AndyStanford Member

That's pretty much what my dad did. I was in pre-school, and my sister was younger. At the time, he was our only source of income. Never saw him again, never will.

Bringing up past issues is never easy. I agree with the others that your family will be happy you're there to enjoy the day with them. They may or may not try to talk to you about it, but probably not on xmas day, and even if they do, they should respect you not wanting to, if that's the case. It's definitely good that…

Mark me down as one who definitely appreciates a pregnant woman

Looking great!

I tend to exercise more after I've eaten more than I should, to justify the extra eating, which usually comes on what some people call "cheat days"

Well he's got the physique I'm aiming to have for myself, so I've added him.

This is pretty much where I'm at too. 34, living in Yorkshire.

PMROFLMAO!

You mean how everyone went nuts at the end of 1999, and then nothing happened? )

There's an Enhanced Edition?!

Hi, I'm a few months ahead of you on this journey. I was in a similar situation where (with clothes on) I didn't look too bad, but I felt quite fat when I looked in the mirror. At 5'11, I got up to 14 stone. I've shed over 1.5 stone up to now. I'm with you as far as trying harder after xmas is concerned, which is why I've…

You can turn the subtitles on and read it that way, and then spacebar through once you finish reading. I still sub, but don't log in often enough to justify it really, but then I paid for 6 months at once. The problem it has is that people didn't want an MMO, they wanted KotOR3, so most people who cared about the game…

They still have dead servers? I thought consolidating from a million servers to 5 would have solved that? It certainly did for the EU servers

I'm much the same. My office is on 3 floors, and my desk is on the top floor. I frequently need to get up to talk to someone else on a different floor, and my pedometer claims I burn at least an extra 500 calories a day with that, and then I have 2 small children at home, so my evenings are far from quiet. I listed myself…

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Hi, I'm Andy, 33, in the UK. I've been playing games for as long as I can remember, starting on an Acorn Electron and Atari 2600. Currently I've got a gaming laptop for my MMOs (LotRO, SWToR, Guild Wars), and my 360 for FPS (Halo, Gears) & RPGs (Mass Effect). Admittedly I don't get to play as much as I'd like these days,…

A lot of people will suggest StrongLifts 5x5. It's simple, you start off light, and there's a group for it here on MFP. It's apparently about 45 mins 3 times week. I've not started the program yet, but I will do after xmas.

You can easily fluctuate by 5lb over the course of a single day, so weighing daily is almost certainly excessive. Weighing no more than weekly is usually a more reliable indicator of actual body changes.

Hi, Originally from Essex, now living in Yorkshire

Yeah, I'm around. Mostly I play FPS (Halo, Gears, some CoD) or RPGs (mostly Bioware stuff). If the kids ever allowed it, I'd play Guitar Hero too.

Hi, anyone feel free to add me. Grown in Essex, matured in Bristol, savoured in Yorkshire. I've shed around a stone and a half from my heaviest in July, half of it since joining MFP in november.

I'm not coming down with anything, but there's been a nasty cold floating around at home, and both my boys and I have had a nasty cough for a week or so, with today being the day I've felt the worst. I've been on a deliberate deficit for about a month now, so taking a week or so off might not be a bad thing.

Thanks everyone. Yeah, my evening meal has tended to cover 50%+ of my daily calories, although at weekends that can sometimes be lunch. Another factor is that I've been regularly 200+ calories under goal each day, so perhaps that's catching up on me. My appetite was ok until this weekend, wasn't getting hungry despite…

8kg & 12" in 8 weeks is great! You're already 1/3 of the way to your goal. I'd definitely agree with getting some before photos, and do I side by side with current photos. Maybe do this alongside your weigh in, and update the image on a regular basis, to give you a constantly improving image of your constantly improving…

A couple of good friends of mine met through WoW. She moved country to be with him, and they got married earlier this year. I play SWtOR & LotRO (lifetime sub) mainly. Have numerous Steam games, and also have accounts for WoW/ST:O. My wife and I play Guild Wars occasionally. I'm a huge Bioware fan, loving Mass Effect (want…

Put a load of it back on as pure hard muscle. Then feel comfortable getting in the shower at the gym, wandering around topless in the summer, and know that anyone who does happen to be looking at me is doing so with appreciation, not disgust.

I took up cycling in the autumn, had only gotten as far as the 10 mile each way commute to work before I got knocked off by a car. Haven't been back on the bike since, hope to in Spring, if not before.

Hi! I'm over in Yorkshire. Good luck with getting to your goal, and keeping it off!

Good luck! So I guess you'll be developing your own workout program and just going with what works for you? You already know you can shift the weight, because you did it before, so just stick at it, and you'll get there. The advantage you'll have is that if they're fitness addicts or rugby players, then they can help you…

SW: 196lb CW: 174.6lb GW: 174lb UGW: 165 Weigh in Dates: 12/1 179 (on Nov 29th) 12/8 178.4 12/15 174.6 12/22 12/31 This week loss: 3.8lb Total Dec weight lost: 4.4lb Not a bad week :) one week to go until the party starts.