Comments for Andrew Riley Thinks He's Soooo Smart http://www.andrewriley.net Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:56:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on How I Lost 35 Pounds by Andrew Riley http://www.andrewriley.net/1494/how-i-lost-35-pounds.htm#comment-717 Andrew Riley Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:56:32 +0000 http://www.andrewriley.net/?p=1494#comment-717 I'm going to need you to kick my ass when I fall off the wagon. So this is me kicking your ass now. Whatever it is you're doing, smack yourself around a little (literally, do that now) and get back on track. You and I need to be around when we're in our 90's to teach our great-grandchildren how to cuss. And I'm glad to have you as a friend too, Matt. I’m going to need you to kick my ass when I fall off the wagon. So this is me kicking your ass now. Whatever it is you’re doing, smack yourself around a little (literally, do that now) and get back on track. You and I need to be around when we’re in our 90′s to teach our great-grandchildren how to cuss.

And I’m glad to have you as a friend too, Matt.

]]> Comment on How I Lost 35 Pounds by Matt http://www.andrewriley.net/1494/how-i-lost-35-pounds.htm#comment-716 Matt Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:41:47 +0000 http://www.andrewriley.net/?p=1494#comment-716 I have to say, the process of looking at yourself and finding those outside influences that were affecting you was a great success - even beyond the weight loss in my opinion. I have fallen off the wagon due to some outside influences (some of my own doing and some not) but read this & know I shouldn't be using that as an excuse. I like that you changed your writing to once a week - I think you will produce better writing this way (which I think is already good) because you will probably think of something, run it through your noggin and then put it to paper with great brilliance. Thank you for being my friend and writing this blog - It has been very helpful. I have to say, the process of looking at yourself and finding those outside influences that were affecting you was a great success – even beyond the weight loss in my opinion. I have fallen off the wagon due to some outside influences (some of my own doing and some not) but read this & know I shouldn’t be using that as an excuse.
I like that you changed your writing to once a week – I think you will produce better writing this way (which I think is already good) because you will probably think of something, run it through your noggin and then put it to paper with great brilliance.
Thank you for being my friend and writing this blog – It has been very helpful.

]]> Comment on Halfway There… by Andrew Riley http://www.andrewriley.net/1480/halfway-there.htm#comment-709 Andrew Riley Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:54:39 +0000 http://www.andrewriley.net/?p=1480#comment-709 Seeing what you've been able to do has helped to inspire me, dude. Seeing what you’ve been able to do has helped to inspire me, dude.

]]> Comment on Halfway There… by Matt http://www.andrewriley.net/1480/halfway-there.htm#comment-708 Matt Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:00:20 +0000 http://www.andrewriley.net/?p=1480#comment-708 Right fucking on!!! You keep it up - I'm glad I shed my rucksack of weight last year and you will be too. Right fucking on!!! You keep it up – I’m glad I shed my rucksack of weight last year and you will be too.

]]> Comment on Long And Short Term Motivation by Andrew Riley http://www.andrewriley.net/1471/long-and-short-term-motivation.htm#comment-705 Andrew Riley Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:05:33 +0000 http://www.andrewriley.net/?p=1471#comment-705 Not wanting to die is a pretty good motivator. I was actually talking about that exact thing with Cody this morning. The "big" motivations like that are pretty easy. Wanting to live, look better, have more energy - pretty simple and universal. I'm always looking for new ways to stay motivated in the moment. Ways to run that extra five minutes or to order the healthy option from a menu. It's a funny thing to do, but sometimes I'll even chastise myself out loud for thinking about making a bad choice. Somehow, the sound of a voice (even my own) carries more weight than just thinking about it. When I hit 200, I'm going to buy a bicycle. That's another big-ish motivator for me. Thanks for commenting, Jesse. Not wanting to die is a pretty good motivator. I was actually talking about that exact thing with Cody this morning. The “big” motivations like that are pretty easy. Wanting to live, look better, have more energy – pretty simple and universal. I’m always looking for new ways to stay motivated in the moment. Ways to run that extra five minutes or to order the healthy option from a menu. It’s a funny thing to do, but sometimes I’ll even chastise myself out loud for thinking about making a bad choice. Somehow, the sound of a voice (even my own) carries more weight than just thinking about it.

