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jackie11 said:
Sounds like CHillen is BACK!!!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

Have a great weekend Everyone woooooooo

Jackie xxxx
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Morning Jackie.

ROCK ON------Young lady!

How are you! Staying special as always, I bet!


Let the joy and happiness burn inside you, Jackie. Let it unfold like a budding flower; let everyone see what you have on the inside on the outside. May you have all the desire to make you fly higher and keep burning your internal fire.

Much peace and happiness to ALL.
 
Hey, Chillen--I went looking for your ChillOut log and couldn't find it when I did, a few weeks ago. I found it one night this week when I was feeling a little down in the dumps. Serendipity, perhaps??

THANK YOU for all the things you say here--I love your attitude and your outlook and really find myself feeling committed to absorbing and reflecting to the world the positive persona I connect with when I read these posts.

Once upon a time, I carried a similar energy, and I guess somehow I let life get in the way. Thanks for helping reunite me with a person I once knew--one I like much better than the one I find myself being so much of the time.

You ROCK!!!!! :hug2:
 
Greenhorn Gal said:
Hey, Chillen--I went looking for your ChillOut log and couldn't find it when I did, a few weeks ago. I found it one night this week when I was feeling a little down in the dumps. Serendipity, perhaps??

THANK YOU for all the things you say here--I love your attitude and your outlook and really find myself feeling committed to absorbing and reflecting to the world the positive persona I connect with when I read these posts.

Once upon a time, I carried a similar energy, and I guess somehow I let life get in the way. Thanks for helping reunite me with a person I once knew--one I like much better than the one I find myself being so much of the time.

You ROCK!!!!! :hug2:
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Let this flow within your heart and let it settle and make a home:

Build a foundation of pleasant thoughts. Never fret at any imperfections that you fear may impede your progress. Remind yourself, as often as necessary, that you have the power to achieve any dream by lifting up your thoughts. You can fly when you decide that you can. Never consider yourself defeated again. Let the vision and thunder in your heart be in your life's blueprint.

Build the thunder in your heart and let it flow, baby!

Thank you from my heart to yours for your kind and thoughtful words.

Your post means alot to me, more than you know. It really moves me that you had enjoyed some of the prior posts in the COL.

YOU ROCK!

Much peace and happiness to you,


Chillen
 
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Ahhhhh.....are we gonna group hug??? :D

Good to see Diane still at it....you go girlfriend! :)

Hey guys....small problem:

It's happened a couple times before (week or so ago) and it got me 3 times today! I go to the gym and do the spinning class and then afterwards go swimming (2.5 hours of cardio). Towards the end of my swim my left thigh tries to cramp-up....and I'm not talking about mild soreness, we're talking the muscle full-on tightening to it's max-capacity: pain, pain, PAIN!!!!!

When I came home today I drank the protein shake, ate some solid/good food (including a banana), took lots of supplements and relaxed...I even fell asleep and took a nap while the kids sat on me watching tv. When I got up and went to move: BAM....left thigh cramp again!

Then after dinner, we all watched a movie, I dozed-off again and when I went to get up and reach for the remote.....it cramped yet again!

I think I'm hydrated enough, I know I'm eating good food/supplements (the urine is yellow), I'm getting potassium, calcium, etc......any ideas what this is about??????

Any suggestions?
 
I have a close up from a pic I took in September 2007. I am posting this to show the differences I am going to show in about 3 weeks. I cropped the photo down, and made it larger.

No comparison baby! BUH,,,,,,,major suckage

June112007Afternoonwaterretentio-1.jpg


My aging 46 year old body is responding well. I will show the proof in February.

I FEEL the motivation vibration baby!

So there is no mistake, in whether its me. Its from this photo I posted before:

June112007Afternoonwaterretentio-3.jpg


A little over 8% BF. In the pic shown.

The pics in February are going to be at 7%, BABY! WHY? "cause I wanna" and I can!

If an old man can do it ANYONE CAN!

Us old guys, and can bring back the look of youth, yes! And get healthy AT THE SAME TIME!

(Im going to post one pic to RWS, Keto log, to motivate the brotha!)

I am so pumped, I can hardly stand it.

When one reaches their goal with all the trials and tribulations, there is NO GREATER FEELING on EARTH (well, may one, hehe)!

I will be posting in mid February! YES!

PEACE AND LOVE TO ALL!


Chillen
 
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Chillen--your pics are impressive!

