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[quote=scaredyclassic][quote=flu]Just outsource the spending decisions to me. I have no issues spending other people’s money.[/quote]

is there a fee involved? I couldnt stomach another fee…[/quote]

No fee. I’ll just make the decisions for you.

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Just outsource the spending decisions to me. I have no issues spending other people’s money.

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Animal Farm. Great book, especially the ending. Kinda like what is going on in china right now.

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I just ran today along the beach during lunch. Man am I out of shape. But it feels good afterwards. I am not so tired. Fortunately I have a coworker that wants to do the same thing.

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[quote=FlyerInHi]Not flu, because he doesn’t want surgery.

But if someone in middle age is serious about getting healthy, why not liposuction? That can be the catalyst or “catalytic converter” to a healthy future.

What do you guys think about that?[/quote]

I have learned that you really want to avoid surgery unless it’s a life threatening thing. Surgery can lead to a whole set of unexpected and unpredictable issues.

For me surgery to remove a colon that had a 99% chance or turning into cancer 5-6 years seemed like it was a good idea. Unfortunately, that surgery lead to desmoid tumors that while benign by itself is not so benign when they wrap around blood vessels and the small intestines.

Scar tissue, which is basically what a desmoid tumor is, can grow uncontrolled.
And it can happen when your body is traumatized, for example from surgery. And when you get it, it will be a bitch to control.If you are lucky, it stops growing once its not so pissed off..and it responds to one of the unproven chemos available. If you are slightly less lucky, you maintain it with regular surgery for the rest of your life. If you are slightly less lucky, you lose limbs and organs you really dont need. And if you are really fucked, you die from it.

So while a second surgery would probably have been a less painful and a quicker short term solution, god knows what sort of reaction my body would have had to that. I avoided it like the plague the second time around and opted for 3.5 years of chemo.

It amazes me how many people are so willing to get carved up, especially over non-life threatening/cosmetic things. Why put yourself in a situation where there might be complications, especially when you don’t need to?

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[quote=FlyerInHi]Drink coconut water. I buy them fresh by the cases at Zion’s.[/quote]

We have those in the office. While it’s probably much better than sports drink and soda, it’s not exactly “healthy”. It’s not exactly a low calorie/low sugar drink. Each 11 ounce is like 45-65 calories (depending on brand) and 10g-17g of sugar.

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…So…For lunch and dinner, I’ve been drinking a lot of water right before the meal….I guess it sort of helps me eat smaller portions because by the time I’m done with the water, I feel sort of bloated (kinda like when I was on chemo)…ha ha….Surprisingly, I think I was one of the few people that was able to gain weight while on chemo.

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Wish I could go swimming actually now.[/quote]

Sigh…I have the opposite problem. I wish I was a strong enough swimmer so that I could take advantage of the ocen that is 10 minutes walking outside of work.

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Thanks for the suggestion of alternating different areas. I think I’ll alternate between upper and lower body every other day.

Dumb question. What’s the best way to shape up triceps? I think I’m spending way more effort on biceps and front, and less so on back, and I don’t want to end up lopsided.

I can almost fit in my old clothes I wore freshman year in college..which was (XX censored) years ago…

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[quote=Blogstar][quote=flu]Quick question… Is there anything wrong with lifting weights everyday? Some say one should go every other day to let your body recover. Others say it’s not a big deal. I figure 1/2 hr in the morning before work and then about 45 mins at night isn’t that much, especially since I’m not really lifting the maximum weights that I can right now…
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That’s actually quite a bit of time for weight lifting.[/quote]

That might explain why I am sore all over. Oops.

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Quick question… Is there anything wrong with lifting weights everyday? Some say one should go every other day to let your body recover. Others say it’s not a big deal. I figure 1/2 hr in the morning before work and then about 45 mins at night isn’t that much, especially since I’m not really lifting the maximum weights that I can right now…

The other thing is anyone know how much a colon weigh?

I’m trying to compare my weight before all the medical shit happened and after. Right before medical shit, I think my weight was about 179..(which was slightly over). Then they took out my colon, and I think that was about 6-7lbs less, around 172-173, but maybe that was also due partly to me not eating much after surgery and being on a liquid diet. 2 years later on chemo, they told me to eat as much as I can so I went to around 182-3 without the colon…. I’m back down to 174/5, which probably means I’m still over my original weight.

