cobra

As other posters have alluded to, experienced car buyers may be suspicious of a full repaint, even sections touched up as it usually indicates some repaired damage.

Professional paint shops can paint smaller areas to OEM specs with no problem,  

17 hours ago, robblok said:

Ketosis also does not work when there is no caloric deficit. This has been proven in laboratories. Really for someone knowing about keto you have a lot information lacking. 

 

 

As others already have put you on the ignore list I find you entertaining, 

Never shy about admitting you're the oracle on all things health, fitness and dieting, and steadfast in always having to have the last word, 

You will reply to this, you can't help yourself, prove me wrong, lol

On 4/15/2021 at 3:03 AM, tonray said:

By all means, drop her so you can hook up with someone even worse.  

Sage advice indeed,

Better a devil you know, than one you don't,

On 4/15/2021 at 3:03 AM, tonray said:

By all means, drop her so you can hook up with someone even worse.  

Sage advice indeed,

Better a devil you know, than one you don't,

On 4/21/2021 at 4:51 PM, robblok said:

Just for the record I don't think you have a good idea about what keto means. If you have normal days in between then you will be out of ketose in no time. That negates the whole " supposed" benefit of turning your body into a fat burning machine when you get into ketose.

 

I say supposed as keto is not that much more effective as caloric restrictions. In laboratory tests (gold standard) its shown not to work much better as caloric restrictions.  Having said that for some people it works for others it does not.

"Just for the record" actually I think I do, 

the op is trying to lose fat, there's more than one way to achieve that.

... Ketosis is a metabolic state in which your body uses fat for fuel instead of carbs.

It occurs when you significantly reduce your consumption of carbohydrates, limiting your body’s supply of glucose (sugar), which is the main source of energy for the cells.

Following a ketogenic diet is the most effective way to enter ketosis ...

On 4/21/2021 at 4:23 PM, jackdd said:

You are throwing together "Keto" and "intermittent fasting", these are two different ways to diet, which can be combined though, Keto on its own has nothing to do with fasting.

Regarding: "where its now forced to convert body fat to sugar for energy": This is nothing exclusive to Keto or IM, this always happens with any diet that puts you in a caloric deficit, this is just how our body works.

 

Did you also try this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inedia

You are correct in that both can be related to dieting,

My point was in some forms of keto there is no net loss of daily calories, thus you are technically not dieting, you're substituting fat for carbs, 
The op is trying to lose fat.

.... 

Ketosis is a metabolic state in which your body uses fat for fuel instead of carbs.

It occurs when you significantly reduce your consumption of carbohydrates, limiting your body’s supply of glucose (sugar), which is the main source of energy for the cells.

Following a ketogenic diet is the most effective way to enter ketosis. Generally, this involves limiting carb consumption to around 20 to 50 grams per day and filling up on fats, such as meat, fish, eggs, nuts, and healthy oils (6Trusted Source).

It’s also important to moderate your protein consumption. This is because protein can be converted into glucose if consumed in high amounts, which may slow your transition into ketosis (10Trusted Source).

Practicing intermittent fasting could also help you enter ketosis faster. There are many different forms of intermittent fasting, but the most common method involves limiting food intake to around 8 hours per day and fasting for the remaining 16 hours (11Trusted Source).

Keto and intermittent fasting,

These are proven ways to keep weight off and in some instances very quickly.

There's a ton of info if you research, but I won't lie, initially you will be rather cranky with a sudden drop in blood sugar and eventual lowering of metabolic rate, ie, you're body thinks it's starving and makes adjustments.

As posters have mentioned, Keto is one form of daily fasting where you simply don't eat anything for a certain period, (18 to 22 hours), blood sugar has long since been depleted so your body goes into a state of ketosis, where its now forced to convert body fat to sugar for energy.

Many can tolerate this form of fasting fairly easily.

Next is whole day fasting, many different schedules, some feel positive health benefits quickly and make this a life-style.

Popular is the two and one, normal eating for two days, nothing on the third, 

if tolerating without too much issue, increase fasting days.

I tend to cycle weight, very heavy in winter, normal in summer, 

I start of with a knock-down schedule of fasting. Nothing to eat for three or four days.

A large weight loss happens quickly, (albeit a lot will be water weight).

Regardless, you start to look and feel better immediately which motivates you to continue your intermittent fasting schedule.

Once getting near your target, revert to a healthy eating regime, albeit with reduced cals for maint.

On 4/19/2021 at 1:58 AM, BritManToo said:

.... Nuts are worse than sweets or crisps.

Very true, most nuts have a high fat content and if salted, water retention.

