Thread: Jan 2007 Goals

good luck with your goals!

i wish you good luck with all that. eventually down the road i plan on giving up my vices but for now i feel that i'm young and i can get away with some of them here and there and enjoy myself.

Good luck Foreman.. Those are some big feats to put aside, especially with the addictive nature of each.

I aswell gotta slow down on the booze.... but it is summer.

Originally Posted by Yanick

i wish you good luck with all that. eventually down the road i plan on giving up my vices but for now i feel that i'm young and i can get away with some of them here and there and enjoy myself.

Much easier to give them up now than it will be to give them up later.

Besides, why would you want to waste your best muscle building years to vices.

Originally Posted by NeilPearson

Besides, why would you want to waste your best muscle building years to vices.

2 reasons:

1. I've found that life isn't ALL about being big, or being strong. Sure it can help out, but there is much more to life than sitting around eating fuckin boiled chicken with brown rice and broccoli all day. I've been there before and noticed that life sort of passes right by as you're too scared of gaining a bit of fat to go out to eat/have a drink with your friends.

2. Its not like i smoke crack, sniff crystal meth/coke w/e. I smoke pot and drink. I'm in college and having fun going out, meeting girls, getting hammered etc. i want those crazy stories to tell people when i'm older of waking up at a bus stop, not knowing how you got there lol.

EDIT: Oh and btw, its not like i eat like shit all the time or i don't work out. I do what i have to do in the gym and eat healthy b/c i can't go back to a complete couch potato way of life anymore. i am just trying to find that perfect balance in my life between all the different 'departments' (lifting, dieting, money, girls, friends, school, career etc) if you will that will allow me to live a happy and fulfilled life.

i want those crazy stories to tell people when i'm older of waking up at a bus stop, not knowing how you got there lol.

hey...I did that! I woke up in coney island though and i was on the F train.

Originally Posted by Yanick

2 reasons:

1. I've found that life isn't ALL about being big, or being strong. Sure it can help out, but there is much more to life than sitting around eating fuckin boiled chicken with brown rice and broccoli all day. I've been there before and noticed that life sort of passes right by as you're too scared of gaining a bit of fat to go out to eat/have a drink with your friends.

2. Its not like i smoke crack, sniff crystal meth/coke w/e. I smoke pot and drink. I'm in college and having fun going out, meeting girls, getting hammered etc. i want those crazy stories to tell people when i'm older of waking up at a bus stop, not knowing how you got there lol.

EDIT: Oh and btw, its not like i eat like shit all the time or i don't work out. I do what i have to do in the gym and eat healthy b/c i can't go back to a complete couch potato way of life anymore. i am just trying to find that perfect balance in my life between all the different 'departments' (lifting, dieting, money, girls, friends, school, career etc) if you will that will allow me to live a happy and fulfilled life.

Originally Posted by P-funk

hey...I did that! I woke up in coney island though and i was on the F train.

Exactly dude!

i remember all those stories you told me at lunch in the ACT lunchroom that had me rolling (like that time your friend shit on his neighbors lawn or someshit cause he was hammered, lol)

Originally Posted by ForemanRules

I was back home last week and seeing all the old friends inspired me to get ripped and quit all my vices. It was sad to hear all the excuses as to why my old crew is fat or addicted to booze and/or tobacco...it reminded me that I once was in good shape, healthy and had no vices at all.

Here are my goals for Jan 30 2007.

WT: Now 258....by then 230
Booze: Now 3x a week....Started AA yesterdsay and hope to never look back
Tobacco: I quit chewing 6 days ago...it's a bitch but I feel great
Diet: No Fast food ever!!!! No crazy diets just good healthy food and clean eating.

Attainable goals, all of them. You can do it!

Good luck Foreman. You have a tough personality so I know you can do it. Just remember to replace all the negative shit with something good like sex.

Originally Posted by ForemanRules

I was back home last week and seeing all the old friends inspired me to get ripped and quit all my vices. It was sad to hear all the excuses as to why my old crew is fat or addicted to booze and/or tobacco...it reminded me that I once was in good shape, healthy and had no vices at all.

Here are my goals for Jan 30 2007.

WT: Now 258....by then 230
Booze: Now 3x a week....Started AA yesterdsay and hope to never look back
Tobacco: I quit chewing 6 days ago...it's a bitch but I feel great
Diet: No Fast food ever!!!! No crazy diets just good healthy food and clean eating.

I'll do my part. when your here next month, we can go down behind me here and get you a bail of hay to chew on. Only $6 and that should last you through the week.

Good luck Bro.

I know a training partner you can hit up here in AZ.

