talesin: ""I am straight, but not narrow."
(Just told my teen son.)
That's a keeper.
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(Proud member of PFLAG: Parents, Friends of Lesbians, Apostates, Gays)
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laverite: "I'm gay. I'm not a "gay scene" kind of guy though."
So I'm guessing you weren't one of these folks?
talesin: Too bad our Lear jet is in the shop, or we'd be there!
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For Josie:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66QSkQWF01U
I was single, "weak" JW in the Bay Area during the mid-80's. I wonder if we were ever at the same places?
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BTW, the thread title should be "Anyone going to a Pride Parade this summer?" but apparently since I blank-posted, I can't edit it. (Grrrr.)
Here's a link to Pride events all over the world.
http://gaytravel.about.com/od/gaypridefestivals/qt/GayPride_June.htm
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Here in the SF Bay Area it's a non-stop party Saturday & Sunday.
Unfortunately, my wife and I are booked up, but our straight (irrelevant piece of info) teen-age son will be attending with friends.
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Do you try to "shape up" for Summer?
by Open mind ina while ago* i set a goal to lose 10 pounds before summer.
today's the day.
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Thanks for the recipe BillytheEx!
I did about 1.5 days of impromptu, unresearched, unsupervised Atkins and felt like crap yesterday morning. So I decided to stop for now. Just a plain slice of wheat berry bread tasted like HEAVEN! My wife and I are thinking about trying out Atkins (or something similar) with a bit more planning later this summer so we'll keep your "pancakes" in mind. Between now and then I'm going to taper off my carb and caffeine intake so that it's not quite so much of a shock.
00Dad: Yeah, I'm afraid my days of just catching up right before summer are gone.
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rvw: Hey, if you feel OK with "round", that's the main thing. If it's causing you physical problems though, that's another.
James Brown: I feel/resemble your pain. I'm currently researching diets like Atkins and Paleo. Atkins looks VERY extreme, to be done under a physician's supervision along with blood work, but it also looks very effective from the data that's out there.
panhandlegirl: Good for you. Anything is better than nothing. Let us know how it goes. (You do know that School Reunions are one of the favorite hangouts for the demons right?)
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by Open mind ina while ago* i set a goal to lose 10 pounds before summer.
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Billy the Ex: You gettin' your "personal" photos from the same place as Miz/NoRoomForGeorge?
snowbird: Keep up the good fight. It beats the alternative.
finally awake: "I've managed to lose about 90 pounds," Wow! Good for you.
SBC: Your cycle of lack of motivation and hitting the burgers and bottle sound very familiar. LOL at the "cheesburger cummerbund"!.
Also, you said: "I want to talk to the fool who manages to stick to it all year 'round." I'll be getting to that in a second.
laverite: Nice compliment to SBC. I've heard similar things myself since I am blessed with genes that make me tall and slim as a general tendency. But what SBC said about fat vs. muscle hits the nail on the head for me. I'd like to lose about 20 lbs of fat and gain 10 lbs of muscle. I guess the only way to really document something like that is through body fat testing using a water tank.
Think About It: "I am playing competitive softball for the first time in a very long time, and I am getting injured like crazy."
This ties into what SBC said about "the fool who manages to stick to it all year 'round". I'm finding that the older I get, the more things can trip up a good fitness regimen. I'm thinking that I've really got to start making it a year-round lifestyle change or my "cummerbund" may be here to stay, along with all sorts of potential negative health side effects.
straightshooter: "I have decreased my food intake and increased my exercise, I still don't see any difference." I'm no doctor, so just like any other unqualifed, anonymous, doofus on the internet, take this with a HUGE grain of salt, but...... from everything I've read, what you're doing probably isn't sustainable. Maybe decrease your "bad" calories (like sugar and refined flour or maybe cut out carbs almost completely) but keep enough good food coming in to keep up your energy levels for the exercise you're doing.
JRK: "I have lost about 30 lbs, and to celebrate the summer solstice I am cold turkeying the cigarettes." Whoa! Good for you John! I just got done listening to a program by the Harvard Business Review about habits. They said that exercise is a "keystone habit". And that when you alter a keystone habit, other habits are easier to change. So hang in there with the exercise while trying to kick the cigs.
SBC: @ your picture: . That's the picture of Open Mind Future in about 4-5 years if I don't start taking this more seriously. Thanks for the twisted motivation. Seriously.
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NomadSoul: Thanks for your suggestions. Wishing you success in your goals.
Nambo: Thanks for that link to the Guardian article. It echoes the theme of a book I'm currently reading:
"Why We Get Fat: and What To Do About It" by Gary Taubes.
(I am not usually a reader of this type of thing. The only reason I took a look at it was because of a recommendation by a bicycle maker/rider who is very much a luddite and not usually swayed by fads and fashion.) The author is a contributing correspondent for Science magazine, as well as The Atlantic, NY Times Magazine and Esquire. While he is not a scientist personally, his conclusions are totally driven by data, not wishful thinking or anecdote.
cult classic: "I think the best thing about summer is being comfortable and uninhibited." Agreed. I'm hoping to get there by the end of summer.
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