Fat Men and Pool -- What's the deal?
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Might I suggest chopping off your legs?
That might would work in the short term, but I am a resourceful guy...I would just strap my a@@ to this office chair and keep on trucking.
Thats awesome! I'm trying to hit the 230 mark by the end of this week. People think oh it is diet and says zero calories mean it is true. I call BS because how do you get flavor and sweeten something without it having calories. I dont buy it, but I still drink it on occassion :embarrassed2:
Lol thanks, but luckily it is not my wedding. It is my older cousin's wedding. She's getting married in Hong Kong, so I get to go back for vacation, a wedding and the christmas party!!!!! :thumbup:
I'm way too young to get married, I still have plenty of play left in me
Just stopping by my favorite pool forum and find a thread about fat people and weight loss! (and pool).
I've never played pool as a fit person. I started playing in around 2000-1 and was on the downward (upward?) spiral to being fat again. In 1995 I was in the best shape of my life, running two marathons, three half marathons and too many 10Ks to count. That led to back and knee surgeries and giving up softball for pool by '01.
I have been as heavy as 275 in recent years (I'm 6'1"). This year I decided that had to change. As of this morning I'm at 261 1/4. Biking, running and lifting are daily activities for the past six weeks and I'm eating a healthy diet (most of the time!
).
I'm also a regular on bikeforums.net and they have a "Biggest Loser" thread once a week, where everyone posts their weight, goals and accomplishments weekly. Maybe someone can start one here in NPR. It definitely helps to be accountable to a large audience for your results. As I was getting on the scale this morning I was dreading having to report a gain after a weekend of grad parties. Fortunately I was down a little over a pound.
I'm already feeling better at the table. My energy is up and I don't feel as sluggish at the end of a long league night. Best of luck to all of the aspiring "losers" here on AZB.
MM
I've never played pool as a fit person. I started playing in around 2000-1 and was on the downward (upward?) spiral to being fat again. In 1995 I was in the best shape of my life, running two marathons, three half marathons and too many 10Ks to count. That led to back and knee surgeries and giving up softball for pool by '01.
I have been as heavy as 275 in recent years (I'm 6'1"). This year I decided that had to change. As of this morning I'm at 261 1/4. Biking, running and lifting are daily activities for the past six weeks and I'm eating a healthy diet (most of the time!
).I'm also a regular on bikeforums.net and they have a "Biggest Loser" thread once a week, where everyone posts their weight, goals and accomplishments weekly. Maybe someone can start one here in NPR. It definitely helps to be accountable to a large audience for your results. As I was getting on the scale this morning I was dreading having to report a gain after a weekend of grad parties. Fortunately I was down a little over a pound.
I'm already feeling better at the table. My energy is up and I don't feel as sluggish at the end of a long league night. Best of luck to all of the aspiring "losers" here on AZB.
MM
Funny, I once had a black gentleman call me "daddy fat sacks", he said he wasn't referrring to my size, but the amount of cash in my pockets.
I don't know if that was a 90's urban term, but that was the one and only person I heard use that term.
I am 5'10", 280# but I wear it well and move around the table well also. I spent 15 hours each this past Saturday and Sunday playing our APA Vegas Tournament..that we won, I went 20-3 in racks.
I know I am not healthy, but I don't drink alcohol or smoke.....don't know how a 200# me would play.....I would live longer thou.....
that's from an outkasts song
I would have never know it.........thanks!
Fat guys in pool
Good luck Chino on you diet and keep working on your health after the wedding too bro.This is the jump start on a whole healthier you.I think the quote by Rempe hits it right on the head.This is serious health epedimic.I have practiced martial arts most of my life and recommend any style for a fun way to learn self defense and stay in great shape.I am also in CO 9ball paul and was curious where you played at and if I might know this player?If you don't want to drop their name that's fine I understand completely.Also are you down to get the the CO people here on the forum so we can all play for AZ King of CO.
Good luck Chino on you diet and keep working on your health after the wedding too bro.This is the jump start on a whole healthier you.I think the quote by Rempe hits it right on the head.This is serious health epedimic.I have practiced martial arts most of my life and recommend any style for a fun way to learn self defense and stay in great shape.I am also in CO 9ball paul and was curious where you played at and if I might know this player?If you don't want to drop their name that's fine I understand completely.Also are you down to get the the CO people here on the forum so we can all play for AZ King of CO.
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When I was in my 20's I weighed in at about 145 and regularly played 8 to 16 hour sets, sometimes longer, now that I'm fat and forty I can play a few hours and I'm done... I miss the thin days.
give it a try!
Eat right, exercise, avoid alcohol and recreational drugs. You may not live longer but it will sure feel like it's a lot longer. I was going to straighten out my life once. No more hanging out in pool halls and bars, no more drinking, no more chasing after loose women until all hours. It wasn't easy but I stuck with these goals for almost eight hours. That was the worst three weeks of my life!
