A Day In The Life of m2m :)

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In 12.5 weeks of being focused, I’ve lost 26.2 pounds and a total of 9 inches!

I’m glad I took the measurements when I started!
 
That´s an incredible amount to lose in such a short time, congratulations!
 
M2M said:
So for Christmas, I received a record player and I've since, started collecting a lot of my old favorite albums. ...
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i haven't heard the term "record player" in a long time, so i'm just wondering what it is you are talking about(?) is it a self-contained turntable on-top of an amp sort-of unit? do you know what the tracking force is on the tone arm? could you take/ post a photo?
 
overlandflyer said:
i haven't heard the term "record player" in a long time, so i'm just wondering what it is you are talking about(?) is it a self-contained turntable on-top of an amp sort-of unit? do you know what the tracking force is on the tone arm? could you take/ post a photo?
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It’s what I’ve always called it.
This one is an all in one, turn table with built in speakers, it plays cds and Bluetooth

I tried taking a picture and the site is telling me it’s too large.
 
M2M said:
I tried taking a picture and the site is telling me it’s too large.
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of course there is no standard, but typically when you send a picture from your phone it will give you a choice of resolution from very high def down to email-able size. do what i do when i have a smart-phone question... find a 12 year old to explain it to you.

re: Victrola... that is what i thought your record player would be. funny how music reproduction has evolved. for instance with speakers, first, one (monophonic), then two (stereophonic), then four (quadraphonic), then as many as seven or nine.... and now we're back to one... except in my car where i'm not sure where the sound comes from anymore.

most of my vinyl is over 40 years old so i'm fairly careful with playing them. i know most would be very hard to replace. and when i saw LP's were fading out to newer tech, i invested in the best turntable i could afford at the time. a good investment back then since i recently saw one sell for about 3x what i paid 30 years ago.

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Victrola in manual doesn't give too many stats, but the ceramic cartridge (vs magnetic) probably indicates a fairly high stylus pressure. diamond vs vinyl, the diamond is always going to win in the long run, with records it's just a matter of how long. the benefit of modern systems like yours, however, is probably the easy possibility of simply recording a record and if you want to beat the song to death, play the recording over and over again. save the vinyl for special occasions.

most of all, have *click* fun *pop* ... :)
 
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overlandflyer said:
most of all, have *click* fun *pop* ... :)
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That’s it exactly!!
I have beeen having fun (re) collecting my old favorite albums and I do love the sound. By putting a record on, flipping sides, it makes me more present to the music - I’ve been digging it :)

Your turn table looks great and sounds like you were definitely thinking ahead!

As for inserting the picture, it didn’t give the option when I clicked the attach files button from my phone. I’ll sort it somehow :)

Marsia, thank you!
It’s definitely been motivating!!
 
one more thing i forgot to mention... your Victrola will do one thing my turntable cannot... play 78's, or at least turn the table at 78 RPM. mine only has 33 & 45 speeds. but in case they do not mention it, you should really have a special cartridge/ needle to play a 78 RPM record correctly. using the 33/45 needle on a 78 record will produce a horrible sound and may damage both the record and the needle.
 
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But the upside is sometimes I get the perfect pair of pants in the bargain bin because it was labeled so wrong! But still, you are right, really frustrating and not nice if you happen upon the ultra skinny ones and think you have gained huge amounts of weight. I usually assume a teen size got misplaced, but I see how you could just feel fat if you weren't thinking positively!
 
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Some of it is bad quality control. I´ve been in an H&M, trying a blouse, and the same exact model&color was too tight across my chest in one size but perfect the next size down. If you´re going to outsource sewing your clothes to places where people have to work under inhumane conditions more mistakes will happen. The next part is that expensive teen brands have tiny sizes while brands that target older or poorer customers tend to cut bigger, simply to please their buyers by reassuring them they´re as thin as they want to be. And finally, in that picture showing different pairs of jeans of the same size the models are quite different. High-waisted jeans with a 30 inch waist (around here women´s jeans do come in length and width and it doesn´t really solve the problem) are going to be a lot bigger than low-waisted jeans with a 30 inch "waist". Boyfriend jeans are going to be bigger than skinnies in the same size. That part actually makes sense. But I agree that it can be very annoying, although I have other reasons to not shop online so I find out before I buy stuff.
 
The size variance is crazy!

Yesterday was the one day my partner and I had off together so re ran some errands and had the family over for dinner.
It's the ONE day of the week where I eat whatever I want. I'm strict every other day of the week. I still track the calories, but I don't limit myself.
I had less than 2200 calories (I normally keep it around 1450).

How am I up almost 5 pounds???

I'm sure sodium plays a part and it'll probably be gone by tomorrow, and yes, we look at the long term down trend but &^%$#

Maybe my weigh in day should be the day after our day off together so that the rest of the week is all down from there lol!
 
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How am I up almost 5 pounds?
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Fuller gut. Sodium. More carbs? Alcohol? Many things can make you retain water and 5 pounds is not a crazy amount of water. Assuming you burn around 1800 kcal a day you´re less than 400 kcal over maintenance. Knowing that it takes 3,500 kcal to gain a pound of fat: those pounds ARE water. Definitely don´t weigh in the morning after your one cheat day/meal.
 
I know what you mean. I ate more berries and things the last few weeks to get my energy back up, and gained 5 pounds, too! Here's to lots of happy salads in our near future!!
 
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It really boggles my mind how the day to day weight fluctuates.

It's going to be a busy week, the handyman is coming over today after work to hang more curtains and stuff, tomorrow night I'll go pick up my dad and take him to the hospital to see my uncle (uncle is now in convalescent care and we don't know yet if it's permanent). Friday night is friend night at my house and Saturday night after work, I'll drive 7 hours to pick up the kid from school and immediately drive 7 hours to bring her home for spring break.

But then I'm off alllll next week while she's home!!
Woo Hoo!
 
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