Posts by quietpilot23

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Got no decent spot to take photos. Can't go outside in the daylight without the neighbors losing their minds. 😂

Phone’s a joke. Claims to be 16mpx, but the quality is straight up garbage.

Anyway—started at 182 lbs in mid-August. Currently sitting at 196.
The Elevator goes up pretty fast. By mid-April, I should be hitting 207. Weight gain is right on track.

Then I'll slowly cut 10-15 lbs before summer. Goal is to turn that 194 into actual muscle so I'm not winded after a thirty-minute hike. 😂

Looking back at old pics, you can barely tell I put on chest or those legendary calves. In person, though, the progress is obvious.

thanks, regedit is a lifesaver 😁

Seriously? It’s driving me nuts. Every single day, I have to go back in and disable "use small icons" right after I boot up my PC.

Right-click the taskbar and toggle "use small icons" to off.

The second I reboot—boom, right back to square one. It's still stuck on those tiny icons.

Is this a Microsoft or what?

haha looks like we're all headed for a massive argument in the chat.

What even defines a toxic debate?

I'm not defending Aaron Jones87, I'm just curious.

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Sitting at about 185 lbs right now. Put on three pounds over the last six weeks.

Sorry about the lighting. This phone camera sucks; you can only get a decent shot with actual sunlight if you want to see any detail. 😁

31 years old, 5'9", currently sitting at 180 lbs.

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I've been on a break from cutting, calorie counting, and all that other exhausting nonsense for a week now. Probably gonna keep this lazy streak going for another ten days or so.

The plan is to start bulking by late August, but I'm aiming for a "leaner" bulk this time. Don't want to deal with a massive fat loss phase next year like I did this year.😁

If I can pack on at least 6 or 7 lbs of muscle, I'll just lean out to 10% body fat and hold steady from there.

Only 9 days left until one of the biggest festivals in the Midwest—Ferragosto Jam 12.

http://ferragostojam.com/

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Lineup:

Thursday, Aug 1st
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☆ Pepsi Picnic Stage ☆
"90's Dance Party"
♫ I.Bee
♫ Minea
♫ Ella
♫ Dance Hard w. dj hiddenharbor66

Friday, Aug 2nd
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☆ Pepsi Picnic Stage ☆
♫ Goran Bare & The Mothers
♫ M.O.R.T.
♫ Edo Maajka & band
♫ Helem Nejse
♫ Rezerve
♫ Porto morto
♫ Kries

☆ ROCK STAGE ☆
♫ dj hiddenharbor66

☆ Music QUIZ by ExxonMobil ☆

Saturday, Aug 3rd
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☆ Jägermeister Stage ☆
♫ MAR
♫ Ischariotzcky
♫ Domagoj Šimek
♫ Jeboton Ensemble

☆ Pepsi Picnic Stage ☆
♫ Josipa Lisac
♫ Letu Štuke
♫ Urban & 4
♫ Vojko V
♫ Sfumato
♫ One Step Away
♫ Them Moose Rush
♫ FNC Diverzant

☆ Red Bull Stage ☆
♫ Oliver
♫ Fullstep Phil
♫ VRH
♫ Goran Kolak
♫ MILEA

☆ Quiet Stage ☆
♫ Mario, Furtee & Spica, hiddenharbor66

☆ Volleyball action here: http://ferragostojam.com/volleyball/

Sunday, Aug 4th
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☆ Jägermeister Stage ☆
♫ Mr.Lee & IvaneSky
♫ Aklea Neon
♫ Ognjen Čudnoređe
...

☆ Pepsi Picnic Stage ☆
♫ Krankshvester
♫ Brkovi
♫ Nered i Stoka
♫ Partibrejkers
♫ Nipplepeople
♫ Detmeć
♫ Ogenj
♫ Man Without Hearing

☆ Red Bull Stage ☆
♫ Mile Hund
♫ Teo Harouda
♫ Mancha
♫ Mladen Tomic
♫ Fixsell

☆ Quiet Stage ☆
♫ Omer, Marko Jozić, Mario

☆ Singing Battles!!!

+++ ♫ Ferragosto Orchestra

TICKETS:
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Festival passes:
☂ $25 - until Jan 13, '19
☂ $33 - until Feb 03, '19
☂ $42 - until Mar 30, '19
☂ $45 - until Jun 20, '19
☂ $50 - ...

Single Day: $33

Where to buy:
- Ticketmaster --> http://bit.ly/IDEM_NA_FJ12
- Local outlets --> https://www.ticketmaster.com/outlets

- Dirty Old Shop, Chicago
- Club Exit, New Orleans
- Dallas Music Shop, Dallas
- Fontana, Denver
- Lumer shop, Seattle
- Tom Klub, Austin
- Savings Bank, Portland
- Pixel, Kansas City
- Blue Wave, Orlando

This is my fifth year running. Honestly, I live for this. It’s the only way I can actually escape the stress, the constant noise, the phone, and all the usual bullshit.

The only thing getting tired will be my liver and my body. 😁

The mods on Alternative aren't doing their damn jobs!

Up until last year, I was on there all the time. Loved diving into science stuff and whatever else.

But honestly? Half the crap being posted there now is straight-up delusional.

I’m wondering when the alternative board is finally gonna be cleaned up. There’s nothing worth reading anymore because it’s just a constant stream of trolls posting mindless garbage day in and day out.

