Ultra Random Stuff

The Navajo have a unique tradition. When a baby is born, it is regarded as the ultimate, precious gift and must never be abused. From the moment of birth, the child is watched over continuously by family and friends, who patiently wait for the child’s first…laugh.

“Has your baby laughed?” is common question posed to parents who have infants around the age of three months. The first laugh of a Navajo child is a very significant event. It marks the child’s final passing from the spirit world to the physical world, meaning he or she is now fully human. This milestone warrants a party, and what a party it is!

Whichever brother, sister, parent, cousin, aunt, uncle, or passing acquaintance is present at the first laugh is deemed to have caused it.  The laughter instigator then receives the honored privilege of preparing a special ceremony to welcome the child into society.

Once a baby has laughed, training in generosity begins immediately—a value held in high regard among the Navajo people. At the party, where the baby is considered the host, the parents or person responsible for the first laugh help hold the baby’s hand as he or she ceremonially gives the rock salt, food, and gifts to each guest. There are also bags of candy, money, and other presents that the child “gives” along with the food. [x]

also rating: Him Face

This is a wonderful black kitty who loves his owner and his chin scratches very much.

There is no permanent and safe way to intentionally lose weight. This is true.  

And that means that if you want to truly live a fulfilling and meaningful life, you will need to let go of the fantasy of being thin. You will need to do the difficult self-work needed to unlearn your internalized fat phobia. You may also need to learn how to eat normally without restriction and shame. All of this is difficult. But a lifetime of self-hate, restriction, repeated cycles of weight gains and weight losses, and declining health from the damage caused by under-nourishing your body is far far worse. 

Over fifty years of research conclusively demonstrates that virtually everyone who intentionally loses weight by manipulating their eating and exercise habits will regain the weight they lost within three to five years. And the vast majority will actually regain more weight than they lost. [sources]

In fact, the results of a 10-year study of over 275000 people revealed that the annual odds of a fat person attaining a so-called “normal” weight and maintaining that for five years is approximately 1 in 1000. [source]

Nope. One individual’s experiences do not negate 50 years of scientific research with thousands and thousands of people.

“Just change your *lifestyle* by doing blah blah blah and then anyone can lose weight!”

Nope. Any attempts to intentionally lose weight by manipulating food intake and exercise have the same result. Scientists have tried it all! The result it always the same. Weight regain. 

No. A systematic review of research using the doubly-labeled water method to assess people’s energy needs revealed that healthy adults over age 25 need between 2500 and 3000 kilocalories per day on average. People under the age of 25 need about 500 calories more per day than their adult counterparts. People who are bigger than average (including fat people) also need more energy than average to thrive, as do people who are very physically active. [source] [source] 

“Buuuut the nutrition guidelines say we only need 2000 kilocalories per day!”

I’ve seen plenty of people make the case that weight loss doesn’t work. And almost every time they’ve been met with outraged reactions from people who can’t believe they could possibly be so stupid as to think that weight loss doesn’t work.

But the weight-loss-doesn’t-work side usually cites decent evidence, and the other side usually has nothing. So I’m inclined to accept bigfatscience’s take on the matter.

Diet and exercise obviously works just on a basic physics perspective. But whether or not you can actually get people to adhere to sufficiently restrictive behaviours (mild or otherwise) and sufficient excercise is another matter, and plenty of evidence shows that you really can not.

I dunno. I mean, I started eating less in the summer, and I’m still doing it (and still losing weight, though that seems to be tapering off some. I’ve lost maybe 15 pounds?)

So when people say “you can’t do it long term” what does that even MEAN? Because if I go back to eating the way I did I WILL get diabetes. There is no question of it. I have the test results. I was prediabetic and about to be prescribed blood pressure meds.

If I get the diabeetus I will have to do guess what? Eat less sugar. ANYWAY. So I might as well start now/last summer?

But when I read posts like this they say: eat more than 2000 calories a day even though you’re used to less then that now. Because since you DID weigh 142, you will ALWAYS weigh 142. And if you slip and go higher? Welcome to your new old life with constantly sore knees and the inability to walk on ground that isn’t level. You’re a slave to your body even if it’s hurting you.

I’m sorry, no. I am going t9 TRY to reduce my pain levels thank you.

And I am going to TRY to keep from needing insulin I didn’t make.

The fantasy of being thin?

