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Good luck getting those salewas!

Careful with our suggestions now. The internet can only handle so much.

"BMI works for 99% of people." Define works? Because you've got 99% thrown in there as an obvious hyperbole to illustrate your point. But there's no need for that when actual statistics exist. The correlation of BMI obesity to actual obesity by body fat % is strong, but it sure isn't that strong. At best you could make the claim that it works for 90% of people. At best. But more reasonably is probably 80%. So, you know, a fifth of people. Because even though the guy was illustrating his point with Ronnie fucking Coleman, his example was still less extreme than yours. "WhAt aN iDiOT yOu ArE"

I've probably heard both, but I don't think I've ever heard a confusion so long as someone uses the right relative verb. If someone said (in reference to a noon meeting), "Let's bring it forward," I would interpret they wanted to hold the meeting sooner than it was scheduled as it is being brought closer to the present. If someone otherwise said, "Let's push it forward," I would interpret that they wanted to hold the meeting later than it was scheduled as it is being pushed further from the present. Though, in the latter case, the use of the word "forward" is odd and doesn't quite fit.

If you ate a protein powder that had 120 calories per scoop for somewhere between 20-25g of protein, it's still extra calories. Calories become fat if they're not used up. Your body can make protein into fat. This post sounds a lot like people who get surprised that they're working out and still getting fatter even though they've been drinking protein shakes with their workouts. You will gain fat if you drink protein shakes when your body didn't need it. Fat gain does not require large amounts of carbs and fats, it's just that carbs and fats require less chemical modification (energy expenditure) to become fatty acids.

Here's a fun one. The Long-Term Effects of Stress on Partner Weight Characteristics

Brought back some memories with the history here. Recalling how many Yahoo groups you had to keep track of. The different sites that came online/went offline. Fatland, if anyone remembers that one. Just crazy to think about the passage of time.

The issue is that I don't want to influence others to participate in something they would have otherwise not chosen for themselves. Do I believe in free will? Yes. I do. However, the duality of it is that we have free will but are also the sum of all our experiences, thoughts, genetics, etc. We already know that that words people hear and choose to yes change the physical structure of our brain on a microscale. The past couple years should be plenty enough evidence that people who are otherwise rational, intelligent people can still choose to believe things that otherwise are not rational or evident. If I could put it into one phrase? Analysis paralysis. I suppose a more fun example would be that scene from the first Matrix movie when Neo knocks over the vase because the Oracle said he would knock over the vase. It's a simplistic version because that's a single-variable that led to the outcome, more or less. Free will exists, but free will doesn't not mean all choices are made equally. People are going to be predisposed to certain choices that become available to them prior to knowing about them based on who they are up to the point prior to making the choice. I don't want to be the cause or influence on someone to choose to do something they would have otherwise not chosen for themselves if I was not involved. And past a certain point, it doesn't have to be rational anymore. I couldn't tell you what about my early life or elsewise caused me have that issue. I'm sure it has something to do with someone at some point blaming me for a choice that they made but that I had an influence on. Who knows. I'm not going to find a therapist who can uncover repressed memories from my past anytime soon, so...if you're looking for more answers , I don't imagine I'll be much help.

No, I don't think it is. And I assume it's anxiety-driven, this issue of mine. However, I do try to minimize my impact, and more than half of my relationships started because I was pursued and not the contrary. EDIT: What I think I wanted that to show was that I was afraid that I would be misperceiving a signal and put someone in a position to maybe not want to reject someone and be willing to a first date a shot. And then, I might be somehow influencing them to continue in a relationship they may not have chosen had I not asked them out to begin with. It's weird, man. I don't claim to know why I feel that way. I just know that I do.