Broba Fett Posted November 28, 2018 Report Share Posted November 28, 2018 Hi friends old and new, long time no see. Life has been busy. In the past year I've: Released a novella. Bought a house. Continued to be a full time dad and husband successfully. Had an eipdural injection on two herniated discs that were causing my left leg to go numb. (Stemming from bad lifting years ago. Foot is still numb but I am mostly functional, if far from my strongman competing self of a few years ago.) Finished my BS in Business Management and walked in the first graduation of my life. Got a new job in a brand new industry and have been working much harder/ 3-4 more hours per day, including 2-3 days per week of working late from home. Started the year at 416lbs, got down to ~375 in the summer, then slacked with the new job and back problems and got back up to 399. I really need to maintain and finish the year with a net loss of overall lbs. It'd be a big boost to my mental health, which has honestly been strained over recent months. So my goals are simple: Track calories every day. No goals, no shame if I go over. Just the act of tracking will keep me from grabbing that 5th caramel pixie. Check in with you all every day to tell you all how I tracked and check up with some of you. Bonus goal: Take advantage of my fancy gym membership to go to one of the included group yoga classes with my wife. Just one. I will probably fall in love with it but I have to get there first. That's it. The past 6 years have shown me that the small changes are the ones most easily carried forward. Please help hold me accountable. Starting weight (10/2012): 500.5lbs Challenge starting weight: 399lbs Total overall weight lost: 101.5lbs 8 Quote Spoiler Currently... Playing (Video Game): RDR2 DMing: Tyranny of Dragons. First session 11/29. Broba Fett tracks em down. Facebook (Personal) Facebook (Author Page) Past Challenges: 13,12,11,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 Link to comment
jonfirestar Posted November 28, 2018 Report Share Posted November 28, 2018 Hey Broba Fett, as I live and breathe! It's good to see you back, sir! 2 Quote - strava - myfitnesspal - Instagram 2019 Roadmap Spoiler " Always aim for something stupidly crazy." - Charlie Quinn 2019 Races: Cliveden MTR 06/01 | Nuts Challenge 02/03 | Reading Half Marathon 17/03 | W.A.R 27/04 | RRDW 11/05 | Nuclear Oblivion 19/05 | Man vs Lakes 20/07 | Spartan Trifecta Weekend 05-06/10 | OCRWC 11-13/10 Current Challenge: First Steps Previous Challenges: 1| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 Link to comment
Broba Fett Posted November 28, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2018 3 minutes ago, jonfirestar said: Hey Broba Fett, as I live and breathe! It's good to see you back, sir! Good to be back and good to see you too. Now to stick with it! Quote Spoiler Currently... Playing (Video Game): RDR2 DMing: Tyranny of Dragons. First session 11/29. Broba Fett tracks em down. Facebook (Personal) Facebook (Author Page) Past Challenges: 13,12,11,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 Link to comment
Broba Fett Posted November 28, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2018 Also, big thanks to @Tanktimus the Encourager for the call to "come home" on FB. It was just what I needed to push me over the edge to back with it. 3 Quote Spoiler Currently... Playing (Video Game): RDR2 DMing: Tyranny of Dragons. First session 11/29. Broba Fett tracks em down. Facebook (Personal) Facebook (Author Page) Past Challenges: 13,12,11,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 Link to comment
Salinger Posted November 28, 2018 Report Share Posted November 28, 2018 Glad you are back with us xx Quote Link to comment
Tanktimus the Encourager Posted November 28, 2018 Report Share Posted November 28, 2018 Welcome back! Quote Current Challenge "By the Most-Righteous-and-Blessed Beard of Sir Tanktimus the Encourager!" - Jarl Rurik Harrgath Link to comment
Jarric Posted November 28, 2018 Report Share Posted November 28, 2018 Welcome back man! You have had one hell of a busy year, good on you for keeping going. Quote Level 18 Wood Elf Ranger STR: 14 - CON: 11 - CHA: 3 - SAN: 9 - INT: 13 IAgreeWithTank™ "Shit is going down, but I am not." - iatetheyeti Don't say "I don't have enough time", say instead "that's not a priority right now" and see how that makes you feel. Current Challenge: Jarric's birthday party External: Epic Quest - Instagram - Strava Spoiler Previous Challenges: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 Old Stuff: Battle Log - My Introduction - 2017 Road Map - 2018 Road Map - 2019 Road Map - 2021 Road Map - 2022 road map/wrap-up Link to comment
