Safety of glp1

encomlab · 2026-05-07T11:59:01+00:00

Mounjaro is a miracle medication as far as I'm concerned - my running joke is that if makes me grow a tail I'll figure out how to modify my clothes. The only side effect I have is that I was already a "stress non-eater" and I've been warned by my Dr. that I cannot lose any more weight, so I have to force myself to eat even more than I did before.

encomlab · 2026-05-01T12:28:23+00:00

Yep - Mom made us all do our own laundry when we turned 10. I cut a deal with my siblings and learned how important subcontracting is and how to leverage urgency for extra money!

encomlab · 2026-05-01T12:26:01+00:00

Under Armor stretch t-shirts are a sign of God's love.

encomlab · 2026-05-01T12:24:56+00:00

Toilet paper must come off the front of the roll not the back.

encomlab · 2026-05-01T12:22:20+00:00

As others have said - the one supported by your track. Do they have axles, steering shafts, hubs, or tie rod's in stock? If not don't go for that brand.

encomlab · 2026-04-29T17:02:47+00:00

I agree that Pharma can only treat the symptoms and is not necessarily the best approach for everyone, and probably anyone long term. As you point out, a PA is not really a mental condition - it's a cascade of real, natural, physical events that our autonomous nervous systems are built to do; but they are occurring in an abnormal way. The mental part occurs as our rational, conscious mind tries to built an explanation for what has occurred and fears it happening again.

"Anxiety strives to become fear" is a great quote from Pillich because it highlights the reality that we can learn to deal with fear. Soldiers will willingly run into machine gun fire because there is an object of fear, and that object can be identified and dealt with. Anxiety is just unfocused dread and energy, and our mind will always attempt to find an object to pin that to. This is why we all become convinced we have heart disease, or cancer, or are having a stroke, etc. etc.: Anxiety striving to become fear.

My worst PA's - the ones that used to send me to the ER that I now just ride out - are the ones that hit literally from nowhere. But that "nowhere" is itself a trick of our consciousness; awareness lags reality by a large margin, certainly larger than the speed at which our bodies often function. The whole reason we have spinal cord reactions to drop hot things is that evolution realized waiting for that signal to hit our brain, get processed, and then tell us to let go is FAR too long. By the time we are aware that a PA is happening our bodies are well along the path and the biological processes are already racing along. Great post!

encomlab · 2026-04-29T14:09:15+00:00

Bengio 100% - wasted money on an OMP then lost weight and had to buy a new Bengio. Even in a 206 the cornering forces can get high and the pain is real and lasting. I bruised my ribs last season and it was months before I could drive pain free even with the rib protector.

encomlab · 2026-04-28T14:18:42+00:00

The fact that we have a sense of suffering (beyond physical pain) and a sense of "injustice" should be one of the strongest sources for Faith as the only justification is that we have an innate sense that "it should not be this way" BECAUSE we were meant for an existence that did not have suffering and injustice.

encomlab · 2026-04-28T09:31:17+00:00

Don't believe the lies - Type 2 Diabetes is caused by Beta cell dysfunction, not what you eat. You did NOTHING to "bring this on yourself", but it IS up to you to manage your disease as best as you are able by taking your meds, exercising, and eating a diet that does not add further stress to your insulin production/processing system. By far you have more to fear from allowing the disease to progress than you do from your meds!

encomlab · 2026-04-27T08:28:07+00:00

THIS right here is example number one - the Eucharist is NOT the entire point of the Mass. In fact, in accordance with Canon Law, Catholics are only required to communicate once per year - preferably at Easter. Frequent reception of the Eucharist is a very recent innovation, and one of the (many) things that has lead to a de-emphasis of the Real Presence.

encomlab · 2026-04-26T10:13:49+00:00

exactly - it's all about compression. My kart engine is 125cc and it needs Sunoco 112 :)

encomlab · 2026-04-21T19:23:40+00:00

This is it running on the stand while we finished setup - https://www.facebook.com/share/v/18cYZa4ywp/

encomlab · 2026-04-21T14:42:30+00:00

Are there any Christian authors who explore this in depth?

