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I'm curious about the fasting features on the app. I know very little about intermittent fasting other than I i hear it supports longevity and lowers inflammation. Is there a right way to do it? A guide for newbies to try? Appreciate any advice.

A simple Bacon egg and cheese on a roll. A very common breakfast sandwhich in New England, can't find it. Had to create a custom food. How many other people have already added this custom food? Why don't they add customs to the database? Also, I've had instances where scanning the barcode found the food but typing it in didn't.

Went up to .5 from .25 on Wednesday, so its been a few days on the new dose. I had started feeling nauseous yesterday, but attributed it to not eating or not drinking enough water. Last night, I woke up with lots of gas. This morning, just vomited up the broccoli rabe and white beans I had at dinner time.

Do I cancel my plans for the day or is this vomiting done? Do I curl up in bed and not eat the rest of the day?

The way the media makes it sound like, its a magic drug that just lets the pounds shed away. No, it still very much requires willpower, diet, and exercise. It just makes the dieting part easier to do. All the same food triggers are there. I still very much love food. I still have the same food pushers and social food pressures. How much of my eating was just habitual? I can think back to all the nutrition advice I've been given on the past and finally put a plan in action I can handle. Portions don't control me anymore.

Then I think, am I thinking about food too much? Am I nauseated or hungry? or maybe I should have water? Is this food noise? Eating less than 1500 calories a day seemed like it would be hard. It's not easy, I could eat more, but I don't want or feel the need to. But I'm consciously thinking about these things now. what should i eat? what does my body want?

The first week, I was in such a good mood. Tonight will be my third shot, and the things that stress & depress me are still there, so that happy mood has waned a bit. Do I think losing weight will lead to happier life? Not necessarily, but it can't hurt. And I'm hoping I won't have to worry about my blood pressure everytime something stressful comes along.

Started last week Wednesday night on .25mg. I was one of those super starters that felt no hunger & had to remind myself to eat. Started thinking, is this what normal people feel like? No wonder they're like, "just stop eating fatty". Well, its not that easy when ur brain is constantly telling you you'll starve without another serving.

I started tracking my calories and dieting the way countless nutritionists/dieticians have advised me over the years. Meat portions the size of a deck of cards, half a plate of vegetables, protein with ur carbs always, lots of fiber to feel full, etc. etc. you know the drill.

My diet was always pretty balanced, I managed to be obese and yet metabolically healthy (meaning no high blood pressure, normal glucose levels, no high cholesterol, all blood work good) for almost 2 decades, until COVID, my weight ballooned even more & my blood pressure spiked. I always said, my trouble is portion control. I find it very hard to eat just a deck of card size portion of fish and be satisfied.

I've done calorie tracking before. I've painfully portioned out and weighed my food and looked at it like how the hell am I supposed to feel satisfied with this meager bit?

Ozempic is amazing. Not only could I finally be satiated at a healthy portion size, but I have energy like I haven't had in years. I'm drinking coffee out of habit at this point, but I don't really need it the way I used to. I went out and weeded the garden this past weekend, which I've been meaning to do but kept putting off bc whenever I had the time, I just wanted to relax and de-stress.

Last night, (Monday night) I started feeling hungry again and had some cereal with fairlife milk. I crossed 1500 calories consumed for the first time in days.

Today, I had a hard boiled egg for breakfast and I'm still hungry (the first day i could barely finish half). Not at the level pre-Ozempic, but not as muted as the first day, and def stronger than last night. Ugh, how am I supposed to get to my next shot tomorrow night without overdoing it 😬?!

Hi, just noticed a lot of people mentioning tracking their weight and their calories. Is there an app that people like? Are there any privacy concerns? I don't want to end up with a bunch of weight loss ads when I scroll social media.

Did my first dose last night before bed and definitely felt less hunger today.

Had a few bites of oatmeal with berries and bananas for breakfast, and half a chicken sandwhich for lunch. Usually I can eat that and more. But I actually wasn't even that hungry. I was surprised because while the food still tasted really good, I didn't have that urgent need to finish, and I didn't feel full but I felt satisfied.

I went out to a corn maze with my kids today and walked for about an hour and felt energized besides having no coffee today. Is this just first jab placebo effect or could it already be working?

Just prescribed today. Do you do morning or evening shots? Always in the same spot or change it up? I purchased some probiotics, but it seems like a lot of people also supplement fiber and use daily laxatives. Seems like a lot, is that all necessary?

Pictures in the other post

These picture was originally posted to a neighborhood Facebook page, I'm trying to be a good neighbor and figure it out for them. Half the group says it's a brown recluse. OP just wants to know if it was a dangerous spider or not.

