TimovieMan Posted April 18, 2021 Report Share Posted April 18, 2021 TimovieMan respawns! (with half a challenge) Hey guys, I'm back, needing to respawn. Who am I again? Well, three years ago I wanted to lose weight and get fitter. Soon after I started, I found this place (because whenever I did ANY dieting or exercising research, Steve's blog was the one that made the most sense). This place did wonders for my lifestyle and motivation, and after several months I felt I was ready to keep going on my own. And I was right! This was September 2018, when I started, weighing 112 kg: When I quit the forums and went "my own way" in February 2019, I was at 95 kg. I got that down to 90-92 kg and remained there for pretty much an entire year, even "peaking" at 88 kg just before Christmas 2019. This was me in March last year, at 92 kg: The idea three years ago was to go all the way down to 78 kg, but frankly, the 90-92 kg was easily maintainable without requiring "extra effort", and I was *really* happy with how I looked so I didn't really feel the need to "do more". So why am I here? What happened? Well, Covid-19 happened. We had a first lockdown here in the middle of March last year, and everything's gone to hell since then. Suddenly I was working from home instead of going to the office, and that was disastrous for me. Why, you ask? Because I often bike to work, and I work at a pretty big place with regular meetings at different far-off meeting rooms, and my lunch break mostly consisted of going for a walk with a couple of colleagues. While an average of 8000-9000 steps each day isn't all that much, it's actually pretty good for someone whose work consists of sitting at a desk with a computer all day. Working from home? Well, no more bike rides, no walks to far-off meeting rooms, and even my lunch break walk got replaced with sitting in front of the TV to watch the news. My average steps dropped to 2000-3000 each day. Couple that with the fact that during the first two months of the lockdown the schools were closed here. So both me and the missus were working from home with a 5 and 6-year old running around needing help with online classes or just needing to be kept busy. This felt like a full-time job on top of a full-time job, which rendered me without energy to do any exercising at night. So that got cut too. Add to that a cupboard with sweets and whatnot within reach and tempting me all day long, and I was on a slippery slope that saw me regain a good portion of the 20+ kg I had previously lost. But why didn't I respawn on my own? Well, I tried... All I managed was to stop the upwards trend of my weight, but I wasn't lowering it. I needed more accountability. I needed this place again. Since I have no desire to wait until the next challenge starts, I'm respawning here now with half a challenge... Main goal At the end of July, I'm taking a two-week vacation with the family to Spain (if the Covid-measures allow it by then). The plan is to be back at 95 kg by then. 90-92 kg would be perfect, of course, but since it's only three months away and I'm at around 106 at the moment, I want to be realistic, so 95 is the main goal. Challenge goals Week 1: April 19th - April 25th Sugar detox! Avoid sweets and chocolate for an entire week. Get the sugar out of my system so the cravings go away. There's very little Easter chocolate left in the house, so just endure this for a week. Intermittent fasting AND caloric deficit! Get a 16-hour fast period each day. Average under 2000 calories/day. Wednesday and the weekend should be the only ones where I have to pay attention for the fast period. I also won't be doing strict calorie counting, just ballpark figures rounded up. Should be close enough. Move more! My average step count has been dismal. So get off that chair, go outside and purposely go for walks again. Specifically: average more than 8000 steps each day again. Week 2: April 26th - May 2nd Turn up the intermittent fasting! Get a 16-hour fast period each day. Get at least one 24-hour fast period this week. Start burpeeing! Two 15-minute burpee workouts* this week. (*) 5 x 2 minutes of burpees and 1 minute of rest. Finish with a plank hold. With my current shape, those two minutes will be pitiful AMRAPs and rest. But the idea is to build this up again. Even if I have never once been able to do an AMRAP that lasted two minutes... 😋 4 Quote Active challenges: Make work of working out | Walk to Mordor - (spreadsheet) | DailyDare | Weight Loss PVP 10/12 lbs in 10/12 weeks - (spreadsheet) 2023 threads: Challenge VIII | IX | X | XI | XII | XIII | XIV 2018-19 & 2021 threads: Battle log | Challenge I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII Link to comment
TimovieMan Posted April 18, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2021 I'm officially only starting tomorrow, but now that I've got my mind set to doing this properly, why not start immediately, at least with the dieting? Things to track: - Intermittent fasting period length - Calorie intake - Soda, snacks, chocolate, pastry and other foodstuffs high in sugar content - Step count Sunday, April 18th (preliminary) - Intermittent fasting: 20h - 13h = 17 hours - Calorie intake: just 100 calories in cold cuts while my kids were eating - No sugar intake yet - Steps don't need to be followed up throughout the day, I have a Fitbit Charge 4 doing that for me. 🙃 Quote Active challenges: Make work of working out | Walk to Mordor - (spreadsheet) | DailyDare | Weight Loss PVP 10/12 lbs in 10/12 weeks - (spreadsheet) 2023 threads: Challenge VIII | IX | X | XI | XII | XIII | XIV 2018-19 & 2021 threads: Battle log | Challenge I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII Link to comment
