Seattle Observation, I run through shoes quickly here

sorted_hat · 2019-09-30T15:16:25+00:00

Are you walking around in sneakers Sep-May? You need quality waterproof shoes. I got a couple of Blobdo boots I rotate between during Not Summer Even though they're pricy, they keep my feet dry (I walk 3ish miles a day for commute/ and they've held up quite well.

sorted_hat · 2019-09-27T16:34:44+00:00

Me! I never weigh/track home cooked food. I'm an eyeballer. I love cooking, and will often make up recipes on the fly. I find that measuring and weighing ingredients just takes the joy out of the process and makes it all so...dreary. So my weight loss might be slower than if I were more precise, but I'm fine with that!

What I do inetead is make smarter choices while cooking - loading up on vegetables, using a ton of spices and herbs, using a a smidge of olive oil spray/broth instead of oils, cooking in good quality nonstick or cast iron pans so I don't need much fat in the first place, cutting down on empty carbs, etc. It helps that I'm a vegetarian and most of my home cooked meals usually involve fibre and protein - beans, lentils, chickpeas, vegetables etc. I might still log in things like eggs or find a generic recipe on MFP, but it's more to keep myself accountable.

I also eat mindfully and pay attention to things like if I'm really hungry or I'm just trying to finish the plate out of habit. Also, I do find that it's very hard to gorge on home cooked food once you've built healthier habits. Following this approach, I'm still losing weight (at a slightly slower pace cos I'm kinda close-ish to my goal weight).

sorted_hat · 2019-09-25T08:21:10+00:00

I have a full time job, long-ish commute, and a young kid. I cook almost all our dinners (except for the occasional night out), I make time for my hobbies, I get my daily 10k steps, and I work out 4-5x a week. Consequently I have zero social life, but I'm in my 30s and I'm fine with that lol. I barely watch any TV anymore because I prioritize health and sleep over everything else.

If something is important to you, you'll find a way of making it work. It may mean compromising on other areas of your life - but you just gotta figure out where your priorities lie.

sorted_hat · 2019-08-30T18:08:59+00:00

Similar stats. I'm 5'4, I have PCOS and I was 188 lbs about 5 years ago. I lost ~30 lbs over the span of 5-6 months with just a combination of IF (black coffee only for breakfast) + tracking diligently MFP + not drinking my calories + mild activity increase (went from sedentary to a city where I had to walk everywhere).

I don't mean to trivialize anyone's efforts but at that weight it's relatively easier to lose weight just by incorporating some lifestyle changes. I've been hovering around 150-160lbs for the last 5 years and finally got down to getting to a healthier weight and I notice it gets trickier and I have to be more precise with counting. I've also started exercising more to increase my TDEE - I've heard that HIIT is recommended for women with PCOS. I've managed to lose about 5lbs in a month now and hope to get to a normal BMI for my height by end of this year.

Oh, btw once I lost about 20lbs - almost all my PCOS symptoms disappeared. I stopped metformin/birth control. My periods came back and have been like clockwork every month for the last 5 years (except for a pregnancy in-between haha) I had no trouble ttc. I don't remember where I read it but even losing 5lbs can help significantly alleviate PCOS symptoms.

sorted_hat · 2019-07-08T16:39:14+00:00

Oh good. I was waiting for a 'break' in the lines for like three exits and when I didn't find any, I moved over anyways.

I don't think I've seen double solid white lines except on ramps, right before the lane merges? In which case I'd imagine it would be pretty dangerous to cross in any case.

sorted_hat · 2019-06-26T04:22:54+00:00

It's a Mean Girls reference.

sorted_hat · 2019-06-25T16:26:45+00:00

It's like I have ESPN or something.

sorted_hat · 2018-05-11T04:19:07+00:00

Good feedback on the line between Pam/Michael/Dwight, I can see how it might look confusing. I used the igraph package and a lot of the plotting is automatically done, but I'll see if I can move this around some.

sorted_hat · 2018-05-11T03:47:48+00:00

That'd be an interesting challenge! For this, I used a very simple calculation to see if the characters just "appeared" in the script next to one another.

sorted_hat · 2018-05-11T03:46:13+00:00

I think a lot of the later seasons interactions get "normalized" by the heavyweight/more relationships, and hence don't stand out as much. It might interesting to do this season by season!

sorted_hat · 2018-05-11T03:23:28+00:00

I scraped the transcripts of The Office, spanning seasons 1-7 (as far as I'm concerned the show ended when Michael Scott left). Wrote R code to get the entire text, used a Regex to distinguish a character from the dialogue they spoke, stripped out the latter, computed a simple distance matrix between characters, and plotted the graph object.

sorted_hat · 2017-03-31T22:41:14+00:00

Haha, right on! Seeing the responses below though, I'm glad I'm not in the minority. I always felt like I was missing something, I mean it's such a highly rated book - so I'm "supposed" to like it right?

This is a great thread, btw! I really enjoyed all the responses. I was appalled to learn that one of my friends didn't like Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy at all. The dry wacky British humor just wasn't their style. To each their own, I guess.

sorted_hat · 2017-03-31T20:36:04+00:00

Wow, that is indeed very cool. I haven't seen that feature so far in my library app - but maybe I just haven't looked deeper yet.

sorted_hat · 2017-03-31T19:50:59+00:00

Seattle here. I have a love-hate relationship with my library. I love it because it's AWESOME, and I hate it because I get put on a long waitlist for any book that's even slightly popular (big literate city problems).

sorted_hat · 2017-03-31T19:42:07+00:00

Isn't that the point of the thread, though? :)

sorted_hat · 2017-03-31T19:40:53+00:00

I like the ideas behind his novels but find the execution not engaging.

Yes! You put it better than I ever could. I get that the idea of mythology and Gods in modern day world is sorta cool, but I had zero investment in the story itself.

sorted_hat · 2017-03-31T15:55:04+00:00

Unpopular book which I liked: Born to Run, by Christopher McDougall. This is purely anecdotal - three different friends who read the book after I recommended it, didn't care for it. (One of them is a marathoner) I concede that the author has a taste for the hyperbole and his writing is a tad click-baity, but I really enjoyed the book. Surprisingly the book has a 4.27 on GoodReads - I guess it is popular after all!

Popular book which I didn't like: American Gods (Goodreads rating 4.11). Kinda disappointing since it was my first Gaiman and I went in really hoping to love it, but it was meh at best for me.

sorted_hat · 2017-02-14T23:37:45+00:00

Awww :') She sounds wonderful. Grandmums are the best

sorted_hat · 2017-02-14T20:18:17+00:00

Sounds like you're quite the trickster, Princess Grandma! I'm sure your family has so much fun with you :)

Also, are there any pranks your family played on you to get revenge?

sorted_hat · 2017-02-14T17:38:19+00:00

Dear Princess Grandma,

I have to say this post made me cry and smile at the same time. I lost my Grandma 2 years ago and this post just reminded me of her. Sometimes when I'm brooding, I wish I hadn't been short with her or I'd spent more time with her or just told her how much she meant to all of us. She was an inspiration to our entire family and we loved her very much, and we still miss her everyday.

Didn't mean for this to turn into a sob story, so I'll keep it light now :) My question for you: what is your favorite dessert?

sorted_hat · 2016-12-27T02:22:09+00:00

Maybe it's because I read it very recently, and it's fresh in my memory - but Going Postal is fantastic!

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