How much a loaf of bread in 1966

1st post: https://www.reddit.com/AITAH/comments/1cmw03u/aita_for_snitching_on_my_sister_because_she_read/
Despite there just being a few of you who have read/commented on my post, this will be my update about everything that has happened throughout the past couple of weeks since my first post. I am in dire need of advice.
On the day we found out about what happened between my dad and my older sister, my sister called my mom to ask if it was true. My mom was silent at first, but later on said that she believes my older sister 100%. I just kept on crying because of the sheer absurdity of it all, and my sister went on asking questions about every detail.
I was immensely confused.
For context, we live in a third-world country, and my family isn't doing very well financially as of the moment. My father is a tricycle driver which doesn't earn much, and my mother is in millions of debt due to getting scammed by a friend (or at least she claims she got scammed by) and has been on the run; trying to make fast cash through money laundering in city casinos. Nonetheless, before she got scammed, there is no denying that my mother has been the bread winner on top of being a single-mom, while my dad went NC for a long time when they split up.
We still have my little sister (F 14) to take care of. My 2 older sisters have their own lives to worry about. Now that I have a job, I wouldn't be able to participate in doing housework and watching over my little sister either. So, I got my sister to come home since she just quit her job anyway, and was living with her boyfriend. I asked her to take care of the house, my mother's 4 dogs, and our little sister, to which she all agreed to. Should it happen that my sister cannot take care of our little sister anymore, we've planned (this including my mom) that we'll have our little sister live in with our dad.
Realizing that my mom knew what my dad did to my older sister, and then agreeing to have our little sister live with him, I snapped. I told her just why she thought that would be a good idea when she knew all about this, and she said that "he wouldn't do it to you guys". I told her that she doesn't know that, asked how she can be so sure, and yelled that she should just come home. She's been away for 2 months now, and from what I have heard from my sister, our mother has spent the rest of her savings on her living expenses in city hotels near casinos. She's been living like this for more than a year now.
My mother has been endlessly making hollow promises that we will make millions by "next week", that everything will be okay again, and that she can't come home because the house reminds her too much of her ex of 6 years (they broke up 2 months ago because we found out he made a mistress out of my mother). She insisted that nothing good will ever happen if she came home and salvaged what was left of our family business that she claims got fucked over because of her "scammer"-friend. From what I've seen, I would say that it was all because of her own mismanagement.
And I guess this is the part where I made it all about myself. After yelling at my mom, I walked out of the room and just started bawling my eyes out. I called my boyfriend, told him everything that's happened, and cried some more. My younger sisters were knocking on my door, asking if we could talk, and I told them that they should just give me some space. They tried opening my door, but they left me alone after my boyfriend messaged my sister to just leave me alone.
My sister went on to tell my boyfriend how I made it all about myself for texting my older sister about her snooping into the diary, yelling at my sister because she doesn't want to give the diary up, and raising my voice at my mother after finding out she knew all about this and was still insistent on having my little sister live with my dad. My boyfriend let my sister go on about her rant, to which he replied that he does not want to get too involved without my permission.
A couple of days later, I called my dad to ask if we could talk. I told him about what happened, and asked if he's got any idea of this history between him and my older sister.
Again, for context, throughout my mother's marriage with my dad, he and my older sister never spoke a word to each other. We grew up never seeing them even exchange greetings.
All I knew was that my dad did his best to raise my older sister as his own, but because of her father's relatives' influence on her, he claimed that my older sister was brainwashed to think that my father was a bad person. This is the same kind of argument my sister said about the abuse not being true too.
My dad wasn't the type to be serious upon confrontation either, so when I told him about it, he said, "well, that's new". He continued on to tell me that he doesn't blame my sister for feeling that way about him because she was brainwashed by her father's relatives ever since she was a little kid. I told him that I am having trouble believing him, because it is quite hard to believe that someone could brainwash a child into thinking that they got molested by their own step-father.
He said that although that argument does make sense, he said that he's got nothing to do with anything like that with my older sister. I made him swear that he's telling me the truth. I told him that if I do find out that he's lying, I will be going NC on him permanently.
I do not know who to believe anymore.
Thinking back on it, there was a time when by dad got so drunk during a family christmas party, that he opened up to me about how he also got molested by a man when he was young. He told me about it because I was also sexually abused by our neighbor as a kid, but that's a whole different can of worms. The point is, he wouldn't think if doing that to another person, especially my older sister, because he knows just how horrible that is... right?
I am so conflicted about everything. After my dad left my mom, my older sister did try her best to take care of us. However, she would also beat us up if we messed up our chores or just plainly fail to do what she wanted. Perhaps that was her way of coping with the frustrations she had on my father.
Everything is making sense, but at the same time, it doesn't. A lot of things have transpired since then, and I will be making a separate post about it soon.
But this is all I have for now. So Reddit, I know it's a lot to ask, but I would very much appreciate any help/criticism you may have on this.