TimovieMan Posted April 19, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2021 It's amazing how a little accountability here boosts my motivation. I only needed a gentle nudge, it seems... Sunday, April 18th - Intermittent fasting: 17 hours of fasting, then lunch at 13h, dinner at 19h30 - Calorie intake: +/- 900 total - a mere 100 at lunch (half a slice of young Gouda cheese and a slice of salami) and around 800 at dinner (560 total of chicken, maybe 750 with the butter used for pan-frying, but the kids ate half of it as well, so 400 tops for me, and a salad for around 100 in vegetables and 200 for the yoghurt dressing, baked onions and bread croutons) - No sugar intake - Steps: 8015 - I had to pace around the house a little just before midnight because I was at 7950 😋 I need to take advantage of my high levels of motivation, so I went beyond the call of duty. Less than 1000 calories for the day, going for an hour-long walk even when that part of the challenge only starts the day after, and even doing a burpee AMRAP just before going to bed (a pitiful 9 burpees, but still). Quote Active challenges: Make work of working out | Walk to Mordor - (spreadsheet) | DailyDare | Weight Loss PVP 10/12 lbs in 10/12 weeks - (spreadsheet) 2023 threads: Challenge VIII | IX | X | XI | XII | XIII | XIV 2018-19 & 2021 threads: Battle log | Challenge I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII Link to comment
juliebarkley Posted April 19, 2021 Report Share Posted April 19, 2021 Welcome back! 10 hours ago, TimovieMan said: Less than 1000 calories for the day, going for an hour-long walk even when that part of the challenge only starts the day after I get that you are trying to lose weight, but sub-1000 calories for a man and physical activity on top of that... Just be careful. Stay healthy and don't overdo. You want to improve your health, not wreck it. 10 hours ago, TimovieMan said: even doing a burpee AMRAP just before going to bed (a pitiful 9 burpees, but still) Pitiful, he says. Good job! 1 Quote Challenge archive Link to comment
TimovieMan Posted April 19, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2021 2 hours ago, juliebarkley said: Welcome back! Thanks! I'd have preferred it if I didn't have to come back, though. 🙃 2 hours ago, juliebarkley said: I get that you are trying to lose weight, but sub-1000 calories for a man and physical activity on top of that... Just be careful. Stay healthy and don't overdo. You want to improve your health, not wreck it. I know. This won't be a habit. I'm going to be aiming for around 1800 calories on most days, and I have MORE than enough reserves for maintaining that for a while. I'm not doing a Christian Bale / Machinist diet where I'll be living on an apple and a can of tuna for an extended period. It's just that I know that a tough week of dieting has the effect of killing my sense of hunger and my cravings, and it's easier after I've reached that point. And this is a way of kickstarting that a little. 2 hours ago, juliebarkley said: Pitiful, he says. Good job! I did 20 consecutive ones when I was at this same weight 2-and-a-half years ago, so I'm in relatively poor shape... Monday, April 19th - Intermittent fasting: 17.5 hours of fasting, then lunch at 13h, dinner at 19h - Calorie intake: +/- 1800 total - 600 calories for three tortilla wraps and 500 calories for the chicken and vegetable/tomato sauce filling for lunch, and for dinner 250 calories for carrot sticks and hummus, 100 calories of cold cuts and 350 calories for 4 hard-boiled eggs - No sugar intake - Steps: 11211 - went for a walk with my weighted vest on, to make it closer to cardio than just walking. 1 Quote Active challenges: Make work of working out | Walk to Mordor - (spreadsheet) | DailyDare | Weight Loss PVP 10/12 lbs in 10/12 weeks - (spreadsheet) 2023 threads: Challenge VIII | IX | X | XI | XII | XIII | XIV 2018-19 & 2021 threads: Battle log | Challenge I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII Link to comment
juliebarkley Posted April 19, 2021 Report Share Posted April 19, 2021 35 minutes ago, TimovieMan said: I did 20 consecutive ones when I was at this same weight 2-and-a-half years ago, so I'm in relatively poor shape... That was then, this is now. Now you have a target to beat. Quote Challenge archive Link to comment
TimovieMan Posted April 20, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2021 7 hours ago, juliebarkley said: That was then, this is now. Now you have a target to beat. It's just disheartening to see how far I've fallen in a year. I did 9 burpees the day before yesterday, and now I have DOMS. While that's certainly a "get back in shape" motivator, it's also a "how could you let yourself slip?" reminder... Quote Active challenges: Make work of working out | Walk to Mordor - (spreadsheet) | DailyDare | Weight Loss PVP 10/12 lbs in 10/12 weeks - (spreadsheet) 2023 threads: Challenge VIII | IX | X | XI | XII | XIII | XIV 2018-19 & 2021 threads: Battle log | Challenge I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII Link to comment
juliebarkley Posted April 20, 2021 Report Share Posted April 20, 2021 14 hours ago, TimovieMan said: It's just disheartening to see how far I've fallen in a year. I did 9 burpees the day before yesterday, and now I have DOMS. While that's certainly a "get back in shape" motivator, it's also a "how could you let yourself slip?" reminder... I get that, but you can't beat yourself up over the past. You can only work in the now. And in the now, you did nine burpees and challenged yourself to the point of DOMS. Quote Challenge archive Link to comment
