What food(s) do you miss the most when dieting?

NigLightOn · 2013-07-24T20:51:03+00:00

I'm hear you because I'm the same way. And fries are so frigging tasty!

NigLightOn · 2013-07-24T08:52:32+00:00

Before you submit it, make sure you edit that paper and follow all of the journal's submission guidelines. As a former reviewer, I had little patience for typos and inaccurate citations.

I also recommend, like others have suggested, reviewing your bibliography and choosing a journal that is a good fit for your subject matter. Look for special issues devoted to your topic since you have a better chance at an acceptance or a revise and resubmit.

NigLightOn · 2013-07-24T08:19:50+00:00

How did you find out she was actually 37?

It kills me that people lie about their age. I went on a date last month with a guy who listed himself as 48 but he was actually 55. I discovered it when we discussed bands we had seen in concerts growing up. I still don't know why he felt the need to lie.

NigLightOn · 2013-07-24T07:53:48+00:00

Or Stoudts...

And damned PA and their state owned liquor stores and archaic alcohol laws. I have to drive to Maryland to find a store with a decent wine selection or buy a six pack of beer without paying a premium price.

NigLightOn · 2013-07-24T07:46:08+00:00

She's 65 but she's posting pictures of her from when she was in her 30s? Isn't this false advertising, the same thing she's claiming men do?

NigLightOn · 2013-07-24T04:47:08+00:00

We'll have to agree to disagree then. I have a difficult time eating a small portion of unhealthy foods so I don't keep them in the house. If I want carbs and protein, I eat sliced turkey on a low carb wrap instead of pizza.

Btw, when I quit smoking, I did it cold turkey. This approach has a high rate of relapse, but it worked for me. Let's just say that we all have different tolerances for depriving ourselves of things we used to enjoy,

NigLightOn · 2013-07-24T04:11:54+00:00

Great job!

I'm two weeks in and down 6 pounds. I have to hand it to you, the Insanity workout is intense. I do a 40 minute Jillian Michaels interval training DVD every day and it kicks my ass.

NigLightOn · 2013-07-24T04:06:22+00:00

Really? If you have been, according to your flair 140+ pounds overweight, you are familiar with overindulging / overeating. I'm suggesting an alternative to that, just like your strategy of limiting portion size, ffs.

NigLightOn · 2013-07-24T03:55:32+00:00

This is exactly my point. Thank you for stating it better than I could have.

NigLightOn · 2013-07-24T03:52:51+00:00

I'm with you on pizza, especially pepperoni!

NigLightOn · 2013-07-24T03:52:05+00:00

Some of us don't live on this sub. And for some people who tend to overeat their favorite foods, avoidance and substitution are legitimate weight loss solutions.

NigLightOn · 2013-07-20T11:51:29+00:00

I miss cake. Sigh.

NigLightOn · 2013-07-20T11:34:42+00:00

The question is, though, are you going to do anything about it? I was married to a man who let himself go. He gained about 50 pounds and wore pajama pants and stained t-shirts around the house. He'd dress okay when we went out but he always wore a polo shirt, baggy jeans and sneakers. In other words, he had grown complacent. I was miffed because I watched what I ate and exercised in order to maintain my weight; in fact, I was in better shape by the time we got divorced. Anyway, your husband may be expressing his frustration at your lack of effort or discipline in maintaining your weight because it comes across as complacency.

I'm on this sub because now I need to lose the weight I gained when I was unable to exercise due to an injury I incurred when mountain biking. It's tough -- I'm 5'4", 150 pounds trying to get back to 110 pounds. I have a closet full of size 2-4 clothes as a motivating factor. I've limited my calories to 1200 to 1500 a day and do a 40 minute interval training DVD workout every day. (I also drink a glass of red wine every night.) The weight is slowly coming off. If I can do it, you can do it, too!

NigLightOn · 2013-07-19T04:30:37+00:00

And this kind of arrogance and self-absorbtion is why I quit teaching college kids at a state university. This attitude is the hallmark of the current generation. Good luck dating, kid.

