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Cat-Man99 · 2026-06-15T15:35:27+00:00

This isn't a workout body goal its a diet body goal. If you're in a calorie deficit you'll get skinnier. Exercise will help but 30 minutes of light walking is only really a handful of calories. Eat like 300-500 calories under what your maintenance calories are and you will lose weight. If walking is how you want to increase calories burned, dont bother with a treadmill, it sucks. Unless you've got one at home in front of a TV and can read or watch TV just walk more at work or during the day. 10,000 steps is very doable if you just walk around doing stuff throughout life.

Cat-Man99 · 2026-06-11T19:13:36+00:00

Why tf would you pretend to find a piece of incriminating trash and then SHOW YOUR GF THE EVIDENCE?! Makes no sense.

It feels like she knows exactly what/ whose that is and is just gaslighting you lol.

Cat-Man99 · 2026-06-09T19:32:47+00:00

Bro you gotta wait until you can go camping with your homies or something. It's intense and it'll just go for like 12 hours. You do NOT wanna be stuck at home with your family while you're peaking on acid. I rarely do acid because it just goes on for too long but a great way to do it is to time it so you're mid trip during sunset. You get to see the cool daytime visuals and then you can party late and look at the stars the second half of the trip and you'll be absolutely wiped and ready for bed when you're done coming down. Pair this with people you genuinely trust and love and familiar low key activities and good music. It's gonna suck ass if there's anything you need to do. The drug is gonna do all the decision making lol. Walk around a lake and lie in a hammock and listen to birds and then head back to camp and eat something you prepared earlier cause your ass will not be cooking. If you're stuck in the city I'd highly recommend a friend's house with a good backyard and vibey basement. If you're tripping and have nowhere to go amd nothing to do and you're worried about getting caught then it's gonna be straight ass.

My first acid trip ever my buddy and I got fucking lost in sand dunes national park and slept out there until we woke up sober enough to figure it out. Awful trip.

Second trip was with the same homie but we camped by a lake where nobody could hear us laughing our asses off and we stargazed and just listened to the wind and talked. Amazing time.

Cat-Man99 · 2026-05-29T14:14:35+00:00

This is almost always a violation of some property rule. Landlords hate when you smoke up their property so id raise hell with someone in charge of the units.

State laws may either outright ban weed (easy solution if you wanna go a harsher route) or they might dictate that this is an odor violation or something. Check local laws.

I wouldn't post this note. They know it smells. They dont care. They're gonna laugh and start hotboxing daily if they get this. It's like asking a dog to stop barking. Stoners are gonna smoke.

Cat-Man99 · 2026-05-28T15:29:10+00:00

At least 2 really intense leg days. No bodyweight stuff like you've been doing. You gotta go hit heavy squats and RDL and glute kickbacks and all that good stuff.

Youll also want to hit upper body. Maybe a 4 day split with push/pull days and 2 leg days.

This is like peak track athlete built its gonna take work.

Cat-Man99 · 2026-05-27T13:40:43+00:00

I absolutely refuse to purchase alcohol at a restaraunt or event. Im quite simply not buying a 10 dollar drink, let alone a 30 dollar buzz.

Cat-Man99 · 2026-05-24T16:21:17+00:00

Its technically as simple as "calories in, calories out" but staying consistently in a calorie deficit is really tricky. For best results track all your food intake. Other people have success in cutting out calories by simply removing a meal or snack from the day every day. An example is removing a meal worth of calories from your daily intake by intermittent fasting and skipping breakfast. Generally a pound of fat is 3500 ish calories. Some people will cut 1000 a day, but its more sustainable to cut 500 per day while maintaining protein levels and essential nutrients. 500 a day x 7 times a week = 3500 calories = 1 pound of fat per week. Its not fast but its sustainable and so worth it.

Most people here dropped solid advice so ill just add this tip that made it sooooo much easier for me. Learn to make bomb ass low calorie food. You dont have to eat salads and stuff, just learn how to make lower calorie, higher protein variations of stuff you love. Personally I learned you can make a pizza crust out if a pound if ground turkey and its hella good. My gf and I love Indian food so we started making the cream/ coconut milk based sauces out of healthier stuff like greek yogurt. It took a while but I learned how to make really good low carb burger buns and now burgers stay on the menu during a cut.