TimovieMan Posted April 20, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2021 1 hour ago, juliebarkley said: I get that, but you can't beat yourself up over the past. You can only work in the now. And in the now, you did nine burpees and challenged yourself to the point of DOMS. Thanks, I actually need this reminder every now and then. Before I lost that weight two years ago, the most disappointing thing in seeing myself in the mirror was remembering how I looked when I was at my fittest at age 19. It seems I'm doing the same now. I remember what I looked like just over a year ago, and the comparison stings... Anyhoo... Tuesday, April 20th - Intermittent fasting: 17.5 hours of fasting, then lunch at 12h30, dinner at 19h - Calorie intake: +/- 1600 total - 600 calories for the fish gratin and vegetables for lunch, and about 1000 calories for the bacon and eggs at dinner. - No sugar intake - Steps: 13547 No weighted vest for my walk this evening (not ready for that yet), but I did get to snap this picture at sunset: And I did 8 burpees. One less than two days ago. And then I rested a bit and did two more because the Daily Dare thread had a 10 burpee dare just now... 😁 1 1 Quote Active challenges: Make work of working out | Walk to Mordor - (spreadsheet) | DailyDare | Weight Loss PVP 10/12 lbs in 10/12 weeks - (spreadsheet) 2023 threads: Challenge VIII | IX | X | XI | XII | XIII | XIV 2018-19 & 2021 threads: Battle log | Challenge I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII Link to comment
Elastigirl Posted April 21, 2021 Report Share Posted April 21, 2021 Welcome back! You are off to a great start. Quote Wisdom 22.5 Dexterity 13 Charisma 15 Strength 21 Constitution-13 "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind' Luke 10; 27 Link to comment
jonfirestar Posted April 21, 2021 Report Share Posted April 21, 2021 On 4/18/2021 at 1:40 AM, TimovieMan said: Well, Covid-19 happened. Hey welcome back fellow respawner! Yeah I hear you. Covid ugh. I've struggled with my weight my whole life and if I'm honest the only reason covid hasn't lead to rapid weight gain for me is because I've been really sick. On 4/20/2021 at 12:06 AM, TimovieMan said: I know. This won't be a habit. I'm going to be aiming for around 1800 calories on most days, and I have MORE than enough reserves for maintaining that for a while. I'm not doing a Christian Bale / Machinist diet where I'll be living on an apple and a can of tuna for an extended period. It's just that I know that a tough week of dieting has the effect of killing my sense of hunger and my cravings, and it's easier after I've reached that point. And this is a way of kickstarting that a little. I also understand this Just remember it's also not a bad thing to completely refeed your body from time to time.. Extended periods of dieting is hard on the body and mind, even if you do have enough reserves to maintain it. It's still a physics equation at the end of the day, energy in vs energy out, but your body isn't a static entity and will adapt in an attempt to maintain balance (aka starvation mode but I really dislike that definition because it's misleading and the actual mechanisms are very nuanced). Going to stop before I go into a long nerdy tirade about weight management 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
TimovieMan Posted April 21, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2021 1 hour ago, jonfirestar said: Just remember it's also not a bad thing to completely refeed your body from time to time.. Extended periods of dieting is hard on the body and mind, even if you do have enough reserves to maintain it. It's still a physics equation at the end of the day, energy in vs energy out, but your body isn't a static entity and will adapt in an attempt to maintain balance (aka starvation mode but I really dislike that definition because it's misleading and the actual mechanisms are very nuanced). Let's just say that last Friday was probably a day in excess of 4000 calories, so if I go a little lower afterwards, it's not going to be an issue. Also, define "extended periods of dieting". A week, two weeks, a month? There's probably going to be a cheat day once a week anyhow. Some of those I already know in advance. Fridays, for instance, are always going to be high calorie days. Friday evening has become a "takeaway evening" here. It's already bordering on tradition. 😋 And since the kids also have a say, that means we see our fair share of French fries and the likes then. The healthiest option on Fridays is probably sushi, but that's also very rich in calories... This week it's been voted that Burger King will win. Not a fan, but at least it's preferable to McDonald's for me. I'll probably be having a large Double Whopper menu which is around 2000 calories, soda included. I'd skip the soda, but Burger King is one of the few places where you can get Vanilla Coke here, so I'll be having one. And on Mother's Day, May 7th, I've ordered a "deluxe" breakfast package for the family, so not only will I be having breakfast that day, it's going to be a 3000+ calorie day for sure. All I'm trying to say is that during these first two weeks I'm going to be a little tougher on myself, and more restrictive in calorie intake, precisely because I'm just respawning again. I need to reach the point where I'm no longer hungry in a fastened state, and where I'm no longer craving sugar or snacks. I just need a period of a week or two of endurance for this, and this two-week challenge seems perfect for it. The next challenge will be about consistent exercise and more sleep while maintaining a more balanced diet. Also because I know that I won't be able to sustain this "gung ho" style of these first weeks (nor would I want to)... 😇 2 Quote Active challenges: Make work of working out | Walk to Mordor - (spreadsheet) | DailyDare | Weight Loss PVP 10/12 lbs in 10/12 weeks - (spreadsheet) 2023 threads: Challenge VIII | IX | X | XI | XII | XIII | XIV 2018-19 & 2021 threads: Battle log | Challenge I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII Link to comment