Wow Foreman! Much respect! I won't wish you luck because you don't need luck. You are determined and determination is much better than luck! Go kick some ass

Sounds much like my old life I left years ago

Originally Posted by ForemanRules

Tobacco: I quit chewing 6 days ago...it's a bitch but I feel great

I did that earlier this year. It was the hardest thing I ever did in my life. Stick it out. It gets better every day. PM me if you need to talk about it.

Originally Posted by boilermaker

I did that earlier this year. It was the hardest thing I ever did in my life. Stick it out. It gets better every day. PM me if you need to talk about it.

I almost broke down about 10x today.

Originally Posted by ForemanRules

I almost broke down about 10x today.

If you didn't that's good. For me, it got a lot better after about 14 days. You feel good about yourself for every day you get through. I started looking at people that were smoking or chewing and thinking "what a jackass" when I'd been doing the same thing for 15 years. The real test comes when you hit a trigger and you think you have to have it. I've failed that test about a hundred times. This time it's been 2 months and 4 days. I'd be lying if I didn't admit that it's day to day for me. This is the longest I've gone in about 5 years. I chew more gum than anyone alive.

no more steroids either??

Originally Posted by Yanick

1. I've found that life isn't ALL about being big, or being strong. Sure it can help out, but there is much more to life than sitting around eating fuckin boiled chicken with brown rice and broccoli all day. I've been there before and noticed that life sort of passes right by as you're too scared of gaining a bit of fat to go out to eat/have a drink with your friends.

I whole-heartedly agree with this, although I would have worded it differently. Balance is key, and to go to any extreme, especially if it takes over your life, is bad. There is such a thing as Too Much of a Good Thing. I believe I am pretty clean with my diet, but when I don't enjoy eating any longer, I will change my goals.

When I quit smoking I got my girlfriend at the time to burn the top of my hand (the one I smoked with). I told her just hold it there until I tell you to take it away. So now I have this scar, a perfect round circle, to remind me of her and how stupid I was to be controled by a substance. Whatever you do make it meaningful to you. Not that you need advice, everyone has their own way of doing everything.

Originally Posted by jcote

I whole-heartedly agree with this, although I would have worded it differently. Balance is key, and to go to any extreme, especially if it takes over your life, is bad. There is such a thing as Too Much of a Good Thing. I believe I am pretty clean with my diet, but when I don't enjoy eating any longer, I will change my goals.

Who is that in your avatar??

Originally Posted by PWGriffin

Who is that in your avatar??

Why, that's me! Think I'm overtraining?

Actually, I don't know, but if you look at his face real close,
it looks like Lance Armstrong.

Originally Posted by boilermaker

If you didn't that's good. For me, it got a lot better after about 14 days. You feel good about yourself for every day you get through. I started looking at people that were smoking or chewing and thinking "what a jackass" when I'd been doing the same thing for 15 years. The real test comes when you hit a trigger and you think you have to have it. I've failed that test about a hundred times. This time it's been 2 months and 4 days. I'd be lying if I didn't admit that it's day to day for me. This is the longest I've gone in about 5 years. I chew more gum than anyone alive.

I quit for 3 years and remember the first 3 weeks were very hard. It might be wrong of me to motivate myself by looking down on people around me who use tobacco but I need the motivation for now. Once I get through the first month or two I will make it a point to drop my attitude about others who use tobacco.

Originally Posted by PWGriffin

no more steroids either??

no answer??

I mean, I know you have NEVER done steroids...so I guess another question might be....since you are cleaning up your act, you would never even consider other "illegal" substances correct?

Originally Posted by ForemanRules

I was back home last week and seeing all the old friends inspired me to get ripped and quit all my vices. It was sad to hear all the excuses as to why my old crew is fat or addicted to booze and/or tobacco...it reminded me that I once was in good shape, healthy and had no vices at all.

Here are my goals for Jan 30 2007.

WT: Now 258....by then 230
Booze: Now 3x a week....Started AA yesterdsay and hope to never look back
Tobacco: I quit chewing 6 days ago...it's a bitch but I feel great
Diet: No Fast food ever!!!! No crazy diets just good healthy food and clean eating.

So you've accepted Jesus Christ as your lord and savior?

Originally Posted by PWGriffin

no answer??

I mean, I know you have NEVER done steroids...so I guess another question might be....since you are cleaning up your act, you would never even consider other "illegal" substances correct?

Tobacco and Alcohol are the #1 killers so I will kick them first....after that I can set new goals.

Originally Posted by largepkg

So you've accepted Jesus Christ as your lord and savior?

No

AA requires it

Originally Posted by largepkg

So you've accepted Jesus Christ as your lord and savior?

Foreman is God.