Fatties Unite!

[HydroSqueegee]

So Tish and I decided to blow a load and purchace an Elliptical machine. We did this about a month ago, and today it finally arrived! - 1 month earlier than we were told it would (new model on backorder).
Neither of us have time to go to the Y since the baby was born (not that we went often) and we figured we could hammer out 20-30 min a day while the kid is napping or before bed.
It got here just in time too. my 38 pants are getting very snug. Ive got to put it together when i get home and hope to be done with it sometime before the next ice age.

Pics when i get home! ... but i havent set the uploader back up since i changed hosts last week... so pics sometime soon!

what we got:
http://www.nordictrack.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/ProductDisplay?prmenbr=153&prrfnbr=1538116&cgrfnbr=46527&rootcat=46525

hope we didnt get ripped off.

[FlamingGlory]

There are exercise machines everywhere. I call them the road.

[HydroSqueegee]

There are exercise machines everywhere. I call them the road.

i cant stand mindless pointless running. Plus my knees are shit. Elliptical = low impact = :fly:

[Coqui]

There are exercise machines everywhere. I call them the road.


If it drops below 50, your exercise machines are worthless to me. I can't breathe.

[HydroSqueegee]

just gotta get the weight bench setup in the basement and im all set. :cool:

[Galen]

i cant stand mindless pointless running. Plus my knees are shit. Elliptical = low impact = :fly:
Then go swimming.

That looks like the biggest waste of money ever.

[HydroSqueegee]

Then go swimming.

That looks like the biggest waste of money ever.

what part of no free time do you not understand? We dont have a pool and its shit ass cold from September-April around here.

[FlamingGlory]

If it drops below 50, your exercise machines are worthless to me. I can't breathe.
I cannot help it if you are a girly man.

[Galen]

what part of no free time do you not understand? We dont have a pool and its shit ass cold from September-April around here.
There's public pools and members club pools. And if you don't have time, then make time. Get up on a sunday morning and go. It needs dedication, not a fucking $1000 step machine.

Run up and down the stairs for fuck sake, it'll do more for you than that thing.

[HydroSqueegee]

There's public pools and members club pools. And if you don't have time, then make time. Get up on a sunday morning and go. It needs dedication, not a fucking $1000 step machine.

Run up and down the stairs for fuck sake, it'll do more for you than that thing.

will you come baby sit my son for free so i can go?

[Galen]

will you come baby sit my son for free so i can go?
Sure, do you have the Weather Channel?

[HydroSqueegee]

Sure, do you have the Weather Channel?

yep

[FlamingGlory]

will you come baby sit my son for free so i can go?
The point our distinguished friend made inadvertantly is that no matter how much equipment you have for exercise you need the motivation the do it. Pointless running/swimming etc. when there are a hundred better things to do is the kind of motivation needed. If motivated youll just drop and do 50 a couple times of day with no excuse.

YMMV

[Dharma1521]

Ok, perhaps you people did not understand the dillema that he is having. No time to go to gym!

I hate the elipitcal machine I always feel like I'm about to fall off, I would prefer walking on a tredmill for hours.

[SemperFly]

round is a shape!

[HydroSqueegee]

Ok, perhaps you people did not understand the dillema that he is having. No time to go to gym!

I hate the elipitcal machine I always feel like I'm about to fall off, I would prefer walking on a tredmill for hours.

exactly. no time! with the machine at home, we both can pump out 30min here and there. The motivation is there. Shit, we even go on walks when we can. The only free time we tend to have is after 9pm and a couple spotty hours on the weekend (she works and we have housework/yardwork/family obligations on weekends)

[HydroSqueegee]

round is a shape!

i prefer more of a cylinder... without a buldge in the mid section.

[kiwi]

exactly. no time! with the machine at home, we both can pump out 30min here and there. The motivation is there. Shit, we even go on walks when we can. The only free time we tend to have is after 9pm and a couple spotty hours on the weekend (she works and we have housework/yardwork/family obligations on weekends)

I completely understand where you are coming from. I unfortunately, also do not have the motivation, so I don't even bother finding the 30 min here and there to do workouts at home.

