Antivulano

I hope no one minds me reviving this hangout. ;;

I've haven't had too much success with my diet but that's mostly my fault. Not having my gallbladder/acid reflex issues don't help either.

Otherwise, I'm trying to incorporate more walking into my schedule. I'd love to exercise and do outdoor stuff when things get better.

It's all good! I've been meaning to revive it, so thank you!

I feel ya on that diet part. It's hard. I've been very on and off using MyFitnessPal. That's awesome on the walking part! It really does help! Before Covid, I used to walk outside on my campus because it was just so much nicer than being indoors all day.

Personally, I NEED to get back on the workout train again. I've fallen off hard and I can see the impact it has had. It's rough.

@Royal
Ah okay! I'm relieved to hear that.

I'm sorry to hear your diet isn't going well either. I'm not familiar with MyFitnessPal though. Is it a weight loss/healthy living app? That's awesome! I wanted to go back to the gym but I don't feel safe with the pandemic. Not because I distrust the gyms but I worry about spreading Covid to others. When things are back to normal, I'll definitely look into finding one.

It really is rough! Do you mind if I ask what your workout routine looks like?

@Antivulano

It's all good! I've always been off and on. It is! It's one I've used for years. You can scan products and input their nutrition info. Incredibly useful! And I feel that on the gyms part. I can't wait to go back to the gym. I miss it SO damn much.

Of course! I do a mix of weights and cardio. I usually do weights with low-weight high reps, and then slowly increase the weight while decreasing the reps. What about yourself?

@Royal
I might have to give it a try then! They recommend keeping a food/nutrition diary when you loose weight. But I feel like it's too much effort to keep track on paper. So an app might work!

Nice! What kinds of cardio do you enjoy? I don't have an exercise regime at the moment. I'm still learning about strength training and how I can use it to loose weight and build muscle. But ideally, I'd like to incorporate both cardio and weights. Right now, I just walk whenever I can.

GF and I have discovered a way to exercise without noticing that we're exercising, because we both don't really like exercise at all.
Many years ago, my mother got herself an Xbox and a Kinect, which basically lets you interact with what happens on-screen without needing to handle a remote control or somesuch. My stepfather didn't want it (he's even lazier than both GF and I together) so I inherited the whole set.
So basically, you follow the instructions on the screen and jump, you hop left and right, bend down and get back up and suddenly you're out of breath (and the cats don't care at all and decide to lie down in the middle of your playing area )

I could never get my Kinect to work right because we had such a small living room. I might try setting it up again now that we have more room.

I didn't miss working out at the gym, but I missed the accountability I had by going to classes. It is so much more difficult for me to actually follow through with exercising when it is just me knowing if I do it. It becomes one of those things easy to forget, or say I'll do it later which becomes I'll do it tomorrow...
Our whole family joined a rock climbing gym, so hopefully I will be doing something more often. My Kid-a-roo has class 4 nights a week, so I'm trying to make myself actually workout twice a week. 😒 I'll let you know how it goes. But if I'm paying for it monthly I'm more motivated to actually use it 🤞

Is it time to bring this back? I think so! How has everyone been lately? A LOT has happened in the almost year since I last posted, so let's catch up!

I have a new job working IT, and it's been a big step up in pay compared to my last job in food service. I've been able to get a few more things for my work set up, my gaming setup, as well as being able to prepare for the future. I've ALSO started getting commissions done of all my various gaming avatars, which is definitely something I've wanted to do for ages. (Peep the new signature and profile art. 👀)

That's ALSO something that while not major has been years in the making. I finally got my signature and profile finished! They've been things I've had in my reminders for yeeeears. Seriously. I've been wanting a signature since I started to get more active on this sight. It's been, what, over 5 years since I joined this site? I had never quite set my sights on what was I wanted my avatar to be on here, but I think I finally nailed him as a Middle-Aged Bodybuilding Centuar. (Ya know. Something obvious. not really)

I've also started back up school! Those of you who know me know I've been in school since I joined. Well... still here. I took a semester off last year to get used to the new job, but I'm back at it! The work is full-time, and my first full-time job so it's been an adjustment to balance full-time work, part-time school, and trying to still have a social life and relax. Life is CRAZY to say the least.

How has everyone been? Any big life changes? Cool things you've done on-site or off-site? I wanna hear!

@Yeladim

Thank you! I truly love the piece. I hope to get more done for the major holidays haha.

Ahhh awesome! I keep hearing about Unifaction, and I'm definitely sad I never knew about it. I see the avatars from it and they look fantastic!

Oh yeah. A lot better pay, and adjacent to my studies. I'm going to school for programming, specifically Web programming.

Peaks in

Well howdy! Hope everyone has been well!