I just tried to rotate my pic , that was takin in potrate mode, and can't get it to the correct orientation unless t transfer it yo a dekrop , rotate, save, then upload.
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I've tried that much, plus more, but only on my phone. Meaning...
I went as far as to make a copy on my phone, use an editor app to rotate (so it was now sideways to me) and/or crop it (to change the aspect ratio), and/or other tweaks so it was not the same. Nothin did the trick. Using an actual computer might, just haven't tried it.
Lunch time. Lunch meat sandwich & water. Already done more than 12k steps, with more than 5hrs to go in my shift.
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I don't make my sandwich ahead of time because I work at a bread factory... there is always a few loaves loitering in the break room ;).
Did you Gents take your multivitamin today?
I surpassed 18k steps at work today, and improvised some curls (because my arms were a bit spent already & unable to do more than 2 pull-ups :gaah:). Did four sets of 10 curls, using bread pans as weight. 1 set with two pans, 2 sets with three pans, then another set with two pans. I should note that these pans bake five loaves at a time, and weigh in the neighborhood of 15lbs each.
I think that's a decent start to Moving more than I normally would. The steps taken, however, comes woth the territory of having a job that has no form of the word "sitting" in it.
Lol, some of you guys had better Mos at day 4 than I do at day 12. This is me going for an Autolycus style MI (and also the reason I shave):
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w...psfprczlyj.jpg
I'm woefully behind on my moves, unless the daily exercise at work counts. Lot of walking here and there to fetch cars at a dealership.
Hanging in at 10,000 steps a day +/-...
Lunch from a work meeting with a client...
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My friends and family who follow my "Food Porn" on Instagram and Facebook often comment when seeing me after a while: "wow, I though you would weight 325 lbs /150K /25 st by now"
I can feel the love, but it's mostly tough love...
Good morning Mo Bros!
Just thought I'd share a reminder of what this is all about: men's health.
I just got back from the Dr. where I received reassuring news on the health front. What brought on my worry was that a good friend of mine whom I've know for over 40 years (we grew up together) recently suffered from Diabetic Ketoacidosis [DKA]. It damn near killed him. Twice. Now, months later he is still living with the effects of the DKA and all the associated havoc that it has wrought on his system including a couple of surgeries, pancreatitis, and a systemic infection. It has been a truly miserable time for him.
Our lives have been in many ways parallel. We were born within 10 days of each other, grew up in the same neighbourhood, went to the same schools (for a while at least), we both have always struggled with our weight, and neither of us has been very good in terms of diet. And so when I heard what he went through, I asked for some tests, and have definitively found out this morning that my reaction to glucose is totally normal, that diabetes is not something that I need worry about right now, and that the relatively minor issues that did show can hopefully be addressed with some B12 and a bit more exercise.
So to everyone out there, please don't do what I did for several years: join Movember, grow a mo, raise $$, and not do a damn thing about your own health. I did that and was very very lucky. My buddy was not. If he had the test I just had earlier, he might have avoided the hell that he has gone through.
Look after yourselves Brothers!
Kris
And Marshall, I rarely say this to another man, but you got a nice box bro!
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Snap On,, accept no substitutes...
Star Trek - Move Movember 12 - Too Boldly Go to the Gym....
Between sets, being a slacker....
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This circles close to one of my soapbox topics...
Many of our evils (IMHO)can be linked to the end of teaching Shop (Industrial Education) and Home Economics (Home Ec)
And I don't mean gender exclusive. My former wife was a Home Ec teacher and a competitive small bore markswoman.
One of her classes was Home Ec for Boys. Since you had to have Hunter Safety Certification to get a hunting licenses if you where a minor she made it part of the class, along with basic cooking skills, sewing (they had to make a shirt, no small feat) doing the laundry, managing a household budget etc.
Parents would approach her when we/she was out in public to thank her.
The end of Shop class removes a chance to expose young people (both genders) to basic skills that can be expanded to provide for a productive livelyhood.
In the US one of the fastest ways to be a millionaire is to start off as an HVAC technician.
The end of Home Ec (for both genders) removes a chance to learn not only to cook but meal planning, nutrition, budgeting and the all important "how much you can save by making it yourself"
How does this relate to Movember you ask?
whoever's point - that our diet (of junk/processed/fast/sugar-salt-fat) is impacting our heath.
- steps off of soapbox -
Full disclosure: I worked at a Taco Bell for about 2 & a half years. Moving on.
Taco Bell, depending on what you get, is actually one of the healthiest fast food options readily available, especially late at night. Ironically, the taco salad is the least healthy on the menu (might be beat by the taco pizza, but my store wasn't allowed to sell/make that). Just avoid anything fried; guacamole is one of those fatty "health foods". To make it even healthier, ask for the items you order to be made "fresco", which means no dairy (cheese, sour cream, applicable sauces).
Working at a Taco Bell didn't change in any way how I ate there. I had already stopped eating the ground beef product. The downside to this: the steak & grilled chicken are more expensive. But it is an investment in more efficient body fuel, & better health in the end.
