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Now I'm craving my "crack cornbread" :*

This is all true for most of the South in general. It's been like that for ages, difference now is that our daily lives don't have the kind of physical activity to balance all those large meals. (Think people's jobs used to be heavy labor, or contributing to the farm, and a lot of time that one meal was the only one all…

Running for 60 minutes a day is adding at least 500 calories a day that you should be consuming for energy balance, otherwise you're going to lose weight.

For 15 minutes you're probably looking at 50 calories.

Running. You'll hate it at first until it breaks you and then it not only is an amazing calorie burn due to the steady-state cardio, but it's more calorie-burn-for-your-buck and a huge stress-relief after you get through starting out. All you need is a pair of running shoes, music, something to measure distance (like a…

Exactly. OP, you need some good chocolate ;)

Not to undermine you, but this is completely false information. Your properly working liver and kidneys detox your body every second. There's no such thing as "detoxing" anything. And technically speaking, the more water you drink, the more you'll be helping your kidneys flush said toxins. So taking a fast from water…

But they can turn off their hearing aids

Choosing to be a DNR has nothing to do with giving up. It simply means if my heart stops beating or I stop breathing, no not intervene with CPR / life support. The chance of these measures - after becoming of advancing age - being successful are slim, and when successful - the chances of ever regaining quality of life are…

It's not because it "seems" old. Work enough codes on anyone over that age and see how the odds would favor me (or you)

I have no desire to live to be that old. The odds of me feeling good and having a good quality of life are pretty low. (They are for anyone). I'll be making myself a DNR at age 70. I'll strive to have a healthy , strong years while they last. But even with all of my efforts and good choices , alas we all have to die…

No words. B)

3 slices of Blueberry French toast

In the Summer time (& I live in Florida) I'm now pretty much used to 7:30 pm. It's not as hot, there's usually some sort of a back breeze off of the afternoon storm that just finished blowing through (every day in the summer here - true story) and my husband is home to be with the kids. Although many times lately, they'll…

Blueberries. Not High in protein but nutrient -dense and pretty low calorie. 100 grams is like 60 cals or something like that and it's a lot of berries. They seem to be very satisfying, too.

True. If it were high, it could indicate bone breakdown or parathyroid disorder.

No one ever claimed it was healthy or nutritious , just that either way, it will equal to a deficit and thus weight loss.

Garmin Forerunner 220. 0 complaints! Been going for 7 months. Excellent, solid product. Used chest strap HR but I rarely use this.

My life's never been the same since I got my Garmin.

You'd likely feel short of breath and wheezy if it were asthma. Its possible it's an acid reflux thing, or something worse like your heart. See, there's too many things it could be. You need to physically go see a physician.

Privileged, elitist? Nope. This is the viewpoint of a person who made responsible choices and changed her circumstances. I was an adult with a minimum wage job. Since that was not the greatest way to support a family, I put off having one until I changed my circumstances. Once again, that is what responsible adults do.…

To be devils advocate (and also a voice of logic) everyone can't do that. I mean, even if everyone did do that, they can't because then there would be nothing to achieve up to because everyone would already be there. There's always going to be a need for those doing jobs in the "low wage" field & someone's gotta be at the…

Yeah, that's great and all, but realistically not possible. Since when is anything in life ever ideal ? Who's mom didn't teach them "life's not fair"?

Seems ridiculous, but it is the way it is and we, as a society, have to figure out a way to deal with it. Provide universal healthcare? Major issues there in execution (long wait times, availability of services and medications, the huge tax burdeon to name a couple) Establishing non-for-profit hospitals for the…

I like this. And, instead of the employer paying the costs of health insurance premiums, they could match, like, 50% of employee contribution - sort of like a 401K. And, you can only use it for healthcare costs (again, like a HSA). At the end of the year, you can either roll-over what you haven't used into next year's…

I mean, even prisoners get medical care. Can you imagine going to the emergency room with acute appendicitis and being told to go away because you don't have the money/insurance? You'd be dead within a day or two. That's okay, though, because your life means less cause of money.

My kids' school has an hour of PE every day...

US is the same. there are no taxes on food. However, certain things are taxed. (such as candy etc)

They won't just be sick, then dead - they'll be broke while sick, then dead.

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