I’ve never really encountered anything on BB that I would personally consider as pointed or nasty. Having said that, I work in construction and have learned to not take things to heart. Some of the things I’ve said and have been on the receiving end of don’t bear repeating. It wasn’t always that way though. I guess perspective is one of the few benefits of growing older.
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I’d love to know more about the fasting. How often do you do it, what time of day, how long for, what time of the day do you do your exercise?
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What about when I called you a ****ing dirty **** stinkin ***** ***eating **** just now?
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I’ll answer until vanders can get on.
general rule of thumb is fast for 16 hours, eating window 8.
sounds undoable at first, but if you time it right, esp with sleep in the window of that 16 hours, it figures itself out.
exercise works in with your fast and whenever that is. there’s research that suggest nearer the end of your fasting window for it.
some more extreme people/examples only have one meal a day, in an hours window.
Some good research/evidence it’s extremely beneficial, despite what you’d think about not eating for 16 hours a day.
EDIT, some people do it 2/3 times a week, some do it more or less, depends on how much you want to do it really.
also some people do more than 16 hours, some go a day or 2, periodically, but build up to it.
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You put up with it because you don’t want to upset the dynamic that includes you. Whether that inclusion is experienced as positive or negative doesn’t make a difference to a person in that state. You have to seem like the person people want you to be. That’s what I see, in any case. You’ve got nowhere else to go, and no one else to be.
Neary Every day. I eat only between 11 and 7 weekdays. On the weekend I like to relax.
Usually exercise midday or mornings its no problem once you have adjusted to fasting to exercise whenever. Mind you I am not playing footy.
The science has worked out you it takes roughly 10 to 12 hours for you to fully digest. (lots of fibre and maybe its a little less). Then the last 4 hours before eating your giving all your digestive organs a rest and starve out unhelpful bacteria.
Apparently if you say fast for 24 hours once a month it helps reset your gut bacteria better.
If you want more info google 16:8 fasting.
I tried the whole 5 and 2 fad and hated it. I like to enjoy my food every day.
If your thinking of doing it. Drink lots of water and adjust your coffees and tea to be black/herbal, no sugar. Thats all you consume during fast.
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Found this song I wrote and recorded when I was having a rough time! Pretty straight forward lyrics
Listen to Ill At Ease by gameoverluke on #SoundCloud
I’ve been called that at least twice today already.
Yeah I do 12pm - 8pm. I allow myself a window of an hour either side so that I’m working with how I’m feeling as well.
Thanks Goose, need the browser on my ‘phone, will try laptop later
I do this. Out of habit. Not because i’m trying to fast. I’ve only ever eaten 1 meal a day at about 7pm. Habit i got into in highschool when i was keeping my lunch money for beers on the weekend. People have told me my whole life how unhealthy it is but now some people are saying it could be a positive thing. I can’t really comment either way because i don’t know any different.
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Short and savoury
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Thanks for having a listen
I started to ween off Effexor a few weeks ago…got down to go off completely. Oh my lord I have never felt anything like what I did Saturday. From the time I got up I could not move without feeling complete brain zap down my body. It made me feel really sick too. It got to 3.30pm and I was sitting there feeling like Death when I decided to give in. I’m back on it and feeling fine.
I really don’t know how I’m going to get off it if that’s the feeling I will get again. Mentally I am fine, physically not so much…the drug has given me high blood pressure!
Anyway, if you are in need of help and they offer you Effexor…ask a lot of questions. Its a terrible drug.
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Danny’s wife has written about his life leading up to the accident. It is hard to read and I have seen it first hand in others (family). Don’t self-medicate ever, you truly don’t know even though you may feel great, trust the professionals and don’t walk away from what setup you have that is successful, doing so leads to tragedy.
“On Monday, the love of my life was tragically taken from my girls and I,” Anita Frawley wrote in a statement.
“Many have speculated on the cause and lead up to this tragedy. Danny, as a champion of mental health would want me to continue his legacy and be open with the public of the events leading up to this heartbreak.
“While the circumstances of the event are unconfirmed and will remain uncertain until the investigations are complete, it was true that Danny’s mental health had deteriorated in recent weeks.
“As is widely known, Danny had experienced and lived with depression dating back a number of years. But to his credit, he had put up his hand and accepted psychiatric treatment, counselling and medication. He recovered and returned to being the Danny of old.
“The road leading up to last Monday’s events began eight months ago when Danny made the decision to take himself off his prescribed medication. At this point Danny felt invincible, like the true competitor and proud man that he was; he felt that he had beaten the disease.
“In fact, he felt bullet proof, which contributed to his decision to remove himself from his support network including his psychiatric care and not continuing to work with his team of mental health professionals.
“The reason I am making this public is that I want this to be a reminder to all those grappling with mental health conditions and to those whom have made progress with their wellbeing that you should always seek help from professionals when considering making decisions surrounding your mental health, even when you feel as though you have fully recovered.
“Our final memory of Danny is one we will cherish forever, a night spent sitting around our family table, playing board games and laughing on his 56th birthday. He will never be forgotten and will forever be in our hearts.
“I would like to leave everyone with this quote from Danny, ‘manning up in the past was to suffer in silence, manning up now is to put your hand up’.”
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Do you think it was dropping the dose too quickly? What does your GP say?
I weaned off pristiq which is a cousin of effexor. Horrible coming off. I tapered slowly and used tempazapam at night. Talk to your doctor about complimentary medication to help the side effects.
It can be done. Good luck.
PS I think @Zimmer came off Effexor.
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I’ve always used ciprimil during particularly bad times and never had an issue weaning off under doctors supervision but again this is me and my body.
I think lexapro is a bit similar.
Avanza (Mirtazapine) for me
I took that in the mid 2000s and woke up the other day
Avanza made me pile on 10kgs!
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