MetaFilter - Greetings!

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PornIntheWoods — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:53:12 -0500

Mr. Woods here, with 20 pounds left to lose to achieve optimal BMI. I walk around 3 miles a day and eat right, which allowed me to lose 30 pounds in 2009.

natasha75 — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 07:41:38 -0500

Hi there - I'm triggerfinger on MeFi, my name was already taken here. Anyway, I have about 30 pounds I would like to lose and am looking forward to this challenge!

cgk — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:44:21 -0500

Hi bDiddy. It is pretty easy to build your own workouts, and when you "update progress" (meaning that you did it again) it carries over your previous times/reps/weights. Pretty handy. When I got started here I also spent time looking at the workouts that others had created since I was pretty new to it.

Hi

briandickens — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 08:59:28 -0500

bDiddy on MeFi. I'm planning on using the gym to burn off some of the sympathy weight I've been putting on. Probably gained more than my pregnant wife! Anyway, gym starts this weekend and this will help motivate me. Probably need ot drop 20-30 lbs, but we'll see what happens.

I'm new to the site. Is it easy to get a workout built on here?

Good site for my needs

buttermilkmeeks — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:30:19 -0500

Hey everybody - I'm cinemafiend @ MeFi

I really like this site - it has pretty much all of the excercise catagories that I need.

I've really been needing to track my lifts and cardio for a while and this has finally given me the kick in the ass I've needed.

Shwmae

ceiriog — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:08:33 -0500

Greetings from wild west Wales. I was going to leave this until the New Year, but thought it'd be better to start tracking things now, despite the seasonal whiskey glut, &c.

Enjoying what I've seen of the site so far, especially the tracking of food and exercise. Turning the thing into a game tickles my geek bone.

Good luck to all,

Nic

Howdy :)

mynameisluka — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:20:18 -0500

Happy to be here surrounded by motivated people. I have about 60 pounds to lose and am looking forward to having lots more energy and fitting into frivolous clothing!

howdy!

Lucinda73 — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:37:04 -0500

I joined a gym at the start of December and hopefully this will help keep me focused and honest and all that.

hey y'all

msconduct — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:07:01 -0500

just got here, going to give this a try, but will have to look at it more carefully after i get off work today to figure out how to proceed.

thanks for setting this up!

VioletU — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:27:52 -0500

Hey everyone!

I'm ridiculously excited to be part of this.. A few years ago I lost a bunch of weight and due to a lot of stress, anxiety, depression and other crap, I gained it back.

I've since picked up some new coping skills to handle the crappy stuff and now I need to lose the weight again and keep it off..

Can't wait to get to know everyone a bit...

Hi!!

aeiou — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:15:57 -0500

I'm actually zorrine on mefi, because aeiou was already taken when I signed up. Anyway, I'm psyched to have goals and a group of people to help me stay focused, so yay metafilter!

Just Got Here

SteveTheRed — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 11:37:10 -0500

I had to use my old internet handle since my new one wouln'd fit. Stupid web 2.0!

I'm really fat (320 lbs. @ 5'10") have a for-reals hormone problem (hypogonadism controlled with testosterone shots), smoke a pack a day, eat nothing but crap and don't exercise at all right now.

I joined We Endure a long time ago, but made no use of it becasue I didn't feel comfortable in the "super-fit" atmosphere there. I doubt I'll ever run a marathon, triathalon or anything else that requires serious running. At my weight, going out for a run is just begging for one of my knees to blow out.

I set up super-light goals of 7 minutes on the bike at home each day and 20 minutes of relatively easy-paced swimming at the Y on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. I plan to increase these at time progresses and maybe start weights later on.

Sorry to be so tl;dr, but I'm 38, in terrible shape and I want to live to see my kids into adulthood. So my goal is to get down to 220 lbs. from 320, which at 5'10" is probably still obese according to the BMI chart, but is a hell of a lot better than I am now.

If I become un-fat, does that mean I lose my right to righteous indignation in the obesity threads?

Challenge, anyone ?

NikitaNikita — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:17:28 -0500

I just posted about this group on MetaTalk. Your feedback there is welcome and appreciated!

LINK to MetaTalk post!

gmaps pedometer

pbowser — Sat, 24 May 2008 14:56:12 -0400

Hi all

Thought I'd share a tip... I've been using the google maps pedometer (http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/) to track the walking that I do as part of my daily routine. I think I first learned about it on Metafilter, actually.

Cheers!

gentlegiant112 — Sat, 24 May 2008 08:38:08 -0400

Yeah, I think the main guts of the site is the nutritional info, and the daily logging of food.

Culvers ... hmm ...

I don't know how to reply here

lysdexic — Fri, 23 May 2008 17:54:41 -0400

But I figured it was a way for me to get "checked up on" for actually doing what I'm supposed to be doing.

I had to provide a lot of info on fitday.com, too.

Hello Mefites

bibliowench — Fri, 23 May 2008 17:49:57 -0400

Three days in, and I've already contributed nutritional information for Culver's butterburgers and cheese curds. Maybe I'm not fully grasping the philosophy of this site.

Huzzah!

Shepherd — Thu, 22 May 2008 12:20:16 -0400

Thanks for having us!