[Coqui]

I cannot help it if you are a girly man.


:lol: Where's the mofugger smile when you need it

[Arátoeldar]

Ok, perhaps you people did not understand the dillema that he is having. No time to go to gym!

I hate the elipitcal machine I always feel like I'm about to fall off, I would prefer walking on a tredmill for hours.
Agreed I rather use a Stairclimber machine before an elipitcal machine.:eek:

[ChikkenNoodul]

The elipticals are set at bad positions for my bum knee, I actually feel better running on a treadmill

[Sarcasmo]

There are exercise machines everywhere. I call them the road.


Yeah if you've ever had a knee scoped or torn an ACL playing hockey these "roads" you speak of can be quite the exercise in pain.

[FlamingGlory]

Yeah if you've ever had a knee scoped or torn an ACL playing hockey these "roads" you speak of can be quite the exercise in pain.
I've only had lower back injuries playing hockey and yes I've been in tears after running. It's very meditative though, push through the pain all that crap.

[b_sinning]

The hardest part about home athletic equipment is prying your fat ass off the couch to use it.

[fly]

I've only had lower back injuries playing hockey and yes I've been in tears after running. It's very meditative though, push through the pain all that crap.
Driving through the pain may be a good test of mental concentration, but it seems likely to get you more injured...

[FlamingGlory]

Driving through the pain may be a good test of mental concentration, but it seems likely to get you more injured...
Some people do drugs, some people do pain.

[Valve1080i]

Let us know when you try it out.

I've been looking at an eliptical too.

I weigh 245 right now. The heaviest I've ever been. :eek:

[b_sinning]

Some people do drugs, some people do pain.


I first read this as some people do drugs, some drugs do people. I'm tired.

[FlamingGlory]

I first read this as some people do drugs, some drugs do people. I'm tired.
Well that's true too...

[fly]

Some people do drugs, some people do pain.
I'll take a line of coke over a snapped ankle any day. :P

[shawndavid]

I was just talking to the missus about an elliptical machine. I can play Madden while I sweat.

[wr3kt]

I bet you use it for two months...and then it becomes a rack for various house items and eventually a plant stand.

[shawndavid]

I bet you use it for two months...and then it becomes a rack for various house items and eventually a plant stand.

Now that is wildly optimistic conjecture.

[b_sinning]

I was just talking to the missus about an elliptical machine. I can play Madden while I sweat.


Bet you almost gave her an orgasim with that sexy image.

[HydroSqueegee]

haha! it is completed! And it only took both of us 3 hours to put together. Good thing we did it last night too, because as soon as we finished, the sky opened up and drenched the area in rain and thunder. Wouldnt have been good if we just left it in the box sitting outside.

So after we put it together, we wnt out and got some celebratory taco bell and watched some tv.

Used it for a little bit last night. My legs are VERY out of shape and I could feel the burn after just a minute. So now the torture that is a healthy diet commences. No soda while i sit on my fat ass here at work today, no chips, candy... but i do get a turky sammich for lunch. :drool:
I need to go out and get a scale to see how much i weigh. Its got to be at least 240. blech. My goal is to lose 50 pounds of fat and put on 20 pounds of muscle. Good luck! hah!

[b_sinning]

I'm going to hardcore cut boke on the soda soon. I'm a caffine addict that doesn't drink coffee. I'm so afraid.

[HydroSqueegee]

god im soooo hungry. i need a snack. :(

must... resist!

[b_sinning]

Chew gum.

[HydroSqueegee]

Chew gum.

dont have any. Need to get a bag of sunflower seeds. takes me a couple days to eat a bag and keeps my mouth occupied.

[Coqui]

Drink water

[HydroSqueegee]

Drink water

thats what im doing. so cold in my empty belly.

[kiwi]

Chew gum.

When I'm hungry, chewing gum just makes it worse.

