u/WhiteChick003

Every time I travel I end up walking more than 20k+ steps a day and my feet are absolutely destroyed by the end of the trip 😭

I want new options for my next trip because whatever I’ve been wearing clearly isn’t working lol

What shoes do you guys genuinely swear by for traveling and walking all day without being in pain?

So I posted last week that I was cutting carbs completely for 7 days to see what actually happens. Here's the honest update.

Around day 2-3 I started feeling more tired than usual, a bit of a headache and just generally off. Nothing crazy but noticeable enough that it was clearly the diet. My workouts felt harder too, like my energy just wasn't there.

The thing is, I don't think it's just a personal experience thing. Your body runs on glucose first. When that's gone it starts scrambling for alternatives and that's exactly what you're feeling those first few days.

A week was enough to see that our body genuinely needs carbs and you feel it pretty quickly when they're gone, so please eat your carbs!!!!

Personally, I've always brushed after breakfast. My logic is pretty simple: I wake up, eat, then brush my teeth. It feels weird to brush first and then immediately cover my teeth in food and coffee without cleaning them afterward.

I can understand brushing both before and after breakfast. Brushing before to freshen up and clear out whatever built up overnight, then brushing after because you just ate. That makes sense to me.

What I don't really understand is the idea of brushing only before breakfast and then not brushing after.

At the same time, I keep seeing dentists warn that brushing immediately after eating, especially after acidic foods or drinks, can be rough on enamel. Even under my previous post there r comments about it. So what's the right approach?

During my recent trip to Asia I kept noticing that a lot of people there are brushing their teeth after every meal, so two weeks ago I decided to just try it and here's where i'm at.

it's obvy too early to see any long term results and i'm actually planning to go to the dentist next month so I'm hoping to get some objective feedback then rather than just guessing. But what i didn't expect was the social experience of it 😭 brushing in public bathrooms has resulted in so many people staring at me like I'm doing something deeply unusual. It made me realize how uncommon it actually is in western culture even though it seems so logical!

And this might be a total placebo but I just feel more confident about my smile and fresher in general throughout the day. Nothing has visibly changed but something about the ritual just feels really good

Which brings me to my actual question, why do we only brush twice a day in western cultures? Is there actual scientific reasoning behind it or is it just a habit that stuck?

Something I've been wondering lately: does it really matter when we work out, or does it only matter that we work out at all?

You constantly hear people debating morning vs evening workouts. Some people say morning workouts are better because they help you wake up and feel energized throughout the day. Others say evening workouts are better because you're stronger later in the day. Then there are people who swear that working out at a specific time completely changed their results.

But for the average person, does any of that actually make a meaningful difference? Or is workout timing one of those things that's far less important than consistency, effort, nutrition, and sleep?