Mac

That Desert Storm 2024 is still the biggest sh*t show in town...🤣

Congrats dude.  That's so awesome. 

10 hours ago, Poule43 said:

Think it thru Mac / Now is the time to weld on any tabs or brackets ....etc you could ever want / ALSO, add some loops for tie downs in your trailer ,  what color we looking at ?

Already done.  Everything has been thought out, looked over and checked again.  SU built this with tiedown points so that was already done.

I'm sticking with the same colors.  Red frame and panels, either matte chrome or silver for all the suspension parts.

More buggy work.  Frame is ready for powdercoat. 

This season sucked.  No ride this season as I'm doing the fresh on my car that ended up being in the shop longer than expected.  

Bought a new moho, did 2 trips.  One to hang in camp, one to be out for Vets.  

As mentioned, I think I'm done with holiday weekends.  If all goes well, I'll have the car done this summer and ready for next season.  I plan on getting Starlink and doing more weekday trips and some off weekends.  I'm also looking to do a lot more riding and less "party".  It's just time.  Definitely mixing up my Glamis plan next season.

More work on the car.  I sounds like a broken record.

I have to make some major muscle movements before surgery at the end of the month

@zilla68 Are you picking this up in Havasu?  If so and you need any help, let me know.

40 minutes ago, 1tonfun said:

At 56 I guess I'm fortunate to not be on any meds, cholesterol numbers are great, blood pressure is great, not to many aches and pains just need to drop another 10lbs. What made a huge difference for me, the wife went on a health kick about 10 years ago. She decided she needed to loose weight and wasn't going down the easy path of the fad diets. She let me know her plan of eating healthy and working out. I let her know if it is good enough for her, its good enough for me. I didn't want her making me something different for dinner. Just eating healthier, I dropped 15 lbs.

As for sleeping, never thought I had any real sleeping issues. We needed a new mattress since ours was about 15 yrs old and the wife convinced me to get a sleep number. What a difference that made once we got it dialed in. I thought I was sleeping well, little did I know how much of a difference a mattress could make.

@Dirtywhiteboy posted on here years ago about us spending 1/3 of our lives in bed, so why would you NOT invest in a good bed.  That changed my perspective on mattresses and bedding.  

Now if i could just figure out how to turn my brain off and get a good nigjts sleep.  I have another sleep study coming up so I'm hopeful they will figure some things out.

1 hour ago, EmpirE231 said:

Start with the basics 

1. Drink more water 

2. Get out in the sun

3. get more physical activity 

Most people will not go passed this point, but if you really want results… see below  

if you really want to make drastic improvements. Check out the carnivore or keto diet. Check out intermittent fasting. 
 

if you really want to dig deep and do some mind work… check out the Wim Hof method, and read this book 

https://www.amazon.com/Healing-Back-Pain-Mind-Body-Connection/dp/0446392308/ref=asc_df_0446392308/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312136634064&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=3213415136026444229&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9031487&hvtargid=pla-524087067785&psc=1&mcid=d65b143794233cf19e8cbc6f0254f027&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIi9aS1NywhQMVUzfUAR1VUA3_EAQYASABEgIVOvD_BwE

I just read "A way out" by Alan Gordon  Basically the same thing.

https://www.amazon.com/Way-Out-Revolutionary-Scientifically-Approach/dp/059308683X/ref=asc_df_059308683X/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=509494905560&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=7931300539519137903&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9030350&hvtargid=pla-1007606805037&psc=1&mcid=e88698db529f3babb1c08982b26e105a&gclid=Cj0KCQjwiMmwBhDmARIsABeQ7xSZRAc9NUJpDYNAmFCVfFjmhRwEHtcce2pP1UDKl_nMhoh4-uoQhV8aAkOpEALw_wcB

11 hours ago, Poule43 said:

Man O Man......even her Cartoon Avatar is HOT !!!!! .....just Saying !

Mrs Mac is a burden I deal with everyday...