In the end, it's about common sense & moderation. A switch from regular soda to diet is a step in the right direction, but should be considered a stepping stone to getting rid of soda all together. This last summer, I used tang (mixed strong 'cause the tangyness is the tastiest part:D) to ween myself off soda because working the oven in a bread factory that doesn't get below 90 degrees Fahrenheit inside for months prioritized staying hydrated. A truck driver at work dropped like 20lbs when he switched to diet soda, & another 30lbs when he kicked it altogether with the help of tea.
I'll shut up before I start to ramble. :gl:
Mark, mad props to your former wife for her noble career. Cannot agree more. Didn't realize it was banned in some areas. Our community has an older school and is still providing those course in the curriculum.
I took all the shop classes willingly, but home ec was a compulsory course when I went through the system up here. In grade 7/8 if I remember correctly.
As a 13 year old guy I didn't want to learn to sew, and cook, and read a receipt in it's entirety.
Those skills allowed me to try, and appreciate food, cooking, and even repairing my own jeans etc as I grew up. Skills I still use today.
Thanks for posting about it, and make room on your soapbox.
Awesome fundraising for Movember too Bro. Great generation of donations so far..
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I didn't say it was healthier than making it yourself. My argument is that: if one is going to eat fast food, there are much worse options than Taco Bell. And yes, it is all varying degrees of processed food stuffs. The shredded cheese (as of a few years back when I worked there) is real cheese, though. Had a chunk almost as big as my fist drop out of a bad cause that bit didn't get shredded like the rest of the baf lol.
First, a little throwback to Movember 2013. Let the mocking begin!
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........:roflmao
Right... LOL... I just shaved the beard off.
So I get an email from Tom Whiteside with Movember US earlier this week reminding me about the meet up.
Yoga at 1800 hours (not that I don't like Yoga when I try it but not today) followed by a meet up across the street at a hip and trendy place - Blind Butcher...
They serve a fantastic Poutine...too dark for food porn...
Ted is #5 from the left, light colored shirt, I am all the way to the right with the Mo...
Fantastic meeting, traded cards, got some fund-raising tips and I was glad I went.
There where more there but we lost them and the Mo-Sistas from the Yoga studio that joined us.
Some of the MoBros had been involved in other fund-raising events and the common theme was how much of the money raised with Movember goes to support the effort for mens heath.
That 80% to fund research and outreach compares to some high profile programs that are putting less than 15% to work...
Best thing I learned?
Visa Checkout - Explained better in the FAQ https://us.movember.com/faq/?view=1561
I received two $25 donations today from "Visa Checkout" and I asked Ted what that meant.
Turns out that if someone makes a donation using VISA - Visa makes a $25 donation to the same person.
Visa has committed to donate up to $1Million US....
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Excellent post and great pic!
To think, down in Texas you're eating a dish from Quebec....sacré bleu!:D
So I tried to talk the SWMBO in to joining me, but she did not want to make the rush hour drive....
I get there, find out that they have an extensive Poutine menu and I take a picture and send it to her...
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The duck fat fries (fried in duck fat) egg, duck confit, gravy, cheese curds where off the hook...
We had discovered Poutine on a trip to Montreal and Quebec City a few years ago...
Poutine was one of the reasons that we repeated the trip the next year...
I have an extensive collection of Poutine Food Porn...
That looks like fun mark Thanks for sharing :tu
I meant to post it yesterday, when I took the pic, but I had just donated plasma & was a bit out of it.
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Pre shave. And the interior of my car just after dusk is terrible lighting lol.
I'll upload a post shave pic in the next day or so... probably not enough time before bed to shave, & I don't shave in the morning.
Giving blood is paying it forward IMO. Good on ya gents!
5 shaves into Movember and half way through the fundraising efforts.
The wife says I can say my 'stache is back. I think another weeks growth is really needed.
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Keep up the drive for awareness!
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Only part of it. Yea, Mike, it is not an entirely selfless act on my part; as I am being compensated monetarily, "for my time", by donating plasma.
I go to a place called Bio Life, which just opened a second location this year. They pay (commonly, not explicitly) $20 for the first donation of the week, & $30 (sometimes +bonuses) for the second donation of the week. U must have two days between donations, and try to stay well hydrated (other terms/conditions apply). I get my red blood cells back, because the machine you get hooked up to uses centrifugal force to separate the two primary components of the blood from each other. Takes me roughly an hour in total each time, & I only do it on my days off in order to account for the fatigue. It is just a wee bit quicker for most people, but I have trouble remembering to drink enough water lol (average intake is okay, but you should almost double it the 24hrs leading up to donating).
The only other gane in town for things like this is The Red Cross, but they don't pay, and that is whole blood.
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ayy, Mike found ya, somthin,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKTGBTLdTCo :rofl2:
Anyone else see this in Mike's Mo?
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Just sayin'.....