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-Zydeco- posted:I got back on the wagon and started exercising and dieting again and I've actually been getting results. I'm down to what I weighed 10 years ago and can actually see myself making my goal weight in a year if I keep it up. I've started going to the gym too, 2 weeks ago. I wasn't dieting, I only started counting calories 2 days ago, but I've lost 0.6 kg - I went from 89.8 to 89.2! I'm hoping to start losing faster now I've started watching my caloric intake, it mostly involves being more careful of snacks.
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Queen Combat posted:That's awesome! I can't run very far "live" on the road because I tend to outpace myself and get worn out really quickly. also the subtle hills everywhere give heavy resistance. I tend to need a treadmill or something to keep my pace consistent, at least in these early days.
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Nov 18, 2018 06:15
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I found out yesterday that my diet is helping my weight loss massively. In the first 2 weeks I only shed 0.6 kg, and that may have been right at the end, but in the last 3 days alone I shed a full 0.4 kg. That's way faster. I'm looking at a full KG lost in one week if I keep this up! Plus 88.8 kg is a fun number to be 
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Nov 20, 2018 03:39
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After only dieting for a full week so far I've saved a lot of money that normally goes on snacks. Between that and the gym it's like I'm selling my fat to the universe for money. :P
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Nov 24, 2018 07:14
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My appetite seems to have returned! Just a matter of seeing if I can keep my food down now...
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Nov 30, 2018 08:03
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Just doubled my usual treadmill time at the gym, although it meant it was all I did this session. I usually do 10 minutes at 9.0 kilometers per hour. This time, same speed but 20 full minutes. Didn't get a stitch til the last 40 seconds, so ran 2.9km in one shot. Nice to know I can, but I'm not gonna make a habit of it though.
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Dec 8, 2018 13:05
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Weighed myself at the gym again - I'm down to an even 84kg, so I've lost 5.8kg in total since I started going. While my remaining fat does still scrunch together and feel more than it is when I'm sat down, when stood up it's clear that the layers are getting thinner, and I can feel actual muscles developing in my stomache area, it's feeling a lot more solid. I got concerned for a bit because the body fat % readings were all over the place, but I looked them up and found out they are known to be wildly inaccurate, so I've stopped getting those readings.
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Dec 15, 2018 13:08
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My parents got me a sandwich toaster! Now I can make toasties! I was expecting them to just return my umbrella as I'd forgotten to bring it back from their house, so this is a cool bonus.
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Dec 29, 2018 15:33
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Bought some kitchen stuff yesterday, cake pans and a cooling rack, because I always get it into my head to bake something then never do because I don't have the equipment and end up going "Ah, gently caress it." Also my weight is down to 82.8kg, 25.8 bmi.
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Jan 6, 2019 09:41
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Rainbow Knight posted:
There was a funny moment yesterday at the supermarket where a dog kept wandering in to be friendly so the staff would have to keep ushering him back outside again only for him to dart right back in.
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Mar 10, 2019 04:09
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More like "the last few days" but my landlady finally replaced my hob, so I have a new stovetop and it works properly! The old one was knackered for a long time, and had pitiful gas pressure.
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Apr 1, 2019 10:16
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It's bank holiday over in hte UK! Friday and monday off! Also I've had a fun idea for a video that I want to put together.
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Apr 18, 2019 17:38
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I have the possibility of getting a promotion at work, I just need to start the process off by taking a couple of courses on the company learning website about processes and poo poo. So I've started the first course during my overtime. I hope that this pans out, it would be nice to get off the phones. It's not awesome yet, it's not happened yet, but there is some hypothetical, tentative, possible awesomeness to come.
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May 4, 2019 19:38
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I finished the first of the courses to start my progression at work today. Tomorrow I'll check with my manager exactly which course I need to take next, because I know what it covers, there are just a bunch of courses that cover the same subject so I want to go for the right ones.
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May 6, 2019 20:17
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Finally it seems the overtime I've been working is paying off. Instead of ~£1200 I have around £1400 for next month's budget!
