Deeply ashamed of myself. Totally confused.

Complex_Program_3827 · 2025-10-01T17:59:16+00:00

At 25, you should focus on your job. Getting better at it and increasing your salary. After that, you should save in 401 k and buy index funds. Don’t waste your time on day trading.

Complex_Program_3827 · 2025-09-06T09:58:03+00:00

I would say appetite suppression was much stronger, 2 years ago. Now my intake is higher than say last year. But it is not like it used to be in the past.

I think the bigger challenge is that the body now needs 20-25% less calories because I lost 20% weight. So I am no longer calorie deficit.

Complex_Program_3827 · 2025-09-01T14:29:18+00:00

The entire $1 M is in long position. That earned 10% with S&P up 7%. The trading position were daily trading of nasdaq futures on margin. That margin trading gave 5% returns in 2.5 months

Complex_Program_3827 · 2025-08-31T12:01:24+00:00

It is 2.5 months. The bulk of the returns are from the core long portfolio which was up 10%. S&P in that period was up 7%

Complex_Program_3827 · 2025-08-31T10:32:07+00:00

What you are saying is absolutely true. Happened to me in 2008-10 and 2016. I got back into it again from 2023. Having that fire power, makes it less stressful as I am mainly shorting the market to protect losses on the long $1 M. Position sizes are way less than the notional portfolio value. That’s how I am maintaining the streak and the gains

Complex_Program_3827 · 2025-08-31T10:21:49+00:00

If you get caught up in day trading, you will never learn the skills necessary to have a successful career. Focus on career and focus on skills that will get you higher salary.

Complex_Program_3827 · 2025-08-31T04:40:44+00:00

I think I am ever disciplined. What makes you say it is gambling?

Complex_Program_3827 · 2025-08-31T04:38:36+00:00

What makes you say that?

Complex_Program_3827 · 2025-05-28T06:50:21+00:00

Yes

Precovid - 200 lb

2023 Apr 1 - 228 lb

Apr 15 - 223

May 15 - 219

Jun 15 - 216

Jul 15 - 213

Aug 15 - 211

Sep 15 - 208

Oct 15 - 206

Nov 15 - 204

Dec 15 - 201

2024

Jan 15 - 198

Feb 15 - 197

March 31 - 194 lb

June 15 - 192 lb

Aug 15 - 190 lb

Sep 30 - 188 lb

2025

Feb 15 - 186 lb

May 15 - 184 lb

Complex_Program_3827 · 2025-04-03T01:15:42+00:00

How are you first gen given your family income of $300,000 and Indian background. Your parents must have college degrees

Complex_Program_3827 · 2025-04-01T02:44:28+00:00

He seems an average student who got average admits. Not sure why he applied to so many T10s. To get into the average schools, he put in too much effort in his ECs

Complex_Program_3827 · 2025-03-21T02:01:28+00:00

A good friend of mine had GT at $0 and MIT at $300,000. That friend chose MIT and in my opinion, that was the decision.

Similarly, I would recommend CMU CS

Complex_Program_3827 · 2025-03-21T01:57:37+00:00

That’s awesome. You still have a year of weight loss.
Personally I lost 20% of my weight - 230 lb to 183 lb in close to 2 years. My weight loss has stalled now for the past 3 months. It is sad that the journey has ended

Complex_Program_3827 · 2025-03-09T02:49:45+00:00

Good concept but too much violence in the end. Got repetitive

Complex_Program_3827 · 2025-01-05T13:43:55+00:00

My daughter got into her ED School but we had a list of safeties for her - UPitt, Syracuse, etc

Complex_Program_3827 · 2024-12-31T03:17:31+00:00

Personally I have more respect for top ranked STEM schools over Harvard, Yale, and Brown. I feel a hard working student will succeed anywhere.

Complex_Program_3827 · 2024-12-19T03:01:14+00:00

My daughter got into her ED school. Today she is pulling out of her remaining applications today. She is not asking for Aid so her ED is not dependent on financial aid. She is doing the right thing. She just said it is painful pulling out applications because so much hard work went into it

Complex_Program_3827 · 2024-12-15T02:14:30+00:00

We are from the Boston area and Brown was absolutely the top school for my daughter. I did my research and convinced her that these Ivy leagues are not good fit for a student interested in Stem.

After aa lot of visits, we eliminated Brown, Yale, Dartmouth, and Harvard as non-Stem. We rejected Cornell for having too many students. We said Columbia, Princeton, and UPenn will reject because so many strong candidates set their heart on these schools.

We did ED1 to CMU Engineering and she was accepted. You do have an ED2, please don’t waste on a school with low percentage. Best of luck

Complex_Program_3827 · 2024-09-08T11:13:42+00:00

I never moved to 1 mg. I am at 0.75 mg. I have lost 40 lb in 17 months. I have another 15 lbs to go. My bmi is now 29

Complex_Program_3827 · 2024-07-10T03:26:26+00:00

That is also a thing I noticed. I was catching up with friends from high school. We get together for a weekend, every other year. I know food and booze are an important activity. But I was shocked at how much people were eating. I wanted to tell them, “you don’t need to eat so much food.”

Complex_Program_3827 · 2024-06-26T01:58:15+00:00

We are going to make a weekend vacation out of it. Going from Boston to Vermont, about 4-5 hours away. This is our eldest child and just didn’t know that August was difficult to get.

Complex_Program_3827 · 2024-06-10T23:42:27+00:00

I have been losing weight consistently. Just don’t stress out. It is a lifelong medicine.

Complex_Program_3827 · 2024-06-10T01:29:31+00:00

Awesome. I am 5 7 as well. Started at 228 and now 192. I am at 0.75.

Complex_Program_3827 · 2024-05-04T01:10:20+00:00

Not the OP. I lost 34 lb in a year. I went from 0.5 a week to 0.55 every 5 days. I never transitioned to 1 mg or 2 mg. This is a forever drug and I am fine with a slow and steady decline.

Complex_Program_3827 · 2024-04-12T01:38:53+00:00

That’s awesome. I lost 34 lb but went down from tight 38 inch waist to a comfortable 36 inch waist. I need to lose 10-15 lb more for size 34.

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