BSL--2 thoughts for you. 1. If you are having problems with a charlie-horse type cramping, often times this is due to a potassium deficiency. Take a potassium pill or better yet, eat a banana a day for the next week. if it straightens itself out, you'll know that was the cause. Majorly easy fix! 2. You may have a chiropractic issue. I have talked to you before about my crookedy-but syndrome--if there is a vertebrae or your sacrum is out of whack, it can cause straining of a particular muscle, which can then cause the charlie-horse type symptoms. Go to a chiro if the banana doesn't work and find out.

Those are 2 simple, non-invasive suggestions I have for you. Good luck!
 
Hey Chillen... I don't think I've ever properly "met" you on the forums but just wanted to say that your enthusiasm reminds me, when I forget, that there are things to be enthusiastic about. Thanks :D

BikeSwimLaugh said:
Ahhhhh.....are we gonna group hug??? :D

Good to see Diane still at it....you go girlfriend! :)

Hey guys....small problem:

It's happened a couple times before (week or so ago) and it got me 3 times today! I go to the gym and do the spinning class and then afterwards go swimming (2.5 hours of cardio). Towards the end of my swim my left thigh tries to cramp-up....and I'm not talking about mild soreness, we're talking the muscle full-on tightening to it's max-capacity: pain, pain, PAIN!!!!!

When I came home today I drank the protein shake, ate some solid/good food (including a banana), took lots of supplements and relaxed...I even fell asleep and took a nap while the kids sat on me watching tv. When I got up and went to move: BAM....left thigh cramp again!

Then after dinner, we all watched a movie, I dozed-off again and when I went to get up and reach for the remote.....it cramped yet again!

I think I'm hydrated enough, I know I'm eating good food/supplements (the urine is yellow), I'm getting potassium, calcium, etc......any ideas what this is about??????

Any suggestions?
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I'm no expert, but I once got the worst cramps from a 2-3 hour tennis match, and it was so bad that when I tried to stretch my hams, my quads would tighten painfully, or when I stretched my calves, my whatever-the-shin-muscle-is would cramp badly, and vice versa for all those. What I found (okay, what the trainer made me do) was I just had to stretch, massage the opposing muscle if necessary, massage the cramping muscle if possible, and drink way more water than I thought was necessary. You said that the urine is yellow, but I'd say that means you're dehydrated - try to get it clear, or a light, faded yellow at most.

My two cents - the potassium and stuff Greenhorse Gal said applies too of course.
 
You do have to be careful about stretching a muscle if it is currently cramping. I was told by a massage therapist once that the best way to get over a charlie horse is to just let it cramp as tight as it needs to, breathe deeply because lack of oxygen plays a part, too, and the muscle will release when it is ready. It might hurt, but it will usually "finish" the cramp if you just let it move through its normal process. This "completion" will stop the cramping overall. People often mistakenly oppose the cramp, which injures the muscle and makes it less able to avoid cramping again.

Just a thought...(eat a banana!)
 
This COL post is response to this post by BSL:

BikeSwimLaugh said:
I'm looking forward to your response to my question. To make it open, I'd asked Chillen how his own self-perception of himself was. As it applies to me, I've continued to lose weight, work-out, gain muscle....yet I continue to just see what's left and focus on the imperfections. Because Chillen is notoriously a lean/slender individual, I specifically wanted to know if he still, at times, ever felt heavy or fat. When you sit on the toilet and look down, do you see have some rolling-action on your skin, do you still look in the mirror and wonder if & when you'll ever get there? Do you ever feel heavy/bulky and feel like you need to lighten-up??? As this applies to me, will I ever feel light, slender & lean all the time, or is this perception erroneous and I'm setting goals & expectations that are totally unrealistic?
In short...when you reach "the goal" is it totally there and you feel accomplished in whole....or do you, a guy who is single-digit lean in body fat still feel bulky/heavy and falling short of your goal?
I'm sure you can answer this in less than 25 words ;)
Thanks
- BSL (one of the most misunderstood people around)
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“My self esteem was embarrassed by my parents”​

During my childhood my mother words reached in and pulled out the heart and soul behind my self-esteem and self-image and stomped it; I began adulthood with a broken spirit and a ball and chain that tarnished my self esteem:


I came into this world with the umbilical cord wrapped around my neck and my face blue from lack of oxygen; I was an innocent newborn child dependent upon the outside world for my survival. I had no choice in whom my parents happened to be. I had no control on the type of environment I was brought. I had no choice but to absorb the feedback from my parents, other people, and my environment.

I was innocent and untainted. But, my upbringing tainted the untainted soul.

