Haha, nah, she always hated
 

Haha, nah, she always hated the beard because she likes my "strong jaw line." I imagine I'll just do whatev, I've recently worried a lot about this other person I like, :p, coming out of a 22 month relationship sure leaves me with a lot of inexperience. :)

lol damn so you were doing
 

lol damn so you were doing things to forget about her haha. Well good luck on finding the one, its a tough world out there!

I'm sure you'll pick it up again, once this other person gets you on your feet.

Meh, I'm kind of resilient
 

Meh, I'm kind of resilient for as much as I whine so I'm not worrying too hard about it right now. All things considered life is amazing for someone in my position.

what do you do to kill time
 

what do you do to kill time when you don't want to think about it?

I go read up upon the potenial cars I get to own one day, any driving technqiue that I haven't tried to save more fuel, a competitiive online video game, stare at my son or hit up the greens and do all the above ;)

Haha, I have plenty of
 

Haha, I have plenty of homework, but I honestly sit around and waste time and wonder why I'm wasting time, in a bit of a funk but all is well.

Re: Meh, I'm kind of resilient
 

Im glad you realize that SVO. You will go far with that brain of yours.

Man, I'm already 1/5th done
 

Man, I'm already 1/5th done my major credits for math at dartmouth! Might as well call me professor, ;) Just kidding!

OK so whaddya gonna be when
 

OK so whaddya gonna be when you grow up? Pick a major yet? A profession?

Math/Japanese double major,
 

Math/Japanese double major, gonna learn until I'm learned enough to teach, then learn and teach, and objectively, I must die, says Sartre.

Re: Why do I have the be the
 

Why am I the only old balding guy? Wanna swap?

My grampa was totally bald
 

My grampa was totally bald when he hit 17, so I consider myself lucky, not that it matters so much. The anti-bald stigma goes too far, who gives a damn...

Re: My grampa was totally bald
 

Ha! I don't feel stigmatized. I feel lucky to have little hair. It takes like 5 seconds to comb and thats the last i have to worry about it until tomorrow. The part that sucks is getting old. Im just hoping that my brain holds out.

Holy crap compaq, I have no
 

Holy crap compaq, I have no idea what you're talking about. YOu look like a normal guy to me. You actually look a lot like a friend of mine back in SoCal... anyway...

Trust me when I tell you it's all in your head. Ask one of those girls out will ya!

Re: Holy crap compaq, I have no
 

They all have bf, I don't jack other people's property.
The only single one is the one in the pic only with me. I'm too busy now for women. I got work, school, parties, and don't have any money, even for myself.

Can you see that my beard is
 

Can you see that my beard is red in this one:
https://images5.theimagehosting.com/DSC00090.654.th.JPG
Old shoes versus new shoes. www.nosweatapparel.com 100% vegan, fair trade, union made. They also have 100% organic, hemp high tops. The new ones are the blueys, :p
https://images5.theimagehosting.com/DSC00092.1e4.th.JPG

Hey compaq that guy in the
 

Hey compaq that guy in the background of your first picture looks like the actor who did the moves of gollum in lord of the rings

https://ia.imdb.com/media/imdb/01/I/49/78/22m.jpg
https://www.fuelly.com/attachments/fo...b785f4e305.jpg

Re: Holy crap compaq, I have no
 

Were any of them filipina? If so, I'll give you a few phrases to impress them.

Quote:Were any of them
 

Haha, if you know any cuban girls I can give you some pretty "impressive" things to say too, :p

Re: Hey compaq that guy in the
 

hahahahahhhahahahahahahahahaha i totally didnt notice

I'm not interested in Cuban.
 

I'm not interested in Cuban. I prefer Asian, I don't know why.

Haha, it was mainly a joke
 

Haha, it was mainly a joke because I know a lot of slang that in cuba means things it doesn't mean other places, ;)

Re: I'm not interested in Cuban.
 

in my personal experience, asian girls are more loyal ;)

Re: I'm not interested in Cuban.
 

so wait, your saying that they will love me long time?

Re: I'm not interested in Cuban.
 

they will, if you are loyal to them, and if they are head over heels for you (which they usually are if you charm them enough)

give them a reason to come back to you.

I noticed Asian girls are
 

I noticed Asian girls are nicer. Most that I have met were nice to me and helped me out. It's kinda of hard to explain.

I think it mostly has to do
 

I think it mostly has to do with the Korean movie, My Sassy Girl, that's my opinion.

Joining Late, but here I am
 

This is the only pic of me recently without a spare tire (I've lost about 30 pounds). The backdrop isn't bad -- Canadian Rockies.

https://pic16.picturetrail.com/VOL698.../138211669.jpg

BTW, nice beard SVO! Personally, I'd go for the Mutton Chops.

Also, great thread -- it finally puts a face to the Avatar, so to speak.

-RH77

Yeah I'm the best. I need to
 

Yeah I'm the best. I need to lose about 30 myself right now. I am realizing now that when I am in marathon shape and still think I'm fat at 167 and 6'2" I prolly look skinny to normal people.

Re: Joining Late, but here I am
 

Congrats on the 30 lbs loss. I lost 27 lbs last year (which is when the picture I posted was taken). I then gained about 7 lbs back, and now I'm on the downward spiral again.

I can't believe I carried that much weight around!! Ugh

Re: Joining Late, but here I am
 

Tell me about it. I had a bunch of pictures from Hawaii in December, but my gut and face really showed the extra poundage. But thanks for the congrats! It's tough to eat right, especially traveling as much as I do -- but secret is portion control and lots of water.