TimovieMan Posted April 22, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2021 Wednesday, April 21st - Intermittent fasting: 17.5 hours (lunch at 12h30, dinner at 19h) - Calorie intake: +/- 1900 total (1600 calories lunch, 300 calories dinner) - No sugar intake - Steps: 11985 Exercise: - went for a walk during my daughter's judo class - Did a late-night mini-workout: 30 torso twists (DailyDare), 9 burpees and 54 seconds of planking Quote Active challenges: Make work of working out | Walk to Mordor - (spreadsheet) | DailyDare | Weight Loss PVP 10/12 lbs in 10/12 weeks - (spreadsheet) 2023 threads: Challenge VIII | IX | X | XI | XII | XIII | XIV 2018-19 & 2021 threads: Battle log | Challenge I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII Link to comment
TimovieMan Posted April 22, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2021 So, I don't know if any of you guys still remember this, but during my previous passage on the forums, every time I had a good day I tended to post a song from my own "all-time top 300" list that I had made back in 2016. Perhaps it's time to revisit that tradition a little, but with a twist. I'm currently in the process of making a full fledged top 2000 (!!!). I'm going over a list of 13000 songs or so, compiled from personal favourites, and collected from a slew of top 100s/1000s/2000s online. Every time I discover something interesting, I add it and assign it a score, while going over the rest alphabetically. I'm about halfway through 'D' (just passed Belgian rockers "Diablo Blvd"). It's a long term project. 😎 The idea is to post a song that would be a new addition to the list, especially a rather high-up new addition, to "celebrate" a good eating and/or exercising day. My 2016 "All-time top 300" looked like this: Spoiler 300. Carl Orff - O Fortuna 299. King Crimson - The Court of the Crimson King 298. Supertramp - The Logical Song 297. Mercury Rev - The Dark Is Rising 296. 10cc - The Wall Street Shuffle 295. Sturm und Drang - Heaven (Is Not Here) 294. Juno Reactor - Samurai 293. Praga Khan - Luv U Still 292. Elvis Presley - Hound Dog 291. Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill 290. Judas Priest - The Green Manalishi 289. Queen - Who Wants to Live Forever 288. Bush - Letting the Cables Sleep 287. Warmer - Inside 286. Queen - I Want It All 285. Guns N’ Roses - You Could Be Mine 284. Clawfinger - When I Grow Up 283. Veldhuis & Kemper - Ik Wou Dat Ik Jou Was 282. Chad Kroeger feat. Josey Scott - Hero 281. Pain - Shut Your Mouth 280. The Troggs - Wild Thing 279. Van Halen - You Really Got Me 278. Simple Minds - Belfast Child 277. Godsmack - Saints & Sinners 276. Twisted Sister - We’re Not Gonna Take It 275. Metallica - One 274. Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing 273. Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A. 272. Scorpions - Still Loving You 271. R.E.M. - Bad Day 270. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication 269. Jackie Wilson - Reet Petite 268. Yum - Day One 267. Kan Gao - For River (Sarah & Tommy’s Version) 266. Genesis - I Can’t Dance 265. Vertical Horizon - Everything You Want 264. Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Old Time Rock and Roll 263. Oasis - Live Forever 262. Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire 261. Peter Gabriel - My Body Is a Cage 260. Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun 259. Patti Smith - Because the Night 258. The Doors - Light My Fire 257. Joe Cocker - With a Little Help from My Friends 256. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge 255. Link Wray - Rumble 254. U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday 253. The Waterboys - Glastonbury Song 252. The Beastie Boys - Sabotage 251. Eric Clapton - Tears in Heaven 250. My Vitriol - Always Your Way 249. Lou Reed - Perfect Day 248. Semisonic - Closing Time 247. The Police - Message in a Bottle 246. Faith No More - Midlife Crisis 245. Radiohead - Paranoid Android 244. Alice Cooper - Poison 243. 3 Doors Down - Kryptonite 242. Gorky - Lieve Kleine Piranha 241. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - The Ship Song 240. Status Quo - Whatever You Want 239. Thin Lizzy - Whiskey in the Jar 238. Iron Maiden - Run to the Hills 237. Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song 236. Disturbed - The Sound of Silence 235. Nirvana - Lithium 234. Golden Earring - Radar Love 233. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Otherside 232. The Blasters - Dark Night 231. Type O Negative - Everything Dies 230. Bon Jovi - You Give Love a Bad Name 229. Intergalactic Lovers - She-Wolf 228. The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army 227. ZZ Top - Tush 226. Aldo Nova - Monkey on Your Back 225. Chemical Brothers - Hey Boy Hey Girl 224. Faithless - Insomnia 223. The Immortals - Techno Syndrome 222. Fatboy Slim - Right Here Right Now 221. The Cure - A Forest 220. Lenny Kravitz - Fly Away 219. De Kreuners - Verliefd op Chris Lomme 218. The Scabs - Hard Times 217. The Monkees - I’m a Believer 216. Steppenwolf - Born to Be Wild 215. Coldplay - Yellow 214. Staind - It’s Been a While 213. Arno - Les Yeux de Ma Mère 212. Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal 211. Motörhead - Ace of Spades 210. Stan Ridgway - Camouflage 209. Tori Amos - Cornflake Girl 208. Sunna - 7% 207. Toto - I Will Remember 206. Yevgueni - Zo Donker 205. Phil Collins - In the Air Tonight 204. Eminem feat. Dido - Stan 203. Manau - La Tribu de Dana 202. Therapy? - Trigger Inside 201. The Sweet - Ballroom Blitz 200. Bloodhound Gang - Fire Water Burn 199. John Hiatt - Have a Little Faith in Me 198. Bachman-Turner Overdrive - You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet 197. Ramones - I Wanna Be Sedated 196. Rammstein - Rammstein 195. Rage Against the Machine - Killing in the Name of 194. Aerosmith - Love in an Elevator 193. Metallica - Nothing Else Matters 192. Eddie Vedder - Society 191. TC Matic - Oh La La La 190. The Pogues - Fiesta 189. The Levellers - Liberty Song 188. Talking Heads - Road to Nowhere 187. The Waterboys - Peace of Iona 186. Guns N’ Roses - Paradise City 185. Evanescence - Tourniquet 184. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - The Mercy Seat 183. Porcupine Tree - Lazarus 182. In Extremo - Herr Mannelig 181. Krezip - I Would Stay 180. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Up Around the Bend 179. Simon and Garfunkel - Scarborough Fair (Canticle) 178. Damien Rice - 9 Crimes 177. Crash Test Dummies - Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm 176. Klein Orkest - Over de Muur 175. Warmer - Don’t You Worry Love 174. Roger Glover - Love Is All 173. Europe - The Final Countdown 172. Soulwax - Much Against Everyone’s Advice 171. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Into My Arms 170. Tool - Lateralus 169. Porcupine Tree - Radioactive Toy 168. Paradise Lost - Erased 167. Alice Cooper - School’s Out 166. Electric Six - Danger! High Voltage 165. R.E.M. - Losing My Religion 164. Pearl Jam - Man of the Hour 163. Rammstein - Stripped 162. Raymond Van Het Groenewoud - Twee Meisjes 161. Foo Fighters - My Hero 160. Mike Scott - City Full of Ghosts (Dublin) 159. Dio - Holy Diver 158. Faith No More - Epic 157. Cliff Richard & The Young Ones - Living Doll 156. Mystery - She Likes Double Trouble 155. Foghat - Slow Ride 154. The Gone Jackals - Legacy 153. Monty Python - Always Look on the Bright Side of Life 152. Andrew W.K. - Ready to Die 151. Men at Work - Down Under 150. Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A-Changin’ 149. Gorky - Mia 148. Tool - Schism 147. The Trashmen - Surfin’ Bird 146. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - The Sorrowful Wife 145. The Soggy Bottom Boys - I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow 144. The Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil 143. In Extremo - An End Has a Start 142. Oomph! - Supernova 141. Black Sabbath - Iron Man 140. Liquido - Narcotic 139. Boston - More Than a Feeling 138. Live - The Dolphin’s Cry 137. Frank Boeijen - Kronenburg Park 136. Audioslave - Show Me How to Live 135. Silverchair - Anthem for the Year 2000 134. David Bowie - Heroes 133. Beck - Everybody’s Gotta Learn Sometimes 132. Paradise Lost - Mouth 131. Clawfinger - Biggest & the Best 130. Godsmack - Awake 129. AC/DC - Highway to Hell 128. Black Sabbath - War Pigs 127. Michael Jackson - Dirty Diana 126. Gotye feat. Kimbra - Somebody That I Used to Know 125. Coldplay - Trouble 124. Counting Crows feat. Bløf - Holiday in Spain 123. Andreas Johnson - Glorious 122. Kristin Hersh feat. Michael Stipe - Your Ghost 121. Bløf - De Schaduw van de Brug 120. Billy Joel - We Didn’t Start the Fire 119. Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out) 118. In Extremo - Villeman og Magnhild 117. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Let Love In 116. AC/DC - Whole Lotta Rosie 115. Linkin Park - Crawling 114. Deep Purple - Child in Time 113. Coldplay - The Scientist 112. The Connells - ‘74-‘75 111. Bruce Springsteen - The River 110. Moby - That’s When I Reach for My Revolver 109. Counting Crows - Colorblind 108. Chumbawumba - Mary Mary (Stigmatic Mix) 107. Bon Jovi - Livin’ on a Prayer 106. Dire Straits - Money for Nothing 105. Bløf - Ze Is Er Niet 104. In Extremo - Küss Mich 103. Simon and Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence 102. Linkin Park - Numb 101. The Who - Behind Blue Eyes 100. Stiltskin - Inside 99. Therapy? - Diane 98. Stealers Wheel - Stuck in the Middle with You 97. Pearl Jam - Alive 96. Staind - Outside 95. Placebo - Pure Morning 94. Disturbed - Down with the Sickness 93. The Doors - The End 92. Sisters of Mercy - Temple of Love 91. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody 90. Puddle of Mudd - Blurry 89. Rammstein - Sonne 88. Peter Gabriel - Book of Love 87. Novastar - Because 86. The Levellers - Another Man’s Cause 85. Filter - Take a Picture 84. David Bowie - Cat People (Putting Out Fire) 83. Radiohead - Creep 82. Coheed and Cambria - Welcome Home 81. Godsmack - Serenity 80. Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al 79. Counting Crows - Angels of the Silences 78. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Red Right Hand 77. The Scene - Iedereen Is van de Wereld 76. R.E.M. - It’s the End of the World as We Know It 75. Razorlight - Wire to Wire 74. Damien Rice - The Blower’s Daughter 73. Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water 72. George Thorogood & The Destroyers - Bad to the Bone 71. In Extremo - Flaschenpost 70. Huey Lewis and the News - The Power of Love 69. Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower 68. Aerosmith - Livin’ on the Edge 67. Falco - Jeanny 66. Nine Inch Nails - The Day the World Went Away 65. Tool - Parabol / Parabola 64. Witt & Heppner - Die Flut 63. Tenacious D - Tribute 62. Iggy Pop - Lust for Life 61. HIM - Wicked Game 60. Eagle-Eye Cherry - Save Tonight 59. Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven 58. Blue Öyster Cult - (Don’t Fear) The Reaper 57. Porcupine Tree - Blackest Eyes 56. Metallica - Enter Sandman 55. The Housemartins - Caravan of Love 54. Godsmack - I Stand Alone 53. The Eagles - Hotel California 52. The Scene - Blauw 51. In Extremo - Poc Vecem 50. Led Zeppelin - Babe I’m Gonna Leave You 49. Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb 48. Queen - Don’t Stop Me Now 47. Neil Young - Rockin’ in the Free World 46. Urge Overkill - Girl, You’ll Be a Woman Soon 45. The Rolling Stones - Paint It Black 44. Salif Keita - Tomorrow 43. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - O Children 42. Paradise Lost - One Second 41. Korn - Freak on a Leash 40. Bløf - Hier 39. Willy DeVille & Mark Knopfler - Storybook Love 38. Hooverphonic - Eden 37. Scorpions - Wind of Change 36. Rammstein - Ich Will 35. Radiohead - Karma Police 34. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Jubilee Street 33. Aerosmith - Dream On 32. The Proclaimers - I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) 31. Counting Crows - A Long December 30. L’Âme Immortelle - Aus den Ruinen 29. Nine Inch Nails - We’re in This Together 28. Paradise Lost - Isolate 27. Oomph! - Augen Auf 26. Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah 25. Bløf - De Hemel Is de Aarde 24. Lemon - Stay with Me 23. Dave Matthews Band - Gravedigger 22. Elvis Costello - I Want You 21. The Crüxshadows - Return (Coming Home) 20. Die Toten Hosen - Hier Kommt Alex 19. Megadeth - Symphony of Destruction 18. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here 17. Porcupine Tree - Nine Cats (Acoustic Version) 16. Rammstein - Mein Herz Brennt 15. AC/DC - Thunderstruck 14. Counting Crows - Round Here 13. Craig Armstrong - Wake Up in New York 12. Godsmack - Re-Align 11. The Verve Pipe - The Freshmen 10. Gary Jules - Mad World 9. Pink Floyd - Time 8. Johnny Cash - Hurt 7. Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms 6. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird 5. Led Zeppelin - Kashmir 4. In Extremo - Vollmond 3. Counting Crows - Mr. Jones 2. R.E.M. - Leave 1. Porcupine Tree - Arriving Somewhere But Not Here So, to start, I'd like to post the song that is currently slated for inclusion in my top 30 which would for now make it the highest new entry. I discovered this band pretty much by accident. YouTube Music started playing this song randomly (well, somewhat based on my history, I hope). Fell in love with it instantly, loved the clip itself to bits as well, and took an interest in the band too. They now have 4 likely entries in my top 2000. Preliminary, of course. It's a fluid process. Here's the Finnish band 'Poets of the Fall' with 'Carnival of Rust': Quote Active challenges: Make work of working out | Walk to Mordor - (spreadsheet) | DailyDare | Weight Loss PVP 10/12 lbs in 10/12 weeks - (spreadsheet) 2023 threads: Challenge VIII | IX | X | XI | XII | XIII | XIV 2018-19 & 2021 threads: Battle log | Challenge I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII Link to comment
TimovieMan Posted April 23, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2021 Thursday, April 22nd - Intermittent fasting: 17.5 hours (lunch at 12h30, late-night dinner at 23h)* - Calorie intake: +/- 1900 total (1300 calories lunch, 600 calories late-night dinner) - No sugar intake - Steps: 10024 * I was planning on doing a 24-hour fasting, because I wasn't really hungry in the evening. But I started getting hungry at 22h, so I decided, meh, eat something now and then skip lunch on Friday. Should be a 19-20h fasting then. Small steps. Exercise: - light archery practice (it'd been a year due to lockdowns) - short walk afterwards to get my step count up - 20 single leg Romanian deadlifts right, 20 left (DailyDare) This calls for a song. Here's one that got blatantly overlooked for my previous list. Or perhaps I just wasn't into Alice in Chains enough back in the 90s. There's a lot of songs that I only started appreciating in recent years. This is one of them: Alice in Chains - Man in the Box Quote Active challenges: Make work of working out | Walk to Mordor - (spreadsheet) | DailyDare | Weight Loss PVP 10/12 lbs in 10/12 weeks - (spreadsheet) 2023 threads: Challenge VIII | IX | X | XI | XII | XIII | XIV 2018-19 & 2021 threads: Battle log | Challenge I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII Link to comment