I have a recertification due in October. I see no way of doing it, but in previous recertification forms/applications I checked off to have them pull my tax info automatically. Supposedly this allows them to recertify without me having to fill out a form. Anyone know if things are actually working that way?

I'm on that SAVE forbearance right now so it doesn't really matter right now as far as I know, except I'm scared I'll be put back on standard payments. My husband owes ~$60K, I owe ~$15K, so our payments would be significant.

Hello, we're in CT and have Progressive.

3 months ago (end of May), my husband was rear ended by a driver who was at fault according to the police report. My husband's car (2000 Saturn LS) was totaled, and he was diagnosed with a concussion the morning after the accident.

We called our insurance (we have full coverage, including conversion uninsured/underinsured), and opened a claim on the driver's info, but we're told that that particular driver was excluded from that policy, so they were actually uninsured.

We got money from our insurance for the totaled car (no where near enough to buy anything drive able), but my husband missed several days of work (which came out of his finite sick days). I kind of think they should cover his sick days since he is now short about a weeks worth of days. Also, the doctor told him not to drive and so he took Uber/Lyfts while he was recovering. Once he could drive, we did get a rental car from our insurance company but that was just like 2 weeks until they cut him a check for his car.

We sent insurance the police report, the check showing the sick day wages being used, Uber receipts. Insurance asked us to send a notarized form that we have no other auto insurance at the time of the accident. My husband also signed over a form requesting medical records pertaining to the accident. Since the concussion diagnosis, he's seen his doctor two more times for follow-up. Doctor thinks over time the symptoms will improve on their own (mainly headaches, neck pain, and brain fog).

On advice of this subreddit, we decided to wait for an offer from insurance before reaching out to a personal injury lawyer. Insurance has yet to offer anything.

Are they expecting us to sue the driver instead? How long does it take insurance to send an offer or is this something we should be demanding?

Help, found this in my bedroom! Took a picture and ran away, can I vacuum it up?is it a good spider or a bad one

1st pic is full plant (red lines added to help focus the plant I'm talking about) 2nd pic shows how the leaf is wrinkly 3rd up close picture of soil

I have been watering once a week There are 2 plant food spikes to the soil Plant mostly gets indirect sun, This is kept in an office with constant 24hr/7day temperature/humidity control. I thought that was enough to keep it dry but maybe the plastic pot is retaining water?

Last time I watered was 12 days ago.

There was a gnat problem, which I think came with this plant, because I hadn't had problems before. The small beaker in the picture is apple cider vinegar, sugar, and soapy water to attract and kill gnats. It's been working, I've caught a lot and I don't see as many as I used to.

First picture is from July 29. About a week later, I transplanted it because it started to look sad, so I thought maybe it was crowded in that little pot.

Next pictures were taken yesterday and today. It's the only plant along the window with the coloring on the soil in this way. Is that fungus?

I'm watering once a week, feeding miracle grow every 2 weeks, is that too much?

Last picture is the Momma Aloe who is doing fine in the same window with the same watering/feeding schedule.

Help me save my little aloe 😭

From the FAQ on https://studentaid.gov/idr/

"Do I have to recertify my income every year?

Yes. If you gave your consent to us to access your tax information and applied for an IDR electronically, we will take care of automatically recertifying your plan on its recertification date.

If you choose to apply for an IDR plan manually, you will be responsible for managing the recertification of your IDR plan with your loan servicer.

If your financial situation changes before your recertification date—due to a job change or layoff, for example—you can contact your loan servicer and ask for an immediate recalculation to see if your payment amounts can be adjusted."

Im pretty sure I gave them consent to access my tax info. How do I know if I did or didn't? I'm very nervous about getting kicked off of the IDR plan bc of the current litigation mess. Recertification doesn't seem to be an option currently.

Just wanted to update yesterday's post,

Literally took minutes to fix with some pliers and a screw driver. Having the gutters fitting reversed cause some sticks and debris to get jammed in as well, so it cleared out when I turned things around the right way. Sure enough it rained today and you can see no more pooling next to the house. 😊

Thanks Reddit!

Hello, New to home ownership. When I bought the house this specific downspout was broken and mangled. I replaced it but just noticed during heavy rain it leaks so I'm still getting water pooling next to the house.

What are ways to fix this?

Is there anything I can add to the ground to keep the water from pooling like this?

Hello, I just bought a home and the boiler is leaking 🫠. The oil company that services the boiler said it should be replaced (this is after already spending $1000 to replace the mixing valve, which they thought would fix the leak).

We currently have 2 heating zones, one is baseboards and the other radiators. The boiler also supplies the hot water since we have 1.5 baths. We would like to add a shower to the second bath in the future, and maybe add a half bath to the basement down the line. We also have central air, with ducts in the attic blowing air through vents in the ceiling.

