Fatass Challenge: Second Course

ChainGangGuy · Post by **ChainGangGuy** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 5:16 pm

I will now lower the Fatass Challenge flag to half-staff in honor of the fallen RetroRomper.

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 6:36 pm

I will redouble my efforts in the hopes that I can make something of myself. Sorry for being so depressed. I fixed my Tempest just now and I am in a brighter mood.

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Sat Feb 04, 2012 5:14 am

Wait, no, in all seriousness, you OK, RR? What happened?

ChainGangGuy · Post by **ChainGangGuy** » Sat Feb 04, 2012 9:46 am

Take it easy, RR. Try being a RetroRelaxer for a bit, hmm?

RetroRomper · Post by **RetroRomper** » Sat Feb 04, 2012 2:34 pm

Finishing a round of antibiotics, but I have a follow up on monday: if everything is A-OK, then I'll get back on the band wagon (though I've lost most of my muscle tone... Will have to restart my entire training regiment).

Thanks for your concern guys!

AArdvark · Post by **AArdvark** » Fri Feb 10, 2012 4:07 am

One niner zero.

+/- 5 lbs.

RetroRomper · Post by **RetroRomper** » Fri Feb 10, 2012 7:44 am

I'm at 205.

Considering I've barely ingested anything aside from water (my last meal was Wednesday), the only shock I'll have is when I discover how much muscle I've lost. Being ill for three weeks is grand.

Current Weight: 205
Goal Weight: 180
Starting Weight: 211

Flack · Post by **Flack** » Fri Feb 10, 2012 8:37 am

I was on track until the girl started selling Girl Scout Cookies.

Damn Thin Mints. Damn them to HELL.

Flack · Post by **Flack** » Fri Feb 10, 2012 11:23 am

When people here at JC are having a conversation, and you walk into the middle of it and throw out a barely related quote, what response are you seeking?

pinback · Post by **pinback** » Fri Feb 10, 2012 11:38 am

Flack wrote:When people here at JC are having a conversation, and you walk into the middle of it and throw out a barely related quote, what response are you seeking?

"It knows only that it wants. But like so many of us, it does not know what." - Spock, Star Trek: The Motion Picture

RetroRomper · Post by **RetroRomper** » Fri Feb 10, 2012 1:34 pm

Flack wrote:I was on track until the girl started selling Girl Scout Cookies.

Damn Thin Mints. Damn them to HELL.

Supposedly, they now accept debit cards?

Turing Test · Post by **Turing Test** » Fri Feb 10, 2012 3:02 pm

pinback wrote:
Flack wrote:When people here at JC are having a conversation, and you walk into the middle of it and throw out a barely related quote, what response are you seeking?
"It knows only that it wants. But like so many of us, it does not know what." - Spock, Star Trek: The Motion Picture

Fail.

Tdarcos · Post by **Tdarcos** » Fri Feb 10, 2012 11:04 pm

pinback wrote:
Flack wrote:When people here at JC are having a conversation, and you walk into the middle of it and throw out a barely related quote, what response are you seeking?
"It knows only that it wants. But like so many of us, it does not know what." - Spock, Star Trek: The Motion Picture

RetroRomper asked me nicely - but I didn't see his request until I posted 3 or 4 more unrelated messages - so I've gone back and removed all of the off-topic postings I made in this thread. I will, as much as I can remember, to not comment here unless my comment is related to the thread.

I apologize for spoiling the flow.

I paraphrase my remarks from message 66799 as to why:

"Retroromper sent me a private message asking me not to get into the Fatass Challenge Second Course thread - I can't fit it in the title here so I said Fatass Challenge 2 - because I really wasn't contributing anything related to what was being said there. So I removed my messages from the thread. However, Jonsey has said he does not want people deleting posts and thus destroying the context of the message base.

"To eliminate the possible complaint I'm removing content, all of the items I posted in the Fatass Challenge, which basically were not related to the comments, are reposted in this one message...

"You might ask why I didn't do this in the past. No one ever asked me. Nobody said my comments were bad and destroying the conversation and asked me to stop doing so."