Hu
Eat right, exercise, avoid alcohol and recreational drugs. You may not live longer but it will sure feel like it's a lot longer. I was going to straighten out my life once. No more hanging out in pool halls and bars, no more drinking, no more chasing after loose women until all hours. It wasn't easy but I stuck with these goals for almost eight hours. That was the worst three weeks of my life!
Hu
DogsPlayingPool...You must not have known Buddy as a young man. When I first met him 35 years ago, he was SKINNY...tall, but skinny...and went by the nickname of Rags.
Scott Lee
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Scott Lee
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Buddy Hall was never a small guy but in the last few years, man o' man.
LOL sorry but no
Anyone that thins that fat or obese people really want to be that way and that all it takes is them taking a hard look at themselves really doesnt have a a clue.
Thats like saying that a druggie wants to be that way, or that a person with mental issues wants to be crazy, or that anorexic girls want to be so thin that they are unhealthy.
Most of the time its not as simple as that.
Look at smokers.. they are knowingly setting fire to soemthing and inhaling the smoke. It proven to be one of the most harmful things that you can do to yourself legally yet MILLIONS still smoke.
The brain is a mysterious thing and our bodies are majorly complicated. I am not saying big people have a gland problem. Most dont. We have an eating problem. Different cases and reasons for each person. An Anorexic literally looks in a mirror and SEES a fat person. Her brain tells her that what she sees is bad. Logic is there but the brain prevails.
Most everyone has an issue or two... smoking, gambling, eating, drinking, drugs, abusing others, abusing themselves, and many other issues. Its amazing to me how society looks at some as legit issues and others as the
person just lacking willpower.
Thats like saying that a druggie wants to be that way, or that a person with mental issues wants to be crazy, or that anorexic girls want to be so thin that they are unhealthy.
Most of the time its not as simple as that.
Look at smokers.. they are knowingly setting fire to soemthing and inhaling the smoke. It proven to be one of the most harmful things that you can do to yourself legally yet MILLIONS still smoke.
The brain is a mysterious thing and our bodies are majorly complicated. I am not saying big people have a gland problem. Most dont. We have an eating problem. Different cases and reasons for each person. An Anorexic literally looks in a mirror and SEES a fat person. Her brain tells her that what she sees is bad. Logic is there but the brain prevails.
Most everyone has an issue or two... smoking, gambling, eating, drinking, drugs, abusing others, abusing themselves, and many other issues. Its amazing to me how society looks at some as legit issues and others as the
person just lacking willpower.
I get up every morning mon-fri at 6 and I run 5 miles with my girl (she's a slacker she is only doing 4, but that's gonna change). I also hit the gym 3 days a week. I am 43 and I am in the best shape of my life. I am 5'9" 180. When I turned 40 I was about 220. I quit smoking, and I eat better too, but I still eat plenty. I lost 5 inches off my waist (38-33), and gained about 15 pounds of muscle. If I stop running it will all come back. Running is the best! It alows me to still drink plenty of draft beer, you gotta do something.
Joe
Joe
I'm way too young to get married, I still have plenty of play left in me
You're never too young to not get married!!!!!!
Voodoo Daddy
One Pocket 101
Just stopping by my favorite pool forum and find a thread about fat people and weight loss! (and pool).
I've never played pool as a fit person. I started playing in around 2000-1 and was on the downward (upward?) spiral to being fat again. In 1995 I was in the best shape of my life, running two marathons, three half marathons and too many 10Ks to count. That led to back and knee surgeries and giving up softball for pool by '01.
I have been as heavy as 275 in recent years (I'm 6'1"). This year I decided that had to change. As of this morning I'm at 261 1/4. Biking, running and lifting are daily activities for the past six weeks and I'm eating a healthy diet (most of the time!
I'm also a regular on bikeforums.net and they have a "Biggest Loser" thread once a week, where everyone posts their weight, goals and accomplishments weekly. Maybe someone can start one here in NPR. It definitely helps to be accountable to a large audience for your results. As I was getting on the scale this morning I was dreading having to report a gain after a weekend of grad parties. Fortunately I was down a little over a pound.
I'm already feeling better at the table. My energy is up and I don't feel as sluggish at the end of a long league night. Best of luck to all of the aspiring "losers" here on AZB.
MM
Mike...your still in the "normal" catogory compared to me!!! Tough being the one of the bigger men in the room but I deal ok, LOL.
Voodoo~~~6'5" 375+ lbs, pretty like Janet Reno
You got me on height, but I got a few more lbs on ya 6'4" 410.
Weight has never affected my endurance for playing. It has screwed with my stroke, as I dont have the clearance I once had. When I was late teens, early 20s I kickboxed at about 250 solid.
Chuck
avatar wise, its a real treat when 9 on the snap follows a frankincali post.