So I posted this information in the comments of another post but I thought I would share this here. I was diagnosed with hoshimoto’s in 2014 and went gluten free then as well and have been mostly dairy free since 2018. This has meant that it can be hard to find baked goods or recipes that taste good. After a lot of googling, trial and error, and taste testing the results I thought I’d share some of my favorites here for others to try if they’d like. Note: all recipes that have dairy free ingredients can be made with dairy just fine.
For cookies, I start off with the following recipe and then add things (I love adding lemon zest and a bit of lemon juice) https://www.ottosnaturals.com/blogs/recipes/the-tastiest-gluten-free-sugar-cookies-grain-free.
One of my favorite cakes is this ginger cake (I tend to double the ginger powder as I love ginger) https://savorylotus.com/triple-ginger-cake-gluten-free-and-grain-free/
Great chocolate zucchini muffins that taste more like cupcakes then muffins https://paleogrubs.com/chocolate-zucchini-muffin-recipe
Cheesecake recipe that I used regular eggs instead of vegan eggs, almond flour instead of gram crackers, and coconut oil instead of butter in the same proportions; and you can add in citrus zest and juice (I’ve done juice of 5-7 lemons and 3T lemon zest and no sour cream for this) or cocoa powder or use another fruit spread. https://www.thespruceeats.com/dairy-free-cherry-cheesecake-1000637 (it’s better if you chill overnight, mine didn’t set enough to release from the spring form pan after 2 hours in fridge)
The bread recipe I started with is no longer online and the blog it was on is gone too, but I did write it down thankfully.
Ingredients: 1/2 cup warm water for yeast (100-110F), 2T maple syrup (or other sweetener NOT artificial/no-calorie sweeteners it must be a form of sugar), 1 package active dry yeast, 4 eggs beaten, 1 1/3 cup cassava flour, 1 1/3 cup tapioca flour, 1t salt, 4T shortening/buttedairy-free butter (optional: 1 cup sliced olives, 1 1/2 T thyme, ~1 cup of whatever mix-ins you want)
Instructions: Combine warm water and maple syrup together in a bowl or cup then sprinkle yeast in and set aside to get frothy (should double in size in about 20 minutes, if stalls pop in oven on warm for a few minutes and then take out and let sit). While yeast is working sift/stir together cassava flour, tapioca flour, and salt. Add shortening to flour mixture and mash with a fork to get crumbles. Add beaten eggs and yeast mixture to flour mixture and mix until comes together. If adding any mix-ins (I love olives and thyme in mine) add these and mix together. Let rest 5 minutes. Shape dough with damp/floured hands. You can put into a greased and floured loaf pan, shape it into a ball with a coating of flour on the outside, or make into small balls for rolls (I like to do rolls in muffin tins as they can’t rise together into one lump). Allow to rise while covered with a towel in a warm-ish place for 40ish minutes (if you’ve got a hot summer day with a shaded outside area it works great), it should get at least half as much in height preferable to have doubled. Preheat oven while dough is rising. Bake in preheated oven: 350F for 30-35min for bread loaf, 400F for 30-35min for round ball loaf on baking sheet, 350F for 20-25min for rolls/muffin tin. When done remove from oven and immediately take out of pan and allow to cool on a rack, if it stays in loaf pan it will lose its crust and get soft. If the crust gets soft, pop it back in oven for a few minutes to crisp up. If leftovers are stale, briefly run loaf under some water and pop in a hot oven to crisp up crust.
This bread is best cut while warm, it crumbles more when cold but still tastes great.
I hope that this helps someone who might be trying to go gluten free or has been told that it might help and they are disappointed that they have to get rid of foods that they love.

