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pearlandhorn

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  1. Good luck man. I’m eyeing a 70.3 in 2025.
  2. I like Jeff nippard. He’s a no BS kinda guy that promotes full body exercises. He does tend to concentrate more on the bodybuilding aspect of fitness which I’m not really into any longer but a lot of his diet information is very good.
  3. 3 scrambled eggs with valentina's. Cup of oatmeal with splenda, cinnamon, and a serving of peanut butter mixed up.
  4. YMMV. I’m a distance runner with an Apple Watch. I think it’s an 8. I use it to track my mileage. It also has a heart rate monitor than varies a lot when compared to my wife’s Garmin watch. It’s accurate enough if you aren’t moving around but if you walk, run, bike, it’s not much help in terms of heart monitors.
  5. Definitely not buying into the off-season koolaid (yet) until I see at least some improvement in the WR room and DL with my own eyes. Hopefully we see something at the spring game. It is nice to see some good news at RB and Quinn taking the off-season seriously. Been burned too many times by the 9.95ers to buy into the hype. Show me.
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  7. Wordle 650 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
  8. I tend to vote for people that will leave me the fuck alone.
  9. Exactly like the reform of SS/Medicare/Medicaid. Welcome to politics. I'm all for some type of gun reform law that will take guns out of the hands of the mentally unstable. But given the political climate, ain't nothing going to change. Which is why I carry. You literally never know.
  10. I avoid Wal-Mart. Mainly just stick to HEB (when it's open).
  11. A few months ago, I always carried. I didn’t travel for work at my previous company. Changed jobs and have been flying more frequently so obviously can’t carry. Never shot anything aside from deer or dove. My dad was in law enforcement and I grew up around guns. I have shotguns, rifles, many pistols.
  12. This hits home for me. When I lost a ton of weight (315 -> 178), I wasn’t eating a well balanced diet and couldn’t run more than 5 miles to save my life. I gained 10 pounds by eating a better diet (more fat and carbs) and boom, my training exploded, I look a lot better, feel a lot better, and finished a marathon (not at the time I wanted so I signed up again next year!) I just finished my last race of the season - half marathon. Ran it in 1:47:00. This was my second half of the season (first was in October - Houston Half) and I shaved 8 minutes off the time. It really is amazing what hard work and consistency in training AND diet will do for you.
  13. Travelled from NY back to TX via ATL this last week and a woman had a clear backpack with a fucking cat in it. What the fuck is with people today?
  14. You should call Costco and tell them that. Report back.
  15. After the whole SWA shitshow, I’m done with them. Flew Delta from Hobby to Albany, NY and was quite impressed. Disappointing that they only have 3 flights a day out of Hobby and only to ATL but oh well. If I fly east coast, I’ll fly delta. If I go west, I’ll go United out of IAH. I had companion pass for 3 years with SWA but just can’t stand them anymore. Terrible planes, terrible clientele, very ugly stewardesses.
  16. I get that these people are outliers (myself included) and can appreciate a doctor (like yourself) who recommends diet and exercise. However, patients aren't incentivized to actually follow through with said diet and exercise, are they? No, their insurance will cover the cost of these drugs that enable their current lifestyle.
  17. Not your previous post. Sorry. JFC.
  18. I think a lot of the problem with the American healthcare system is the incentive for doctors to just prescribe meds for ailments related to having obese patients. Oh, high BP due to being fat? Here's a pill. High cholesterol from eating fast food every day? Here's a pill. Type 2 diabetes for being over overweight and eating like shit the majority of your life? Here's a pill and blood sugar monitor. Granted, some people may actually have high BP or cholesterol and be a perfectly healthy weight and they actually need these drugs but the vast majority of the people who are type 2 diabetic, have high BP or high cholesterol have these issues due to weight and diet. However, there's no proactive measures for doctors or the pharmaceutical industry to get these people off these medications because the incentive structure is backwards. The structure incentives doctors to keep these patients coming back to them for more drugs and the pharmaceutical companies keep pumping them out. If the government actually incentivized people to be healthy, it could dynamically shift the health trends we've seen over the last 20/30 years. However, too many lobbying programs are on capital hill trying to get their shitty processed foods into our laps (dairy industry, big beef, etc.).
  19. Costco needs to bring this shit back, ASAP:
  20. Costco, smuckers, Trader Joe’s…there’s literally countless non sugar added PB in a grocery store.
  21. Right there with you. It’s damn near impossible to own a home inside 610 with less than $250k/$300k per year.
  22. I get you and sorry if I came across as entitled. Was just explaining my journey.
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