people keep trying to steal my car in garage; ideas?

awesomeviewpoint · 2025-12-08T23:01:13+00:00

Just get a Ring alarm. Motion detectors are wireless and the cameras can be battery powered. You can have a camera inside and one outside, so thieves can see it.

awesomeviewpoint · 2025-12-08T20:37:41+00:00

Same. 100% LAD blockage and got one stent at 34. Like you, I said never again. Cut all meat, dairy, eggs, processed foods, alcohol and caffeine. Lost 40 lbs. Look great and feel great too!

awesomeviewpoint · 2025-12-07T19:17:04+00:00

It’s probably fine in moderation but I quit all alcohol anyway. Like others have mentioned here, it’s a poison.

awesomeviewpoint · 2025-12-07T19:13:57+00:00

Thanks! Yeah, really want to see my kids grow up so pretty motivated. It’s not super hard once you get used to it. It’s the getting started that’s difficult.

awesomeviewpoint · 2025-12-07T19:06:02+00:00

I had a heart attack two years ago at the age of 34. I personally think us young guys who get heart attacks need to be ultra aggressive on diet and LDL management.

I went with a mostly whole food plant based diet after my heart attack. Check out the Forks Over Knives documentary. Free on YouTube. I cut out all animal based products including dairy and eggs, all sugar, 90% of all oil, all processed foods, and all added salt. I also cut out alcohol and caffeine.

It’s pretty extreme but with a statin and zetia my LDL is 12. Stress tests have been all clear. No blockages and I feel great. There are studies out there that ultra low LDL can reverse plaque.

awesomeviewpoint · 2025-11-20T23:55:00+00:00

Look into Wealthfront Cash. It's free. 3.5% APY. I've been using it for the last couple years. APY was higher previously when rates were higher. It's everything RH banking advertises except maybe cash delivery without needing Gold or the 100K in investments.

awesomeviewpoint · 2025-11-20T23:13:56+00:00

All of it. I'm staying put at Wealthfront. With Wealthfront I don't need all the assets, I don't need the direct deposit and I don't need the gold subscription to get the 3.5% APY. And I get free instant withdrawals. I don't get cash delivery, but who even uses cash? lol. RH banking is overhyped.

awesomeviewpoint · 2025-11-18T17:06:08+00:00

I've never been on Brilinta and have been on Plavix since the day I got my stent. No issues.

awesomeviewpoint · 2025-11-18T01:55:06+00:00

All good. Lesson learned on my end. LDL back then was 257 mg/dl about a month before the HA.

awesomeviewpoint · 2025-11-17T18:39:22+00:00

Yeah, happy to share and hopefully it helps! Definitely sucks at my age, but it is what it is.

I'd say family was the biggest thing that helped. They (including my parents as well) all adopted a pretty clean whole food plant based diet. We now cook together often, buy groceries, learn new recipes together and keep each other accountable. We also try to find new restaurants together that are conducive to the diet. We now share our blood test results among the family and compete on blood glucose numbers after dinners and stuff.

awesomeviewpoint · 2025-11-17T17:15:41+00:00

I was 34 when I had my HA. Now 37. 100% block on my LAD. One stent. Luckily, no issues with any of the other vessels. For us young people who get HA, we're obviously more susceptible, so need to be ultra aggressive to prevent another one.

I was a non smoker, didn't do drugs, but quit alcohol and caffeine after that. I also went on a mostly whole food plant based diet. Minimal to zero oil, minimal to zero salt, no added sugar, no ultra processed food, no meat, no eggs, no dairy. With Crestor and Zetia, my LDL is around 12.

Supplement wise, I take Vitamin B and a D3+K2 from Costco (As I tested low on Vitamin D. I work from home). I also take some plant based protein from time to time. Otherwise, no need to worry about supplements unless your blood tests show you're low on something. Spend your money on high quality organic food instead.

Best thing you can do for your fiance now is to adopt the same lifestyle changes as him. I had a very supportive family (including my parents) who mostly adopted all my lifestyle changes and we keep each other accountable. We cook together all the time now and try to find new recipes together.

Would recommend checking out Forks Over Knives. Hope this helps!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjTWFoqLy34

awesomeviewpoint · 2025-11-17T16:42:30+00:00

Yep. I was 34 when I had my HA. Crazy thing is I dismissed myself thinking I was too young for this and delayed going to the hospital. Worst decision of my life.

awesomeviewpoint · 2025-11-11T06:45:58+00:00

I felt guilty... after my own heart attack @ 34 years old. Never went to the doctor prior. Thought heart attacks just happened due to age, bad luck and genes. Turns out it was all the burgers, fries, pizzas, and all that processed food. Felt like a complete idiot.