Hello to all. I’ve been following this particular Reddit group for some time and have occasionally posted on other peoples posts. Today I’ve decided to explain my story on how I started on my journey to abandoning Catholicism and wanted to see if my experience was similar to anyone else here.
When I came back into the church as an adult (even going through RCIA courses as an man in my mid 20s) I always had some doubts but always rationalized them away not to mention our local parish pastor was a good man (and still is though he has retired) who rejected reactionary nonsense.
So getting to the point: in late 2018 I saw a series of Facebook posts by fellow parishioners, who I always considered upright decent people. I looked up to them because to me they acted out their faith frequently doing mission trips our sister parish in Honduras. Well to my my shock this group of people who seemed to care so much about the poor people in Honduras posted some of THE MOST VILE xenophobic, bigoted bile about immigrants from Latin America I’ve ever seen.
It shocked me to my core and I was tempted to respond in a very critical way but instead stayed silent. (I will note however that even before I left the church for good I never spoke to these people again) I was at I was at a loss. How could people who seem so pious and actually went out of their way to serve others on mission trips could be so bigoted to the very kind of people they meet in Honduras?
It turns out for this group of people the hypocrisy kept getting worse during the Trump years. Pretty soon it became intolerable for me to break bread with such nasty hypocritical evil people wrap themselves in the cloak of God so they can feel justified in hating other people.
It was eye-opening that’s for sure

*UNRELATED BUT RE:JINXING IT: it dont be silly (says the guy who hasnt shaved in multiple weeks now lmfao but thats more a camaraderie tradition thing with the team/my brothers) but WE in NY should know better than anyone even the Pres Trophy 'curse' doesnt effect us (the last 3 we got to the FINAL the last time, got knocked out in game 7 of the ECF by Tampa when they were in dynasty mode, annnnd won the cup in 94, the year we won the PT, plus this year worst case another ECF loss....
*TO THE MAIN POINT(S)* ill keep em brief cuz im sure u get the idea and also have opinions of your own but lets try and respect eachother as fellow humans but right now moreso AS FELLOW RANGERS!
THE REASONS IF UR JUST HERE FOR THE MEAT AND POTATOES OF IT:
1.) Igor > Bob - i know these are the two only ELITE goalies left though Oett is playing really well but not on this level...these guys can steal series but i lean Igor cuz A.) theres a reason we got Quick as a backup after he literally played in LAST YRS playoffs lol, to rest Igor for long series/posteason, the longer it goes the more that edge can help - also looking at their playoff numbers Igor's got most covered (i dont really put much into GAA and more into SAVE % as a former minor goalie cuz if u have great defense etc it helps but save % is just how well YOU did against ON GOAL SHOTS aka goals if ur not there (and also 'big chance' bob and igor are abotu tied but Bob also hasnt faced a team as offensively talented as the rangers (atleast right now the way the playoffs are goin, not that FLA is a slouch)
2.)Special Teams, they made the diff in CAR a few times, and CAR was meant to be top 3 at PP AND PK...well as we know it duidnt go that way for their ST's and not only are we scoring SH goals keeping teams wary but going into this series our PP is 31.4% and FLA's PK is 22.1% - thats gonna give 3 or 4 goals on avg against any goalie/games at this level facing a PP as clinical as NY (personally i do worry it could be worse as Fox looks to be playing injured and sturggles to pivot as well/agility so being our top 'QB' on the PP could be an issue)
3.) LIneup - again its hard to seperate these teams but i STILL think we have a slight edge in all 3, OFF (they're more top heavy, we get scoring up and down the lineup - ALSO we have teh 'good' problem of picking Rempe for more physical, Blake Wheeler is back AND Chytils at full health, obv cold but i trust Lav cuz he earned it and also he sees way more than we do behind the scenes. - Point is say Mika or Panarin have a garbage game/series or dont show up theres on fire Laff AND Trocheck, very solid Roslovic and i doubt Mika AND Bread dissapear at the same time but theres one player OBV not mentioned for a reason...Kreider.
As Kreider has adjusted his game to being a deflecting netfront presence vs the 'speed power' in his earlier game but (legacy game aside aka the #RalieghRallyNattyHatty lol) but the point is over the last 5 years EVERYONE knows thats his game and he still leads the league in tip ins...its the fact they CANT STOP HIM from doing something thats generating goals and if they DO put enough effort into stopping him itll leave more time and space for others...
****BONUS REASON***** this effects everyone AND strategically cuz u get 2 periods vs 1 of the 'short switch' and as the home team in a poss game 7 not only is IGOour record at MSG inane but that building will be exploding...its been proven many times refs tend to favor home teams likely due to subsciouscious pressure from the crowd (like giving a 'bs makeup call' which many former refs admit is common) but also as the home team THEY have to put their lines out first so we can 'react' instead of putting out a physical 4th line only to see them put their big guns out etc
*I know this isnt all like, shockingly insightful but just antsy so thought id see what yall think or if yall knew this info too or agreed/disagree?d