Wild Wolf Posted November 28, 2018 Report Share Posted November 28, 2018 Welcome back my esteemed Orc Erotica novella writing, truck pulling friend! Glad to see you, Broba! Any more novellas in the works?? I hope the numbing gets better! Also, have you seen THIS??? Wolf 2 Quote Wild Wolf Class: Hero/ Height: 6'2 / Weight: 188# Instagram: @ryanwolfbell / Facebook: Ryan Wolf Bell / Bible App (YouVersion) Ryan Wolf Bell Current Challenge: Intro to Wolflean Spoiler Last Challenge(s): 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10/11/12/13/14/15/16 Epic Challenges: Welcome to the Fireteam & Wolfpool Gotham Project: 1 " Know, O prince, that once the sun burns out and the earth's core becomes solid and cold, there will come a man to provide the endless energy needed to sustain life and for the planets to keep moving. He is the source of light and the warmth of hope back into the hearts of humanity...." - Dark_Raider A wolf rises in my heart; against my darkness; against my demons; against my despair. I DECLARE WAR! Romans 8:28 (CSB) We know that all things work together for the good of those who love God, who are called according to His purpose. Link to comment
TimovieMan Posted November 28, 2018 Report Share Posted November 28, 2018 Welcome back! Busy year you had! Remember: baby steps will get you there as well! 1 Quote Active challenges: Balancing sleep and gaming | Walk to Mordor - (spreadsheet) | DailyDare 2023 threads: Challenge VIII | IX 2018-19 & 2021 threads: Battle log | Challenge I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII Link to comment
Broba Fett Posted November 28, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2018 6 hours ago, Salinger said: Glad you are back with us xx 5 hours ago, Tanktimus the Encourager said: Welcome back! 4 hours ago, Jarric said: Welcome back man! You have had one hell of a busy year, good on you for keeping going. Thanks all. I really needed some nerd companionship. At my old job we had an entire nerd herd and enough downtime to have nerdly discussions daily. My new job is all old white dudes who work their asses off every day and don't have time to enjoy anything, let alone be nerds. I'm glad to be back on the forums and get that interaction back. 3 Quote Spoiler Currently... Playing (Video Game): RDR2 DMing: Tyranny of Dragons. First session 11/29. Broba Fett tracks em down. Facebook (Personal) Facebook (Author Page) Past Challenges: 13,12,11,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 Link to comment
Broba Fett Posted November 28, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2018 4 hours ago, Wolfpool said: Welcome back my esteemed Orc Erotica novella writing, truck pulling friend! Glad to see you, Broba! Any more novellas in the works?? I hope the numbing gets better! Also, have you seen THIS??? Wolf Book 2 in the Paladins world is 17k words in but honestly I haven't been able to touch it in a year due to school and the new job. Hopefully that'll change soon. And YES! I can't wait for The Mandalorian. I'm a big fan of Favreau and was super bummed to see the Fett movie got cancelled so I'm excited to see what he puts out. Quote Spoiler Currently... Playing (Video Game): RDR2 DMing: Tyranny of Dragons. First session 11/29. Broba Fett tracks em down. Facebook (Personal) Facebook (Author Page) Past Challenges: 13,12,11,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 Link to comment
Broba Fett Posted November 28, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2018 2 hours ago, TimovieMan said: Welcome back! Busy year you had! Remember: baby steps will get you there as well! Thanks! Yeah I've found that the little steps tend to actually "take" more often than major changes. Quote Spoiler Currently... Playing (Video Game): RDR2 DMing: Tyranny of Dragons. First session 11/29. Broba Fett tracks em down. Facebook (Personal) Facebook (Author Page) Past Challenges: 13,12,11,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 Link to comment
Broba Fett Posted November 29, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2018 Fully tracked yesterday. 2519 cals and it felt good to stay in top of it. Just as I thought, the mere act of tracking helped me turn down some sugary goodness that I would have normally eaten. Baby steps. 1 Quote Spoiler Currently... Playing (Video Game): RDR2 DMing: Tyranny of Dragons. First session 11/29. Broba Fett tracks em down. Facebook (Personal) Facebook (Author Page) Past Challenges: 13,12,11,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 Link to comment
