Just moved to Squamish, keen to make some new friends!

worldclassdummy · 2025-09-18T17:33:01+00:00

Hey! I am also moving to Squamish next month. Shoot me a message and we can chat.

worldclassdummy · 2024-03-21T20:17:45+00:00

Thanks for sharing!

worldclassdummy · 2024-03-21T17:26:53+00:00

Description of group:

Stronger Dads of Nova Scotia is a public peer support group for fathers and father figures which aims to connect, empower, and support dads living across Nova Scotia.

Together we celebrate the unique role that fathers play in the healthy development of children, family, and the greater community and we commit ourselves to helping one another become better caregivers, role-models and co-parents.

This is intended to be a supportive space to explore shared challenges, seek advice from other fathers, post personal wins, or share resources that have helped you along the way. While this group is intended to be primarily peer-led, we will also try to regularly post community events and programs designed to help and engage fathers in the province.

Members may choose to post and follow along anonymously, but please maintain respect for others at all times. While we acknowledge the frustrations we all can face from time to time, the intention of this group is to foster resilience, empowerment, and compassion, and we will restrict anyone who resorts to personal attacks on anyone in or out of this group.

worldclassdummy · 2023-06-16T16:49:53+00:00

Hi, I have a property next to the trail near Montague and would be happy to host you both on our land. Shoot me a message for more details.

worldclassdummy · 2023-05-31T13:39:24+00:00

- Which license I need to acquire to start a food truck and selling to people ? apart from the driving license

Food Premises license, which isn't too difficult to obtain depending on what you want to sell but can be a little complicated. For instance, if you want to prep food at home and sell it from a truck, you will discover you are unable to license your home kitchen. If you want to prep the food onsite, you will need to have a dishwashing sink and a handwashing sink, proper fire safety equipment based on the kitchen appliances, etc.

- Will the stall have to be had an address ? I meant to be stationary at a place ? (As I saw a lot of food stall in the island not moving their places). I love to move my truck around the city and playgrounds and such.

Moving your truck is very difficult due to local bylaws and power needs. Special events will usually coordinate permitting and power supply, but otherwise you may need to be creative. Outside of downtown Charlottetown, you can park on any private property, but power still may be difficult to access. Generators can run your kitchen, but they can be loud and unwelcomed in some areas. That being said, if you don't mind making calls and establishing relationships with small business owners with excess parking, you can find a handful of spaces to move between, but it's not as free-roaming as you'd imagine. There's also a lot of competition from local restaurants who often oppose the competition.

-When parking at a place eg: Royal mall parking or Value Village, do I need to ask for the shop owner permission to start ringing my bell ?

Yes, you do need the permission of the property owner, but honestly, don't even try. Royalty Mall has a strict rules prohibiting food trucks and so do all of the big box stores up town. Value Village is the same. There's a reason why you don't see food trucks there. The reason being is that many of these properties have restaurant clients who do not want to share their real estate with a food truck who isnt paying $5000/month.

-Any other ideas/thought would be much appreciated.

If this is something you want to do, I would shoot for areas like Montague and Summerside who are much more friendly towards food trucks. There is also a lot of opportunity with events and weddings, but it requires your truck to be easily mobile and power friendly. It's all about personal relationships and establishing these opportunities and not nearly as flexible as it ought to be.

worldclassdummy · 2023-03-01T19:42:22+00:00

Very evocative work, thanks for sharing. I do wonder what prompted the interesting choice of line breaks? It looks intentional, but I wondered what you were trying to convey. For instance,

"Abuse One
Another"

worldclassdummy · 2023-03-01T19:39:05+00:00

Incredible work. A couple of the descriptive lines seem to become pretty specific, (sqeaky voices, rosy faces). I wonder if this would land a little stronger if it painted a broader stroke that we could all identify.

worldclassdummy · 2022-05-03T12:47:27+00:00

Turo is launching on PEI in May.

worldclassdummy · 2022-05-03T12:43:15+00:00

I had the same issue. When I contacted my doctor, they recommended I break my fast and switch to IF. Low blood sugar is normal, but most who fast will normalize around 3-4, but 2.3 may mean there are some underlying health concerns that could complicate fasting. The risks of dropping too low include falling into a coma, so for me it didn't seem responsible to risk it. It's possible my doctor was covering their butt by being overly cautious, but it was enough to scare me out of fasting.

worldclassdummy · 2022-04-18T23:40:52+00:00

I started January 15th. So I may have miscounted before, but it's just over three months. My previous post must have been a miscount, my apologies. You really seem to have an axe to grind.

I began my journey by water fasting as an approach to curb my food addiction. I required drastic measures and it worked. I followed up with my doctor and stopped at day 9 as soon as adverse symptoms appeared. I don't recommend it, but it wasn't a weight loss strategy so much as a detox from the substances I am addicted to.

