TTYNKAM (TYPDCAA) IV

afealicious · Post by **afealicious** » 1/7/2006, 8:14 pm

oh my!

what are you planning to do with your hair next, claire?

starseed_10 · Post by **starseed_10** » 1/7/2006, 8:16 pm

checkerboard!

Kathy · Post by **Kathy** » 1/7/2006, 9:17 pm

hhmm... pretty quiet in here tonight so far. I can't recall the last Sat night I sat at home bored by myself. Grrr!

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » 1/7/2006, 9:18 pm

I can recall mine lol. But i have msn back now! So i'm not alone.

Kathy · Post by **Kathy** » 1/7/2006, 9:25 pm

I made the most amazing soft choc chip cookies this evening :drool:

Axtech · Post by **Axtech** » 1/7/2006, 9:26 pm

I think I'm going to re-join the gym tomorrow.
By this summer, I'm going to be back in whatever shape I was in before school started.
By this time next year, I'm going to actually be in shape.
That's the plan, anyways.
hah
of course my parents are supportive as ever.

Me: I think I'm going to renew my membership at the gym. If they're still doing the 2-for-1 plan, do you want to get one too? (it's frigging expensive!)
Mom: No, I don't think so. Last time you only lasted a month and a half.

a) this is a total lie. granted, I did quit going after a while, but only because I was sick of trying to fit the gym around my work schedule, which at the time often had me getting off work at 8:00pm, way too late for gym-ing for me (and I refuse to go to the gym in the morning. by the end of the day I'm active and ready to work out. in the morning I'm more apt to sleep on the free weight bench than anything else)
b) I lost 10 pounds last time, which includes gaining some muscle mass on my otherwise muscless body. did my parents care? nope. the only time they noticed anything was when I stopped going to the gym, and when I gained that weight back and more this fall.

My dad pisses me off more than anything, though. See, he's been overweight for years. Then a couple of years ago he suddenly lost a LOT of weight. Turns out he's diabetic now, and was getting very sick. Now, however, he's really cocky about his "weight loss". He's constantly criticizing overweight people (including on at least one occasion that I know of, vocally criticizing me - at our family Christmas dinner no less). There was one time (at an earlier family gathering), that I called him on it:

Dad (watching TV): *spouting comments about one woman on the show who was overweight* Did you guys see her? Did you see how big she is?
Me: Yeah. Too bad everybody can't get diabetes and lose weight like you, eh?
Dad: *shuts the fuck up*

The irony, of course, is that his trimmer figure is the physical reminder of how unhealthy his lifestyle had been.

But do you think he'd be supportive of me spending some money to try to get into shape?

Hell no.

Kathy · Post by **Kathy** » 1/7/2006, 9:32 pm

oohh, that's too bad that he's not supportive. But good for you and your plan

Do you have a work schedule that will make it easier this time?

I can relate... my parents are unbelievably critical of me (but not my little sister who can do no wrong). During Christmas dinner at my in-law's house last year my parents said I had gained weight since getting married, they said I should consider plastic surgery to correct a few flaws, they said I need to take better care of myself, they said I should try to be more like my pretty little sister. Urgh!! My husband's parents thought they were nuts (they were right).

Also -my parents are both overweight and have been for 30 years

half jill · Post by **half jill** » 1/7/2006, 9:32 pm

i support you!

yay. that's all you need.

half jill · Post by **half jill** » 1/7/2006, 9:35 pm

and p.s.
i know where you're coming from...in a way.
since i was like 12 my father has been calling me fat, so ehhh.
i use it as an extra push.

thirdhour · Post by **thirdhour** » 1/7/2006, 9:41 pm

I found an even better olympic sport!

Heather Moyse, who is on the Canadian olympic team, started bobsledding in october. October, 2005. Did I mention that the olympics are in a month?

I have four years man, it took her four months!

Axtech · Post by **Axtech** » 1/7/2006, 9:43 pm

half jill wrote:i support you!

yay. that's all you need.

yay!

