True OGs would know that you need to actually rock THIS outfit to get that sweet Dominoes paycheck
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I tried to reverse image search that but I am at a lost. What the hell is that lmao
That’s “The Noid”. You want to avoid the noid!
Look him up. Also, download and play the Nintendo Game based on him (Yo! Noid). It is surpsingly good! Made by Capcom even
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People don’t know the Noid??? Wow I’m old
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Pretty sure this may have been a US only advertising campaign. I don’t think we even got dominoes pizza in the UK until the mid 90’s
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Rod Dixon era. Drink beer and train like an animal.
Weight relatively unchanged but have ran my fastest 2.4km and 1.6km in years without losing too much off my top strength, so ticking the goals boxes
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@freshyfresh I’m sorry to read about your brother. My condolences.
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Don’t usually take pump pics, was at the gym today and snagged a quick one… not sure why my upper body was popping bc it was leg day but I’m feeling strong!
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Looking monstrous dude
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(Quoting Dave, but this is a general response to the several people who responded.)
I completely agree in theory, but in day to day life I just want my friends and extended family to feel happy and comfortable around me. Sometimes people do ask, and then I’ll blather on joyously. I’m a therapist and health is something I talk a great deal about, if that’s of interest (or need) for patients. Some of them are like the mid-liners here at TN (among which I include myself) and have a strong foundation but struggle with consistency or choosing a direction. I love talking with this group, and these are the people who will sit rapt while I talk about my experience with increased protein and reduced snacking. But socially I just want to have a good time and not inspire resentment or self-consciousness.
However, I don’t want to exchange my own resentment and self-consciousness for theirs. So that’s the balance I’m seeking.
At last week’s birthday party I did cave. I had some of the salad (iceberg lettuce, a slice of tomato, a slice of red onion) with bullshit dressing and ate a baby carrot, which I don’t like. I just didn’t know how to go out to my car and get my lunch box full of cut up chicken, sliced veggies, and protein shake. So I ate party food. It made for a one-pound upward blip. Whatever. I just let it go.
In reflecting and trying to find a solution that works for me it occurred to me that “I’m doing a challenge with some friends” would maybe help ease the “why” of it, since “I need to lose this weight/get in shape” feels awkward for me in certain groups. I value myself and my body, but it’s always “just one day” and I value the relationships and sense of community (at work, say) just as much, or perhaps even more given my actions. But of course that leads me to an unending good-weekdays-bad-weekends up and down. So I’ll try the challenge explanation.
A funny thing - my daughter was with us and she’s allergic to wheat and whey, so the nutrient-poor salad was pretty much it for her for dinner, and then our host had accommodated her by getting some dairy free, gluten free Ben & Jerry’s ice cream. So on the way home (2 hours back to her car) I offered her some of my chicken.
Me: Would you like some baked chicken?
Her: Some…what?
Me: Chicken. Baked chicken.
Her, giggling: You just randomly have baked chicken?
Me: I mean, it’s in a baggie. It’s cut up chicken. I have peppers and cukes, too.
Her: You want to give me a baggy of chicken? (laughs and laughs) No, I’m good. I’ll stop for something after I get my car.
Maybe I should have mentioned there was ice in there. I don’t know.
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Getting inspired reading through the thread and not really competing in the challenge, but this seems like a good place to post about my progress.
Early last year/end of 2022 I started having some left shoulder pain. I was training to compete at strongman nationals so I just pushed through with the plan to take a break afterward. “Unfortunately” I managed to qualify for the Arnold, so taking a break became undoable. Pushed through the Arnold and decided to try to give it some rest. At that point my shoulder froze up. Almost 0 internal or external rotation. I couldn’t sleep on my left side anymore. Finally went to the ortho and they sent me out for an MRI in April of last year.
My NP said it was one of the most extensive shoulder write ups she’d seen. Basically, there where no acute injuries, but absolutely everything was worn out and degenerating. Severely separated shoulder, arthritis/cartilage loss, scar tissue, degeneration in virtually every tendon and ligament in my shoulder.
Long story short, it’s been a long and difficult 10 months and I’ve had to come to terms with where I am in life, but in the past month or so I’ve really turned the corner on it. The shoulder is moving well, I have ALMOST full range of motion again and I’m just now starting to have confidence in it and am able to challenge it in workouts. I actually put 300 pounds overhead for the first time and am benching and putting up decent weights again without pain before, during, or after. Anyway benched 320 for 4 yesterday and thought I’d share:
Not done yet.