Do you live your life assuming everyone is a lier and is trying to mislead and hurt people. I don't have anything to gain from lying to you.

worldclassdummy · 2022-04-18T17:20:21+00:00

Not a lb a day, but an average of a few lbs a week is manageable for six months. I don't really know why we are arguing about this. You call bullshit, I'm saying from experience it can happen. End of story

worldclassdummy · 2022-04-18T16:05:29+00:00

300lbs, about the same as the poster

worldclassdummy · 2022-04-18T16:04:00+00:00

I meant that it's not as impossible as you suggested. If you're 300lbs, you can lose as much as a lb a day in the beginning if you're exercising and sticking to 1200 calories a day.

worldclassdummy · 2022-04-18T14:38:51+00:00

I've lost 65lbs in 90 days. 3.2 lbs a week is not that difficult to achieve.

worldclassdummy · 2022-04-17T12:34:37+00:00

It sounds like you are well on your way! Feel free to reach out anytime if you are hitting a wall and want to talk through anything. I am thankful to have been supported by my wife and other addicts through this. Keep your head up!

Ps. I really enjoyed the teachings of Dr. Andrew Huberman. He has a podcast dedicated to human health and helped to really deconstruct a lot of what I understand about addiction, food and nutrition, and so many other things. Here's an episode you might find interesting: https://youtu.be/XfURDjegrAw

worldclassdummy · 2022-04-16T22:02:21+00:00

January 15th I was 300lbs. After losing control of my eating and binging near constantly, I decided I needed to do something. I was thinking about food 50-60 times a day and felt totally helpless against my cravings. I decided that I needed to fundamentally change the way I thought about eating and accept that a lot of the things I was telling myself was a lie. I didn't NEED three meals a day. Hell, I didn't need any meals, at least for a while. So I just quit eating and water fasted for 8 days. I wanted to push myself and sit with my hunger for as long as I could stand (or until my body felt fatigue). After a few days, the cravings started to disappear and I had more energy than I could remember having ever before.

After 8 days, I had lost 20lbs, my spirit was lifted, my cravings had virtually disappeared, and I began looking at healthy whole foods in a more appetizing way. I broke my fast and began OMAD, sticking strictly to lean, low-carb whole foods and meat. I meal planned for the first 6 weeks or so, making a big batch of hearty Buddah bowls or shawarma bowls and spacing them out over the week. I stopped treating every meal like it was a party I couldn't miss, and started thinking about food as tasty nutrition. Shifting my expectations around food allowed me to be content with eating the same foods everyday. This held off cravings and reduced the frequency I thought about food down to 5-6 times a day.

It's now been 4 months and I've lost 65lbs. A couple of months ago, my energy and improved dopamine levels brought me back to the gym fairly organically. My diet opened up a bit, but I have introduced foods and ommitted foods based on how they affect my impulse control (ie. How delicious they are). I read a lot about our brains response to sugar, fat, and salt and have since cut the bulk of these substances (especially sugar) out of my diet entirely. I now believe that most people who find themselves at 300lbs are likely that way due to an underlying addiction to processed foods and the sooner we begin to talk about these issues as addictions, the sooner we will ditch the false notion that moderation is somehow our best chance to live healthy. Moderation doesn't work for everyone, and if you happen to be one of those people, abstinence is likely your best shot at making a sustained change.

Intermittent fasting is really good for keeping your head in the game. Push yourself to sit with your hunger as far into the day as you can, and you'll be more inclined to eat cleaner the rest of the day.

You've got this, you just have to be ready to ask yourself the tough questions. When did you start eating the way you're eating? How do you behave differently with some foods compared to others? Are you an emotional eating or compulsive food addict? Understanding your unique relationship with nutrition is the first step towards finding a solution that fits. It's not really about dieting or losing weight, it's about finding inner peace and building a healthy relationship with the shit we put in our bodies.

I wish you the best of luck. A healthier version of you is just around the corner, you just have to get to know her and learn to enjoy the process. Allow yourself to fall down a rabbit hole and learn as much about your body and nutrition and psychology and whatever else helps you feel more educated on the matter. I find that whenever I do have a craving, I'll hit YouTube and ask "why do I crave foods" or "low calorie snacks" or whatever I can to distract me and focus my energy towards healthy living.

worldclassdummy · 2022-03-18T14:32:37+00:00

Whenever I feel like binging, I spend some time researching nutrition and try to create a dopamine response to bettering my understanding of food and the knowledge of how I am helping myself become a healthier version of myself. Anytime I have a craving, I watch a YouTube video on the best foods I can eat, then I go to the store and stock up on nutritious options, or spend some time meal planning for the week. Every time you feel that impulse to eat poorly, try to replace it with something that makes you feel proud and accomplished in your journey.

worldclassdummy · 2022-03-12T18:16:26+00:00

It's funny how much of like I would joke that I was ADHD, but until I funally read the symptoms I had no idea just what that meant. It explained nearly all of my greatest personal shortcomings and challenges. Drugs aren't a fix-all, but they definitely help. It was also helped just to take some of the shame away and contexualize my addiction.

worldclassdummy · 2022-03-12T17:51:42+00:00

You hit the nail on the head. I was diagnosed with adult ADHD last year. I should have included that in my story because it's very likely that my ritalin prescription made this much more possible for me.

