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Thanks! The one my MIL got me doesn't fit me too well, even with the seat pushed as far forward as it will go I don't reach the pedals (I'm shorter than average, but not outside the realm of normal!) well. I can't sit with my back on the back of the seat, I have to sit forward, which isn't comfortable. Anyway, I've joined…

The whole x10-13 thing is just a quick and dirty calculation. You are way overthinking this, IMO. You need to eat less than you burn. If I were you, I'd let MFP calculate my calories for losing 0.5lbs or 1lb per week. On the weekend, allow yourself to go over your calories - but not to exceed 500 calories over. So if MFP…

I ended up going with Jeff Nippard's Fundamentals of Hypotrophy program because it had an option for a 3-day full-body, a 4-day upper/lower split, and a 5-day body part split. Since DH and I are both doing it, he's doing the full body and I'm doing the upper/lower split. It's kind of like getting more than one program for…

I was homeschooled. I had an excellent college experience. I wish real life were more like college. I think it generally means grades, I went full academic scholarship undergrad and full (grades based) scholarship to grad school. Excellent study skills, the ability to self-regulate homework - NOT burnt out on the…

Okay, first - breathing during exercise classes is not the same as breathing while standing or walking. Fight me on that. So "less likely" that the CDC doesn't think it's worth testing if you've been exposed less than 15 minutes. From the first linked study:…

How many were more than 15 minutes of exposure? The CDC says brief exposure is unlikely to cause transmission. Their criteria for risk/testing is 15 minutes. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/php/public-health-recommendations.html So an asymptomatic person with 30 seconds to 2 minutes of contact 4+ feet away…

I use the same scale in the same spot in my bathroom with a weight trending app. Since I always weigh first thing in the AM after emptying the bladder, my weight never agrees at the doctor or anything - because I've introduced variables for the day (food consumed, clothing, waste removed). I keep an eye on the scale by…

Yes, I said that. They do seem to correlate. I would say between 75 and 85% in the grocery store. 100% at the dentist and chiropractor and hair salon. All people at the gym were maintaining 12'+ distance. 95% at drive throughs (I saw one person without a mask). Those are the only places I've been, and I don't go out often.…

I probably should to. If you are paying attention, you'd know I take all the appropriate measures myself. I stay home unless necessary, I wear masks, I use hand sanitizer, I keep distance, I clean the gym equipment when I'm done with it, I do everything I can to protect other people. That is who I am and it's my choice. I…

I think we can agree on a lot of these things.

I don't mind stores or places of business requiring it. That is an exchange, they have something to offer and I willingly enter into an exchange with them. There is an exchange. I can take my business elsewhere or online if I don't like the policies. We know cigarette smoke is dangerous. You are basically assuming by…

I think wearing masks is worthwhile, in certain situations. I don't think to mandate it is appropriate. If mask-wearing is for kindness and protection of others only, it's trying to legislate morality. If it were really about the health of people with pre-existing conditions, cigarettes and unhealthy food would need to be…

But see we already have that. Without a mandate. There are posters on this thread calling for a nationwide mandate with enforcement. In the past 5 pages. That is what I think is being irrational. We have no mandate in our state, and establishments have had the right to refuse people without masks since the shutdown started…

FL, TX, and CA are doing so well now, aren't they? They were near the front of the pack! This was a locally done poll, AFAIK, unfortunately, I can't seem to find the data and stuff from the governor updates anywhere except in the youtube video. I think it was also more recent than the linked poll. ETA and I said "In my…

In my experience, I would say 75-85% wear masks, which is pretty close to the slides he showed. Your link didn't load for me.

Where I live, we have a Sheriff, a Deputy, and one Patrol Officer. I don't think having them running around mandating masks is a good use of their time.

I never said I was against masks, I'm against mandates that require enforcement. That takes law enforcement or regulators away from things where they are really needed. I don't want our already stressed first responders coming to dispute with individuals about mask-wearing. That does cost. That opens them for more…

Apparently, she worked in the local school district. No one has gotten mad at me, I just see what I consider irrational behavior online. I'm just watching our state's daily covid update. They did a survey - which I understand isn't scientific or anything - but 82% of respondents say they are wearing masks when they go out.…

Fear and feelings aside, we make those kinds of arguments every day. Do you know how many people die or are injured in car crashes? Do you know what decisions they have to make when they set speed limits? They know changing the limit by 5 or 10 mph saves or risks lives. They have to make that kind of decision because…

It's nice. It's a single epidemiologist though, not a study. I read the study linked. It supported the use of masks, as do I. It did not support the use of mandates, which I don't either. It also said 80% adherence would be enough, so I again, don't think mandates are the answer. I'm fine with suggestion and…

I didn't link it because it was symptomatically similar, I did because it was a respiratory spread virus - not a bacteria (a previous thing posted was a guy looking at bacteria coming past a mask/not ) - I thought a meta-analysis of influenza spread that was on actual people getting actually ill was far closer to what…

I made it clear it was influenza research, we don't have 70 years of covid research to look at, now do we? I'm fine with it being a "standard practice/recommendation" that is not the same as a mandate with enforcement. Mandates, and all this mask-wearing hype (when the science is iffy, at best), it causes discrimination…

Can you point me in the direction of the current death rate? Google seems to be failing me. I came up with 0.04%, this is all deaths - not taking into account comorbidities and stuff. I'm sure an expert could get me a better number. I'm not sure a 1% or 5% effectiveness rate would be worth mandates or enforcement. Would…

I'm really interested to hear the opinions on those who want to mandate face masks:

Thanks. I'm not really looking to write myself, even with a framework. I guess that is what I could do though, it would sure be easier than searching forever. I'll look into it!

Well it's $10 more. One is $39.99 and both are $49.99. It would only cost $10 MORE to get both. I'm beginning to reconsider. I can't do 5 or 6 days in the gym. I am doing 3 now, 4 is my max. They both seem to fit my goals though, I just can't do the time commitment and it seems silly to pay money for a program that asks…

https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/5/19-0994_article This article is about influenza, but influenza is very much like covid in the fact that it is a contagious respiratory disease. Thoughts?

Anyone tried both of Stephanie Buttermore's intermediate to advanced programs? I can't decide between specialization and optimization. Or for $10 more than one, I could have both. Thoughts?

Yeah, I think eating at maintenance would be good while you recover.

Wait, I didn't know giving blood burned calories, but it makes sense. Learn something new every day.