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Governator: And it was delicious.

Governator@idkfa.com (Governator) — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 13:54:58 -0800

And it was delicious.

kitacek: big congrats man! way to go!

kitacek@idkfa.com (kitacek) — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 20:29:37 -0800

big congrats man! way to go!

kaiden: Thanks man. As a celebration, I had my

kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 17:57:13 -0800

Thanks man. As a celebration, I had my favorite sesame chicken and a red bean bun at Charlie's Bakery. Sooo goood.

MrFood: Nice. Thats pretty impressive and actually is

MrFood@idkfa.com (MrFood) — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 16:24:11 -0800

Nice. Thats pretty impressive and actually is probably the lowest you've been in years, at least as far back I I know you. So congratulations, I think I may have to use you as a roll model to get my ass into some kind of shape and stop eating so damn much.

Scrotor: You're a winner! And I can understand why,

Scrotor@idkfa.com (Scrotor) — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:11:14 -0800

You're a winner! And I can understand why, now that I've seen you in action... congrats, buddy.

kaiden: Woke up this morning at 173.2lbs, which puts

kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 11:26:34 -0800

Woke up this morning at 173.2lbs, which puts my BMI at 24.8. This means I am no longer in the "overweight" range, and now I am 0.1lbs in the "normal" range.

kaiden: Great work so far. And I'm interested in

kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 02:11:09 -0800

Great work so far. And I'm interested in the boring details: What made you start? What's been working best? Or not? Drastic/subtle change in diet? Or exercise? I'm appreciating more the "free day" philosophy, given the extreme effects on my psyche when I don't take a free day, but I'm a little disappointed in how often I now abuse it. A free day turns into a free weekend, or a free long-weekend. The results of which are becoming harder to mitigate with increased exercise. Something I have to work on.

gunner125: I am in the same boat Josh. While I won't

gunner125@idkfa.com (gunner125) — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 20:42:34 -0800

I am in the same boat Josh. While I won't bore you with details, needless to say college added roughly 30 lbs which I haven't really been able to start loosing until recently. For me, I track nearly everything eat as well as my weight and body fat each day (save for this week of vacation: what's the point? I'm on vacation) and so far have lost 12 lbs over two months. Who knows where I will be after a week here in AK. I agree with Robbie, letting ones self go now and again is actually good from what I have read.

Governator: I'm pretty sure that's when I equated

Governator@idkfa.com (Governator) — Wed, 25 May 2011 17:50:21 -0800

I'm pretty sure that's when I equated it to Night at the Museum. But in a zoo, but with less stars.

Governator: That sounds like fun! It could be like I Love

Governator@idkfa.com (Governator) — Wed, 25 May 2011 17:21:21 -0800

That sounds like fun! It could be like I Love You, Man when they go tux shopping..

Scrotor: BUT SOON WE'LL HAVE OLIVE GARDEN

Scrotor@idkfa.com (Scrotor) — Wed, 25 May 2011 02:36:56 -0800

BUT SOON WE'LL HAVE OLIVE GARDEN

akarmybrat: This is Anchorage...Gap yes, Urban, H&M?

akarmybrat@idkfa.com (akarmybrat) — Tue, 24 May 2011 23:37:22 -0800

This is Anchorage...Gap yes, Urban, H&M? No...

Scrotor: Man, now I know how I'm going to be

Scrotor@idkfa.com (Scrotor) — Tue, 24 May 2011 19:41:44 -0800

Man, now I know how I'm going to be wasting 11pm to midnight tonight.

Green Man: You missed the perfect moment to slowly place

Green Man@idkfa.com (Green Man) — Tue, 24 May 2011 19:25:53 -0800

You missed the perfect moment to slowly place your own imaginary shotgun in your mouth.

kaiden: A conversation earlier: Josh: (explaining

kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) — Tue, 24 May 2011 18:05:59 -0800

A conversation earlier: Josh: (explaining the aforementioned video) "So, the RedLetterMedia guys, they say they've seen a fake trailer, with Kevin James. And he's a zookeeper, and there's a girl out of his league, and there's dumb physical comedy, because it's funny when people get hurt, and then the animals start talking..." Governator: (laughing) Oh no... Coworker: "That's... that's a real movie." Josh: "Yeah. They get to the end, and they get a phone call. 'Yes... I see.' And they find out that the film is real. And the one guy takes a shotgun from beneath the table and says 'I'll go first.'" Coworker: "I thought it looked pretty good." Josh: "I will probably not go see it." Awkward pause, and scene.

