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A few years ago one of my neighbors was murdered (stabbed to death). A little background: We live out in what used to be the country in Austin, so when I say neighbor, he lived a few hundred yards away and we went months without seeing him. Nevertheless, "Jim" would come by back when we were building our house and would chat sometimes. Back in 2008 we put up a fence and security gate on our property to protect my toddlers from the roaming pit bulls that another neighbor had turned into pets following their retirement from dog fighting in the dog fight ring that my "other neighbors" had. The "other neighbors" are a story unto themselves and I posted up about them on the other site back in 2014. Back to the story. So Jim did not come around anymore after we got the fence up, but we did see him from time to time down at the convenience store up the street. Jim lived in an old platted subdivision with 12 lots. This subdivision sat behind a Montessori School and there was always bad blood between Jim and the school. Nothing serious, just traffic stuff since they shared a drive. Things got a little more heated when the school purchased all the remaining lots in the old subdivision and expanded all around old Jim. Jim was very late middle aged and had never married or had kids and his dreams of retiring to the country in peace were shattered by the sound of hundreds of kids. My kids eventually attended the school by Jim and we would sometimes see him in his yard when picking up the kids and we would say hi, but he was not as friendly as he used to be. He would try to bend our ear about the issues he had with the school. Eventually we ended up in public school and had not sen Jim in years, but would hear about him from the school since we were neighbors with the school as well. Jim was some kind of public defender for juvenile boys, some of which would end up "at his place" for "legal consultations". On the day he was murdered, one such juvenile was at his place and I guess hings got out of control and the young man stabbed Jim to death and fled the scene. There were choppers and cops all over the place looking for the guy. I'm not sure where they found him, but they did. I'm not sure what actually happened and most of the days events are just what I heard from the Montessori people. More on the "other neighbors": A collection of alcoholics and multiple generations living in trailers that had meth labs, underage prostitution, dog fighting, cock fighting, and gun play. Most of them have died off and things are quiet now. Last year there was another meth lab that was busted on the street behind us. Also had choppers and cops everywhere with some flash bangs and other assorted cop excitement. The funny thing is that these are holdovers from days gone by as the neighborhood changes over to million dollar homes and new commercial businesses. It really is a nice place to live.

I hear you. Nursing climbing injuries right now and losing weight with walking, no alcohol and diet. Last summer I did pretty well with cycling. I just took the bike out in some neighborhoods for about 45 min/day. you get some sprinting in in disguise with the hills. Another thing i did last summer was just some mini workouts. During the day I did small sets of push ups, pull ups, planks and air squats. I did about the same amount each day and my weekly goal was 200 push ups, 50 pull ups, 8 minutes of various planks, and 200 air squats. Very doable. Consider also some real mobility work. It is painful, requires concentration, and dedication. There are no real mirror results, but this and general weight loss will take years of wear off. I would recommend mobility work over weights, body weight, cardio, and HIT any day even for the youngsters.

Anybody fished East Matagorda lately? I have a four night camp/kayak trip planned down there in mid May. We usually do Three mile lake area. Not sure what is available in the surf mid May either. Seems a little early for trout.

No fat bastards on this thread, everybody is already shredded and yoked and just trying to lose penis weight.

It's not like they had to play a 14 seed.

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I was a sophomore at UT when that happened and even I knew it was a bad idea.

I wonder if all the other ships are going to slow down and look and if the pilots and clean up crew will block most of the canal while they stand around in their hazard uniforms.

Vaccine Spotter. Was never able to get Austin proper for me but did get Pfizer #2 to go from SA to Bastrop. I found Walgreens opens up early Sunday AM 6:30-7AM Got the wife's in Cedar Park. CVS Thursday late or Friday Early or SAT early. Not really baby sitting the spotter. I just happen to wake pretty early, check the surl, then the spotter. 1C APH was to much work. HEB never has anything, but they are on the spotter. Spotter: CVS, Walgreens, HEB, Walmart had stuff. Get familiar with each site and have your insurance info at hand.

I'll see your CSB and raise you one: When I knew Texas Basketball had hit bottom (lower than now): I was in the old Rollingwood Safeway mere days before Weltlich's last game against Houston in the conference tournament (we lost). I spy our firebrand Bobby Knight disciple in my isle as he is mulling over a purchase. He seemed pretty happy with himself and was completely at ease. As I got closer I could hear him humming along to the Muzak being pumped out in an absent minded fashion. I paused and considered the song: The Reflex by Duran Duran. Just picture in your mind, Bob Weltlich humming along to the Muzak version of The Reflex in a Safeway. I hung my head and shook it as I walked past. Texas basketball was dead to me.

