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05-02-19, 06:37 AM
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05-02-19, 06:44 AM
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Funny, but we disagree on almost every one of those points. But, hey, that is in fact the best part of retirement. It just doesn’t matter!
I pop out of bed every singe day according to my internal alarm clock at 5:00 AM. There is no fix for it no matter what I try. I just read the editorial page of the NYT. The rest I don’t much care about. I like being clean shaven. Hate facial hair. But I do slough off exercise if the weather is bad. That we can agree on. But try my suggestion. Lunch out is a treat not to be missed. Though I must say it was responsible for some weight gain for both Mrs rpen and me. We are getting a handle on that now.
I pop out of bed every singe day according to my internal alarm clock at 5:00 AM. There is no fix for it no matter what I try. I just read the editorial page of the NYT. The rest I don’t much care about. I like being clean shaven. Hate facial hair. But I do slough off exercise if the weather is bad. That we can agree on. But try my suggestion. Lunch out is a treat not to be missed. Though I must say it was responsible for some weight gain for both Mrs rpen and me. We are getting a handle on that now.
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05-02-19, 06:46 AM
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Not a lunch man.
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05-02-19, 06:51 AM
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I'm not a big fan of facial hair either, but I absolutely hated having to shave daily when I worked white collar. I quickly adjusted to shaving every other day when I worked blue collar. Since retiring I've adjusted to shaving twice a week only, and occasionally only when I feel like it.
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05-02-19, 06:52 AM
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Lunch is great.
Breakfast is awesome, too.
Oh, and dinner - dinner is wonderful.
...did I mention snacks?
Breakfast is awesome, too.
Oh, and dinner - dinner is wonderful.
...did I mention snacks?
05-02-19, 06:56 AM
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Speaking of lunch, I had a doctor visit yesterday and we talked about my weight problem as usual. I told her that I’m fixated on food and am thinking about where lunch will be while I’m eating breakfast. I wasn’t kidding.
She’s really not very helpful.
She’s really not very helpful.
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05-02-19, 07:15 AM
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Did she give you restaurant recommendations?
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Not a facial hair man.
05-02-19, 07:30 AM
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05-02-19, 07:34 AM
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I like food, but I'm not that bad. Is it possible that you've got some kind of nutritional deficiency that your body is trying to account for?
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Is Game of Thrones better than Monopoly?
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Both my old doc and my new doc have tested for a few things. My old doc was shocked that I continue gain weight despite riding 6-7,000 miles a year since 1982. I may have a medical condition but I think it's more of a volume problem and I'm the first to admit it.
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05-02-19, 08:00 AM
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I certainly have/had a volume problem. Tracking my intake has been interesting over the last couple months (I enter it on my Fitbit app). I would say that a) I wasn't that bad but b) it really isn't a big difference between losing 1/2 lb per week and gaining 1/2 lb per week. For me, a little mindfulness has gone a long way; this morning I weighed in about 1 pound heavier than my lowest weight from last year and my riding season is just barely underway (last year, my lightest was in Sept or so, I think).
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They certainly produce with calibrated systems in mind, and that includes taking ambient light out of the equation; I wasn't terribly surprised to see so much complaining online. Like you said, the darkness was a part of the mood, but with the right set-up, detail wasn't a problem... it's just that a lot of people just weren't viewing on a decent set-up.
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Regarding retirement, this is what mine looks like this morning - Tour of Yorkshire on the laptop and Tour de Romandie on the desktop and coffee, of course.
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I'm not a medieval ages or dragon guy.
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