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By jump the ladder (Fri Mar 03, 2006 at 10:32:26 AM EST) (all tags)

I'm definitely getting more porky again so it's back on my bike next week for the 13.5 mile ride each way to Canary Wharf twice a week. It was sucessful last time with me going down from 40" waist size to 36" without cutting back on food or beers. Got very good showers in the building at work.

Poll: exercise or diet, which works for you?

Work

Looks like being one of my more interesting roles but the project hasn't really started yet. Also the bureaucracy of getting accounts etc is much worse than in any other place I've worked at. Two weeks since joining and I still haven't got access to the shared drive.

Social

Keep bumping into colleagues from my previous contracts so I've got plenty of invites for beers post work.

Games

Got Star Wars Empire At War which is an RTS set between movies 3 and 4. It's OK but I'm not addicted. I was hoping it would be like Rome Total War but it's more like Command and Conquer. The space battles aren't bad but the land battles are a bit crap. Also cool stuff like the Super Star Destroyers aren't available because of the timeline. 6/10

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WIPO: Stress by georgeha (4.00 / 4) #1 Fri Mar 03, 2006 at 10:42:18 AM EST

I suggest committing yourself financially to that lap dancer chick, maybe a mortgage, or car payments. Adopt some high needs kids, too, overcommit yourself financially, and develope some crippling long term health habits.

Soon enough you'll get TMJ and you'll barely be able to eat due to intense jaw pain. Just watch those poun^H^H^H^Hstones melt away!

: Hmm by jump the ladder (4.00 / 1) #2 Fri Mar 03, 2006 at 10:48:05 AM EST

Well if I keep getting unexpectedly terminated around xmas time when there's fuck all contracts around for a third year in sucession, I'll be joining you in this diet with or without lasp dancer chick.

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WIPO: Nausea & Tension by CheeseburgerBrown (4.00 / 2) #3 Fri Mar 03, 2006 at 10:57:27 AM EST

Fear keeps my local systems in line.

I am from a small, unknown country in the north called Ca-na-da. We are a simple, grease-loving people who enjoy le weekend de ski.

: What are you tense about? by Rogerborg (2.00 / 0) #13 Sat Mar 04, 2006 at 04:31:22 AM EST

You've scored a permie job in Canuckistan. Don't they have to get a United Nations resolution to sack you now?

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I think you need to do both by nebbish (4.00 / 1) #4 Fri Mar 03, 2006 at 11:00:27 AM EST

I used to do Woolwich-Battersea and back every day, probably the same mileage as you, to go to work but it wasn't until I stopped stuffing my face with pies that I actually lost weight. I suspect I would have been a proper fat bastard if it wasn't for the cycling though. Having said that, when I did cut out the pies the weight fell off.

Depends how you cycle as well, I tend to take my time. Don't feel safe going fast on London roads.

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Dunno by jump the ladder (2.00 / 0) #5 Fri Mar 03, 2006 at 11:08:33 AM EST

I lost weight quite sucessfully without diet last time. I think my problem is not over eating but lack of activity. I'm not a big snacker or eat loads of junk food.

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Hmmm by stark (2.00 / 0) #6 Fri Mar 03, 2006 at 11:37:13 AM EST

I think this varies a bit between people, but I generally tend to agree with the Hacker Diet principle.

You lose weight by using more energy than you consume, but it's much more effective to eat less than to exercise more.

Cycling does burn up quite a lot of calories, but combine it with healthier food and virtually everyone who is a bit porky would lose weight.
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It's probably the difference in our diets by nebbish (2.00 / 0) #7 Fri Mar 03, 2006 at 11:42:13 AM EST

I eat really well now but I used to eat loads of crap. I suspect if I was cycling the same distance every day as I used to I would lose loads of weight. As it is I've got a three mile walk to work which keeps me from getting too porky.

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Personal theory by TPD (2.00 / 0) #8 Fri Mar 03, 2006 at 11:44:00 AM EST

how often did you say..... I can't drink tonight I've got to cycle home?

That said obviously the one sure way to get the body you've always dreamed of is with The Ab-Swiveller^TM!

Rock Hard Abs are just a sw-sw-swivel away!
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: I tend to cycle by jump the ladder (2.00 / 0) #9 Fri Mar 03, 2006 at 11:49:35 AM EST

Monday, Tuesday and/or Wednesday just to avoid this issue. One of the companies I worked had a proper cycle garage where you could leave your bike securely overnight so you could make the choice.

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Showers... by Idempotent (4.00 / 2) #10 Fri Mar 03, 2006 at 12:12:44 PM EST

So what you're saying, is that you get naked at work.

Sicko.

So does his ex. by ambrosen (4.00 / 3) #11 Fri Mar 03, 2006 at 01:23:17 PM EST

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: Good point. by Idempotent (4.00 / 2) #12 Fri Mar 03, 2006 at 02:22:46 PM EST

But I know which one I'd prefer to see at work.

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WIPO: Neither by Rogerborg (2.00 / 0) #14 Sat Mar 04, 2006 at 04:32:12 AM EST

Because I'm not a woman.

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