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Agreed.  I think my favorite gym in SWVa is probably Castlewood.  It's just so unique.

Trump is absolutely owning the media and it is beautiful. He is doing what other Republican candidates should have been doing long ago.

15 pounds lost this month so far...

I'm voting for him... hate me at your own peril.  Lol.

15 pounds lost this month so far...

15 pounds lost this month so far...

15 pounds lost this month so far...

This isn't round trip, right?
 
If so, Parry McCluer probably broke 600 miles on that round trip to Hurley and back alone... Lol.

I went to every Ridgeview football game this past season, but once Giles eliminated us, I found somewhere else to go every week up through the championship games.
 
I went to Richlands - Buckingham County, Union - Glenvar, George Wythe - Riverheads and the two title games in Salem.  I wished I could do the same for basketball, but working in Abingdon and trying to make it back to Dickenson County mid week is kinda difficult.

I know this will not work for everybody but it did for me...
 
Everybody in my family is big...tall women, large frame men, etc.  I am pretty average at 6'4" for my family.  My wife is a 6' former college volleyball player.  About 10 years ago, both my wife and I realized that we had put on a whole lot more weight than was healthy.  I was up to around 290 and she was almost 200.  She called one of her old college pals who is now a registered dietician and personal trainer.
 
Cindy told us the plan was simple in our case because neither of us had any underlying health issues (we know we are very lucky in that area).  She told us to start working out 3 times a week and stop eating after 6 p.m.  ... and cut out sodas.
 
We started going to the gym together at 5:30 a.m. each day for an hour.  No meals or snacking after 6:00 p.m.  It took about a year but I lost 60 pounds and currently fluctuate around 225-235.  I feel much, much better. I did not actually realize how bad I was feeling until then. I think the not eating after 6:00 was huge for me.  My wife is consistently around 150.  She almost looks too thin with her height. 
 
We still workout 3 times a week but not always with each other.  It became a habit, a good habit.  Maybe the best thing to come out of it was this:  Our sons also started going with us to the gym and got in good habits of working out (mostly body weight training for them when they were younger) and have almost never snacked after 6 so I hope they continue. So far, no weight issues for them despite being large boned and tall.
 
I wish nothing but the best for everybody trying to become healthier.  I also think it was a great idea to post on line and build a support system.  You get to see lots of ideas, what works, what did not, etc. 

264 down to 250.8

Although not quite as dire as you are maybe... I am sort of in the same boat.  I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes on Monday and although I only weigh 265-ish... I am still supposed to be quite smaller than that.  So, my goal is to get a membership with the Workout Anytime here in Bristol and start losing weight myself and trying to eat better.
 
Which means, that I guess I don't get to eat any more BIg Mozz's from Sheetz... :(
 
But, I am committed to do my best to make this work.  For the first time in many years, I feel as if I have reason to live.  I'm happy for the first time since early in my marriage.  I now have a girlfriend who I feel truly loves me and supports me.  I have a 7 year old daughter who loves me more than anything.  My first response when I was first told on Monday, was to give up.  Because I thought that 90% of what I eat would be cut out.  That I would no longer be able to drink the IPA's that I love so dearly.
 
But after a little research and a good heartfelt conversation with the girlfriend, I realize now I can still eat the same foods I did... just not as much.  I can still have one beer a day and be fine.
 
More than anything, I just need to lose some weight.  I think I can do this, if by nothing else, drinking more bottled water and cutting out soft drinks and spending 30 minutes at the gym each day.
 
Good luck Ryan and thanks for sharing.

264 down to 250.8

264 down to 250.8

Quincy you ok man haha? Officials certainly weren't their best last night but what's done is done. GC and Union both have to put it behind them and hopefully Feb 9th is another big game.
 
And Visor Boy is kind of an inside joke. It involves an incident in 2014 where a guy from Union tried to charge up the bleachers to get to a bunch of GC fans.

264 down to 250.8

264 down to 250.8

The snow that never came you mean?  Lol... The knee jerk reaction of high schools these days...
 
Would've been better to have this last night as I have an all day task at work to complete and am hoping it's finished in time for me to get there.
 
