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. :)