Green Man: "I'm picturing, like, retarded people

Green Man@idkfa.com (Green Man) — Tue, 24 May 2011 17:46:31 -0800

"I'm picturing, like, retarded people in the theatre just laughing hysterically because they've heard of TGI Fridays." Brilliant.

kaiden: Relevant:

kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) — Tue, 24 May 2011 17:36:45 -0800

Relevant: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lu02VSsLorE&feature=youtube_gdata

kaiden: Didn't we have a shopping date before?

kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) — Tue, 24 May 2011 17:33:45 -0800

Didn't we have a shopping date before? Under almost the exact same circumstances (where I'd worn through or ruined a pair of jeans and was down to my last one)? I remember you sighing a lot. Maybe that was just a dream. On a related note: I've been playing a game on my Nintendo DS. It's a Japanese RPG, full of pop culture references I don't understand, bizarre emotional outbursts, and things that are weapons-grade "cute." Rather than things like armor and weapons, you have clothing and accessories, each which provide different character buffs depending on combinations of brands, matching, and popularity of different styles in the areas you're playing. Much as I dislike the system, it's probably the closest I'm ever going to understand fashion. If only they put things like "+4 Bravery" on labels... or if there was an icon in the top left of my vision which told me if I'm wearing a strong or weak brand.

Green Man: I firmly believe there is a small and private

Green Man@idkfa.com (Green Man) — Tue, 24 May 2011 17:30:07 -0800

I firmly believe there is a small and private group of screenwriters/producers that have their refined formulas for rom-com's and demographic comedies (see: Tyler Perry, the Waynes Brothers). They sit in a dark basement with thumbnail headshots of actors and just pin names into mad-lib style scripts. This same room is probably where they store their bags of money.

Wilber: Can we please have a shopping

Wilber@idkfa.com (Wilber) — Tue, 24 May 2011 17:19:48 -0800

Can we please have a shopping date? It'll be just like in a rom com montage where you skip out of a dressing room and I'm sitting there and I make either a face (indicating no) or a gay squeel (indicating OMG SOooooOOO CUTE!). And after you'll have a stack of boxes so high you can't see over it and you'll run into a mysterious stranger who you later see at a social event and then you date but almost break up but then get together in the end!

kaiden: I'll grant you the fitting room

kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) — Tue, 24 May 2011 16:57:28 -0800

I'll grant you the fitting room requirement. Should not tempt fate again without trying on pants first. Getting into a store that has one will have to be one of my anti-agoraphobia exercises.

Wilber: As token gay around here, can I

Wilber@idkfa.com (Wilber) — Tue, 24 May 2011 16:44:51 -0800

As token gay around here, can I please, please ask that your next pair of pants come from somewhere with A) a fitting room and B) sizes more specific than "large" and "larger"? I'm not asking you to go out and buy some Diesel jeans or anything, but maybe H&M? Gap? Urban?

kaiden: I have to level my mercantile skills,

kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) — Mon, 23 May 2011 19:28:04 -0800

I have to level my mercantile skills, otherwise I'll have to lose 7 bolts of cloth to the quest rather than 3. Those bolts aren't easy to come by in this day and age. Low drop rate.

Green Man: My wife is a journeyman tailor...

Green Man@idkfa.com (Green Man) — Mon, 23 May 2011 19:24:39 -0800

My wife is a journeyman tailor...

kaiden: I suppose. Also means I might have to buy new

kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) — Mon, 23 May 2011 18:41:18 -0800

I suppose. Also means I might have to buy new clothes. The last time I bought jeans, I bought them at Costco. Which is an experience. In anxiety. You've got the massive influx of people pouring in, glaring at you as they push their expectant carts towards their quarry. I panicked. I chose two pair of what I thought was my size and didn't look back. I lucked out that they fit well at the time, but it could have gone poorly. Also, I should probably work on buying clothes more often than I ruin, wear through, or outgrow them.

Governator: He was like a raving mad man holding up his

Governator@idkfa.com (Governator) — Mon, 23 May 2011 14:13:24 -0800

He was like a raving mad man holding up his pants cursing the gods, scavenging the wastelands.

Green Man: An oddly good problem to have!

Green Man@idkfa.com (Green Man) — Mon, 23 May 2011 14:09:05 -0800

An oddly good problem to have!

kaiden: Unfortunate side-effect of losing weight: did

kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) — Mon, 23 May 2011 13:02:50 -0800

Unfortunate side-effect of losing weight: did laundry last night, and forgot to bring my belt along for the bike ride to work. Had to fashion a belt out of random string found around the office.

