GoalGetter

For some reason i suck terribly at any sports-related video game! I love them, nonetheless.

I'm good at the streetfighter/soul caliber/tekken type games. And DDR, of course.

Anyway the whole reason I brought up DDR is because of what a great cardio workout it is... if you're ever feeling kinda blah about doing your cardio and have a few bucks, just go down to Dave & Busters of Gameworks or one of those and spend 15 minutes hopping around on that thing. Talk about HIIT! Not to mention it's a break from the every-day.

MaxMirkin

I collect used body parts. Not sure if that's infantile or not.

(Actually I like games too. Don't want to ruin my image.)

The lions sing and the hills take flight.
The moon by day, and the sun by night.
Blind woman, deaf man, jackdaw fool.
Let the Lord of Chaos rule.

GoalGetter

AINT NO SHAMIN' in GAMIN' bro! haha!

My name is Ivy and I'm a gamer. ("hiiii Ivyyyy!")

MaxMirkin

That only works for a hot girl like you, everyone else gets laughed at and/or poked with sticks. (Or am I the only one that does that?)

The lions sing and the hills take flight.
The moon by day, and the sun by night.
Blind woman, deaf man, jackdaw fool.
Let the Lord of Chaos rule.

fantasma62

I can see it now Ivy, a 250 pound, 35 year old fatty making a fool of himself in Gameworks. It's hard enough for me to play normal games without feeling foolish

-Tony-

HIHT: High Intensity Hybrid Training

GoalGetter

HA! If you're even half serious, both you and Max have got to loosen up! So what if people laugh?! Haha! Damn! It's a blast!

People will laugh at anyone for anything -- you can't go around life with that fear/concern being a limitation.

I guarantee you'll have more fun than the jackass standing to the side laughing at you on the outside but desperately wanting a piece of the action on the inside, but too afraid to try for fear of getting laughed at.

blah. don't mean to lecture - i just don't get why people are afraid of getting laughed at.

GoalGetter

I swear if we ever hang out I'm going to manhandle you onto that DDR machine!

MaxMirkin

I don't care if people laugh at me, but those sticks can be quite painful.

But I'll play with you, babe. You bring the plastic mats, and I'll provide the drugged beverages. We'll make a real play-date out of it.

The lions sing and the hills take flight.
The moon by day, and the sun by night.
Blind woman, deaf man, jackdaw fool.
Let the Lord of Chaos rule.

GoalGetter

<swoon>

MaxMirkin

Promises, promises.

The lions sing and the hills take flight.
The moon by day, and the sun by night.
Blind woman, deaf man, jackdaw fool.
Let the Lord of Chaos rule.

fantasma62

Ivy, I had been hovering 300 pounds a while back, so laughing doesn't bother me. I was trying to be humorous. I tend to poke fun at myself.
STOP LECTURING
Nah, just joking, I have said it once and I'll say it again, anytime a beautiful young woman lectures me, I sit and obey.....ask my wife....
Still, think about that mental picture...I mean, you have to laugh

-Tony-

HIHT: High Intensity Hybrid Training

GoalGetter

hahaha. still i feel bad. bad habit - that lecturing stuff. haha! Sorry!

And believe me, I would laugh plenty. I'm not cruel but i'm human!

MaxMirkin

Don't worry Tony, if she laughs you can get revenge. Just make her play Madden using that same, fruity dance pad.

The lions sing and the hills take flight.
The moon by day, and the sun by night.
Blind woman, deaf man, jackdaw fool.
Let the Lord of Chaos rule.

GoalGetter

Trust me, with madden i can play with the regular control and still be laughable. WAYYYY LAUGHABLE. A 3 year old can kick my ass in madden.

Jill

Hey Ivy, list us a sample diet of what you used to eat when you were overweight.

GoalGetter

Are you serious? Here we go:

Typical day, in the old days...

Breakfast (if at all):

Stop by mcdonald's and pick up a bacon/egg/cheese biscuit, hash brown, large orange juice (that was healthy to me, the orange juice, so it all evened out, in my irrational mind)

If not mcD's, then i would go to the vending machine upon arrival at work and get a Jamaican Beef Patty, or "the healthy alternative," a bagel with strawberry jam.

