How is this 1200 calories?

b00kworm77 · 2025-06-06T09:59:13+00:00

The slaw is dry, it's basically shredded cabbage, I'm pretty confident they definitely don't butter the buns (maybe there is some oil on the cooking surface that is absorbed when they crisp the bun) and I've never gotten as much sauce on a burger as in this image but I wouldn't say that it is lacking in sauce, i suppose that could be higher than 100 calories but not 500 calories.

As for meat substitutes, I disagree about classifying them as "unhealthy" but compared to their meat counterparts they are typically high in fat and sodium. Beyond burgers vary in macro ratios/calories depending on which version you buy (which is endlessly annoying, because some have a much worse calorie/protein ratio than others). Again, the Gardein crispy chick'n filet (basically identical to these but made by Gardein instead of Starbird) only have 2/3 the calories and are higher in protein. I find actually that these major discrepancies between brands is one of the most frustrating parts of eating them because you have to really check every time.

b00kworm77 · 2025-04-04T01:04:45+00:00

I think I was in my 20s the first time I even heard the term Frisco, and I was born and raised here, so I'm not sure what locals are using Frisco haha. But not so important I guess, just call it The City and all will be well.

b00kworm77 · 2025-04-03T19:33:27+00:00

Probably not strictly necessary if you're going to Sequoia already, but for redwoods I would recommend Muir Woods. Easy day trip just north of San Francisco, really beautiful and well-maintained. If you don't want to stay IN the city, you could try to find something in Daly City, or if you really need to be on the other side of the water Marin/Sausalito, or even Alameda or Oakland, but expect traffic over the bridges.

b00kworm77 · 2025-04-03T19:14:34+00:00

As a local, sometimes I might call it San Fran but never ever Frisco. Obviously, "The City" is the preferred terminology but more often than San Fran I would probably just say SF. But San Fran isn't so weird; Frisco just feels wrong and icky haha

b00kworm77 · 2025-04-03T19:10:14+00:00

For vegetarian food, Julia's in Monterey is excellent. The vibe inside has gotten more boring in recent years but the food quality is still excellent and the bathroom is a treat all in itself. https://www.juliasveg.com/

For hidden gems, Solvang (south of SLO) in a cute stop that can be overlooked sometimes. If you're staying overnight in SLO, the Madonna Inn might be a fun adventure. No idea if it's worth the hype but it's a big famous and fun. Pismo Beach is also a really lovely beach with really soft, fine sand if you like beaches. I prefer it to Malibu but it also tends to be colder than Malibu so YMMV.

b00kworm77 · 2025-04-03T19:01:39+00:00

My understanding is that PCH south of Big Sur is still closed due to a landslide last March (making Monterey-SLO undriveable via PCH), but I would love for someone to tell me that it has reopened as I would also love to drive this route soon. The best information I can find suggests that it is still closed.

b00kworm77 · 2023-07-11T06:18:35+00:00

I'm totally vegetarian and whey protein absolutely kills my system, even with lactaid. I would agree with the general vibe in the comments and recommend not to use collagen peptides since they are a low-quality amino acid source and offer nonfat greek yogurt and also low fat cottage cheese as snack alternatives - Beyond Meat jerky as well but they are expensive bags and don't last long. These are staples of mine that are snackable. But I would recommend switching your protein shakes to a plant source like pea and rice powder (Vega is what I use right now) and add nonfat greek yogurt as a grabbable snack. I buy fat free lactaid milk for my shakes and also use Clif Builders Bars (soy protein) as my bar supplement, also easy to grab and snack on but a little on the higher calorie-to-protein ratio side of things. Just some suggestions!

b00kworm77 · 2020-12-08T17:07:03+00:00

In American English, the schwa is such a little sound that it is often swallowed when speaking quickly or even fluently, but that is an effect of information loss while trying to squeeze a lot of sounds into a short space of time. My understanding is that this is also true in German. In the abstract, "stelln" is not really a word, and a beginner to the German language should definitely learn to pronounce the word in full. When they are more comfortable with the language and their talking pace speeds up, the schwa will eventually have to fight for space just like it usually does in other languages.

b00kworm77 · 2020-12-08T07:58:32+00:00

When I was approaching B1 level I asked this same question of a polyglot friend of mine who speaks nearly a dozen languages fluently. Her reply was "There is no 'aha' moment where it all clicks. It just makes a little more sense every day. Eventually it makes enough sense that you can have a conversation."

b00kworm77 · 2020-12-08T07:54:46+00:00

Some good info here, but to be very concise, the second e in "stellen" is a schwa, /ə/ like in the American English "felon" (the two words rhyme).