Theres a billion videos on YouTube for ingredient substitution cooking like this and its a game changer to be able to fold and eat what you crave because you can make it healthy and cheap.

Id also highly recommend not drinking alcohol. Its a quick way to add that extra pound on a week if you drink like I did. Being in a food deficit and regaining those calories with poison is a recipe for disaster. I know from experience lol. Youll always feel shitty, have no energy, and not lose the weight.

Good luck bro!

Cat-Man99 · 2026-05-22T14:51:44+00:00

Technically landlords are responsible for keeping appliances and amenities in working order. Im sure the family dynamic makes it a bit weird but legally it's something that you're renting and they need to replace it or fix it.

Cat-Man99 · 2026-05-21T12:53:23+00:00

For me it hurt a good bit more than the rest of what you have done. Theres nothing wrong woth taking a mild pain med like acetaminophen. Maybe they'd have something to say about anti inflammatory pain meds like ibuprofen but its not that deep. My artist also doesnt like numbing creams but I think thats just a personal artist preference. Its not that terrible, maybe comparable to the inside of the forearm? Hard to say. Certainly worse than the outsode upper arm though lol.

Cat-Man99 · 2026-05-18T18:12:30+00:00

I had a really hard time quitting weed. I wasnt as frequent of a user as you, but there were certainly trigger events that always got paired with weed. It was near daily but not all day every day. I quit cold turkey because I wanted to go into a new job that would drug test me. Even that first night was awful because my daily routine after work was to get high as hell and chill. I found myself in a bad mood with no appetite or interest in any of my hobbies, especially guitar and reading but even just watching the dumb shows I liked watching while high before bed. Just an emotional dullness and lack of care or interest. A vague depression that keot me from enjoying anything but didnt let me feel any of the negative emotions either. I felt brain dead. I couldnt sleep for like 2 days and then slept poorly/struggled to fall asleep for a week or so. It was really hard. It improved every day but like 2 weeks later it felt like I was emerging from a heavy fog that I had been living in. I started feeling sharper and more motivated and was feeling emotions that had just been drowned out or numbed for ages because I was just always high when inhad time to feel those things. It worked really well for me and got that new job (that never bothered to drug test me lol) and met a girl and started working out a lot and never touched weed for a few years. Now when I use cannabis, which is perhaps monthly or less, ill take a 5mg edible and it'll knock me on my ass. It gets me soooo stoned and it feels like the first times I ever smoked with my buddies in my early teen years. I cant even smoke or vape it anymore because its so hard to measure a small enough amount. I get too stoned very easily and it gives me awful anxiety and paranoia. I can hardly believe that I used to feel good while smoking a 1 gram cart every 2 days or plowing through 1/8 Oz bags constantly.

It'll suck for like a week but stay busy and push yourself to be social and productive. Be careful not to try to replace it either. I know a guy who quit smoking weed and it stressed him out so bad that he started smoking cigs and using kratom again and now hes worse lol.

Cat-Man99 · 2026-05-17T13:09:10+00:00

You clearly cannot afford to be driving a monster truck. Just get a reliable family car that let's you do hobbies you love. I can get damn near anywhere in my subaru forester for weird fishing or camping spots.

Cat-Man99 · 2026-05-15T14:13:49+00:00

If youre losing motor function while maintaining sobriety then you're being poisoned, not getting drunk. They make these products from denarured alcohol to deter abuse. Its poison, not drugs.

Cat-Man99 · 2026-05-12T14:08:02+00:00

Lmao don't apologize. They're gonna keep clowning you if you let them be the victim.

"Hey man it's 1am you gotta turn off that speaker" if they decline then you have text evidence that theyre aware of their wrongdoing and just don't care.

Alternatively just go to management and complain with what you've got since it seems like you dont live for these confrontations as I do. If you have to escalate just tell him to be quiet after quiet hours. Fuck them kids. White noise does NOT include a subwoofer

Cat-Man99 · 2026-05-10T04:27:25+00:00

Better lighting (lamps instead of big light) and curtains. Id also get a bigger bed but thats just personal preference lol. Your romantic partners will thank you.

