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You read my mind with the idea for the first 30 days. I am 35, flexibility and general conditioning is the exact type of thing I want to improve. For instance, after trying some of the body weight exercises, I have a bit of mobility and flexibility work to do get comfortable and stable in the...

The pair of gymnast rings I ordered arrived yesterday. I had been debating getting a home weight set, another gym membership, or something to start a basic strength training program. I decided testing my willpower first was the best approach. So with $60 in equipment I am going to try a 90...

If there is one thing I wish I would have put more thought into while initially dropping my weight it would have been lifting / building muscle during that process. I am not sure what your height is, but I am about 5'9" / 160 lbs. The comment of 'can't picture myself going too small' rings...

That is huge, good work. What are you shooting for?

I did my LASIK around 12 years ago via the old flap cutting method. I actually just went in for an eye exam today because my vision has degraded to the point where I notice it. I can still pass the drivers test, but am now around 20/30. I was young and dumb when I did my original LASIK and...

Seconded on the stretching if you are having knee trouble. I don't understand how everything in the body connects and pulls on each other fully. However, I do understand the world of difference regularly stretching my hips, hamstrings, and lower back has made in my knees quality of life.

I have noticed that as well recently with auto correct. The phone is trying to have its own conversation, or rather the conversation it thinks you want to have. The auto correction has definitely been more noticeably based on context rather than just the single word alone. Or maybe I am just...

I just checked my loss numbers. Largely keto, minimal exercise (yoga) to start, so similar to mkopec. Went ~283 lbs. to 227 lbs. in ~5.5 months but 265 > 195 in 11 months. Blasted holiday season, gets me every time.

My service with Fi has been great. Bills are great (~$27/mo). My wife is still on T-Mobile as she doesn't want gigantophone. We still pay less on separate carriers than we did together before. Just a matter of time before Fi gets a phone out she wants and we will have dropped around 30-40%...

Keto is a great framework to start cutting crap out of a diet. Provides simple rules and results with a minimum amount of discomfort. I am still having great success following a mostly Keto diet. I have started introducing good carbs similar to a targeted ketogenic diet and, overall, I don't...

I did my first bike maintenance myself over the weekend. Outside of not having a bike stand and getting grease everywhere it was pretty relaxing. I didn't do anything crazy, but I did degrease / lube up my chain / cassette, tightened up my brakes, and put on some of the commuter components...

I use MyFitnessPal. I almost bailed on MFP during the Free / Premium annoyance but persevered. There is another app called Joy that works reasonably well but, for me, the MFP database has been the most solid. My wife uses whatever app came on her Samsung Galaxy and it works for what she needs.

While not the intended effect, I have found Xanthan Gum to assist pushing through anything pending in the bowels. I didn't read how little needed to be used and boy did my stomach make some weird sounds for the next day.

Has anyone had any experience with bone conduction headphones? They basically seem like magic to me at the moment. I don't need excellent audio quality, my primary driver is wireless for biking. The secondary is that, if this worked, I wouldn't have to do the 'one on one off' strategy of...

The sweat thing was my main concern as well. In my case, the mornings are cool enough and I am not going all out during biking to work up much of a sweat. On the way home, I am going home, and don't care as much.

I definitely over ate last week and as penance I decided to give biking to work another try. I am going to give my body some time to acclimate, but boy am I going to have to develop a different relationship with food. I think this is definitely a case for do more / eat more. It isn't terribly...

Issue #12 is the first time a new dungeon has come out since...forever. That is assuming you do not count Scenarios. I haven't had a chance to get on yet and try it out, but I was always a huge fan of TSW dungeons for the atmosphere and no trash boss > boss > boss mentality. If they didn't...

I haven't heard of new quests, just the new raid / dungeon. Those probably come with a couple of quests and I imagine the story line quest expands as well.

Issue #12 just dropped. Most likely The Secret World's swan song given the state of Funcom. The Secret World Key note - New Token System: All tokens in the game have been combined and you now only need Black Bullion or Marks of the Pantheon. This was sorely needed in my opinion...

Anyone hitting up the IBJJF Worlds Masters in Vegas this September? World Master Jiu-Jitsu IBJJF Championship - IBJJF - International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation I was actually considering competing as my Professor is out of Drysdale Jiu Jitsu just off the strip. Unfortunately, no...

