Dan the Coaster Man

I love Silverwood! Teaser points to something large, at least in respect to the park. I do not think anything can really go wrong here... a mid to large coaster or flat would be welcomed! If it is a flat, I hope it uses more gravity and feels more natural than Spincycle.

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Bert, congrats on accomplishing your goal! It's always such a great feeling. Walking every day for 6 months is awesome and easier said than done! I am sorry I disappeared. I guess you could say the wheels feel off the cart, into the ditch, flipped over a few times... I got "addicted" to carbs again and I am still fighting it. I have been better this week but beforehand I was uncontrollable. I have had more good days than bad days eating, but when I have a bad day, I have a BAD day. One day last month I ate an entire deep-dish pizza in two hours and gained 4 pounds. I started a part time job last month, so now I am making money and have less time to cook, so I have been going out to eat way more than I should. Luckily, I have not been slacking with my exercise. I am currently rocking a 51 Day Move Streak on my Apple Watch, which means I have burned at least 900 or 1,000 active calories every day for the past 51 days. I raised my goal to 1,000 calories on Aug 17th. I have started jogging and some light bodyweight training. My mile is at 8:56 right now, which I am happy about. My last update, 5 weeks ago today, I weighed 237.4 pounds. Today I weighed in at 235.4 pounds, for a 5-week loss of 2.0 pounds, for a weekly loss of 0.4 pounds. All things considered; I am not thrilled. I am not angry, as at the end of the day I did not lose any progress. But it is frustrating to know that eating is the only thing between 0.4 pounds and 1.5+ pounds lost a week right now. I am so close to my goal, but it feels so far now that I have essentially been on a plateau for the last month. I am hoping posting today will hold me accountable and I can shake or minimize my little carb addiction right now. I also have some friends holding me accountable, as I told them I have set a goal to eat 150 cups of green beans this month. Some people have their bets placed on over and under, and I update everybody on my private story on snapchat when I eat more. Right now, I am at 45 cups in 8 days, so I am on pace for 168.75 cups this month. I plan on having a bbq for my 150th cup as a celebration!

Hello everyone. I did not have a perfect week, but it was pretty good, and I am feeling the best I have within the last month. Today I weighed in at 237.4, for a week loss of 1.8 lbs. I exceeded my short term goal of 31 hours of exercise for July. After Friday though, I did the minimum of 900 active calories burned Sat Sun Mon, and I also caved and had a second dinner at 11pm last night (those late night NHL playoff games will get you). But even after that I still lost nearly two pounds, so I look at it as a reward to myself. Feeling great and good!

Another Tuesday another update. At it's core, this week was a success. I weighed in at 239.2 lbs today, for a week loss of 2.0 lbs. It was nice to bounce back, but I feel like I still left some on the table. The first half of the week was amazing, and I was already down to 238.8 Saturday morning, the lightest I have been on this journey. I slipped starting Saturday and put some back on, and then lost again yesterday to get where I am at today. As of right now my July loss is 2.0 pounds, which I am not happy about. In response, I have set myself a short term goal of 31 hours of exercise for the month of July (1/hr day). I already have 24.46 hours, so including today I need 98 minutes of exercise for the rest of the month. I am glad I am finally on a downward trend, but I know I can do better and I hope I can stick to it!

Happy Tuesday everyone. Going into this past week I had lots of optimism and was feeling good, but the exact opposite happened. I ate awful this weekend moving into my apartment and did not get my exercise Sat and Sun. This morning I clocked in at 241.2 lbs, for a weekly gain of 1.8 pounds. I am not happy with the numbers, I really could have done better, but I caved and was on a "I will worry about it later" mindset. However, I am still optimistic and I know I can keep pushing. I went back on the diet and exercise yesterday and I ended up losing 0.6 pounds since yesterday. Weight fluctuates day to day, but after weighing in yesterday, I was thrilled to see I turned a 2.4 pound gain to a 1.8. Today I have already played basketball at a park and gone to the gym twice (elliptical and treadmill). So I am extremely motivated and look forward to bouncing back this week.

