Alright, I have to admit some things:
I'm fat, I have the world's worst eating habits imaginable, And I barely feel as though I have the time and equipment to exercise.
My eating habits go all the way back to toddlerhood, and while I'm eating somewhat 'healthier', I still find hot pockets to be a delicacy.
How do I wean myself off of most junk food when it's basically ingrained into my body and mind? How can I make it so my body can enjoy healthy stuff as much as my shit foods?
Most importantly, what are relatively cheap ways of eating healthy? It also turned out junk food is VERY expensive, but eating healthy also seems expensive.
As for exercise, what can a man do if he has almost nothing but maybe milk jugs to lift? I NEED to eradicate all this fat from my body and turn it into either energy or muscle, whichever comes first.
My job provides me with decent exercise and we get free lunches, but breakfast and dinner are a priority. All I get myself for breakfast, really, is coffee.
I genuinely need to get thinner-yet-muscular, so I can feel at least somewhat confident and I can get shit I never got as a fat dude. Maybe dates, maybe promotions at work, I dunno, just anything that gets me to feel better because I took care of myself and continue to do so.
I lost ~50 lbs last year doing one thing. Intermittent fasting. Was the easiest thing I had ever done in terms of weight loss. Literally just eat once a day.
What I found in the past was that even if I ate breakfast and/or lunch I would still get hungry a few hours later, but the level was about the same if I just hadn't eaten at all. So I just jumped on the fasting train and eat all my daily calories when I get home from work/school. That fullness feeling is something great to look forward to at the end of the day and water/coffee throughout your day should help abate the hunger.
When losing weight you are going to be hungry, that's just how this shit works and you need to get over it. After a while you get used to it and if anything I found I could think a lot clearer in a fasted state.
>>18258391
Are you kidding me? Bump?
>>>/fit/ read sticky, start counting calories and lose 1~2 pounds per week.
>expensive
To lose fat, all you have to do is to eat LESS. You can continue eating garbage, just the amount matters.
Hunger will teach you eventually what is worth to eat and what is garbage.
>>18257251
Eat nothing but a plain baked potato, no salt, no butter, nothing, for every meal for three weeks. This should be enough time for your taste buds to reset. Afterwards vegetables will taste sweet. Then you can switch to a better plant based diet and start watching that weight shed off.
1. Where's the best place to discuss politics online if I want people from all over the political spectrum?
2. How do I hire an escort in New England who definitely is not an undercover cop?
1. Nowhere because each place is always leaning one way or the other. That's just the way it is.
2. You can't trust me. Like 9 times out of 10 it's a cop. Trust me I've tried (I live in NE myself).
>>18256731
>Trust me I've tried
Shit, have you been arrested?
>>18256791
No I'm really good at telling if they are cops or not. My brother is a cop so I know what they do. Just don't do it here man anywhere but here
Alright, lads. I have to write a research paper about either
1. climate change attitudes
2. Hispanic/Latino vote
3. Terrorism and ethnic conflicts
I essentially have to come up with a "puzzle" or research question and a hypothesis/hypotheses to test. What do you guys think is the most interesting topic of the 3? What are some potential topics?
>>18262937
Terrorism and ethnic conflict seems to be an easy topic to write about, considering how prevalent it is in today's fucked up world.
>>18262937
I agree with >>18263012
There's a lot of info out there at the moment. Sweden would definitely be a good example to use in this context. Their own media and government are insisting there's no problems, would make an interesting discussion point on how badly they are handling it.
>>18263012
That's what I'm thinking as well, I'm just having trouble coming up with a specific research question or phenomenon to write about
How do I have sex for free without having to self improve much? I feel like fucking first atm, lifting and studying later.
pic unrelated
>>18262656
Be an assertive asshole and you'll get girls.
get one of those sex-dolls, u know, those that you blow up.
>>18262663
Sex dolls aren't free and aren't girls.