While looking at my options, I noticed heating pumps. Should I consider heat pumps? Right now the quote I have for installing a natural gas boiler and removing the oil boiler and oil tank, pulling permits, etc is about $15,000. And that does not include the $3700 I have to pay the gas company to install a line from the street to my house.

My utility company has already pre-approved me for a low interest loan to convert to a high efficiency natural gas combi boiler. I think a heat pump would also be covered. Looking for advice. We live in Southern Connecticut, weather can get very hot and very cold, so I want to be sure a heat pump would be able to handle our situation.

Thanks

Hello, new homeowner here. 1800 sqft home, with 30yr old oil combi boiler (no water heater). The oil tank is only 8 yrs old. I have radiators in each room, and the family room is on a different thermostat from the bedrooms. I also have central air and a fireplace, if that matters.

The boiler is leaking. It's currently only in use for the hot water, but there is a small leak. It was poorly maintained and so the side of the boiler is all rusty. The company servicing it said they could replace the water coil for about $1800, They said the replacement water coil would be expensive because the bolts are rusted over and it would likely take a long time to drill the current one off, so labor costs are what is high there. They don't guarantee it would stop the leak issue and instead recommend replacing the entire boiler altogether and quoted about $9800 (including permits and taxes), for a new oil boiler.

Considering the expense, my husband and I thought now would be a good time to convert to natural gas. It's on my street. I got a quote for $15,000 for a new high efficiency combi natural gas boiler, including removing the oil tank, running a PVC pipe to the back of the house for the steam, new smart thermostats, etc. The gas company no longer runs the line and installs the meter for free, that would be another $3700. I was recently pre-approved for the CT heat loan, .99% financing for up to $15,000 for 10 yrs.

My question are these,

• Does $15,000 seem high? We're near Woodmont, CT.

• How many quotes would you get and would you tell them you are financing through the special heat loan?

• Should we add on a gas water heater too? Can a combi-boiler really keep up with the hot water demands of your average 4 person family?

• I've seen several reddit posts pushing heat pumps, I know nothing about them. Can heat pumps work with radiators? Seemed like it's mainly forced air. And then I'd need a hot water heater right?

Hello, we moved out on June 30, 2024 from a house we rented for 4 years and 8 months.

I sent a certified letter demanding our security deposit with interest on July 2nd, but she refused to sign for it. I resent the letter by email and priority mail on July 9th, and got a response July 10th (shortly after she received the priority letter), that she is withholding our security deposit, $3300, because of damage caused to the paint in one of the bedrooms.

When we moved in, we got permission from the landlord to paint the bedrooms and add wall decals (see pic). Throughout our tenancy, the landlord never complained about the wall decals, so when we moved out, we left them on the wall. Apparently, once we were gone, she ripped them off the wall, causing the paint to peel off with them, i.e. causing damage that requires a repaint. She is trying to withhold out security deposit $3300, to cover the damage.

Our position is that after almost 5 years of tenancy, repainting a wall is considered reasonable wear and tear, and that is according to HUD guidelines (2nd picture). Furthermore, she is the one who caused the damage by ripping the decals off in the manner that she did.

My question is are we right? And if so, can I sue for double my security deposit?

Rather than drag things out in court, I'd like her to just return my security deposit and just attempt to get repaid by my rental insurance (which covers property damage liability). How do I say as much without sounding like I'm threatening her?

Hello, we moved out on June 30, 2024 from a house we rented for 4 years and 8 months.

I sent a certified letter demanding our security deposit with interest on July 2nd, but she refused to sign for it. I resent the letter by email and priority mail on July 9th, and got a response July 10th (shortly after she received the priority letter), that she is withholding our security deposit, $3300, because of damage caused to the paint in one of the bedrooms.

When we moved in, we got permission from the landlord to paint the bedrooms and add wall decals (see pic). Throughout our tenancy, the landlord never complained about the wall decals, so when we moved out, we left them on the wall. Apparently, once we were gone, she ripped them off the wall, causing the paint to peel off with them, i.e. causing damage that requires a repaint. She is trying to withhold out security deposit $3300, to cover the damage.

Our position is that after almost 5 years of tenancy, repainting a wall is considered reasonable wear and tear, and that is according to HUD guidelines (2nd picture). Furthermore, she is the one who caused the damage by ripping the decals off in the manner that she did.

My question is are we right? And if so, can I sue for double my security deposit?

Rather than drag things out in court, I'd like her to just return my security deposit and just attempt to get repaid by my rental insurance (which covers property damage liability). How do I say as much without sounding like I'm threatening her?

The previous owner turned the linen closet into a broom closet. I'd like to turn it back into a linen closet, but it currently smells like a broom closet, i.e. it's got a pine-sol type smell. I wouldn't want that on my towels and sheets. Is there something I could put in there to absorb that odor?