Nutri-System

[budcrew08]

Yet another endorsement here for Weight Watchers. It really makes you think about what you're eating. My wife and I did it before we got married and were very pleased with the results. The first couple of weeks were a pain in the ass (of Weight Watchers, not being married) because I couldn't eat as much as I was accustomed to, but once you get used to it it's fine.

A third endorsement for WW. My fiancee and I did it for a few months and it worked pretty well, but we got out of it after a little while, and now we need to get back into it.

 

[Moderator1]

Yet another endorsement here for Weight Watchers. It really makes you think about what you're eating. My wife and I did it before we got married and were very pleased with the results. The first couple of weeks were a pain in the ass (of Weight Watchers, not being married) because I couldn't eat as much as I was accustomed to, but once you get used to it it's fine.

I knew you didn't mean the married part. That doesn't stop after a couple of weeks.
One dear reader is actually sending my son some Nutri-System food to try.

 

[StormSurge]

Nothing keeps the weight off of me better than playing hoops a few times a week.

The hard part is finding a decent game. I am playing in a nice 35+ league once a week. I just need to find another.

No open gym in the college? Lunch time hoops?

When I worked in a college athletic department we played every day at lunch, and I was in the best shape of my life.

During the winter, about 15 to 20 guys, including me, rent out a college gym on Saturday mornings, before the college's team practices around noon. Games start early, but we get in three to four hours of running. It's a 35 + crowd. Good games. Good for a lot of the guys, because they have families and can sneak out and get in the run early before they have to settle back into weekend family life. I'd never do this if I had to organize it -- someone else did it -- but if you can find a similar situation, and you have a core group of guys willing to toss in a little money, it is totally worth it. We send an e-mail each week to see who plans to be there, so we can plan. There are about 5 guys who are "alternates" and get asked if it looks like there won't be enough players. We try to get 15 or less guys so no one has to sit more than one game.

We do that on Sunday early in the evening. I love it because we'll play for a few hours. That especially helps since my shot is pretty rusty, but by the 3rd or 4th game it comes around.

I do that on Wednesday's & Friday's, but it's about to stop with the school year ending. I'm scrambling to find another gym we can use. No way these knees can handle playing outside on asphalt.

I can't keep up a gym regiment. I get bored way too easily. I could play hoop every day.

 

[93Devil]

Nothing keeps the weight off of me better than playing hoops a few times a week.

The hard part is finding a decent game. I am playing in a nice 35+ league once a week. I just need to find another.

No open gym in the college? Lunch time hoops?

When I worked in a college athletic department we played every day at lunch, and I was in the best shape of my life.

During the winter, about 15 to 20 guys, including me, rent out a college gym on Saturday mornings, before the college's team practices around noon. Games start early, but we get in three to four hours of running. It's a 35 + crowd. Good games. Good for a lot of the guys, because they have families and can sneak out and get in the run early before they have to settle back into weekend family life. I'd never do this if I had to organize it -- someone else did it -- but if you can find a similar situation, and you have a core group of guys willing to toss in a little money, it is totally worth it. We send an e-mail each week to see who plans to be there, so we can plan. There are about 5 guys who are "alternates" and get asked if it looks like there won't be enough players. We try to get 15 or less guys so no one has to sit more than one game.

We do that on Sunday early in the evening. I love it because we'll play for a few hours. That especially helps since my shot is pretty rusty, but by the 3rd or 4th game it comes around.

I do that on Wednesday's & Friday's, but it's about to stop with the school year ending. I'm scrambling to find another gym we can use. No way these knees can handle playing outside on asphalt.

I can't keep up a gym regiment. I get bored way too easily. I could play hoop every day.

I would be 99 percent sure that there will be people in that school during the summer.

 

[Moderator1]

My kid doesn't play hoops.

 

[StormSurge]

Nothing keeps the weight off of me better than playing hoops a few times a week.

The hard part is finding a decent game. I am playing in a nice 35+ league once a week. I just need to find another.

No open gym in the college? Lunch time hoops?

When I worked in a college athletic department we played every day at lunch, and I was in the best shape of my life.

During the winter, about 15 to 20 guys, including me, rent out a college gym on Saturday mornings, before the college's team practices around noon. Games start early, but we get in three to four hours of running. It's a 35 + crowd. Good games. Good for a lot of the guys, because they have families and can sneak out and get in the run early before they have to settle back into weekend family life. I'd never do this if I had to organize it -- someone else did it -- but if you can find a similar situation, and you have a core group of guys willing to toss in a little money, it is totally worth it. We send an e-mail each week to see who plans to be there, so we can plan. There are about 5 guys who are "alternates" and get asked if it looks like there won't be enough players. We try to get 15 or less guys so no one has to sit more than one game.

We do that on Sunday early in the evening. I love it because we'll play for a few hours. That especially helps since my shot is pretty rusty, but by the 3rd or 4th game it comes around.

I do that on Wednesday's & Friday's, but it's about to stop with the school year ending. I'm scrambling to find another gym we can use. No way these knees can handle playing outside on asphalt.

I can't keep up a gym regiment. I get bored way too easily. I could play hoop every day.

I would be 99 percent sure that there will be people in that school during the summer.

I know, but the Park & Rec shuts us down. I'm reaching out to the high school AD, as well as some local colleges to see what we need to do to keep going.

 

[imjustagirl]

I loved Weight Watchers when I did it...then I stopped doing it. Had lost a good chunk of weight, got to buy new clothes, the whole shebang...and now I've gained most of it back. I need to pay off some bills before I start doing WW again.