Thorbjornn Member

I did it in 2000 and had some pretty good weight loss. Unfortunately I fell off it. I like the food plan and weight training plan, the cardio not so much.

I'm trying to keep it to weekly. Sunday morning, no clothes. I take measurements also... belly, chest, biceps, neck, thigh. I log all that in an Excel spreadsheet.

I find logging and tracking, and counting calories a colossal pain in the butt. I start out pretty well for a week, then I can't take it anymore. I think it's easier to use the old Body For Life method of measuring by palm and fist. A protein about the size of my palm (actually my open hand) and a carb about the size of my…

I'm an emotional under-eater too. Combine that with percocet I take for pain from a lumbar fusion, and my appetite goes down the toilet. However, I've gained weight from what I do eat... carbs, carbs, carbs. Pizza, pasta, rice, bread, cookies, cake and other sweets. Very comforting. I'm doing my best to clean up my diet…

Starting any program is daunting because we want the results now, and it seems so far away with so much work to get there. We can't look a year down the road, just look at today. When I'm really good about it and take my own advice I say "just for today I'll go to the gym", "just for today I won't eat those cookies", just…

I also prefer using a commercial gym. I do feel inspired by others at the gym. I have a set of kettlebells and an Iron Gym door bar at home, but I don't use them that often. I get distracted at home. My gym membership is $27/mo, and there is a small gym at work if I choose to use it.

Thanks. This is about 3 months grown from a very short goatee. I had the full beard before that but trimmed it down. Never again! ;)

Thanks, that's a good question. I need to stick around and see and read people's success, advice, what they do right and even what they do wrong. I need to be willing to put my progress out there with some pics, the good and the bad, and take what comes. :)

Me...

Thanks. :)

Yes, definitely. I sit all day When I'm bored, especially in the afternoon, I go get snacks. It's a bad habit I'm breaking.

Thanks! :)

Serial starters? ... I am the King of All Serial Starters. :/ I came back to MFP, deciding to get back on track after a hiatus of about a year and a half, when I let everything go... diet, exercise, outlook, goals. You name it, it went.It started in June 2012 when my rotator cuff started going south. I had lost ~30 lbs…

1. It's not a matter of fitness or health, it's appearance (I guess I am shallow :( ). In reality I don't like how I let myself go. 2. Not believing I can do it. Maybe even fear of success.

Have a Snickers Bar. I was responding to you with an observation.

A lot of people are. The men are generally known as BHH - Big Handsome Husband.

And not eat what we know doesn't work! :D

Oh yeah! I forgot about the Greek yogurt! :)

Not to go off topic, but I invoke Special Snowflake Syndrome as the reason for me not learning. See, I really don't learn. I had a DNA test done, and one sequence of genes I carry... are you ready?... prevents me from learning very well from mistakes. I live in Groundhog Day Land. I said I'm a mess. :( :p

I'm pretty much 22 for 22. I'm a mess. :(

Thanks Coconutty. Are you at the bb.com Keto forum? I hang out there but rarely say anything. Over there I'm Minotaur (goal was to become half man half beast :D). I have a post from a few months ago when I tried starting keto again (it was a failure to launch :( ) and keto flu.

You don't have to tell me twice! :D I don't expect very much of myself in the weight room in the coming days or weeks.

I've heard the warnings about artificial sweeteners tricking the body into thinking it's real sugar. I just got a small coffee with Half & Half, no sweetener, and it's not bad. Like anything it probably takes time to adapt. I do cardio - treadmill and outdoor walking - just for fitness. I used to run and bike ride but…

I love liverwurst, chicken and beef livers. I can eat mass quantities. :)

Yes, I take 150 mcg of levothyroxine (T4) and 25 mcg of liothyronine (T3). I'm due for bloodwork soon.

Congratulations to him! :) I'll be 58 next week. I will be very happy to break a 40 waist and get back into my 38s. Yes, I have 3 sets... 42, 40, 38. I was in 38s for a time, trying to get down to 36 but we see how that went. I know it gets harder as we get older, but it's not impossible. Unfortunately because of my…

At /r/keto I am Thorsmadr (Thor's man) because Thorbjorn and variations are already taken. We're like *kitten*... all over. :D I'm poorly prepared today, so I'm a little hungry now even after lunch. That was just a roast chicken quarter (breast and wing) and a small salad with mixed greens, tomatoes, cukes, etc. I won't…

I am definitely a carnivore! I never knew about the sodium until recently. In the past when I did keto I didn't get keto flu, brain fog or dragon breath. It may be because I love genoa salami. :) But when I tried a couple of months ago, I felt like crap and fell off. We keep Goya chicken bouillon at home.

Thanks. :)

Thorbjornn (or Thorbjorn) is Icelandic and Old Norse for 'thunder bear'. I am a bear and a follower of the Norse god Thor (not the Marvel version, but the real Thor ;) ).