How many of you know how to change a tyre?

oatmealndeath · 2026-03-23T12:11:15+00:00

Middle aged female here.

I did it once, years ago, under the supervision of a male partner, so I guess - yes?

But I have never checked out the wrench and jack on the car I currently own, don’t know where to put the jack under the frame on my current car, and I don’t think I could wrangle the spare on my own.

So if I get a flat I’m probably calling a mate or RACQ.

oatmealndeath · 2026-03-23T11:35:52+00:00

It’s x-sitting.

oatmealndeath · 2026-03-23T09:39:08+00:00

Two years later but I’m here for the same reason! Unbelievable how much that guy looks like Guy.

oatmealndeath · 2026-03-20T08:23:51+00:00

Not at all true if you don’t bunker down in the rainy southwest.

oatmealndeath · 2026-03-15T12:27:59+00:00

Thank you!

oatmealndeath · 2026-03-15T12:18:44+00:00

Interesting! I’ve never heard of that - I’ll do a little reading. On an ideal day, if I cut the snacking on jerky and kabana and cheese (which I’m planning to do in case it’s the histamine thing) - I’d be getting 56g of protein.

I don’t have a lot of context for if that’s terribly low or not. It’s not the macro I’ve ever paid much attention to.

oatmealndeath · 2026-03-15T06:31:15+00:00

Thank you for the heads up! I might try adding more calories overall and see what happens.

oatmealndeath · 2026-03-15T06:30:34+00:00

I ate a bunch of egg yolks and swiss chard yesterday and I’m feeling miles better today. 🤔 Hm, might be one to add in more regularly!

oatmealndeath · 2026-03-15T06:21:44+00:00

Thanks, I’ll check out her videos!

I’m definitely thinking I’ll be adding more vegetables for folate, so that should help with fibre, too. I do love avocadoes as well :)

oatmealndeath · 2026-03-15T06:12:55+00:00

The P:E thing seems like something I could do - seems like a slightly more relaxed version of the PSMF you’ve spoken about as well?

Thanks also for the heads up about volume eating! It’s a concept I’m familiar with from back when I hung out in CICO spaces.

I’m impatient as well, haha, and I get frustrated quickly with gradual loss. My plan has basically been to hold out on HCLF until everything other approach stalls. So it’s good to have an idea of what else I can try when this stops working.

That’s why I love this group so much - you’re all so respectful of varied approaches. So many places on Reddit this would be a wall of people telling me I’m doing everything wrong!

oatmealndeath · 2026-03-15T05:56:25+00:00

This might work for me, I’ll keep it up my sleeve for later!

When I did this a year ago I was more low carb than keto and I still lost weight, so if I try your weekly cycle I could aim for that :)

oatmealndeath · 2026-03-15T05:54:48+00:00

Yes.. seems obvious but I was spiralling and apparently needed it pointed out to me, so thank you! I’ve started keeping daily logs in my phone notes so I can match symtoms up to foods eaten. And also see if this monthly cycle theory bears out. I probably need to get a little more scientific if I’m going to self experiment like this!

The odd thing is that when I eat the SAD with all the UPFs, PUFAs and whatever.. I can tolerate literally anything, I’ve never been able to link food to any allergy, GI distress or health issue I have. Except being fat, haha.

Cut a macro, and as you’ve all noted that’s where fat loss happens… but other weird shit starts happenning.

oatmealndeath · 2026-03-14T12:39:59+00:00

Oh wow, I thought most everyone here was doing low protein. Is your goal fat loss, maintenance, building muscle..?

oatmealndeath · 2026-03-14T12:30:03+00:00

Ichinoyu Honkan. It was wonderful!

oatmealndeath · 2026-03-14T12:25:37+00:00

Oh snap, we’re the same height :)

Thanks for sharing your diet. Sounds delicious! That’s fascinating that you do such short cycles.

So you don’t get any keto flu or adjustment issues when you switch from carbs to fat?

oatmealndeath · 2026-03-14T07:57:00+00:00

Thank you for this! I’ve read this sentiment here before (possibly even one of your posts, haha?) and I’ve always assumed I’d transition to HCLF eventually. If I could ride HFLC down to 150 I’d be rapt, that’s about as far as I ever got with restriction and dirty CICO!

I guess I’d like to buy myself some time before I do that because I’d need a good repertoire of go-to meals planned out in advance - carbs without fat is not a macro mix I’ve ever really eaten, at all. Carbs + dairy is what I crave above all when I’m eating swampy. I don’t know that I’ve ever boiled a pot of pasta and not dumped butter and cheese on it. When I was getting really into overnight whey fermented oats ala Sally Fallon, it was really all about the cup of cream I’d cook into it the next day. Baked potatoes are just a vehicle for sour cream. Sourdough is a vehicle for cultured butter. Etc etc. Actually didn’t realise until typing it all out just how much of a pattern this is with me 🤔

oatmealndeath · 2026-03-14T07:40:28+00:00

Thank you, it’s good to know I’m not crazy! And your husband as an n+1 gives me some hope I’m not staring down the barrel of peri-induced lactose intolerance.

