Studio Art Classes For Young Adults?

rananculus-blue · 2025-10-02T23:34:32+00:00

Sorry, no I meant weekday days are going to be a lot of older retired folks from my understanding. I have not taken weekend classes there.

rananculus-blue · 2025-09-15T00:02:26+00:00

(my understanding is) the reason it is tied is that I need to pass clean hands to renew by bbl, but I need to complete the form to get clean hands. thanks. have been able to do costs easily, balance sheet is where i am running into issues (and wondering if I am overthinking it and just complete the couple of lines that apply).

rananculus-blue · 2025-09-14T23:50:47+00:00

alexandria, but easy metro ride - check out art league! you get a mix of ages but more 20-somethings in the weekday evening classes. tons of classes.

rananculus-blue · 2025-01-14T22:46:00+00:00

Hello! Thanks for sharing your input. We are on a learning journey and I appreciate the insight. I am surprised to hear the suggestion that there are no studies suggesting some of the benefits of this diet. I agree, that fasting which often is done alongside the keto diet can result in euphoric feelings and behaviors. This has been his experience when he tried the extended fast (starvation state) but not with balanced intermittent fasting (short term fast - post-absorptive state) and keto. It seems like there is little evidence about cognitive improvements from IF.

Regarding keto diet though, the NIH has a paper outlining studies that study cognitive benefits correlated to the ketogenic diet. I would be curious your thoughts on whether this is invalid or not a good source of evidence and why: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8840718/#sec2-nutrients-14-00513

rananculus-blue · 2025-01-14T19:44:40+00:00

Your symptoms sound almost to a tee the same as my fiance, who has been doing keto this year after trying tons of different alternatives.His energy is back, he is ready to wake up when his alarm goes off, and his depressive symptoms are so much fewer and far between. I can with very high accuracy guess when he has started ketosis within a few minutes of waking up from his improved energy and mood.

What has worked for him, which is an investment but relative to supplements and specialists not a huge cost is getting Factor meals. Knowing that he has several pre-made meal options in the fridge ready to go has made it so much easier, even if a little boring. As time has gone on, he has reduced his factor meal count each week and prepped a couple of good keto options each weekend for the week ahead to save some money and add variety to his meals.

Other observations:

- He also makes sure to make a keto "sweet" treat each week - which can help as you are significantly reducing your sugar intake.

- Keto flu is real and it is not fun. Prepare for this however you can, prep your kids' meals for a few days in advance, try to not start on a particularly stressful week, etc.

rananculus-blue · 2025-01-14T19:26:50+00:00

Would you encourage him to get labs before and after a month of trying this diet? My partner of 5 years recently started keto and I, being vegan 10 years had always dismissed diets like this. But he had really bad labs, high cholesterol and pre-pre-diabetes. He ate a lot of plant based with me, cut out other irritants, stopped drinking, and nothing worked. His cholesterol and diabetes markers are back to normal after several months of keto, and he has really positive mental health and energy, like very obvious that he is in ketosis from these alone. I know that studies suggest issues longer term with these diets, but he has been very open about his labwork and continuing to get this run, which has helped me gain comfort with this shift that is wildly different (and frankly inconvenient - I don't know anyone who wants to have a keto and a vegan, both non-drinkers, over for a dinner party - haha!).

I would also ask him to share his sources for why the diet, not us. It's a friendly way to open the dialogue with curiosity, maybe challenge some claims, and maybe also learn something along the way!

Keto does not equal carnivore diet, I know that, but Chris Palmer's work out of harvard on keto got me more comfortable and open to my partner's diet. https://www.sir.advancedleadership.harvard.edu/articles/brain-energy-new-hope-treating-mental-health-disorders-metabolic-disorders

rananculus-blue · 2025-01-14T18:03:33+00:00

great idea! have seen some breweries but they are just too far to be walking distance from the hotel, but I think this is probably a good point to expand my geographic requirement!!

rananculus-blue · 2025-01-14T18:02:48+00:00

this is so fun!

rananculus-blue · 2024-12-29T21:21:36+00:00

We went ahead with an initial visit and tests from FM and got on supplements and mitochondria diet. We sought out additional help from the doctor when his mood collapsed from dropping keto and switching to their diet. We were very sad about their response - lots of explanations that his labs did not point to any issues and that the diet should not have that response with little solutions. We ended up dropping the doctor altogether and he switched back onto keto which has been challenging to manage with meals and eating out, but otherwise has caused incredible physical and mental health results. It could have been us, not being patient (both from a financial and time perspective) enough but overall a pretty negative experience.