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Happy to see you got things sorted and back at it!
Emily I definitely feel your pain on this. I’ve been intolerant to wheat and peanuts for about 6 years now. I gave up on trying to explain it - everyone said it’s in my head - and so I have told people since I have to eat gluten free.
I’ve been eating mostly animal based for the past year or so. My diet consists almost entirely of eggs, red meat, dairy, fruit, and honey and organ supplements. I’ve never felt better. I used to struggle with weird bowel issues but no longer do.
Nobody around me eats the way I do and I always have to deal with the comments of how I eat. But now it’s really just a funny joke usually. There’s Jackson with his thermos of food and of course he’s always prepared.
Couple things that’s helped me. I used to follow Stan efferdings vertical diet. So my lunches were always beef, rice, bone broth and salt in a thermos. People just started to expect me to eat out of a thermos.
Also, I just tell everyone I’m eating this way because I feel much better and just leave it at that. I’ve tried to explain to people that if everyone ate red meat fruit and honey we’d be much healthier.
Lastly, for me, is learning about the Three Principles of Mind Consciousness and Thought. One of the biggest takeaways for me is knowing that my experience of life and also every feeling or emotion I have comes from MY THOUGHTS. Not from anyone else or anything external to me. I would highly recommend a book by Michael Neill called The Inside-Out Revolution. It’s simply amazing.
So when I go places I no longer feel the need to control the people, situation, where we are, or anything. Because 100% of my experience comes from my thinking.
I hope there’s a nugget in there somewhere haha.
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Dr. Ken Berry has a fantastic quote for avoiding “off plan” food. “When I eat that, I experience swelling”. The part you leave out is that it’s swelling of the gut and butt, but this way there is truth in the statement and you get left alone.
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Great job training your way through to 300!
Did you learn any shoulder ROM stuff worth passing along?
Cool gym!
Thanks. Not sure if its residuals from a Deca cycle I just finished, or from just starting Sermorelin, but am definitely feeling great pumps right now.
How’s everyone tracking ? 3 weeks into my hypertrophy block and I have increased my weight by 3kg.
Stated this at 89KG and have weighed 92KG for the last 3 days (203 lbs)
3 more weeks to go and then it will be time to work off a little fluff.
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Yes, you’re right about it being about my thoughts rather than the needs or beliefs or others, though I will offer that for women, there is greater pressure to conform. Thank you for your response. I think I’ve settled on “I’m doing a challenge with some friends,” because my reality is that at some point I’ll eat pizza and ice cream cake without any qualms - because these aren’t allergies for me, on a different day I’ll have a whole different mindset. My daughter’s allergies don’t seem to fuss anyone, and attempts are made to accommodate them, although an iceberg salad from the pizza place is of course not a dinner. Why she (my daughter) isn’t carrying around satisfying food in baggies, I don’t know.
Random side note of bewilderment: my daughter - my very own child - is allergic to wheat and whey, so gluten and most dairy, and chooses to eat vegetarian as best she can, though seems to have made peace with chicken when she’s eating out or at my house. Why would anyone who can’t eat two of the main food categories eliminate by choice another?? But I digress.
Down 6lbs, feeling very sore/inflamed at the moment, but until overdoing things yesterday I was feeling fantastic. I’m loving my life right now.
@T3hPwnisher asked about Superbowl. We’re planning tacos and nachos here at the house, so a big taco salad for me, but last night accepted a pre-game invitation. My plan is to bring a platter of grapes and pears and cheese, because grapes and pears are what I like best, haha, and I know no one else will be eating it. We’ll be there from 3-5 or so, so lunch and/or a shake beforehand. It’ll allow me to be snacky without doing too much damage. Not sure about alcohol, but I may bring a box of reduced calorie and alcohol wine (Bota Breeze, it’s 2/3 of each) and have a couple of glasses.
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Holding steady. Following a programme
Exam season is kicking my arse.
The actual workload isn’t very bad , but I end up with really shite sleep…… there’s always a point in the semester/quarter where mental health gets very sketchy. It’s here……
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I always give myself some grace to. Is it gonna kill us to eat something we shouldn’t every once in awhile? No. I remember CT writing and article years ago talking about how a poorly nutritious meal will affect us less bad if we don’t sit and stress about the thing we ate. I eat probably 90-95% clean and the rest could be stuff I probably shouldn’t eat but enjoy anyway.
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