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I'd say it's normalized in all the English speaking countries and many other countries around the world such as most of the Latin countries, Middle East, India, Pacific Islands, etc. I'm saying this based on either people I know from those countries or news reports I've seen about obesity in those countries. I agree with…

My track coach in high school said we should replace our running shoes every 2 to 3 months to avoid shin splints.

Plus food is so tied up with emotions. In a way it's a drug since it can cause the same pleasurable feelings that a drug causes. Ironically I ate and drank my feelings tonight and went way over the allotted calories because I was at a memorial for my friend who passed away (even more ironically my friend passed away from a…

Not me this morning ambitiously hoping that I would wake up to my alarm after a nice healthy 8 hour sleep buoyed on a nice reasonable 1.5 mg melatonin and 5mg hydroxyzine...and instead waking up after over 9.5 hours and I still wanted to sleep more :D I would do this except I sleep with the lights on (yay PTSD making me…

Limb amputation. Lose 30 pounds in one second! The people for whom this advice is intended aren't aware enough of their bodies to implement it either. My partner is on the spectrum and has binge eating disorder and in his mind he has two settings -- starving and so full he can't move. Also on a related note people with…

I'm reading a book by the doctor who created EMDR but the book makes it sound kind of BS to be honest. It sounds more like some magical faith healing thing than an actual therapy. And if you're already aware of what your traumas are and discussed and processed them a million times I don't see what extra benefit doing some…

No, I know the difference between the two, either way a person born in ancient times could be expected to live for a much shorter period of time than a person born today. It was in the book Human Errors by Nathan Lents. It's almost like there was a civil war going on that year. You just proved my point.... Yes but now it…

This is demonstrably false, prior to the advent of civilization life expectancy was only 20 to 35 years and people were at constant risk of dying of malnutrition, most notably iron-deficiency anemia. Also if meat is the solution to obesity then why are the obesity rates of domestic cats, which are obligate carnivores,…

It's not a side effect of the medication, it's why I went on the medication in the first place. However it did get worse after I increased my Lexapro from 5mg to 10mg last week (I started seeing a new psychiatrist recently and she recommended it). I got depressed, angry, irritable, and was sleeping over 12 hours a day. I…

My sibling and I grew up eating the same meals, which were vegetable-heavy, and I love pretty much all vegetables while my sibling can't stand most of them. I've heard that pickiness with food is mostly influenced by genetics but not sure how true it is. Weirdly my biggest food aversion has always been milk, which we were…

I was told by people on MFP that I might have ME/CFS, but honestly I've been too afraid of the stigma that doctors have to go to the doctor and find out if I have it. I've seen some nasty online posts from (alleged) doctors deriding people with ME/CFS as just a bunch of attention seekers and drama queens. I have chronic…

[Sorry this is off topic but probably some of you guys can relate given the discussion topic of this thread.] No, there aren't any therapists I can find who do it. However I am reading a book by the person who invented EMDR (Dr. Francine Shapiro) and it's making my BS detector go off. She seems to think that everyone has…

Yes I've been in therapy since October 2021 and mine is all virtual too. I also have a psychiatrist and take medication although it hasn't been going well. It just feels like things are never going to get better. I feel dead inside and like nothing is real and nothing matters, and I think I am probably stuck that way…

Honestly my feelings about lockdowns are controversial (maybe not so much anymore considering the criticism of the zero COVID policy which many people used to criticize us for NOT doing). But suffice to say I know way more people whose lives and health were negatively impacted by lockdowns than by COVID. Lockdown…

Had my first drink since July today -- an acai flavored hard kombucha, at a social event in a bar. It was ok but it kind of just tasted like hard cider to me. As far as effects there weren't any different effects than normal. I didn't actually finish the whole thing, I drank a little over half and my partner finished the…

I don't like to put any seasonings on them. I think the eggs themselves are flavorful enough. I have them with either sauteed vegetables (mushrooms, peppers, and tomato) or fresh fruit (usually berries or stone fruit) and buttered toast or toaster waffles. There's a brunch place we go to sometimes that has this thing…

Red's turkey sausage, egg, and cheese breakfast burrito. Toasted Thomas' everything bagel with butter. Two Good mixed berry flavored Greek yogurt. Strawberries. Decaf Irish breakfast tea. Not super healthy but it's that time of the month.

Dove Promises, strawberries (which are on sale for $2 this week at the supermarket!) and decaf English breakfast tea...quite possibly the perfect dessert.

Thanks :) I saw the new psychiatrist today. She was shocked at the amount of misinformation I had gotten from other medical staff and the misleading brochures that come with the medication. She said it's fine to take ibuprofen with Lexapro as long as I don't take it on an empty stomach. She also said it's fine to drink a…

A breakfast picture for a change of pace. Two soft-boiled eggs, two Kodiak Cakes homestead-style waffles with butter, Quaker lower-sugar maple and brown sugar instant oatmeal, some Mission figs (I forgot how much I love figs!), and decaf coffee with vanilla collagen powder and whipped cream.

I'm not vegetarian but I was for three years and my partner still is. I mostly eat and cook vegetarian at home since I don't want to cook meat just for one person. Plus I've never really been that big on meat. I find it is really easy to get enough nutrition if you're still eating dairy and eggs. I didn't notice any…

Technically I didn't ask if I could drink or not. I just saw that it said on the paperwork not to. Plus at the time when I first started taking it I was having so many problems with panic attacks that going out was the last thing on my mind. My old psychiatrist is very unapproachable and overbooked with patients, and I…

I don't find MFP's TDEE to be accurate. It tells me I should only be eating about 1800 calories for maintenance but I need 2000+. People vary significantly in TDEE depending on their individual characteristics. The best way to find your TDEE is to start with 2000 (which is still way less than what the average American…

Tonight's dinner: butternut squash rice. Roasted butternut squash (which my MIL grew in her garden) over brown rice, topped with Himalayan salt, pepper, melted Gouda cheese, and roasted garlic (I caramelized the garlic a lot on purpose because my partner and I both like it that way). Also had a salad of spring mix, tomato,…

Went out with friends yesterday for the first time since NYE, which was a lot of fun. I was more cautious than usual though, wore a mask on the subway, tried to social distance from strangers, used lots of hand sanitizer, etc. I'm still easing back into life, work, and exercise so I don't overdo it and end up getting long…

I haven't drank since July because I went on Lexapro and Ativan for panic attacks. I didn't miss it at first (and honestly, some of my friends are kind of alcoholics, so it wasn't a great influence to be drinking with them). But as time goes on it's getting more annoying. I couldn't even have a drink at my 7th anniversary…

Got some Vietnamese food with friends for lunch today. I don't remember what this is called but it's roast pork with rice vermicelli, fish sauce, crushed peanuts, scallions, and various other vegetables such as lettuce, carrot, cucumber, and fresh mint. I also got a pot of chrysanthemum tea (which is high in iron as it…

Three hard-shell tacos with: Brown rice Either black or pinto beans (usually pinto) Fajita veggies Sofritas or chicken Mild salsa Sour cream (the most important part IMO) Cheese Lettuce I also get one of those lightly sweetened bottled iced teas that they have.

I forget to make recipes from cookbooks but I own two of them. I got the Hungry Student Vegetarian Cookbook a couple of months ago. My partner is vegetarian so I cook vegetarian at home and got this cookbook for more ideas on what to make. I got this book because the recipes are probably fast and don't make a ton of…

Oh ok. I should make sure my MIL got it though because she had some respiratory problems that almost killed her several years ago. Until last month I would have said the same thing. And I didn't take that many precautions, obviously I locked down with everyone else in 2020 and wore masks when it was required (also a face…