You know what I mean, Abraham Lincoln?

You ever deal with that situation where you’ve got 999 people who all agree on a fact, and then some troll shows up insisting the exact opposite? Even after those 999 people shut him down with actual logic, he just keeps trolling with stupid links and nonsense theories. At this point, the only things worth reading on this forum are the car and hobby threads.

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5'9", 193 lbs. Still cutting. Got about 7-9 lbs left to go.

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Standing up in the shower for sex is basically physical therapy for your legs.👍

Anyone tried those air-pumpable anatomical insoles you can tune to fit your feet?

You have no idea how much it messes with your head—when your shoes are uncomfortable and constantly bugging you, it’s just straight-up miserable every single day.

I used to deal with this stuff too, mostly with my ankles. Back when I worked at FedEx, I always had to size up and pack them with inserts because they’d chafe, rub, and leave me bleeding.

But that was just with those stiff-ass work boots.

Now, pretty much any pair of shoes I put on starts giving me grief.

Brenda Alvarez24 said:What, you don't have bunions?

Nah.

Look, I just have wide feet. I need shoes built for wide feet, a decent insole, and I'm done.

This whole thing is pointless. I try something, it feels great for two days—then everything starts rubbing the second I realize my foot doesn't have enough room in the shoe.

I walk about 3.1 miles total every day commuting to work and back.🤦

Let me break this down simply for the non-experts here:

My foot length is 10.2 inches.

Check any standard US size chart—that measurement usually lands you at a size 10 or 11.

I was a solid 10, maybe an 11 at most, until about a year or two ago.

Now I can’t go lower than a 12, and it isn't even about the length—it's the width.

What the hell happens to feet after you hit 30 to make them deform like this?

Magic? It sounds ridiculous, but it's the truth.

Nah, my issue is I’ve got these super wide forefeet, if that makes sense, plus massive toes.

Back in the day, you could actually find shoes with a decent width. Nowadays, 90% of what’s on the shelves is way too narrow for me. It’s not about the length; it’s all about the width because of how my feet are shaped.

Clear enough now?

I could sit there and try on ten different pairs of sneakers, but it’s pointless. The only thing that works is buying a size 13 just to get the width I need, even though it’s two sizes too big for my actual foot length. But then the heel slips out constantly because the shoes are just too long.

My doctor basically told me I should just get custom-made shoes.

Right now, I’m stuck wearing some crappy $243 Nike kicks in a size 13 just so I can walk around this summer without pain. People look at me like I’m wearing clown shoes since I’m only about 5'9". 😁

Tried a size 12—still way too narrow.

At this rate, I might just buy some stretchy Crocs and call it a day.

So, I’ve got some pretty "deformed" feet, and it’s only just hitting me now that I'm over 30.

1.) My toes are ridiculously long and my big toe is super wide.
2.) The area around my metatarsals—just before the toes—is also really wide.
3.) My feet roll inward toward the center of my body.

Normally I wear a size 11 or 12, specifically a 12, but lately it feels like I have to buy a size 13 or 14 just to avoid inflammation. The problem is, oversized shoes suck because my foot slips out while walking unless I tie them like a total idiot. 😁

It's not funny. First, my pinky toe gets inflamed, the skin underneath gets all loose and wrinkled, and then I end up with blisters under the toe.
I also get blisters on the sides of my big toes.

I tried those anatomical insoles from eBay for about $27, which helped the foot geometry a little bit, but not much.

Yesterday, I dropped about $40 on some "winter" sneakers. A size 12 fits perfectly in terms of length—there's actually enough room in the front that sometimes my heel slips out—but since the shoe is "narrow," the sizing doesn't even matter.

I'm lost on what to do. It feels stupid to drop $167 on shoes when 90% of what's sold today is too narrow, and I need something with a wide forefoot.

I think if I could fix that loose skin under my toes, it might help. I hate feeling like something is rubbing against me all day, just waiting to get home so I can rip my shoes off.

ps. Out of the last 4 or 5 pairs of sneakers I've bought, only the pair I picked up at Walmart actually fit well, but they were a size 13 and my feet looked like skis. 😁
They fell apart fast, too, mostly because of how my feet roll inward; the shoe just shredded right there.

Anyone got advice on specific brands to try, maybe certain insoles, or even a cream that handles these toe blisters?

Not trying to start a whole new thread here.

I guess I’m a bit behind the times in this modern era where the media just manufactures "influencers"—basically just trashy people selling their bodies—and it's wrecking society because now you're forced to be 😵

Sites like BuzzFeed are the worst offenders. You used to actually find decent articles, but now it's 80% pure garbage.

If I built a Chrome extension that filters out all that junk content based on specific keywords, would that be illegal? 😁

Took a 4-day break from training, followed by 3 days of heavy drinking and hangovers. Yesterday, I finally got back at it with 40 minutes of HIIT and some core work.

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Currently sitting under 180 lbs, maybe even closer to 175. Need to grab some new batteries for my scale.

The plan is to stay in a slight deficit through the end of January and melt off at least 4 or 5 lbs just to see how much more of this belly fat disappears.
Then I'll move into maintenance mode with heavy lifting at the gym.

I'm taking a break from the gym right now, so I'm doing at least 30 minutes of HIIT at home every day, with two rest days a week.