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@SunnyDays930 (weird that sometimes tagging users works, other times not so much) Increasing activity helps. Giving up alcohol helps more - alcohol plays havoc with your metabolism and is loaded with calories. At the end of the day, though, 95% of weight loss happens in the kitchen and 95% of dieting is calorie budgeting.…

@Michieb125 - you hit the nail on the head for where I've found myself - "no longer the answer to cope." It starts off with a drink to take the edge off, then it turns into several drinks to numb myself, then it turns into way too many drinks and dragging myself through all the things I'm trying to avoid before crashing…

Seems like a common thread, Womona - long day, work and errands and all… Stopped by the store and restocked a few of my supplements. I made my own grow bag with coco coir, gypsum, vermiculite with a little added oats, coffee grounds and egg shells. Vacuum packed it and stuck it in the sous vide to pasteurize. Got spores…

Late to the party… Calorie deficit is the hard bar for weight loss - over budget, you will gain, under budget, you will lose and while diet and activity might alter the budget to some extent, ultimately there's no way around that. That said, there are a lot of other factors. Yes, if you eat like a racoon but stay under…

Hey, y'all…been a hot minute. I see some familiar names and some unfamiliar names. Hell, I'm not even sure when I last dropped in here….year and a half or so, I guess, looking at my profile. Been some ups and downs. Bella cat is almost two now, still doing great and finally growing out of that ankle destroyer phase. My…

I think there are places in the world where wine is just part of the culture - not in the way we have made drinking part of American culture. Anyway, the photos of Greece are wonderful, one day I will find the time and resources to travel further. Dad was stationed in the Mediterranean when he was a radioman in the navy…

Ugh been sick. The boy brought it over last week, yay. With me under the weather, everybody fends for themselves, so wife ordered several meals on UberEats over the weekend. I forced them down in lieu of better options and quickly realized, if I never eat another McMuffin, it won't make me sad. Abu Omar has gone downhill…

I've been quiet, but still here. Lost count of A and LA but not doing poorly. Probably still at half and half, and none of the A days have been drinking myself stupid, which I feel pretty good about. I like the quote about you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink. That is often the case, although I would never have…

@jthanmyfitnesspal that sounds so cool - I don't listen to a lot of opera, but some is good in small doses, depending upon my mood. And to have a trove pouring in can't be a bad thing! Look at it this way, you can pick through the hoard and pass along the unwanted. @MissMay check y'all out! You are having too much fun, I'm…

Chilling with another Guinness while I listen to Are You Experienced on vinyl and get some things organized for tomorrow - weather is finally nice so me and my buddy are gonna go hit the range. 8 AF, 6 A -m

Been doing okay, had a Guinness tonight, I believe that makes it 8 AF and 5 A. -m

AF yesterday for 6 AF, 4 A and none to excess. No alcohol in the house and no plans to buy any. -m

AF today. Made the rounds, scored a little used vinyl. Nothing too special, a beat up copy of Physical Graffiti, a slightly noisy copy of Gerry Mulligan's Freeway that looked better than it sounds, Gershwin and Telemann both in decent shape. There's a few other shops around town that I want to check out, but I was trying…

ROFL @forestdweller1 I will give him the benefit of the doubt and assume that he was being funny. Well played. To be fair, I had a suit at 19 but didn't know how to really rock it. Today, I traded in the last remaining bits of retired gear from the old guitar rig at Guitar Center and walked out with a new (to me)…

Pretty decent day today. Ate a little more at lunch than I probably should have, but made up for it at dinner. Chilling with the lights low, a glass of pinot noir, some fun kaleidoscopic bit on the big TV and Jam & Spoon on Spotify now. I've been looking at turntables, but decent ones are not cheap - hell, even cheap ones…

Keeping it AF, 2 A and 4 AF so far. The extra pounds I packed on last weekend are slipping back off, so that's good. It ain't easy but that's okay. Wife is getting sick of Indian, now that I have a freezer full of pre-made portions. Go fig...it's okay, I can mix it up, I just have to put some thought into what I prepare on…

Thanks, @forestdweller1. I know of St. John's Wort, but have never used it. Situations we find ourselves in, huh? Threats and stalking are absolutely not okay - need I say, this is why we carry and train? My wife had a stalker before we met, she captured him at gunpoint creeping around her yard one night after he had…

Welcome to new friends, welcome back to returning prodigals, happy birthday to the birthday crew and hello again to the regulars. My goal is simply less, nothing more specific. September ended at 14 AF an 16 A. Thursday, I got eliminated in the first round - I lost a lot of time on reloads and I think crappy ammo cost me a…

Finished up at 14 AF & 16 A. Definite improvement over previous months. See y'all in the October thread. -m

AF today, 14 AF, 13 A. Tomorrow is the dueling tree competition, wish me luck or at least fun... -m

New Mexico is nice - we went to Carlsbad a while back. Been doing good this week - 13 AF and 13 A. -m

There are certain things here that are becoming easier to obtain as states and cities loosen restrictions. For now, though, the only way in most places is to order spores and cultivate. About to crack that Oktoberfest to make it 11 AF and 13 A, 8 of which I'll call LA. -m

I can dig vampire hours, and totally relate to life not allowing rest. AF yesterday made it 11:11. Today, at the grocery, I'd put two beers in the basket for tomorrow and was on my way to the register when I spied my once a year small batch hard to come by Paulaner Oktoberfest brew with the 1l maß! Of course I added it to…

AF yesterday, no plans to drink today. 10 AF, 7 LA, 4 A If I count drinking less as still drinking, it'd be 10:11 with eight days left in the month so not bad. -m

AF yesterday. No plans to drink today. 9 AF, 7 LA, 4 A -m

Okay, so I went and got a Stella last night. I'll call it LA. Bella is doing okay. I think she understands in some cat way that she has an injury and if she gets too carried away, she will hurt herself worse. Today, I got some errands handled - found a more or less local place that has really good pricing on ammo, so I…

Yeah, dealing with stuff after procedures is crazy stress. So we picked up her food at 10 last night. This morning we got up crazy early and packed her into the carrier before she could complain about breakfast, and dropped her off. We picked her up at 3:30 after she woke up, no complications. No surprises: she HATES the…

Planned A day - getting my wine on with Dark Wave. Bellycat gets her surgery in the morning, a little stressed but confident that all will be well. God knows how I will keep her calm enough to not blow out stitches... 7 AF, 6 LA, 4 A -m

AF last night. 7 AF 6 LA 3 A -m