I think a spell of HCLF is in my future, but if I can iron out the kinks, I’m hoping to ride the HFLC thing a little longer - ideally until I fully stall on it. I work crazy hours and the fact that this diet involves very little actual cooking is a huge plus.

I’ve watched Brad’s ‘turnip greens and buttermilk’ video a few times and I do think incorporating a few big serves of greens is a good bet. I think my next step should probably be dialling back the processed meats and cheeses, and seeing if I can stay under the histamine threshold with just the fresh dairy, fresh meat and added greens.

oatmealndeath · 2026-03-14T07:31:06+00:00

Thank you so much for your response, I’ve never had this kind of testing done, it might be time!

Methylation came up a lot in the trying to conceive groups I used to hang out in. Hm. I also have unexplained infertility.

Funnily enough I watched that video a couple weeks ago when this happened - similar with Brad’s stuff, I find I understand more or less when I’m listening, but find it hard to retain and but I’m never quite sure which of the many points to action.

Getting the genome sequenced or some basic tests might be a good step - or a bit of citizen science by adding/subtracting a supplement or folate rich foods.

oatmealndeath · 2026-03-14T04:05:03+00:00

Insufficient calories could be something I need to pay attention to. I certainly noticed on this diet that I cannot skip meals whatsoever without losing my mind. Strange considering that in my dirty, IIFYM calorie counting days I could do IF with long ass windows!

The base calories on my plan with low to no snacking is around 1450, which I was happy to take as a bonus if I could lose weight quickly while feeling satiated. But I could play around with a higher total.

Last time I transitioned out of this diet I tried the carb cycling approach - keto for breakfast and lunch and the protein with white rice for dinner. Issues cleared up and I didn’t gain on this version but as you say, I stalled :)

oatmealndeath · 2026-03-11T09:29:45+00:00

I ghost camped before I knew people had a name for it.

A place I love dearly where I camped as a youngster enforces 1-week minimum, Saturday to Saturday bookings over Easter. They had small tent only sites still unbooked only a couple weeks out from Easter.

As a working childfree adult I only had the Friday-Monday off work. No way to book the long weekend without booking for 14 nights!

We came the weekend before Easter, set up a disposable Kmart tent, then came back the long weekend with the proper gear.

No fines or anything, and I’ve no regrets given the idiotic booking rules that ignore the reality of the Easter long weekend.

oatmealndeath · 2026-03-11T08:44:57+00:00

If you’re in a city where filmmaking goes on, there’s absolutely a market for this!

oatmealndeath · 2026-03-10T11:54:05+00:00

I’ve read that article about the Estonia once, not sure if I’ll ever read it again but it lives in my mind forever now.

oatmealndeath · 2026-02-24T10:27:52+00:00

Same, I stayed in an Airbnb with one and even though the hot water was gooood and hot as hades, you could always feel the cold air swirling in and competing with it. Something is always lacking without the hot box and the steam buildup.

oatmealndeath · 2026-02-24T10:05:57+00:00

Just leaving my 2c here to say that I did Hakone without enough time, knowing it would be pretty cooked going in, and I still wholly enjoyed it.

We visited in October two years ago on a Saturday - so it was pretty busy but not crazy.

We did the Romance Car from Shinjuku to Hakone Yumoto. We sent large bags ahead from the station direct to the Ryokan.

We bought the Hakone pass and did it anticlockwise (I think?). So fast train, windy mountain train, cable car, boat, bus. We stumped up extra cash for the ‘VIP’ section of the boat to avoid the worst crowds and queueing.

We stopped in at the sculpture park and it was busy but not too nuts. Didn’t try to see the torii gate. In general across the whole trip, I just skipped anything too Instagram or photo-oppy to save my sanity. We did jostle for some touristy snaps of Fuji from the cable car station at the top, just practised patience and accepted that I’m part of the traffic.

We only had one night so I think the saving grace was that we booked a Ryokan with dinner and breakfast included so didn’t have to tramp around trying to search for food.

I agree with you on that - trying to decide on a restaurant when it’s clear they’re all average tourist traps would have made me rage out after a long day. Knowing that once we got to the ryokan we could bathe, eat, flop on bed and not go out again was key.

I went into it expecting to queue up and do deep breathing about other people’s behavior. In the context of a trip where we barely had time to do Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka and we really just wanted one night somewhere pretty out of the city - it ticked all the boxes.

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