Men on a Mission - Part 2

Guys, again too late. LWW 115,1 CWW 114,9. Mmm, gotta do better, but looking for that motivational fire I had when I started. Difficult times on the weight loss area.

I have been up since 4am. Just realized I forgot to weigh in this week.

Good luck to everyone!!

Go ahead and jump on the scale.

Happy Monday morning guys. I seriously think we need some new blood on our thread. Tell me what you all think of this: How about I post on the general MFP a shout out for some new men that want to lose a minimum of 75 pounds to come to our thread? Also, how about I go ahead at this time and start a "New" men on a mission thread. I would have us, and any new guys, post our starting weights, goals, etc... just like we are doing now. We have all worked too hard and I personally don't want to start back at zero.
I was thinking of trying to get 6 or 7 new men to join. Unfortunately, I would delete the folks that haven't been on here for weeks. It is just making the charts cluttered. I will ask everyone to get their weights in by Sunday night and will post Monday morning sometime. It doesn't matter if they weigh in on Wednesday or whatever, but for purposes of the chart the week will start every Monday.

Here is this weeks chart. Looks like I was the only one to lose any this week.

I am willing to join this group. Looks like you are posting weights on Monday so I will add my weight then. My current goal is to hit 250 by Christmas. Ultimately looking to get to 225 again.

Hey guys,

Here is the link for the new thread I started. There are a whole lot of new guys and I think we will all do much better with the extra motivation.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/368821-looking-for-a-few-good-men?page=1#posts-5018615

(Originally posted this in the sign-up thread, but as it may soon be closed, I figured I'd re-post it here to introduce myself.)



Hi there, regular listener, first-time caller. Oh wait, wrong venue... :bigsmile:

I'm Tim (not to be confused with Tim...err...the OTHER Tim. Hehe!) My story in a nutshell (which, by the way, is a really silly place for storage for anything besides nuts...where was I? Oh yes...) Been a "big guy" since I was about 7, and reached my maximum impressive dimensions after being taken out of work about 8 years ago for spine and joint related health issues. Most of it was largely due to a huge case of indifference on my part...just stopped caring.

I had something of an epiphany earlier this year... it occurred to me that I didn't HAVE to live this way! It may seem simple to some, but it was a revolutionary concept to me! By doing nothing, I was succumbing to a slow, miserable death by putting a cream-filled gun to my head every day. I had it within my power to not only stop the slow descent into oblivion, but actually throw the whole train into reverse. And here we are, gentlemen. Step-by-step, day-by-day, calorie-by-calorie, I'm undoing what I allowed to happen for far too long.

I'm in it for the duration. While I always tend to put others first, in this one instance, I'm making an exception... I'm doing this for me. It dawned on me I can't give what I don't have to begin with, so I need to start building some personal equity in my own life so I can have something of value to eventually pass on to others.

And that, friends, is why I'm here. Well, that and the scenic vistas, but mostly the other thing. Great to be here, and thank you for having me! :glasses:

FYI everyone, I had the other thread moved to the Motivation and Support section. I hope you all get over there and become a regular poster and we will do this together. Here's the linky...

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/369271-looking-for-a-few-good-men

OK Tim, I'm a bit confused...which thread is going to be the active thread? It sounded like the "recruitment" thread was going to be closed/locked. Kindly advise. Thanks.

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I've just responded to an invite.
I'll wait until the threads get sorted before getting involved. Confused.