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May 24, 2019 22:04
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My brother was an idiot 20 years ago, went down a slide with a cycle helmet on on his belly, hit his chin on the bottom, buckle sunk in and he needed stitches. Congrats for your daughter btw.
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May 24, 2019 22:08
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Less day more month, but because of all the overtime i've been doing, although taking a break from it this month, this months paycheck is a lot bigger than normal, so at the end of the month I may have an extra £450 to transfer to my savings account. I'm planning more overtime to come too after this month, so I'm hoping that this will become a frequent occurrence so I can build a decent chunk of a savings account (currently have around £1400 in it)
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Jun 4, 2019 20:58
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I plucked up the nerve to apply for a much higher-paying job. Getting there will require either walking for an extra 15 minutes or taking a bus, but the hundreds of extra £ per month will be worth it. We'll see if anything comes of it.
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Jun 10, 2019 17:27
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Dick Trauma posted:Even if you don't get it you're building a good skill, going after what you want. At the minimum level I'd be earning what it currently takes a whole month of saturday overtime to earn, and it depends on expeirence so I could end up with even more than that because I have 6 years of relevant experience. My biggest fear that has been holding me back is that old chestnut "What if I get it, leave my current job, but then turn out I suck at the new one/something bad happens internally and I get fired"
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Jun 10, 2019 18:09
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I just got pleasantly surprised by a really good movie that got my attention with it's box art, The Kid who would be King. It is a very thoughtful retelling of the King Arthur myth, and it takes the action and mythology very seriously while still keeping a sense of humour. The characters even use the properties of the sword in really clever ways, like sheathing it in a boulder when they need to not raise attention, so that no one else can take it, or using the Lady of the Lake as basically a storage locker. All the fights have a brilliant sense of peril, and strong swordplay choreography that prevents it falling into Home Alone-style hijinks and Morgana does a really good job being threatening, and Merlin also manages to feel powerful but not game-breakingly so. The early scene where Lance betrays Alex and takes excalibur for himself has real tension to it as it's just straight up a real sword fight, and feel like one of the characters could get seriously hurt, and it avoids too much awkwardness by playing Merlin's mindcontrol spell very carefully - he uses it to get places or get things that he needs, but he never sends those characters into any danger. All the characters who fight know exactly what they are getting into and consent to the danger. It's a very "now" movie as well in that the thing that strengthens the villain is basically implied to be brexit, or modern politics in general. Britain being a weak, leaderless (due ot parliament being a clusterfuck) mess with only idiots at the helm and the world falling into chaos, the story is less a restoration of the monarchy/literal king situation and more "This generation has noble souls that can take power and lead the world better". A general feeling of hope. I was in a bad mood due to a stressful period in my life, but this really cheered me up.
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Jul 7, 2019 19:22
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While I was getting ready for a job interview that turned out to be for a crap company (sooo manu red flags leading up to it) I got a call from someone about a much better opportunity earning double what I currently get for doing the same basic job, just on more specific tools, so hoping he can get me an interview for that one. If it works out I could go from earning 1200 per month to almost 2000.
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Jul 11, 2019 06:32
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Doubleposting because i'm excited - the really high paying job have asked me to come in for an interview! On tuesday I'll go in for a face to face and hopefully this job will be mine!
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Jul 11, 2019 18:11
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I know how you feel, I've been in my current help-desk job for about 6 years, and it was fine for most of it, but recently things have been going downhill fast and I've been made redundant effective August 31st. I will however get a large payout due to it being voluntary (if I hadn't taken it I probably would have been hit with a compulsory redundancy later on which would not have the big payout but a far smaller severance). While I haven't had any luck finding something else yet, part of me is glad of that because while I find my next thing at least I can take some me time to reset myself before whatever my next job turns out to be finally hires me.
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Aug 11, 2019 20:31
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I rediscovered an old cartoon that turned out to still be funny.
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Aug 29, 2019 05:35
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That's only gonna work with the american date order, though it is cute.