So I (22) built the courage to ask a girl out (21) that I've been seeing for two months. I thought had feelings for me too because we liked each other a lot. She rejected me and acted like it was no big deal. She messaged me but I went quiet for several days until I decided that I did not want to end amends with her. Now she seems to care more about me by saying goodnight and good morning and overly wishing me luck on my exams like she did in the past. I feel confused as to whether she is playing with me or just testing me. Her close friend told me to keep talking to her. I know that I should just move on but I have a feeling that I should keep waiting. She's the type of person that doesn't like guys that likes her for her looks and want someone that truly likes her for who she is. I keep telling myself that she's testing me to see if I only want to get to into her pants. Thoughts?
Are you asking us what to do, or what to do with your emotions? It doesn't seem like you need to do anything.
Stop fixating on one woman until you've sealed the deal with one woman. If you want us to read the story of your life then use a few line breaks.
>>18262591
but that's not a big paragraph and your English is vague
not op
What's the worst advice you've ever received?
Being pressured into college when my heart wasn't set on it.
>>18262386
"Well that's life".
Lower your standards (and date the fat feminist who expects you to tread on eggshells for twenty different subjects.)
Better advice: raise yourself instead. Hit the gym, talk to strangers more, correct your posture, do whatever the hell it takes to stay positive, and aim high.
>Girl texts me at 3 AM
>Was gayming at the time
>Could totally imagine her being totally drunk sending awkward texts
>Don't want to embarass her
>Wait until I'm sure she's 100% sober, so I reply at 19:00pm of the same day
>She never answers
Did I do good?
no OP not really
You got your pic wrong. Should have posted good guy greg
Someone else said on /adv/, drunk words are sober thoughts. You potentially missed out on some candid "thoughts" likely pertaining to you. You also made yourself look like a douche by waiting all fucking day to text her back.
Adv how come a guy cant find any help with his past without getting persecuted and having people chant "pussy" over and over?
Ive been really depressed from holding in my problems of inferiority my entire life. I was born from the mentally ill family member, dad ran out on me. I was raised by nobody. I know most of you are thinking im just a pussy at this point, which is why ive been hiding it most of my life.
My grandmother called me out for being distant from them and asked if i wanted to talk, so i said yes. I told her how pathetic i feel as a man for letting people bully me, never finding love, and all of that shit. Only to be greeted by "well thats life" or "if you cant get over your problems you have no backbone". But then when i ask why people treat my mom so sensitive, then "oh well shes just depressed", and i just let her fucking have it at that point.
You know, why am i even born if nobody can help me feel better about my life? I didnt ask to be here, but i deserve help when i need it. I cant sleep, im anxious all of the time, barely eat...im empty. But then i cant complain or cry to anyone because thats just weak. And then feminists complain about boys being told not to cry. But then when they become 23 nope dont you dare cry you little pussy. This world is so ass backwards. Why do i have to feel like a burden to ask for help?
See a therapist. They're glorified paper weights but I think you venting this out to someone in real life and not being subjugated to their judgement is what you need. I think it would be incredibly cathartic for you to let this all out to a sympathetic ear.
>>18262241
Thank you. If thats the only choice i have ill have to make room in my finances for it.
>>18262257
I wouldn't say thats the only choice. I seems the most appropriate to me though. It seems you don't want to be vulnerable to people you know because they judge you so paying a stranger seems like a good route to take.
I'm graduating soon from a 4 year degree in Psychology
I realize now of all times that I would do great with a medical career.
I just got a decent job as a Medical Scribe and it got me thinking about going for a post-bacc in pre-med.
Would this be a waste of time? I feel like my psych degree will get me nowhere but I wanna eventually go into med school. I feel like it might be too late and I should do something else. Help I feel so lost right now.
BTW I'm turning 22 in 2 weeks
>>18262126
Shameless self bump.
>>18262126
If you have money and patience go for it. You are young in uni only once.
If you fail, just go back to doing psycho stuff.