11 hours ago, Stinky said:

Google all of your meds and see what the sideaffects are.

Dont worry about Cholesterol.  There is a new theory out there that it doesnt mean anything.  My doctor admited, that he tended to agree w.me, until you.ve had a heart attack 

I did.  I'm dealing with a lot of the side effects, hence the topic.  I NEED to get off these.  I'm just not sure where to start and was looking for any advice if others have gone off meds and what did they encounter.

- If you were on meds and stopped taking them, what side effects or issues did you have?
- If you stopped taking meds, did you end up having to go back on them?

As mentioned, the only one I really worry about is my potassium blocker.  High or low potassium will kill you and diet only controls it so much.

My plan of working on my car was shot to hell today...

Met up with Nextasex and checked out a new boat builder.  Freaking amazing boat.  21 foot, 300hp.  It was a rocket.  It ran VERY well on the lake and river.  If anyone is looking for a new boat, check out Patriot Boats.  After that, met up with a friend to help him with his boat.   He just rebuilt the motor and we working through some issues launching it and making sure all ran well before leaving the ramp.  The motor he built was an absolute work of art.  Then followed the visit to the DCB gathering on the channel.  Checking out these bad a$$ boats never gets old.  Hung out with more friends in the channel and then off to dinner.  made me take her for ice cream after dinner and now here at home getting ready to hold the couch down for the rest of the evening.

"...didn't even have to use my AK....today was a good day..."

7 hours ago, South Bay said:

55 here and I got serious with my diet just over 9 years ago (I'm 6' 2" and went from 240 lbs down to 180 in just over a year and today walk around at 190-95).  I'd already started cycling 6 years before and recommend it to everyone.

What ^^ they said about calories in vs calories burned is true.  I learned I don't need much food to exist and not be hungry.

So eat well, drop the meds, meditate, learn yoga and get outside on a bicycle (or inside when it gets hot).  Yore welcome.

P.S  Get in a pool and swim laps if you can and I'm only half joking about the meditation and  yoga . . .

I have tried meditation, my ADHD won't allow it.  I do wish Havasu had more yoga options.  They are all during the day when I should be working and it's a constant rotation of classes (basic one day, goat yoga the next, etc...)
 

3 hours ago, Realbadlarry said:

Have they looked at your thyroid? Mine had a tumor, so out it came. F'd me up when it came out....Alot of the same stuff as you and yes I am lazy... I'm pretty sure exercise makes a big difference in overall feeling. 

I feel better when I do stuff, my work just keeps me planted at a desk most of the day. I would try all the natural stuff before Going on the T. 

Thyroid is good.  I've had the blood tests and an MRI.

1 hour ago, Turn and Burn said:

68 retired at 65 started riding my bike to get back in shape. I put 4500 miles on my bike in 3 years and lost almost no weight. Definitely good for you but don’t expect to loose weight. Definitely quit drinking, also eliminate all seed oils, margarine, crisco, only use real cold pressed extra virgin olive oil or cold pressed avocado oil and real butter. 

 

The biggest positive difference I have made recently is to fast. Some people have success with 8/16 fasting. Basically two meals a day, but for a geezer like me when I started doing longer fasts like 36 to 48 hours I was shocked at how much better I felt. It was so dramatic I didn’t believe that was why I felt better. So I started eating normally again for a few weeks and then repeated the same fast, you just eat dinner, then you go the entire next day with just water and part of the following day up to dinner. Sort of dinner every other day. 

 

I can’t tell you how much better I felt. I later found out that in 2015 a Japanese scientist won the noble peace prize for medicine. He discovered something he called autophagy (self eating) that back in our hunter days we frequently did not catch anything and our bodies quickly switched from burning calories to burning ketones (our fat stores) Not only that, the body thinks you need help finding food, so it sends it’s little soldiers to the brain to make us sharper, it improves your vision, reduces inflammation, eats cancerous cells, tries to heal old injuries, literally does everything it can do to improve your chances of finding or catching food. I did not know how f’d up my system was until I did my first 36 hrs fast. I told my wife, everything from my stomach and everything downstream was suddenly feeling absolutely great. The improvement is so dramatic that now I feel the absolute need to fast every two weeks or so. I have even lost a few pounds. My vision improved so much I passed my dmv test renewal and removed the glasses restriction on my license.