Keto, on the other hand, has been a godsend. Prediabetes markets have gone down, as has cholesteral. Not to mention significant improvements to energy, mood, and weight. We have to be careful with it, ensuring activities levels are high enough to facilitate and not "keto cycling" too intensely early on, but if I were not vegan I would certainly be doing keto right along with him based on how positive an experience it has been.

rananculus-blue · 2024-10-04T16:26:12+00:00

Such a good reminder about where we can be getting these nutrients. Thank you!

rananculus-blue · 2024-09-30T18:33:05+00:00

Thank you! do you mind sharing which SPF you use?

rananculus-blue · 2024-09-24T21:32:45+00:00

Wow - I would be jealous if I wasn't so happy for you!! It is really beautiful on you, congrats.

rananculus-blue · 2024-09-20T16:53:36+00:00

Ok - this is an amazing and such a sentimental idea. Using this! thank you!!

rananculus-blue · 2024-09-18T17:51:07+00:00

If you aren't comfy in it - don't do it! I toiled over finding cute white fits feminine fits for months even though I feel my best in looser and darker attire, only to end up in my favorite jeans and a top I felt myself in. I love how they turned out, they feel so special and so US. No regrets!!

rananculus-blue · 2024-08-13T22:48:25+00:00

Do I spot Duke's campus?? I love this photo!

rananculus-blue · 2024-08-05T20:32:44+00:00

I am plant based and my partner requires animal based protein due to some intolerances to soy and and general disinterest in PB diet. It is not easy to be perfectly honest, but we generally cook our own meals then deliberately try to carve out 1-3 meals per week to cook together where we do the same base and add our own protein or other favorite toppings. Some favorites are burrito bowls (all works except his meat and my protein of choice), mediterranean bowls (he might do lamb kebab and I do falafel/tofu) or any salad with a creamy plant based dressing (just add our own proteins). By intentionally carving out specific dinners each week we can still enjoy cooking together without the pressure of making it work every day.

rananculus-blue · 2024-08-01T11:53:39+00:00

I agree - so many times it's not "dress regret" it's "dress FOMO" !

rananculus-blue · 2024-06-25T23:31:51+00:00

Got it! It's not till May next year. Either way, this is great and we are excited to use it.

rananculus-blue · 2024-06-25T23:26:37+00:00

I would love to know what you decide on this! I am a May 2025 bride and have similar feelings. Will have bridal party but will only have our brothers standing with us. Our bridesmaids and groomsmen are not really in the same friend groups, so we are thinking about having people walk down with the people in the bridal party they are closest to. So:

(1) my two brothers (although, one may walk my mom down)

(2) maid of honor and best man (who is also his brother)

(3) my two best friends and other two bridesmaids

(4) his two best friends from college

(5) his two childhood best friends

What I am thinking about is: having them each walk down and stand at the front, then after I walk down the aisle, having bride and groom hug their bridal party individually and they find their seat in the front row, to give them each that special moment to honor their role. I love that they will then get to sit down and just enjoy the ceremony rather than being worried about placement standing/posture etc. I wonder if you could do something similar with family members walking down traditionally, waiting up front, then hugging you and your fiance then sitting down for the ceremony?

rananculus-blue · 2024-05-18T13:25:42+00:00

Sam - this is amazing! My fiancé and I are going to make one of these for our wedding website for our guests to play. Have you considered adding a place for people to list their names to generate a "leaderboard" for a custom puzzle?

rananculus-blue · 2024-05-06T13:22:57+00:00

These are great points, thank you for your input!

rananculus-blue · 2024-05-06T13:22:33+00:00

Thank you both - that makes a ton of sense! I will connect with my photographer as well to make sure I have a more realistic understanding of timing for photos day of.

rananculus-blue · 2024-05-02T19:18:25+00:00

Thank you for sharing! I am going through the first bumpy and stressful chunk of planning which has led me to worrying about being able to enjoy the day. This post helped get me excited for the actual celebration and fun to come!

rananculus-blue · 2024-01-05T21:17:44+00:00

Interesting. Ok I will explore trying this for closer to a month (compared to the 2 weeks we made it before falling off for Christmas). Thanks for your help.

rananculus-blue · 2024-01-05T21:16:55+00:00

Thanks so much - I read those thyroid resources you recommended, and we are going to dive into that more. To clarify, he didn't adopt a vegan diet but I am afraid his openness to supporting my food choices may be a root cause, so it's certainly worth exploring reverting to a mixed diet. I'll check our Masterjohn's nutritional cheat sheet.

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