u/Jaded-Fan7166

Just spent too long making a spreadsheet to figure out what you pay for 100 grams of protein around where I live (Ohio):

•	Dried lentils — \~$1.15  
•	Dried beans (black/pinto) — \~$1.78  
•	Whole milk — \~$2.86  
•	Chicken breast — \~$2.92  
•	Eggs — \~$2.98  
•	Pork chop (boneless) — \~$2.99  
•	Canned beans — \~$3.23  
•	Greek yogurt (store brand) — \~$3.24  
•	Firm tofu — \~$3.44  
•	Peanut butter — \~$3.53  
•	Canned tuna (in water) — \~$3.95  
•	Ground beef (80/20) — \~$5.71  
•	Shrimp (frozen) — \~$7.81  
•	Sirloin steak (USDA Choice) — \~$11.20  
•	Ribeye steak — \~$15.87

Well, lentils it is then…

Just spent too long making a spreadsheet to figure out what you pay for 100 grams of protein around where I live (Ohio):

•	Dried lentils — \~$1.15  
•	Dried beans (black/pinto) — \~$1.78  
•	Whole milk — \~$2.86  
•	Chicken breast — \~$2.92  
•	Eggs — \~$2.98  
•	Pork chop (boneless) — \~$2.99  
•	Canned beans — \~$3.23  
•	Greek yogurt (store brand) — \~$3.24  
•	Firm tofu — \~$3.44  
•	Peanut butter — \~$3.53  
•	Canned tuna (in water) — \~$3.95  
•	Ground beef (80/20) — \~$5.71  
•	Shrimp (frozen) — \~$7.81  
•	Sirloin steak (USDA Choice) — \~$11.20  
•	Ribeye steak — \~$15.87

I’m poor. Then again, I love lentils.

Or, at least, it doesn’t apply to me.

They say it only works for a few days, then stops working. It kept working for me for years at 35-50 mg.

They say it makes you groggy. I felt fine in the morning.

They also say it heightens dementia risk, though. Which worried me. So I stopped, cold turkey, in January.

It’s been five months. I’m still not sleeping right. I wake up at 4:00 am like clockwork and can’t fall back asleep. Same pattern as before I started taking Benadryl.

I’m seriously tempted to go back. I figured after a month or two I’d get back to a normal sleep pattern. It’s been five months. I’m still not sleeping right.

Maddening.

東京にお住まいですか？ぜひお会いしましょう！私は51歳のカナダ系ベネズエラ人の環境コンサルタントです。2年前に東京中心部を訪れ、それ以来妻は日本人です。基本的な日本語は理解できるのですが、話すのは苦手です！10代の子供が私の大好きな日本語をたくさん話してくれるので、とても嬉しいです。本当に情けない話です。

ところで、これは全て機械翻訳なので、全員に返信することはできません。でも、会話は得意です。ベネズエラで育ち、カナダに移住する前はイタリアに住んでいたので、スペイン語、イタリア語、英語はネイティブレベルで話せます。環境問題、本や思想、そして社会に興味があります。サイクリングが大好きです。夏が近づいてきましたが、東京の夏は自転車での移動はあまりおすすめできませんね！スキーも好きでしたが、もうずいぶん昔の話です。

お子さんがいる方、あるいは少なくともお子さんが好きな方、もしくは少なくともかつて子供だった方なら、きっと気が合うと思います。

Second week. Appetite suppression actually lasts the full week on this dose! No side effects. Mj heaven.

Gentle reminder: people who don’t have bad side effects don’t post! Why would they, they don’t have a story to tell!

If 100 people take tirz and 60 don’t have any side effects, you never hear from them. Instead you end up hearing only from the 40 who do.

You come to Reddit and read story after story about people really struggling to tolerate the meds. And I’m sure they’re not lying!

It’s called adverse selection, and it can really warp perceptions in a sub like this. Nobody has to be lying to create the impression that Side Effects are way more common and way worse than they really are.

Three out of every four people on these meds never have significant side effects. Don’t let their silence fool you.

I was making dinner last night, and my wife came over to see how the stew was coming together. She grabbed a spoon, tried a bit. "Hmmmm, this is good," she said and just sort of stuck around kinda snacking on it from the pot.

In the beforetimes, this drove me crazy! Because, well, that just meant there'd be less later, when we sit down to eat. Less for me.

But of course I wasn't going to say that, cuz I don't want to sound like a food fiend.

Last night, though...it didn't bother me in the least. If she likes it, great! Snack away! I'm not going to be able to eat that much anyway.

Then it hit me — oh boy, I'm suddenly sane around food. This is so wild...

In the beforetimes, the part of this I really wasn't cool with was the whole "once you start, you have to stay on them for life" thing. It was scary.

But looking back, my relationship with food was so messed up. The binging, the obsessing, the shame, the desperation and hiding and just all of it. That a medicine could just end all that is still amazing to me.

So, you know what? I'm ok with this being the way the rest of my life goes.

I had a serious chronic medical/endocrine/psychological problem with food. I'd had it for years.

People with serious chronic medical problems need lifelong treatment. That's normal. I think I'm ok with it.