Thanks Kat, great to hear from you.
Honestly from what i can see the damage is not too bad, but the agent told us it would likely be totaled which doesn't really make sense. It is a decent dent in the rear driver side quarter panel right in front of the back tire, but it is not like OMG or anything. The wheel took the brunt of the hit and Jo said it kind of had a wobble to it when she drove it home which I believe is likely just a bent rim but I don't know if it messed up the suspension or axle or anything. I have definitely already been contemplating buying it back if they don't want to fix it. We have zero intention of ever selling it so even if it had a salvage title it would be fine.
Oh no diminishment at all. Definitely wasn't referring to your car as a beater but most things I could buy with what i expect to get would be a huge step down from the Flex which has all the bells and whistles. So was referring more to the drop in quality / poshness as a beater, and not an actual beater. I would like to think I have owned my last actual beater long ago. LMAO! It is great to hear that the used car market is going back down. It was so ridiculous a little while back I had to look really hard for Sage's Jeep to find one that was in decent shape for a reasonable price.
I am trying not to get too hopeful but I am feeling a little more positive right now.
Now this sounds like the type of beaters i used to drive. When I was broke and irresponsible back in the day I had a rotating account with a place called Cash For Cars, I would go buy beaters he got for next to nothing at the lot for like 200 a month and drive them until they broke, if he couldn't fix it he would just give me another car from the lot and i would keep making payments. Sometimes I would have the car a year sometimes a month and a half. At least half did not have AC, and all were what you would consider a beater but i did get an MGB from him that was something he bought as a project for himself then his health went bad. It was awesome and I drove it for like 2 years. That thing was so fun and got so much attention. I could do donuts in that thing in such small and tight areas, it was so fun to drive and always got attention. It looked just like this but had some sun fading on it when I got it but I used some restoring product and compound rub and shined it up real nice. Was a torquey little thing too!
Yeah, right now they have just done pictures and I am waiting to hear from them if they want to do a full in person which with the minimal damage visible I sure hope they intend to have done. Really annoyed the guy marked it was undriveable considering she drove it home from downtown. I am sure if he didn't mark it that way we would not even be hearing the words totaled being mentioned.
Hoping for a positive turnout for the situation! Sounds like a good call on a week off. You been pushing hard and then add this stress and all. This a 3 month check? I have lost track of time. I was reminded yesterday just 3 more months and my little son will be here
where does time go!
I am feeling more positive, and if we do need to find another car I actually found some 2012-2014 370Z Roadsters that look to be in very good shape, and are well within the budget if we want to replace the car. If we did that we would likely drop a decent down payment finance for what looks like a long term loan then pay everything but the last 2 grand off and then pay that down at the normal payment until I stop paying for coaching and then the money for coaching can be rerouted to pay the rest off within a year. Then she still gets something she loves, and it is even an upgrade without breaking the bank. It isn't the most budget friendly option we could take, but it is a very doable option. I got her the 350 as a gift, and I want to try to replace it with something she loves just as much if possible.Hoping for a positive turnout for the situation! Sounds like a good call on a week off. You been pushing hard and then add this stress and all. This a 3 month check? I have lost track of time. I was reminded yesterday just 3 more months and my little son will be here
I think how they conduct themselves should be illegal for sure. Once they turned it int the massive profit margin machine that it is now it is pretty much a scam. They basically charge the dependable to cover for everyone else it is like a socialist government running that crap. All of you people share debt, while we here at the top enjoy all of the good your money provides...
My truck is still mangled from getting hit Jan 23rd
"it's a parts problem"
Oh I have no doubts I will be training next week. I am actually feeling pretty good, my lower back is probably the best it has been in 2 months from the rest. I think what I may do if all goes to plan is do a push session Thursday after I do my brakes and have done my blood work. Then hit lower body Friday, and a Pull session on Saturday. Keep things a bit lighter and go for volume and pump on that one to test the waters. Then pick back up Monday with my full on training.
