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I maintained my lower weight for about six years. What i learned in that time is that maintenance takes just as much diligence as losing weight, and it never really ends. I will always have a complicated relationship with food. But i was also able to have new habits. I learned the unfortunate truth too that, for me, even…

Your story is just like mine- except I'm 40. I lost 50 lbs doing CICO, and maintained a good weight for six years and then it slowly crept back up. Not to the same high, but too high. I literally struggled for three years trying to get motivated to get back down again- I'd say I need to lose 20 lbs. Anyways, I finally…

I'm doing Keto as a vegetarian. I've been baking veggies in olive oil with some salt. It's killer. Broccoli, cauliflower or brussel sprouts. Add salt and pepper and some garlic. Soooo good.

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I always wonder how people can say (1) lifting won't make you bulky, and (2) squats will give you an a** without realizing those two statements contradict themselves. Lifting does build muscle. That's the point. You won't look like Arnold of course, but you can build mass. Lighter weights higher reps actually builds mass…

I revoke my snarky comment.... misread. If your stats are correct, you have 123 lbs of lean body mass. If you lose weight, you will lost LBM. So it's not like when you get to 150 you'll be 19% body fat with 123 lbs of LBM (unless you know some trick I don't). You'll probably have a lower LBM and so to hit 19% bf, you will…

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I didn't read the other comments but want to say that I think when it comes to fitness, scales aren't really always our friends.

This is a before, after, and WAY AFTER post. "before and after" shot- 174 lbs (2009) to 135 lbs. (2010) Before 2009, 174 lbs: Lowest weight, in 2011, at 124 lbs: After seven years, I'm now 145 lbs in 2016: Sometimes after having been in the 120's I'll feel like I've "let myself go" to be in the 140's again. I would love to…

Right? I get why people want to make it clear to newbs (??) to not get caught up in the idea that it HAS TO BE CLEAN or else you will DIE/suffer/be fat!!! .....But sometimes people get just as fanatical about vehemently opposing any perspective that isn't 100% opposed to all things "clean." It's always refreshing to…

So I learned there was a movie about him and I don't know about that.... But there is a legal discussion about the damages that could be done to farmers from inadvertent cross pollination: http://law.emory.edu/elj/content/volume-64/issue-1/comments/holding-patent-owners-liable.html

My analogy would be that the neighbors prize bull came over, knocked up Percy's dog without Percy's permission, and now the neighbor thinks they own rights to all the pups's pups- even tho Percy is the one who took care of them and bred them into what they are now. Even if Percy knew he was using pups from the neighbors…

It's not my concern that you think I was being condescending when I asked you the same types of questions you asked me. The case about the canola oil, I browsed it. From what I read, he sprayed a field that had cross pollinated crops. Saved the cross pollinated crops and then used that to reseed the next year. Farmers have…

So my office mate has this to contribute: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5_D0rdqeAs

Congratulations! You are using the same rationale as those who invented DDT and the atomic bomb! Apparently my personal choice to be wary of GMO is really threatening to people. lol.

I'm not a patent attorney. Are you? I am licensed to practice law. Are you? I'm not going to argue with you about terms about patent law/intellectual property/copyright/trademark when the point is the same- a person can own the legal rights to a gene code. That's the problem I am pointing out. How can I be an attorney and…

Here's a better source of information: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2015/03/humans-may-harbor-more-100-genes-other-organisms "The findings are critical to understanding evolution, says Hank Seifert, a molecular biologist at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, Illinois. “This is a very…

I don't have much faith in that video, given it's source. But I will research the alleged transfer of genes between species because in my two science degrees, I didn't learn that. ETA: From their website: "Every person and every organization has a value system and a set of beliefs. PragerU is no different. We believe in…

maybe i'll watch the video later. this conversation did make me research organic factory farms, which was eye opening. Definitely different than the farms I worked on.

Hi, yeah, I'm an attorney and "intellectual property" is what we call the whole area of law under which things like...ideas....become owned. When I talk about farmers losing rights to their own crops, here's a taste of what I'm talking about:…

Veganism isn't some weird thing nobody knows about and it is more than just a diet. The same way one should respect a request for halal food, one should respect a request for vegan food. It's not hard, people.

none of which is to say I don't trust modern medicine. Because for the most part I do (I'm still iffy on psychotropic medications, but surgery I'm down with...tho)

I have worked on organic farms that didn't spray. They used compost to fertilize, didn't engage in monoculture... these were farms that were run by students studying agriculture, or hippie communes completely dedicated to ecology... anyways, the farms ended up testing positive for pesticides because conventional farms soil…

Oh no worries. The video is like an hour and a half long. I saw this guy a few years back at a training about child abuse and it explained to me why I did what I did and really saved me from blaming myself. Of course I want us all to fight back and report and put these horrible people away, but I also want survivors who…

My class was a self defense class that you graduated to start the martial arts training, which covered street fighting. The self defense class covered what your class covered. ....Watch the video I posted. Neurobiology can shut down your ability to do anything, even if you have been trained... which isn't to say training…

I found a youtube video that covers a training I went to on the neurobiology of trauma and covers why someone might not fight back. This is designed for prosecutors and judges, etc.... it's amazing. If anyone wants to geek out about what can happen in the victim's brain during assault:…

While I agree that self defense training is super important and can really help, I had five years of martial arts training when I was assaulted and I didn't fight back. I agree with every one that fighting back is great and all, but I also just want to say for any survivors who, like me, didn't fight back, there are…

I also wanted to say, it's not too late to report it to the police. You might want to involve them in the conversation with the store to get the footage. That's critical evidence.

another thought, if your goal is to lose 1 lb a week, and you lost 6 lbs in week one, and nothing in week two, instead of giving up, remember you are 4 lbs ahead of schedule. Stick to the plan.

those who said "weight loss isn't linear" are right. Maybe fat loss is linear, but somedays you will have more water, or you built some muscle. What I like to do (yes I'm giving advice) is I get out a calendar, I write my weight today and every week for about four or five months I write my estimated weight for that week at…