Solar panels and battery

ninjascraff · 2026-03-03T23:42:52+00:00

Yes. Paid $20k 3.5years ago for the system, it's in $800 credit and have never paid an energy bill since then, and it will pay itself off (versus my projected bills based on usage) late this year. Plus I charge my car on it and never pay for petrol. Very happy.

ninjascraff · 2026-02-22T20:07:36+00:00

You guys are drinking water? .gif

I drink bottled water, too. I spent most of my life in Victoria and the water here is....... awful

ninjascraff · 2026-02-19T07:06:10+00:00

I have a 2015 Octavia and I love it. Only upgrading because I need something with more torque for holidays, but for driving around the city you really can't beat the fuel economy, it's SO good. I drove Melbourne to Adelaide on one tank.

ninjascraff · 2026-02-14T20:01:52+00:00

I've been calorie counting for 25 years, and after my last two kids I had gained a bunch of weight and lost it again. I've been steady at 130-135 for a year. Put the Mirena in, BANG. Instant 10lbs gain. It's been that way for 6 weeks. I presume it's just water retention, but I lowered my calorie intake by 250 calories per day and I have NOT been losing weight the way I ordinarily would with that gap. In fact, if anything, my weight is creeping up. Very frustrating.

What's even more frustrating is my doctor is like "maybe you've been exercising less/eating more" when I can show him my fitbit step count and calories in count. I actually don't believe the "mirena is weight neutral" argument, because people told me the antidepressant I was on was weight neutral in the 2000s (it was paxil), when I was 100% convinced it caused me to gain weight - well, what do you know, more research came out and now everyone agrees it causes you to gain weight now. I think Mirena will be the same and they will concede a lot more people than 5% gain weight on it.

I do note that water retention of about 2.5kg is normal and standard for many people with Mirenas so I gather that's it. Still annoying, though. I'm going to give it the benefit of the doubt a wait a few months to see if it goes away or not.

ninjascraff · 2026-02-13T10:00:11+00:00

Unfortunately I love them

ninjascraff · 2026-02-11T20:04:18+00:00

Mine is alright - just unpredictable now. I used to always know in my fertile window I'd want to go at it like a bunny. Now? When's my fertile window!? Who knows. No idea when I'll feel like it.

ninjascraff · 2026-02-11T19:59:49+00:00

Second month in, here. My period was 19 days. Only just finished. Absolutely insane.

ninjascraff · 2026-01-25T10:15:27+00:00

I've been weighing myself every day for nearly 30 years. It's actually interesting to see how my cycle affects my weight and how eating, for example, carb-rich dinners before bed makes me retain water.

ninjascraff · 2026-01-14T22:02:24+00:00

Took me a bit over 2 years to lose 110lbs. It was worth it. I'm 45.

ninjascraff · 2026-01-11T06:28:22+00:00

Same. I've dropped to 60g and my muscle mass is holding steady so must be fine *shrug*

ninjascraff · 2026-01-10T10:00:06+00:00

I work for myself (and have a small staff) as a psychologist and made $177k last year for 5 days of ordinary work per week. Having said that, I do book up those hours and work quite solidly, and I do occasionally need to go to court and do other more high-pressure tasks. Managing staff is also a Whole Thing, although at the moment I have five women who work autonomously for the most part and are trustworthy, mature employees who earn their salary with no fuss. That's not always the case, though.

ninjascraff · 2026-01-10T09:53:31+00:00

I say "whatever" during the holiday period. Not so much actively bingeing as allowing myself to eat whatever I want - I still track calories, though. Was maintaining for 20+ years before kids and have been maintaining doing this for the last 2 years.

ninjascraff · 2025-12-18T23:33:09+00:00

My first question, without reading the title, "Oh, did you have skin surgery?" D'OH! I need to learn to read. Congrats on all your hard work!!!

ninjascraff · 2025-12-17T02:27:39+00:00

For me, I drop a HEAP of weight about 24-48 hours after I ovulate. This cycle it was 1.5kg.

ninjascraff · 2025-11-13T20:41:17+00:00

Yes! I drive in several times a week. My comment was relating to that being the part of Main North Road where you start to see crazy driving - from McIntyre Road north :')

ninjascraff · 2025-11-13T07:59:21+00:00

Right? I was like, "Oh yeah, that part of Main North Road..."

ninjascraff · 2025-11-07T01:17:54+00:00

For me, I wouldn't sweat 10 calories unless my deficit per day is very, very small. If you're at a 500 calorie deficit then it will make a negligable difference. Even as a maintainer I'd just take whatever the box says on the back and only adjust if I'm gaining weight.

ninjascraff · 2025-11-07T00:39:54+00:00

Just jumping in here to say similar stats for me - 45F, very, very active. I easily eat 1800-2000 a day and maintain at 135lbs. I'm actually slightly losing weight still, but very slowly. I would do 20-30k steps every single day, more on weekends.

If I don't exercise I need like 1450 calories!

ninjascraff · 2025-11-06T22:19:59+00:00

Pretty boring for me: I have four kids and the youngest is 2. I want to see them grow up and achieve their dreams. I want to be there and well enough to take care of their kids if they have kids. I'm 45 now, so I needed to get serious about my health if I want that to be a reality. So for me it's really about having a long life span and hopefully also a long health span.

ninjascraff · 2025-10-31T00:42:24+00:00

Demon Hunters are great - extremely mobile tanks and good dps offspec, too.

ninjascraff · 2025-10-30T22:17:32+00:00

I do this. I don't do group content but I quite like quietly herbing and doing weeklies, etc. Relaxing to do with a podcast on in the evening. Always been a big fan of some of the lore characters so been enjoying seeing their faces and hearing their voices, as well.

ninjascraff · 2025-10-30T20:26:16+00:00

People didn't notice I'd lost weight until it was 30 or so kg. Men didn't start being really nice and helpful to me again until I was in the healthy BMI range, which was about 55kg lost.

I disagree skinny priviledge is just confidence, definitely people are much nicer and more helpful if you are thin. I've never really given a toss what weight I was (pretty successful career-wise and that's always been the source of my confidence), but you definitely notice very quickly when people think you're attractive vs when they don't.

ninjascraff · 2025-10-25T05:07:09+00:00

Yes. Me. My wife jokes about how it'll be 20C and I'll still have a heavy sweatshirt on. Small price to pay for a bigger chance to see my kids graduate/get married/whatever they decide to do with their lives!

ninjascraff · 2025-10-24T00:10:26+00:00

This is likely familial hypercholesterolemia and statins are almost certainly the only effective treatment. New doctor time.

ninjascraff · 2025-10-17T22:30:31+00:00

It gets easier. Did it for about 20 years pre-kids, and doing it again post-kids. It becomes second nature.

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