Queer Eye for the Basement Kind of Guy

And the "inverse fade-out" hairstyle just isn't doing it anymore. Go ahead and accept you don't have enough hair to keep the steamroller going, and just shave it. You'll look ten times better. Not saner, or thinner, or safer around kids, but better.

Also, as far your weight goes, may I suggest three things:

1) Walk for thirty minutes a day. That's all, just get the blood moving. Not only will it effortlessly burn some calories, but its great for your circulation and breathing.

2) Cut out 90% of your sugar. No lie, this helped me when I added the quit-smoking-twenty-pounds. I switched to strictly un-sweet tea, used Splenda in my coffee, and try to limit sodas to (max) one-a-day. Also, if you can switch to whole wheat bread, rather than strict white. White bread has all that refined sugar in it, and it shit for your weight-line. Take it from a starch-freak like myself who wishes his dinner to consist of mashed potatoes, french fries, and garlic bread. White bread is the hardest to divorce from. Maybe just cut your intake of it by half. Watch your pasta intake, too.

3) Practice telling yourself what you like about yourself, and what positive qualities you bring to the people around you on a daily basis. Maybe do it in front of a mirror for the eye contact. Just peel the stark bitterness away, only a for a few minutes, and give yourself a good pep talk.


If you make these THREE SIMPLE THINGS a literal habit, you'll see the difference in less than six months, I promise you. Seriously, consider it...

I would never eliminate catfish you batshit-insane man! But, I'm telling you, get the sugar out of the tea and you'll lose at least ten pounds of gut alone...

fuck that noise. I like my sugar intake the way it is.

3) Practice telling yourself what you like about yourself, and what positive qualities you bring to the people around you on a daily basis. Maybe do it in front of a mirror for the eye contact. Just peel the stark bitterness away, only a for a few minutes, and give yourself a good pep talk.

sure g-man sure

Last time I had to do something akin to dieting, I eliminated all the sugar in my diet for two weeks (mainly in the form of sweet tea and coke) and the pounds melted right off.

"I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and doggone it, people like me!"

And the "inverse fade-out" hairstyle just isn't doing it anymore. Go ahead and accept you don't have enough hair to keep the steamroller going, and just shave it. You'll look ten times better. Not saner, or thinner, or safer around kids, but better.

Also, as far your weight goes, may I suggest three things:

1) Walk for thirty minutes a day. That's all, just get the blood moving. Not only will it effortlessly burn some calories, but its great for your circulation and breathing.

2) Cut out 90% of your sugar. No lie, this helped me when I added the quit-smoking-twenty-pounds. I switched to strictly un-sweet tea, used Splenda in my coffee, and try to limit sodas to (max) one-a-day. Also, if you can switch to whole wheat bread, rather than strict white. White bread has all that refined sugar in it, and it shit for your weight-line. Take it from a starch-freak like myself who wishes his dinner to consist of mashed potatoes, french fries, and garlic bread. White bread is the hardest to divorce from. Maybe just cut your intake of it by half. Watch your pasta intake, too.

3) Practice telling yourself what you like about yourself, and what positive qualities you bring to the people around you on a daily basis. Maybe do it in front of a mirror for the eye contact. Just peel the stark bitterness away, only a for a few minutes, and give yourself a good pep talk.


If you make these THREE SIMPLE THINGS a literal habit, you'll see the difference in less than six months, I promise you. Seriously, consider it...

Telling me how to live my life without me asking is very g-man like.

and this is where your girlfriend from Wow is coming to visit you at eh? not bad rex. not bad at all...

Wow is where I met joe mamas woman.

It's true. She asked me, "Do you know some gay guy named rexstardust?"

Just so you leave me alone I'll tell you what I am now doing.

I'm in the process of moving to a new apartment that is on the second floor. that's gonna be some good exercise there since I have a dog that will need to go out several times a day, along with whenever I leave to go anywhere.

The apartment is on the bike path and river. I love riding my bike there and if I go one way there's a mall and the other way is a major shopping area. If the weather is nice I walk to either of those.

There is a workout room in the complex that I will use when its raining, which is nine months out of the year.

The shit hole neighborhood I live in now is right in the middle of the two major bike paths. To get to either I have to cross major streets and that sometimes makes me not want to go anywhere. Once I'm in the new apartment I will be either walking or riding my bike everywhere.

Oh and seriously...cut the sugar intake. It's the most pain-free form of dieting you can find. If you skip the sugar in your coffee, you can still have those french fries...

If you want to lose fat, do weights. Especially your back and leg muscles.

I don't drink coffee.

