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Excellent point.
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It's like the "elephant not in the room" issue. Some really good possibles ITT. Only way to know which one is to ask.
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I don't read clinical level paranoia into his tone at all. It's possible that it's there, but it's an impossible call to make from text/ a few comments online. You realise he's also referencing actual sociological theorists' work, right? Societal norms are incredibly pervasive, and advertising is way more hooked in than…
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Is the rest of you moving? Also, I sense the force is strong in this one...
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Up from a bald eagle to an automobile tyre B)
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Actually, it feels great to be dense and actually sink in the ocean rather than bob to the surface like a champagne cork!
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Hahahaha! <3 Me too. BP1 here. Comorbid panic attacks/ anxiety too.
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I'd be seeing a doctor and getting my heart checked before embarking on a fitness program. 100 BPM at rest isn't something any of us can say is definintely unhealthy for you, this being the internet and all, but ... check this chart out: WOMENS RESTING HEART RATE CHART AGE 18 -25 26 -35 36 -45 46 - 55 56 -65 65+ ATHLETE…
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audrey1.org/biography/16/audrey-hepburn-timeline-1929-1949 Hepburn's story. Explains a lot. As to the rest: confirmation bias at work, I suspect!
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A range of songs in some of the genres you gave: https://youtube.com/watch?v=cLqVuuhHhJI https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZMhEW7PTgEw https://youtube.com/watch?v=9ZJTM03UByU https://youtube.com/watch?v=CU3mc0yvRNk https://youtube.com/watch?v=IB4p6W5PVuc I could go on ... Personally, I find that trance works a treat. It's not a…
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A bald eagle so far. I will be back.
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“Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure that you are not, in fact, just surrounded by *kitten*.” ~ William Gibson The helpful folks who have preceeded me in this thread are not who I'm talking about! http://explorewhatsnext.com/am-i-depressed-or-surrounded-by-holes/ strategies for…
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This thread is hilarious. :smiley: The three factors cited in the OP would have very weak correlations, if any, as opposed to say the increase in portion sizes, or high fructose corn syrup, or (most significantly) behavioural changes such as exercising less whilst eating more. Magazines cite "studies" all the time without…
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They are trying to control you. Put downs are a classic tactic. I imagine that your change upsets them - how dare you take control yourself? What next? From what wild spring did this change come? The best thing you can do for yourself is keep being amazing - you sound it. How do you respond when they call you names/make…
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I agree with you. I watched the promotional video of the woman who gave up sugar and started going to the gym 5x a week (how the device shocked her into going to the gym wasn't explained!). I fail to see how the device works with the food "sugar" is in so very many foods, from bananas to sweet chili sauce. I don't think…
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"A person who has been punished is not less inclined to behave in a given way; at best, he learns how to avoid punishment." B. F. Skinner
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Call them and ask! It's an extremely common question (I worked at a gym/pool many years ago). They won't think anything odd about you asking, or expect/need/want an explanation from you why you want to know. Yeah, the unknown and imagination can have a field day with anxious tendencies.
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:smiley: !!
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*sheepish smile* I do make a charming dinner guest, meat on the bbq or nay. It is a free country, right?
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Arguments about our teeth have the wrong end of the stick - were pigs designed to live their entire lives in darkened sheds in stalls where they can't turn around? Were male chicks, the unwanted byproduct of the egg industry, designed to be thrown alive into macerators at a day old? Were dogs designed to be skinned alive?…
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anxietybc.com/sites/default/files/adult_hmsocial.pdf Great up-to-date strategies for dealing with social anxiety here. You can do it! Step one for the pool could be "Walk around the pool when it's quietest, fully dressed". Build from there. The idea's not to go beyond what you can cope with, but to challenge yourself/your…
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Yep, I have a mood disorder and I'm on two that can cause weight gain. One hasn't appreciably (I've been on for 3 years now), and one is correlated with a 14kg gain over 6 months (started taking it 6 months ago). However, 95% of that gain would have happened anyway due to how much I was eating and how much I stopped…
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Walking your dog the way you do sounds super relaxing. Relaxing activities lower cortisol, the stress hormone, of which some is important and useful but too much can negatively impact weight loss efforts. I have just started here and don't plan to count going to the local beach with my dog as exercise, but do plan to…
