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Glad you got to do this. Yeah, I've reconnected with a few people I was close to back in elementary & jr. high (before my family moved away and we lost touch), and that's been really awesome. Super-enriching to have them back in my "life," in some capacity. I don't see the direct connection, but good for you! ;)

If he doesn't want to eat what you're cooking, he can cook for himself like a big boy.

If I'm upset or something, I'll go for walks. Sometimes really long ones. Sometimes with some running in there. But always heading outside. Best place for mulling stuff over, IMO. No music, audiobooks, podcasts. I walk daily anyways, but sometimes this is extra.

Some perspective? Yo, she _mutilated her guts_ because of her inability to control herself. Hardly something to be jealous of. Just watch: she'll get tired of eating slop, and probably go back to eating like before and wreck what's left of her gut anyways. Better yet, don't watch because her posts are messing with your…

I ditch shoes when they wear a hole through the sole. But I just wear plimsolls; there's not much to go wrong with them besides that. >My feet however look like I put them through a wood chipper... I bled, I have blisters This shouldn't be happening though, especially after only a 5K. They're not fitting somehow, or…

Be cautious, because if you eat too much broccoli, you may become a Broccoli Person.

The US Navy method is the easiest I know of. Takes maybe two minutes and you just need a scale and a measuring tape. Like every other technique, use it to track change over time. http://fitness.bizcalcs.com/Calculator.asp?Calc=Body-Fat-Navy

I eat my veggies in a bowl with meat. Got four different kinds of frozen veggies (doesn't matter what; that's just a good amount). Put .5 cup each in a bowl while your meat's starting in a pan on the stove. Put the bowl in the microwave, cook for two minutes. That's to defrost them. Then you dump the veggies in with the…

A bunch of people are into Intermittent Fasting on here; check out the specialized groups. FWIW: I've been doing full-day fasts once or twice a week, depending on goals, for the past three years. It's more or less Mosley's 5:2/6:1 except I don't mess with the suggested 600 calorie meal (found it counter-productive, makes…

>Have you ever witnessed, participated in, or been a victim of, verbal harassment at a gym? Nope. Been a regular at four different NYC gyms and rec centers over 18 years; never seen anything.

With the "calorie banking" technique (single most useful thing I've picked up on the forum here, BTW), you carry over excesses from one day to the next. Reminding you to eat less the next day. Works great.

Hi. OP, go here, use this to approximate your bodyfat %. It'll take less than five minutes and will greatly simplify all this evaluation stuff: http://fitness.bizcalcs.com/Calculator.asp?Calc=Body-Fat-Navy

I think it's best to dial in calories first, then macros. After that, you can worry about other stuff if you want.

Yeah, that's what I meant. One 'I'. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-intensity_training A lot of HIT routines are extra slow and heavy, and so suggest machines to avoid dropping stuff on your head.

Plenty of HIT routines are built around machines.

The Egyptian Lover - "Freak-a-holic" (1986). I listened to his first album a zillion times. Killer electrofunk! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aATSUKu0jI

Boogiemonsters - "Recognized Thresholds of Negative Stress" (1994) This whole album is really good; one of my favorites in that era. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4g8m5-nO7Ck

The Afros - "Feel It" (1990). Produced by Jam Master Jay! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRvyFTLnu-E

I advocate the mushing up of bananas with peanut butter.

These? ;) I'm not disparaging heel-strikes; they're definitely faster because they allow longer strides. My point was that 99% of the people you see on MFP saying, "I want to start running via Couch-to-5K; I need shoes!" are gonna go to the store and buy shoes for heel strikes. And then a bunch of the advice in this thread…

Yeah, I love to sprint; do it twice a week. Greatly dislike distance running. I'm either fixing to sprint, sprinting, or slowing down from a sprint. It's exhilarating. While slow running feels more like slug practice. ;) Also:

The problem with "just do whatever stride feels natural to you" is that when any noob goes to buy "running shoes" they're gonna be sold something with a giant heel block on it. Which is specifically built for heel-strikes. That's been the default for decades. Flat/"zero drop" shoes are intended for mid- or forefoot strikes…

It might be that some Steam games are using the Oculus SDK, and some use SteamVR's, and maybe the audio is routed differently in each case. I don't know for sure. It can be frustrating, I know! It will always work right if you manually use the Windows setting though. Or Go Steam VR > Settings > Audio > "When SteamVR is…

A "VR-capable" PC (pretty much any current gaming rig) and a VR headset. Those currently range in price from ~$250 for the Windows MR ones, $400 for an Oculus Rift, or $600 for an HTC Vive. And there are frequently sales.

I'd guess your settings are different in the Oculus client vs. Steam VR? There are audio switching options for both, and they'll take effect or not depending on which is launching things. To avoid potential conflicts, I have most of the things that can activate on Steam VR turned off (boundaries, etc.), because the Oculus…

I don't play it with the intention of exercise, but Soundboxing is great if you like rhythm games, and gets me sweating pretty quickly. You're incentivized to "punch" the notes hard as they come at you, unlike other games in the genre where you just put your hands in the right space. BOX VR is purpose-built for exercise,…

Plain ones are kind of bland, IMO. But they come flavored in all sorts of ways, so check 'em out. I like them a lot, but have to remind myself to chew slowly. I've torn the roof of my mouth up pretty good with them once from being too enthusiastic.

I used to eat some lousy stuff to hit my macros before I figured out how to cook, so yeah. Concoctions of tuna fish and beans and BBQ sauce! Thankfully, that was a long time ago. ;)

"Intuitive eating" is how most overweight people got that way. It's the default.

The most popular answer is Optimum Nutrition's Gold Standard Whey (Chocolate), because it's a) good and b) there's a wall of it at every GNC, so easy to find and relatively cheap. So, that. Or, my favorite is Vitamin Shoppe's house brand stuff, "BodyTech" whey - chocolate and vanilla flavors. A little cheaper and tastier,…