grue 1 #1 July 18, 2013 I just told my brother, whose health I worry about because of his weight, that if he gets down to 230lbs I'll either buy him a tandem or pay for his first jump course. The damned fool accepted. Hopefully next summer we can welcome a new addict He does some amateur MMA fighting so he's been training for that, and is down about 15lbs already, so I know he _CAN_ do it, just hoping that some extra motivation will help so that he _WILL_ cavete terrae. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Divergert 0 #2 July 18, 2013 Good on you - looking forward to your post about your brothers first jump! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FlyingRhenquest 1 #3 July 18, 2013 Should be do-able. I've lost over 30 pounds since I started skydiving, just because I finally had the motivation to get in shape. I stopped soft drinks completely back in the '90's when I realized I was up to 3 cokes a day (A current co-worker of mine will go through more than that at LUNCH,) started exercising and stopped snacking after I started skydiving. It's still coming off slowly, but I'm under the target weight I'd set for myself. Anything after this point is just gravy. Gravy which I'm not eating!I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DcloudZ 0 #4 July 18, 2013 FlyingRhenquest Should be do-able. I've lost over 30 pounds since I started skydiving, just because I finally had the motivation to get in shape. I stopped soft drinks completely back in the '90's when I realized I was up to 3 cokes a day (A current co-worker of mine will go through more than that at LUNCH,) started exercising and stopped snacking after I started skydiving. It's still coming off slowly, but I'm under the target weight I'd set for myself. Anything after this point is just gravy. Gravy which I'm not eating! I'm sure the standard skydiving diet of ramen noodles has something to do with it as well"Better to have a short life that is full of what you like doing than a long life spent in a miserable way." -Alan Watts Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grue 1 #5 July 18, 2013 FlyingRhenquest Should be do-able. I've lost over 30 pounds since I started skydiving, just because I finally had the motivation to get in shape. I stopped soft drinks completely back in the '90's when I realized I was up to 3 cokes a day (A current co-worker of mine will go through more than that at LUNCH,) started exercising and stopped snacking after I started skydiving. It's still coming off slowly, but I'm under the target weight I'd set for myself. Anything after this point is just gravy. Gravy which I'm not eating! Yeah, I'm down just under 50lbs since October myself. My wingload has gone from a 1.5 to a 1.2something cavete terrae. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
