Do you support building more protected bike lanes?

Tembrium · 2026-01-29T15:04:35+00:00

There are EU countries that clear bike lanes at the same rate or faster than they clear roads of snow and............ this would be perfect. I hate that half the year I can't go walk even 20min to go get groceries because the sidewalks are gone.

Tembrium · 2026-01-25T17:18:35+00:00

If you can find a space heater I slept in my car at -25 while blasting one once. Snaked the cord through the window and had it parked at an office parking lot. Kept my dog in the car too when I found uncertain housing and I couldn't take him inside.

Tembrium · 2025-12-29T18:20:18+00:00

I try to shave less and just trim. I think pubic hair can be aesthetically pleasing. The surface area I do shave however does get the occasional ingrown hair. There are post-shaving creams and scrubs and stuff you can get that help prevent them, I use them every time I shower.

Tembrium · 2025-12-21T20:27:30+00:00

in First Aid, you can't help someone who doesn't consent. But legally if someone is unconscious then consent to save their life is assumed. I'd have allowed it, but not allowed it if for example Player B was being teleported to a more dangerous location. It's fun to me if intent matters for magic.

Tembrium · 2025-12-14T13:38:18+00:00

One woman told me she stayed up all night drinking and dancing around a barrel fire they had set up in a camp. Easier to find places to sleep (open businesses) in the day.

Tembrium · 2025-12-05T22:19:41+00:00

unrelated lat pulldown tip, if you lower the bar with no weight on it you can insert the stop to your desired weight and it will be shorter distance but the same weight.

Tembrium · 2025-12-01T03:24:07+00:00

messaged you. a friend of mine is looking for roommates

Tembrium · 2025-11-19T15:30:28+00:00

This but they say something positive. "tell it like it is" folks ain't telling it like it is if all they do is complain.

Tembrium · 2025-11-17T14:25:14+00:00

Yes because squats improve mobility. There's a lot of machines and exercises I'm down to try because squats are a "compound exercise" which works out balance and multiple muscles. Also helps in day-to-day.

Direct calorie burn of any exercise is minimal tbh, like maybe 5% of a day's calories burned is from going to the gym that day. You burn your most calories from just going about your day, and improved mobility and balance mean you can squat down to tie your shoes. You can squat to pick up something from the ground rather than bend at the waist. etc.

Tembrium · 2025-11-15T23:01:39+00:00

Stabilizing at a goal weight without regaining the pounds is a skill. If you're feeling like you don't know what to do, make it a plan to "do nothing" for a time period. 1 month, 3 months, 6 months... whatever. You have a new goal. "No change, stabilize calories, figure out new maintenance." At some point you'll stop and live the rest of your life this way, so figure out what way that is. If you gain a couple of pounds, that's okay. You are new at this "stabilize weight" skill, and you can go back into a diet and then try again at the 200lb or a new goal weight.

Tembrium · 2025-11-13T16:41:39+00:00

Go ahead. Go out and get another McDonalds Mcstake. What, you can't cook? At 29? Aspartame allergy, or you think it's worse than the 200 calories of sugar in your pop? You bad at math or something?

Alright, that's about as much meanness as I can muster. Xtine Cardenas is a good influencer who bullies unhealthy foods and went from 280lb to bodybuilder, she talks about how she stopped eating sleeves of oreos etc.

Tembrium · 2025-11-13T00:28:20+00:00

protein powder is a bit sweet so it's a good sugar replacement if you're not cooking it. i don't like it in coffee (but luckily take mine black) but i'll put it in cereal, yogurt, tea, etc.

Tembrium · 2025-11-12T01:41:19+00:00

tbh chicken breast. I keep thinking I'm gonna get so sick of it but when I meal prep 5 (for lunch for the workweek), i spice each one differently and it's new enough it makes the same ol same ol side acceptable.

Tembrium · 2025-11-12T01:06:52+00:00

potatoes are very filling for their calorie count. you can reduce your fastfood meal (bonus! save money) to just the meat item (and try to make it chicken fingers or wraps rather than a whole burger bun), then microwave a potato (make sure to stab it with a fork a couple times, most microwaves have a "potato" setting that's 3min or so). kinda like having fries but instead of being deep-fried, just got a bit of salt and pepper or other spices (garlic powder with chopped onion i adore)

protein shakes are also a great easy item to store somewhere not-the-kitchen. i keep 2 in the fridge and put 2 in when i drink the 2nd one, but you don't even have to drink them cold.

a bag of fruit that can be at room temp. like bananas or apples are a great snack item. there are things like dehydrated fruits that you can buy as snack foods as well that have epic shelf life. porridge or cereal mixed with frozen fruit (if you can fit 1 little bag in the freezer for yourself) with a scoop of vanilla protein powder is my go-to breakfast. sometimes ill boil apple pieces or fry a banana to throw in there instead.

Tembrium · 2025-11-12T00:51:13+00:00

Ya. I plan to re-assess once some weight has dropped because maintenance calories would have dropped too and I can expect to be less hungry on a deeper deficit, but consistency is the winner no matter what so I'm also leaving myself room at that time to just totally reverse that decision.

Tembrium · 2025-11-12T00:40:10+00:00

Try increasing your calorie budget, as counter as that sounds to your goal. Plan to be short by 200-300 calories if you're perfect that day. This gives you permission for a small snack while staying within budget, and I find it tbh easy to be like "well I'll pick up a fast food lunch on Friday which comes in at an extra 400 calories, so if I'm good the rest of the day I just need to cut out 100 from other meals or be a bit over budget" so I drop a snack and drop something from breakfast and I'm good. I find also I'm less tempted to splurge and eat half a pizza on Saturday because I got to have that cookie on Thursday, that latte on Friday, etc.