The girls game is what I am looking forward to seeing.  The Central loss was way too early in the season to base any judgment off of... thankfully it was a non conference game.  We also played Union in that tournament and struggled there also, but beat them much more soundly this past weekend.
 
The boys game should be all Gate City.  It would take probably a 40+ point night for Hunter Sutherland to even have a shot I believe.

Had a lot of fun playing with a large group of people for once.  Look forward to making this a tradition.  :-)

Well, I joined the Workout Anytime in Bristol yesterday.  Going to try to get in an hour a day of exercise at least.

Although not quite as dire as you are maybe... I am sort of in the same boat.  I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes on Monday and although I only weigh 265-ish... I am still supposed to be quite smaller than that.  So, my goal is to get a membership with the Workout Anytime here in Bristol and start losing weight myself and trying to eat better.
 
Which means, that I guess I don't get to eat any more BIg Mozz's from Sheetz... :(
 
But, I am committed to do my best to make this work.  For the first time in many years, I feel as if I have reason to live.  I'm happy for the first time since early in my marriage.  I now have a girlfriend who I feel truly loves me and supports me.  I have a 7 year old daughter who loves me more than anything.  My first response when I was first told on Monday, was to give up.  Because I thought that 90% of what I eat would be cut out.  That I would no longer be able to drink the IPA's that I love so dearly.
 
But after a little research and a good heartfelt conversation with the girlfriend, I realize now I can still eat the same foods I did... just not as much.  I can still have one beer a day and be fine.
 
More than anything, I just need to lose some weight.  I think I can do this, if by nothing else, drinking more bottled water and cutting out soft drinks and spending 30 minutes at the gym each day.
 
Good luck Ryan and thanks for sharing.

Although not quite as dire as you are maybe... I am sort of in the same boat.  I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes on Monday and although I only weigh 265-ish... I am still supposed to be quite smaller than that.  So, my goal is to get a membership with the Workout Anytime here in Bristol and start losing weight myself and trying to eat better.
 
Which means, that I guess I don't get to eat any more BIg Mozz's from Sheetz... :(
 
But, I am committed to do my best to make this work.  For the first time in many years, I feel as if I have reason to live.  I'm happy for the first time since early in my marriage.  I now have a girlfriend who I feel truly loves me and supports me.  I have a 7 year old daughter who loves me more than anything.  My first response when I was first told on Monday, was to give up.  Because I thought that 90% of what I eat would be cut out.  That I would no longer be able to drink the IPA's that I love so dearly.
 
But after a little research and a good heartfelt conversation with the girlfriend, I realize now I can still eat the same foods I did... just not as much.  I can still have one beer a day and be fine.
 
More than anything, I just need to lose some weight.  I think I can do this, if by nothing else, drinking more bottled water and cutting out soft drinks and spending 30 minutes at the gym each day.
 
Good luck Ryan and thanks for sharing.

Although not quite as dire as you are maybe... I am sort of in the same boat.  I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes on Monday and although I only weigh 265-ish... I am still supposed to be quite smaller than that.  So, my goal is to get a membership with the Workout Anytime here in Bristol and start losing weight myself and trying to eat better.
 
Which means, that I guess I don't get to eat any more BIg Mozz's from Sheetz... :(
 
But, I am committed to do my best to make this work.  For the first time in many years, I feel as if I have reason to live.  I'm happy for the first time since early in my marriage.  I now have a girlfriend who I feel truly loves me and supports me.  I have a 7 year old daughter who loves me more than anything.  My first response when I was first told on Monday, was to give up.  Because I thought that 90% of what I eat would be cut out.  That I would no longer be able to drink the IPA's that I love so dearly.
 
But after a little research and a good heartfelt conversation with the girlfriend, I realize now I can still eat the same foods I did... just not as much.  I can still have one beer a day and be fine.
 
More than anything, I just need to lose some weight.  I think I can do this, if by nothing else, drinking more bottled water and cutting out soft drinks and spending 30 minutes at the gym each day.
 
Good luck Ryan and thanks for sharing.

As sweet as it is... If I had to choose between the two, I would've chosen that this win happened last week against WVU.  I hate the Mountaineers with a passion ever since they ripped my VT car flags off of my car.