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So I've been on my own journey since April, for real. I started counting my calories, and my fitbit app does a good job of counting macros for me. I started on a ridiculous sounding program that came up in a facebook ad, Basement Beasts. Sure, whatever, try it for free for 30 days? Ok. I did and I LOVE it. I'm not here to evangelize the program, lord knows there's enough out there. Instead my main advice would be to find something you enjoy and that works in your life. If you can't work it in, you'll never get it done. For some that's cross fit, others traditional gyms, or whatever you like. Just keep doing it. That was always my biggest problem - keeping it up. Since April, I've lost 25 pounds. I've shrunk several inches on my waist line (going to actually need a new belt!), and while I don't look radically different, lots of my fat has been replaced by gaining muscle underneath. Like upper pecks - I never had much there. Always my big ole moobs. Because I've watched my diet and been consistent with my workouts, I have a chest that isn't embarrassing. If you're getting started - focus on WHY you're doing it every day. I do it for my family. I need to be here for them. Getting healthy will help me if I get alzheimer/dementia like my father and his mother did. It also feels good! Like my knees feel so much better! Go figure! Keep that goal in your mind every day. Like at our back to school breakfast they had Chick-fil-a biscuits. I LOVE biscuits, and I haven't had any in a LONG while. It's not cheat day. I stood there and watched my peers stuff their faces with biscuits for an hour. I keep my hands on my hips, feeling how much smaller they were, how strong my back and shoulders felt. So I didn't really feel bad. Then I came home after work, and rocked out a killer leg day. What's your goal? What's stopping you from getting there?

I don't know...driver's education class? Watching a loved one die slowly of dementia? Making polite small talk with a Falcons fan who is your boss? Burning diarrihea? Not in order. Moving is definitely in the top 5 worst things ever. We tried using pods since there was a week between leaving the old house and moving in. That SUCKED. You still had to load and unload all your stuff. My wife and I survived that, it was just exhausting. Next time, especially since we think our next move is out of state - we're hiring movers. I'm 41, and I'm too old to do this crap again!

Man, got to say that's pretty rare company! Best of luck to Cam! Sucks he was hung out to dry here, but we did have some fun!

Huddle got to Huddle. I guess its time to write off the team for another decade right? Since the team didn't make the moves y'all would have made. I'm glad for football being back! I'm excited for the hope and optimism of training camp! We don't know what the team is really going to look like until the games count. I guess if you want to be hypercritical now, enjoy?

I started watching Sweet Tooth. I'm 2 episodes in, and I'm enjoying it. Gives me a major Walking Dead / Revolution vibes to a degree. Looking forward to seeing the rest of it. Going to try to get my wife to watch it.

I saw that stuff in twitter, and I'd like to say I'm not surprised. A complete lack of empathy with a big ole side of ignorance. At this point, being unvaccinated is a personal danger from Delta and a liability to your team. Being an asshole (which I'm quite familiar with) is a choice. Hopefully TJ gets covid-19 to ensure he understands the big deal. Experience is a hell of a teacher.

Croc-Loki! Best variant ever!!! I was so excited to watch each episode. A really fun show in my opinion. I was slightly disappointed with the lack of development of Loki and Silvie towards the end after a strong start, BUT I can see the storytelling opening up for the entire MCU. Also, Jonathan Majors is da bomb! He was pure delight in his scenes! I can't wait to see him own the MCU as Kang the Conqueror!

Oh man, I've enjoyed the heck out of these two episodes! I loved how seeing the "paper weights" completely deflated Loki! So good, so interesting! Though I've been seeing a lot of chatter about how the TVA is pretty evil, which kind of makes sense. I can't wait to see what happens!

I love my athletic style boxer briefs. Like the under armor ones. I've had those for years and I still wear them. I've also gotten some other brands as well which have been pretty good daily drivers. Helps keep my meaty thighs from cooking my bacon in the hot weather!

Whenever we played the Falcons, my drunk friends and I would chant: "85 South!" to the Falcons and their fans. Most chants my buddies and I made up were drunk, and kind of rude. Otherwise we stuck to Let's Go Panthers and Keep Pounding. Lots of drinking! Getting too old for that now a days!

