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  1. 4 hours ago, Jkwellborn said:

    You know, I’ve been wondering what the keto and low carb people do to get fiber. I used to eat a lot of broccoli. I’ll have to go back to eating grilled chicken and steamed broccoli. Started to do it today instead of fish, didn’t feel like cooking it.

    Sugar free meta mucil is fucking amazing.

  2. 23 minutes ago, troph said:

    So I lost my water weight days and days ago. And I’m probably at under 30g of net carbs, last 2 days probably under net 20g. Been at it for two weeks I’d say. I like the way I feel and my appetite has subsided quite a bit - those processed carbs make you ravenous!

     

    So when did some of you keto folks start seeing real weight loss?

     

    Side note with how much I work out I’m thinking about just focusing on measuring my tummy fat and not weighing so much as that’s all I need to lose.

     

    Super frustrating to feel pretty solid abs underneath a pillow of squishy tummy fat. Grrrr.

     

    I had so much to lose that it started falling off after about 5 days.  I lost 5 pounds of water weight in a weekend and by the next week, I had lost another 8 pounds.

  3. I was about to recommend strong lifts. It’s great for beginners that don’t have much experience lifting weights.

    Im currently weighing in at 208.6. I’ve been kind of stuck the last week or so at that weight. I know I’m building muscle though. Diet is still in check eating once a day with a snack or protein bar around noon. I’m heading to Colorado to ski next Friday and would love to be 206 or 205 by then. We’ll see. Still lifting 4 days a week. Kind of routine now. Keep it up guys!

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  4. I’m 30, wife is as well. We max our Roth IRAs out every year, I contribute to my 401k (employer doesn’t match), contribute to my son’s 529, have a few investment accounts with institutional funds, etc. I’m doing well regarding saving. 

    One problem millennials and people in general have is they live their lifestyle based off their income regardless of if they get a raise. Live like your poor or even frugal and you can save money. It ain’t hard people.

  5. 1 minute ago, HouTex said:

    The new vaccine is recommended for people over 50 who have had chicken pox.  I got shingles (at 55) just around the time the new vaccine came out last year.  IIRC, the old vaccine was recommended for people over 60 who have had chicken pox which is why I never got the old vaccine.  Younger folks should have been vaccinated for chicken pox so they should not be prone to developing shingles.  I assume it's for those reasons that the new vaccine is only recommended for people over 50.  Also, there's the insurance thing.  Not sure insurance will cover the cost if the vaccine is administered before the recommended age. 

     

    I got chicken pox before the vaccine was introduced to the US (had the virus in 1991 probably?) - it was first administered in the US in 1995 based on what I'm reading.  I guess I'm fucked.  See you guys in the next life.

  6. On 2/6/2019 at 1:57 AM, Parliament said:

    Head hunters are skuzbags. The hiring company pays the headhunter 1/3 of your 1st year salary. They "succeed" with job churn, not with finding you a good job.

    All that said, sometimes they're neccessary.

    Depends on your level of employment - typically the higher education level you have, the more selective you can be.  For entry/low level employees: your assessment is 100% correct.  For executive type positions, it's WELL worth using a recruiter.

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  7. Grew up in Tyler.  Hard to believe there was only one priest from Tyler that was accused with evidence (a decade after I was born).  Dude fled to Ecuador and was extradited 8 years later back to the US.

    The bishop who wrote the letter is a good dude.  He was a newer priest when I remember going to church and was appointed Bishop after I left Tyler.  I haven't been back since 2008?

  8. On 1/31/2019 at 7:27 AM, Nice Guy Eddie said:

    Many parents, especially moms, are scared to death that one small, simple mistake will ruin their kid for life so it’s easy to get them to latch onto crazy ideas.   “What if combining all of the vaccines into one hurts my child as the 1 in a million.” To “vaccines are unnecessary to prevent diseases from the 1800s. No one gets those so why take a chance.”

    And since they’re vocal, local and state govts have backed down when is required for school.   Look at rick Perry when he had a moment of clarity in that we can practically eliminate hpv and it’s resulting cancers by requiring preteens to get the vaccine.  Somehow he was called out for encouraging teens to have sex.  He changed his minds in days.   Over the next few decades 1000s of Texans will die because of that decision.  Not to mention the money that will be spent by insurance companies and the govt to treat the disease.

    Using Rick Perry is a bad example in this case.  He didn't frame his message appropriately.  Everyone knew Merck was one of Perry's biggest campaign funders.  While I do encourage preteens and teenagers to get the HPV vaccine, the government could have done a better job framing the reasons as to why they needed to get it.

  9. Been too busy with work to keep an update going over the last 2 weeks.  Here it goes:

    Went to Dallas two weekends ago for a wedding and had two burgers and tots at Keller's.  Fuck the diet.  I love that place.  Got back Monday and stepped on the scale Tuesday morning and hadn't gained or lost any weight.  Sweet.

    Stepped on the scale this morning and I was 208.4.  I've lost probably 4 pounds in January.  At this point, I believe that I am starting to really add some muscle mass as I've been upping my protein intake on days that I go to the gym.  I've also added in a fiber supplement at my doctor's advice.  You can get the no sugar metamucil that has 3 carbs per teaspoon as opposed to the sugary version that has near 9 carbs per teaspoon so I went with the no sugar.

    This week I have honestly been feeling absolutely fantastic.  It's nice being back in the gym on a regular basis.  I'm about to hit 110 lbs lost since April 2018 which is just staggering to me.  I'll probably settle in around the 195-200 lbs mark and work on muscle definition.  Protein supplements might be necessary but it'd be worth it.


    Good job everyone.  Keep on going!

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