Captain's Log: Dispatches from Planet Milson

[Milson]

Suites your purpose just fine. I like rowing if someone is going to make me do cardio haha

Yeah....tbh i just don't have the energy to train weights. I don't love it like others do. Not for me lol.

But i do like being active. Next spring or whenever I can responsibly go, I'm going back to the climbing gym...now that I'm down forty pounds from when I was last on the wall i have a feeling it will be easier...and bouldering is just such an absorbing, meditative exercise for me.

 

[Hortulanus]

Yeah....tbh i just don't have the energy to train weights. I don't love it like others do. Not for me lol.

But i do like being active. Next spring or whenever I can responsibly go, I'm going back to the climbing gym...now that I'm down forty pounds from when I was last on the wall i have a feeling it will be easier...and bouldering is just such an absorbing, meditative exercise for me.

If you dropped forty lbs you will be climbing those walls like Spider-Man. I went from 230 to 180 and went climbing and was blown away by how easy it was to pull myself. Then went down to 150 (not my plan but health issues) and now a pull up is easier than a push up haha

 

[beluga]

Btw, something from when I went on a food tour in Bangkok re: pad thai...over there, they add the condiments at the table. Spice level, lime, etc. All done to individual diner taste. I can pull up a photo later.

It's interesting to try doing on the plate and not in the wok (which they did in an alley behind the restaurant using Barrell and grate lol it was cool).

Yeah, it's very regional, too.
My uncle married into Thai culture... my aunt was an absolute beast in the kitchen and could drink anyone under the table.
I've seen pad thais that look like soup and I've seen pad thais that look like cacio e pepe. I think sometimes pad thai is just colloquially used as a name of a totally unrelated dish that a specific village or family bestowed the name on... it gets confusing.

 

[Milson]

If you dropped forty lbs you will be climbing those walls like Spider-Man. I went from 230 to 180 and went climbing and was blown away by how easy it was to pull myself. Then went down to 150 (not my plan but health issues) and now a pull up is easier than a push up haha

Yeah i went from 220 to 180 roughly at 5'10". Feel like myself again really.

Depression sucks.

 

[Milson]

Yeah, it's very regional, too.
My uncle married into Thai culture... my aunt was an absolute beast in the kitchen and could drink anyone under the table.
I've seen pad thais that look like soup and I've seen pad thais that look like cacio e pepe. I think sometimes pad thai is just colloquially used as a name of a totally unrelated dish that a specific village or family bestowed the name on... it gets confusing.

My understanding is it was a national pride thing after ww2.

 

[beluga]

My understanding is it was a national pride thing after ww2.

Yeah, that certainly mixed things up a bit.
I don't know too much about that, but it would probably explain why a lot of groups just made their pad thai and are quite proud of it.

 

[Hortulanus]

Yeah, it's very regional, too.
My uncle married into Thai culture... my aunt was an absolute beast in the kitchen and could drink anyone under the table.
I've seen pad thais that look like soup and I've seen pad thais that look like cacio e pepe. I think sometimes pad thai is just colloquially used as a name of a totally unrelated dish that a specific village or family bestowed the name on... it gets confusing.

ive seen “authentic” pad Thai made with ketchup and that’s when I realized your notion.

 

[Hortulanus]

Yeah i went from 220 to 180 roughly at 5'10". Feel like myself again really.

Depression sucks.

it really does man. And it creeps at the door ready to pounce back but hell if it ain’t easier on my pocket book than mania.

glad you’re feeling more yourself man. That’s a big mountain to climb

 

[bellumromanum]

Yeah....tbh i just don't have the energy to train weights. I don't love it like others do. Not for me lol.

But i do like being active. Next spring or whenever I can responsibly go, I'm going back to the climbing gym...now that I'm down forty pounds from when I was last on the wall i have a feeling it will be easier...and bouldering is just such an absorbing, meditative exercise for me.

Climbing is badass I have a lot of respect for that discipline. The weights and strength training became a cathartic valve for me when I got clean and out of the junkie life. Now it's maintenance for my mental space, keeps me alive and free.

Yeah i went from 220 to 180 roughly at 5'10". Feel like myself again really.

Depression sucks.

