thanks for the book advice Dansk, I will check that out right now. It just so happens I had planned on putting an order in to Amazon today anyway, I may have to add another one now.
Leander
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Need a little advice on calorie counting and weight loss
by Leander ini just started working out again over the last month after a layoff of about 10 years.
so my questions are how can i find out how many calories a 280 pound guy burns off just doing everyday activities?
how do i determine how many calories i need to take in to maintain the muscle i have but still burn off fat?.
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Need a little advice on calorie counting and weight loss
by Leander ini just started working out again over the last month after a layoff of about 10 years.
so my questions are how can i find out how many calories a 280 pound guy burns off just doing everyday activities?
how do i determine how many calories i need to take in to maintain the muscle i have but still burn off fat?.
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I just started working out again over the last month after a layoff of about 10 years. When I was a regular at the gym back then I weighed about 190-200 and I maintained a body fat percentage of 5-7%, I think the weight lifting and constant cardio really helped to keep me lean. Anyway fast forward to 10 years in the future, I've put on about 80 pounds and who knows what my body fat percentage is I'm too chicken to find out. At any rate I determined that I would do what it takes to get back in shape and I've started lifting weights and doing cardio again. My goal is to get down to about 200-220 within the next 3-4 months.
So my questions are how can I find out how many calories a 280 pound guy burns off just doing everyday activities?
How do I determine how many calories I need to take in to maintain the muscle I have but still burn off fat?
How many calories will a pound of muscle burn off?
For the people who use HIIT (high intensity interval training) is it more effective than long sessions of moderate cardio for burning off fat?
Finally where can I go to find recipe and meal ideas (along with their calorie content)?
Thanks for any advice you can offer. hopefully in a few months I can post a few pictures of a new and improved me
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What are your thoughts on the composite sign?
by Leander inlately i've been giving a lot of thought on my decision to leave the wts behind and during the course of my musing i contemplated the meaning of the composite sign.
and then it kind of struck me that perhaps this composite sign was really just a declaration of the obvious.
for example some of the elements of the composite sign are: famine, pestilence, reports of natural disasters (earthquakes, etc..).
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Lately I've been giving a lot of thought on my decision to leave the WTS behind and during the course of my musing I contemplated the meaning of the composite sign. And then it kind of struck me that perhaps this composite sign was really just a declaration of the obvious. For example some of the elements of the composite sign are: famine, pestilence, reports of natural disasters (earthquakes, etc..). However when one stops and evaluates these things it's not hard to draw the conclusion that really the composite sign is just a statement of the obvious. In regards to famine and pestilence this can really be attributed to the increased population on earth. Even in bibical times there were accounts of famine and disease, so naturally once the population of mankind has increased the age old problems of sickness and hunger would increase as well. The same holds true for reports of natural disaster, with mankind now occupying nearly every region of the earth naturally caused disasters would logically affect more individuals. So this kind of makes me wonder is the composite sign really an inspired prophecy or is it just a statement of the obvious?
Anyone have thoughts on this?
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Where's a good area in Ohio to purchase a home?
by Leander inthe missus and i are ready to pack up and get out of chicago for a few years, from the research we've done ohio seems like a nice place to consider.
we're basically looking for an inexpensive area to buy a home in, (100-200k price range) suburban areas are preferrable.
we both plan on taking off from fulltime for a couple of years, the first year we may not do anything outside of taking up a few classes.
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Thanks for the info guys. Wow it sounds like Dayton is a rough area in some parts, that's really a shame because there are some unbelievable homes out there. Is the same true of the Akron/Canton area? I'm currently looking out there at homes as well.
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Where's a good area in Ohio to purchase a home?
by Leander inthe missus and i are ready to pack up and get out of chicago for a few years, from the research we've done ohio seems like a nice place to consider.
we're basically looking for an inexpensive area to buy a home in, (100-200k price range) suburban areas are preferrable.
we both plan on taking off from fulltime for a couple of years, the first year we may not do anything outside of taking up a few classes.
