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1992 Tercel. Kajillion MPG and the best running (and 2nd slowest) car I've owned. Never had a prob with it...until I let Andy drive it and it ended up rolled.

Good restaurants? Gibby's, Gibsons Cafe, The Hot Spot Cafe, El Palomar, Dragon Palace (delivery only), and chain spots. Gyms? The YMCA...that's about it. Circleville Barbell Club for free weights and I have private access to an MMA gym. Movie Theaters? Theatre sucks here but around back is The Screening Club. No kids due to alchohol served. It's small, quiet, and nice. Attractions? Nope. Ginormous Wal*Mart I guess. I mean, my folks own property so if I'm doing something here it's shooting, ATV's, etc. Circle D is the middle school hangout skating rink and Pickaway Lanes is the craptastic bowling alley. The good news about C-ville is cops don't bother ya and it's right in the middle of Columbus, Lancaster, and Chillicothe...but I recommend Columbus. The other 2 can bite me. That's Ashville...which is close. It's Pumpkin Show, or "Punkin Show" to those with less teeth here. LOL Actually....yeah.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1279/4603861869_1418691c31.jpg And good for you man. I wish I didn't have to think about what I eat or do to lose weight. I sit around most of the day getting fatter if I don't watch what I eat and workout. Or I'll "maintain" but when I was at 421 that wasn't very good. LOL

I'm not. I've cut all carbonated beverages. Diet and caffeine free def help, but I don't like the taste of them so for me it's not worth forcing something down my gullet that I don't like and isn't healthy enough to see a return in weight loss. I do have the very occasional Ale 8 or Cheerwine, but that's b/c they're like the Yuengling of pop.

Will keep an eye out in my area/parts of Columbus I frequent.

Okie silly dilly dokie-o. I'm an idiot. Thanks. lol

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Yup. That's why I'd add since I already have some weight. Thought about a bag of salt even.

What lots do you guys work at (if you don't mind my asking of course)?

What? Joy Ride? She's All That? Pleasantville? Varsity Blues? LOL. Had to google except for Varsity Blues and Joy Ride. Couldn't think of anything else he was in. Seriously though, I liked "Flags of Our Fathers", but not b/c of him.

Good deal. Glad it worked out in the end.

This doesn't work for me Clay. Can we move it to the 25th? Work...it owns me. Started with a new company the 27th. Shouldn't have to work every Saturday once I do. Will also be moving north sometime early next year. Will def be making more C&C.

Not nearly as bad then. Makes much more sense now. I drank way too much. It's been a big step in me getting to where I am now. Format fail. Haha. Good deal man. Keep it up.

My offer still stands. Do you drink 1 swig a day? 1 swig an hour? I'm not doubting you, questioning you, or acting like I should be your health advisor. I'm just curious. My mom found out early this year she's diabetic. It runs in every generation on both sides of my fam. She, along with a few other fam members, stopped drinking pop altogether or at least switched to diet. That with VERY minimalistic excersize (see 'walk about 2 miles above daily activity approx. once every 2-3 weeks) has yielded results for all of them this year. Pop can be more addicting/habit forming than people realize. I think it's because the surgeon general doesn't tell us how bad it is for us.

Reading "Team Output" thread now. Thanks for giving me something to do.

Thanks man. Means a lot. It's not easy but when people see you and look shocked and you have to throw out your fatty pants and buy closer to the size you were in highschool it's well worth it. About another 120 and I'll be enlisting. Well, not 2011. LOL! I started in May 2010 so it's from 05/01(?)/2010 to this morning (12/15/2010). I've actually already hit 331 (90 total lost) but since it fluctuates day to day I don't count the 10 lb interval until it's steady or below for a few days. What is driving me is desire. I have always wanted to join the military. It's been a dream of mine to serve that I never persued. I've always just let life happen and drifted here to there. I'm ready to control my life, not let it control me. Also I got tested for sleep aphneia last May. The Dr., who has done this for 18 years, said I was in the top 5% worst cases he's seen. I didn't know it but I hadn't hit R.E.M. sleep in over a decade he estimated. They test you 2 nights. One night without the machine then the next with to compare. I never had to go back the second night. I was awoken 147 minutes into the test and put on the machine. In that time span I had totally stopped breathing 83 times for 10 seconds or more. He said that I had about a 90% chance of dying in the next 3 years if I didn't get a machine and change my lifestyle. That was pretty good incentive too. I tried in May but it was slow going. March is when I said, "That's enough." Monday, after eating like a champ, I hit the treadmill real late at night and did intervals of 2 min. walk, 1 min. sprint for 40 minutes. At the beginning of this year I couldn't walk a mile without a break. Now I walk and bike every time I can, even at 333. Troof. I drank Mt. Dew more than I inhaled oxygen before. Energy drinks were a vice for me also. Water just tasted "plain" at first but if you force 8 servings (8 oz. each so 1 16oz. bottle is 2 servings) down your gullet each day you grow to crave it. It aids in rehydration and the weight loss a ton. I offset the "boring taste" with great Value brand flavor packs. No calories. I'd highly recommend this. With the flavor packs I can even drink water with breakfast foods. It has seriously changed my life. If you do NOTHING different in your life other than replace pop with water and natural juices or even the occasional, and I do mean occasional, sweet tea or like beverage you will lose approx. 10 pounds a year alone. That's what the experts say anyways. I believe you'd lose more. EDIT: I'll bet you 5 bucks if you cut out pop totally you'll see a difference in sleep patterns, energy, and weight/inches in 1 months time. My wife drank about 4-8 Pepsi's a day. So much that if she didn't she'd get a migraine. I finally told her, "I'm working my tail off to lose all this weight and you keep complaining that you're addicted to Pepsi. Cut it out on your own or I'll start forcing you not to drink it." She weened herself off and hasn't had a migraine in a month. It use to be a weekly occurance.