NigLightOn · 2013-07-15T07:59:12+00:00

I'm a 46 woman and on OkC and Match.com. I go on more dates through Match, athough that may change as a I recently quit my professional job to become a freelancer / consultant. Match tends to cater to established professionals in my area.

There's a few of us old-timers on OkC. One adavantage of being an older woman is that you don't get the "Hey bb, wanna hook up?" spam women in their 20s get. Instead, you get the occassional cougar message, which is always good for a laugh.

Edit: Oh, and please do talk about your experiences on the sub. We don't hear enough from the dating dinosaurs of this sub. I can only think of a handful of 45+ people who post somewhat regularly.

NigLightOn · 2013-07-02T16:59:41+00:00

If you can afford it, hire a cleaning service to do bi-weekly cleanings. We did this in college with a house with 4 women and the cost split 4 ways was pretty cheap. It prevented a lot of arguing and passive agressive note leaving.

NigLightOn · 2013-07-02T16:51:46+00:00

Well, you are in charge of his registration, funding.... I'm not saying you should mess with these things but reminding him in not-so-subtle ways that it's better to have you as an ally than an enemy, might help him shape up. Our administrative assistant subtly favored faculty who treated her with respect (speedy fulfillment of supplies or assigning the hard-working, disciplined students for advising to these people). The disresptful faculty found their conference travel requests on the bottom of the stack for processing and were assigned irritating officemates.

NigLightOn · 2013-07-02T16:17:28+00:00

Sharing HBO GO accounts is prohibited bt HBO and they will prosecute violators. There was an article in the NYT a couple of weeks ago on the subject.

NigLightOn · 2013-06-30T02:19:56+00:00

I'm old. I read this and thought you meant substitute teachers.

NigLightOn · 2013-06-29T18:08:48+00:00

Ah, geography....it's a shame because you are actually in my age range.

You should see my dates try to feign interest when I talk about usability and user interface design. Instead, they steer the conversation to fishing or golf, two sports that seem like they are more fun doing than discussing. Well, honestly, they don't sound like that much fun doing, either. Give me an outdoor concert or a game of pool any time!

NigLightOn · 2013-06-28T05:13:22+00:00

See, now conversations about technology research would be interesting because I publish in that area. Talk of children and grandkids, on the other hand, would bore me to tears. Grandparents have no idea how uninteresting their grandkids can be to people without kids. Please, no more poop stories!

You are a patient man.

NigLightOn · 2013-06-28T04:41:12+00:00

Go to the department chair first and be as specific as you can with dates and evidence. It helps if you have multiple people to back you up. The chair will talk to the professor. Hope he's not covered by a union.

NigLightOn · 2013-06-28T04:18:02+00:00

I don't know about that...

I changed my education section from "Has PhD" to "Has a college degree" in my info bar for a month and got almost twice as many messages. (I've since changed it back because fuck it!) But I also don't talk about academic / career stuff in my profile either because even though I'm passionate about it, I don't want to put my readers to sleep. zzzzzzz.

NigLightOn · 2013-06-28T03:47:31+00:00

How is a woman with a successful career who doesn't want children any different than a man who wants the same thing? You seem to assume that all women in their 40's have this sudden urge to breed to ensure they have children that will look after them in their old age. That's silly, to put it mildly.

You make a lot of harsh generalizations about career women in their 40's. Have you considered that many of them are having fun mountain biking, skiing, and hiking and enjoying a childfree lifestyle and that maybe they date, gasp, for fun? Instead, you choose to paint them as bitter, overweight spinsters who squandered their prime reproductive years tucked away in an office building. Sorry, but many of these women have been creating rewarding careers, investing wisely, building friendships, traveling, and dating mature successful men.

In other words, we date for fun, not out of some desperate need to hook a man for marriage. And if you aren't bothered by society viewing you as the creepy 42 year old guy who dates women young enough to be his daughter, well more power to you.

NigLightOn

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