The TFP Health Club

This has been my approach in the last bit - I've gone back to a Paleo- centric diet due to chronic allergy/sensitivities to wheat/dairy/gluten. I've stopped counting calories, I've stopped clocking how many miles I walk. I try to balance what I eat throughout the day so I've got fruit, veggies, meat. I let myself have something sweet if I want it. The trick to all has just been cutting back portions, and drinking tons of water. I have home made popsicles in the freezer instead of pints of Ben and Jerry's. I walk the dogs 3-4 times a day till we're all tired.

With this approach I've lost 11.2 pounds since 7/21/13. It's the most sustainable I've felt in years.

The best part is having my husband on board. Prior to this, we were eating out almost every night because I was too exhausted to go grocery shopping AND cook, and he was so swamped with work that he was going for quick ready food. There's only been one night so far I didn't make dinner, and that night we grabbed grilled chicken instead.

 

I started a TRX workout just for my abs. I think they are getting soft. So along with yoga and inline skating, I will be doing this everyday.

 

Well, I joined the gym. If scheduling permits I will be squatting and maybe deadlifting tonight.

 

Remember to drop the weights from waist level after doing each set to gain the maximum amount of Crossfit street cred. Bonus if you let out a "WHOOO!" and do some type of I'm-Super-Pumped strut.

 

Ergh, fuck that.

I'd rather do short sets of controlled deadlifts than flop my body on the floor fifty times in a row like maybe perfect form is something that extends beyond the first dozen.

Weren't burpees a part of the US military's WW2 conditioning program? "Alright, we're going to do a thousand burpees and then throw you out of a plane over France."

You know what sucks worse than doing burpees? Doing burpees while wearing body armor and holding a rifle. That's probably the least fun you can have by yourself.

 

OWNED, SON.

Also, I'm not a twentysomething anymore.

 

Nobody was more, er, poisoned by bourbon that night than I was.

Just saying.

 

So what you're saying, basically, is that you're a cheap date?

 

Beer has calories.

 

I'd rather have man-cred than crossfit-cred. The last time I said "WHOOOO!" after deadlifting, I almost passed out. ( That's because I was deadlifting 420 for reps. Burpees is what I do when I drink too many Pepseees )

 

All guys are cheap dates.

 

Incorrect, sir. Guys equipped with smoothspots are known for their scruples.

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I am constantly amazed at how annoying having male genitalia is while at the gym.

It's stuck to your thigh, it's being crushed by dumbbells, it's visible around women.

"Sorry, I'm not trying to show you my junk, I'm just doing sets of V-ups, I swear."

 

....isn't that what jock straps are for?

 

Dude, wrap that rascal!

Seriously, UnderArmour makes some very nice compression shorts. I've have two pair. It keeps everything nice and snuggly. And it breathes! We all know how important that is, don't we?

Men’s HeatGear® Sonic Compression Shorts | 1236237 | Under Armour US

 

Just FYI: I already wear nut-hugging briefs all the goddamn time.

Keeps my sperm count ultra low, gives the illusion of a tuck job.

Perhaps my crotch just has a strange gravitational field around it.