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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chris Stephens" data-source="post: 1484439" data-attributes="member: 24095">Some photo updates from the engine builder. Things went a bit further than planned in the budget department since January...but I get the feeling I won't regret it...[ATTACH=full]10187[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]10188[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]10189[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]10190[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]10191[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]10192[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]10193[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]10194[/ATTACH] OH, and this is only barely car-related, but I'm excited about it, so I will share...since I started dieting, I have lost 23 pounds! Probably half that was water weight from going to a lower sodium/healthier diet, but the racecar won't care whether it was fat or water weight anyway. I started monitoring my blood pressure, and I was averaging about 145/85 until I started meticulously counting calories, watching sodium intake, keeping cholesterol down, no sodas, no fast food, limited alcohol, etc. I've since brought my average BP down to about 130/80 in the past few weeks. Still not great, and I'm going back to the doctor at the end of the month for a physical and bloodwork, but it is a major decrease from where it was.I'm only 24, but have been obese all my life. Junior year of college I spent a lot of time drinking beer and eating cheap pizza at the fraternity house. I am a 6'1", large frame guy anyway, so I carry my weight well and most people wouldn't peg me being as heavy as I am, but the fact is that it takes a toll and I NEED to lose it while I'm still young enough to do it (and save my health from the long term effects).Here's to losing weight so I can go faster <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.0/png/unicode/64/1f37b.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>