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New Year's resolutions....

RembrandtRembrandt Member Posts: 4,486 ✭✭
edited January 2002 in General Discussion
Well Ol Rembrandt has spent the last 3 days deer hunting and found my stud like figure has shifted to the belt line....my smoking jacket is becoming a bit snug....time for a body make-over. Gonna loose 25lbs before spring....if I make it, I'll celebrate by getting a new gun!Anyone else have a goal for 2002?
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  • idsman75idsman75 Member Posts: 13,398 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Sir Rembrandt--I like your manner of self-reward. I've put on about 15 pounds since the opening weekend of Iowa's deer season and it only shows at the belt-line. I plan to indulge in tasty goodies today and also begin dieting as well. I was thinking about rewarding myself with one of those robes from Cabela's similar to the ones you displayed here on the General Discussion Forum. However, I plan on purchasing the one in Mossy Oak.
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  • RosieRosie Member Posts: 14,525 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Mr. Rembrandt. I quit smoking two years ago and gained 36 pounds! It's been so long since i have been able to see over my tummy i don't know iffen I'm male or female! I shall follow in your foot steps. Rosie
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  • 7mm_ultra_mag_is_king7mm_ultra_mag_is_king Member Posts: 676 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I quit drinking 5 years ago. I learned last night why. My resolution is not to ever do that again. Man I'm sick!
    when all else fails........................
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  • RedlegRedleg Member Posts: 417 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I want to lose 1/40th of a ton. Do the math.And, I never want to touch a Budweiser (Butt Wiper) again.Brian
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  • LowriderLowrider Member Posts: 6,587
    edited November -1
    Maybe we need to start a club here on the ol' gun board (the yuppies among us would call it a support group) as we work toward our weight-loss goals. I'd been fooling myself for a long time into believing I still weighed 235 lbs. My wife, hereinafter referred to as Mrs. Smartass, bet me I weighed more than I thought and I danced on the scale to the tune of 250.My 2002 goal is to hit 210 by summer. I don't care to weigh any less than that, even though those screwy, ideal height/weight charts at the doctor say my 6 feet should weigh 170 or some silly thing. If I got down to 170, all the bullies at the beach would be kicking sand in my face and I'd be forced to break out one of my 1958 Superman comic books, clip the coupon in the back, and enroll in the Charles Atlas muscle-building course.Anybody remember those???? The scrawny guy always kicked some bully * in the end and walked off with the girl.What about it? Anybody want to keep a running account of their weight-loss success/failure?Anybody that honest?
    Lord Lowrider the LoquaciousMember:Secret Select Society of Suave Stylish Smoking Jackets She was only a fisherman's daughter,But when she saw my rod she reeled.
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  • .250Savage.250Savage Member Posts: 812 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Gaahhh, bad enough I know how badly I'm doing...
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  • 7mm_ultra_mag_is_king7mm_ultra_mag_is_king Member Posts: 676 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hey lowrider ,you can give me some of that wieght. I need some for the very reason you stated about the beach. I need 30lbs. I am 5'11" and weigh in at 170. I can hide behind a telephone pole.
    when all else fails........................
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  • pops401pops401 Member Posts: 616 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    7mmSit back 'n get comfy, I think you're about to get flooded with offers. Me first.
    I'll buy just one more gun and I'll quit.....HONEST....History is a vast early warning system
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  • RembrandtRembrandt Member Posts: 4,486 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Maybe if I reward myself with a new gun every 10lbs it will go faster.....
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  • mlincolnmlincoln Member Posts: 5,039 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Cleaning out the basement over the holidays, I found some old college pictures where I'm 6'4" and 190 pounds of lean muscle. I could do 10 dips with 90 pounds of weight hanging on me and could run a 10K in under 44 minutes. Well, let's just say that was quite a few burritos ago. At my biggest, I topped at at 287 pounds. I'm now down to 270, and I hope to get down to 200 by the beginning of summer. The doctor is talking about my high blood pressure and I just don't want to go on those pills.How about we form some sort of a pact? Everybody who is serious agrees to kick $20 to the fellow who loses the most after four or five months or whatever. Fellow has to use said cash to help buy a gun at the end of the time. If we get five or six guys to sign up, might be a good incentive. What do you guys say?
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  • mudgemudge Member Posts: 4,225 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    There's a infomercial on the tube that asks: "Are you going to get that body of yours in shape, or are you just going to let it slide?" I enjoy Mrs. Mudge's cooking WWAAAYYY too much.I'm 30 lbs overweight and I'm takin' the easy way out! Mudge the "slider"
    I can't come to work today. The voices said, STAY HOME AND CLEAN THE GUNS!