Not sure for just a one off, but they have this deal where it gets cheaper the more family members you have. After 2 family members its like $40.00 +tax. I think we get a kids discount on their membership too. Only works because my kids climb competitively, so we make kind of a family deal out of it, so my wife and I climb too, go to yoga, fitness classes etc.. However, my wife and I are both injured right now and I choose to do my rehab at home or at the office and just walk while they are at practice along with my wife. The gym is the Austin Bouldering Project over on Springdale. Its a nice walk around there with a bunch of gentrification and plenty of brew pubs/breweries etc., god help us. Walking gets old, so I am rehabbing and losing weight like a mofo.

Went back to the gym in September. Bouldering gym but they have all of the usual stuff in the weight room. Waiver, temperature check, appointment only (for capacity), two hour time slots, and masks.

You can lose weight just by eating properly.

Pretty impressive, especially for 42 days worth of work. I bet you lose another 20lbs before the rate slows down.

I would also add to weigh daily or multiple time per day with clothes without etc. and use the lowest measurement, I find this keeps me from getting discouraged or too encouraged based on inter day fluctuations. Its also kind of fun to see how much food and water weigh.

For all of you guys doing low carb or keto I highly recommend Mark's Daily Apple. Nothing to buy, a wealth of knowledge, tons of great recipes, very simple work out regimen. I always come back to something on that site for guidance. I am currently doing my own thing now (See my weight loss post on this page a few posts up), but will return more or less to that program once I heal up more. It works long term and is not too hard. Only fall backs I have had are due to injury and downward spiral of work conflicts and daily life stress along with diet interruptions due to having a vegetarian in the household....and booze. BTW, I don't worry about fat consumption or count calories even when not on my ridiculous salad diet. I have found that the body adapts to seeking out fat as a source of energy (when carbs are low) as long as you don't do too much cardio or hit and keep the weight training to 2 session per week and keep them short.

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Not sure what "on gear" means nor "test tren anavar cycle", but otherwise I agree. Normally, I would be doing some type of heavy-ish lifting to maintain or gain, but that is not an option. Further, joints are not muscles and there is a weight at which climbing can become really damaging to the joints no matter how strong you are due to the unique, unequal, novel, and unrehearsed movements. Also, that fat gets in the way by volume alone. I should at some point get a fat scan and see where I am really at, at this pint I'm just going off of and caliper measurement done back in my 20's, some internet fat % photos, and experience based on weight loss difficulty.