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Sep 11, 2019 08:14
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I'm going to finally have stable income again, and only a month after leaving my last job, so I won't need to spend my severance pay on bills. The agency I'm with have got me a temp-to-perm position at a warehouse that doesn't sound too bad, and that will last for the forseeable future or until I find something better paying. After a while they may even train me on the machines, so it would get interesting if that happens.
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Sep 27, 2019 19:50
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After weeks of waiting for an interview with an NHS position in sheffield, I applied for and got an interview slot for a much closer one in the town I actually live in for better money. The interview's tomorrow, hopefully it goes well. Otherwise it's back to 11 hour days putting cheese in boxes.
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Nov 13, 2019 05:52
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Wow, not only do I have today's interview, I just got called for one tomorrow as well. Things are really coming together!
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Nov 14, 2019 12:47
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Pookah posted:That's marvellous - a real case of something good coming from something bad. Hope your dad's health stays good So she's Vegan Buffalo Bill. "I won't eat you... but I love your SKIN!"
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Nov 16, 2019 10:10
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My parents got a new dog just before christmas so I got to meet her when I went to stay for a few days.
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Dec 26, 2019 21:25
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AngryRobotsInc posted:I'm making Irish soda bread, and my kitchen smells amazing. You should have posted the day before in the Why is your day lovely Today? Thread with "hosed up irish soda bread, and my kitchen smells terrible!" Make a narrative.
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Feb 24, 2020 09:54
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Reminds me of One Foot in the Grave when Victor can't find the towels because his wife put them away so he'd know where they were.
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Mar 10, 2020 18:49
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I got a call yesterday about a job I applied for, the remaining interview stages will be online via a chat program so I don't have to worry about the coronavirus loving up the interview process. I'll be scheduling the first stage of the proper interview next week.
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Apr 18, 2020 07:51
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My garden's been a total mess for years because I've been too sore to do anything about it due to long terrible shifts, but I have new downstairs neighbours so my landlord sorted out the garden, and my neighbours are actually helping, so it's not all down to me anymore. Yay! I've been trying to keep up with weeding it but they just grow back too quickly, so I'm glad to have other people to help with it. Like the Landlord got the gravel redone and deplanted, then the neighbours did the flower boxes/beds the next day.
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Aug 31, 2020 07:12
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more generally over the weekend than "today" but I finally beat rogue Galaxy, which has a great final boss, and I also have an interview scheduled for today, and am hoping to hear back about a similar but closer role, both in warehousing but at least it would be stable (and out of the fridge that I've been working with). If the further place offers overtime that would offset the travel cost too by letting me work some saturdays for extra money, i'll find out. Also a tech support role emailed me to gauge my interest, so I submitted a cv for that too.
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Oct 26, 2020 07:45
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My parents got me a porcelain ocarina for my birthday painted like the ocarina of time. It even has a songbook with fingering guides and sheet music for zelda songs. That's gonna be fun to learn, but challenging too.
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Nov 1, 2020 22:05
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I also got a new job yesterday, which means i'll no longer need to be up at 3 am to work in a fridge for 11 hours a day. Also while the money 9-5 will be slightly less, I will be working 1 in every 3 weekends so that'll help close the gap or even overtake my prior shifts, plus the fact that i'll know I have the shifts every week so there won't be any weeks like this one where I just don't have any work and therefore aren't earning anything.
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Nov 5, 2020 04:10
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I found out how to change text colour on discord by interfacing directly with the javascript. It's a fun thing to do. https://www.techjunkie.com/discord-change-text-color/ It's imperfect but interesting.
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Nov 9, 2020 20:39
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I just beat a level in a hard game that I've never got this far in, level 3 in Mark of Kri. And I have all the stuff in all the levels so far, although we'll see how the challenges work out, level 4's seem a bit finicky.
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I just got around to watching the Nicolas Cage movie "The Colour out of Space". loving hell that was an experience. It has some upsetting imagery, but it's a hell of a movie. I'm glad I got around to it blind.
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