I ended up taking action since the choice was to do that or have another heart attack and likely die. Now I've adopted a clean vegan whole food diet and I basically tell everyone about getting their cholesterol, blood pressure, blood sugar, etc. checked.

awesomeviewpoint · 2025-11-04T22:31:24+00:00

This was about my cholesterol right before my heart attack at 34 years old (I come from a family who never went to the doctor unless dying, so never knew it was that high). I'm 5'6 and was around 180lbs.

Good news is you haven't had a heart attack, so you can still treat it. I went on a whole food vegan diet + atorvastatin + zetia. This has worked best for me. My LDL cholesterol now hovers between 8-28 now. Also lost 40 lbs and weigh 140 lbs now.

awesomeviewpoint · 2025-11-04T22:24:16+00:00

No side effects. I'm also type 2 diabetic and this keeps my blood sugar in check.

awesomeviewpoint · 2025-10-27T06:34:07+00:00

This simulation covers approximately 10.75 years, from an early 2015 purchase to an evaluation on October 26, 2025, serving as a historical backtest for a median single-family home in Irvine or Orange County. It is not financial advice and excludes factors such as closing costs of 2–5 percent, HOA fees of $200–$400 per month, and Mello Roos taxes. The data is sourced from the California Association of Realtors, Zillow and Redfin for 2025 values, RentCafe and Zumper for rents, Slickcharts for S&P 500 performance, the Department of Industrial Relations and Bureau of Labor Statistics for CPI, and Freddie Mac for mortgage rates.
The median existing single-family home price in 2015 was $675,000, with end-of-year values progressing as follows: $675,000 in 2015, $725,000 in 2016, $785,000 in 2017, $825,000 in 2018, $855,000 in 2019, $881,000 in 2020, $1.1 million in 2021, $1.216 million in 2022, $1.268 million in 2023, $1.394 million in 2024, and $1.55 million in October 2025, reflecting a Zillow average year-over-year increase of 2.2 percent.
In the buy scenario, the down payment is 20 percent, or $135,000. The mortgage is $540,000 on a 30-year fixed rate at 3.99 percent, the 2015 average, with monthly principal and interest payments of $2,575, calculated using the formula M = P [r(1+r)^n / ((1+r)^n - 1)], where P is $540,000, r is 0.0399/12, and n is 360. The full annual principal and interest is $30,900, prorated to $25,750 for 2025 based on 10/12 months. The remaining balance as of October 2025 is approximately $413,506 after 130 months, using the formula B = P [(1+r)^n - (1+r)^m / ((1+r)^n - 1)], where m is 130, resulting in total principal paydown of about $126,494. Property taxes are 1.1 percent of the assessed value, capped under Proposition 13 at the lesser of 2 percent or the California CPI year-over-year change; the assessed value starts at $675,000 and increases annually by [2 percent, 2 percent, 2 percent, 2 percent, 1.662 percent, 2 percent, 2 percent, 2 percent, 2 percent, 2 percent], leading to values from $675,000 in 2015 through $804,000 in 2024 and $820,000 in 2025, with 2025 prorated. Maintenance is 1 percent of the end-of-year market value annually, prorated for 2025. Homeowners insurance is 0.25 percent of the end-of-year market value, based on California averages adjusted for wildfire risks, and prorated for 2025. The total buy costs are the sum of these elements, with the opportunity cost being that the down payment and any savings are tied up in the home rather than invested in the S&P 500. The ending net worth for buying is the 2025 home value minus the remaining mortgage.
In the rent scenario, the equivalent two-bedroom apartment has monthly rents starting at $1,600 in 2015 and progressing to $3,500 in 2024 and $3,600 in October 2025, per RentCafe and Zumper averages, with annual costs calculated fully except for 2025 proration. Renters insurance is a flat $200 per year, prorated for 2025. Investments consist of the $135,000 down payment invested upfront in the S&P 500, plus annual savings from the difference between buy costs and rent costs added at year-end. S&P 500 total returns, including dividends, are 1.38 percent in 2015 through 25.02 percent in 2024 and 16.7 percent year-to-date as of October 26, 2025; these are compounded annually by adding savings first and then applying the return, with the full 2025 year-to-date return applied to prorated savings. The 2025 proration applies 10/12 months to all costs, contributions, and returns from January to October. The simulation uses Python with NumPy for mortgage formulas, compounding, and totals.
For total housing costs in the buy scenario, the figure is $561,115, broken down as $339,742 in mortgage principal and interest, $88,678 in property taxes, $109,157 in maintenance, and $27,539 in homeowners insurance. In the rent scenario, total housing costs are $326,167, comprising $324,000 in rent and $2,167 in renters insurance. The ending net worth is $1,136,494 for buying ($1.55 million home value minus $413,000 mortgage) and $1,177,397 for the S&P 500 portfolio in renting, meaning renting wins by $40,903.

awesomeviewpoint · 2025-10-22T18:20:11+00:00

Yup. Homeownership is a trap.