"There are very few directors, about whom you’d say you automatically have to see everything they do," Stanley Kubrick said in 1966. "I’d put Fellini, Bergman and David Lean at the head of my first list."
Almost sixty years later, I think it's safe to say, Lean does not quite have the same safely canonical status as Fellini or Bergman. (Just four years later, the scathing critical reception of Ryan's Daughter would put a serious dent in Lean's reputation and allegedly, lead to an almost fifteen year-long absence from feature films.)
No David Lean films finished in the top 100 of the 2022 BFI/Sight and Sound Poll (Lawrence of Arabia did finish tied for 62nd in the directors' poll) and only three made the top 1,000 (including Doctor Zhivago in 911th place.)
Despite his influence on generations of filmmakers, from Spaghetti westerns to New Hollywood to Peter Jackson and Denis Villeneuve (and some less obvious names like Spike Lee and John Woo), I think there's a general perception of him as ponderous and old-fashioned, one that is itself decades old. Consider, for instance, the opening of Dave Kehr's review of Lean's last film:

David Lean’s studied, plodding, overanalytic direction manages to kill most of the meaning in E.M. Forster’s haunting novel of cultural collision in colonial India

Or Andrew Sarris on his penultimate film:

David Lean's "Ryan's Daughter" possesses all the antique charm and amiability of a dinosaur ambling (in scenic longshot) down the road to an undeserved oblivion.

One challenge when thinking about David Lean's career as a whole is just how much his last five films -- which made his name synonymous with 'epic cinema' overshadow his first twelve, how Lean is generally known for and judged by his late style.
While his name has not taken an adjectival form à la Felliniesque or Hitchcockian or Lynchian, I think it's safe to say that "David Lean" has also become shorthand for a certain kind of filmmaking.; when filmmakers talk about how Lean influenced them, they almost always talk about his last five films, especially Lawrence.
A critic comparing a new release to the films of David Lean gives you a good idea of what that film will be like, at least on the surface level: epic, vast landscapes, probably involving an epic journey against the backdrop of large-scale sociopolitical conflict. Even though Lean only wrote one of the screenplays in question, I think it's fair to call his last five films true auteur works, films that clearly express a consistent artistic vision. These films, however, are less than a third of his filmography.
If you've been on this subreddit for a while, you've probably seen someone object to the characterization of Martin Scorsese as a mob movie director by pointing out that his filmography includes a much broader range of themes and settings. Something similar can be said of Lean; no one would call Brief Encounter or Blithe Spirit epics. The two films he made before The Bridge on the River Kwai -- Hobson's Choice and Summertime -- are very different from it. And of course the young Lean earned a reputation as cinema's greatest adapter of two very different writers, Noël Coward and Charles Dickens. David Thomson, no fan of the second half of Lean's career, highly praises the first in his New Biographical Dictionary of Film:

Lean before 1952 made eight films in ten years that are lively, stirring, and an inspiration—they make you want to go out and make movies, they are so in love with the screen's power and the combustion in editing.

