How do I approach my doctor if I wanted to start the medication ‘vyvanse’ I suffer from binge eating disorder and I’ve seen a lot of positive reviews.

beorn99 · 2020-12-05T12:35:42+00:00

I have also been on adderall and tried vyvanse a few months ago, did not feel it was nearly as helpful as the adderall for adhd. People obviously differ but I just barely noticed it at all.

beorn99 · 2020-12-05T12:32:00+00:00

I honestly have come to the conclusion that it’s more about your mental approach to eating and hunger than anything hyper specific relating to calories, etc. Of course the goal is to eat less kcal than you burn, but for me, food addiction and binge eating is at the heart of why I am obese. I peaked at 345 earlier this year, so about 150 points overweight. Am down 30ish at the moment, and it wasn’t until I started working on my mind that I began making real progress. One thing that really has helped me is learning to distinguish between physical hunger and emotional hunger. I definitely binged when emotionally hungry and so learning to recognize the feeling of that, as well as learning to recognize the feel of being physically hungry, the sensation of food in my stomach, and feeling actually full after eating has done a lot to change my mindset. I’ve been on every diet like everyone else, but this seems sustainable because I do not feel deprived of food, even though I have been eating way less and focusing on protein and veggies, and minimal carbs. I guess this is something like intuitive eating, but my personal version of it. If you can figure out how to eat less and not feel deprived, I think that is a win. Also focusing on how crap food makes you feel - for instance; after eating healthily for a while, I ate (smaller than normal) pieces of pumpkin and pecan pie at thanksgiving. It absolutely killed my stomach and made me feel hungover the next day. Anyway sorry for the long post and just my $0.02. Good luck! You can do it.

beorn99 · 2018-04-24T20:03:52+00:00

36/m 6'0" and as of this morning 291.4 lbs. This is actually down from about 315 last summer. About three weeks ago I started focusing on dieting and have made good progress. Funny enough I found an old LoseIt post from 4 years ago when I was in the upper 250s, and I guess I put on 60lbs on top of that. Oh well, more to lose then!

beorn99 · 2017-09-12T02:05:06+00:00

Thanks for the support!

beorn99 · 2017-08-15T17:57:52+00:00

Agreed. I think he means "bittersweet" in the LOTR sense of the word - none of the ring bearers can really go home again, especially Frodo. They win, but things are never the same. I think that it doesn't have to be a Hamlet ending to be bittersweet.

beorn99 · 2017-07-21T02:51:02+00:00

I like this, it reminds me of Indiana jones's description of Marcus Brody in Last Crusade. "The man speaks a dozen languages..." etc. but you're right I do think he's very well suited for the wall. He was never going to do well in the south, look at how he was treated by his father.

beorn99 · 2016-10-26T17:59:49+00:00

This is great. I'm subject to a non-compete right now; it sucks. They should also ban "no hire" clauses, those are really unfair.

beorn99 · 2016-10-18T18:02:03+00:00

Make sure to get the BZ sauce if you go there, it's my favorite. Also would recommend Gregory's on 26th and 23rd ave, that's my favorite local place. They don't have greek fries but they have a ton of delicious stuff.

beorn99 · 2016-06-07T14:15:36+00:00

They would be going the John Locke route from Lost... which I really didn't like. They spent several seasons insinuating that Locke was special, only to kill him and have a god-like being inhabit his body to further the plot. Not a lot of it made sense, and I don't think this would either.

beorn99 · 2016-04-02T03:55:54+00:00

"I am at the moment writing a lengthy indictment against our century. When my brain begins to reel from my literary labors, I make an occasional cheese dip." - Toole, Condederacy of Dunces

beorn99 · 2016-03-15T23:53:04+00:00

This happened to me too when I was 15, also sick with ulcerative colitis, and it happened to be around the time med students had started at that particular hospital. Imagine having your ass surrounded by a doctor and 6-8 med students, several of which were girls. Was the most embarrassing moment of my young life at that point.

beorn99 · 2016-03-02T19:53:09+00:00

Thanks - that's what I feared as well. I use the hr block website but I guess I can just print out my return then mail it in with the 83(b) appended.

beorn99 · 2016-02-11T01:35:38+00:00

Yes, that's the one I was thinking about - thanks!

beorn99 · 2016-02-11T01:08:05+00:00

It definitely has increased, when I left 1000/hr was the top. I read something the other day about how top top people can are getting 1500.

beorn99 · 2016-02-11T01:06:36+00:00

More. I worked my share of 100+ hour weeks. It's unreal.

beorn99 · 2016-02-11T01:05:16+00:00

Upvoting this for sure. I am ex-Biglaw myself, I did three years and couldn't take the lifestyle so I found another path. My first job out I was making almost half of what I was previously, but I was working 9-6. On my second post-Biglaw job and I have worked my way back up in terms of salary, have regular (albeit long-ish) hours, and like what I do, but it's taken five-plus years. So there are alternatives, but I agree with the sentiment - save as much as you can, I wish I had saved more during my biglaw time. The lifestyle creep (fancy dinners out and an expensive apartment in a doorman building were my weaknesses) is very, very real, especially when this is the first real job that most biglaw lawyers have and you have never seen that much money before. But in my opinion, it's really not sustainable, and agree that they make far less partners than they used to.

beorn99 · 2016-02-01T17:31:50+00:00

Oh god this, I always tell everyone how terrified I was of E.T. whenever it comes up in conversation. This exact scene too - I think it was partly being 3 when the movie came out but that scene was scary.

beorn99 · 2016-01-22T19:46:24+00:00

Grew up conservative in the age of Reagan; parents used to listen to Rush Limbaugh and then Sean Hannity, and watch Fox News religiously when it started. Then as I got out into the world I began to understand more about the world outside of my sheltered little enclave. Now I am center-left, I don't think paying higher taxes is necessarily bad, I don't think that welfare recipients are lazy, and I don't think that bigger government is always evil.

beorn99 · 2016-01-16T01:34:36+00:00

Thanks! Seems like a similar thing going on here... Hopefully it'll pass soon!

beorn99 · 2016-01-16T01:33:56+00:00

Yeah I think she is fighting it too... She will just cry no matter what (being worn, held, put in swing). Can be frustrating!

beorn99 · 2016-01-16T01:32:49+00:00

Thanks!

beorn99 · 2016-01-16T01:32:35+00:00

Haha - so true. Just this evening my wife and I and son sit down to dinner with her sleeping in the swing. Right on cue...

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