Guilty.

Although the "goal" weight for me is an impossibility since my playing weight was 235 and would still be considered "overweight" thanks to BMI. That said, I could still stand to drop 40 lbs.

I always told myself that once I hit 40yo I'd make some drastic lifestyle changes healthwise. That threshold is rapidly approaching.

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

What happened ? X-Box, Play Station,internet.... Now the introverts have an escape to stay indoors rather than be made fun of for not being as athletic, chubbier or as "popular" as the other kids. I'm only 41 and you could hear parents all up & down our dead end street screaming at 10-11pm for us to get INSIDE. Now you can't even get kids to go OUTSIDE.

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Sharing my partner's 2012 Forte 5dr SX til I find my next 123 or 126..
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Do I miss being a service advisor ???

Totally. I've seen that with too many teens. My two young sons are rip roaring full of energy. We've just bought a new home on a cul de sac with about 2 acres of land, forest in the back. I've worked hard at showing them things like identifying trees and bugs, riding bikes, playing soccer, etc. They're young (both under 4) but I want them to have lots of ideas about how to play outside. They currently love to be outside running around and turning rocks over for bugs and other boy stuff, so I plan on fostering that with them.

Their Playstation time, when it comes, will be limited and only after all their chores are done (no allowance for basic chores either). My Dad made all my brothers and I do a lot of household maintenance and though I was infuriated with him at times for it as a young teen, I am very glad he did so. The skills I learned and the work ethic of patience have been invaluable lessons. We also only had an hour or so of cartoons allowed and then we were booted outside. We may have been initally bored, but you always find something to do. I plan to pass these lessons on to my own sons. Hence the choice of home location. I'd personally prefer being closer to downtown, but I think this location will really let them play and be boys. There's even an old abondoned tree house in the woods, which I am sure is about to have some new tenants...

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Chris
2007 E550 4Matic - 61,000 Km - Iridium Silver, black leather, Sport package, Premium 2 package
2007 GL450 4Matic - 62,000 Km - Obsidian Black Metallic, black leather, all options
1998 E430 - sold
1989 300E - 333,000 Km - sold
1977 280E - sold
1971 250 - retired

"And a frign hat. They gave me a hat at the annual benefits meeting. I said. how does this benefit me. I dont have anything from the company.. So they gave me a hat." - TheDon

Start soon Swamp. I weighted until I was 52 to try and get back to a more reasonable BMI. It took a heart attack to get me motivated. Believe me, this is not the ideal way to get motivated.
I last saw 235 my senior year of high school. With my height & huge upper body, that was a pretty decent weight. As the years went by, I got almost to 290 at my worst. I'm now almost down to 250. My primary doc & cardiologist want me down to 240. By the typical BMI charts I should go even lower, but I'm trying to keep my goals realistic, thus attainable.

Wii Fit is something that helps people get started. They have "aerobic" excersizes that do get your heart pumping a little bit. Given, it really doesn't count as a full blown workout, but for those couch potatoes (me) it is at least something to get the process started.

The yoga stuff is pretty cool too.

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John Robbins
'05 E320 CDI - 240k
'87 300TD - 318k

I know, Stone, I should just get on it and stop putting it off. I've been hovering at 270 since the winter (6'3"), down from 285 the previous year. I'd be happy in the 240 range. I've always had in the back of my head "when I'm 40..." but there really is no time like the present and it's only a year away now anyway. I've got to work on my mindset.

One thing that should help is that my wife has now started getting back into pre-kid shape (going to the gym and cooking healthier) so I won't have much of the tempation in the house. Damn food.

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

Just a bogus excuse, IMO. I have flat feet too. I had to switch to Asics Evolutions shoes and they made life better. Now I have a custom support made up so it doesn't hurt my feet. Surgery is next if it doesn't help.

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01 Ford Excursion Powerstroke
99 E300 Turbodiesel
91 Vette with 383 motor
05 Polaris Sportsman 800 EFI
06 Polaris Sportsman 500 EFI
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Red
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Yellow
04 Tailgator 21 ft Toy Hauler
11 Harley Davidson 883 SuperLow

Buckminster Fuller predicted this would happen way back when....that the computer age would make us a society of very soft people.....

I just finished taking off the winter padding I acquired last year....

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"It's normal for these things to empty your wallet and break your heart in the process."
2012 SLK 350
1987 420 SEL

Which was about equivalent to taking off a pair of socks compared to my lead-filled x-ray suit.

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

What are you saying, Swamp? You need to get the lead out?

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

Technology may be making our lives easier, but it's also dumbing us down and making us softer. My better half is about to enter UTA masters program for cultural anthropology & sociology. She pulled this one on me a few weeks ago:
- Give me your cell phone
- Here
- What's Gary's phone number ?
- ***-***-****
- Ok, what's his cell number ?
- Um, GARY (SEND) ?
- Dana's number ?
- Um, DANA (SEND) ?

I got her point. I don't need to remember because the phone remembers for me. I'm 41 and still reasonably sane (?). When I was a teenager and before the cellular influx, I knew everyone of my friend's home and work numbers without question. Now, without my cell, and Verizon's Back-Up Assistant if it's lost, I'd be lost.

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Sharing my partner's 2012 Forte 5dr SX til I find my next 123 or 126..
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Do I miss being a service advisor ???

I've heard it said that the invention of writing caused people's ability to remember things to weaken. The fact that I can now call most people by either speed dialing, or picking their name off a list, or in some cases just saying the person's name, has had a very detrimental effect upon my ability to remember things like phone numbers.

I sometimes have to think pretty hard just to remember my own number.

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

I think the obesity factor among kids is due to complete lack of exercise.

I live in a nice development with lots of parks and walking trails, and I virtually never see kids outside. I think they are all inside watching TV or playing video games.

I've posted this before, but there are kids up and down my block, and I never see them play outside with each other. There are girls that live right across the street from each other that are one year in age apart, yet they never play with each other.

When I was a kid growing up, we were not allowed to watch TV during the day. In fact, we weren't allowed in the house during the day, unless we were sick.

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Paul S.

2001 E430, Bourdeaux Red, Oyster interior.
79,200 miles.

1973 280SE 4.5, 170,000 miles. 568 Signal Red, Black MB Tex. "The Red Baron".

Thanks for compliment but It's just as hard to take off 10 as it is 50. Weight Watchers works well and you can do it on line if you can't get out to do it locally.

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"It's normal for these things to empty your wallet and break your heart in the process."
2012 SLK 350
1987 420 SEL

Me, too. When I was a kid, we'd be out the door at the crack of dawn and didn't come home until dinnertime. We rode our bikes all over town, built forts and camps out in the woods, and generally occupied ourselves with outdoor activities of all kinds.

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles