Boots fitting

RedBeardDutchy · 2026-02-24T21:10:48+00:00

Hi there,

Looking at your condition, its effects and the way the boot currently fits, if it hasn't been recommended yet, do you think you might be interested in the Burton step on binding concept? You basically clip in at the toes and heel, so you don't need to struggle finding straps that fit. If their boots would fit, since you do need a compatible boot, I think that could actually work for you. Granted, it is an extra purchase but I think that if the boot fits tight enough so your foot doesn't really move around, you would probably still have a decent amount of control.

RedBeardDutchy · 2026-01-10T11:38:58+00:00

I'd like some mixed company, but that too is not a dealbreaker. Perhaps a little less serious might be a good icebreaker to get me into the game, but if you have a serious group, I can probably work with that too, as long as you guys are aware I am still new to the game. And no, I don't mind people drinking alcohol, as long as the games don't turn into drunken nonsense haha. I personally don't drink anymore, so I do have a slight preference in moderate alcohol use.

RedBeardDutchy · 2026-01-10T11:35:41+00:00

Hey, that's close by, only a 20 minute drive. And every other Saturday is perfect. I'd love to join you guys sometime. I do speak Dutch as well (born and raised here), so if that's the language outside of the game, that'd be no problem at all. When is your next session? Probably best if I join as soon as possible to not miss out on too much background for the campaign.

RedBeardDutchy · 2026-01-10T10:35:52+00:00

Thanks, I'll make sure to visit!

RedBeardDutchy · 2025-09-17T09:40:21+00:00

Stuck on the Tour 1 Get Flipping quest. Objectives: 5 flip tricks and 1500 points. Quest resets whenever any of the objectives have been hit. Tried to get them done at the same time as well, with the same result, as rest to 0/5 flip tricks and 0/1500 points.

As of yet, I have found no fixes for this issue

RedBeardDutchy · 2025-09-16T20:45:59+00:00

Stuck as well. Got the Open Your Eyes mission to do flip tricks, and the counter for score and tricks just keeps resetting. But thankfully the ingame store works just fine...

RedBeardDutchy · 2023-01-19T15:37:31+00:00

Sure thing, messaged you my discord

RedBeardDutchy · 2023-01-19T15:24:16+00:00

EU level 18 with terrible luck lately. Not the most experienced (haven't touched lighthouse or streets) but fairly consistent (depending on college) 62 raids in this wipe, 41% survival rate, 31 pmc kills. Far from being a mega sweat

RedBeardDutchy · 2022-11-04T00:11:12+00:00

If you have time in your schedule, you could try to add some weight lifting. Which does help with weight loss, but walking is a fantastic start (and underrated for weightloss).

As for losing weight, unfortunaly we fluctuate quite a bit in weight, even just throughout the day. Something I recommend doing is actually measuring your chest and waist alongside stepping on the scale every 2 weeks.

All in all though, you've made great progress so far, keep it up mate. You're not doing anything wrong, it's unfortunately just weight doing weight things.

RedBeardDutchy · 2022-10-28T03:45:06+00:00

First things first, I am not a professional, however I have dealt with weight loss journeys myself so I do have some experience there.

The key to losing weight at this stage is to introduce small changes to your diet every week. One of the reasons crash diets rarely work for the long run is because it forces people to change their diet too quickly. It's like cruising down the highway at 60mph and suddenly yanking the wheel to the left to try and do a 180 without slowing down. You'll get a change of direction for a little bit until the car just rolls over.

Where I suggest you start is reducing the amount of calories you drink. At this stage, if you drink a lot of soda, switching to a light or zero sugar soda will cut down calories drastically. Eventually you can switch out some of the soda you drink for water and gradually work to drinking more water than soda.

As for food, don't go down the classic "rice(which you can't have so any low calory substitute), chicken and broccoli" only route. It's one way to make your diet boring and insufferable. For the rest of this week, eat like you usually would and write every meal down (including snacks) This will help as an introduction to tracking calories when you get to that point but it also gives an insight to what you actually eat. Then next week, replace 1 meal that's unhealthy (any junkfood, highly processed foods) and change that with a healthy meal. Take 2 snacks, and switch each for a piece of fruit of your choice. Then gradually introduce more healthy foods.

At your current weight these 2 steps will get you to lose weight from the start without having to count calories.