Give intermittent  fasting a try,

Well a sense of humor is definitely not missing in your life,

love your "swimming pool and pool house", ???? 

I have to admit, many times I feel like letting myself go, eating whatever, not exercising, etc, when I do the effects are immediate.

If you want to know how long you're probably going to live,

how long your mother or father lived, and their parents,

will be a fair indicator how long you'll might live, negative life styles not with standing.

Genetics play a big part,  but I admit sometimes you just have to treat yourself,

There's existing and there's living.

Like many have suggested,

It may be prudent to spend a little time at both locales and

get a feel for the place first hand.

Some issues like traffic, noise, the general vibe, etc, will quickly be apparent.

Good luck,

Amazing,

... called taeniasis. And if you've got it, you've likely experiencing nausea, a loss of appetite and abdominal pain...

On 3/18/2021 at 1:59 AM, timendres said:

Starbucks has to be the worst coffee in Thailand, if not the world. I enjoy Coffee World. Amazon is not bad either. But I think Segafredo is the best for espresso.

Many would agree, the coffee is not that great.

But I think SB's success is they've developed a model where it's the coffee drinking environment that has become appealing. 

AC, wi-fi, clean bathrooms, and consistency of product and physical lay-out.

And a price-point that keeps out riff-raff ????

The problem isn't so much dated hardware as software,

newer OS's probably can't be installed do to hardware incompatibility,

The older OS probably isn't supported anymore, but the machine can still be used simply for browsing or simple word doc applications, storage for old media, or as a dedicated machine for a particular legacy program you still use.

On 3/19/2021 at 2:26 AM, CharlieH said:

Good luck with this as generally alot of it is watered down copies.

You cant even be guided by price either as the rubbish is sold iat high prices sometimes too, to fool the unsuspecting.

Very true,

Especially the vendor stalls,

... is this genuine product, ... yes, same, same, ...lol

And to think the ISS is only 250 miles up,
a very low orbit but high enough to see large swathes of the earth's surface,

Unfortunately insurance is one of those things which indirectly provide no tangible benefit, albeit peace of mind.

It's a gambling game on both sides.

IMHO health care in Thailand is still very reasonable compared to the west and usually of satisfactory quality.  
Saying you're uninsurable at a certain age is a bit of a misnomer.

There is always some entity that will insure you, but the price will reflect the risk, and may be beyond what one can pay.

Hence when saving for retirement, keep in mind medical coverage, knowing it will take up a large portion of your budget.

6 hours ago, oldhippy said:

Being in unbearable pain (physical or mentally) at the end, with no possibility to humanely end it.

Always options,

Most Physicians can formulate a pain management plan to alleviate needless suffering, even in LOS.

Denmark has some of the more enlightened and progressive policies for end of life options, as well as Oregon and Washington in the US.

I think you'll find you'll will be able to be quite comfortably numb when the time comes and in pleasant surroundings,
albiet as much as your monitory situation will permit.

Try not to dwell on it, will can only control so much,.

On 2/28/2021 at 9:48 PM, Bangkocker said:

 Even with the phone off, you are still being tracked by the phone towers and thus your provider. Only way is to remove the battery. Mad bloody Thai's are learning to be authoritarian like emperor xi jin pig.

Indeed,

In this technological and digital age I think true privacy is an illusion,
the price we pay for convenience.
 

50 minutes ago, rcuthbert said:

The deep barbell squat is the King. The Bench press and dead lift are his two Princes. They all fight the aging process because they stimulate testosterone and HGH production.

 

Agree,

You want to be careful with too much weight doing squats if you have knee issues.

I'm all for losing the powder, ????

Yeap, when I came to my father with some problem, he'd cut me off before I finished and would just say,

...let's fast forward, can we throw money at at, ...

and yes, that more than not solved said issue. ????

I think we'll get there, already survival rates have dramatically increased.

In the fifties and sixties, Polio was ravaging kids, there wasn't a neighborhood where you didn't see one without a metal leg brace or other.

If you developed cataracts as most eventually will,

you were consigned to blindness, now it's a 30 minute office procedure.

The big question is can health costs come down to a point where anybody can afford treatments or procedures.

Kudos SpaceX on nailing latest attempt.
 

This is right out of a B Sci-Fi movie ("The Day the Earth Stood Still", etc),

As soon as they find some reason that $$ can be made outside this planet it'll be another wave of gold rushes,

Think about what prospectors endured during the Klondike rush in Alaska ????

1 hour ago, Sheryl said:

 

The average life expectancy at age 65, in the US, is 89.

 

Do not confuse life expectancy at birth with life expectancy at later ages.

That's an interesting correlation and makes sense,
as advances in medicine and other are extending life expectancy,