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Al Cook
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I'm down below 190 after consistently being over 235 until last fall when I
started trying to lose the weight.
15 more pounds to go to my goal.
As I've been eating better and being more active, I've also been doing a
regular thrice-weekly workout at home for about an hour each time - a
series of exercises targeted at rebuilding my once athletic (football
player, to be precise) physique.
I'm not body-obsessed. I'm going to be broad shouldered and barrell
chested the rest of my life. But I'd like to feel better about it. And I am.
I don't have to be chiseled and perfect. I'd just like to not think twice
about taking off my shirt at the beach or in the back yard even. I'm
getting pretty close and it feels good.
I'm not gay, so take this for what it's worth, but I think that anyone who
has a similar philosophy would make an attractive mate to me. Take care
of yourself, and feel good. Sculpted and chiseled doesn't do it for me.
Other tastes may vary!
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Ed Aycock
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Marc, I am the king (queen?) of body issues. I only just put a current picture of myself on Facebook after months of being afraid. It stems from a variety of things but I think I have driven myself crazy, my self-esteem is so low. Because I am so embarrassed/ashamed at how I look, I have kind of given up. I only look in the mirror when I shave, I won't go to bars or clubs, I have given up on relationships. You'd think NYC would have been a playground but not for me.
So, last week I am meeting a friend from college I haven't seen in 16 years. I have this little habit where I tend to prepare people for the worst and so he was confused when he saw me because I had made myself out to look like such a monster and I'm not apparently.
I really don't know that I'll ever get over it. Tomorrow is NYC Pride and I am going but I'll probably end up being too shy to make eye contact with anyone.
But I do have a wicked wit. It's my shield.
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Jeremiah Avery
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Between stress and laziness I've gained more weight than I would care to. I need to refocus and drop a significant amount. I know I'm never going to be "built", but I'd at least like to be able to look at myself without revulsion. I've never exactly had a lot of self-esteem and this doesn't help. Some of my friends say I should be getting out more, to meet people, but when I look and feel like this, I don't see much of a point.
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Brian Talley
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Well I think you're hunky as all get out, Al.
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Brian Talley
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Arc Carlton
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Jermiah: I'm sure Al Gore doesn't fly in a private jet.
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Arc Carlton
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Marc Baptiste: I remember that I was kind of chubby during my first high school years. Then I got obsessed with weight, I had some minor eating disorders (I wouldn't eat at all to lose weight) and finally I was thin. Now I always pay attention to what I eat (haven't gained weight in years), you could say I'm on a constant diet but I don't starve anymore .
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Ed Aycock
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Hey all, tomorrow is NYC Pride and yeah, I guess I am going. I haven't been in three years but tomorrow is unique in that Pride falls on the EXACT day of the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Rioting. How perfectly mathematical is that???
So, Happy 40th anniversary a day early.
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Jodi Moisan
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Ed I had to go back and look at your facebook photo because I thought I had missed something, I didn't, you are a nice looking man.
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Guests
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Note to Jodi!
Please, ask your sons if they want to post their Top 10 favorite comic covers on the appropriate thread here at the JBF! :-) BTW: You can too, you know!
(Thanks for letting me interrupt. Back to the thread.)
Edited by Dan Walsh on 27 June 2009 at 4:13pm
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Brian Talley,
I saw that pic this morning and couldn't stop laughing for several minutes! And this from a Cat Lover!
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Marc Baptiste
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In the words of Darth Sidious to Gen. Greivious: "when I was far younger and
more powerrrrrful"--- anyone says anything cruel and I slap you with a
limp...:
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