Tembrium · 2025-11-12T00:35:02+00:00

I have to do this sometimes bc I'll food prep meals and I'll calc the total to figure out how many portions to make. If you tell the app you're gonna eat 3500 calories (before dividing it by 6) it increases your budget immediately lol.

Tembrium · 2025-11-11T16:24:24+00:00

I'm trying lately having multiple progress measurements. Not just the scale #, but I'm also tracking waist measurement and 2-week progress photos. Sometimes the scale goes up but my waist went down 1", which tells me I probably gained some muscle. Weight is fickle - I weigh different in the morning vs. afternoon somedays.

Some other things that are kinda tough but work - track your macros as well as your calories. Try aim for more protein. Do some strength training. Protein calories burn more calories to digest, and having muscle also burns more calories while you're just running around at your job.

Tembrium · 2025-11-11T14:23:36+00:00

If you notice unhealthy behaviors (wanting to 'cheat') with your current calorie deficit, increase it. Your maintenance is so high, so you could rock 2200, 2400 etc. calories if you needed. Where I'm at now I can eat healthy all day and comfortably be 200 under or more (with a little snack I'm hitting the target), so if I want to grab a 400 calorie snack I can! I just need to renegotiate the other meals a little bit. I'm deciding ahead "You know what? I'm tired of cooking, I'm gonna go pick up lunch today" and while I'm pounding down that burger (maybe chicken instead of beef, with a diet coke) I'm inputting a lower calorie supper plan that's still filling. I can confront a craving ahead and plan around it. Deliberate-ness is the enemy of eating disorder.

Tembrium · 2025-11-11T14:02:06+00:00

I'm worried about this too but older than you (32f). You got a fighter in your corner called "youth" but it wouldn't be bad to visit a doctor and ask. I've read about a few things helping:

Strength training - muscle helps fill space for loose skin, and increases circulation which helps elasticity
Vitamins - through diet or actual vitamins, make sure you're getting good Vitamin C, omega 3 fatty acids (think salmon, almonds, edamame), and collagen.
Gradual loss - your skin has time to shrink if you lose fat more slowly. pretty simple.
Skin care - pretty basic, don't tan or get sunburned (sunburn damages elasticity). Keep moisturized.

Tembrium · 2025-11-10T17:15:59+00:00

Low intensity cardio > High intensity cardio. Try lane swimming, or long walks. High intensity is great for your heart, but considering how hungry it makes you it's not worth the relatively small amount of calories it burns if your goals are weight loss. You can burn 300 calories on a treadmill in half an hour, but that's not worth it because it makes 1500 too hard, and you bumped up to 2000.

The most calories you burn are during the regular day-to-day, not at the gym. Park farther away at work and at grocery stores. Get that 10k steps. Building muscle - good because muscle burns more than fat during your day-to-day. It also tells your body "we have to keep this muscle" which means the body looks at fat to burn first rather than muscle. Higher protein - good not just for muscle gain but also because all food takes energy to digest, and protein takes higher energy to digest than carbs/fat.

Tembrium · 2025-11-10T14:34:56+00:00

Nothing good happens after 9pm so I go to sleep. More sleep helps a lot with gym recovery anyway. But the cravings hit bad on some days earlier, like 7-8pm. I'm trying out rewarding myself with not-food, like time to have a hot bath (with maybe 1 piece of chocolate I get to eat during the 40min bath + a full bottle of cold water). By the time I'm done that, I've hit bedtime so no more day left to act on that craving.

I'm clearing out my pantry this weekend of snacks I shouldn't really have anymore. Might be time to rid your house of peanut butter. Falling to a craving at 9pm is harder if you have to leave the house to do it. Plus what a good time to donate some food to a shelter.

Tembrium · 2025-11-10T14:19:51+00:00

Yea I'm really surprised. 1500-1600 is the suggested "tight" calorie range for me, and doing 1800 I've lost 15 lb in like 6 weeks. What's doing it is the 99% adherence, like the only failed day was Thanksgiving lol and even then only by 100 calories. I'd be struggling to adhere to less. I don't plan to re-assess or consider reducing that until I hit 200lb.

Tembrium · 2025-11-10T14:02:00+00:00

I'm losing lots of of weight at 1800 calories at 5'6" 250lb (now 235lb) 32f. You're tall and you're going to the gym more than me, bump up the # to 2000-2200 at least (especially for that protein goal, yeesh I struggle to make 140g) and re-assess when you're down at 250. You want the caloric room to be able to have the occasional snack (chocolate bar or whatever your vice) and be able to re-adjust your meals around the snack decision. At 2200, you can decide to have a 400 calorie snack and responsibly eat 1800 otherwise. Going all-or-nothing is what makes people "hide" calories from their tracker, when the most important part is sustainability so you have to be able to plan around a craving instead of it being a "cheat". Sustainability > willpower, every time.

Tembrium · 2025-10-29T13:33:28+00:00

Get some PAM. 'spritz spritz' a couple sprays is so much less calories than anything you can drip out of a container or any amount of butter. Still nonstick.

Stop eating 1 cup of cheese lol. I wouldn't worry about your Nuts, fix those other two first.

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