Since RetroRomper thinks I'm clogging up the conversation with irrelevancies - and I came to the conclusion of, "You know what, he's right," - I decided to remove the irrelevancies.

Also, to comply with Jonsey's requirement not to expunge content of posts and thus eliminate the material, I copied all of the off-topic posts here to a separate message so the content has not been deleted, merely moved out of the flow so as not to mess it up.

Each of the off-topic messages content (except this one, which has the explanation, but its original content was moved to the message indicated below) will be replaced with a pointer to this message and the following boiler plate text:

(At the request of Retroromper in a private message he sent me, I have removed this message which is not related to the content of this thread. It is reprinted elsewhere to comply with Jonsey's comment requesting not to remove all content of a message or messages. The content has been moved to message No. 66799 here: http://www.joltcountry.com/phpBB2/viewt ... 6799#66799 .)

Tdarcos · Post by **Tdarcos** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 12:26 am

RetroRomper wrote:I'm at 205.

Considering I've barely ingested anything aside from water (my last meal was Wednesday), the only shock I'll have is when I discover how much muscle I've lost. Being ill for three weeks is grand.

Current Weight: 205
Goal Weight: 180
Starting Weight: 211

I'm going to try very hard to be on topic, so I hope this is, but I saw a report that said someone was in a coma for a very short period of time - I think they said two weeks - and lost 40 pounds. I haven't the slightest idea how.

Someone check me on this, but I presume if you stop eating your body goes into "starvation mode" and the most it will lose is perhaps a pound a week, if that.

RetroRomper · Post by **RetroRomper** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 2:43 am

Your more than welcome to join us in moderating our diet and generally, being more healthy. Its a journey, its a game, its a Challenge for all of us. But this isn't even spoiling the flow, its being rude because were here, trying to be enjoyable and creative in propping each other up and you basically copied Modemjane in posting rambling nonsense to a thread others were occupying.

I challenge you to take part in the FAC with us and have something relevant to add to the conversation. Otherwise, please just step out.

ChainGangGuy · Post by **ChainGangGuy** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 1:42 pm

CONTESTANT: ChainGangGuy

BEGINNING WEIGHT: 184lbs

GOAL WEIGHT: 150lbs

CURRENT WEIGHT: 180lbs

I've been maintaining a (mostly) regular exercise program, curtailing portion size, and cutting back from heavy to moderate beer drinking. How's the rest of the FAC crew doing??

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Tue Feb 14, 2012 9:06 am

CONTESTANT: ICJ

BEGINNING WEIGHT: 232.8

GOAL WEIGHT: 219.0

CURRENT WEIGHT: 231.8

Christ! Finally some progress. All right, I'm back on board, let's do this go go good team stat stat stat!

Roody_Yogurt · Post by **Roody_Yogurt** » Tue Feb 14, 2012 10:39 am

CONTESTANT: RoodyYogurt

BEGINNING WEIGHT: 240lbs

GOAL WEIGHT: 200lbs

CURRENT WEIGHT: 236lbs

RetroRomper · Post by **RetroRomper** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 1:28 pm

Contestant: RetroRomper

Beginning Weight: 224

Current Weight: 206 pounds

Goal weight: 180

As I'm officially no longer ill, I'll be heading back to the gym starting Friday (or thereabouts). Since I haven't even touched a treadmill or run above a jog in over a month, starting the Couch to 5k will be difficult as I had previously mastered it.

However, I've bought a new pair of running shoes and would like to work on a front foot based gait, so there is a mental element of training towards something new to push me on.

Roody_Yogurt · Post by **Roody_Yogurt** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 2:46 pm

CONTESTANT: RoodyYogurt

BEGINNING WEIGHT: 240lbs

GOAL WEIGHT: 200lbs

CURRENT WEIGHT: 236lbs

Despite staying the same, I'm ok with that, as last week had a night of heavy drinking which could have potentially disrupted things a lot.

All in all, I feel like I'm in a making progress in maintaining a healthier routine and just am keeping my eye on the long-term goal. Aardvark has been inspirational in that respect!