-RH77

water is so good, I pay for
 

water is so good, I pay for it all the time and never touch tap unless it was the last resource for water.

Hey I got a question, if you eat a lot of at the fast food chains, and you seem to be not gaining weight but breaking even or even losing a pound or two, then is there a medical explanation to what's going on with my body besides a fast metabolism?

You guys talk about shaving weight... I want to gain some... being less than 130 lb is no fun... I feel I can crack a bone so easily these days.

I got the same thing and
 

I got the same thing and even my dad had it. Enjoy it while you can. I weigh between 120-122lbs. Your metabolism will slow down and you will start gaining weight. My dad was also lightweight like I am and when he got older he started to gain weight. If you want to put on weight the only way to do that is to go to the gym and work out. Since muscles weigh a lot you'll gain weight but it will be mostly muscle, not fat.

When I used to be in high school I worked out a lot and I had some huge muscles. That was the only way I gained weight. You will actually notice that it doesn't matter if you eat 4500 calories or 1500 calories you will stay the same weight. When you go under a certain number you start losing weight. I used to eat about 4000-5000 calories a day to gain weight, it didn't work at all. All I did was run the fridge dry really fast. Now I eat 1500-2000 calories and have something to eat for next time.

For those people that have to manage weight they can only eat a certain amount of calories to keep the same weight. If they go down they lose weight, if they go up they gain weight.

Extra Weight
 

I was exactly the same way: up until around 23. I was thin and wanted to gain weight. I didn't really do anything about it, but over the course over the next few years the ol' metabolism started slowing down and the weight started building-up. At 26, I was to the point where I needed to take charge of my weight, cholesterol, and health. I was on the road eating whatever was there (mostly fast food) and it got to be a problem.

The important thing NOT to do are these "quick-fix" diets (Atkins, South Beach, etc.)-- if people are serious about keeping the weight off after the diet ends, you have to make it a "lifestyle change". In the U.S. especially, portions have increased and nutritional quality of the food has decreased on average, so you need to eat whatever you want, but just less of it (and drink a lot of water to clear-out the burned fat and toxins). If you want, slowly introduce healthier foods -- if you do it "cold-turkey" or abruptly, many studies show that the liklihood of getting burned-out on it and give up is pretty high. Small changes over time is the key.

Regarding weight gain, protein is the answer. First, assess your nutritional intake and make sure you're not deficient in any key nutriet, vitamin, or mineral (I advocate taking a multi-vitamin -- I don't care what brand, just make sure it is has good "bioavailability", which should be printed on the label (fancy speak for the body's ability to absorb and proces the vitamin/mineral)). Secondly, if you need to gain weight, introduce perhaps a protein shake, more protein in the diet, or that sort of thing. Fast food isn't the best way to gain weight (although I can say that it will in many people - yup personal experience), but rather a controlled intake of protein.

Good luck with your nutritional goals and health!

RH77

I'm just going to wait it
 

I'm just going to wait it out.

Re: water is so good, I pay for
 

Sometimes people will initially lose weight while eating fast food b/c their muscles will deteriorate. Since muscle weighs more than fat it makes you look as though you're losing weight. You're just gaining fat and that isn't good.

Hit the gym. If your body type doesn't let you get really big or fat, so be it. Consider yourself lucky. THe best t hing to do is to just stay healthy and let your body find it's own ideal weight.

I guess I should add my mugg
 

I guess I should add my mugg also:

https://www.zealautowerks.com/images/lee_drink.jpg

So who can guess whats in the glass???

^^ rum and coke? Very good
 

^^ rum and coke?

Very good advice from RH and compaq, hm although I must admit I get the munchies all the time heheheh so I'm blessed for now! At my work place (a retail store) I'm always carrying dissasembled furnature for someone or helping customers move a 27 inch tv into their tiny mazda323. People always get the impression that I can't carry the goods they buy by myself, and when I prove them wrong, the look on their faces as well their good comments of "Oh wow you so strong :D" makes me stronger than I look. I owe it all to surviving through the worse of mininum wage labor jobs. (Now this retail store is cozy because my manager is actually my cousin in law :)

Hm... avocate of the pills eh... the last time I took Centrum was a year ago. Since then I got lazy and I thought taking drugs was bad for you since I'm already on one lol... I thought being naturale is the best way but hot diggy damn if these pills do work I godda start taking them again! Well my wife took tons of omega3 pills during her pregnancy and she said it really made a difference in our child's health. (when he was born he was scored 9 out of 10 in a healthy scale, he missed the 10 because his skin color was a bit blue but most babies go through that phase until they begin to be exposed to the fresh oxygen)

As for calcium, I used to love milk. But now I can't even touch it, I dunno I lost the taste for it. Now I'm easily grossed out from it too, but I guess there's orange juice with calcium in it hehe. Great health advice I'm going to try to build more muscle for sure, hey is there a tool I can get that can moniter FAT? How do you know how much %fat you have and your %muscule? Is there an equation?

Re: ^^ rum and coke?
 

Nah, that's got to be Old English 800...on the rocks!

Re: ^^ rum and coke?
 

We don't drink cow milk either. We figure that we're not baby cows, so why should we be drinking their food?

Give soy milk, almond milk, or rice milk a try. They're all so freaking yummy!

philmcneal you'd be
 

philmcneal you'd be surprised how much a skinny person has fat. Skinny people usually have a good amount of fat, you just can't see it. It's about 10%

I used to be very skinny too. Very skinny, all my rib bones showed and it made me run faster due to not having a lot fat or muscles. In high school I ran slower because the muscles were just too big. You should of seen the look on somebody's face when I could do 100 sit ups without even breaking a sweat.