Wilber: Heather's right on BMI, but it is a

Wilber@idkfa.com (Wilber) — Tue, 10 May 2011 01:08:07 -0800

Heather's right on BMI, but it is a useless stat. If you're measuring weight (and your height is staying constant) then you know your BMI by default. You're thinking body fat percentage and um, hello! was I the only one who took caliper readings in 6th grade gym? I mean, I was at Polaris at the time so things were pretty weird, but I assumed that using calipers was like a standard class in grade school gym. You can get some cheap ones online or like at a sports store. It is literally a way to measure skin folds, which sounds gross, but it is the only cheap, easy, and reasonably accurate way to measure body fat, which seems almost a more important metric than total weight. As for books, I've been kind of obsessed with a book called The 4-hour Body lately. There is lots of interesting info there, and it is all delivered in a kind of "hey, there is science to support this, I tried it, here are my results, you can try it too if you want, but if not, no big" way. Sugar Blues is an oldie but a goodie. Diet books (I don't subscribe to the diets wholesale, but they are each interesting to think about) I've read and recommend are Abs Diet, South Beach, The Paleo Diet, Primal Blueprint. Skip anything that has a celebrity on it. Workout books are all the same and rarely offer anything new. I don't even think that reading on the topic changes my habits that much. It is fascinating to me, though, so read I must. Don't even bother buying books; I will go skim through if I've got an hour to kill near a Borders, and most books only have about an hours worth of actual meat to them. The rest is usually schedules or recipes or whatever. Derp. I like a cheat day because it means I can have my cake and eat it too. Literally, but just on Saturday. And since I know on Sunday it is back to normal, it isn't like a relapse. Also, I don't think you can get too mad at yourself for binge weekends on

kaiden: Ah, yes. Body fat percentage was what I meant

kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) — Mon, 09 May 2011 13:21:22 -0800

Ah, yes. Body fat percentage was what I meant when I said I didn't really have a good way to measure it.

akarmybrat: BMI is pretty straight forward:

akarmybrat@idkfa.com (akarmybrat) — Mon, 09 May 2011 13:06:49 -0800

BMI is pretty straight forward: BMI=703*(weight/height^2) where weight is in lbs and height is in inches. Although they say it's to measure "body fat", it's no better measurement than weight, since it still doesn't differentiate between muscle and fat. Probably the best indicator is body fat percentage, but the ones that measure electrical resistance (which you can do at home with a special scale) are pretty inaccurate and it's pretty big bucks for a submersion test.

kaiden: Oy. Portland was fun. But it set me back 4

kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) — Mon, 09 May 2011 12:36:56 -0800

Oy. Portland was fun. But it set me back 4 weeks. I don't read much on the topic of fitness. Maybe I should to get better direction on the things I do, but I'd rather be out doing something. Or riding my exercise bike while watching TNG. I have been keeping track of weight, but I have no (known) way to measure for BMI, and I'm likely too lazy to measure physical dimensions. What do you mean by "low glycemic index?" I'm not super keen on the concept of the free day. As evident by my habits on vacation, a "break" isn't really a break, it's instead a relapse. Which solidifies in my mind that if I don't want to revert to past habits / weights, I can't ever go back to a "normal" or otherwise unmonitored diet. My boss last week, in reparations for some prior wrong, brought in two dozen donuts. He wouldn't leave us alone until we had at least one donut, complained and then made fun of mine and another coworker's diets when we weren't eating "enough," and then questioned our masculinity by the end of the day because he had too many leftovers. My boss is an extreme case, but nutrition, weight management, overall fitness are conflated with some really weird concepts.

Wilber: Meant to comment on this awhile ago, but just

Wilber@idkfa.com (Wilber) — Fri, 06 May 2011 15:06:22 -0800

Meant to comment on this awhile ago, but just now am getting around to it: Do you read much on the topic? Not just weight management, but health and fitness in general. I'm kind of obsessed with it, although you would never guess from my habits. There's obviously lots of literature on the subject, much of it bunk, but some things that I've found to be generally agreed upon: -Data is key. This is not something I have to tell you, the king of cataloguing. I would suggest that you take not only weight measurements, but body fat percentages and maybe measurements. It sounds ridiculous, but it is so much more helpful in determining what works and what doesn't. -Calories in/calories out only goes so far. There is a lot to be said about how one's body utilizes nutrients based on insulin and food quality. For me, I've found that a low glycemic index does wonders not only in how I feel but in body composition. -Several sources I've read recommend a cheat day or cheat meal. There is scientific backing for this having to do with metabolism, but for me it is mostly a psychological respite. It might not be a problem for you because you're not as food obsessed as I, but the idea that once a week I can just throw all my better judgement to hell and go hog wild, well, it makes all the rest of it not so bad. -I'm fascinated that this is a topic of almost universal concern but that, outside of the "fitness/weightloss" section at the book store, we almost never talk about it as a society.

Scrotor: That would be helpful, I had no idea

Scrotor@idkfa.com (Scrotor) — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 19:33:58 -0800

That would be helpful, I had no idea when/who/what./if it happened until I got back to this post.