 

Don’t listen to the American Heart Association as they clearly want you sick. They just jumped on a study that is not peer reviewed, is based on people’s recollection of what they ate years ago (the worst kind of study scientifically), it was not controlled for smoking, drinking or anything else like exercise and based on the crap data, they concluded that fasting on 8/16 would result in a 91 % higher risk of heart attack. Give me a break, so if I reduce how much eat, I’m going to die, sounds like a study paid for by big pharma to me. Believe what you want, I believe my body. We eat far too much food and we never stop storing excess calories, more importantly we never give our bodies a rest. 

Funny you say that about fasting.  I read that article too and could not believe they were saying losing weight caused more problems.  

Looking for some solid/constructive input.  I know this can be personal but if you have any personal experiences, please share or PM me.

Confession - I'm 54, I'm tore up. Anyone who know me or have heard of me, know I have lived my life burning the candle at both ends.  It's caught up to me.  I drank like a fish, I like to eat and when it comes to physical fitness, I'm lazy. 

Current day - I have constant pain issues, health issues keep stacking up.  I barely eat now but can't lose weight.  I barely sleep.  My primary care doctor has me on a few pills because of blood work and some issues (migraines, high cholesterol, high uric acid, high potassium).  He assured me these are all light doses and the blood work shows they're working.  I should also state, I rarely drink anymore.  Apparently my quest to drink all the alcohol in the world was fruitless as they keep making more and I can no longer handle hangovers. 

I also see a pain management team.  My pain management doctor told me I need to come off my meds as they "could be causing" several of my issues.  In turn, he is also recommending testosterone treatment as that can help with inflammation, sleep, body repair, etc... plus I'm getting older.

So my question, how many of you have faced this or are facing this?  How did you handle it/how have you thought of handling it?  I don't see my doctor as a pill pusher, but there has to be another way.  
- High cholesterol - Eat better and workout.  Drink more water.  But as I mentioned, I'm lazy.  So this is a personal motivation issue.
- High uric acid - Better diet, drink more water and lose weight.
- High potassium - This is a tough one.  Better diet and drink more water.  Even the "natural remedies" state you might need medication.  Of all of these issues, high/low potassium will kill you.

Any thoughts or inputs here would be great.
 

I need to get some work done on my car.  I was premature in taking things off and now have to put a few things back on to get a good compression check on it before pulling the trans and motor.

Wife's ride,never raced...

Mac's in 

2 hours ago, Realbadlarry said:

I guess I'm too old to separate the politics from the music anymore... Can't see giving my money to people that hate me and my way of life.   Rather go to a country concert....or a kid rock show.  

I change the station any time he comes on.  

Mac's in 

Mac's in 

I hope this burns you and causes a deep rash.

33 minutes ago, Bansh88 said:

It would be lost in the plethora of junk bolted, taped and screwed into it.  I don't consider myself an old school guy but I remember when it was only the small, simple Boardmanville plaque on the box.  Now it looks like a tweeker yardsale.

Agreed, but it was just a thought.

Good job to all involved.

Any thoughts to making a plaque to put on the Flag Pole to contact Glamis Veterans if there is damage to the flag, lighting or or anyone is interested in volunteering or supporting Glamis Veterans?  Have the social media links on it?  Just a thought.

9 hours ago, Bobalos said:

 

1. did you ride in the turbocharged boat?  (get a video!!!!)

Dude, those boats are insane!  I've ridden on one that I swear was just a couple of boards with a V8 direct drive to the prop.

Congrats again Brian.