[ChikkenNoodul]

When I'm hungry I drink a few beers

[Sarcasmo]

http://www.wulongforlife.com/

[elpmis]

Drink water
that's what i do

[BeerAd]

I can never find the time to work out cause im always working out my beer belly with 12 ouce curls

[w_a_w]

I'm going to hardcore cut boke on the soda soon. I'm a caffine addict that doesn't drink coffee. I'm so afraid.


I'm in the exact same boat on that one :(
I've cut myself back from 2-3 32oz chickfila cokes a day to 1-2:O

[wr3kt]

Now that is wildly optimistic conjecture.
It could be the greatest plant holder ever!

[SpyderGST]

So update please...

Some of us fatties want to know how the machine is working out for you.

[HydroSqueegee]

So update please...

Some of us fatties want to know how the machine is working out for you.

working well. I feel the burn after just a few minutes. A 20 min workout is hell right now since im so out of shape, but overall i believe its going to work out just fine.

[Sarcasmo]

working well. I feel the burn after just a few minutes. A 20 min workout is hell right now since im so out of shape, but overall i believe its going to work out just fine.


I give you two weeks.

[HydroSqueegee]

I give you two weeks.

thats awefully optimstic to say i can lose 50 pounds in 2 weeks.

[b_sinning]

thats awefully optimstic to say i can lose 50 pounds in 2 weeks.

Maybe if your legs fell off.

[elpmis]

I'd probably use a machine like that if I set it up on my deck or something - there's something about getting all sweaty while exercising in my house that grosses me the fuck out - I need to be outside or I can't breathe

[HydroSqueegee]

I'd probably use a machine like that if I set it up on my deck or something - there's something about getting all sweaty while exercising in my house that grosses me the fuck out - I need to be outside or I can't breathe

i need to hook up a tv in the bedroom or something. if i can watch tv while im doing it, i could go for hours.

[fly]

I'd probably use a machine like that if I set it up on my deck or something - there's something about getting all sweaty while exercising in my house that grosses me the fuck out - I need to be outside or I can't breathe
I shagged you dirty in that bedroom you lying son of a bitch.

[*Fuxx Burger*]

heh it's funny, I can't go for more then 5 minutes on the eliptical machine before I'm dead.
But yesterday I jogged 3+ miles- go figure!

[HydroSqueegee]

because the damn thing really works your leg muscles.

[Sarcasmo]

thats awefully optimstic to say i can lose 50 pounds in 2 weeks.


You won't do it by spending time on the internet, that's for sure. MOVE IT MOVE IT MOVE IT MOVE IT

[HydroSqueegee]

You won't do it by spending time on the internet, that's for sure. MOVE IT MOVE IT MOVE IT MOVE IT

but im at work. its not that portable.

im beginning to find it odd that my office is right across the hall from the buildings gym, and yet i still buy equipment. :wtf:

[Sarcasmo]

but im at work. its not that portable.

im beginning to find it odd that my office is right across the hall from the buildings gym, and yet i still buy equipment. :wtf:


I loathe working out with other people. Sweaty, heaving bodies using the machines I need, annoying conversations when I'm trying to concentrate... I just can't do it. I bought the basics and that's really all you need. You can pretty much do every exercise in the book with an incline bench, some free weights, and a bike machine or elliptical trainer.

[HydroSqueegee]

I loathe working out with other people. Sweaty, heaving bodies using the machines I need, annoying conversations when I'm trying to concentrate... I just can't do it. I bought the basics and that's really all you need. You can pretty much do every exercise in the book with an incline bench, some free weights, and a bike machine or elliptical trainer.

yea. going to the gym bites. I need to finish off the basement so i can workout down there without some weird smell (thats not comming from me).

go go home equity loan!

[JPatrick]

but im at work. its not that portable.

im beginning to find it odd that my office is right across the hall from the buildings gym, and yet i still buy equipment. :wtf:


Ya but they get mad if you get on the stair master naked in public gyms.

[itburnswhenipee]

I need to be outside or I can't breathe

I believe breathing is involuntary... try not thinking about it so much.

[Onnotangu]

I just have a membership to fitness usa. it's better than nothing.