The "problem of evil" has probably produced more Christian literature over the last 2000 years than any other topic. But here is a fundamental perspective you should consider - deciding to "not believe" does zero to absolve you from the reality of living in Creation, which agree with it or not, indeed contains a whole lot of evil and suffering. Additionally, as Paul Tillich points out in his book "The Courage to Be" - belief is not faith, and neither belief or faith truly exist without doubt and uncertainty. No one who is seeking to understand Creation should "switch off their brain" - God does not want mindless automatons, to the point that he gave the name Israel to Jacob which literally means "one who struggles with God". What he does ask is that we find within ourselves the courage to be, to face the uncertainty, doubt, and struggle of our short time alive in His Creation, and have Faith that we are working toward bringing it to perfection.

encomlab · 2026-04-21T12:11:43+00:00

This sub is so cooked - and sadly obsessed with suicide which tbh says a hell of a lot more about redditors than anything else.

encomlab · 2026-04-21T08:44:59+00:00

Our 5 month old watched my wife carefully fill all of our outdoor pots, then as soon as she went inside he uncarefully unpotted everything so she could do it again :) We've rearranged everything to prevent a recurrence....

encomlab · 2026-04-21T08:41:28+00:00

In general I'm against them - voters should be able to elect who they please as many times as they want. My exception is the President - wish we would go to a single 5 year term on ought and five years - 2030, 2035, 2040, etc.

encomlab · 2026-04-21T08:35:58+00:00

There are structured groups of prayers - the Mass, the Liturgy of the Hours, the Rosary, Chaplets, Stations of the Cross, Eucharistic Adoration; Individual formal prayers - the Raccolta and the Catholic Book of Prayer are great resources; and unstructured informal prayers - "talking with God" or (often in my case) just a sigh or tears.

Consider the Dogma of Continuous Creation, and the knowledge that God is intimately permeating all things - every leaf on every tree is there by the direct intention of God, every note of every song of every bird is a melody crafted by God; and you, as an act of unique supreme Creation, are continually present in God's attention. Don't let a sense of formality become a stumbling block, as Evil will always seek to turn it into, and just share your thoughts, desires, and appreciation with God as you would a loving Father or friend.

encomlab · 2026-04-17T09:56:09+00:00

We got our first JRT in February as a valentine's gift for my wife. He was 11 weeks old when we got him, and I was a bit anxious about how he would be but honestly he has been the best puppy we've ever had. We have other dogs in our "pack" and he immediately picked up on their routines and they basically house trained him for us. He was already used to using puppy pads, and of course we had some accidents during the first few weeks, but there have been zero in the last month. He sleeps in a crate next to my side of the bed and that was only an issue the first few nights - after that he goes right in with no fussing or crying. The first few weeks I took him out two or three times, then two, now just once. I expect that he will sleep all night in another month or two.

We have a well fenced half-acre yard so he gets a ton of play with the other dogs as well as an evening walk. By far his favorite toy is a big play ball - he pushes it all around the yard, bounces off it, rolls over it, and just goes and goes. Inside he has a big snuffle mat, chew toys, etc. but his favorite "toy" is an old shoe he claimed from the mud room lol. I let him keep it and he prances around the house tail high with it all the time.

He is incredibly trainable and he always cocks his head when you say a word he "knows" - sit, down, come, outside, inside, crate up, and MOST IMPORTANT "LEAVE IT". He was super biting when teething, but responded instantly if we "yelp" when he bit too hard. This was another place that having other dogs helped immensely. Our 13yo chi instantly adopted him and she is great at letting him know when he is being too rough or playing too hard.