Broba Fett Posted December 1, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2018 Fully tracked on Thursday and Friday: Thursday: 2006 calories. Friday:... 4984 calories. Hosted D&D last night and we ordered Giordano's Chicago style pizza. I had 5 slices and 6 beers. No regrets. I'm running Tyranny of Dragons for the first time. Not sure how I feel about it so far. It seems like it encourages either railroading everyone into fighting an adult dragon or you have to have a full on plan B for the PCs if they say "fuck all that". Also my dog ate 7 slices of pizza because we were careless in putting it up. That's about 5lbs of cheese for Giordano's. We are officially on poop watch. 3 Quote Spoiler Currently... Playing (Video Game): RDR2 DMing: Tyranny of Dragons. First session 11/29. Broba Fett tracks em down. Facebook (Personal) Facebook (Author Page) Past Challenges: 13,12,11,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 Link to comment
jonfirestar Posted December 3, 2018 Report Share Posted December 3, 2018 On 12/1/2018 at 4:07 PM, Broba Fett said: Also my dog ate 7 slices of pizza because we were careless in putting it up. That's about 5lbs of cheese for Giordano's. That sounds like it wouldn't end well... Quote - strava - myfitnesspal - Instagram 2019 Roadmap Spoiler " Always aim for something stupidly crazy." - Charlie Quinn 2019 Races: Cliveden MTR 06/01 | Nuts Challenge 02/03 | Reading Half Marathon 17/03 | W.A.R 27/04 | RRDW 11/05 | Nuclear Oblivion 19/05 | Man vs Lakes 20/07 | Spartan Trifecta Weekend 05-06/10 | OCRWC 11-13/10 Current Challenge: First Steps Previous Challenges: 1| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 Link to comment
Broba Fett Posted December 4, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2018 On 12/3/2018 at 4:32 AM, jonfirestar said: That sounds like it wouldn't end well... It didn't. He ended up barfing all over my kid's bed. Saturday: 3261 Cal Sunday: 3218 cal Yesterday: 3066 cal It's very interesting to just track rather than try to hit a goal. It seems as though my natural "full without stuffed" is between 3000 and 3300 per day. Thing is, my BMR is supposedly around 3500. So am I eating so much junk/drinking so many beers on the weekend that it is completely negating the fact that I'm under BMR most days? Stay tuned to find out I guess. I'm going to keep this goal-less tracking up for the whole month then see where we are at. Probably need a dexa scan or something to get a good handle on my actual daily burn. 3 Quote Spoiler Currently... Playing (Video Game): RDR2 DMing: Tyranny of Dragons. First session 11/29. Broba Fett tracks em down. Facebook (Personal) Facebook (Author Page) Past Challenges: 13,12,11,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 Link to comment
jonfirestar Posted December 4, 2018 Report Share Posted December 4, 2018 2 hours ago, Broba Fett said: Thing is, my BMR is supposedly around 3500. So am I eating so much junk/drinking so many beers on the weekend that it is completely negating the fact that I'm under BMR most days? It's pretty much what I was doing for the entire summer. My BMR was a lot lower but I was training for an ultra marathon so doing all the freaking running. I was able to binge eat myself into manience just from what i was consuming over the weekends 1 Quote - strava - myfitnesspal - Instagram 2019 Roadmap Spoiler " Always aim for something stupidly crazy." - Charlie Quinn 2019 Races: Cliveden MTR 06/01 | Nuts Challenge 02/03 | Reading Half Marathon 17/03 | W.A.R 27/04 | RRDW 11/05 | Nuclear Oblivion 19/05 | Man vs Lakes 20/07 | Spartan Trifecta Weekend 05-06/10 | OCRWC 11-13/10 Current Challenge: First Steps Previous Challenges: 1| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 Link to comment
Broba Fett Posted December 12, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2018 Life happened. Sister had an emergency C-section end of last week and baby was immediately taken to a NICU in a different hospital an hour away. It was sketch for a bit but both have gotten better and mother and baby were reunited but we spent all day Saturday driving up to Rockford and back and forth to McHenry and back. Food was a mess and I haven't tracked since and I'm up to 404lbs. Back on track today. Just want to get through New year's under 400. 2 Quote Spoiler Currently... Playing (Video Game): RDR2 DMing: Tyranny of Dragons. First session 11/29. Broba Fett tracks em down. Facebook (Personal) Facebook (Author Page) Past Challenges: 13,12,11,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 Link to comment
Mr_Willes Posted December 12, 2018 Report Share Posted December 12, 2018 50 minutes ago, Broba Fett said: Back on track today. Just want to get through New year's under 400. And so we will! I was about to hollar for your ass on FB. Good to see you back in here! Quote ... a little odd in the head ... Link to comment
Tanktimus the Encourager Posted December 12, 2018 Report Share Posted December 12, 2018 I'm glad your sister is ok. Quote Current Challenge "By the Most-Righteous-and-Blessed Beard of Sir Tanktimus the Encourager!" - Jarl Rurik Harrgath Link to comment
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