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2015-08-11 12:31:29 pm

I like turtles.

I guess it's because metabolic syndrome leads to a slew of chronic and often fatal diseases that tear people apart. There's a tendency to construe it as blaming someone who has that disease when you start talking about poor diet or causes of obesity.

Opium

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Opium: 2015-08-11 12:39:25 pm

2015-08-11 12:38:51 pm

I agree that people have different bodies, and not everyone will gain fat at the same rate as others, but the simple idea that taking in more calories than you burn will make you gain weight is often denied, and that's crazy to me. If your metabolism reduces the amount of calories that you burn, then you still need to take in less calories. This idea isn't so simple for people who have glandular problems or any other disorder that would put one on the extreme end of the scale, but there are so many people who regularly eat ridiculous numbers of calories and insist on blaming their weight gain on their self-diagnosis of having one of these rare conditions. Pointing this out isn't meant to shame any one or hurt any one's feelings, but the problem is never going to get better when people are in denial.

arkarian

2015-08-11 01:04:11 pm

red chamber dream

yeah i really don't get it either. eat healthy foods in small portions and exercise a lot and you will lose weight. you will. you would HAVE to lol. it's fucking physics

everything else is just bullshit

arkarian

2015-08-11 01:05:40 pm

red chamber dream

like, it's hard to do those things and you might not want to, but that's a different matter entirely

Opium

2015-08-11 01:18:14 pm

I just personally know too many people who consume too many calories but claim their weight is due to some other factor. They might be right, but how can they come to that conclusion without first ruling out the most likely cause by changing their diet?

Opium

2015-08-11 01:20:41 pm

It's like leaving your tap running day and night and concluding that your high water bill is a mistake, or the rates have gone up, or anything other than the fact that you're using a shit-ton of water.

Opium

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Opium: 2015-08-11 01:30:24 pm

2015-08-11 01:24:31 pm

In other news, I just got a medical leave of absence approved. I have to have surgery. :( I feel like an idiot because I've been living with a problem for 4 years without getting it checked out, and the doc says I probably wouldn't have needed surgery if I had come in sooner. He says he can't believe I've been enduring the pain for this long, but I can (giggle).
No solid food for 5 days is going to suck.

Turtle

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Turtle: 2015-08-11 01:36:44 pm

2015-08-11 01:36:27 pm

I like turtles.

Pudding for daaaaays. At least, that's what I did when I had my wisdom teeth out. Speaking of unhealthy.

arkarian

2015-08-11 01:38:09 pm

red chamber dream

i was all about the oatmeal

Opium

2015-08-11 01:38:34 pm

I'll have to ask about the pudding. I know I can't have oatmeal.

Opium

2015-08-11 01:39:28 pm

I don't remember what I ate after my wisdom teeth came out. I just remember laying underneath our pool table high as a kite on percocet. Then I had these long yellow bruises on both sides of my neck.

Turtle

2015-08-11 01:58:04 pm

I like turtles.

I never got drugged up other than the initial sedative for the operation... three days on OTC pain pills and that was all. I guess I got lucky.

ryu

2015-08-11 02:08:42 pm

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The point of the video is less analyzing why people get heart attacks and more trying to point out that there's almost no scientific evidence supporting dietary guidelines on fat and cholesterol - only correlative links with poor control for other variables.

That's true. I was kinda going a step further and adding my interpretation to what causes heart diseases if it isn't greasy food itself.

Opium

2015-08-11 03:11:20 pm

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I never got drugged up other than the initial sedative for the operation... three days on OTC pain pills and that was all. I guess I got lucky.

Wow I thought everyone got narco after wisdon tooth surgery.

Turtle

2015-08-11 03:23:36 pm

I like turtles.

I got prescribed vicodin but I never needed it. And I didn't wanna go on any pills that I didn't need.

arkarian

2015-08-11 03:45:29 pm

red chamber dream

i got vicoprofen which is the booomb, but yeah i didn't really need it. once it ran out i just popped like 6 acetaminophen a day and i was fine

Opium

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Opium: 2015-08-11 04:00:36 pm

2015-08-11 03:59:45 pm

damn I'm such an addict. I can't even process the idea of NOT taking vicodin. That's like a kid getting up on xmas morning and NOT caring about opening the presents.

Opium

2015-08-11 04:19:12 pm

Lol and I'm totally scared about my surgery but I keep telling myself that at least I'll get some pills out of it. That's bad.

And I have to tell my dr. that I'm totally opioid tolerant otherwise he'll give me a normal does and it won't do anything.

Poision Envy

2015-08-11 05:36:17 pm

Club 27 Goals

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damn I'm such an addict. I can't even process the idea of NOT taking vicodin. That's like a kid getting up on xmas morning and NOT caring about opening the presents.

Yeah it's like my buddy got diagnosed with adhd but in the end never took his adder all for it and just kinda dealt with it.

Probably more healthy but I would've hit him up for it if I had known he was just gonna flush it