u/olkaad

Hi all,

I'm an MTG Arena for Android player but my friends are wanting me to join their commander night.

I've never played this before and now I'll be spending on physical cards. Problem is I don't have much to spend on this as I'm f2p on the app.

So where should I start looking into decks that can start with?

EDIT:

This got so many more replies than I anticipated. Thank you all so much, I now know to go store bought and what to bring!!!

I really appreciate it!!! ❤️

Hello.

My father is stuck in the hospital and is likely not going to be leaving. He's struggling; has become difficult and unfortunately a bit of a pain for the staff.

I brought some home baked goods for the staff recently. I say staff because I don't know a nurse from an orderly from any other member of the team, so... Y'know.

When y'all have a patient's family bring you food, do you actually eat it? Share it amongst the team, or just toss it.

Do you have any fun or happy memories when this may have happened for you?

It would really cheer me up to hear them.

Have a nice night.

Our family is watching one of our own suffer immensely with their involvement in and with fringe conspiracy theories.

We're talking chemtrails, Bill Gates, soon arriving dystopian nightmares, q-anon level stuff and so on.

Chatgpt spat out a few studies on behaviour and psychology of people who are involved but I need more. We're trying to figure out how to help as this trouble is affecting their lives in more serious and significant ways.

While my family is stuck in this battle I'm looking for any approaches that may help.

Basically I'm looking for reading / watching material that I can sink my teeth into and learn more about how to reach a person in this cycle.

Your thoughts are appreciated.

Relative details: everyone involved is an adult and the affected family member is an intelligent and capable individual with a family of their own and a supportive extended family.

Hi!

I'll cut to the chase; I need to lose weight and a large enough portion needs to go asap.

Being followed by a doctor - my nutrition is further below.

A commercial gym opened very close to my home (<2 min walk) and I intend to take full advantage of it. But I need a plan to start with.

Stats:

M40+

6'2" / 189 cm

Current weight: 360 lbs / 163 kg

Starting weight: 413 lbs / 187 kg

Not particularly strong. Week upper body. Weak lower back. Week knees. No previous injuries just weak.

Obviously I'd like to strengthen these areas to avoid serious injury that would derail any consistency I may build.

I follow a number of IG accounts for strengthening my feet and ankles and stretching my legs, hips and back. I've noticed a big improvement in mobility since I've started this.

My diet is (temporarily) set at 1900 kcals a day (accelerated weight loss plan by doctor) until I hit a certain number on the scale before increasing my daily intake to reflect the additional exercise.

As I understand it, and correct me if I'm wrong, I'm not going to get any bigger or grow any muscle in a calorie deficit. My BMR is roughly 2750 kcals.

I already walk an average of 12k steps a day so I do move and it doesn't take much effort to start breathing heavily and no longer be able to hold a conversation so I know my heart rate is up.

So what are my options in the gym? Train for strength? Is it even possible in my situation? Maybe lower weight and train for endurance? It's this part that I'm stuped over. My first goal is to shed enough weight that my body is carrying less dead weight to relieve the strain on my joints and back to eventually be able to lift heavy loads. The only equipment I can't use effectively are the recumbent bike and rower due to the size of my legs. It prevents me from keeping my knees close enough for proper form. But I can still get on it if there's still a benefit.

The nutritional content is the following:

Sweet potatoes

Rice

Beans (variety of types)

Lentils

Ground beef

Ground turkey

Parmesan cheese

Broccoli

Green beans

Green peas

Edamame

Tofu

Olive oil

Sunflower oil

Butter

Tomatoes

Apples

Liquid is 90% water and the rest coffee with milk and sugar.

I hope there's a kind soul out there somewhere that can guide me a bit.

Thanks for reading.

Edit: I'm not taking any GLP-1s and I am indeed counting calories and logging every day.