toadjones79
@toadjones79@lemm.ee
- Comment on Let's put an end to the discussion; what is the best way? 1 week ago:
I tuck. I have found that it is the most reliable for keeping it from drying. Mostly j noticed this with bags of chips. Then I adapted that to bread.
- Comment on doctors 2 weeks ago:
I am down 50+ pounds, and have another 20 to go. This is new to me, but I absolutely agree with everything you said.
- Comment on doctors 2 weeks ago:
I can’t believe it took me 45 years to try that but man am I happy I did. Well, I’m almost there. None of my clothes fit anymore though.
- Comment on doctors 2 weeks ago:
None of that is what you should be doing. I mean yes you should be exercising. But not the way you are going about it. For context, I just lost 50 pounds, and have another 20 to go. I got a scary liver diagnosis due to a lifetime of overeating.
Download a calorie tracker and be super honest with it. At first don’t be as concerned with staying within your calories as you are about building the habit to ALWAYS log everything. Seeing it laid out has more impact than anything else in changing your daily habits. Don’t be tempted to skip little tastes, licks, and bites.
Additionally, do not starve yourself! Slowly change your habits and your body will do the rest. Starving yourself will only trigger your body into gaining weight by holding onto everything it gets. It will also make just about everyone quit within a few weeks. If you are finding yourself constantly starving (as opposed to occasionally hungry) then you need to make adjustments to what you are eating. Swap foods for better options. I swapped my late night chips, which kept me awake while driving trains at 3 am with no sleep for two days, with baby carrots I bought at the gas station. I found potatoes helpful in keeping full in the past, but had to avoid them for the liver. Potatoes aren’t super high in calories, but sour cream, bacon, cheese, and/or deep frying them is.
Remember that your body adapts to the foods you regularly eat in about 4-6 weeks. So if you start eating healthy foods you hate, like a salad with tuna and sliced beets, you will start to crave it in about a month and a half. (Tuna has fish oils and beets are chock full of antioxidants). I have hated oatmeal for 40+ years, and now that is my preferred breakfast. I tried to make myself like it over and over but this time I stuck with it long enough to actually get my body hooked on that particular set of nutrients.
Oh, and if you set your home address to Europe in My Fitness Pal, it gives you some of the premium features, like the barcode scanner.
Absolutely quit soda and energy drinks. That one is just hard and there really isn’t an easy answer for it. Sparkling water helps a bit, but really just plain water is the best at satisfying those cravings. Oh, and you will develop a massive sweet tooth when you quit soda. But if you try to stay within calories and drink a Mt Dew you will be starving by the end of the day. Diet soda is NOT better just because it doesn’t have calories. It messes with the way your body processes and stores everything else it gets making it just as bad (worse) than the regular stuff. Stevia is ok for a lot of things, but getting your tastes used to less sugar is a huge step in losing weight and getting healthier.
- Comment on When did I get so old 3 weeks ago:
I’m old enough to literally not care one bit what the youngins do or if I really understand them. I don’t need them to be my clone to live them. They got their thing just like I had mine. Circle of life.
- Comment on When did I get so old 3 weeks ago:
And it was a dance move performed on bikes. Literally pumping the chest up and down with arms spread wide (like flying an airplane), while riding a bicycle, in a group.
- Comment on Nice place to shop but sometimes gets sticky 3 weeks ago:
Rose’s 1st taste…
- Comment on Nice place to shop but sometimes gets sticky 3 weeks ago:
*Rose’s first taste. If you look closer at the signs.
- Comment on Saint > Pope 3 weeks ago:
Excellent writeup. Thank you.
- Comment on Saint > Pope 3 weeks ago:
*Textbook economic collapse.
Literally exactly what all economic textbooks say would happen if you did what he did.
Which is why I think it was all on purpose. They are driving the market up and down predictably. Stocks keep surging every time there is a “leaked” rumor that he will pause tariffs.
- Comment on Has anyone ever clicked on a reference url from OpenAI that didn't 404? 3 weeks ago:
I’ve only had a couple of them not work. But I always ask for links to save on data. I think it has to do with what you are researching. Which is hard to predict.
- Comment on Olè 3 weeks ago:
I absolutely love this.
- Comment on I think Doordash is changing its delivery fee after you go to check out 3 weeks ago:
I WORKED… TWELVE… HOURS…
ALL… I NEED… IS WINGSTOP!
ALL… I NEED… IS WINGSTOP!
