mdiver said:

I've got.....

19 weeks, 139 days, 3345 hours, 200,716 minutes and 12,042,963....962....961...960 seconds until....



THE I FORGOT TIME COUNTS DOWN, NOT UP EDIT!!!
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reneGade20 said:

Good work dude....

mdiver said:

Hope ya havin a good day!!

reneGade20 said:

Pretty good dude but like you i am a distance from my other half so that sux
However i hung some new art in my bathroom this morning so that looks awesome and i rode yesterday and that was fun....hows your day friend?

mdiver said:

I'm doing fine...just pretty much marking time until its time to go.....just managing my folks as they go about updating all the cabling here in our area...at this point, you have to guard against the "blahs" setting in, but since I've been thru 3 of these before this one, I'm trying to keep the troopies together.....

reneGade20 said:

Good work mate, are you guys doing civilian infrastructure or only military?

mdiver said:

just the stuff here on the base....from mil to civvie....

reneGade20 said:

Ahhh ok so its not social rebuild its the base ...just wondering..i was offered a civil in Kuwait after the war there but turned it down...shoulda gone i would be way better off

mdiver said:

Nah....the civilian contractors are making about 20 times what we make to upgrade the outside....it would be a hell of a job to fix it...but it would be a gas....being a Signal guy, thats what we live for....to hook it up....connecting the world...

reneGade20 said:

Me too dude...i love comms

mdiver said:

that makes two of us.....

reneGade20 said:

ONE glass of red wine a day is good for you... clear alcohol is supposed to be best (I heard Jackie say that on Workout ) BUT watch it w/ the mixers - the sugar in them will fuck it all up...

I can't cut back on carbs completely, but I've completely swapped out the bad for the good. Whole wheat/whole grain ALWAYS, pasta only on occassion & carbs can only be eaten in the day time - can't be in my last meal of the night no matter what. After a certain hour it's egg whites/turkey/veggies ONLY, or I'll have a protein shake if I've been to the gym...

Eat more veggies than fruit - the fruit sugar can pile up like any other sugar can...

& it sounds like some weight lifting is in order, at least for your chest.

Good luck! I'm almost 3 months in on my workouts averaging 4-5 times a week I wish I could report a huge weight loss BUT I think I sabotage myself w/ the AMOUNT of food I'm eating (not to mention the 1/2 glass of OJ in the morning & the one cookie I allow myself a day) plus I always seem to slip up terribly on the weekends & did I mention that I had fast food TWICE last week??

Still, my clothes are fitting better & I'm toning up in areas that had NO muscle before. I'm scared to weigh these days but I'd say I've lost only 4-5 lbs so far. I really have to do better, I'm SO ready for this shit to come OFF I just added 40 minutes on the treadmill to my routine (already do an hour on the elliptical) to compensate for my eating habits which I just can't clean up anymore (my changes are for life, not temporary - I cannot "diet")... if I don't see a major drop by the end of the month I'm gonna start stabbin' folks. I think my current regimen would be fine if I was MAINTAINING, but for losing I gotta be more strict or do more work. So wish me luck too


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CalhounSq said:

Good luck- you can do it. It is all about sticking to the routine.