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They're not mean or sarcastic posts... they're idiot *****slaps. Think of them as a kind of smelling salts to wake up sleeping fools.

First up, the only solidly proven 'unhealthy' fat is trans fat. Fat is demonized by the media and it's very easy to buy into it all, but a moderate balance of saturated (yes, saturated!), monounsaturated and polyunsaturated should cause you no significant health issues at all. There's evidence that eating a lot of red meat…

You only have 12 more lbs to go to get to your goal weight. That's gonna take strictly accurate intake/output measuring habits and some heavy lifting. Use the 60 minutes you're wasting with the walk/run to pump some iron instead.

Don't cut out fruit, stop tracking sugar. Next.

You need to start lifting weights.

Bananas are a great food. In some diabetics the higher GI value raises blood glucose a little quickly (but not in all, I'm diabetic and I can eat them just fine). If you're not diabetic or pre-diabetic, bananas are awesome.

See a big hairy spider. Massive amount of calories burned within seconds...

No need to overthink it. Eat what you usually eat, just go easier on the bread, pasta, rice and potato. And skip full sugar liquids (soda, oj etc).

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Just a word of warning - if anyone on here gives you specific numeric advice regarding BMR or TDEE based on this information, definitely double check it with a medical professional. Calculations based on standard metabolic equations will be way off in post-bariatrics.

Halloween 3 is my yearly go-to. It's the only one of them that captures halloween for me. Recently I added Trick r' Treat as well but there aren't many flicks that offer up that yummy autumnal atmosphere. You could try "Satan's Little Helper" - it's not great, but it does deliver on the Seaonal feel at least. Oh, and I…

Norton causing the problem, thirded. Kaspersky ftw.

Yep, very hard to give advice since you've got a post surgery metabolism which I presume makes your body function dramatically differently to that of an everyday person. The bariatric nutritionist may actually be right. I would listen to them, at least at first. They may be steering you away from being so focused on the…

@Courtney, that's Farscape's Aeryn Sun and Star Wars' Mon Mothma :drinker:

Thanks so much guys! I think my reading list is easily set for the next year or two! :heart: And just to share something in return, I also did a bit of Googling around last night and came up with a list of other, allegedly imaginative genre-benders. Anyone want to weigh in on any of these? (Also, sorry if any of these are…

The ones that I am aware of... 1) I leave drawers and kitchen cabinets open 2) I let the gas tank get below 1/4 full before refilling the car 3) I talk about mfp too much

While we're at it, anyone know of any military steampunk or military new weird/urban fantasy?

FR sent Quasita! House of Leaves is officially the only book that ever scared me. It scared me more than just when I was reading it too... like I would sit at work waiting to get home and read it, totally consumed by the Navidson Record, and questioning my own sanity just like Johnny Truant. That wasn't a book, it was a…

@Michelle, I do love Joe Hill. I gotta admit I only read him to see if he could measure up to his dad. :smile: .

Oh yeah kids books are fine too. In fact I love that all the sickest authors out there have written for kids. Meiville goes from having his flesh elementals make human beings "erupt with wet burps to leave flesh rags blowing in the wind" to his kids book Un Lun Dun. Gaiman goes from having his protagonist facing death by…

Oh my goodness! Pookylou dives in with a ton of names I haven't read! :flowerforyou:

Ah Dan Simmons is an odd one to me. I've only read his horror stuff, not the sci fi, and while I loved the Summer of Night/Winter Haunting series I could not at all get into Carrion Comfort. I'll have to give Hyperion a try! It's funny you should mention Neal Stephenson because I had never heard of him until a friend…

Hmmm John Wyndham... now there's one I haven't read! *hugs Allie* How could I forget Pratchett? :noway:

The more I think about it, the real reason I liked the movies was because I wanted to man-hump Viggo Mortensen. He was so... kingly...

I weigh before cooking. But obviously add in calories of any oil, marinade or breading you are using.

Diabetics are the only people who should follow low carb diets imo. I would recommend a mild one - the Zone perhaps - you don't have to go batty atkins or full keto.

At risk of getting mauled to death by a mob of angry geeks I'll say I prefer the movies over the books. Don't get me wrong, I comprehend the zeitgeist-changing innovations the books brought to fantasy literature, but personally, I can only read a limited number of awfully written hobbit poems in one sitting...

Yes, but you're narrowing the definition of "attraction" down to physical appearance when there are definitely many more factors involved... size of territory, persistence of courting behavior, proof of certain skills and intelligence levels. If you want to compare us to animals (which you should, because we are) then you…

I wear a giant chrome codpiece with a flashing LED on the end. No one notices the gloves.