F-ING DRIVE!
- Comment on Getting mixed signals from Reddit. Furthermore I shall henceforth be on Lemmy full time. 3 weeks ago:
I’m not at that level of need right now. I think I will be satisfied browsing information on the topic for now. But seriously, thank you. That is very kind.
- Comment on OMG no please don’t call me. 3 weeks ago:
I’m a xennial and I feel the exact opposite. Although I do choose chat over other methods in some situations.
- Comment on It really is just reddit <3 3 weeks ago:
Yeah, I completely agree. Except I feel like posting the automod screenshots should be the expected norm, not something that pokes the bear. That just seems like accountability to me.
I am no fan of American conservatives. But that doesn’t mean I can’t take criticism about all aspects of politics and consider the different viewpoints. Like you said, unacceptable for a news community to do this.
- Comment on Getting mixed signals from Reddit. Furthermore I shall henceforth be on Lemmy full time. 3 weeks ago:
I recognize this as English.
I’ll have to look into everything you said here. I may be old, but I’m always game to learn new tricks. Thanks.
- Comment on Should I continue with exercise if I didn't get enough sleep? 4 weeks ago:
Repeated days without enough sleep is the real problem. It catches up on you. Sleep debt is cumulative over a week or more.
- Comment on It really is just reddit <3 4 weeks ago:
Yeah. That’s why I still give it an upvote. Mods shouldn’t be deciding what information we get to process in a news community. News and data is new and data. This optional truth is getting out of hand in every political direction.
- Comment on It really is just reddit <3 4 weeks ago:
Doing the good work here. Balanced and fair reporting in a see if dishonesty. (No, this isn’t sarcasm)
Thanks!
- Comment on Getting mixed signals from Reddit. Furthermore I shall henceforth be on Lemmy full time. 4 weeks ago:
How do you patch to remove ads?
- Comment on You can only use one for the rest of your life, which you choosing? 4 weeks ago:
This!
- Comment on If you're still on Lemmy... 4 weeks ago:
But old people like me quote cliches with wreckless abandoned. And don’t feel guilty about at all.
- Comment on If you're still on Lemmy... 4 weeks ago:
It’s me, I’m the problem… (Sorry I’m old and couldn’t help it)
- Comment on The pipeline 4 weeks ago:
Alpha male is the easiest way a person can say they either had shitty parents or they ignored everything they were taught to be shitty all by themselves.
- Comment on Who can I ask or where can I find help in moving to a new country? 5 weeks ago:
I would suggest considering completing the licensing before moving. I have seen just way too many times when people jumped the line in similar ways and it ended up biting them in the rear eventually.
You may end up wanting to return in a couple of decades. Or it could streamline something if you move again to another country. Or you could end up being needed while traveling. Or being offered a position that needs that license for some online work without ever moving back. You could have a death or illness in the family that forces you to return. Or any of a million other reasons that you would want that, and not getting it now could mean eliminating options in the future. I knew a guy who’s wife was a doctor in another Mexico for years before immigrating to the US, and she had to start over from scratch. Just something to consider.
- Comment on It happens... 5 weeks ago:
As a dad I can say you better think twice kids!
- Comment on How do I stop having expectations at the workplace? 1 month ago:
For me, deciding that everyone around me is an incompetent imbecile has been quite freeing. I don’t care what anyone thinks of me. I am always pleasantly surprised when they do a good job. And I am extra vigilant, take responsibility for the safety of those around me at all times.
- Comment on Has a patent office ever refused to grant a patent to something on the grounds it was too obscene? 1 month ago:
I have no idea. It may have even be n a false claim. But I do believe the government can pay claim to a patent if it wants to. Like, if you invented a new kind of bomb, like say you figured out how to make a device that could create a decent amount of antimatter in a second row two, specifically loaded into a warhead, I’m pretty sure the government would take that from you and all your research. And it would be illegal to publish the design.
But I’m no lawyer and am merely guessing.
- Comment on Has a patent office ever refused to grant a patent to something on the grounds it was too obscene? 1 month ago:
I knew of someone who had a patent for a device that attached to a forklift to aid in large scale floor remodeling (scraped up old vinyl flooring). The US military used Eminent Domain to steal that patent and use it for military operations (still just remodeling old floors, not even for combat operations).
I don’t know any more specifics about it. (I have a feeling there were more details that would have made that more understandable). Just that they can take a patent if they feel they need to.