There is no permanent and safe way to intentionally lose weight. This is true.  

And that means that if you want to truly live a fulfilling and meaningful life, you will need to let go of the fantasy of being thin. You will need to do the difficult self-work needed to unlearn your internalized fat phobia. You may also need to learn how to eat normally without restriction and shame. All of this is difficult. But a lifetime of self-hate, restriction, repeated cycles of weight gains and weight losses, and declining health from the damage caused by under-nourishing your body is far far worse. 

Over fifty years of research conclusively demonstrates that virtually everyone who intentionally loses weight by manipulating their eating and exercise habits will regain the weight they lost within three to five years. And the vast majority will actually regain more weight than they lost. [sources]

In fact, the results of a 10-year study of over 275000 people revealed that the annual odds of a fat person attaining a so-called “normal” weight and maintaining that for five years is approximately 1 in 1000. [source]

Nope. One individual’s experiences do not negate 50 years of scientific research with thousands and thousands of people.

“Just change your *lifestyle* by doing blah blah blah and then anyone can lose weight!”

Nope. Any attempts to intentionally lose weight by manipulating food intake and exercise have the same result. Scientists have tried it all! The result it always the same. Weight regain. 

No. A systematic review of research using the doubly-labeled water method to assess people’s energy needs revealed that healthy adults over age 25 need between 2500 and 3000 kilocalories per day on average. People under the age of 25 need about 500 calories more per day than their adult counterparts. People who are bigger than average (including fat people) also need more energy than average to thrive, as do people who are very physically active. [source] [source] 

“Buuuut the nutrition guidelines say we only need 2000 kilocalories per day!”

I’ve seen plenty of people make the case that weight loss doesn’t work. And almost every time they’ve been met with outraged reactions from people who can’t believe they could possibly be so stupid as to think that weight loss doesn’t work.

But the weight-loss-doesn’t-work side usually cites decent evidence, and the other side usually has nothing. So I’m inclined to accept bigfatscience’s take on the matter.

Diet and exercise obviously works just on a basic physics perspective. But whether or not you can actually get people to adhere to sufficiently restrictive behaviours (mild or otherwise) and sufficient excercise is another matter, and plenty of evidence shows that you really can not.

I dunno. I mean, I started eating less in the summer, and I’m still doing it (and still losing weight, though that seems to be tapering off some. I’ve lost maybe 15 pounds?)

So when people say “you can’t do it long term” what does that even MEAN? Because if I go back to eating the way I did I WILL get diabetes. There is no question of it. I have the test results. I was prediabetic and about to be prescribed blood pressure meds.

If I get the diabeetus I will have to do guess what? Eat less sugar. ANYWAY. So I might as well start now/last summer?

But when I read posts like this they say: eat more than 2000 calories a day even though you’re used to less then that now. Because since you DID weigh 142, you will ALWAYS weigh 142. And if you slip and go higher? Welcome to your new old life with constantly sore knees and the inability to walk on ground that isn’t level. You’re a slave to your body even if it’s hurting you.

I’m sorry, no. I am going t9 TRY to reduce my pain levels thank you.

And I am going to TRY to keep from needing insulin I didn’t make.

There is no permanent and safe way to intentionally lose weight. This is true.  

And that means that if you want to truly live a fulfilling and meaningful life, you will need to let go of the fantasy of being thin. You will need to do the difficult self-work needed to unlearn your internalized fat phobia. You may also need to learn how to eat normally without restriction and shame. All of this is difficult. But a lifetime of self-hate, restriction, repeated cycles of weight gains and weight losses, and declining health from the damage caused by under-nourishing your body is far far worse. 

Over fifty years of research conclusively demonstrates that virtually everyone who intentionally loses weight by manipulating their eating and exercise habits will regain the weight they lost within three to five years. And the vast majority will actually regain more weight than they lost. [sources]

In fact, the results of a 10-year study of over 275000 people revealed that the annual odds of a fat person attaining a so-called “normal” weight and maintaining that for five years is approximately 1 in 1000. [source]

Nope. One individual’s experiences do not negate 50 years of scientific research with thousands and thousands of people.

“Just change your *lifestyle* by doing blah blah blah and then anyone can lose weight!”

Nope. Any attempts to intentionally lose weight by manipulating food intake and exercise have the same result. Scientists have tried it all! The result it always the same. Weight regain. 

