Article: 10 Standards to Assess Your Fitness Level

In the following article from Men's Health they list out what you should be able to do in order to be considered "Men's Health Fit"

Here's the list...

• Bench 1.5 Times Your Body Weight
• Run 1.5 Miles in 10 Minutes
• Touch the Rim
• Leg-Press 2.25 Times Your Weight
• Swim 700 Yards in 12 Minutes
• Do 40 Pushups
• Measure Up
  
• Run 300 Yards Sub 1 Minute
• Touch Your Toes
• Toss a Basketball 75 Feet Kneeling

are YOU "Men's Health Fit?"

Read more: http://www.menshealth.com/mhlists/be_fit/

Article: Stop Eating You Fat Bastard comedy routine

Found this on YouTube. It's damn funny!

Richard Jeni does a comedy routine called Stop Eating You Fat Bastard.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7GnOyd_z1w

Article: Fat and Healthy....

Interesting article on misconception of overweight health in America.


http://www.newsweek.com/id/213807/page/1

Article: Skim milk compared with a fruit drink acutely reduces appetite and energy intake in overweight men and women

Thanks to jydorff for sending me the link.

I haven't read the whole article since I don't have a login to the site but the abstract is interesting.

http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/90/1/70

Article: 31 Reasons I'm Still Fat: One Man's Diet Confession [Men's Health]

Funny article...

31 Reasons I'm Still Fat: One Man's Diet Confession

http://www.menshealth.com/mhlists/why_im_still_fat/index.php#ixzz0PJt2ss8u

Perry: Howdy & Thanks!

[Moved from comment to post by the editor ;) ]

Happy to be one of the basterds.. => 42 yrs old and presently weighing in at 236lbs and about 25% body fat (5ft 10"). I've been doing the P90X workout for roughly 3 weeks:

Link to P90X

It's tough but effective. My goal is to get under 200lbs & 15% body fat by the end of the year.

Cheers

Welcome: Charles and Perry

We are growing! But not like you think!

We are adding PEOPLE not POUNDS.

Please welcome Charles and Perry to our merry site of Fat Bastards. Perry and Charles, feel free to post some comments and welcome aboard!

Scott: Weigh-in and Begining of Calorie Tracking

I weighed in today: 278.4. Not bad concidering I have been a slacker about going to the gym. I also began tracking my daily intake on Livestrong.com. Soon I am going to begin a picture feed of my meals to help me visualize the portions and help control my overeating habit.

Dale: More Swimming...

Swam Friday and Today. 1/2 mile each day. Slowly getting my speed back up. I had to swim around a bunch of kids today, the lifeguards forgot to keep a lane open for lap swim. They eventually noticed I was having to slalom around kids to get from one end to the other and they moved the kids into another lane. All in all I like swimming and it's a good workout so I'll keep it up. Eating has been going pretty well, except for the fact that there was a pig pickin' this weekend so that wasn't the most healthy fare. Well the pig was pretty healthy but all the other stuff that was there wasn't. :) It was all tasty though.

Now I'm off to make a sandwich and head into the office for some fun and exciting work!

Sound exciting I know...

Article: Why Excersize Won't Make You Thin.

Interesting article in Time.

Why Exersize Won't Make You Thin...

If you read the article, please chime in with your thoughts...

Scott: Good news....

So far. They are treating my shoulder with high dose Naproxin Sodium and PT for two weeks then back in to evaluate. So I can still run and work lower body. Hopefully I can return to strength training soon as I have a Highland Games coming up in a month and a half.

Bad news, BP was elevated once more. Need to be better at monitoring that.

Dale: Glug, Glug, Glug...

So Monday I started swimming. I swam 800 yds in about 30 min. A nice pace just to get used to being back in the pool. Today, I went again and did 850 yds in 30 min. Friday I'll go again and see if I can make this part of my regular routine.

Good workout.

Scott: Much the same.

I have been a slacker at my working out. I was on the Couch25K plan but was derailed by vacation and my own laziness. Time to get back on the bandwagon. Before vacation my weight had plateaued but I think that can be attributed to lack of change in eating habits. Exercise is great but if I still eat enough to feed my family the weight will not come off.
"Stop eating you fat bastard!" So fitting.

Welcome Scott!

I'd like to take a minute and welcome a fellow Fat Bastard to the site. Scott will be blogging along with me while we work on become smaller Fat Bastards. :)

Welcome Scott, feel free to kick the tires so to speak. Write some lines. If you are blogging away on here I might even update my stuff more. :)

Site Changes

Check us out at our new web address. http://www.stopeatingyoufatbastard.com/ :)

Catchy no?

All changes may take a while to propagate but should be working in 24 hours or so.

More updated to follow!

-- The Management.

Quick Update

Things are going well, still getting the Papa Spuds Service, cooking more at home and excersizing. Riding the stationary bike pretty much everyday for about 60 minutes. At least I get to catch up on all the shows that are on the DVR. :) Not really dropping many lbs, but I feel much better and my knees aren't hurting quite as bad these days. All in all everything is going well. I am going to throw in some swimming and some weight training over the next few weeks and see how that goes.

More to follow...

Groceries....

So I decided to pick up some groceries. I noticed that I was pretty much out of food in the house. I guess it was time. Only so much you can do with frozen strip steaks when you don't have anything to make with it.

So now I have fresh fruit, fresh veggies, milk, bread, all kinds of good stuff. Plus today or tomorrow I get my delivery from Papa Spuds! Fresh veggies, fruit, bread from a local online farmer's market. They have organic and locally (most things) grown stuff! I'll let you know how it turns out.

Hopefully I'll get a chance to post more recipes in the next few days.

Banana Split Smoothie

Ingredients:
1/2 cup 1% Milk
1/2 cup low-fat vanilla yogurt
1 medium banana
2 tsp whey protein drink powder mix
4 tsp unsweetened orange juice
6 ice cubes

Directions:
Combine all ingredients in blender.
Blend until smooth.

Makes 1 16oz serving

Nutritional Information:

Stop Eating You Fat Bastard

Originally that's what I was going to call my new blog. :) I thought some might not take it in the right light. So I decided to call it the Trek to 200. Is it possible for a fat guy to get down to 200 lbs? I guess we'll find out!

Check out my FAQ for more information on me and what the plan is.

I don't know if it will work but what the hell, it certainly can't hurt. :)

Check back and see how I'm doing if you're interested. If not no big deal. I'm doing it for me, not you.

F.A.Q

Q: Who?
Me of course!, and now Scott, Perry and Charles who have recently joined the site.

Q: What?
A fat man trying to get down to 200 lbs.

Q: When?
Now!

Q: Why?
Uh, I'm going to go out on a limb here and say because I'm fat. :)
Oh, and there are all kinds of health benefits you get from not dragging around 100 extra pounds or so. Less risk of heart attack, stroke, diabetes, all kinds of good stuff.

Q: Where?
Here! Well, virtually here.

Q: How?
Well, I figure I'll try my patent pending method of weight loss...
STOP EATING YOU FAT BASTARD!
Seriously though, I'll start with a good diet and throw in some excersize for good measure. It should work according to all the stuff I've read.

Q: Will you post more to the FAQ?
Of course I will! As soon as I come up with some more questions I'll post them. If you can think of a question you think need to be on the FAQ, post a comment and I'll take a look.