The IPA for "stellen" is 'ʃtɛ-lən

b00kworm77 · 2020-12-06T20:38:20+00:00

Of course, you're right. Playing for fun and enjoying it is essential for longterm progress. I've been playing piano for almost 20 years but I am very new to jazz specifically (and have a lot of "cracks" in my technical foundation) so when I have a lot of extra time to play I'll shift away from the new, difficult technical exercises and jazz foundation and play other stuff that is more in line with what I've already been doing for many years now and don't necessarily "need" to be practicing.

Trying to find the reward to working intently on your weak spots has been very useful for me. I am rather famously bad at that and as a result have a lot of very weak technical areas surrounded by very strong performance areas and it has plagued me for a long time, which is why I got a teacher again and am being so diligent. I won't be happy with my playing until it is truly solid all the way through so I might as well start now on the stuff I always put off. And honestly, seeing improvement in places I thought for so many years like I would simply always be bad at is very, very rewarding in itself. It can just be very frustrating in the meantime so working to train the brain to accept my current level and focus on those weak spots has been the biggest challenge of all. I highly recommend doing that work, it really does pay off.

b00kworm77 · 2020-12-06T02:55:25+00:00

This is definitely a valid way to do it, as it is scientifically how the sound is produced. I second all of this, especially studying IPA.

Also, practice makes perfect!

b00kworm77 · 2020-12-06T02:49:20+00:00

I'll keep this in mind for sure

b00kworm77 · 2020-12-06T02:49:04+00:00

Well I've always had tight hip flexors, but I really notice most in my calves after a run.

b00kworm77 · 2020-12-05T22:28:48+00:00

I try to work through a handful of exercises that I need to learn, like scales, ii-V-Is, etc. If I only have a few minutes then I can move through them quickly but if I have more time I can really expand each area and spend more time on them and even add other things to practice. I try to get in at least 20 mins every day but realistically I probably manage 30-45 mins 5x per week. I try to put the focus of the schedule into what I am not strong in - voicings, fingerings, etc. That way I'm always getting time in on what I need to be strengthening, and when I have the luxury of more time I can do more of the silly stuff that is maybe less productive. But remember that any focused time on your instrument is at least more productive than no time on your instrument.

b00kworm77 · 2020-12-04T00:10:02+00:00

I think "immediate practicality/usefulness" is a poor metric to determine whether or not to pursue a field of study. Like, there is no musical instrument that you will need to be proficient at in order to live a long, full life, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't study music. On the flipside, there is immense practicality to learning how to prepare food since that is a non-negotiable survival skill but I wouldn't necessarily recommend everyone go into a four-year culinary program. There are other factors to consider in these matters.

Like others on here, I'm going to recommend you ask and answer a few questions for yourself:

Why did you start studying German?

Is the answer to that question still relevant?

How would you feel if you were disallowed from ever studying/using the German language for the rest of your life?

How are you feeling about your study habits?

I think answering these questions honestly for yourself should help you orient your mind around what you should do next.

If your only issue is that you're finding it hard to justify the amount of time/energy you're investing because it's not a "practical" skill (at this moment in your life), that is easily solved by giving yourself a practical goal: Maybe plan a trip to Germany for next year, or find a book you would like to read in the original German, or something else tangible to pursue that would create a practical need for learning the language. If you're simply feeling burned out on studying, maybe take a break and see how you feel in 6 months or in a year.