TimovieMan Posted April 24, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2021 Friday, April 23rd - Intermittent fasting: 20.5 hours (dinner at 19h30, snack at 22h)* - Calorie intake: +/- 2400 total (1800 calories dinner, 600 calories snack) - Sugar intake: a cup of Vanilla Coke and a couple of handfuls of M&Ms - Steps: 4323 Exercise: - 20 table bridges (DailyDare) Fridays are difficult to get a lot of exercise in. My brother-in-law always comes over for an evening of board games or to watch a TV series together, but he usually gets here shortly after I'm done working. And since I'm working from home, that leaves me with an entire sedentary day. I tried my best to get my step count up during the day, and 4000+ is respectable for a day where in previous weeks a mere 2000 steps was the average. Dinner on Friday is takeaway these days, and the kids really wanted Burger King. Fortunately, the nearest Burger King doesn't have a "super size" option, so portions were more reasonable than I'd have feared. When watching TV, the missus broke out a bag of M&Ms (salted caramel ones), and I had a couple of handfuls. This, combined with the Vanilla Coke I had from Burger King, has been my only significant sugar intake in an entire week, so there are no regrets whatsoever. In fact, even though the 22 o'clock snack will make me miss my 16/8 intermittent fasting rate for now, I had a 20+h fasting period yesterday. So if it's only 14h30 now doesn't bother me. I'll even enjoy some crisps this evening. And then as of tomorrow, we'll be eating healthier again. Not that the chicken, vegetables and rice wok dish at lunch now wasn't healthy. 😇 1 Quote Active challenges: Make work of working out | Walk to Mordor - (spreadsheet) | DailyDare | Weight Loss PVP 10/12 lbs in 10/12 weeks - (spreadsheet) 2023 threads: Challenge VIII | IX | X | XI | XII | XIII | XIV 2018-19 & 2021 threads: Battle log | Challenge I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII Link to comment
Elastigirl Posted April 24, 2021 Report Share Posted April 24, 2021 Sounds like a lot of wins! Quote Wisdom 22.5 Dexterity 13 Charisma 15 Strength 21 Constitution-13 "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind' Luke 10; 27 Link to comment
TimovieMan Posted April 24, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2021 4 hours ago, Elastigirl said: Sounds like a lot of wins! A lot of the things I started doing two years ago, I continued doing. Intermittent fasting may have been a bit more spotty this last year, but I hardly ever ate breakfast, so even if I didn't make a 16/8 fasting schedule, it was still a 14/10 one. And I've been snacking a bit more but never *too* extravagantly. I figure that most of the weight gained came from the lack of activity this last year. I checked my Fitbit, and my weekly averages corroborate this: the calories I spent each week were about 2000 lower during the "work from home" year. That more or less corresponds to gaining a kilo (just over two pounds) per month, which explains the 12+ kilos. Getting my activity up again and being just a tad stricter with my food should lead to rapid weight loss, imo. Even on cheat days like yesterday and today, I still ate far fewer calories than I spent for the day. The most important part of my challenge was getting started again. I'm guessing that most days will be wins now. 😇 2 Quote Active challenges: Make work of working out | Walk to Mordor - (spreadsheet) | DailyDare | Weight Loss PVP 10/12 lbs in 10/12 weeks - (spreadsheet) 2023 threads: Challenge VIII | IX | X | XI | XII | XIII | XIV 2018-19 & 2021 threads: Battle log | Challenge I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII Link to comment
TimovieMan Posted April 25, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2021 Saturday, April 24th - Intermittent fasting: 14.5 hours (because of yesterday's snack at 22h) - Calorie intake: +/- 2400 total (about half of that were crisps, though 🤫) - Sugar intake: none - Steps: 18077 Exercise: - a walk during my daughter's judo class in the morning - a walk to an outdoor fitness point with the kids (their idea!!!) and back again, while wearing my weighted vest. For extra effort: my kid went by bike, my daughter by step, so it wasn't a casual stroll for me. - 30 cross crunches (DailyDare) The benefits of collecting a slew of top 100s/1000s/2000s from various sources online: they often contain things I've never heard of before. The following is a Dutch band I didn't know, and a 1975 song I had never heard before checking it for the purpose of my all-time top 2000 project. Let's just say that I recognize a great song when I hear it... Quote Active challenges: Make work of working out | Walk to Mordor - (spreadsheet) | DailyDare | Weight Loss PVP 10/12 lbs in 10/12 weeks - (spreadsheet) 2023 threads: Challenge VIII | IX | X | XI | XII | XIII | XIV 2018-19 & 2021 threads: Battle log | Challenge I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII Link to comment
TimovieMan Posted April 25, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2021 I only had my start weight from last week, so the other metrics are new, but it won't hurt to keep track of them from week to week: Sunday, April 25th - Weigh-in Weight: 105.1 kg (-1.7) Body fat: 29.8% Visceral fat: 14% Waist: 114 cm Blood pressure: 148/108 Quote Active challenges: Make work of working out | Walk to Mordor - (spreadsheet) | DailyDare | Weight Loss PVP 10/12 lbs in 10/12 weeks - (spreadsheet) 2023 threads: Challenge VIII | IX | X | XI | XII | XIII | XIV 2018-19 & 2021 threads: Battle log | Challenge I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII Link to comment