When I hit 200, I’m going to buy a bicycle. That’s another big-ish motivator for me.

Thanks for commenting, Jesse.

]]> Comment on Long And Short Term Motivation by Jesse http://www.andrewriley.net/1471/long-and-short-term-motivation.htm#comment-704 Jesse Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:32:27 +0000 http://www.andrewriley.net/?p=1471#comment-704 Motivating myself to become a healthier person isn't actually that hard. (Although turning that legitimate motivation into my default lifestyle is extremely tough.) Also, what motivates me is all over the board. In no particular order... Vanity. I want to look "hot" again. I graduated HS a chiseled 170 lbs. At my worst, in my adult life, I was at 230 lbs. I want to have a good body again, one I don't think twice about when going to a pool. When I look better on the outside, there always seems to be a direct correlation to my inner confidence levels. Whether there should or shouldn't be, that's always the case with me. Reniece, my family, etc. Although I just entered into a new relationship in my life, this would still be applicable for a future girlfriend/wife even if I hadn't met her yet. Also, I do tentatively play on having a kid/kids at some point. For them, I don't want to leave this place early like my dad did. Being internally healthy is a big motivator for that. Living a long and fruitful life with my wife and kids...mucho importante. Feeling alive. When eating healthy foods, I'm never tired after eating. I want to go do things! When I eat heavy bullshit foods, I want to nap and chill out after eating. The better I eat, the better I feel. And this isn't in terms of vanity like the other example; what I'm talking about now refers to my physical (not mental) feeling. I feel lighter, smarter, etc. YouTube videos. On a more microscopic scale, I'm motivated by some of my health mentors' videos on YouTube. This is my daily inspiration (and education) for living a healthy lifestyle. It's one of the biggest helps, believe it or not. Great entry, Andrew. Motivating myself to become a healthier person isn’t actually that hard. (Although turning that legitimate motivation into my default lifestyle is extremely tough.) Also, what motivates me is all over the board.

In no particular order…

Vanity. I want to look “hot” again. I graduated HS a chiseled 170 lbs. At my worst, in my adult life, I was at 230 lbs. I want to have a good body again, one I don’t think twice about when going to a pool. When I look better on the outside, there always seems to be a direct correlation to my inner confidence levels. Whether there should or shouldn’t be, that’s always the case with me.

Reniece, my family, etc. Although I just entered into a new relationship in my life, this would still be applicable for a future girlfriend/wife even if I hadn’t met her yet. Also, I do tentatively play on having a kid/kids at some point. For them, I don’t want to leave this place early like my dad did. Being internally healthy is a big motivator for that. Living a long and fruitful life with my wife and kids…mucho importante.

Feeling alive. When eating healthy foods, I’m never tired after eating. I want to go do things! When I eat heavy bullshit foods, I want to nap and chill out after eating. The better I eat, the better I feel. And this isn’t in terms of vanity like the other example; what I’m talking about now refers to my physical (not mental) feeling. I feel lighter, smarter, etc.

YouTube videos. On a more microscopic scale, I’m motivated by some of my health mentors’ videos on YouTube. This is my daily inspiration (and education) for living a healthy lifestyle. It’s one of the biggest helps, believe it or not.

Great entry, Andrew.