In other words, Lean's filmography includes much more than 3+ hour roadshow epics with overtures and intermissions; he also directed comedies, and small-scale character-driven stories. Furthermore, his acknowledged mastery of visual spectacle also overshadows how good he could be as a director of actors, with a specially knack for working with younger actors. He directed Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Alec Guinness Trevor Howard, Celia Johnson and Robert Newton in their breakout roles, and I think that that's also a major part of his legacy.
In short, a serious filmmaker, worthy of discussion, and with a much wider range than you might think at first. (If you didn't see the credits, would you ever think that Lawrence and Brief Encounter were directed by the same person?) And someone who perhaps deserves more credit than some people are willing to give him, considering his combination of artistic range, critical success, commercial success and influence on other filmmakers.
What are your thoughts on David Lean and his legacy?

Just a general random question, but I was looking through a slime shop and I wanted to know if anyone else gets the urge to buy a slime because of it's charms? Obviously texture and scents come to mind too, but like... you ever see a slime and just... go feral over the cute charms it comes with?
Like, I was looking at Seoulgage because everyone keeps talking about them and I wasn't super impressed, but some of their tngs have such cute charms, like "Loops Cereal Coque". The ceral box kitty and the donut charm in that are so cute!! And "Blueberry Bread Balls"!! The loaf of breas and coffee cup are so cute!!
I alos just wish I knew how to find exactly the ones I see. I know I can sit and try to google for an hour straight trying to describe it, but part of me really doesn't want to :') Where do people get these?? How much hunting do y'all have to find cute charms like those??

I know this has been asked probably a handful of times but I seem to find different answers in each post depending on how old the post is. Today I just received my medium at home harvest Right freeze dryer and am currently doing the 1st bread run to break it in.
I will most likely be using this for a handful of things but a lot of it will be bubble hash. I realize I can freeze the bubble hash to speed up the process a little bit but I just wanted to know if he is new ones have the right firmware out of the box? From my understanding I need like a 9-hour freeze and 14-hour dry with a tray setting between 35 and 45. I have read that I need to download the pharmaceutical firmware in order to properly freeze dry the bubble hash? I forgot to look at the firmware before I ran the first test run so I don't 100% know what it was shipped with. But I ordered directly from harvest right and have done nothing to it but plug it in and get it started. So whatever ships standard on the medium is what I have. Any advice is much appreciated because I'm getting mixed signals. The old ones needed the firmware, then I heard the new ones with the screen on top didn't, then I heard the updated versions of those had the custom settings you needed removed and will now need to redownload the firmware for these 2022 or new models. I did set up an appointment for Thursday with a technician phone call but if I can avoid that by getting advice here even better. The press club website still has a downloadable firmware that I am told I'm supposed to use according to the website and from other redditors. Anyway now I'm just rambling. All advice is much appreciated. Thanks

Please share your tips on using more rye flour in your sourdough! Someone asked if I could bake them a rye loaf with caraway seeds. I accepted the challenge but don’t have much experience using more than 5-10% rye
Typical recipe and method: 350g bread flour 100g whole wheat flour 50g dark rye flour 375g water 100g starter 10g salt
Autolyse for an hour, add starter and salt, mix and knead for 5 minutes, rest for 30 and do 4 sets of stretch and folds every 30. Total bulk ferment for 5-8 hours depending on the weather. I bake in a preheated Dutch oven with the lid on at 490 degrees for 20 minutes. Lid off for 30 at 450.

Suppose you're new to this stuff and follow a recipe for a sourdough bread, around 50/50 whole wheat/AP flour. Things go well and I arrive at the refrigerated proofing after BF. I only own a small, oval Banneton, supporting up to 650g of dough.
A few minutes after I leave my batard-shaped dough in the oval banneton, there's a click in my head: “this banneton is not appropriated for my dough”.
I do some math and estimate my dough's weight to be around 760g. What is the best way to handle this?
a) Take the already oval-shaped dough and put it into a different container; a larger one, but not oval-shaped (e.g. a round one, a square one etc.)
b) Leave it in the banneton that's not supposed to hold it;
c) Other approach?
This is my second loaf ever and the first one, although a bit lighter than the second, was still heavier than the banneton could handle (I'm only realizing it now, after the deed). It was a decent bread, but the final product felt "dense", a small object that's heavier than it looks.
So, tldr: how to minimize damage after following a recipe that's unfit to my only banneton?