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  • njretcopnjretcop Member Posts: 7,975
    edited November -1
    After 63 years, I have finally found a New Years resolution that I can keep, and here it is:I hereby resolve to make no more resolutions!-Charlie
    It's the stuff dreams are made of AngelMember: NRA, RKBA, NJSPBA, NJ area rep for the 2AMPD and the AARP. njretcop@copmail.com
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  • PupPup Member Posts: 217 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    You know what? Every year many people make the resolution to lose weight, then they usually fail. I've decided not to make that mistake again. If I do lose any, then great, but if I don't, oh well, although I do like the notion of getting myself a new gun for any successful efforts. I just have to stay away from the Slim Fast diet.... I tried it once, but it doesn't do any good when you drink 5 of those shakes at once
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  • mustangmustang Member Posts: 615 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    i'm posting this just to piss you guys off!i'm 5'8 been out of school for ten years, weigh 3 lbs more that i did then. just got off the scale shows 123.5 this morning. i would like to put on 20lbs so the wife stops saying "becareful outside, its windy"
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  • mudgemudge Member Posts: 4,225 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Damn, Mustang....you need to stand up twice just to make a shadow.Mudge the eclipse
    I can't come to work today. The voices said, STAY HOME AND CLEAN THE GUNS!
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  • simonbssimonbs Member Posts: 994 ✭
    edited November -1
    I'm same as you Redleg.Current: 237Goal: 185-190
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  • ndbillyndbilly Member Posts: 1,573 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    There are damned few advantages to weighing 275 lbs. when you graduate from high school. One of them is this: I weigh the same today as when I graduated. Only thing I can't figure out is why my waist is 5" bigger and my chest is 2" smaller.
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  • wundudneewundudnee Member Posts: 6,105 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Weighed 235# forever, now 6' 2" 265# Somethings got to be done!
    "If stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?" Will Rogers
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  • mlincolnmlincoln Member Posts: 5,039 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Sounds like we've got the making of quite an offensive line here. Me at left tackle at 6'4" 270 lbs, Dano at left guard at 6'5" and 275, wundudnee at center at 6'2" and 265, and ndbilly at right guard at 275. All we need is a right tackle and a tight end and we're set. Who else is stepping up? PS Mustang is definitely the kicker. Definitely.
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  • simonbssimonbs Member Posts: 994 ✭
    edited November -1
    Sign me up for the other side of the ball. Defensive line or back, doesn't matter to me.
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  • William81William81 Member Posts: 25,339 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'm in 6' 3" 265....My Resolution is to be 25 lbs. lighter before July (25th High School Class reunion)My second resolution is to help the economy by buying at least 3 new firearms this year.
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  • AntiqueDrAntiqueDr Member Posts: 691 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    5'11" and 260 lbs. I prefer to think of it as a "low center of gravity."
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  • woodsrunnerwoodsrunner Member Posts: 5,378 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Three years ago I was 5'11" and 230lbs. Quit smoking then 2 months later tore up a knee. Knee was an excuse not to exercise. Got on the scale a couple days ago 295lbs!!! Sign me up, it's time.WOODS
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  • ndbillyndbilly Member Posts: 1,573 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    william81 - Hope you have more success than I did. Mine went like this:January - I WILL lose 25lbs. by July. I'll start as soon as the holiday leftovers are gone.February - OK, I'm serious. I am going to knock this weight off starting the day after the Super Bowl party.March - Well, 25 pounds is a lot. You really shouldn't lose too much too fast. It isn't healthy. But, I WILL lose 20 pounds by July. I'll get cranking as soon as that Easter ham is finished.April - Twelve weeks to go x 1.5 lbs. per week... There is NO REASON I will not lose eighteen pounds by July. I am serious this time. The minute our anniversary dinner is finished, I am ON PROGRAM.May - Right after the Memorial Day picnic I am TOTAL vegetarian until the reunion.June - As soon as this reunion is over, I am going to join that gym. By the 30th reunion, I'll be so buff that no one will even recognize me. July - Reunion night. I meet a bunch of people I haven't seen for a long time and think, "Man, did he/she put on the pounds." But to each I say, "Hey, you look GREAT! Let's eat!"
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  • mudgemudge Member Posts: 4,225 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Coach Lincoln....Put me down for that tight end job!6'6" 260 lbs. Great hands. Ask Mrs. MudgeMudge the braggart
    I can't come to work today. The voices said, STAY HOME AND CLEAN THE GUNS!
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  • simonbssimonbs Member Posts: 994 ✭
    edited November -1
    RUN?!!?!?NOBODY SAID ANYTHING ABOUT #@!%&!$ RUNNING!!!
