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[The Dope]

Round your height up - always the best choice. Most people won't question it. I usually round down though for some reason.

 

[xfer]

well if i was eight feet tall i would downplay that fact, too.

 

[minxnim]

whoa you're 8 feet tall that's nuts!

 

[minxnim]

also, after reading this post a few times i'm like 'wait, do i need to lose like 10 pounds?'

 

[mindspell]

Well, I am a little taller than 6'2", how much I couldn't you though. In any case, I am not dieting, ever. I only want to feel good with myself, be generally in good shape (meaning, I don't want to feel like dying because I have to run half a mile for some reason).

 

[mindspell]

Here is me in all my friday afternoon glory (the plies in my shirt makes me look like I have a sizeable gut and I don't). Notice the wrist...

 

[minxnim]

the bracelet!

 

[mindspell]

bracelets..... I know the pic is not clear enough but both are there...

 

[minxnim]

oh awesome =]

 

[The Dope]

Ouch. Speaking of exercise I just got back in from today's crew workout. After three intense workouts this week, my legs no longer want to function. I need a wheelchair or something.

 

[xfer]

the_dope was rowing a caravel across the harbor to get some sheep for a snack.

 

[The Dope]

Haha, I wish. I just did a bunch of shitty-painful things like lunges and pushups and wall-sits and ab workouts and running. Two days after doing more than a quarter-mile of lunges straight. Four days after running up and down all the stairs in a 10,000 seat basketball arena twice. I haven't been able to walk well for days.

 

[minxnim]

lunges hurt my thighs so bad!!!!! i can only do about 50 before my knees start to freak out.

 

[The Dope]

Me too. I have such a long way to go to get my knees to touch the ground too! I fell over at one point, because I have crappy balance anyway.

 

[minxnim]

yoga helps the balance thing, but not by much. do you stretch beforehand? that helps also (like really long, 60 second held slow motion lunges basically).
i had surgery on my knee once from an accident after a ski racing incident... so lunges sort of kill me. as running does. i've had to cut down significantly.

 

[FuSoYa]

this thread is making me feel bad

 

[The Dope]

I just do typical, half-assed stretching routines beforehand. I should probably do more.

 

[minxnim]

yea you definitely want to do more if you're still having a lot of pain. it makes a huge difference, ESPECIALLY stretching afterward, which seems like no big deal, but it takes the edge off of the ache the next day.

 

[minxnim]

toby: see my previous post saying "am i too fat?'

 

[coelacanth_M]

i went on a diet a month ago, and i ended up losing too much weight. i'm actually trying to gain it back now. i'm 4'9" and 81 pounds. ooops!