^ Nonetheless, that is awesome. You'll rebound! Keeping up with the activity despite diet is still half a win. My worst weekly update so far for me. Other times when I said I ate bad, I really only meant 3-5 meals out of the week. This week, I went pretty crazy, and ate bad Tuesday-Sunday. Luckily I continued my exercise. I weighed in this morning 239.4 lbs, for a total loss of 0.2 pounds this past week. Not ideal, but at least I did not gain and I lost something. I was gaining weight the whole week until I buckled up and exercised and dieted hard yesterday. I move into my first apartment this weekend, which means it will be my first time shopping for food on my own, so I am really excited to take control of my diet. One of the main reasons I've had so many cheat meals these past few weeks is the food my other family members eat - when that pizza is staring me down, or those chips are lurking in the pantry, or the ice cream is the only way too cool off. I am pretty disciplined in the store and hopefully I will not give in to buying bad foods. If I do not buy them, I can not eat them! Super pumped. I am also excited to have a better week than last week in general. The next update will be amazing, I can feel it.

I have not been to a park with a full on/majority virtual queuing system. Just the occasional fast pass at Disney... I really hope it is the future though. Glad it's at HW. Six Flags sent out a survey about it a few weeks ago, I really hope they look into it beyond the survey

Do you think the rattle is a manufacturer issue and not a park issue, as some suggest? For reference I have not been to either park since 2015. Rougaru was kinda nasty with the rattle too, so in this instance I think it has to be the park.

Metallica - Nothing Else Matters

Pumped to ride it someday it looks awesome! Love all the coverage of the construction. I feel extra invested in this coaster.

Surprised to hear all the positive things after I read no temperature checks. Like you said, overall, pretty good for SFA

I have not been on Valravn but Gatekeeper does have a worse rattle than diamondback and banshee, I agree. But they all have some.

Bert, not sure if you have stated this, but what is your height? 177 seems like a great place to be for most heights! Well done.

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Hello everyone. This past week was quite a roller coaster for me. Thursday morning I weighed in at 240.0, so I was off to a great start. A few hours later I had a minor incident, so I did not work out Thursday-Saturday to allow myself to recover. I also ate extremely bad Saturday and Sunday (Happy 4th). I gained all my weight back, but I worked out Sunday-now, ate good yesterday, and I ended up at 239.6 this morning, for a weekly loss of 2.0 pounds. All things considered, a great week! I am the lightest I have been in 5 years plus one month.

How hard is it to get N95's these days? Our family has had 3 for months now to use when we absolutely positively need it. Not sure if it is possible to get an N95 for every day you go to a park.

Marcus Leshock is at the park today to give Orion a ride and is posting lots of live updates to his instagram story.

Last friday. When was the last time you ate cheese sticks/curds?

This is a pretty nice thread. Similarly, I like seeing stadiums and experiencing games, even if I do not see my favorite team playing. Of the experiences on this thread, I have been to Camelback Ranch, Fenway Park, Chase Field, Guaranteed Rate and Wrigley. As a Chicagoan and White Sox fan, Camelback might be better than GR. Nothing is inherently bad about GR, but it is extremely plain and there is not much of an atmosphere. At least it is cheap. Fenway is awesome and my favorite baseball stadium, but Chase was cool too. Every MLB stadium is "cool" after going to GR my whole life. Some of my favorites I have been to are Allen Fieldhouse for the atmosphere, Fiserv Forum for the physical stadium, and Fenway for an overall experience. PNC Park is on the top of my bucket list right now, and I want to start going to some CFB games with rowdy fans (PSU whiteout, FSU, LSU, UGA)

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Those light look pretty cool. The possibilities are endless. I hope more parks invest in lighting packages or just general stage lights beaming on track. Unless a coaster is heavily wooded, I think there should be lights throughout the layout.

Yesterday evening. When was the last time you went to a library?

Cedar Point NHL restart or NBA restart?

Happy Tuesday everyone. This morning I weighed in at 241.6 pounds, so I lost .2 lbs since my last update Sunday. I have not eaten the best the past two days, but I have been killing it exercising. Living in Illinois, the park district basketball courts FINALLY reopened on Friday. I played for 121 minutes on Sunday and 73 minutes yesterday, burning 3,084 active calories combined. I am thrilled to play on real hoops again, hopefully the wind stays away now...