No. A systematic review of research using the doubly-labeled water method to assess people’s energy needs revealed that healthy adults over age 25 need between 2500 and 3000 kilocalories per day on average. People under the age of 25 need about 500 calories more per day than their adult counterparts. People who are bigger than average (including fat people) also need more energy than average to thrive, as do people who are very physically active. [source] [source] 

“Buuuut the nutrition guidelines say we only need 2000 kilocalories per day!”

I’ve seen plenty of people make the case that weight loss doesn’t work. And almost every time they’ve been met with outraged reactions from people who can’t believe they could possibly be so stupid as to think that weight loss doesn’t work.

But the weight-loss-doesn’t-work side usually cites decent evidence, and the other side usually has nothing. So I’m inclined to accept bigfatscience’s take on the matter.

Diet and exercise obviously works just on a basic physics perspective. But whether or not you can actually get people to adhere to sufficiently restrictive behaviours (mild or otherwise) and sufficient excercise is another matter, and plenty of evidence shows that you really can not.

I dunno. I mean, I started eating less in the summer, and I’m still doing it (and still losing weight, though that seems to be tapering off some. I’ve lost maybe 15 pounds?)

So when people say “you can’t do it long term” what does that even MEAN? Because if I go back to eating the way I did I WILL get diabetes. There is no question of it. I have the test results. I was prediabetic and about to be prescribed blood pressure meds.

If I get the diabeetus I will have to do guess what? Eat less sugar. ANYWAY. So I might as well start now/last summer?

But when I read posts like this they say: eat more than 2000 calories a day even though you’re used to less then that now. Because since you DID weigh 142, you will ALWAYS weigh 142. And if you slip and go higher? Welcome to your new old life with constantly sore knees and the inability to walk on ground that isn’t level. You’re a slave to your body even if it’s hurting you.

I’m sorry, no. I am going t9 TRY to reduce my pain levels thank you.

And I am going to TRY to keep from needing insulin I didn’t make.

I really do think that my eating habits were… I was depressed and upset and frightened and I was using sweet pastries to self soothe because “chocolate makes serotonin.” The more I did it, the more I craved and the less comforted I felt by any given treat.

Using a calorie tracker helped me to see just how much of my food intake that was, and how much I’d have to reduce healthier meals to accommodate for all those Nutella filled bread stuffs.

Maybe that was too harsh on myself? But I didn’t feel that way really, I felt like “oh wow no wonder I am having so much pain and discomfort.” I felt scared and worried at first, but I mean… I was doing things like replacing a croissant with a latte which is also a comfort food for me, just not my ultrafave.

And I feel… used to it, pretty much. I still eat croissants! I just eat one every seven days, not one every two days, now.

I feel like “you’ll never keep it off” rhetoric doesn’t even address that not everyone puts it on because they’re hungry. Sometimes people put it on because they’re using a harmful coping strategy, which means weight loss starts happening anyway when you start finding better ones.

So when I hear “you’ll never keep it off” my mind hears “you will always be a sad zombie shoving cookies in your face because you will never be able to think of s9msthing more satisfying to do”

There is no permanent and safe way to intentionally lose weight. This is true.  

And that means that if you want to truly live a fulfilling and meaningful life, you will need to let go of the fantasy of being thin. You will need to do the difficult self-work needed to unlearn your internalized fat phobia. You may also need to learn how to eat normally without restriction and shame. All of this is difficult. But a lifetime of self-hate, restriction, repeated cycles of weight gains and weight losses, and declining health from the damage caused by under-nourishing your body is far far worse. 

Over fifty years of research conclusively demonstrates that virtually everyone who intentionally loses weight by manipulating their eating and exercise habits will regain the weight they lost within three to five years. And the vast majority will actually regain more weight than they lost. [sources]

In fact, the results of a 10-year study of over 275000 people revealed that the annual odds of a fat person attaining a so-called “normal” weight and maintaining that for five years is approximately 1 in 1000. [source]

Nope. One individual’s experiences do not negate 50 years of scientific research with thousands and thousands of people.

“Just change your *lifestyle* by doing blah blah blah and then anyone can lose weight!”

Nope. Any attempts to intentionally lose weight by manipulating food intake and exercise have the same result. Scientists have tried it all! The result it always the same. Weight regain. 