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Leander
The missus and I are ready to pack up and get out of Chicago for a few years, from the research we've done Ohio seems like a nice place to consider. We're basically looking for an inexpensive area to buy a home in, (100-200k price range) suburban areas are preferrable. We both plan on taking off from fulltime for a couple of years, the first year we may not do anything outside of taking up a few classes. But afterwards we're thinking of going part time for a bit, so an area where jobs are plentiful would be a plus for us.
Finally one other thing we've been considering is trying to find the older era style homes (Victorian, Arts and Craft, etc.). I've notice that Dayton seems to have quite a few of those homes but I'm not familiar with the area or job market there.
So you guys have any recommendations for us on an area in Ohio to look into?
thanks for any suggestions
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Wanted: Cheap housing, warm weather and part time work
by Leander inwell i think i finally have had enough of chicago.
sitting in traffic today for 2 hours just trying to get to work made me realize i'm wasting my time and my life doing things i hate.
so i've decided to look for a new home where the weather is warm, jobs are plentiful and the cost of living is cheaper.
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As scary as it sounds at one time I actually wanted to go to Bethel.
Excuse me a moment while I go drown out those memories with beer
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Wanted: Cheap housing, warm weather and part time work
by Leander inwell i think i finally have had enough of chicago.
sitting in traffic today for 2 hours just trying to get to work made me realize i'm wasting my time and my life doing things i hate.
so i've decided to look for a new home where the weather is warm, jobs are plentiful and the cost of living is cheaper.
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Hey whats up Minimus? The wife and I are still together, it was tough at first talking out our issues. But in the end everything eventually worked out well. We both have agreed that the unholy commute time in Chicago was'nt worth it anymore so we're looking to move out of the state for the first time. This could be the golden opportunity for me to help my wife escape from the WTS. Without her family in the picture who knows what might happen?
How are things working out on your end?
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Wanted: Cheap housing, warm weather and part time work
by Leander inwell i think i finally have had enough of chicago.
sitting in traffic today for 2 hours just trying to get to work made me realize i'm wasting my time and my life doing things i hate.
so i've decided to look for a new home where the weather is warm, jobs are plentiful and the cost of living is cheaper.
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hah, good one
actually now that I think about it, Iraq probably has unbeatable bargains on cheap real estate right now
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Wanted: Cheap housing, warm weather and part time work
by Leander inwell i think i finally have had enough of chicago.
sitting in traffic today for 2 hours just trying to get to work made me realize i'm wasting my time and my life doing things i hate.
so i've decided to look for a new home where the weather is warm, jobs are plentiful and the cost of living is cheaper.
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Leander
Well I think I finally have had enough of Chicago. Sitting in traffic today for 2 hours just trying to get to work made me realize I'm wasting my time and my life doing things I hate. So I've decided to look for a new home where the weather is warm, jobs are plentiful and the cost of living is cheaper. I've finally made peace with my wife so I guess its time that I make peace with myself.
Any suggestions? Where can I find a nice warm state all year around, where the cost of living is low and jobs are available? I initially looked at Oklahoma but the tornadoes scared me away. I'm kind of considering Texas but I'm still doing research on other areas as well.
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I'm discovering the joy of....... heavy metal!!
by Leander inover the last couple of years i've been trying to experience activities and interests that would have been frowned upon when i was still a dub.one of the things that i've really developed a passion for is metal and hard rock, in particular metal really strikes a chord with me (pun intended).
i'm pretty much a big fan of almost anything metallica has done, i also dig a lot of the more recent groups like tool, a perfect cricle, sevendust, etc.. but there's still a lot of old school metal groups that i want to go back and listen to.
any suggestions on any good late 70's-80's metal bands?
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this is great stuff guys, I'm gonna be busy this weekend. I think I was born in the wrong time, I should have been a teenager in the 70's, all of my favorite groups seem to have emerged in the 60's and 70's.