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Boy, haven't posted on this forum for quite a while. I'm currently in the middle of my second winter-stint in the Baja. Doesn't suck. :coolsmiley:

I've been holding steady at 185 lbs (down from 240 pre-FIRE) for months now...and BF% has been dropping steadily...14, 13, 12, and now sitting at 11%. Which means I'm LOSING fat and GAINING muscle. Now, I do try and eat around 150 grams of protein daily combined with a dedicated weight training...

Skin calliper measurement (5mm) on my suprailiac said 11% as of this morning. Allowed myself some beer tonight as a reward. :)

I lost 60 pounds in the year following my ER...tons of cardio and running a large caloric deficit at least 5 days a week...often as large as a daily 1000 calorie deficit. One MASSIVE mind-shift was getting used to almost always feeling slightly hungry...I would never eat until I felt...

17 years old to 42...25 years total. More than enough. :) FIRE, no surprise to the good folks here, is much more fun.:dance:

I am getting towards the end journey of a physical transformation that began when I walked off the job site for the last time. I was around 24% BF towards the end of 2014 (using the skin calliper method). Now I am around 12%...the goal is to get to single digits by the Summer...of course I have...

First workout of 2016 in the books...400 calories burned on the stationary bike (10 miles) and then just over an hour of weights, working the PUSHING muscle groups. Legs tomorrow. 2015 was mostly about getting leaner and working on my cardio endurance...2016 will focus on getting stronger - I...

Today is the start of my gym workouts of 2016, athough I have already gone for a 7k run on New Year's Day. I really like the idea of writing everything down...so today, I will start doing this.

Hmm...never really wrote it all down. But over the course of 2015 I went to the gym, pretty much without fail, 5 days per week...30 or 40 minutes of hard cardio plus another hour of weight training. Lost sixty pounds total...went from a body fat % of around 23% to around 10% where I am now...

Saw it earlier today. As a child of the late 70's/early 80's that felt very much like injecting some sort of nostalgic cocktail drug directly into my veins. Will see it again...probably more than once.

Rodi, that post makes me very happy. Seeing it on Christmas Eve at noon. :dance:

My screen name is very suggestive of my favourite hobby...a great activity to work the upper body. If you happen to live in a beautiful area on a body of water (ocean, lake, river) sometimes you can be so distracted by gorgeous scenery that you don't even know what a great upper torso workout...

FIRE allows for an incredible opportunity to become the fittest version of yourself...some of the stuff I'm reading here is a bit of a head scratcher...I guess some folks are...just actually LAZY. ;D

I have lost 60 pounds since I FiRE'd just over a year and a bit ago. I am probably fitter now in my early 40's than I was in my late 20's...which was my last FIT PHASE. Cardio and weight training 5 days a week...lots of sea kayaking and hiking in the Summer. Being active and fit are just...

I will likely see it several times...it is getting rave reviews. And apparently even Harrison Ford seems rejuvenated. I was 5 years old when to original came out in 1977. The franchaise holds some powerful nostalgic feelings for me.

I admit to going a bit overboard on the gifts for the nieces and nephews. Yet, not having kids of our own, I know I am WAAAAAAAAY ahead of the game in terms of "kid costs"...so I am likely going to SPOIL them silly again this year. Added bonus, many of the things I buy my nephews are things I...

Don't look now, but the Seahawks have their groove back. Russell Wilson probably playing as well as any QB right now (11 TD's, 0 INT's, QB rating 138, 148, 146, in the last 3 games), and throwing in all his regular Houdini plays and long runs. If anyone claims there is a more entertaining QB...

That is our current plan. :nonono:

I'm about to get whacked by a hurricane/tropical storm. A first for me (and my wife). I am both frightened and fascinated by this fact.

Still snow(rain)birding in Baja. DW is now here with me for 3 weeks. Glorious.

This morning I loaded up a backpack with some food and water and decided to go on a bit of an epic beach trek. My best "guesstimate" is that I logged about 8 miles total. In all my years of visiting this place I've always felt I never had the TIME to explore like I did today. The beaches go on...

Would have been even cooler if the picture didn't post sideways. :(

On a more positive note, I rescued this cute little guy from baking hot sand and sun and from marauding sea birds and set him gently into the waves of the Sea of Cortez. Made me feel surprisingly emotional.

42. Probably could have done it earlier, but by working longer the FIRE fund is of a real nice size...especially considering our modest spending (we are MMM disciples). And yes, being kidless allows for some remarkable options. Currently snowbirding (or is it rainbirding, since I"m form the...

The water is indeed COLD. But the point of the exercise is to remain upright in your kayak so that you don't encounter the frigid Salish Sea of the San Juan/Gulf Islands. This means knowing excellent bracing techniques! If you plan on practising your wet exits, capsize recoveries, and eventually...