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I never bothered. Perhaps I will, now that you mention it.

Not an optimal diet, IMO. Nonetheless, it's among the most effective ever for losing weight. And it's consistent with ace ANF Nutritionist Principles, so it's surprising our ace Nutritionists never recommend it. Well worth it if that's what it takes. Note how we ignore all the expenses involved in the medicated lifestyle, except when looking for cheaper prices and insurance. Most people stay with a trainer a few months and are then able to go it alone. A session with a trainer once a week or two is affordable. Now there are a vast number of resources online. Reading books gives you the motivation from a deep understanding of fundamental theory. Then you follow the best gurus online via tweets, youtube, and podcasts. Podcasts are really best, but they tend to be lengthy. For example, Dr. Rhonda Patrick's recent conversation w/ Dr. Brad Schoenfeld weighs in at 2 hours. Joe Rogan and Peter Attia had a very informative conversation (podcast #1735) for 3 hours, 21 min. But excerpts appear on youtube, which may be inspiring. I immediately click away from some fit young twerp mouthing the usual fitness site bromides. A few will refer to studies, but their understanding of the studies can't be relied upon, no matter their "influencer" self-assurance.

One of the things I like about getting older, is that when I work out I care more than ever about results. None of the satisfaction is in the effort made; 'course, it never was.

Sounds like you have. Yet you do exercise. What motivates your decision to do TRT? Were your T levels low? That seems true. A GP prescribed and manages TRT for a friend of mine who was in trouble, and it's made an amazing positive difference for him. No issues.

Good advice above. Changing to the 8-hour eating window intermittent fasting should help. Healthy snack before bed, sounds good. Add back in some red meat, no need to avoid full fat milk, Greek yogurt. Seed oils, I dunno. I avoid; can't go wrong w/ olive oil. I hope the Flunarizine isn't going to be another ongoing drug. It may mask symptoms of the real issue, whatever it is. I'm not a big believer in statins, so I like the doc's advice about a reduction. We're not hearing about exercise. Dizziness can be associated with weakness and poor circulation; exercise certainly helps your heart. Work up to adding intensity. It'd be nice if your diet & exercise could get your TG/HDL/LDL into good ranges naturally. Your TG/HDL ratio wasn't so bad before.

Only farangs have to do 90-day reports? That's news.

I've had a Crucial MX500 as my system drive for the last five years. It's stayed on M3CR023 the entire time. Never a problem, great drive.

But mainly they're relatively uneducated and need a source of income, rather like Pattaya vloggers. Poverty is an effective motivator, no question. Mostly just a repetition of the usual tweaks they've read on various fitness sites, which have interest in offering paid solutions to the complexity they create. Mostly they won't work for the average schmuck, or won't work for long. Part of the reason is an overemphasis on vanity, as the target market is young men hoping to attract babes. It's not enough, esp for old guys, who'll never get a second glance from any babes based on their appearance alone, fit or not. Also, the methods are often not suitable for older people anyway--beyond the obvious, e. g., cut out the junk food. Me, I keep up w/ a few Twitter feeds about health & fitness from well-qualified sources, never bodybuilders, who keep up w/ the latest studies and also walk the walk themselves. What's really most effective is personal counseling. That's the biggest reason Weight Watchers has been for decades a most successful weight loss program. People are too weak to go it alone. The gym is a good place to start (slowly, carefully) changing one's attitude. As George Sheehan said in Running And Being, the mind's first step towards self-awareness must be through the body. @ozimoronhas got it right, joined a nice gym and started working there with a personal trainer, taking diet seriously. One of the very few posters here who's ever made any change for the better, good on 'im. @backstreetis another who got serious while he still can. But--haven't heard from him in a couple of months. One may hope he's still at it.

Setting a good example for all our Brits here.

No. Good on 'em, but no.

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+1. Different ear tips can make a big difference, foam or not. I have several pairs of earbuds and have changed the tips on all of them. https://www.lazada.co.th/tag/ear-tips/?q=ear+tips&_keyori=ss&from=input&catalog_redirect_tag=true Aliexpress has a huge selection.

What can one do, indeed. My solution was to get a cheap throwaway laptop and tablet. No banking or shopping apps, no automatic logins, passwords kept in Bitwarden. I don't much care if they're stolen. I lock them in my bag.

