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My family and I are doing a 2-week trip to Tuscany between 8/24-9/8. We’re flying into Milan and then taking the train to Florence before hopping around Tuscany and visiting Lucca and the La Spezia area. We’re leaving La Spezia on 9/7 and our flight isn’t until 8pm that day. However, I’ve been seeing the news of a national strike for trains from 9/7-8. With my research, some people are saying it’s in an entirely different region of the country and other people are saying it’s widespread.

I’ve been doing a ton of research on it and by the looks of things, we’ll either have to take a bus or find a train?? I understand they run regional trains in the early morning and then later afternoon for commuters that are always guaranteed. I’ve been looking at that list on the Trenitalia website and it looks like there’s a train going from La Spezia to Milan that’s guaranteed on their list under the number InterCity 652. I saw on the official Trenitalia website that there’s an InterCity train leaving La Spezia at 5am on 9/7 and going to Milan. It has the same code of 652 as the one of their guaranteed list. Does this mean that if we buy tickets for this train we’re guaranteed for it to run on that day?? Otherwise, our other option is a very early morning 8-hr bus ride.

Any advice or tips would be great, this will be my first time visiting Italy and I’m excited!!

So I (23F, 5’5) started my health journey to get back on track in Dec of 2025. All throughout this past winter, I was so good, stuck to my deficit and was very consistent at the gym. I saw great results… I started at around 140lb and hit my goal weight of 120lb by early spring.

I’ve heard lots of people say that you shouldn’t be in a deficit for a long time, so I started eating at my maintenance which I calculated is around 2000cal. But then I noticed the scale going up and my body just started to look… more fluffy than before. This was back in April, so then I started my deficit again.

But I’ve just found it SO hard to keep to the deficit. I don’t know why, it wasn’t as difficult in the beginning of the year. I feel like all I think about is food these days - what my next meal is and what I’m going to meal prep for the following week. And if I deviate from my deficit and eat something that doesn’t fit I feel so fucking shitty about it all day. I feel like I’m bingeing, and I lose all control on the weekends. And then I tell myself by Monday that I’ll really stay locked in and then the same thing happens again. I’m constantly checking the calories of things and literally cannot physically stop tracking everything I eat in my LoseIt app. I work out 6 days a week, Mon-Sat and try to get 10k (or more) steps in a day. But now I’m back to around 130lb and I just don’t know WHY! And it’s bugging the hell out of me and I feel like I’ve just lost all control….

I don’t even know what advice to take anymore; half of the people I listen to say to stick to the deficit, eat clean, eat protein/fiber, exercise lots. And then the other half are saying to eat more, workout less. It’s all just so confusing to me. But I feel like I get scared when I try to eat at maintenance again because it seems like so much and I always seem to gain on maintenance. I don’t know, I’d love any advice I can get!

For me it’s how EVERY single time there’s a scene of characters in a cafe they never finish their drink. I first noticed this years ago, when I started watching kdramas back in 2015. But ever since then, I’ve never been able to look past it and it’s so annoying to me. 😂 When I mention this to other kdrama watchers they tell me they’ve never noticed this before… am I crazy here or are there others out there like me??

As soon as you realize it, you’ll never be able to miss it. Characters will have the BEST, most yummy-looking drink in front of them, and then only drink like, 3 sips of it or leave it halfway empty. What’s a pet peeve like this that you guys have when watching kdramas? I’m so curious!