Great list. Some of you might find some good stuff in my formula: Story: 54, usually in good shape at around 185-190 at 5'-11". When I am in great shape I drop to about 175lb and for me that is about 12% body fat. Over the last 8 years I have been besieged with minor injury of various types that I usually rehabbed or worked around. I got into some bad form a few years ago with some cross fit type work outs and and ended up with a torn meniscus which I had partially removed in December. While rehabbing the knee and general inactivity over the last year, I have seen my weight balloon up to 202 lbs. My primary form of fun is gym rock climbing, and I came back too quickly from the knee surgery and although I had no knee issues, I quickly developed climbers elbow (golfers elbow) in both arms, an unusual but fairly minor shoulder impingement, and some tendinitis in my carpi wrist tendon. So I decided it was time to take a break from climbing, lose some weight, and concentrate on some movement evaluation and rework. However, due to my injuries and recent surgery, almost all form of traditional exercise are off the table. So I decided to come up with a simple hard hitting plan that I could do for 4-6 weeks to get off of high center on the weight loss front. This will not be for everyone, but I think it is a testament to the power of simplicity and diet. The steps: Complete cessation of alcohol. I put a pencil to my alcohol consumption as I recollected it and in the previous weeks averaged an alcohol equivalent of 31 Bud Lights per week. I know this Surly and that is no big deal, but calorically it amounts to about 1lb/week. Plus this is not forever. Walk 1 hr/day on average: Pretty easy to do since I have no other means of exercise. Based on my weight and pace, I figured I can get about 1LB/week out of this. I am also doing some light band rehab work on my wrists, elbows and shoulders, but nothing calorically significant. Walking is a very powerful fat loss tool. Several years ago I was down to about 179LBS while doing all kinds of body weight exercises and sprinting along with a very moderate paleo type of diet when my weight loss really stalled out until I added about 3 walks a week. There is just something about the pace that lends itself to steady fat loss. One Meal Per Day: This is where it might get difficult for some of you. This is not an eating window. I literally have one meal per day (during the week) and I eat mine at 3PM. From prep to finishing the dishes it is about 1 hr. In normal times I don't eat breakfast or lunch but eat from 6-9PM excluding weekends. The Meal is a salad: 1/2 LB of Spring mix, 2 can of sardines, 2 hard boiled eggs, generous portions of bell peppers, carrots, mushrooms, onions and broccoli. Topped with a homemade vinaigrette, shredded Parmesan cheese, and Parmesan Crisps. I have a hard time finishing it and I have no hunger for the rest of the evening unless someone brings in some fast food or something. The caloric intake would not be sufficient if I were climbing or otherwise working out, but I find it works while I am hobbled. I have weighed myself before and after this meal and the weight is ~3lbs of food +/-. I did a calorie count on it at one time but I don't have it anymore, but I think it was slightly less less than 2000 cals. I may rework it and edit this post if there is interest. The results: Very slow start for the first 3-4 days in terms of weight loss. Some of that may be in the weighing times and whether I have evacuated my bowels of the 3lb meal, but after that once you get in a rhythm the result are consistent. I vary from this approach on the weekends a bit and whatever happens over the weekend tends to even out by Monday afternoon. After 3 weeks I am at 185-186 lbs for an astonishing .8/lbs lost per day. Caveat, historically, my weight loss tends to stall as I get closer to 180lbs. But also consider, I have no weight work or HIT training in this regimen so I still have that in my bag of tricks once I get healthier. Consider too to that I am also preconditioned to smaller eating windows so the effect would in theory be greater for someone not accustomed to restricted eating windows. Also, I began this program not significantly over weight. For another Surly of similar build and love of all things alcohol, but say another 20lbs heavier to start, I would expect being able to run this program for longer with similar daily results. There are also other hidden calorie restrictions that I do not have available such as soft drinks or sweets which I don't usually have in my diet, so I don't benefit from cutting them out. On muscle loss: I have no idea or not whether this is occurring or not, but it is not a concern at this time since I really have no other choice. I will say that this injury situation has led me to research and rethink my movement patterns for all forms of exercise. I imagine I am going to be out of rock climbing for another 3-4 months and in that time I will continue to try and lose weight to where I am down to under 170lb. At that weight, I will have the benefit of over 30LBS less of body weight to deal with on the wall which is kind of like a hidden strength gain. Additionally with improvement in technique and emphasis on mobility and correct muscle activation and joint strengthening, any loss of muscle will be more than offset. I just thought I would share the weight loss portion especially since it is working so well and dispel the notion that you need to hit the gym all the time and wear yourself out to get good and fast results which are not the result of an unsustainable crash diet or questionable eating habits.

Pfizer first today at 12:45 in San Antonio. I'm from Austin, but parlayed the trip into a free breakfast and visit with my mom and brother. 2nd shot scheduled for Apr 8 in SA. I might try to get #2 in Austin. Took 35 on the way back and As I drove through San Marcos, I had the strangest desire to see if Microsoft had an outlet store. No symptoms, yet.

Thread tittle was true this morning. Went to vaccine finder link on the Google doc that Judgeroybeanbag posted on page 1. It showed stuff all over the state....except Austin. Ended up getting spot in San Antonio on Wed. Next week with 2nd dose already scheduled as well. CVS. Fyi . Age 54 non conditions.

Both of my youngest sons (13 and 15) rock climb competitively. Lets just say there is a big difference between a highly trained teenager weighing 100-120 lbs and a 54 year old man weighing 200lbs. I started climbing again after knee surgery about 6 weeks ago and promptly got climbers elbow (golfers elbow) in both arms, a shoulder impingement and some as of yet diagnosed wrist injury. Taking a break while I reconsider my life. Knee is great, though. Oldest son (32) likes to play music and get drunk (New Orleans). He is much funner to hang out with and I can keep up with him on the booze. What can I say, I'm a natural.

If this keeps up, we will meet ourselves in the finals.

"...and that's when I knew Surly was back." .....aaaaaaand scene.