Just throwing this out there, but in regard to the injury or nagging pain, I from time to time have a massue come to our home and give both my wife and I a massage, it is only $50 and she is "GREAT". Good for the deep spots. Only once in a while but really helps when my back gets tight or out of whack from all the lifting. I usually have it done at the end of a 12 week program. Just a thought might help, just make sure you get a good one.
Also I know all to well about wives who eat junk food in front of us, 100% focused hardheaded people,
my wife uses weight watchers so she eats junk occasionally throughout the week in front of me , but no cheating for me and I just laugh
It's difficult to pinpoint where exactly the pain is because it's so deep. It seems to be just to the left of my right lat, but I can feel it all the way up into my trap and neck when I move my head. I don't know if it's a pulled muscle or a pinched nerve or what, but it's annoyingly painful.
I have the same damn thing in the same exact place. I've already tried a few steps to fix it, but I can only get it to go away for up to a couple of months at a time.
1st thing to look at: your posture. Do you sit at a computer much? Do you have good ergo? I didn't and so my boss got me a new chair, work station set up, keyboard wrist pad, etc. That seemed to help a bit, but not remove the problem. Next up was the Chiro. He straightened me out and usually I'm good for a month or so before it comes back and I need to go see him again which is an improvement. The last thing I've tried is massage therapy. The massage therapy + good ergo + chiro seems to be the best way to deal with it, but it inevitably knots back up some how (I believe it's actually from tension that I let build up in my shoulders) and I need to repeat the process. It's annoying, but it is what works for me.
Stats: 6', 199.6 pounds, 12.4% body fat (maintaining)
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Just throwing this out there, but in regard to the injury or nagging pain, I from time to time have a massue come to our home and give both my wife and I a massage, it is only $50 and she is "GREAT". Good for the deep spots.
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The last thing I've tried is massage therapy. The massage therapy + good ergo + chiro seems to be the best way to deal with it, but it inevitably knots back up some how (I believe it's actually from tension that I let build up in my shoulders) and I need to repeat the process. It's annoying, but it is what works for me.
I hope this helps you, somehow.
Thanks a lot guys, I didn't even think about a massage! That sounds like something I should try for sure. Even if it doesn't fix the problem, I'm sure I will enjoy it a great deal!
I have a very good work chair, and my posture is quite good. Ever since I injured my shoulder and had to do PT, I learned all about good posture and have maintained those habits since then.
Thanks again--I'll look into the massage and will let you know how it works for me.
Thanks again--I'll look into the massage and will let you know how it works for me.
I was going to suggest this to you. Just hadn't gotten around to it yet.
I have found that massage works wonders. Once you start having them, they're addictive - and it gets to be a pricey habit at $50+ per visit. The day after I've had a good full-body deep-tissue massage followed by a solid two gallons of water, I feel wonderful. It's enhanced my recovery times. And through massage and PT I've rehabilitated my impinged shoulder without surgery, my tennis elbow, and my knee (which I've had problems with since high schoool, but they're gone now!).
Send Tanisha a PM - she can help you with this.
Florida College of Natural Health, the school she's obtaining her massage therapy degree from, offers discount massages (I think they start at $25 for an hour?). It's in Maitland, so it's not too far from home for you. The students give every bit as satisfying a massage as the professionals for half the price. I think the only caveat is that they offer the discount massages only a couple of nights per week - I think it's Tues/Thurs nights. Like I said, check with T. She knows all this stuff right off the top of her head.
Stats: 6', 199.6 pounds, 12.4% body fat (maintaining)
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I was going to suggest this to you. Just hadn't gotten around to it yet.
Thanks, Rog. I talked to Lisa about it and she wants one, too.
Lisa knows some people who come highly recommended (quite a few people, actually, being in a loosely related trade), and a few of them are in the area and will come to our house.
Tanisha is getting a massage therapy degree?! Lucky you!
Not likely: he's out of a job according to the hub manager I spoke to (I sent him the video).
Amazing someone would jeopardize their job over walking another 10-20 feet. Reminds me of people that circle a mall parking lot for 10 minutes to get about 20 feet closer. Hope your package didn't get damaged.
Speaking of massages, I am going to get one for my wife and myself... I haven't had a "professional" one in years and I'm sure it wouldn't be too bad
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Current 1/28/09 390 lbs.
Stats: 6', 199.6 pounds, 12.4% body fat (maintaining)
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Since you don't have your food chart available for January of 2003, I was just wondering if you were eating the same foods as February 2003.
As bad as my diet was in February 2003, as I recall it was even worse in January. I think the first couple of weeks I starved myself and was eating just twice per day. Soon after that I learned about eating six small meals per day and made some changes.
In any case, all my early meal plans were pretty much crap.
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Also, were you weight training and doing cardio from the get-go, or did you gradually work into that?
As I recall, I had a checkup sometime in mid-January and then I began cardio. I think shortly after that I read BFL and started following a lot of what was in there, including the pyramid style weight training program, for awhile.
Stats: 6', 199.6 pounds, 12.4% body fat (maintaining)
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were you able to confront the DHL guy? I noticed the door opened at the end of the video
I yelled "Nice toss " as I opened the front door, but he was already shutting the door to the van and, then quickly drove off. I'm not sure if he heard me or not.
You're so right about how it gets easier the longer you go without cheating. I just cut out cheat meals, too, because I wasn't making the kind of progress I wanted. The longer I go without eating junk the less I want it. It's kind of like I say to myself, "I've gone this long without a brownie, I can stick it out a while longer."
Heh, heh. DHL is gonna wish they never hired that idiot.
I used to work in a FedEx terminal, and I can personally tell you that if you saw what happened to your packages there you would start gagging.
There was about 50 of us, unloading trucks from 2am until 8am. Packages would get thrown all over the place, stuck and crushed in conveyor belt mechanisms, loaded onto the wrong trucks. Packagaes would get stepped on! Imagine receiving your package with a boot print on it! Sometimes packages would get lost underneath machinery and wouldnt be found until weeks laters, sometimes packagaes even get destroyed/opened up. They actually have two hired people who have the sole responsibility of walking around, repackaging and taping up boxes that had been opened. We couldn't leave until all the trucks were unloaded, and a lot of us had 2nd jobs to go to so it would always be a mad rush to get everything done on time. It was real ugly.
That DHL dude was just being a straight-up ass, though. Obviously wanted to get his route done early and go the hell home.
A buddy of mine worked at a FedEx Distribution Center. He said they played football with packages, and had field goal kicking contests.
The thing that always cracked me up is when UPS/FedEx/DHL delivers a box that is torn wide open. Like someone couldn't have spent 10 seconds to re-tape it shut. Further reinforcement that underpaid people often don't care.
Just throwing this out there, but in regard to the injury or nagging pain, I from time to time have a massue come to our home and give both my wife and I a massage, it is only $50 and she is "GREAT". Good for the deep spots. Only once in a while but really helps when my back gets tight or out of whack from all the lifting. I usually have it done at the end of a 12 week program. Just a thought might help, just make sure you get a good one. 
, but no cheating for me and I just laugh
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