Yeah, my car ended up in the shop for almost a month over parts availability. Ended up giving up on new and having to order a 2nd hand driveshaft if i didn't want to wait for months. Obviously not an option for an insurance job, but you would think they could custom order something made if they have had since January...My truck is still mangled from getting hit Jan 23rd
Yeah, I would be smart to put a date on my bags of chicken. Occasionally the making of them overlap and I will grab one that looks a bit different and wonder, was this from part of last weeks prep? Occasionally it is... and sometimes it bites me back.
right on!
Yeah, I expect a massive pump, with all the carbs and not burning through a lot of them my glycogen stores should be pretty full and ready to swell me the hell up!
You will get one for tomorrow, I am feeling great today! I am ready to rock and roll, just waiting to do my bloodwork before I push things so I can get some true readings. Feeling fresh and ready to kill some shiz!
Glad to hear they aren’t totaling the car and you are healed up! Time to move some weight hellllll yeahhhhhh !!!
Thank you Gentlemen!
Yeah, it is more like a 600 calorie drop, but still my body should definitely respond to that drop. I have been ready for the cut for a while now so happy to be getting a decrease in calories. However overall food volume is not really dropping here so much as cutting out a lot of olive oil. I imagine I will be happy with the decrease for at least the first 6-8 weeks then will probably start missing being fed but by that point I think I will be seeing enough changes that they will motivate me even further. Then once I fall in love with the process and continuous positive feedback of getting leaner things will just get better and better until the suck takes over but then it is already almost done by then.
It’s always a good sign when you end your bulk, going into your cut, and still have abs.
Good looking out, I was looking forward to your feedback regarding the Cystatin C test. I need to read up a bit more on tren and kidney function. Since I was never really that interested in running it due to the temperament issues I haven't really super educated myself on it, and why it would be worse on the kidneys than other compounds. I will go have a look and educate myself on that a bit more. I imagine he will be able to bring me in with a good package tren or no tren.
Thanks you Sir! We made it, and did pretty good even with having to drop doses from 1200mg down to 800mg a week during the final push instead of increasing it. Does kind of make me wonder where we would have ended up if we hadn't had to drop and were able to push up further instead.It’s always a good sign when you end your bulk, going into your cut, and still have abs.
Awesome job Kleen, even with the setbacks.
Incredible work! You have been working so hard and man it shows big time!
Do you think his eGFR number would improve after a few weeks on lower cals?
Looking good mate! Bloodwork is pretty good for a blast too!
I do them like a Farmer Carry, and I only use my front leg to come out of the hole, I literally pick my rear foot off the ground as soon as I start to the way up. It really gets the glute / ham tie in and my adductors pretty nocely and quads always get toasty.
Ah Makes sense, I obviously made a mistake with the dosing on the Kidney XT, which explains a lot. I didn't realize I was running half a dose at 6 caps a day. I will definitely bump this... Damn it Man, that makes a lot of sense... I read somewhere it was 6 caps but didn't realize that was for multiple doses. Feeling a bit dumb over that one. So I have been half protected the entire time I was running my blast... No wonder things aren't looking so great. I will take 6 more tonight when i get home then switch to 3-4 doses throughout the day. Looks like I will be buying another 3 or 6 pack of this stuff if they have a sale for Memorial Day. Thanks for always taking time to explain things thoroughly @Hyde. It is the details that can save a person sometimes. Hopefully increasing the dose will help things improve or at a minimum not get any worse.
Awesome hopefully I will see some better results at the full dose. I imagine I will. What an oversight... Oh well I am sure the half dose was better than nothing.
Thanks again for all of the advice and guidance!
I have sat down and started to reply / update the thread several times now but I keep getting pulled every which way and forgot to finish. Things are a bit hectic at work, and lots of busy body nonsense going on at home. So I haven't really had much time outside of work, sleep, training and eating to do anything else.