I was going to finish up season 2 of the Boys, saw Invincible, and who's work it was based on...yeah, I blew through that! Then finished up season 2 of The Boys. Both great shows for similar and different reasons =)

I did. I really enjoyed the heck out of it! I don't know anything about the source material, but the idea of a "Superman as conqueror" versus his half human son was a cool storyline. I can't wait for the next season as Mark grows beyond what his Dad was.

I will say, the more I read and watch of WG talking, the more you like the kid. He's got a pretty high likeability factor. It would be great if he could develop into a decent #2, but if he's not good enough, then that's the kiss of death for him. I won't feel bad. He's got a hot wife, his health, and he's made some decent money on his NFL contract. And heck, he could still get ANOTHER contract as a back up. WAS and BUF come to mind...

The Huddle: the first poor play any rookie makes will cause them to be called a bust forever. Personally, I just want to see guys who try hard. If we can get that far, that will be an improvement. Will the trade down draft be worth it? We'll see...

I loved guys like Anthony Johnson, Nick Goings, and David Gettis. Just fun guys to watch. I thought for sure that Gettis was on his way to being a superstar...

Nice work! I love the stylizations on the player select. What did you use? After Effects?

Yep! Sounds like Clyde is in a wonderful spot! Good luck! Looks like a sweet baby!

That's why I can't foster dogs. I saw the pictures and I was like "so where can I fit a 3rd crate???" My wife and I agree if we started fostering dogs, we'd end up with all the dogs...and we'd keep them all! If you can, bless you! Best of luck! I'd recommend working on training the dog. Leash manners, learn what triggers the dog, basic commands, etc. That will set them up for success if you can give them up =P

I don't disagree, but there is a media storyline about Brady as the next big OC wunderkinder. While he delivered a new an interesting look last year, did he fundamentally fix the offense? Was he held back by TB? Did he hold back TB? Oh yeah, lots of questions, but I have a feeling that he will get snapped up by a desperate team.

Fear comes from a lack of preparation and high consequence of failure. Confusion comes from a lack of understanding for whatever reason. Both can be corrected with good coaching. Good coaches, as we've seen, are creating mismatches on the field. They are making the job of the QB easier to a degree. Now sometimes, teams get out coached. It happens. Players suffer when they haven't been prepared for an opponent or without contingencies. For Darnold, it's going to be preparing game plans and teaching him what to do when the poo hits the fan. He's got the talent (though not the drawing mascot skills) to execute a game plan. Let's see how good our coaches are.

After we traded for Darnold, I enders up watching both of O'Sullivan's videos posted here, along with several he did leading up to the draft. What I came away with was the Sam has talent, but the Jets fumbled it. Sure, Darnold bears responsibility for his plays, but he was not set up for success. He is still a young QB. So at the end of the day, he still has a lot of possibility to mold into a franchise QB. Like it or not, this is Joe Brady's HC audition year. If he can prove to be a QB whisperer with Darnold and turn his career around, we'll be looking for a new OC come the Spring. As a fan, I'd love to see Darnold succeed and become the answer we've been looking for since Cam got obliterated. If he crashes and burns, then we'll just have to keep trying to figure it out.

I agree. I do expect the search to start pretty immediately if Darnold flames out. Will we find a franchise QB? That's a much more complicated and scary proposition... Getting a franchise QB is not easy!

I think it's hilarious to see folks ready to string Darnold up after his first incomplete pass or interception. Like @rayzor said, he's basically a more advanced rookie, and should be held to a similar level of patience. That's why we picked up the 5th year, in my opinion. I'd love it if he "hit" here and we were able to finally have the answer to our QB-post Cam question. But if he doesn't, I'm sure Fit and Rhule will be looking for a QB until they find one. That's the nature of the NFL. As we also saw with the Chiefs, it doesn't matter what your record is, you can trade up in the draft for a guy you think is your franchise QB. Again, I hoping that this is the reset he needs, and I think Rhule knows what needs to be done. At this point in the offseason, let's all have some hope. We have time for crushing reality later this year!

Another insightful pod! I appreciate it! It's going to be interesting to see how well our scouts did this year with the 4-7 rounds, as those are supposed to be where your scouts come to really show their evaluation skills.

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