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Time and energy are why I walk. After all, if I drive to the gym, there's 15 minutes each way. Then add on registration, changing into gym clothes, showering, changing into street clothes.. I can easily blow 45 minutes on activities necessary to support working out that are not actually working out. Or I can put on a pair…

The American Chemical Society has featured research on this topic several times. The consensus of research both academic and industrial was that there is and remains no physiological risk from BPA. However, they recognized when they were fighting a losing political battle.

The only "choice" made in drug addiction is the choice to use the drug in the first place. Because physiological addiction is an overriding demand that the brain convinces the body that it MUST HAVE the drug or the person will die. It's a compulsion far beyond good or bad choices. And opioids are really addictive. But pain…

Every scientist or engineer learns very quickly that you always, ALWAYS state units to avoid confusion. Always. Clarity in communication is important. It avoids situations like the pages-long discussion prior to this.

All this confusion and antagonism and hostility could be entirely avoided if people simply made sure to always list units used.

It also bears considering that there's variation in stress and hunger hormones between individuals! So we don't all even have exactly the same physiological cues.

I don't think its woo, actually - I believe that our bodies are pretty incredible and evolution has equipped us to survive and even thrive with a wide variety of food sources. It's one of the remarkable things that's led to the success of homo sapiens.

Congratulations on your major weight loss. I understand entirely where you're coming from. You've made a huge improvement in your life already, and the most important thing is that you maintain that victory. Is it "ok"? By what metric? As far as I know, you're an adult and you live in a free society. What you want to do…

I take Vitamin D, but not to protect my bones. I have lupus and live in the north, and have very low vitamin D levels in my blood. I've been pretty close to hospitalization for that which is something I'd rather not go through.

Deviations exist. In both directions. Being a low end outier (maintain 155 at 1450 net calories, 15k steps a day & 5'9") can really look harsh in sharp relief to someone who is as far above the mean in calorie needs as I am below.

I'm going to preface this very brief breakdown of "Do They Know it's Christmas?" With a bit of commentary "I am responsible for two of the worst songs in history. The other one is 'We Are the World'." - Geldof I almost completely agree with him. Dripping in hackneyed sentimentality and condescension for almost everyone…

Every success story in here is wonderful. But yours is something else. It's utterly phenomenal. Because where you started, everything in life had to be a lot harder. And look at you now! Thank you so much for sharing!

I thought "Do They Know It's Christmastime" was a song that was meant to convict people engaging in sloppy, meaningless sentimentality and false religious sentiment while living in complete contradiction to the Gospel and the commands of Jesus. Satire doesn't play terribly well for a lot of people, and we're definitely not…

OK I'll be more precise. Using a population metric with a significant deviance to determine the health and potential penalties to individuals is gross abuse of statistics.

You're welcome! Yeah my opinion on that other song is largely pedantic and due to objections too bad theological awareness couched as contemplation. With different lyrics I'd probably love it as well. Or if I just didn't get so laser-focused on what lyrics mean. It Is very pretty!

Also, that orginal song - that was some saccharine sentimentality there. But It's not setting my teeth on edge, I could tolerate it for a great many years. I don't know how it could possibly be happier than "Mele Kalikimaka" or "Sleigh Ride" though. It's hard for science to beat the masters. After all, it's really aping…

I love that you listen to the Christian Christmas channel. There's so much more variety! Of all the Christmas songs in the world... you love one that I loathe the most! But its also one a great many people adore because it has a haunting melody. I strongly prefer Amy Grant's "Breath of Heaven" Some other favorites include…

I'm in complete agreement with you here, start to finish. I know the opinion on BMI and the accuracy of the cutoffs on the margins are unpopular based on reactions to posts I've made on this topic. On another thread I brought up concerns with the statistical validity of the 25 cutoff worldwide, and got more "woo" marks…

I love Advent and Christmas music. I'm a musician, and as long as I can remember, Christmas starts in September for me, planning and preparing. This year I organized a concert to benefit the local food shelf with several other church musicians. We had over 150 voices in our combined choir and a small orchestra... It was a…

Myrrh is mine, it's bitter perfume Breathes a life of gathering gloom Sorrowing, sighing, bleeding, dying Sealed in a stone-cold tomb Doesn't get much better. Theologically it's a phenomenal song.

When I started out, I couldn't really even wrap my head about how overweight I was. I knew I'd be healthier at 190 than at 270 and I'd been 190 as an adult. So I started there. But my goal was my business, I didn't share it with anyone I knew. I decided I could drop to 185, then 175,165, and now I'm maintaining at a…

"'I'm sorry you feel that way" is such a work - horse

So it's used to turn "fat" into a euphemism for "unattractive" and in this case "skinny" decides a desirable state of not being visibly fat. Or put another way "I'm not fat but I'm still unattractive, since unattractive people are fat I'm this new type of morality superior fat that's merely unattractive." And then there's…

On the upside, they still look great in a supportive bra! And at my age I'm of the opinion that a man lucky enough to see them without one is probably simply thankful. But I do have my vanity...

I can't believe how much smaller I am now. I started at a 38 I when I was 270 lbs. Now I'm 155 and wearing a 34 DD (panache/berlei). They no longer cause pain the way they did. I think I would be open to surgery now more than before, ironically, because weight loss was not kind to the girls. They look sadly deflated and…

All the "I'm cold" comments make me laugh. I was reading this thread from the start, and I thought "oh that's silly". I was down 65 lbs at the time. Well, - 115 lbs now and I'M FREEZING.

You're right. I remember finding it hilarious. I used it myself. Everyone knew I meant I was fat. But in the upper Midwestern accent, in particular, the word "fat" is quite ugly - sounding as our short "a" is broadened and flattened of both. So unless I'm talking about food, I avoid using the word with anyone regarding…

Sign me up under that one. I lost 60 lbs at age 19 within 6 months (225 - 165 lbs , 5'11" at the time). How? Rigid adherence to SlimFast. Very rigid. After I went off the diet drinks, the mere THOUGHT of drinking another or being that hungry all the time would send me diving straight for food. Honestly, counting calories…

I just refuse to fly any more. I used to take six round trips a year.

I'll bite. Why is rural Minnesota so very yellow?