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[quote=FlyerInHi] Financing is not possible with low owner occupancy rates.[/quote]

For owner occupied, that’s not true.

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[quote=FlyerInHi]Pride of ownership. Like a house, a body that has curb appeal and shows pride of ownership is more valuable

on the other hand, my car is looking dusty and neglected. But because of the drought, that’s a status symbol.[/quote]

I just washed two of my cars in the rain… I’m finishing the third one after lunch.

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Ok… And one other thing I was thinking… It’s getting harder to find another way to drop 20 lbs off my miata, without spending more serious money (taking out the A/C will drop about 20 lbs).

But I think I could easily drop 20 lbs off of me, so the entire package of me + car would be much lighter as a result if I simply lose more weight…Ha!

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Fortunately for me, I don’t really enjoy eating. I think this is where the anti-social part of me kicks in…I rarely eat out, unless it’s to catch up with some friends. So I really can’t tell what is good food over so-so food. So I don’t have a craving for some particular food at some particular place that I have to try out. I use to be a heavy soda drinker back in my college days. But I have long gave that up.

So from a diet perspective, I don’t think my diet is bad. I think my problem is that I’ve just been lethargic and haven’t felt like exercising as much.

What I do notice is that at my new company, there’s a bunch for free food (that surprisingly is reasonably healthy). That’s just bad. I avoid it like the plague. Because, I see what happens a lot, is people take a break, walk to the kitchen, and start eating crap (I guess out of anxiety, stress, or whatever)….

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[quote=ocrenter]First, congrats to flu for closing in on a huge milestone.

Regarding losing that excess weight around the waist, it is all intake related.

–get rid of refined carbs, have your carbs in the morning or lunch only.
–watch the sodium as it spikes your cravings and you generally end up eating more than planned
–no calories in liquid form, your body doesn’t see them
–reduce your portions slowly, too fast and your body kicks into famine busting mode and it’ll work to restore prior weight loss
–exercise daily 40-60 minutes, modest exercise is sufficient, break it up into 15-20 minute sessions, remember the modest exercise helps burn stress and therefore reduces cravings, you are not exercising to burn calories, it doesn’t compute.
–aim for very modest goals, 10-20 lbs in a year, not in 3 months.

I’m down about 20% my prior weight, dropping from BMI of 26.5 to 20.5 in 4 years and maintained ever since. I never joined a gym, I never ran.

That weight around the mid-section is metabolically doing harm, unfortunately Asians are predisposed to deposit excess weight directly to that mid-section.

Best of luck[/quote]

Thanks for the info….

Yeah, my diet for the past few years has been pretty strict. So I guess I’m use to it I’ll just continue it.

1. No alcohol (throws off my liver panel, which was already high during chemo). (Ok, I might need a glass of wine occasionally moving forward, but I’m not a heavy drinker to begin with)

2. No soda (for the past few years), no juice, no milk, no soy milk. Sparingly on tea. Sparingly on coffee, typically black with no sugar or cream..maybe just almond milk.

3. No fried foods (charlie’s chicken was soooo tempting). No burgers, no hot dogs, and no red meat.
Pizza, cheese, or anything greasy is out. Chicken or fish.

4. I avoid dairy products if I can.

5. No rice, whole wheat bread only with a sandwich. I switched to eating quinoa most of the time instead of rice, and I don’t eat either rice or quinoa regularly (asians eat a lot of rice, which I think is bad).
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/07/12/brown-rice-vs-quinoa_n_3587555.html

6. Basically anything that has soy, soybean oil, or soy by product, I avoid…And this pretty much eliminates most processed foods, since most processed food uses soybean oil or some variation of it. (You know how hard it is to find food without soy and soybean oil in it)?

I’ve cut about 8 lbs so far just by starting to exercise regularly again over the past 2 months, now being active doesn’t feel such a drag. And I’m finding when I do exercise more, I tend to eat less, and feel less draggy during the day, which eliminates the need for coffee :),. I think if I can cut another 8 lbs, and tone up a bit, and maintain it, that would be ideal.

Elliptical glider seems kinda cool, maybe I’ll get one.

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