (though gained a bit lately, damn fatty hamburgers)

All I did was stop eating fast food completely. I just stopped. All I did was start cooking at home more. Tuna, Chicken - more home cooked meals. NO fast food.

Boom, within 5 months I had lost 40 lbs.

However I have to go back on the plan/diet because as I say - gained 20 back in like 2 weeks because of nasty food.