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Eric: Is it wrong to want to celebrate by eating twelve pies? Granted, they would kill me, but....
Though I often fail, I try to avoid doing "Livejournal" style updates as to my everyday life, health et al. That's not really what Websnark's for, in as much as Websnark's "for" anything. But every so often we have a threshold event, and I figure I ought to report it because... well, I have an ego the size of Montana.
So. Folks have gathered I've done some rather... extreme things to lose weight before I... well, died.
As of this morning, those have culminated in a 150.5 lb weight loss. I figure that once you break 150, you have to call it a threshold.
I've been saying as I went along that "I've lost my niece in weight," or "I lost a high school sophomore." Or "I lost my Mother."
However, 150 deserves something cooler. Therefore... I have officially lost one ninja's worth of weight.
I'm just scared he's out there, conspiring to get revenge. Ninja don't need bones, damn it.
Posted by Eric Burns-White at May 3, 2005 12:58 PM
Comments
Comment from: djcoffman posted at May 3, 2005 1:11 PM
Congratulations Eric!--
Man, I wish I could like lose a Ninja's ARM or something.. at least. Maybe a Ninja leg.
Comment from: Christopher B. Wright posted at May 3, 2005 1:41 PM
Well if you manage to lose a pirate, you can set him after the ninja. :)
Comment from: Dave Van Domelen posted at May 3, 2005 2:03 PM
You have lost an Autoduellist. Remember, all Car Wars characters are 150 lbs regardless of how much gear they're carrying. :)
Comment from: kirabug posted at May 3, 2005 2:15 PM
You could eat 1/12th of a pie... as long as it was a low-carb pie... like say, bacon. Or quiche. You could eat 1/12th of a quiche pie :)
Comment from: quiller posted at May 3, 2005 2:49 PM
Congratulations. I hope that puts you at a much healthier weight. It also puts into perspective the mere 40 lbs of extra tub I'm carrying about with me.
Comment from: hitch posted at May 3, 2005 3:08 PM
a low carb quiche pie would have to be sans crust. and that, my friends, is a fritata. not that that's a bad thing...but pie a fritata is not.
Comment from: siwangmu posted at May 3, 2005 3:23 PM
That's why I come here--because one man's dire, life-threatening health problem succeeded by slow, difficult yet ultimately rewarding change for the better is another man's opportunity for gratuitous ninja jokes.
And both those men are you. (Don't lose either of them! Except the one with the health problem. Crap. My metaphor totally fell apart on me. Is that even a metaphor? Man, now I have all this babble and no way out. Look over there!)
Congratulations!
Now keep taking care of yourself, because (as previously discussed) you have no obligations to us in terms of content, but you better believe when it comes to "continuing health such as enables writing Websnark," your ass is ours.
Comment from: One Timer posted at May 3, 2005 3:28 PM
Wow, I've been reading your posts for a while now and on occasion thinking of signing up just so I could post a comment. I guess this was the breaking point.
Cleary, ninjas weigh less than your mother. Think about the stealth factor people... then again, I haven't met your mother.
Comment from: Alexander Danner posted at May 3, 2005 4:24 PM
That's fantastic, Eric! Congratulations!
Comment from: Shadowydreamer posted at May 3, 2005 4:30 PM
..and somewhere in the universe there's a box with a ninja, Eric's mother, Eric's neice and a highschool sophmore playing Fluxx.
150 pounds. Wow. That's incredible Eric! Congrats!!
Comment from: toddandpenguin posted at May 3, 2005 5:41 PM
Congratulations!! That is very, (not just one, but two) very impressive.
I would give you my shortbread, but I've already eaten it.
Comment from: MasonK posted at May 3, 2005 6:09 PM
Well, I should hope so, T&P. You got that shortbread five months ago. It'd be hard as a rock by now otherwise...
Comment from: SeanH posted at May 3, 2005 7:44 PM
I've done some rather... extreme things to lose weight
Am I the only one who finds that bit quite ominous? What kind of dark deeds has Eric committed in his quest for svelteness? Has he discovered some twisted mirror image of the Atkins Plan from the nether regions of the abyss that requires him to drink the blood of virgins? The people demand details!