Congrats man that's a life changing amount of weight to lose.

 

[bellumromanum]

it really does man. And it creeps at the door ready to pounce back but hell if it ain’t easier on my pocket book than mania.

glad you’re feeling more yourself man. That’s a big mountain to climb

Holy shit man you said it. I be broke after a few manic days

 

[Hortulanus]

Holy shit man you said it. I be broke after a few manic days

yeah man. I guess mania makes me hot because I always end a manic bender being naked surrounded by cops or doctors or both lol

it’s been awhile though thank god and I owe it to my Maker, giving up booze, and cannabis.

 

[Milson]

yeah man. I guess mania makes me hot because I always end a manic bender being naked surrounded by cops or doctors or both lol

it’s been awhile though thank god and I owe it to my Maker, giving up booze, and cannabis.

I was headed down a path like that with booze.

 

[bellumromanum]

yeah man. I guess mania makes me hot because I always end a manic bender being naked surrounded by cops or doctors or both lol

it’s been awhile though thank god and I owe it to my Maker, giving up booze, and cannabis.

I feel you brother, for me it was speed & to a lesser extent tar. I put one shot in my arm and there's no stopping me until the feds step in.

 

[Hortulanus]

I feel you brother, for me it was speed & to a lesser extent tar. I put one shot in my arm and there's no stopping me until the feds step in.

sounds like you’re past all that for now. I didn’t even like tar and I got addicted to the shit at 18.

 

[amekins]

If you dropped forty lbs you will be climbing those walls like Spider-Man. I went from 230 to 180 and went climbing and was blown away by how easy it was to pull myself. Then went down to 150 (not my plan but health issues) and now a pull up is easier than a push up haha

The weight game sucks. I am not quite 5’2”. I have weighed as much as 255 lbs. and as little as 103 lbs. at this height. I’ve had weight loss surgery (RNY) and had regain and reloss. It’s hard on the joints and heart and lungs.

 

[BudGoodman]

My wife and I make an extravagant meal together rather than exchange gifts for Xmas and the first one we did was ramen out of the momofuku cookbook. Great stuff.

Yeah i went from 220 to 180 roughly at 5'10". Feel like myself again really.

Depression sucks.

That is a really cool tradition... Truly represents what the holidays mean... At least to me.

Nice job with the weight loss! Takes a mindset.
I've always struggled... I'm walking around somewhere between 250 and 260... In shape, I'm closer to 220... And when racing, I'd cut to 200.
But dammit... I like to eat.

 

[bellumromanum]

sounds like you’re past all that for now. I didn’t even like tar and I got addicted to the shit at 18.

Coming up on 7 years since I touched anything harder than a joint sir

 

[Milson]

That is a really cool tradition... Truly represents what the holidays mean... At least to me.

Thanks! This year we are doing a savory bread loaf great british bake off style. Should be fun.

Btw, nobody has asked, but i will wholeheartedly say i had a positive experience with the Noom app for weight loss and my mother has as well. It takes a psychological approach to how and what a person eats that i enjoy.

 

[Hortulanus]

Thanks! This year we are doing a savory bread loaf great british bake off style. Should be fun.

Btw, nobody has asked, but i will wholeheartedly say i had a positive experience with the Noom app for weight loss and my mother has as well. It takes a psychological approach to how and what a person eats that i enjoy.

I’ve heard good things about Noom. It was definitely a psychological problem for me so a psych approach makes sense.
my psych approach looked like a leftover cup of LSD wash for blotter sheets. I drank it, changed the way I look at food forever.

 

[beluga]

Thanks! This year we are doing a savory bread loaf great british bake off style. Should be fun.

Btw, nobody has asked, but i will wholeheartedly say i had a positive experience with the Noom app for weight loss and my mother has as well. It takes a psychological approach to how and what a person eats that i enjoy.

Yeah, wife doesn't refuse people coming to her for weight management per se, but she does insist they see a therapist first.
Dieting for weight management is often just another way of expressing a control issue that previously expressed itself in a "less healthy" way.
A healthy relationship with a variety of whole foods is paramount to omnivorous well-being.
And it's pretty impressive to see the dominoes tumble from there... a lot of other psychological issues and imbalances can be resolved through the gut.