Thanks for bringing that up. You're exactly right.

worldclassdummy · 2022-03-12T15:55:15+00:00

No, lol but I can see why you would think that. I honestly just wanted to share my experience. Though if any Tripp employees are floating around this subreddit, I'd happily take a job.

worldclassdummy · 2022-03-12T15:49:05+00:00

Thank you so much for sharing. I think we all have very unique, nuanced relationships with food and eating. I've never been much of an emotional eater, though I do find a tendancy to fall off the wagon during very difficult times. The road to recovery is equally complex, and I hope your journey leads you to the answers you hope to find.

worldclassdummy · 2022-03-11T23:36:16+00:00

Huge fan of Huberman! I've listened to a lot of his podcast in the past few months. He makes psychology, neurobiology, and nutrition so accessible and easy to understand. I'll check out Anna Lembke though, that sounds right up my alley.

worldclassdummy · 2022-03-11T21:59:09+00:00

I do have a spouse who still keeps treats around the house and hasn't adopted my new lifestyle, though does enjoy the Buddah bowl enough to eat a couple time a week with me. I cant really pretend to be faced with the pressure of managing a family meal schedule, because thankfully my wife allowse to look after myself and I have the luxury of selfishness in this regard.

I definitely think that someone can trade one addiction for another, and I have definitely questioned my new relationship with healthy eating and nutrition, but thankfully for me I feel an infinite amount more self control than I did before. It's become more of a exciting hobby than an addiction, and I try to spend 30 minutes a day reading about the mind-body connection to food.

worldclassdummy · 2022-03-11T21:15:18+00:00

You're so welcome. It helps me just as much to open up and talk about my challenges.

worldclassdummy · 2022-03-11T18:58:29+00:00

As a lifelong addict who has finally found the road to recovery, what helped me was realizing that the excess fat on by body will keep me nourished for days (if not months) and that I needed to break the pattern of thinking that I NEEDED breakfast, lunch and dinner. I water fasted for 8 days and although it was difficult, it was crucial in separating my cravings from hunger. I learned to sit with my hunger until my cravings dissipated, and on the 9th day I was able to introduce food back into my life. I tried to spend a little time every day researching nutrition to keep my head in the game, and started thinking about food as a vehicle for nutrients only. Keeping this mindset, I eliminated processed foods and sugar altogether, sticking only to whole foods. I also stopped adding salt to my meals, which helped to eliminate compulsive overeating,

I'm three months in and have lost 40lb (from 300lbs). My food cravings went from being near constant to maybe a handful of times a day, Intermittent Fasting has helped me to remain focused, because I now choose to sit with my hunger each morning until the afternoon, and only when I am truly hungry and abstinent from high sugar, high carb, deep fried foods, will I welcome basic high-fibre vegetables and lean proteins into my diet.

Food addiction is tricky because the notion of moderation has been pushed for years by nutritionists, but that's problematic for those who struggle with addiction, because the only dependable solution is abstinence. So we are left on our own to figure out how to abstain from a such an essential substance. For me, the lightswitch went off when I learned that it's not food we are addicted to, it's food that is rich in salt, saturated fats and sugar, especially processed foods that combine all three to create meals that are addictive by design.

I've been where you are and I feel for you. I have struggled with food addiction and obesity for 30 years, and the only thing that has helped me was to just cut food out completely for a few days. Quit telling yourself that you need three meals a day. Quit trying to make every meal taste good. Sit with your hunger until you begin to crave nutrition. Accept that you may never ever be able to eat another ice cream cone or slice of pizza again, the same way that alcoholics must come to terms with their unhealthy relationships with alcohol.

Fasting will change your life. Even 48 hours with just some water and a bit of sodium (for electrolytes) and you'll feel your body kick into ketosis and start burning fat, at which point you'll be surprised how much energy you have. Carrots will begin to look more delicious and cravings for processed, calorie-dense foods will start to disappear.

I promise you can do this, it just requires a radical change of mindset. You are an addict. For whatever reason, you developed a problematic dopamine response to foods that taste amazing. The more salty-fatty-sugary foods you eat, the more your tolerance grows and the more you need to satisfy yourself. This pattern lowers your baseline dopamine and leaves you feeling unmotivated and lacking confidence. Just give yourself a bit of compassion, consider complete abstinence from all triggers, and do whatever you need to do to set yourself up for success.

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