The Syndicate

Congrats you guys! Keep it up!

I lost 10 lbs a couple weeks ago (due to getting sick).

But thankfully, I'm slowly getting that weight back.

Epignosis wrote:

fingersplints wrote:

Epignosis wrote:I hear you can burn 14-18 calories on average playing Mafia.

I'm happy to say, I no longer have to worry about calories. It's been a long road, but I'm finally here.
I'm not playing any Mafia at the moment. I'm going to the states next month for my dad's wedding.

You seem happy to go! I don't blame you. That's going to be an impressive swim!

She would burn around 1.8 million Calories crossing the Atlantic Ocean. That's the equivalent of over 100k mafia games!

fingersplints wrote:

Metalmarsh89 wrote:I did a session of yoga for the first time ever last Friday. It was excellent!

It helped that a friend of mine was instructing, and she gave me a free pass.

I would love to have a friend that teaches. I'd love to take a class, but I'm not sure the group setting is for me. I'm easily demotivated. I think I work out better alone. But on the other hand, I need some help with new poses. I saw a group in the park while I was running the other day. I'm still considering it.

I hope you continue it! It's a lot of finance very relaxing.

There's good ol' Mongoose.

It is great! It's one of the many things I anticipate doing more often after I graduate and get a big boy job. In the group setting that is. I was fortunate enough to win a very nice yoga mat and block for free, so at this point, it's just the classes that I'm looking at. And there are several studios around here with a bunch of different deals.

Any recommendations for the home yoga sessions? Are there any online channels or youtubers you like to use?

I did a session of yoga for the first time ever last Friday. It was excellent!

It helped that a friend of mine was instructing, and she gave me a free pass.

MovingPictures07 wrote:

Scotty wrote:

MovingPictures07 wrote:So it's now been almost two months since I received my Fitbit (Charge HR version), which Annie surprised me with as a super early birthday present. I thrive on organization so I love this thing, and could tell I've gained a decent amount of weight the past few years due to little exercise and a high workload, but I was hesitant to purchase it myself for a while due to the cost, afraid I would be more stressed by tracking all my caloric intake, just thinking it wouldn't help, etc.

Anyway, from June 8th through yesterday morning, I'm happy to say I've lost 15 lbs!! Although I'm not in terrible shape, I'm still not at where I want to be, but I've gotten so much closer already thanks to the organization and motivation this device has brought. 15 may not seem like much but I'm proud of it so far, so I thought I'd use Facebook to brag about it! Now I just hope I didn't gain all of those pounds back with my birthday celebration yesterday...

I love and hate my Fitbit. In my workweek challenge (that I PM'd you about) we're in competition with our resident guitarist, who runs marathons on the reg. So he's always Averaging 110,000 steps a week. Which is bullshit, I beat him one week this year, because he lost his charger for 4 days out of the week. He still got 30,000 on that Friday though, so it was a close call

That is fucking insane! My brother always wins the Workweek Challenge with my mom and me because he works retail. It's often difficult for me to hit 10,000 because of being at this computer for so long every day/night, but I try. 30,000 would be unprecedented. I made 25,000 once and I'm pretty sure I won't hit it again anytime soon.

Play more Pokemon Go. Problem solved.

Heya Scotty, question(s) for you:

What is your worklife like? What you describe above seems foreign to me, but I imagine this sort of diet/exercise/regime is crafted for your situation, so I'm curious what it's applying to. The main reason I'm curious is because I've been told similar things before: don't eat within 2 hours of going to bed. While I agree that the body will digest foods overnight, I understand it that the body cannot properly rest as a result, because it's using energy to digest the recently eaten food.

Why does it seem foreign? Well, I eat carbs all day everyday. :P Ok, not quite like that. But I am a rabbit by habit, and I eat a lot of fruits and veggies throughout the day, combined with nuts, cheese, yogurt, and/or butter/oil for some protein and fat. Meat is rarely included in my diet, mainly because it's expensive and I've become accustomed to living without it. I'm no dietician, but I haven't gotten sick in a couple years (knock on wood). I also exercise a lot, but haven't been injured either.

I think this is the right thread.

This weekend I was able to solve a Rubik's Cube while doing a plank.

My next goal is to do a 4x4x4 cube in similar fashion.

Field trip!

I know. I was being pedantic since he quoted Epignosis. :P

G-Man wrote:

Epignosis wrote:I want to buy what you're selling.

I could go for the cheddars component but I'll pass on the bacon. I love food truck food though. Lots of character. I may plan a visit to Canada just to hunt you guys down and buy some grub.

Epignosis lives in North Carolina.