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  • William81William81 Member Posts: 25,339 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Run...sure with enough motivation.....well a fast trot anyway...ndbilly, I am waiting for a buddy of mine to get back in town and then I can get the Range info you were looking for...
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  • mustangmustang Member Posts: 615 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    i can run, but i don't want to get hit!!!!!!!!!!! i could just see me after a run on the btm of the dogpile!!!
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  • simonbssimonbs Member Posts: 994 ✭
    edited November -1
    Mustang the squished.
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  • RosieRosie Member Posts: 14,525 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I like Dano too
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  • ndbillyndbilly Member Posts: 1,573 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    William81 - Thanks!
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  • PupPup Member Posts: 217 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    6"4" 295 lbs. Somebody say tackle? Kewl.
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  • LowriderLowrider Member Posts: 6,587
    edited November -1
    I'm gettin' the jump on all you slackers. Rode my bicycle about 8 miles yesterday and passed up my customary second plate of supper last night. I can feel those pounds just melting away.
    Lord Lowrider the LoquaciousMember:Secret Select Society of Suave Stylish Smoking Jackets She was only a fisherman's daughter,But when she saw my rod she reeled.
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  • RembrandtRembrandt Member Posts: 4,486 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Lowrider....do you mean bicycle or motorcycle?
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  • mudgemudge Member Posts: 4,225 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    LowRider.....210 by summer? Your H-D shocks will thank you. No more bottoming out on the speed bumps.I've given up. I just pump another couple of pounds of air in the shocks.Mudge the porker (that's meant to be an adjective, not a verb.)
    I can't come to work today. The voices said, STAY HOME AND CLEAN THE GUNS![This message has been edited by mudge (edited 01-03-2002).]
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  • mlincolnmlincoln Member Posts: 5,039 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Now this is what I'm talking about! We've got some beef on this board! I figure we average about 6'3" and 260 pounds, so I'm wondering why any of us feel the need to carry a handgun. Heck, we could pound the snot out of 99% of the population! You figure we get a bunch of us together and hit a buffet, we'd put the place out of business. It's funny, but I was wondering if any of you big guys notice how nice it is to hang around with other big guys? When I go out to eat, I get the biggest steak and all my tiny friends are ordering salads and chicken and they always get a doggie bag. They drive these little tiny cars that I struggle in and out of and they just don't seem to have much of a zest for life. I see some big galoot, I know there's a fellow who'd love to sit down and split a bottle of bourbon and talk football or guns or whatever. I mean, Santa is a big fellow and he's about the jolliest dude around. Anybody else notice this?(Lowrider, you'll be proud to know that I've been hitting the weight pile again after taking about four years off. Put up 225 twice at the end of a workout the other day, so I figure in another two or three months I should be coming along nicely. My goal is to get below 200 (199.9999999 lbs WILL qualify) and to get the blood pressure back in the normal range. Right now it is SKY high. Perhaps we'll meet in the gym someday.)
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  • William81William81 Member Posts: 25,339 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I am off to a good start also...Hit the gym over my lunch hour yesterday and today...Did20 min. on the treadmill each day and light weights/lots of reps....I have also been looking over several possible choices for that first firearm of the year !!!!!
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  • LowriderLowrider Member Posts: 6,587
    edited November -1
    Lincoln and Williams: Good for you, men. Keep it up. I have the high BP problem myself and also high blood sugar. The blood sugar is what really motivated me to lose weight this year. I like my legs too damn much to see them lopped-off 'cause of diabetes.Bicycle, Rembrandt, bicycle. I never get on my Harley for less than a hundred miles. Even if I take it to the store for a quick milk-and-bread run for the ol' lady I usually don't come back for a couple of hours. She really HATES that.Mudge, I run progressive, non-air shocks on my HD. I had air shocks on other bikes and they always seemed too harsh on the rebound. My Progressives are 5-way adjustable for load and 4-way adjustable for rebound dampening. Best shocks I've ever run on a motorcycle.
    Lord Lowrider the LoquaciousMember:Secret Select Society of Suave Stylish Smoking Jackets She was only a fisherman's daughter,But when she saw my rod she reeled.[This message has been edited by Lowrider (edited 01-03-2002).]
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  • mustangmustang Member Posts: 615 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    all of a sudden i feel really small.......i better go buy a bigger gun!!!!!!!
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  • RembrandtRembrandt Member Posts: 4,486 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Where did all these X-football linemen come from...I'm 6', well 6'1" if I stand on my tippy toes....Guess I'll have to compensate with a bigger gun....Ok, everyone produce a signed affidavit to prove you are really as tall as you claim....Rembrandt...the midget
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