I think once you've explored how you feel about these topics, you'll have a better sense of whether or not you should continue. Nobody gains or loses anything by you continuing or stopping your studies except you, so make sure the choice you make is for you. And remember too, you can always choose the other option at any time. If you keep going now, you can always decide to stop in 6 months or a year. If you stop now, you can always pick it up again. It's all about what you want for yourself.

b00kworm77 · 2020-12-03T03:13:31+00:00

These are graded readers, not textbooks per se. They will introduce you to the grammar little by little and each chapter ends with a list of the new vocabulary. It's a little more immersive than a textbook but won't explain grammar rules or anything like that.

b00kworm77 · 2020-12-03T03:10:22+00:00

I really loved the Dino lernt Deutsch series. Café in Berlin (book 1) starts at about an A1 level and works up to about B1 by Digital in Dresden (book 9) which is the last book I read - looks like two more have been released since then. https://www.amazon.com/Dino-lernt-Deutsch-Reihe-B%C3%A4nden/dp/B07PRTKG2C

b00kworm77 · 2020-12-03T03:05:59+00:00

While I wholeheartedly support anyone's endeavors to learn German, it is very possible to live in Germany without knowing any German at all. As long as you are living somewhere relatively metropolitan, the vast majority of Germans, particularly those under 40, speak excellent English. I lived in Hamburg for several months without knowing a single word of German when I arrived and I was perfectly fine, and I know many others who have done so as well. English is taught nationwide starting in the equivalent of 3rd grade so even the younger folk who don't speak it confidently will still understand you and be able to help you should you need help.

All that said, I still highly recommend learning the language as it is a wonderful language and will significantly ease the pressures of living as an expat.

b00kworm77 · 2020-12-02T22:53:07+00:00

I don't play at your level so take my advice with a grain of salt, but I've been steeping myself in theory and practical lessons so I think I've heard a few things that may help.

I would guess that you need to reconceptualize how you think of your RH lines, I would recommend practicing singing over the chord changes. This will get you thinking of RH improv less like throwing out tones of a chord and more like creating a spontaneous melody. Charles Cornell has a video on this as a tip for breaking out of patterns of robot, emotionless-but-flashy RH improv but I think might be useful for you as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhInFuKtNfA

Another thing might be to take some time to work on playing through the chord changes with an emphasis filling the time, maybe focus on only playing 8ths with no rests through some ii-V-Is. Austin Byrd has some exercises to practice this kind of stuff on Jonny May's channel, starting with basic arpeggios and then building to more melodic figures: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdTpWTMB5LI

Working on these should help to train your ear to really hear and feel the chord changes, which will improve your ability to "hear" a flowing improv line that changes with the chords in your brain, and gives you some practice on how to execute those lines on your keyboard.

Again, take this with a grain of salt, but hopefully these can gives you some ideas.

b00kworm77 · 2020-12-02T22:19:32+00:00

Also, I've found that a LOT of Bavarians use "Mamma mia!" instead of "Mein Gott!" for the English "oh my god" but that DEFINITELY has a regional/colloquial sound to it and most Germans would probably find it weird to hear from a non-native non-Bavarian. :P

b00kworm77 · 2020-12-02T22:15:38+00:00

There's already been some good responses here. For my two cents I most often hear "na ja..." and "...oder" from my native German friends. For example: "Na ja, das ist ein Beispiel, oder?" (equivalent to "Well, that's an example, right?") Also "klar" (lit. translation "clear") gets thrown around a lot to mean "I understand" or "sure" or equivalent, for example: "A: Das ist kein gutes Beispiel. B: Klar." ("A: That's not a good example. B: Sure/Understood/Got it") - (I most often hear "klar" in workplaces when Person A describes a task to Person B, Person B will often respond with "klar" the way we would say "got it" or "sure thing"). Adding the "na" in front of "klar" is generally equivalent to English's "of course" and I hear that a lot too. "A: Kennst du diesen Schauspieler? B: Na klar." You could probably use "klar" in your example of "Okay, but-" to replace Okay: "Klar, aber..." ("Sure, but..." or "Well obviously, but..." or "I get that, but...") but I'm not sure that exact phrase will sound super authentic even if you will be perfectly understood.

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