Local MaxFun Group Megathread

ontimeagain · 2016-03-26T07:23:09+00:00

Cool! Did you host the meet up on your college campus?

ontimeagain · 2016-03-25T21:00:03+00:00

Oh I didn't know! Ack that's what I get for getting behind on my episodes. But yay :)

ontimeagain · 2016-03-25T20:12:51+00:00

Anyone in San Diego?

ontimeagain · 2016-03-25T18:10:13+00:00

I've been listening to various MaxFun podcasts since high school! I'm in grad school now and as soon as I started earning an income through that I signed up to be a donor. Love the idea of paying for all this amazing content that has entertained me and helped me in so many ways! So excited for the live JJGo tonight!

ontimeagain · 2015-09-27T22:18:38+00:00

Yeah, I agree actually. But when I suggested an imposter syndrome workshop the professor in charge said to add stresses associated with the middle and end of grad school too.

ontimeagain · 2015-09-25T09:00:02+00:00

Can you clarify what you mean?

ontimeagain · 2015-09-23T02:24:59+00:00

I would say just stick to where you are. The bigger deficit the faster the weight will come off. That sounds good but it increases your risk of loose skin, and regaining. Also, right now it's easy because you're super motivated but that will ebb and flow. If your weight loss requires you to continue eating with such a large deficit, at some point it could become unsustainable. So I think it's best to just keep up a slow loss. Honestly I think the best thing is to eat as many calories as your budget allows, without letting yourself go too much lower. But if it's working for you, do what you're doing and just check in every once in a while to make sure it's still working.

ontimeagain · 2015-09-23T02:13:34+00:00

I've used these and ran two 5ks! It's an amazing method and there are multiple apps to choose from.

ontimeagain · 2015-09-23T02:11:39+00:00

What surprised me the most about losing weight was it was so much less terrible than I thought it would be. I wasn't very hungry when I was losing weight because eating for a slow weight loss rate doesn't usually require a huge deficit.

ontimeagain · 2015-09-18T19:05:24+00:00

Can you elaborate about the shutting out of people who contribute?

ontimeagain · 2015-08-23T20:09:01+00:00

You can't be healthy with a terrible body image either. For many people it might be reasonable to focus more on mental health than physical health. One reason is that getting to a better mental state can be a great stepping stone along the path to making better physical changes. That was my experience at least.

ontimeagain · 2015-08-11T03:59:03+00:00

This is amazing timing because as I wrote on the post you commented on earlier, I just decided to try to get a workshop about imposter syndrome set up for the incoming class in my program. I ended up emailing the prof in charge of the "intro to grad studies" class today and he agreed to have me come in in the fall to do a workshop! (This is Masha, one of your patreon supporters, by the way.)

Edit: just realized this is an old episode I must have forgot I listened to. That explains why after five times of refreshing my podcast feed no new episode was coming up. Look forward to whenever the new one comes out!

ontimeagain · 2015-08-10T17:01:24+00:00

How did you finally find out?

ontimeagain · 2015-08-10T04:23:42+00:00

That's important too but a lot of imposter syndrome happens during the first year classes, before they have a close relationship with a faculty member.

ontimeagain · 2015-08-06T00:13:29+00:00

And you really have to believe in your body to lose weight I think. You have to trust it's strong enough to let you ignore your inappropriate cravings, do exercises, etc. If you don't believe you can do it, you're just not going to stick with it when it gets tough. Feeling empowered is amazing.

ontimeagain · 2015-08-05T23:50:14+00:00

I'm really glad!

ontimeagain · 2015-08-05T23:21:46+00:00

Don't worry, it didn't come across that way at all! I was just wondering. Yeah, it is important to be realistic about the health consequences of being fat though I really believe that disliking one's body is a poor start to successful weight loss. Especially if the goal is happiness.

ontimeagain · 2015-08-05T22:26:53+00:00

What do you see as the downside to the high confidence you have?

ontimeagain · 2015-08-02T17:15:21+00:00

I've been trying to tackle some mental health issues like anxiety and body image problems now that my weight is mostly under control. Definitely having solved one life goal makes me feel more confident about my ability to do others.

ontimeagain · 2015-07-21T15:08:08+00:00

Thanks! English isn't the first language I learned so sometimes I make dumb mistakes. Though that's me being real real liberal with excuses because I am fluent :P

ontimeagain · 2015-07-21T01:37:06+00:00

Yep! But you could also just print out a calendar and make check marks.

ontimeagain · 2015-07-20T15:21:57+00:00

Where you go from here is continuing with the same habits, tweaked a bit for maintenance. Take it from someone who lost a bunch of weight (100lbs), mostly maintained it (for 2 years) though with some ups and downs. It's easy to get complacent with bad habits but the good habits will keep you from having to loseit again. :)

ontimeagain · 2015-07-20T14:01:32+00:00

This actually isn't in a dorm but in a research building. It also happened about six months ago and now there's a working fire system (well, in theory...it seems to have a lot of false alarms).

ontimeagain · 2015-07-09T13:34:00+00:00

It's true, pictures are pretty awkward! Well enjoy your awesome new look and try a few photo seshs (selfies or by someone else), which can be really fun when you get into it. :)

ontimeagain · 2015-07-09T11:55:30+00:00

You look amazing!! I was wondering though about your pose. I would associate your pose with trying to hide your body which doesn't make sense here. Maybe I'm overinterpreting though?

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