From the most distant memory of 5 to the age of 18, I was mentally and physically abused as a child. None of these memories have faded with time.

The concept of believing in myself “was” totally foreign to me as a child and including my teen years. My mother destroyed me; she shriveled me up like a prune; shrunk me down to a tiny ant that could be mentally killed with a quick flick of a few words; “My self esteem was embarrassed by my parents”.

Believe me when I tell you, I know much pain in my life and I turned it around. My childhood explains WHY I am the way I am. My mother took the zest for life out of me, and I had to find it. I felt worthless and ashamed of myself at 18 entering a world that would eat you alive while gnashing its teeth laughing.

I will add more to this post later today, be looking for it, BSL. I haven’t forgotten you. I wil never forget a brotha!

This post will explain why I post the way I do.

Maybe this post will mean something to someone. I will finish it today, hopefully.


PEACE AND HAPPINESS TO ALL!

Let the motivation thunder under your feet!​

Chillen
 
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jackie11 said:
Heya Chillen, thanks

btw: nice pics

Jackie xx
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Jackie! You welcome, young lady!

I sincerely, hope life is good for you. Much happiness and joy to you!

The is a reason this world has a sun shiny sky. You're in it! :)


Brotha and Sista's!

Put a lightening bolt under your feet..........FEEL THE THUNDER!

Yes! Feel the joy of motivated HEART! LET ROCK!

As long as the heart is pounding there is always HOPE!



Chillen
 
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Hi Chillen--

From the outside looking at you, I see someone who is STRONG and full of HEART. You are impervious to negatviity, and really have your sh!t together. I think it is easy to see someone like you and think that they were just born that way.

It is inspiring to me that this strength comes from YOU overcoming your adversity, facing it head-on. Your messages are powerful without the knowledge of the fight behind the lessons learned. It adds depth and dimension to WHO you are and a certain "fire-testedness" to the lesson, you know what I mean?

I am a fat lady who has recently undertaken the "me" project to fix the "fat" part. Being fat is more than just being fat--there are demons one must face in confronting the layers of fat, going layer after layer deeper into who I am and what it is that I have hidden from, under the layers of fat.

I guess, in my own dorky kind of way, I am trying to say that it is nice to see an "after" that has a "before", in you. Whether the demons are the layers of fat or a tumultuous childhood, it makes it "possible" that there may be an "after" one day that is strong, full of heart, and impervious to adversity.

You ROCK! Thank YOU!
 
BikeSwimLaugh said:
When I came home today I drank the protein shake, ate some solid/good food (including a banana)
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Yeah, I'm hitting the banana/Potassium thing...thanks for the suggestion. I'm also hydrating heavily. I sweat a LOT during Spin-class and I suspect dehydration may be a major culprit.....it's VERY easy to accidently fail to hydrate while swimming....you're in water, your mouth inevitably gets moist and I suspect our bodies ability to sense thirst is compromised. Thanks for all the responses & concern.

I think some of this is in response to my heavy/intense training....I've really been pushing hard and eating lean. For a while there I just wasn't seeing/feeling progress so I figured I had 2 options....quit or push on. Oh crap, did I just use the Q-word on the COL??? I'm not going to quit, that was never an option....so I just reconsiled my position/perspective and came out with a more intense plan.....

It's been a couple weeks now and I can see myself leaning-out. Some time ago I put mirrors in my home gym and as some of you may know I like working out in wrestling singlets...the skin-clad fabric shows everything and I find it very helpful in watching how I'm working the weights and seeing inspiration as my body develops in the mirror, it's also super-comfortable (I now know why woman used to wear leotards back in the 80's;)). Anyways, point being...I'm again cranking away towards a leaner body, my only concen is the amount of muscle I'm amassing, some of my friends call me Bone-Crusher, lol :)
 
January 27th, 2008: Thoughts for the day (1)

Open your eyes and mind and look around when you are out and about or reading material (on the short list below).


What do you see? Do you look and truly see?

Sometimes one can see:

1. An overweight person that is extremely happy "with themselves".
2. An overweight person that is NOT happy "with themselves"
3. A rather skinny person that is extremely happy "with themselves"
4. A rather skinny person that is NOT happy "with themselves"
5. A person who appears to be at a healthy weight and extremely happy "with themselves"
6. A person who appears to be at a healthy weight and NOT happy "with themselves"
7. A person with medical complications severely intruding on their health is happy and working with it. And, able to do extraordinary feats surprising many.
8. A person with medical complications severely intruding on their health in deep depression, very sad, and disheartened.