Good. Glad to hear it. I have extensive work in sales also. I always tell employers up front in interviews that I'll never lie or do anything unethical. It's bad business. Unfortunately not everyone is like that. I caught a guy in a lie at Hatfield VW a few years back. Sold a car out from under me. Told him late Saturday I'd be in Sunday after church to get it so my wife could sign with me. He says, "No prob, we'll have it all cleaned and ready for you and your wife." I pull in, someone is pulling off the lot with 30 day tags on "my" car. Unfortunately for him he didn't know I had a buddy at Hatfield Kia so when he called and told me, "Yeah, someone sold it before I got in today" after I asked enthusiastically, "Hey! Glad to hear from you. Is the car ready? We're on our way." (said while standing in the Toyota West lot). He BSed a bunch and finally I told him that I had a buddy working there and that my buddy found out HE had sold the car to someone else for $2K more than we had agreed. Worked out for me. It was a VR6 with some good options. My buddy got me a same year 1.8T loaded for what I needed to spend with 30K less miles. I was courteous though. I smiled and waved to the guy as I drove it off the VW lot. LOL.

Asians don't die. http://www.homage.com/store/bmz_cache/b/bb07f89f4a49d56208aa2fd893e13af9.image.490x472.jpg Proof.

Good deal. They'll remain in my prayers. Preventative measures.

Name: Randy Starting Weight: 421 lbs. Current Weight: 333 lbs. Starting Total Measurement: ? Current Measurement: ? Diet - Portion control and MINIMUM 8 glasses of water a day. Avoid excess, unecessary foods such as ice cream, chocolate, chips, etc. Any "junk food". This is my progress in 2010. I started really watching what I ate and working out regularly in May. Down almost 90 lbs so far. People ask what diet I'm on or what workout I use. No secrets. - Watch what you eat and excersize. Don't use excuses. Things like, "Well, I walk 2 miles a day at work so that's good enough" won't get you the results you want. Walk those 2 miles at work then do 5 on a treadmill each day. I had a church dinner Monday night. Ate too much. Got home at 10:00 and went to the gym and got on the treadmill for an hour. Thought I was gonna puke but running/walking on a full stomach was my punishment for indulging. You have to WANT it. - Drink water. Drink water. Drink water. When you're not thirsty, drink water. When it's after 8:00 PM and you feel hungry, drink water. I cannot stress enough how much this has helped me. - Avoid eating out. I don't care what anyone says, that chicken cobb salad at Wendy's is garbage. - Track your goals. I use My Plate where I can enter my current stats and goals and it tells me how many of each thing I should consume in a day and rewards me for the workouts I track in the My Fitness section. This really brings to light a lot of my bad habits that I didn't know were holding me back. There are tons of simlar sites. Use one.

In any buy/sell situation, who isn't?

Will check out. Thanks.

Fixed. My 96 XJ 4.0 lifted with 31" tires was beast. Left in RWD unless driving through some thick crap then just pulled a lever and all was good. As meantioned though tires, skill, and experience > *. Also as mentioned 4X4 didn't allow me do drive in snow/ice at 80 and not slide at all. You still have to use common sense. I have driven a FWD 91 Prizm with 7HP, FWD 92 tercel with 10HP, a FWD 91 Olds 98 with a 3.8, my 4X4 96 XJ, a FWD 01 Passat 1.8T, a FWD 02 Jetta 1.8T, and currently a RWD 97 Dakota V6. Worst for me? The Olds by far. A boat with skinny wheels that weigh a kajillion pounds. Never ditched it or anything but I had to concentrate for sure. The best? XJ. Can't beat it. I miss the hell out of my Jeep and will own another someday, and possibly for the rest of my life from that point forward. The current? I love it. RWD is fine. Just do as mentioned. I currently have 7 cinder blocks and 2 3'-4' railroad ties right over the rears. May add sand bags also but haven't need to yet. Only broke them loose once driving down Walnut Creek Pike during that first bad snowfall and quickly regained control by counter steering and working the throttle. Didn't even break a sweat. I was only going 35 MPH when that happened too so I wasn't going balls to the wall. Just my .02.

Absolute win. You sir, get +rep.

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