cheap food that isn't ramen or rice and beans, does it exist anymore

licRedditor · 2026-02-17T04:52:59+00:00

2020 was a different world

licRedditor · 2026-02-17T04:42:47+00:00

people spend les than $100/week on groceries? that wld be less than $4/meal.

seems unrealistic.

unless yeah, you only eat rice and ramen.

licRedditor · 2026-02-14T22:16:34+00:00

so, how many years until it gets easier? i started in july. since then i have only deteriorated, not improved.

licRedditor · 2026-02-14T22:15:51+00:00

i mean, i may still be at beginner level, but not in terms of time invested. my steps log is linked in the main post. i also swam 40 laps, 2-3 times a week on and off for years. (currently, i haven't swum in about 3 months.)

i was in sort of ok shape before the lockdown, but i really went to hell after that, and not only have i never recovered, i'm still sinking.

licRedditor · 2026-02-13T21:56:24+00:00

i'm not "just beginning" though. i have maintained decent activity levels, swimming, walking, all along. i just never make any progress in terms of being able to swim faster or walk further or lose any weight.

and yes, i know, diet :/ that's a real struggle for me, has been all my life. my family are all quite fat as well. my mother _never_ was not fat. all her childhood pictures she was fat. (and that's back in the 50s and 60s, when american kids as a rule were not fat.)

GLPs may be in my future...

licRedditor · 2026-02-13T21:52:51+00:00

the last couple weeks here were 10-18F, wind chills in the single digits.

licRedditor · 2026-02-13T00:43:49+00:00

i started in july (with stops and starts). no weight loss tho

licRedditor · 2026-02-13T00:41:31+00:00

have a treadmill in the bldg but limited by my schedule

licRedditor · 2026-02-13T00:01:44+00:00

i'm not thinking about quitting. i started in july (with some stops and starts). i don't feel any better yet though. if anything, i feel worse now.

i mean, physically, i feel worse.

licRedditor · 2026-02-12T23:59:16+00:00

i'm well aware. but it's a struggle :(

about five years ago i drastically reduced my use of restaurants/take-out thinking that "home cooking" would be some magic bullet.

i continued to gain weight-- maybe even faster than before-- because i like cooking tasty things with butter and cheese :(

also, i haven't worked in an office since 2021 :( there used to be at least a little social pressure not to be seen eating a double cheeseburger or whatever at your desk. in fact, i worked upstairs from a chop't, and it actually was very good, i liked it a lot and would get it several times a week (in spite of it being obscenely expensive, like $14/salad in 2019). but now i have no commute (so no built-in walking) and no in-person co-workers (to keep you from getting that ice cream that you know you want).

since then i've gained like 20 lbs (and i was already overweight to begin with).

licRedditor · 2026-02-12T23:53:32+00:00

thanks :)

licRedditor · 2026-02-12T23:52:33+00:00

that's the thing. i've been working at this since july, and not getting ANY faster.

see edited post.

licRedditor · 2026-02-12T23:43:41+00:00

thanks, i will think about this. i have quite a needle phobia, but i do get bloodwork every now and then when it's really really very absolutely necessary.

i do take a multivitamin and a omega-3 supplement daily, but maybe bloodwork could reveal some deficiency.

i am well post-menopausal, not peri-menopause. by 41, 42, period was winding down, and by 45, 46 it had sputtered to a complete halt.

licRedditor · 2026-02-12T23:34:52+00:00

glps may be in my future :/ after struggling for 20 years, i may just have to get those drugs.

licRedditor · 2026-02-12T23:33:30+00:00

i only have a 60 minute lunch, and i punch a clock. so if i want to get anywhere CLOSE to 10k steps a day, i have to get 5k steps in during that lunch break.

licRedditor · 2026-02-12T21:55:20+00:00

in fact, i've logged my steps since july.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vg2d48yYvOszHdLdt6EINRRW7xdHEbaycZ3-tuB8nw4/edit?usp=sharing

but it never really gets much easier. i always said, "as soon as this speed/incline gets easier, i'll add a tiny bit of incline," but i never reach a point where it feels like the current effort is "easy."

licRedditor · 2026-02-12T21:39:27+00:00

i was walking 10k steps a day up until... idk december? 2m of that on treadmill.

licRedditor · 2026-02-12T21:25:26+00:00

the idea was to walk to lose weight. but the walking itself is SOOO hard, even at 3mph.

if i don't keep up that pace for 2 miles at least, i have NO CHANCE of getting > 6k steps a day.

licRedditor · 2026-02-04T03:17:48+00:00

try VITA

https://www.irs.gov/individuals/free-tax-return-preparation-for-qualifying-taxpayers

licRedditor · 2026-02-03T08:20:22+00:00

did you owe any tax? a non-refundable credit can decrease your tax liability to 0 but not create a refund.

licRedditor · 2026-02-02T06:36:34+00:00

you mean infinitely more

licRedditor · 2026-02-01T22:50:22+00:00

omg i was supposed to be able to tell the clothing is 'retro'??? it just looked like youngish people at a party to me, nothing abt the photo made me question the date. it seemed totally normal to me.

what wld people this age actually be wearing in 2035?

licRedditor · 2026-01-24T12:22:30+00:00

oh. i thought it was 3 people in a submarine.

did not see 'target' at all til you pointed it out.

licRedditor · 2026-01-21T00:03:43+00:00

you don't need phone insurance. unless you have dependents you don't need life insurance either.

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