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Thread: Had to buy a new belt!
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2022-11-28, 10:53 AM (ISO 8601)
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Had to buy a new belt!
I am a fat guy. I show my weight entirely in my belly. And I do not like it. At all. My primary issue, historically, has been my diet. Which, as fitness nerds know, is impossible to counteract with exercise (which, to be fair, I also wasn't doing).
In August I joined one of those little bootcamp gyms. It's five minutes from my work. They have class every weekday at noon and I've managed to go to at last three class classes each week (and more often four or five) every week since I joined.
And, having been diagnosed with ADHD last year, and subsequently gotten myself a therapist to help work through what that means for me, I've also managed to put some routines and controls into place that are really helping me control my eating, and that look like they'll be sustainable long-term.
As a result of that one-two punch, I've gone through four belt notches in the past three months. And last night I had to buy a new belt! A shorter belt! The last time I bought a new belt it was in the other direction.
Lots of work left to do (I'm still a fat guy, just less so). And I'm trying to focus on process rather than result (because if I get too excited by the results, I'll stop doing the work once I achieve it). But all the same, actual objective fat loss is pretty exciting.
truemane's old belt:
Last edited by truemane; 2022-11-28 at 10:55 AM.
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2022-11-28, 11:00 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Dec 2009
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Re: Had to buy a new belt!
Back about a decade or so in Korea I discovered the absolute delight of ratcheting belts. I highly recommend checking them out.
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2022-11-28, 07:50 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Had to buy a new belt!
I may not know you, but I feel happy for you anyway. Tightening the belt is not always a negative term.
I have one and it does allow for a wider range of sizes as well as more precise pick of said size, but at least in my one the button for releasing the belt is not always working smoothly. I very much like the general idea though - definitely worth checking out.In a war it doesn't matter who's right, only who's left.
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2022-11-29, 03:13 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Had to buy a new belt!
Congratulations!
The other answer is to get a leather punch and just make new holes in an existing belt - of course, it doesn't work for all type of belt...
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2022-11-29, 02:29 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Had to buy a new belt!
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2022-12-02, 10:40 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Had to buy a new belt!
I should buy a new one too, I tore apart the leather belt I use on my "working pants" that I bought slightly too large and can't keep on without a belt. So I tend to pull the belt kinda tight and now tore off part of the fastening mechanism. Never could find a proper hole to use either slightly too tight or slightly too loose.
Had a friend who was on a similar journey. Emphasis on was, because in the middle of it his blood-work came out wonky and they found he had the big C.
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2022-12-02, 08:49 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Jul 2006
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Re: Had to buy a new belt!
It's a great feeling, isn't it?
Lots of work left to do (I'm still a fat guy, just less so). And I'm trying to focus on process rather than result (because if I get too excited by the results, I'll stop doing the work once I achieve it).
But all the same, actual objective fat loss is pretty exciting.Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.
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2022-12-07, 10:47 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Had to buy a new belt!
I've tried that (and many other, similar things) but that sort of thing rarely works for me. I am almost never able to psyche myself up for a goal. Which is a common way that ADHD presents (especially in adults).
In this case, however, I was motivated by one thing that does motivate me: my partner's happiness. We had a three-week vacation planned that would involve a lot of walking. And I was determined not to have my fitness level be the limiting factor on anything we did. So I joined the gym about six weeks before the trip hoping to put down a 'base coat' of fitness.
(more the fool me, because I wound up getting a really bad chest cold halfway through and was an absolute mess for about four days)
And then, after the trip, now that the habit had been established, I focused on process to stay on track. My 'goal' is just "go to the gym at least three times a week." That's it. Fat loss or fitness or pushups or anything else is merely a byproduct.
And then, since I was doing all this work on the fitness, I was able to finally get together the wherewithal to focus on the best way to manage my diet. It was no fun putting in all that work and still be a fat guy.
But anyway, even with my focus on process rather than result, a whole new belt is very exciting.
(also, as of this very morning, I think I'm officially down one notch on my new belt, too)(Avatar by Cuthalion, who is great.)
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2022-12-09, 08:31 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Had to buy a new belt!
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2023-01-14, 02:48 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Had to buy a new belt!
I once got a belt with a costume so wide I thought noone could fit it. We all laughed.
I personally use those woven belts where you can insert the catch anywhere along between the threads. It avoids the bad safety catch issue, but a poor-quality one will stretch out and become ugly quickly.Quotes
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2023-02-08, 07:15 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Jan 2021
Re: Had to buy a new belt!
Congrats.
Probably a stupid question, but why did you have a belt in the first place, if you had a large enough belly to fill most pants.
Do larger sizes have a larger difference between one and the other?