As of today, I have no work schedule, since I'll be back at school. I'll still be late-ish getting to the gym, but it will work. This time I feel like I have something to prove, haha.

The main problem with my work schedule before was that it changed from week to week, so it was impossible to get into any routine. If my schedule had been the same every week (no matter how screwy), I may have been able to get into a routine around it. But some weeks I'd be able to go 3 times, some weeks only 1. It just didn't work.

I'll be in the same position when I go back to work this summer. However, by that time I will (hopefully) already have been going to the gym for a while, so it should be easier to work in. Plus, I'll be golfing every chance I get in the summer, so that offers more opportunity for activity if I should miss a trip to the gym.

Johnny · Post by **Johnny** » 1/7/2006, 9:51 pm

I've been trying to get my ass in the gym for a while. I've been failing miserably :happytears:

dream in japanese · Post by **dream in japanese** » 1/7/2006, 10:02 pm

thirdhour wrote:I found an even better olympic sport!

Heather Moyse, who is on the Canadian olympic team, started bobsledding in october. October, 2005. Did I mention that the olympics are in a month?

I have four years man, it took her four months!

OMGZ...one month is toooo long!!!

the olympics is my favourite 2 weeks out of every 2 years!! :mrgreen:

don't ask why · Post by **don't ask why** » 1/7/2006, 10:08 pm

better not be the summer olympics you be talking bout . better be winter olympics with snow sleds and bobsleds and skiing and of course hockey.

happening fish · Post by **happening fish** » 1/7/2006, 10:12 pm

considering she said every two years, i'd say she means both kinds

Random Name · Post by **Random Name** » 1/7/2006, 10:18 pm

Holy shit. I'm hanging out with my friends drinking, and one of my friends let me buy a hoodie off the hot topic website via his credit card in exchange for me buying his booze next time we drink.

I feel like I just too advantage of someone. :eek:

But I'm drunk too so its hard to feel guilty.

starseed_10 · Post by **starseed_10** » 1/7/2006, 10:21 pm

merchwhore!

Random Name · Post by **Random Name** » 1/7/2006, 10:50 pm

Yup. It was a motion city soundtrack hoodie.

Oh, and Robbo, don't feel bad about paying that much to join a gym. A few years ago Mun built a new feild house and to pay for it they instilled a 'Rec Fee' to all students tuition. In exchange they get unlimited access to the feild house. So why a lot of people use it at a gym around town all the students that go to mun basically pay to use it as a gym even if they intend to or not. Its a pretty shitty deal since some people have a hard enough time paying tuition each year anyway, that they have to pay an extra $40 each term for a membership for a gym they may not use.
Reguardless, I figured this year since I'm paying for it, I'll try to use it this year. Who knows if I actually will though.

Axtech · Post by **Axtech** » 1/7/2006, 11:08 pm

Well, $40 per term is actually not bad for a gym membership.

I'm looking at paying $435 for a basic 1-year membership.

I would use the gym at Queen's, which I'm sure is cheaper if not included in what I've paid, but living on campus I'm basically only down there for classes. If I stay later, I'll miss the last bus on my route, and I'll have to do some transfers and it would take about an hour and 15 minutes to get home (instead of my regular half-hour bus ride).

But the bonus for the gym I'll be joining tomorrow is that it's within walking distance from my house (though I'll drive during the winter!), and it's got more than enough equipment so there's never any waiting or signing up for machines.

Henrietta · Post by **Henrietta** » 1/7/2006, 11:12 pm

I was doing so good at running at the beginning of the year but it's so cold where I live and I got so caught up in studying that I didn't make time for it. I'm back at it starting tomorrow! My only crappy thing is that now I work until "late-ish"too. But I love to run in the morning so maybe I can do half mornings and half evenings or something. My dad is very fit especially for his age so he's always asking me if I run :lo:. Usually I get resentful but I don't think he means it badly. There are people in my family prejudiced against overweight people too and it pisses me off. Oh well.

Oh, and I'd flip out if my parents said I needed plastic surgery. My parents usually try to build my self esteem instead of tear it down. Sad.