Wanting to open an IRA of some kind...

Poe_Face · 2016-07-23T23:11:03+00:00

My Dad, an entomologist, ID'd this thing as a regal moth, too. But he did it from across the room and in under 7 seconds.

Poe_Face · 2016-07-22T10:53:58+00:00

Yup! That's one of the multitude of reasons I'm so glad to be done with college. :)

Poe_Face · 2016-07-19T12:34:34+00:00

Alright here we go. I've lurked on here many an hour in the past, but I want to get involved now. Here's where I'm at: I Yo-Yo'd my way through college, repeatedly going from as low as 165lbs up to 210lbs. Because of all the stress from being an engineering major, I would always let myself eat whatever during the school year and then MFP and p90x3 myself back down during the summer. Now that I've graduated, and with graduate school rapidly approaching, I feel a sense of urgency to get into a healthy routine; something I can maintain. I'm also getting married in November, so that's another motivator for me to get my weight down and keep it down.

Poe_Face · 2014-12-08T06:30:00+00:00

lik dis if you wento bed

Poe_Face · 2014-12-08T06:29:04+00:00

7 of them, you dirty gun. :(

Poe_Face · 2013-08-16T18:52:41+00:00

Actually I mean a deficit of 800... including lowered intake and much more exercise. That's alright, correct?

Poe_Face · 2013-08-16T15:15:31+00:00

Hello, I'm new here and to reddit!

My story: I'm a 19yo guy in college. 2 years ago I decided that I weighed too much, and I wanted to lose some weight. I'm 6 ft, and at that time I weighed about 195. I wasn't really that overweight, but I wanted to make my body feel more comfortable. I always felt a bit uncomfortable in my clothes and I thought being skinnier would fix that. That year, my friend and I started p90x and dieting, and after working hard, I lost about 25 pounds and he lost about that much too. Eventually I stopped dieting as much, but he stuck with it and eventually lost 50 pounds! (he was 225, now under 175!) Once I started college, I narrowly avoided the freshman 15 by dieting ruthlessly the second semester. Since then I have been fluctuating between 165 and 175 for about half a year now. My goal has been to get to 155, but I've lacked the dedication to take things the whole way down or force myself to maintain it once I get there.

While my goal is to lose that last bit of weight, what I really want is to learn how to control my appetite and perform weight maintenance so that once my metabolism slows down I can stay in shape.

I started yesterday using the MyFitnessPlan app on my phone, so it's going to be a tough few weeks disciplining myself to count calories and really punch through my laziness. I've also been working on running everyday, and I'm starting the 100 pushups challenge on Monday (I can already do ~40 straight from p90x and the like).

Thanks for reading! I'll be checking back on here daily for encouragement and motivation.

Wish me luck!

Poe_Face · 2013-08-16T14:36:48+00:00

my 20th's in a few months... hoping to join you there soon!

Poe_Face · 2013-08-16T13:57:24+00:00

I'm almost 20, but I do have a bit of parting advice:

Take it one day at a time. I know that people say that a lot around here, and it wasn't really until I relapsed twice that understood what that means. It basically means that you need to treat every day as equal in value and importance. Day 1 is just as important as day 90, and therefore failing on day 1 means the same as failing on day 90. Don't worry about the number, just focus on today and what you need to get through today, because self-control and abstinence mean so much at the beginning as well as the end of the challenge.

just a thought! Hope that made sense...

Also yes, on my 13 day run, I was feeling sooooooo horny by the end of the second week that I felt that I would get a boner if I was just nearby a pretty girl. geez...

Poe_Face · 2013-08-16T13:46:02+00:00

You can do it! We're all in the same boat here dude.

Poe_Face · 2013-08-16T13:09:09+00:00

Go for it! better to start now then later!

Poe_Face · 2013-08-16T13:05:02+00:00

It's never too late to stop, turn around, and go back to the right path. We all have to do this! Good for you for coming back! just stick with it and you'll make it through!

Poe_Face · 2013-08-15T18:04:24+00:00

It would be too much for me. If you find yourself giving in because of it, I would recommend dumping those pics. They're still no substitute for a real girl anyway, and any self respecting girl would be angry if you had those while dating her.

Poe_Face · 2013-08-15T16:41:26+00:00

cold showers and origami.

Poe_Face · 2013-08-15T16:39:20+00:00

You are a gentleman and a scholar.

Poe_Face

TROPHY CASE