TimovieMan Posted April 26, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2021 Sunday, April 25th - Intermittent fasting: 17.5 hours - Calorie intake: +/- 2800 total (there was an unforeseen piece of apple pie) - Sugar intake: one (rather large) piece of apple pie - Steps: 15927 Exercise: - a walk in the afternoon - 50 side kicks (DailyDare) Week results (April 18th-25th)* * challenge was started a day earlier, because once you plan on starting, why wait? - Sugar detox: 5 consecutive days of compliance, 1 cheat day with a can of soda and half a bag of M&Ms, then another day of compliance, and another cheat day with a (large) piece of apple pie. Overall I'd call this a success. The 5 consecutive days of compliance already feel like they were enough to get the sugar out of my system and stop the cravings. Biggest success was on Saturday when the kids wanted some candy (they're allowed some in the weekend) and I prepared them a small jar, and I didn't take a piece of candy for myself... - Intermittent fasting: 7 days of compliance (with 17+ hours), and only one day with 14.5 hours. I'm calling this a definite success! - Caloric deficit: Average of 1963 calories/day so perfectly in line with my "less than 2000" goal. And according to my Fitbit, I've been spending over 3500 calories/day on average. Win! - Move more: Instead of averaging 8000 steps/day, I averaged 11638 per day. Win! That deserves a song, imo. Here's a song that I learned about on these very forums. I think it was Tobbe that posted it. Loved the song, and only grew fonder as time passed. It's The Dead South and "In Hell I'll Be in Good Company". 🙂 1 1 Quote Active challenges: Make work of working out | Walk to Mordor - (spreadsheet) | DailyDare | Weight Loss PVP 10/12 lbs in 10/12 weeks - (spreadsheet) 2023 threads: Challenge VIII | IX | X | XI | XII | XIII | XIV 2018-19 & 2021 threads: Battle log | Challenge I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII Link to comment
TimovieMan Posted April 26, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2021 Random stuff that makes me laugh: 1 Quote Active challenges: Make work of working out | Walk to Mordor - (spreadsheet) | DailyDare | Weight Loss PVP 10/12 lbs in 10/12 weeks - (spreadsheet) 2023 threads: Challenge VIII | IX | X | XI | XII | XIII | XIV 2018-19 & 2021 threads: Battle log | Challenge I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII Link to comment
TimovieMan Posted April 27, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2021 Monday, April 26th - Intermittent fasting: 17 hours - Calorie intake: +/- 1300 total - Steps: 14888 Exercise: - a walk in the evening - 50 jumping jacks (DailyDare) - a 15-minute burpee workout: 10-6-5-6-5 burpees (32 total), 1'04" planking* (*) Two minutes of burpees (or as much as I can do) and one minute of rest. Repeat 5x. End with a plank hold for as long as possible. Here's another song. This is one I got to know through my (then-)4-year-old son. He stumbled on this while watching YouTube videos at my parents' house. Neither me nor my dad had ever heard of this band, but my son liked it a lot (although given he was FOUR at the time, the appeal lie mostly in the cowboys and guns, I think 🙃). Still, if he likes this very much, then I'm probably raising a metalhead, so I'm doing something right. 😇 It's Orden Ogan with Gunman: 1 Quote Active challenges: Make work of working out | Walk to Mordor - (spreadsheet) | DailyDare | Weight Loss PVP 10/12 lbs in 10/12 weeks - (spreadsheet) 2023 threads: Challenge VIII | IX | X | XI | XII | XIII | XIV 2018-19 & 2021 threads: Battle log | Challenge I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII Link to comment
Jarric Posted April 27, 2021 Report Share Posted April 27, 2021 Amazing job on your first week man, I see you're crushing all the goals! It's getting me inspired to start counting calories again next challenge. On 4/26/2021 at 9:05 AM, TimovieMan said: Here's a song that I learned about on these very forums. I think it was Tobbe that posted it. Loved the song, and only grew fonder as time passed. It's The Dead South and "In Hell I'll Be in Good Company". 🙂 I forgot about these guys, cracking song! I'll have to listen to some Dead South when I get home... On 4/26/2021 at 11:07 AM, TimovieMan said: Random stuff that makes me laugh: I love this 1 Quote Level 20 Wood Elf Ranger STR: 15 - CON: 21 - CHA: 8 - SAN: 16 - INT: 17 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: Hungry like the Wolf 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 61 62 63 64 65 67 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
TimovieMan Posted April 27, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2021 53 minutes ago, Jarric said: Amazing job on your first week man, I see you're crushing all the goals! It's getting me inspired to start counting calories again next challenge. Thanks! After a couple of half-hearted failed attempts, it's obvious that I needed these forums again. Nothing like some accountability to get you going. As for the calories: I'm just ballparking them. When I can, I check out the amount that's indicated, but since I don't weigh anything, I just make a guesstimate. If all my wok ingredients amount to a 1500 calorie dish and both the kids and the missus have some too, but I have by far the largest portion, then I'd assign something like 600 calories for the meal. As long as my Fitbit's estimated calories spent (which aren't going to be accurate either) are on average 1000 more per day than my intake, then that should lead to weight loss even with an 800 calorie error margin... 😇 I want to put some effort into this, but not too much... 😅 Quote I forgot about these guys, cracking song! I'll have to listen to some Dead South when I get home... Have fun! 😎 Quote I love this It has ruined the song for me a little, though. I keep getting the lyrics wrong now... 🤣 1 Quote Active challenges: Make work of working out | Walk to Mordor - (spreadsheet) | DailyDare | Weight Loss PVP 10/12 lbs in 10/12 weeks - (spreadsheet) 2023 threads: Challenge VIII | IX | X | XI | XII | XIII | XIV 2018-19 & 2021 threads: Battle log | Challenge I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII Link to comment
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