]]> Comment on Get Your Own Pants by july http://www.andrewriley.net/1450/get-your-own-pants.htm#comment-699 july Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:36:25 +0000 http://www.andrewriley.net/?p=1450#comment-699 I agree. I gave my children what I thought I need it as a child.Sometime I ask my daughter in a sarcastic way: have I spoiled you? Have I taken away from you "the needs" that I had as a child taking away at the same time the "wants", the determination to get "that something" on your own.. Likely I didn't want much at all, mostly I wanted freedom to think on my own, freedom to make my own mistakes, my own choices.Now she/he have room to want more, to want what comes next, without the need to go against anybody will just because. To be honest with you if one day I find myself in a glue factory by the hands of one of my children, so be it. We are all energy anyway, just in different forms. I brought them to the world by my own selfish needs and often I see parents live cowardly through their children life , they want for them what they could not achieve on their own. I just want my children to be happy , passionate about something and inspired. They can be whatever they want to be. My biggest gift to them is "it is their own life". I have mine. I agree.
I gave my children what I thought I need it as a child.Sometime I ask my daughter in a sarcastic way: have I spoiled you? Have I taken away from you “the needs” that I had as a child taking away at the same time the “wants”, the determination to get “that something” on your own.. Likely I didn’t want much at all, mostly I wanted freedom to think on my own, freedom to make my own mistakes, my own choices.Now she/he have room to want more, to want what comes next, without the need to go against anybody will just because. To be honest with you if one day I find myself in a glue factory by the hands of one of my children, so be it. We are all energy anyway, just in different forms. I brought them to the world by my own selfish needs and often I see parents live cowardly through their children life , they want for them what they could not achieve on their own. I just want my children to be happy , passionate about something and inspired. They can be whatever they want to be. My biggest gift to them is “it is their own life”. I have mine.

]]> Comment on Get Your Own Pants by Andrew Riley http://www.andrewriley.net/1450/get-your-own-pants.htm#comment-698 Andrew Riley Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:58:59 +0000 http://www.andrewriley.net/?p=1450#comment-698 Maybe the best we can do is to try and teach them how to find inspiration and hope they have the drive to become more than we are. And then hope they don't kill us in our sleep and sell us to the Soylent Green factory. Maybe the best we can do is to try and teach them how to find inspiration and hope they have the drive to become more than we are.

And then hope they don’t kill us in our sleep and sell us to the Soylent Green factory.

]]> Comment on Get Your Own Pants by july http://www.andrewriley.net/1450/get-your-own-pants.htm#comment-697 july Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:54:00 +0000 http://www.andrewriley.net/?p=1450#comment-697 You are correct, your perfect pants will never fit my perfect behind and you never know when something will inspire you, and I think the important word is exactly that one, "inspiration". We can tell our kids all the right way to do something , and all the things to avoid in life, but, if they would be listening all the time ,you would never have improvement on anything and life would be absolutely boring. Sometime the best brake through came from a mistake or an accident and all of us have the right to their own mistake and brake through.Sometime as a parent I need to find a way to convey a message to my child and I find myself asking: do I have the right to ask this to him/her, do I have the right to "mold" their mind . And I despise everyone that try to do that to my children. I want them to find their own way. We all have and as long as we find what or who inspire us.....there is no end. You have to want something, you have to be ready for it to see it and hear it. If not it can go by you and you will never recognize it.This can sound like a completely discombobulated message, but maybe, just maybe, you know what I am talking about. You are correct, your perfect pants will never fit my perfect behind and you never know when something will inspire you, and I think the important word is exactly that one, “inspiration”. We can tell our kids all the right way to do something , and all the things to avoid in life, but, if they would be listening all the time ,you would never have improvement on anything and life would be absolutely boring. Sometime the best brake through came from a mistake or an accident and all of us have the right to their own mistake and brake through.Sometime as a parent I need to find a way to convey a message to my child and I find myself asking: do I have the right to ask this to him/her, do I have the right to “mold” their mind . And I despise everyone that try to do that to my children. I want them to find their own way. We all have and as long as we find what or who inspire us…..there is no end. You have to want something, you have to be ready for it to see it and hear it. If not it can go by you and you will never recognize it.This can sound like a completely discombobulated message, but maybe, just maybe, you know what I am talking about.

]]> Comment on Baby Steps for Victory by Andrew Riley http://www.andrewriley.net/1414/baby-steps-for-victory.htm#comment-696 Andrew Riley Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:26:37 +0000 http://www.andrewriley.net/?p=1414#comment-696 Thank you, Sir! I wish you success with whatever goal you take on. Thank you, Sir! I wish you success with whatever goal you take on.

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