Comment from: Shadowydreamer posted at May 3, 2005 8:55 PM
I think it's the "type off the pounds" plan..
Comment from: Dorkboy posted at May 4, 2005 2:43 AM
As of right now I have lost 36 lbs this year...that's why? A small child? A couple water melons? I got it!
1/4th of what I currently Squat for reps.
that works :)
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Comment from: suz posted at May 4, 2005 3:49 AM
Hey, good job.
Very excellent.
Comment from: Steve Troop posted at May 4, 2005 4:43 AM
You've also lost one Steve Troop in weight.
;)
Steve
Comment from: Zaltys posted at May 4, 2005 5:14 AM
Congratulations - that's awesome work :)
Comment from: 32_footsteps posted at May 4, 2005 9:57 AM
As to what ominous lengths Eric went to lose weight, I seem to recall him mentioning in an earlier snark (one about his fear of slipping on ice, I think) that he had the stomach stapling surgery. That is ominous, considering there are some very serious risks involved in that surgery. Though at this point, I'd say Eric got out of it just fine.
Myself, I've been yoyoing for a bit, but I'm slowly going down. I'm on the gamer weight loss plan - I got addicted to Dance Dance Revolution. I'm getting used to some of the more difficult songs now, so hopefully the weight will start flying off.
I'd also like to give credit to the "adipose ninja" comment. Man, I haven't used the word adipose in ages. That brings back memories.
Comment from: J.(Channing)Wells posted at May 4, 2005 1:39 PM
"You've also lost one Steve Troop in weight."
Hm.
Steve Troop... weighs the same as a ninja... and as Eric's mom.
COINCIDENCE?!?
Comment from: Wednesday posted at May 4, 2005 4:34 PM
I'm on the gamer weight loss plan - I got addicted to Dance Dance Revolution.
Okay, see, that game made me cry. I'm serious. They don't tell you it's basically the world's most complicated and confusing hopscotch game. By about round forty of the first tutorial, I was on the ground, sobbing: a) "WHERE ARE MY FEET," and b) "I TRIED TO GO UP AND DOWN LIKE THE ARROWS SAID BUT THERE IS NO UP AND DOWN ON THIS THING." Songs? AHAHEE. Six months I spend looking for a sports bra that fits, and for what? Abject humiliation. What next? Double-dutch jump rope revolution?
Going back on the green tea diet, I tell you.
Comment from: 32_footsteps posted at May 4, 2005 4:47 PM
Man, now I'm feeling like a jerk, and I didn't even do anything but describe how I'm reducing my own weight.
I'll admit, the game's not for everyone. It requires a combination of decent balance (I've got a bad ankle - you seriously don't want to know how many times I've literally fallen off), pattern recognition, and being able to sit through Euro-pop and Japanese techno. And yes, it does help if you ignore the rising embarassment you feel at first.
But if you're looking for something along those lines, I hear that jogging is better on your joints and just as healthy.
Just keep two things in mind. First, abject humiliation only counts if you care about what other people say about you. Second, you're always better than the game, so there's no need to get emotional over it. Not that I follow either one all that often...
Comment from: Wednesday posted at May 4, 2005 6:06 PM
Er. Sorry. Jerk-feelingness induction not intended. The UI completely breaks my head to pieces; I'm in awe of anyone who can do that. So therefore I'm in awe of you, 32, and it was an OH MY GOD how can you DO that.
Comment from: 32_footsteps posted at May 4, 2005 6:41 PM
It's okay - I know you weren't intending anything nasty.
The UI takes getting used to, because foot-eye coordination isn't something many people (outside, of course, DDR freaks) practice at all.
And lest you be in awe of me - again, I fall off the machine, to this day, with relative frequency. If you count the times I *nearly* fall off, you'd probably wonder how I ever get through anything in the game.
How do I do it? I almost can't. That's about the best answer I can give.
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