u/simpformineralwater

I want a really addictive hobby preferably with low barriers to entry

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When I was around 11, a friend showed me one of those viral riddle videos.

It gets to the part where the person asks:

"What do you put in a toaster?"

The answer in the video is "toast," and everyone starts laughing because apparently you're supposed to say "bread."

I was completely lost.

I remember thinking, "...But you *do* put toast in a toaster."

Growing up, my mom worked as a live-in maid for a wealthy family. Every morning they'd make a huge breakfast with piles of toast. When they were done, any untouched slices that were left over didn't get thrown away—we'd bring them home.

We'd warm those slices back up in the toaster before eating them.

That was my entire experience with a toaster.

For years, I genuinely believed a toaster was for heating toast.

I didn't realize until that video that most people's first thought is making toast *from bread*.

It was one of those weird moments where I found out something I thought was completely normal... wasn't.

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For the past several months I've maintained my weight while doing a very high amount of activity:

●~30,000 steps every day

○30–60 minutes of cardio 6 days/week

●Weight lifting 6 days/week

●108 Surya Namaskars on the 7th day instead of lifting

I'm currently on vacation and want to use this time to reduce my baseline activity because my current routine isn't very sustainable long term.

Time and working out on vacation isn't accessible anyways.

My plan is to stop the extra cardio. Do about 20 minutes of calisthenics each morning while averaging around 20,000 steps/day. I'm not looking to cut calories any further because I'm already eating a small amount to beging with.

My concern is whether dropping my activity this much will cause me to gain body fat, or whether my body will adapt over time if I keep my calorie intake the same. I know my weight might fluctuate from water and glycogen, but I'm specifically asking about fat gain.

Has anyone here gone from an extremely high activity level to a more reasonable one while maintaining their weight? How did it go, and is there anything I should watch out for?

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For the past several months I've maintained my weight while doing a very high amount of activity:

●~30,000 steps every day

○30–60 minutes of cardio 6 days/week

●Weight lifting 6 days/week

●108 Surya Namaskars on the 7th day instead of lifting

I'm currently on vacation and want to use this time to reduce my baseline activity because my current routine isn't very sustainable long term.

Time and working out on vacation isn't accessible anyways.

My plan is to stop the extra cardio. Do about 20 minutes of calisthenics each morning while averaging around 20,000 steps/day. I'm not looking to cut calories any further because I'm already eating a small amount to beging with.

My concern is whether dropping my activity this much will cause me to gain body fat, or whether my body will adapt over time if I keep my calorie intake the same. I know my weight might fluctuate from water and glycogen, but I'm specifically asking about fat gain.

Has anyone here gone from an extremely high activity level to a more reasonable one while maintaining their weight? How did it go, and is there anything I should watch out for?

I've pump during workout 36hours into a fast oh god.

fasting sucks because pump is barely there but this? I dig this