Consider the playing ground equal. What is the common denominator here, you think?

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The mind can be the catalyst to spring a person to intense and/or simple achievement or compel a person to intense and/or simple despair.

(Chillen)

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Your mind can determine which side of the fence you are on.

Peel the "inner being" that seems "sometimes" separate from the mind like methodically peeling an orange.

Apply what you see and read with open eyes and cognitive awareness and blend them together for a self benefit application.



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If self image-perception is a problem. Self-awareness is not enough. Can you tell me what "tools" you can use to improve?

Some links for you:





Best regards,



Chillen
 
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Greenhorn Gal said:
Hi Chillen--

From the outside looking at you, I see someone who is STRONG and full of HEART. You are impervious to negatviity, and really have your sh!t together. I think it is easy to see someone like you and think that they were just born that way.
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I wasnt born this way, I made myself this way. My upbringing "destroyed" my self esteem and self image. I was just able to take a look back and peek through all the abuse, and put it in proper mental perspective.

All during my child hood I heard these types of things from the age of 5 to the age of 18:

1. You look like your father and make me sick

2. You will never amount to anything.

3. You make me want to throw up went I look at you.

4. Once when my grand mother died (whom I loved), my mother made me hold the cold hand of the corpse for 15 minutes, and told me she was going to haunt me in my sleep. My mother hid the casket flowers under my bed, and told me I better not sleep or I may not wake up. I was 11, I was frighten beyond belief and peed my pants.

5. I have two brothers and two sisters. My mother destoyed the sibling bond from the very beginning that lasts to this day. I was able to separate myself from the wrong doings, but my brothers could not, and one of the two sisters could not. She tore this apart. My brothers think I hate them to this day, and doesnt matter what I say to the contrary.

I am a product of the "opposite of my upbringing", not a direct deposit from it. One negative aspect, is I tend to be obsessive with my goals in life. I know this, but I do control it. Alot of persons with my upbringing are litterally destroyed for life. I was able to step out of it at 20 years old (without professional help, and on my own). My upbringing and wanting to prove this wrong, brings out my excessive compulsion. I know this too. Its under control, and sometimes I flat dont care. I have been very successful in life due to the proper perspective I have put on my childhood, and understanding and controlling some side effects.

This is one reason my motivation is so intense. I do not want anyone to feel the things I did, and want to make people happy--all that I possibly can; though I know this isnt 100% possible. I am looking for the ONE.

It is inspiring to me that this strength comes from YOU overcoming your adversity, facing it head-on. Your messages are powerful without the knowledge of the fight behind the lessons learned. It adds depth and dimension to WHO you are and a certain "fire-testedness" to the lesson, you know what I mean?
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Yes, I understand. Thank you for your kind words. Yes, I faced it head on and adapted and overcame. The things I have went through when growing up I could litterally write a book about.




Much joy and peace to all!


Chillen
 
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I got hit with a surprise this morning before going to work.

My wife said that herself, and our two son's have decided that they are going to go out and jogging with me today! I was so shocked that I put my hand up on her forehead to check to see if she was running a fever. LOL. :)

My spirit spilled over! YES! Oh, I am better now. :)

This is going to be cool! My family (together) has never jogged with me before!

We set it for 6PM. I will take it easy on them :) HEHEHE. I will do my lower split just before that.

Thoughts for the day coming later today!



Chillen
 
My wife has Lupos, Fiber Dysplacia (facial bone), and a blood disorder. Her energy levels can flex abnormally and sometimes cheat her out of life (though one couldnt tell). To have her wanting to jog, is a huge thing in the house. I never pushed her, because of her medical conditions. However, the Doc said she could do it once in a while within a two week period and it wouldnt hurt her. I am going to love running with one of the primary inspirations of my life.

She has so many medical and physical problems, and a zest for life that many in her same shoes would crumble under. It makes her strong. There is a post in the COL sometime back about her conditions and how I feel about it.


ROCK WITH FAMILY PARTICIPATION! :)
 
Chillen said:
I got hit with a surprise this morning before going to work.

My wife said that herself, and our two son's have decided that they are going to go out and jogging with me today!
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It's good & bad....

It means you get to share time with your family and let them be part of what you do....

It also means they're gonna totally drag-ass, slow you down and super-compromise the quality of your routine. When my wife joins me on the bike rides, it means a short ride, a slow ride and about as much energy expended as playing a video game :(

But it's all good.....hope you had a good time! :D
 
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