No. A systematic review of research using the doubly-labeled water method to assess people’s energy needs revealed that healthy adults over age 25 need between 2500 and 3000 kilocalories per day on average. People under the age of 25 need about 500 calories more per day than their adult counterparts. People who are bigger than average (including fat people) also need more energy than average to thrive, as do people who are very physically active. [source] [source] 

“Buuuut the nutrition guidelines say we only need 2000 kilocalories per day!”

The safe way to lose weight and keep it off is through a calorie deficit and regular exercise. Humans are not supposed to be obese. Yes, I do agree that there is nothing actually medically wrong with being a bit overweight - if you read published surgical journals on this topic, you will see that mortality rates in overweight patients are no different to healthy weight patients. Once you get into the obese category your risk of death on the operating table goes up by around 30%.

This is harmful stuff, telling people they have no choice but to remain fat, and it is wrong. Your calorific needs will vary person to person. I lose weight if I eat 1500 a day. I gain weight if I go over approximately 2200 a day. A person who does more exercise than me will be able to maintain their current weight with a higher calorie intake.

There is no magic to this, it is basic calories in versus calories out. Having lost 100lb this way and kept it off I can assure you first-hand that this works. Its how we are designed. And not all calories are created equal. 600 calories of bread will not fill you up and keep you sustained, but 600 calories of protein and veg sure will.

There is no permanent and safe way to intentionally lose weight. This is true.  

And that means that if you want to truly live a fulfilling and meaningful life, you will need to let go of the fantasy of being thin. You will need to do the difficult self-work needed to unlearn your internalized fat phobia. You may also need to learn how to eat normally without restriction and shame. All of this is difficult. But a lifetime of self-hate, restriction, repeated cycles of weight gains and weight losses, and declining health from the damage caused by under-nourishing your body is far far worse. 

Over fifty years of research conclusively demonstrates that virtually everyone who intentionally loses weight by manipulating their eating and exercise habits will regain the weight they lost within three to five years. And the vast majority will actually regain more weight than they lost. [sources]

In fact, the results of a 10-year study of over 275000 people revealed that the annual odds of a fat person attaining a so-called “normal” weight and maintaining that for five years is approximately 1 in 1000. [source]

Nope. One individual’s experiences do not negate 50 years of scientific research with thousands and thousands of people.

“Just change your *lifestyle* by doing blah blah blah and then anyone can lose weight!”

Nope. Any attempts to intentionally lose weight by manipulating food intake and exercise have the same result. Scientists have tried it all! The result it always the same. Weight regain. 

No. A systematic review of research using the doubly-labeled water method to assess people’s energy needs revealed that healthy adults over age 25 need between 2500 and 3000 kilocalories per day on average. People under the age of 25 need about 500 calories more per day than their adult counterparts. People who are bigger than average (including fat people) also need more energy than average to thrive, as do people who are very physically active. [source] [source] 

“Buuuut the nutrition guidelines say we only need 2000 kilocalories per day!”

What kind of bullshit is this blog? Unrestricted eating isn’t safe for everyone especially those with binge eating disorder. Scientist haven’t tried everything and it’s intellectually dishonest to claim so. There nothing wrong with being happy with your weight, but a couple of poorly read through studies is not helping anyone. I know there’s irony in my being a random blog, but if you take away nothing else, see an actual licensed, trained professional. The medical system has issues but they’re still more qualified than randos on the internet.

Finally, to the blog itself, if you don’t want critique, don’t make a public post. You’re spreading misinformation and dissuading people from making their choices. There are permanent and safe ways to lose weight and keep it off.

I mean, apparently Buttercup just sticks her hand to things to pick them up (S03E29 Criss Cross Crisis)

And in Oops, I Did it Again (s06E04B) the girls, when made without Chemical X, come out “normal” and do have fingers, feet, noses, and normal faces.

So like…when everyone in the show calls them “bug-eyed freaks,” “pumpkin heads,” etc, they legit mean the girls have big round heads, giant eyeballs, and stump limbs.

at first i thought maybe they could have tiny hooks at the end of the stumps that would snag onto surfaces, similar to cats tongues ( and yeah alright spiderman ) but the issue is that they probably wouldnt be effective for smoother surfaces

they could also have wrinkled pads like geckos feet that could cling to smoother things no problem, but then the problem is maintaining enough suction to actually lift and carry an object

i fear the solution may be something even Worse