And now you will make me a favor in return. Post literature in english which is about depression, how to diagnose it and how to treat it. You as proffesional should have no problem posting link to stuff which is good material.
>>18262202
Thanks, I think my problem is that I never thought I could do more than psych. Besides, it doesn't make as much dough as medical careers anyways
Serious question: What message can you read from this picture? I got into an endless argument with a few friends yesterday because I said it bothered me how people who laughed about it could not ironically believe that spending your live with someone means you have to give up on fun, wtf
Can't you get a joke?
Thing is, A LOT of marriages are made just out of convenience, partner pressure, fear of being alone or missing the train, and so on. People tag along with (normally) a wife that is full of shit and demands to make the marriage work how she idealized it, without realizing that their idea is completly romanticized by fiction, be it books or movies. And man (mostly) keep up with their bullshit because they think women are supposed to be asses anyway, and don't have thr self esteem to look for a partner who's more compatible.
Not to mention retards thay marry virgin just because.
In short, marriage sucks for 90% of people because 90% of people are stupid, the joke is valid, and you're a bitch for not getting it
>>18262135
This
>>18262135
THIS
I'm in my first year of university
They have tests, I average 90% on.
When I get an essay I always get about 45 percent dispute putting effort in.
I have autism, I did well in HS physics and Chem
But I've failed two university essays now?
Help?
I've read 'how to write essays' and so on, I just don't get it!
What do you have trouble with specifically? Can you show an example of your writing? Can you ask a teacher to walk you through your grade and why you got what you did?
Get friends, teachers, study groups, etc. to read them back to you and give feedback until you get it right.
go to office hours
set up an appointment with your teacher or hire tutor
>>18262023
Introductory paragraph
>>18262029
I wish I could anon.
Tell me something wise, adv
>>18261804
For some reason general advice threads get deleted, like the NEET threads. The mods have fucked up /adv/.
In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.
Try No Fap.
What's this guy's problem?
I've got a crush on this guy at my University. He's attractive and really nice. There's some exchange student in our flat and I saw him give her cake one time, it was really cute. He's also really respectful at all times and goes out of his way to do this.
However, he's said about 5 words in almost a year now and always has a blank serious expression. He never goes out with anyone and always leaves the house by himself. He takes good care of himself physically so he isn't a loser or anything.
I've never had a proper conversation with him, nobody has. I maybe spoke to him once which was at the beginning of the year when we were introduced. I said "hi, what's your name?" and he thinks about this for about 5 whole seconds before responding "David. You?". He's not dumb, he skipped a year and studies Physics.
Someone also said that he was making scared noises in his sleep. What do you think is wrong with him?
>>18261733
aspergers
>>18261737
Thanks, I thought this was a possibility before. His serious expression always looked confident to me though, which I'm not sure still applies to aspergers.
>>18261733
Probably too smart for you OP
My friend is an elitist white supremacist with a waifu. The fact that he's a white supremacist bothers me, and his elitism is unwarranted, maybe even delusional.
I think that being a white supremacist is ignorant and rude, and that being an elitist is just masturbatory. Sure, it's up to you and your ego who you associate with, but actually thinking thoughts like, "I'm elite," is just masturbatory.
He also believes whatever the alt right is saying at the time.
What should I do with this friend? I just stopped answering when he says ignorant things. Maybe he's just trolling. He's pretty dysfunctional and rarely admits it.
>>18261730
If you can't get over his views, don't be friends with him
>>18261732
Well what do you mean by "get over"?
>>18261739
As in, be friends with him regardless.
If they are going to continually bother you and you can't really just let go of them from your mind then you're not gonna enjoy your relationship with him
>Getting laid is incredibly hard therefore why bother?
True or false?
>>18261686
Its not hard.
>>18261686
Have you seen the kinds of absolute human trash that gets laid on a daily basis? If you really reeeeeally want it, you can get it.
It's not hard, it's a lot of work and takes time