Did you have siblings growing up?
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Yes I do.
There went my theory.
Meals were COMPETITIVE growing up for me. It was my dad, my brother and me, and then my poor mom repping the X-chrome.
I swear my dad would do it on purpose, but weād have āburger nightā, and without fail, for 4 people, heād make 6 burgers.
You wanted seconds? You better get down that first one FAST.
Pizza night was the same. Competition to see who could get their pizza done to get to the next slice.
And then my dad and I would wage āleftover warsā. If, somehow someway, some food was leftover, it was a competition to see who could get to it first the next day.
Which is one of the reasons I eat lunch exactly at 1100 if left unsupervised.
By that sneaky hobbitā¦my dad learned the trick to eat the food at night when his insomnia would have him prowling the kitchen at 0200.
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Today I found out that you have a brother. But, for my family, my mom will make a lot of food, then all of us (dad,brother,sister,mom) will eat like birds because we all fear the concept of getting fat.
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I survived classes for the dayā¦ two weeks in and I am already stressed and tired out of my mindā¦
Iām actually really pissed with myself. My courseload (including audit load) is the same load as what my friends do, but Iām struggling to handle it even though Iām not doing any extra work (e.g. research, TAing)
Every else struggles too: we just donāt present our struggles. Its misleading
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Two older brothers, one three years and one 18 months. I learned to salt my food in defense. We hid food, fought over the leftovers, had gallons of milk in the fridge labeled by day.
Itās no wonder I have food issues, lol.
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Yep. 3 older brothers.
I have food protection problems.
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Iām the oldest of five and I still gotta fight to get the food I want. Iām not shown the respect I deserve as firstborn, apparently. Thereās also 10 of us in the house now so food just naturally goes quickly.
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I have 3 siblings, but I was the oldest and largest by far lol.
Man it must suck being the older child, Iām glad to be the youngest.
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I WAS the youngest! Haha. But I was also the fat one in the family.
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Entitled people who want handouts are one of the worst kinds of people to exist.
So sick and tired of that mindset, I can smell it off someone easily. Nothing, but a taker.
Uhhā¦ oops gotta balance that negative energy with some positiveā¦ā¦
I LOVE T-NATION FORUMS
Okay my post isnāt too negative now
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I confess I had no idea where to post this video. The title (and actual location) made me want to put it in the āchuckleā thread. The topic made me want to put it in āinjuries and rehabā, but the science is not proven, and it mightāve come off as shill-ish; so, here it is:
(Devon Laratt is one of the greatest armwrestlers of all time, so he absolutely is legit.)
I confess, when amazon had double kindle rewards, I ended up just buying Kindle Copies of āSuper Squatsā and āThe Complete Keys to Progressā rather than new books, because I am an old dog.
But I DID end up buying Dan Johnās āFat Loss Begins on Mondayā, so thatās awesome.
And then, while the spending floodgates were opened, I bought theseā¦
And I cannot wait to hit a Super Squats workout with them.
I started reading āFat Loss Begins on Mondayā a week ago. I really enjoy Dan Johnās style of writing. Iām going to have to get some more of his books.
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@Fishdog70 Hell yeah dude! I have said on many occasions that Iāll take a writer that lifts vs a lifter that writes when it comes to reading stuff. Itās why I canāt stand Josh Bryantās books and sing the praises of Paul Kelso, despite the fact that former is absolutely the superior powerlifter producer. But Dan gets to strike that rare chord of being both. Love a good storyteller.
On that note, less a confession but a question: can one cheat on a diet that they were never complying with in the first place?
ā¦sorry, Iām getting frustrated.
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I accidentally came out of ketosis today.
I wasnāt doing the Keto diet or anything, it just happened by accident. Not sure how to feel.
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Nope.
Compliance is compliance. Non compliance can be sneaking a snickers or eating a side of ribs, magnitude doesnāt matter.
But if somebody was never in compliance in the first place, none of that matters anyways.
People use slippery terms in sobriety all the time to give their opinions more heft, like āIāve been going to meetings for 10 yearsā¦ā.
And Iām thinking āYeah, but you were drunk at most of them, including this one.ā.
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ha, I thought I was the only person who was frustrated by that.
Unless weāre talking about different things HAHAH. I have no idea.
But I think I know.
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