MrFood: Never Sir. I am a classy gentleman. No I

MrFood@idkfa.com (MrFood) — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 16:23:14 -0800

Never Sir. I am a classy gentleman. No I just Black out and possibly argue with Joel over the rules.

kaiden: Hey thanks. I'll see about the weights.

kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 15:30:35 -0800

Hey thanks. I'll see about the weights. Enough people telling me that makes me wonder if I've got, like, T-Rex arms or something. Also, I wonder if I should make something that'll show you if you have unfinished drafts somewhere. Could be useful.

Scrotor: Excellent job, Josh. Much less depressing than

Scrotor@idkfa.com (Scrotor) — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 15:26:53 -0800

Excellent job, Josh. Much less depressing than the last outing. I would echo John in saying that you should definitely throw some weightlifting into your routine. (This was draft saved from the other day during the server madness, thought I should still post it)

Scrotor: Haha that shit is like rage concentrate. Have

Scrotor@idkfa.com (Scrotor) — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 14:55:41 -0800

Haha that shit is like rage concentrate. Have you thrown the table yet?

MrFood: Cisco does nicely.

MrFood@idkfa.com (MrFood) — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 14:28:49 -0800

Cisco does nicely.

MrFood: which is why we've started drinking

MrFood@idkfa.com (MrFood) — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 14:28:35 -0800

which is why we've started drinking heavily when we play.

Scrotor: Sounds like when we used to play Axis &

Scrotor@idkfa.com (Scrotor) — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 22:10:13 -0800

Sounds like when we used to play Axis & Allies together.

MrFood: There was this dude who played way too rough

MrFood@idkfa.com (MrFood) — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 18:50:05 -0800

There was this dude who played way too rough on a team last year. Vindictive tackling, well just the tackling in general was out of line. But after he injured one of my players, one of the really good ones on my team. I walked over to the other captain and told him to his face that if the dude tackled any other people on my team, even by accident, I would personally attempt to beat the FUCKING SHIT out of him either on or off the field. He was pulled off the field at the end of the point and did not sub in again. I used to say that this was ultimate frisbee, not regular or pussy frisbee. After that guy I don't make that joke anymore. Anyway even if the dude didn't play too rough I found out that threatening assault does work sometimes.

Scrotor: I have in fact wanted to do this for some

Scrotor@idkfa.com (Scrotor) — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 15:04:09 -0800

I have in fact wanted to do this for some time. Unfortunately, Libby convinced me and a few others to do volleyball, which is also Monday nights, so the league is a no go. Might try and convince people to come to pickup games with me.

Governator: And I <3 you.

Governator@idkfa.com (Governator) — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 15:02:32 -0800

And I <3 you.

Scrotor: Psht, homophobe.

Scrotor@idkfa.com (Scrotor) — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 15:00:04 -0800

Psht, homophobe.

Scrotor: I like you, Lee.

Scrotor@idkfa.com (Scrotor) — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 14:59:33 -0800

I like you, Lee.

MrFood: Its tough to jump into a league like that. On

MrFood@idkfa.com (MrFood) — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 14:58:39 -0800

Its tough to jump into a league like that. On the plus side playing with people who are good and know strategy can make you a much better player. And to be honest I pretty much get crushed every summer in corporate league because we play against teams that are totally stacked with really good people, but we all have a good time no matter. It might be a good way to get better if you try out and join a team, or just go ballz in and try to form your own team with your regular pickup buddies.

Governator: Thanks for the link. I might have to try out

Governator@idkfa.com (Governator) — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 13:59:37 -0800

Thanks for the link. I might have to try out for that, although I myself am afraid of those people a little bit skillz wise. I think I'm at the point in the game where I enjoy it but am not good enough for the competitive edge that those people require thus why I like our general pickup games. I do try to take them seriously though and not be a jerk throwing them all crazy out of field at least on purpose.

kitacek: I played in a few of the league's pickup

kitacek@idkfa.com (kitacek) — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 13:22:12 -0800

I played in a few of the league's pickup games several years ago. I always got frightened by the tall skinny man with the four foot loose ponytail who wears nothing but biker shorts and appears to obscenely stuff his shorts. Especially since he liked body contact. I stopped.

MrFood: Have you guys ever considered forming a team

MrFood@idkfa.com (MrFood) — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 12:09:44 -0800

Have you guys ever considered forming a team for this? I like pickup games but playing for teams down here is really what keeps me doing it. I' ve been captaining the corporate league team here for the last two years and will do so again this year. Granted Anchorage is still kinda small so the teams that do play are probably ultra competitive, maybe also douschbags as I find are a lot of ulti players down here.