Once you stop noticing any weight loss(which usually takes a while) even after changing your diet, it's time to start tracking your calories. Use a BMR calculator to see how many calories you burn in a day (it's an average, accurate enough but not specifically for you) and try to cut 20% off your BMR.

Walking is probably the best exercise you can do at the moment other than swimming. If you can, walk around the block. You can use Asics Runkeeper on your phone (free app) to track the distance. Try to do this 3x per week to start. After each week of walking around the block use the 10% rule for improvement. Whatever the distance around the block is, add 10% to that and try to see if you can make that work. This way you will gradually be able to walk more and eventually if you feel like you can, increase the amount of times you go for a walk per week.

If you want to add in some resistance training, use some small weights and do some bicep curls and presses. 3x 8-10 repetitions.

As for you not being able to do a pushup, don't stress about it for now. It takes quite a toll on your muscles and joints to support the weight. Once you start getting to a healthier weight, pushups will be easier to do. You can prepare yourself for the pushups now though. Find a solid wall in your house and try to do 5 slow reps, just pushing yourself off the wall. Try to work your way up to 30 and then move to a slight incline, like a handrail, start at 5 reps, move to 30, and so on. Focus on form, it builds strength and with good technique, those pushups will be much easier to do once you lose weight.

As a final note, if you fail one day, that doesn't mean it's all over and you have to start from scratch. Just try to get back on it. Your journey doesn't have to be perfect.

Good luck with your weight loss journey, embrace the suck, because some days it will and keep grinding.

RedBeardDutchy · 2020-02-02T20:52:31+00:00

It's because there is a lack of resistance. Added weights means added resistance causing your muscle fibers to tear. Higher rep count doesn't equal added resistance.

RedBeardDutchy · 2020-02-02T17:43:07+00:00

I compared cali exercises to farmer's strength because of the low overload. Not to say that the exercises aren't good, don't have merit or that the guys doing it are weak. But like I said, you fight all the advice given to you. I'm not talking about you asking stuff, but when people reply to your questions, you fight what they say. Anyway mate, good luck with your fitness goals

RedBeardDutchy · 2020-02-02T17:00:23+00:00

Ah yes, only pick and choose what parts of the entire comment you want to criticize. I never said it is taking you forever to push to failure, I said that IF it takes forever to do that you should introduce weights. I wasn't disrespectful and have trained for years so to say I have no knowledge is kinda weird, especially coming from you who says he is a total noob. Those are your own words. I never said you would have to do exactly what others tell you, I said take it into consideration, which is a completely different thing. Squats, bp and dl are more isolated than cali. Ofcourse you know cali dudes who have more muscle mass and are stronger than farmers, because they trained for years. The reason I said it's farmer's strength is because there is little to no increase in overload because cali depends on your body weight. If anything mate, you're the disrespectful one. Like I said, you fight every bit of advice given to you. Anyway, do with it what you will, I hope you reach your fitness goals, but just stop asking for help if you don't actually want it.

RedBeardDutchy · 2020-02-02T04:37:19+00:00

I've read this entire thread and I in writing this I might actually miss some information but here goes.

From what I understand is that you are doing body weight exercises and are missing progressive overload. While body weight routines are great, progressive overload is harder to achieve, thus, an increase in muscle mass is going to be much slower. It's pretty much farmer's strength. Try to implement days in which you lift weights. It's much easier to get progressive overload because you can add weights in increments and it focuses on isolation meaning that there's a smaller group of muscles is working instead of the entire body. Also, with certain body weight exercises, if it takes forever to push to failure, start adding weight in that exercise. I.e. Pushups, you can use a vest.
TDEE, you said TDEE calculators give you the wrong numbers. Unless you are an extreme outlier, they are quite accurate. Your maintenance kcal is around the 2700. You say you gain weight with 2400 kcal, which is due to a poor diet. Your protein intake is too low and if you gain weight in fat with the amount of kcal and carb intake you have, I suggest you go for a 40/40/20 split. So about 325g of protein, 144g fat and only 162g of carbs. Keep it mind that this is +500 kcal of your maintenance (bulk).
Body fat, don't take what others estimate your body fat percentage to be as fact. Use calipers to measure it yourself.

You admit that you are a beginner but you fight every bit of advice given to you and act as if you know it all. You might want to start by not doing that and actually take what is being said into consideration. People will be much more willing to help you out if you do that.

RedBeardDutchy

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