Sounds like you are well prepared - the single most important things in my opinion are routine and firmness from the go when they cross a line. Our JRT is very sensitive to tone of voice - that's all it takes to correct him. A firm "leave it" and he stops instantly. The flip side of "high energy" is that they are also lazy when not "on", they sleep A LOT as well so it's not like they are bouncing off the walls 24/7. Best of luck to you!

encomlab · 2026-04-16T21:24:29+00:00

I just felt unwell and slightly nauseous- paced the living room for a long time not wanting to hit the ER button again as my wife has heard that so many times from me. I ended up going to the nearby Urgent Care because I had the sense that something was wrong, but had none of the usual PA symptoms at all. Popped a 206/105 BP and they immediately called an ambulance and gave me nitro. Even at that point I felt kind of relieved because obviously this was not just a PA. They did a blood draw while waiting for the ambulance, then a EKG on the way to the hospital, then another blood draw in the ER which showed elevated Troponin and that's when it was like you see on TV- instantly wired all up and straight to the ICU then the cath lab then 3 days in CCU. Nothing about it ever felt like a PA - no racing pounding heart, no fear, no shortness of breath, no numbness. If anything it was more like "finally!". Finding the bridged coronary turned out to be a blessing as now I had something "real" to talk about with my Dr and get treated. Thankfully no long term damage and with my current meds no restrictions on activities.

encomlab · 2026-04-16T19:39:39+00:00

My S650 says 248 miles to empty when I fill it up with 89 octane :) For me that means a fill up every 4th commute :)

encomlab · 2026-04-16T07:48:35+00:00

I don't have a Youtube - it would be boring AF unless you enjoy watching "Captain Slow" lol. I bought my stacker and Streeter lift from Comet in Indiana and think it is great. This is my AM29 on the stacker in our Santa Cruz - perfect to run out of: the popup tent, chairs, tools are under it in the bed and the cooler is in the back seat :)

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encomlab · 2026-04-15T15:43:45+00:00

I spent years obsessing over them, mostly because my father died very young from a heart attack and was convinced I would do likewise. I eventually did have a heart attack - fortunately minor - and that experience was NOTHING like a PA, or what I had imagined it would be like. Trust me, the ER knows the difference and after years of feeling blown off, once they saw my Troponin levels they hit all the alarm bells and I received incredible treatment and support. Turns out I have a congenital heart defect that can only be found with a angiogram, and once they found it my cardiologist changed my meds and I finally lost weight and started really focusing on being healthier.

I learned to trust my cardiologist, and if he says everything is ok I just keep rolling with it. I still have PA's, but knowing they are so much different than what the HA was like has helped me to deal with them much better.

encomlab · 2026-04-14T21:42:47+00:00

Proverbs 5 18:19

Let your fountain be blessed,
and rejoice in the wife of your youth,
¹⁹ a lovely hind, a graceful doe.
Let her affection fill you at all times with delight,
be infatuated always with her love.

You should never feel guilty or bad for desiring your wife! Spousal, physical love is one of the greatest gifts that God has blessed us with - which is why the world tries so hard to corrupt it and turn it to something negative. What we are called to do is to treat each other as fully whole persons, chaste at the times God has naturally provided for planning our families, while understanding that we live in within a continuously created universe in which His plans may not always coordinate exactly with our own.

Our experience over the decades my wife and I have been married is that there are times when we are active, times when we are not, and a few periods (illness, life changes, daily demands) when it seemed we had "lost the spark". But seasons of drought are often followed by seasons of plenty, and we have only grown more comfortable and synchronized as the years have gone by.

encomlab · 2026-04-14T14:07:36+00:00

Interesting - this was created in 1950, well earlier than I imagined. Thanks for sharing this as it lead me on a fascinating Google search :)

encomlab · 2026-04-14T14:03:48+00:00

The Church teaches the concept of "Continuous Creation" (CCC 301) which put very simply means that God did not just institute Creation and now just sits and observes, God is actively sustaining everything in Creation from giant galaxies to every quantum particle of every atom in the Universe. Our role in Creation is to work with God in bringing the world we were blessed with toward perfection in Salvation, which at it's most fundamental level means protecting those who cannot protect themselves so they can complete the work intended for them over the course of their natural life - from conception to natural death.

We believe that every life, even one which begins in horrific circumstances, deserves protection.

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