After your eating and drinking habits become part of your lifestyle, then it's not dieting, and it's not difficult. It's effective against time. Best read up on the many success stories. With the bread, catsup contains sugar. Fries? Coke? Then you ate more after insulin dropped? Of what? Too many unknown variables. But the overweight commonly assert they're not eating anything. Friend of mine often did that, before his heart attack. And a wide choice of low glycemic foods to purchase with the money, which is what I do. If that's all you've got to eat in the home, you'll eat it. Keep temptation out of reach. Until the chronic diseases kick in earlier than they could have. Then the years of chasing docs and meds and eventually suffering. For some reason, our Longevity Scientists ignore that kind of stress. I'd find it a lot more stressful, esp. paying all the bills, than just maintaining a healthy diet and exercising a couple hours a week. So, what meds you on currently? Earlier onset of morbidity means earlier chasing docs and meds, frailty, and not feeling well. AND dealing with that for a much longer period. Problems tend to get worse and worse. The meds may well help in that process. Though ANF Poster Longevity Science promotes the mythical happy life with an early, quick death during a bonk, the reality is very different, as you discover in the Health forum. A browse through any diabetes forum on the 'net might be enlightening. A couple of old friends of mine are playing the long, slow endgame now. One can't remember where he is from day to day as he's into his 3rd month of rehab learning to walk again. Costing a fortune. The other, now needing a wheelchair, is starting to look like a skeleton. He was once one of the naturally strongest people I've ever met. Diet and exercise were never his thing, though. Fact, he was rather contemptuous of my lifestyle. No more, though. He did diet for the last few years, owing to diabetes, but it was a case of too little, too late. Arteriosclerosis, stroke, falls . . . . It ain't pretty. I'm accompanying him and his Thai wife to see a heart specialist again and see if further tests might help. Not optimistic. Sounds like the poor diet's visible in his case but not in yours as fat gives you cover. As to your point that dieting is harder for some, now that's quite true. Gary Taubes (our Nutritionists may now pause and make the sign of the cross) notes that And the perspective of lean people—what they see—has been the determining factor in how the nutritional authorities have come to think about how all of us should eat. --Gary Taubes, The Case For Keto So CICO (calories in calories out) won't work well for people w/ hormonal imbalances, notably insulin resistance. What may work for you is going low glycemic. If you keep your insulin low, then you don't get hungry. Takes a while to get to that state, maybe a month or so. How to get motivated? Motivation is rather overrated. Discipline is key. Jack LaLanne, for example, didn't really enjoy lifting. Lee Priest, a competitive bodybuilder, was once asked what body part he most enjoys training? "None. I hate them all." I can relate. I do what I do to try to avoid the consequences of not doing it. But the best thing you can do for your motivation is GASP! read an entire book to understand the whole theory behind CIM (Carbohydrate Insulin Model). The loudest monkeys in the forest here know only CICO and will distort, misunderstand, or outright lie about what little they know about CIM. If you PM me, I'll see if I can't send you an e-book or two.

Be comforted that the members must appreciate these utterly predictable cries of pain when you're deprived of the attention rub you imagine you're owed. You'll get over it: the supply of mugs here is endless.

Be comforted that the members must appreciate these utterly predictable cries of pain when you're deprived of the attention rub you imagine you're owed. You'll get over it: the supply of mugs here is endless.

Keep that a secret. But COVID caused a big change in staff. Elvis has left the building (he was really good), Len Nee (Fon)'s gone, etc., and the lesser skilled are wielding the clippers. Or scissors, which I need w/ my longer hair. Still, they're quite OK, value for money. They can do a good shave, too.

I have, and in fact I was pointing out to Tim that the pumps on the front tanks were noisy. Been to quite a few brew pubs over the years and never noticed any making a point of showing the process behind the scenes. Not to say that some don't. Large brewers in the USA that ship out their craft beers and have a pub in the front give tours, but Hops isn't that kind of operation. Shiny tanks are a lot more scenic. The more industrial equipment at the Hops is in a room behind the resto, and supplies are kept across the street. What we don't have one picture from you of any supposed off-site facility where the beer's actually brewed or of one picture of a truck, after all these years, unloading it on Soi Yamato. Been down that soi a million times over the years, at all hours, and never saw one. Perhaps you could hang out and get one. Or the Pattaya Proctological Photography Club members might leave off photographing garbage, construction, and various other evils and take a pic. Do that, and I'll be happy to concede your point.

No. Not wasting time in another Leaver Loop.

In Pattaya, at the Hops itself. Tim, from Bavaria, was always on the premises handling the process.

The point is that it's better to get sufficient sleep, working or not, w/o waking up feeling groggy if possible.

No, I give all that credit to you. What else you got? We're all going to die eventually?

With no evidence for disagreeing, just a lie based on ignorant speculation I know for a fact is false. YAWN.

So, rationally speaking, one would wish to take measures to postpone that time as long as possible.