Forum starting to show its age - Page 21

MuMu · 08-29-2016, 10:57 PM

If anything, this thread has made me feel less bad for getting a bit chubby now in my midtwenties. Still, if I get any source of income soon I might do something about it. Or not.

pochercoaster · 08-29-2016, 11:11 PM

After a large meal or a particularly hedonistic weekend, I get people asking me if I'm pregnant.

I enjoy telling them "nope, just a fatass, thanks" and seeing the expression on their face.

Of course, through my teens I was accused of being anorexic despite plowing through 4,000+ calories a day.

People are assholes. Like why do you give a shit? No one owes you an explanation about their body FFS. It ain't you living in it.

at least I grew boobs though

MuMu · 08-30-2016, 12:35 AM

I also grew boobs

The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk · 08-30-2016, 01:12 AM

I still look pretty much the same as I did in high school. Which was 12 years ago. I'm not even joking.

dementedmongoose · 08-30-2016, 06:15 AM

Warning: Sappiness inbound.

Gods. Has it been so long? I don't even know what to say to this. Even when I was here, I wasn't really active outside the RP forum, and that's been mostly dead for a while, but have we come to this point? I always knew that 8-Bit and NPF weren't going to be in my life forever, but I always felt like they would always be there. It's always been that repository of "Look, Mongoose was an 'edgy' teenage shitheel."

I signed up back in '04, when we were in the fuuuuutuuuure. Twelve years later, I've got kids 'n shit, a job, and NPF is going bye-bye.

Even understanding that there will be a new forum, I'm actually trying not to cry.

Well, I'm gonna start packing, y'all. I'll put something up when the new forum is in, so you'ns know I made it.

Aerozord · 08-30-2016, 09:47 AM

Actually aging is why I started working so hard to get into shape. Knowing it only gets harder, but its easier to maintain than to get in shape in the first place. Then I set goals beyond what I actually needed to satisfy myself so even when I come up abit short I'm still making good progress.

Terex4 · 08-30-2016, 01:18 PM

My metabolism shifted at 25 which also happened to be when I got my first not-running-with-my-head-cut-off job. Add a few years as a stay-home parent and yeah. It's been a while since anyone's asked if I'm pregnant though, so that's been nice.

Sithdarth · 08-30-2016, 02:12 PM

I'm in way better shape now than I was even in my teens really. Mostly because I was in denial and thought I was incapable of any sort of endurance. Eventually I started a couch to 5k running plan a couple years ago and before I knew it I was running 6-10 miles semiregularly. Also once I sat down and really looked at how much food I was eating and what it cost I started eating way less and that helped. Ended up losing like 70 pounds and was hovering around 205 lbs for awhile (which isn't so bad for a guy that is 6 foot 5).

I'm starting to get lazy again and have slipped back to about 230. Gotta find a way to get a routine going again.

Flarecobra · 08-30-2016, 02:35 PM

I know I'll never be in the same shape I was when I was in the military... certainly not with this semi-arthritic left ankle and easily dislocatable shoulders I got... and the number of prior concussions I had...

shiney · 08-30-2016, 04:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pochercoaster

I just started working out again and yeah I'm trying to lose fat but I know that unless I starve myself I won't weigh what I did when I was 20 and I'm not going to hold myself to that standard.

Not gonna hijack the thread to go all blarg but RaiRai works in fitness these days and while it's essentially true you'd have to starve yourself to get back down to 20s-level of weight (this is true for about anyone) getting down to a healthy weight doesn't involve that much dieting at all! Just portion control and higher levels of activity!

That said, {{hug}} and proud for you, taking up working out is not easy, for anyone, and it sucks and it's sweaty and stinky and painful. It's worth it though. <3 Good on you.

08-29-2016, 11:11 PM	#202
pochercoaster rollerpocher tycoon Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 1,808	After a large meal or a particularly hedonistic weekend, I get people asking me if I'm pregnant. I enjoy telling them "nope, just a fatass, thanks" and seeing the expression on their face. Of course, through my teens I was accused of being anorexic despite plowing through 4,000+ calories a day. People are assholes. Like why do you give a shit? No one owes you an explanation about their body FFS. It ain't you living in it. at least I grew boobs though Last edited by pochercoaster; 08-29-2016 at 11:15 PM.

08-30-2016, 06:15 AM	#205
dementedmongoose Mangoose! Join Date: May 2004 Location: IN TEH NAVYS! SINKIN UR SHIPS! Posts: 655	Warning: Sappiness inbound. Gods. Has it been so long? I don't even know what to say to this. Even when I was here, I wasn't really active outside the RP forum, and that's been mostly dead for a while, but have we come to this point? I always knew that 8-Bit and NPF weren't going to be in my life forever, but I always felt like they would always be there. It's always been that repository of "Look, Mongoose was an 'edgy' teenage shitheel." I signed up back in '04, when we were in the fuuuuutuuuure. Twelve years later, I've got kids 'n shit, a job, and NPF is going bye-bye. Even understanding that there will be a new forum, I'm actually trying not to cry. Well, I'm gonna start packing, y'all. I'll put something up when the new forum is in, so you'ns know I made it. __________________ I was nothing but a lonely all American boy, Looking out for something to do. And you were nothing but a lonely all American girl, But you were something like a dream come true.

08-30-2016, 09:47 AM	#206
Aerozord So we are clear Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Former murder capital of the world Posts: 13,824	Actually aging is why I started working so hard to get into shape. Knowing it only gets harder, but its easier to maintain than to get in shape in the first place. Then I set goals beyond what I actually needed to satisfy myself so even when I come up abit short I'm still making good progress. __________________ "don't hate me for being a heterosexual white guy disparaging slacktivism, hate me for all those murders I've done."

08-30-2016, 02:35 PM	#209
Flarecobra Burn. Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Classified Posts: 11,017	I know I'll never be in the same shape I was when I was in the military... certainly not with this semi-arthritic left ankle and easily dislocatable shoulders I got... and the number of prior concussions I had... __________________ "Only the fool wishes to go into battle to beat someone for the satisfaction of beating someone." -A Thousand Sons Rules. Read them, know them, love them.

08-29-2016, 10:57 PM	#201
MuMu Rocky Wrench Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Rio Posts: 1,197	If anything, this thread has made me feel less bad for getting a bit chubby now in my midtwenties. Still, if I get any source of income soon I might do something about it. Or not.

08-30-2016, 12:35 AM	#203
MuMu Rocky Wrench Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Rio Posts: 1,197	I also grew boobs

08-30-2016, 02:12 PM	#208
Sithdarth Friendly Neighborhood Quantum Hobo Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Outside the M-brane look'n in Posts: 5,403	I'm in way better shape now than I was even in my teens really. Mostly because I was in denial and thought I was incapable of any sort of endurance. Eventually I started a couch to 5k running plan a couple years ago and before I knew it I was running 6-10 miles semiregularly. Also once I sat down and really looked at how much food I was eating and what it cost I started eating way less and that helped. Ended up losing like 70 pounds and was hovering around 205 lbs for awhile (which isn't so bad for a guy that is 6 foot 5). I'm starting to get lazy again and have slipped back to about 230. Gotta find a way to get a routine going again.