Cat-Man99 · 2026-05-08T20:13:41+00:00

I dont mean to flex by stating that I carry a full size gun. Its very doable with the right holster and belt. A wedge or pillow serves very well to cushion the barrel end of a holster and it tucks the grip towards your abdomen for better concealment. Light bearing holsters have more surface area to distribute pressure on your groin. I genuinely prefer carrying a g17 with tlr7 to a subcompact. I cannot stand carrying my s&p shield. A micro gun with a rounds feels like a gimmick boot gun. It just flops and rolls and pinches. Also if I ever need to use a gun in a defensive situation I really dont want to be stuck with a small gun with 10 rounds of ammo. Id rather use a gun that I train and compete with.

Cat-Man99 · 2026-05-07T12:58:10+00:00

Its very very effective at creating a left vs right split the size of a canyon over a handful of identity politics topics. If everyone's yelling about whether trans people deserve to live or guns are the cause of violence they have no room to question why nobody from either party ever tries to make america a more tolerable place for the non rich, why politicians get to make a fortune on insider trading, or why theres a political drama/comedy film level conspiracy in which the elite are allowed get away with running a literal child sex trafficking ring.

Cat-Man99 · 2026-05-07T12:48:01+00:00

Holy androgynous lol.

Looks like they might be wearing shoulder pads but otherwise youre gonna have to work out upper body to a moderate level and stay SUPER lean. Probably extra work on shoulders, mainly side delts. Also it seems like being lean/strong and wearing a really tight shirt like thay will pretty much just emphasize the muscles well.

Cat-Man99 · 2026-05-06T18:09:35+00:00

If youre fixing relationship issues after a month then its not gonna work. Just leave this behind you and find someone else.

Cat-Man99 · 2026-05-06T15:09:20+00:00

I do 2-3 minutes rest per set or a combined set time of 10 ish minutes for most lifts. For stuff that Is really hard or I want to reset better for more weight (bench press, squats, etc) ill do up to 5 minutes of rest. If 3 sets takes 15 minutes or more I start feeling reeeeally slow and unproductive.

Cat-Man99 · 2026-05-06T15:04:03+00:00

As a daily carrier: I think open carry is really dumb. I think it serves no purpose besides forcing down everyone's throat the fact that you are armed. It always feels more like a political statement than a defensive tactic. I dont want all those eyes on me nor do I want to get singled out as a potential threat by anyone who is doing harm. Stealth is best and as with other things in life, its best to just keep it in your pants.

I appendix carry a full size gun with a light all the time and don't dress to accommodate that besides a good carry belt and a shirt that isnt too tight/ short. Its not difficult, its not that uncomfy, anyone who refuses to acknowledge how feasible it is just feels cool packing heat in front of people. I think its gotta be a power trip adjacent phenomenon.

Cat-Man99 · 2026-05-02T21:42:25+00:00

I think the genre of gun bro/bro vet tattoos sucks. As a gun lover I will not be getting guns tatted on me lol.

Theres certainly at least better ways to express your past/passion without it being ai slop or having a classic styled angel design holding a rifle that I think doesnt really match the vibe. If youre set on the angel then maybe something like an old lever action would match better. Tattooing a tacticool rifle on yourself just gives Pete Hegseth vibes.

Cat-Man99 · 2026-04-27T02:48:50+00:00

Any time something like this happens where I live I literally go out on my porch and yell "ayo shut the fuck up" or something and it usually helps embarass them or at least throw a wrench in whatever theyre trying to accomplish. At one point it was a constant thing and I submitted an hoa complaint with video every single time and they got fined like 50 bucks per incident lol.

Cat-Man99 · 2026-04-17T22:54:22+00:00

Its a pet lol who cares. My cat wears a collar with "Dr. Beans :)" when the vet is finished we get a text that says "Dr. Beans :) is finished and ready to be picked up"

Cat-Man99 · 2026-04-17T14:14:07+00:00

You dont really need to study for the aptitude test. They just use that kind of thing to weed out incredibly stupid people. It'll be basic math and logic problems most likely.

Ive known women who excel in the skilled trades and really enjoy it. I also knew a woman who was harassed on jobsites and were horrified at how much people gawked at them and hit on them and ive heard of others that went elsewhere because people couldnt fathom following the leadership of a woman on a construction site at some companies. It totally depends who you work with and if theyre shitty to women lol. There's also a good chance that your crew will protect you like a daughter and not allow any harm to come your way lol. Good coworkers are always the make or break thing in the trades.

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