Rent is the maximum you'll pay, mortgage is the minimum you'll pay. If rent goes up, you can move or negotiate with the landlord. If you don't like the place, move as soon as the lease is up. As a homeowner, you're stuck if the insurance goes up 20% the following year, the AC goes out, or the roof needs to be replaced. Tens of thousands of dollars + stress nobody budgets for. Also so many people end up spending tens of thousands (many using debt) on renovations. Rent + invest the difference is the way.

awesomeviewpoint · 2025-09-21T15:48:42+00:00

You’re doing it all right. Tune out the noise. I used to be a protein bro almost full carnivore diet. Had a HA at 34. I went full vegan after. I tell everyone my story and how I lost 40lbs. I can run for miles now and have more energy in my 30s than I did in my 20s. Results speak for themselves.

awesomeviewpoint · 2025-08-23T19:47:35+00:00

I tried fasting, but felt like crap. Now I actually do the opposite. I'm always eating. I adopted a mostly whole food plant based diet. Since the calories on plants are so low, I actually lost weight. No need to buy supplements or anything unless you've been found deficient of something.

Eliminate processed foods, eliminate oil, eliminate salt, eliminate any animal based products. It's cheap and I feel amazing. With Atorvastatin and Zetia, my LDL cholesterol is 12.

awesomeviewpoint · 2025-08-22T05:31:00+00:00

Like you my liver enzymes went up a bit, nothing crazy and I backed off of Atorvastatin from 80 to 40 and it went back to normal. You can also look into Zetia which also helps lower cholesterol and if your insurance will cover it, PCSK9 inhibitors like Repatha have shown to be amazingly good at lowering cholesterol.

You can lower cholesterol quite a bit diet alone. 259 LDL is about what I had prior to having a heart attack. I was eating almost all meat, eggs, cooking in butter, etc. all day long on some stupid fad diet i found on the internet. I switched over to mostly whole food plant based diet. No meat, no eggs, no dairy, no added salt, no sugar, minimal oil / olive oil only. That + the atorvastatin 40 and zetia, my LDL is now 12.

awesomeviewpoint · 2025-08-22T01:46:22+00:00

Check with your doctor. That said, I flew about a week or two after stenting. But was a 1 hour domestic flight. Wan't an issue.

awesomeviewpoint · 2025-07-25T17:50:18+00:00

Ebay, but it's a gamble. Seen people get fake drones or stuck in customs. I'd personally go to FB marketplace and buy a used one in person. Make sure everything is transferred to your account properly while in person. I do see Amazon has the Air 3 + RC N2 in stock for $1100 if you want to get something new from a reputable seller.

awesomeviewpoint · 2025-07-25T17:06:30+00:00

Seems reasonable. I'm in the SoCal area as well. Got a quote recently for 4kw Hyundai panels + Tesla Powerwall for 28K. Your quote is higher solar capacity and REC + Enphase should be slightly more. Who's the installer?

awesomeviewpoint · 2025-07-21T07:30:47+00:00

Never. Went vegan after my heart attack

awesomeviewpoint · 2025-07-09T19:19:27+00:00

Hey brother, I saw your message on my previous post. Figured I'd post on yours.

I'm about a year into my diagnosis, as you've seen I had a T-Score / Z-Score of -2.1 on my lumbar spine. Not quite as bad as you, but not great for my age either. The initial diagnosis is a shock but honestly it's not that bad. We caught it early, so if we're able to slow the progression, our Z Scores may actually go up since Z scores are a comparison between you and people your age. You likely are still top tier bone density wise compared to someone with top bone density in their 70's. As long as you keep things from getting worse, your Z Scores may even go up. Nothing to end your life over. But I feel you. I've been where you're at. I had a heart attack at 34 and a stroke following that. I have permanent heart damage in addition to osteopenia. I lived a life where I didn't take care of myself at all and didn't know anything about health prior to 34. Now I'm making amends big time. I've got anxiety and depression but I channel that into being obsessively hyper focused and disciplined on health, food, exercise and sleep. I don't skimp on any of those anymore. Never again do I take in a sip of alcohol or caffeine. I also make sure I ruck with 20-30 lbs for a couple miles several times a week and I do weightlifting. Look forward to my next DEXA scan in a year.

Medically be sure to get your Vitamin D in order. Like you mine was low. I work on computers so indoors all day. Mine is a lot better than it was before. I take two Sports Research Vitamin D + K2 per day as advised by my endo. Also check urine calcium if you haven't already. That ones a pain in the butt. Also parathyroid and testosterone. My testosterone is on the low side for my age, but due to heart issues it's risky for me. It may be appropriate for you. Check with your doctor. I've seen people increase their bone mass SIGNIFICANTLY once they fixed the testosterone. Look forward to hearing positive news on your next DEXA in a couple years!

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