If you want to lose fat, do weights. Especially your back and leg muscles.

You one asked anyone. You worthless piece of shit.

What does that mean?

And what did Rob do?

What's a normal meal for you? On an average day?

True that. But, we're trying to find a way for Rex to tone up with the least path of resistance. If he can take the first step of just regulating what he eats, then each new step will be that much easier and that much more beneficial. Weights are, like, the fifth step in this ladder...

For me, physical habit is harder than mental habit...

Bowl of cereal or bagel
peanut butter or turkey sandwich
soup or something light. It gets hot here and I'm not hungry at night.

stop eating the little children you bring beneath the bridge with you!

Hate to tell you this, but doing weights does not necessarily help you lose fat.
It can convert your carbohydrates into energy, to help develop muscle tone, but it does not burn fat, at least not in a quick fashion.

This is why I have not touched the weights since I returned to the gym a few months ago.
I have been working on cardio first, using running machines and the excercise bikes, as the initial priority is to burn calories and get my internals fully functioning again before I worry about toning my muscles or bulking them back up.

Weights are absolutely no use for losing fat without a controlled/balanced diet of sorts.

Weights are the last thing anyone wanting to lose weight, should be considering.

What rex is going to do with the dog walking and bike riding is far more useful than lifting weights, and probably even more useful than straight forward dieting.
Cutting out bits and pieces here and there, is a good idea, but full on dieting is not necessarily the healthiest thing to do.

And are you in shape?

I really like food, if I exercise it's mostly an excuse to be able to eat more food.

This guy knows what he's talking about. I'm being serious here.

I lived in the apartment complex I'm moving into before. I'll be more active now but even back then I lost weight just because of the location of the apartment.

Well with weights you burn a lot of calories, and you grow muscles that require more calories. So unless you start eating a lot more than before, the calories you're obtaining should go to your muscles instead of becoming more fat.

If I didn't care, I would just give up on you like I have with Snarf or Sammitch.

Weights really don't burn THAT many calories. The bit about muscles altering your metabolism is true.

Rex, I know you don't exactly like listening to me, but I'll tell you... Take it from a dude that's dropped nearly half his body weight. Walking a lot makes a hell of a difference. Just put on some comfortable clothes, listen to some music, and it's a fucking breeze. And it only gets easier.

Don't get discouraged if you're genuinely trying to lose weight. And don't think "I'm not doing enough, I'm not trying hard enough."
You're trying. That alone is "enough." Just keep at it, man.
We may have had our disagreements in the past but I'll definitely support you on this one.

Now I know I have a heart, because it's breaking.

will jacking off to pictures of power girl help in losing weight?

I don't know, but I think I've lost weight ever since pro posted those pictures of his wife.

Now I know I have a heart, because it's breaking.

I'm asking for Mxy. He's curious about these sort of things.

At the rate you do it? Probably...you'll burn off calories and foreskin.

Take from someone with the scars to prove it!

Committing fake internet suicide does not mean you lost half of your body weight.

Well for fucks sake, Snarf, at least Rex is open to the dialogue. I start a thread about wanting to get you laid, and you pretty much ignore it...

Do you really think I'm insecure enough to need your support? You're a lost cause. You will never, ever matter to anyone here. Go away.

Lock your door, rex. I've seen his pics. He likes guns and has sideburns. Seriously. It's like Grifter, but without the budget. He'll kill you...

do you think you could just pluck that gun from my hands?

Lock your door, rex. I've seen his pics. He likes guns and has sideburns. Seriously. It's like Grifter, but without the budget. He'll kill you...

That's not Grifter. It's Dale Gribble from King of the Hill

Gently remove?

The story behind this picture involves one of my friends being a drunk jackass and banging on my door. But yeah, let's not go there.

In any case, do you think you could just pluck that gun from my hands? (Yes, that is the shotgun in question from the night the crackheads attacked...)
Allow this picture to further illustrate, also, that getting into shape really ain't THAT hard...

Gently remove?

The story behind this picture involves one of my friends being a drunk jackass and banging on my door. But yeah, let's not go there.

In any case, do you think you could just pluck that gun from my hands? (Yes, that is the shotgun in question from the night the crackheads attacked...)
Allow this picture to further illustrate, also, that getting into shape really ain't THAT hard...

Well for fucks sake, Snarf, at least Rex is open to the dialogue. I start a thread about wanting to get you laid, and you pretty much ignore it...

Well, what was I supposed to say? I've had a few blowjobs, and I hooked up with some girl I never met before at a party a few weeks back.

He tried, but they didnt fit!