Mid-morning (if not upon arrival):

Begin picking out of my boss' candy bowl, all the good ones. HOard them at my desk for consumption within the next ten minutes. Go back for more throughout the day.

Lunch:

Wendy's Spicy Chicken sandwich, biggie fries, water (i dont like soda much)

or

Schlotzky's deli four cheese pizza with sour cream and onion potato chips

or

Atlanta Bread Company Pesto Chicken Panini

Mid-afternoon:

return to the vending machine for some sandwich cookies (oreos or vanilla cookies), or the "healthy" alternative, animal crackers or pretzels. Occasioanlly use every leftover dime in my purse to pick up a bag of M&M's or hershey bar, to go with it.

Go home... start jonesing for something good to eat for dinner...

Most nights, stop by Taco bell if i'm low on cash, get a mexican pizza or a chicken quesadilla, cinnamon twists.

On the nights when I had a little more cash, stop at the REAL mexican place and get their chicken tortilla soup, chicken quesadillas loaded, tortilla chips.

OR

stop at the cuban restaurant on the way home and get some take out breaded skirt steak, white rice, fried plantains.

AFTER DINNER, and while watchign tv or surfing the web for the next few hours before going to bed, I would eat cheetos and drink wine. Usually ate a whole bag of cheetos in one sitting because, seriously they're damn good. And the wine... santa margarita pino grigio, straight out of the bottle.

Other assorted treats that I always stocked up on were cuban croquettes, chocolate cake, brownies, hershey's kisses, fudge stripe cookies, the more expensive lake champlain 5 star chocolates, when i had the money to spare (at $3.00 a pop at the gourmet grocery store, they're a delicacy to me).

And if I went out to see my friends' bands (thursd, fri and/or sat nights) there was also the consumption of a lot of Newcastle beer, and fried finger foods late at night and into the wee hours of the morning.

Yes, I know. VERY VERY SAD. I was out of control. I haven't exaggerated ANY of this.

GoalGetter

oh wait - that's not even counting the baking.

I love to bake. I used to make cookies all the time - all sorts of cookies, but usually peanut butter, oatmeal pecan or chocolate chip. Occasionally ginger snaps.

So there were always cookies, and i too, used to bring those treats to work for everyone to eat. I was one of them.

naturaltan

You could charge admission to that ... MadMax on the DDR in his shiny white suit with matching dress shoes. Hell ... that could be a pay-per-view.

just kick'in it in the ole Charger

Saturday Fever

You like to make cookies?

yay.

GoalGetter

NT - you could be on to something here... I do have an entrepreneurial spirit.

GoalGetter

I absolutely LOVE. TO. BAKE. COOKIES.

Jill

Didnt you ever cook at home, or pack a lunch??? That was 1 unhealth diet you had. Atleast 3000-4000 cals a day would you say?

MaxMirkin

What's my cut?

The lions sing and the hills take flight.
The moon by day, and the sun by night.
Blind woman, deaf man, jackdaw fool.
Let the Lord of Chaos rule.

GoalGetter

Cook at home? yeah occasioanlly - meatballs, lasagna, ground beef, yellow rice and chicken. But mostly I was a slave to convenience.

And pack a lunch? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Never. That was a ridiculous concept to me with all the great places to eat around here unless I was running low on cash and pay day wasn't for another few days.

And by great places i mean Atlanta Bread Company, Fiesta Mexican Grill, Bruschetta's Italian Bistro and Shorty's BBQ -- even if I usually ended up at Wendy's.

Yes, it was the most unhealthy "diet" ever. And I knew it, and just sortof didn't care, or felt hopeless, so I had this, "What the hell... I'll start eating better next monday. Today, I'll enjoy myself." mentality.

GoalGetter

By the way, I "justified" all the bad food by going jogging a few times a week, for 20-30 minutes at a time.

And when i bought the pilates dvds, i started making a conscious effort to eat less crappy. Stopped buying and making cookies/cakes. Cut back on the candy bowl invasion, started making turkey sandwiches for lunch every day, etc. That's how it all started... slowly, half-assedly, but surely.

GoalGetter