So this is a thing. I did a single entry so far just to play with it for one of my monthly pictures. Puts me between my scale and DEXA scans so at least it is close to other methods. Will have to keep track of it, seems neat. Body Analytics | BodyWHAT

When I started the 16/8 fasting it was mostly overcoming the mental side of 'you should be eating now, isn't this when people eat?'. Once that passed, I didn't really get hungry. It has been another good experience for recognizing hungry vs. not full. The furthest I have gone in the past...

I like where your head is at. I never really had an active hobby before this one so, when I tried to do weight training, whatever I did was largely unfocused. The only reason for 5x5 is it is because that is basically what the internet says to do as a starter routine on both the fitness and...

I don't do any weight training currently, just bench pressing other dudes off me via Jiu Jitsu. BJJ basically resembles an HIIT workout that primarily works my core with nearly every other muscle engaged at some point during a roll. It doesn't do much for building muscle but it has definitely...

I am not doing alternate day or multiple day fasting at all. I am not sure I am ready for not eating food for that length of time. I still enjoy eating too much. This is just some plans fancy way of saying 'I skip breakfast'. I still eat normally, for me (targeted ketogenic diet), on a day...

I think I have managed to reach a middle ground with my OCD and weight loss goals. So far I seem to be at my most sane when entering food / weighing myself daily and only analyzing that data weekly. The daily weighing has helped more than the suspense / sense of dread of weekly or longer. Not...

I had some extra time over the 4th weekend and picked up both of the Legion short stories. The first one I let out an audible 'god damnit' when it ended as I didn't realize how short the book was. The book kept me glued to it the whole way through. The second didn't quite captivate me as well...

My thought was just have Hogwarts for Wayward Pines where they take all the magic first generation kids and keep them separate. "Yep, your parents are dead from that crash sorry, you are in foster care, enjoy the end of the world".

Books are worth the read even after the show watch I imagine. Yes / No / Maybe?

Caught up on the last few episodes over the weekend.

First month of Project Fi is officially down. I received a $16 credit for unused data putting my bill at $27. I do not have as thorough of a breakdown as Jeydax, but here is my perspective so far. I am also in the Minneapolis / St. Paul region. Coverage has never been a problem in...

I am not sure if I mentioned this before, but it is obnoxious to find out randomly. A GV number cannot forward to a Project Fi number. Don't be me and expect that to just be able to happen right away. If you have GV and port your cell to Project Fi you will break the forward and there is no...

Same for myself. I like the idea of having wider coverage and coverage anywhere I have wifi access, which is everywhere. I am 3 weeks into my first month of Fi and have used 125MB of data. I don't travel, I don't have children, I don't play games on my phone, and I basically have wifi at...

I am just wondering how much the UFC payed the doctor and Aldo for that answer. Sure, rib is 'fine', but gets 're-injured' during the fight. Aldo loses and gets an immediate rematch, $$$. That is my conspiracy theory for today.

Can confirm, this is driving me nuts. I went from concentrating on a weekly rotation of tracking to "just to see" in the middle to weighing every day. I am trying to at least get back to the "just to see" category. Really, I envy anyone who can turn weight loss into a 'background' activity...

Nexus 6 arrived last night and started dinking around with it. The Project Fi activation was simple and painless, didn't have to talk to anyone, which was great. They sent a 'Welcome Kit' for being an early adopted that had a case, external battery, and headphones. The phone is smaller than I...

I mean, I know everyone likes to pick on Ossoi, but why so jelly? What is the point of arguing over a number, using pictures as a baseline, on the internet? Dude made good progress in two months. Different goals, different people, don't hate appreciate, blah blah blah.

I signed up end of April and got my invite the end of May. Not sure if location matters a ton, but I am in Minneapolis where their coverage map seems really strong.

Google just put the Nexus 6 on sale for $499/$549. This finally broke me, Google Fi incoming. Hopefully this isn't terrible!

Picked up Ready Player One after seeing this and reading the synopsis. The book took a while to get going for me. I wasn't heavily invested in to the book, but it did pick up towards the end. I liked the spectacle of all the genres and worlds colliding, but that is also what turned me off at...