im 17, ive had uncomfrtable itchiness,jabbing pain,stingess,iirtaiton down there for 6 months or so. it wasnt that bad at 1st itd be an off and on thing. but i felt it was getting worse, i convinced my mom to take me to check it out. 1st the doctor asked me if i saw sexually active(im not), i dont masterbate either.first she opens my legs and says 'hmm looks like a yeast infection' then does a pap smear, and puts her finger inside to check stuff. she prescribes me flucalozle and says to come back the next week. i do,(durig the week upcoming it felt the same but later it FELT better)she said my reuslts all came back negative. i ask if shed give me another pill in CASE i feel bad again. and she cant prescribe me the oral pill since i dont have any infection at all'then shes like maybe its external factors causing u to be irriated, tells me to drink water,yogurt,cotten undies and let the vag breath. i buy cotton undies and drink water and let it breath. but i still feel irriated down there and decide to go a DIFF gyno. they take my weight,pee etc. and the doctors like youve never had a pap smear right since ur not sexually active.i said i did get one-and shes like ur not supposed to get one if ur not active and ur young ☠️. im like what?? so ANOTHER gyno comes in shes like old and she says the reason y its all negative is cus ur not sexually active so nothnings wrong with u, its in ur head,im eating too much carbs(bread,rice)which i actualy eat bread everydayLOL,then shes like laughing ,joking around idk i felt like she didnt take me seriously, then shes like USE DIAL SOAP ANTIBACTERIAL, and idk if thats good for the vag???,then she proceeds to talk abt how teens r having sex all the time now and shows me a patients record with 2 c section kids at 19 .and im like wtf bruh. she didny even LOOK at my vag at all to see if there was a problem. shes like i only know how to treat patiens who are sexualy active. i tell her how i had a type of eating disorder b4 and maybe my homrones or PH levels got messed up shes like nahhh .ugh i feel so lost.

I got diagnosed with reactive hypoglycemia about 3 years ago (I'd have to dive into my notes but it's been over 2 years) and it was life changing to finally know what was wrong with me and how to help it. For years before it I just knew it would help sometimes if I had something savory (protein) to absorb the sugar, and just felt like i was going crazy so much of the time. I'd crash, get hungry, angry, couldn't stop crying, even self harmed.
It isn't exactly easy to go to a low carb diet but I felt so much better it was worth it, learning I actually felt less hungry if I DIDN'T eat white bread or other high carb/sugary stuff and actually felt more full when I ate less as long as it had enough fiber and protein. I wasn't on a keto diet but I quickly learned that anything keto or Atkins was usually safe to consume and some actually tasted good.
My father is a narcissist and noticed I was losing weight (like most Americans I'm over weight but I was happier about feeling better than getting closer to a healthy weight) and not eating the trash he would buy or make (besides all the carbs and salt he doesn't practice any food safety like handwashing so I don't like to eat what he makes) and to try to force me to eat his food he'd throw my low carb food in the dog dish. That was just one of many ways he tried to control my life. Fortunately a little less than two years ago I was able to get into a group home.
At first there were some misunderstandings in the group home about my dietary needs, but this place was all about setting people up to become independent and healthy and with my Endocrinologist's notes I was able to work things out to have a low carb diet and didn't have crashes.
Unfortunately this first group home is only supposed to be transitional living so I had to move out and landed in this second group home. And this place has been hell. The first group home was setting people up to move on, would teach life skills like cooking (I already knew how to cook before coming to the first group home, helped teach others, it was a good environment) here people just come to rot. It used to be a nursing home and refuses to let anyone forget that. I can't even go into the kitchen, much less cook anything that can't be microwaved.
My dietary needs would have been on my application for this place. And I told them my first day here that I have reactive hypoglycemia and need to have a low carb diet.
They don't care. The only bread they have is white bread and they have white bread with every. single. meal. Shepherd's pie get a side of white bread. Pasta gets a side of white bread. If you don't like what's for breakfast you can get cereal- and don't expect something like Cheerios, the only cereal they have is sugary cereal, this morning I tried to get a cereal that isn't sugar and all they had is Fruity Pebbles and Cinnamon Toast Crunch, one morning they gave me Capn Crunch. If you have researched life with reactive hypoglycemia by now you know sugary cereal is on the don't eat list, and having sugary cereal first thing in the morning on an empty stomach is possibly the worst thing you can do, expect maybe hard drugs. No protein besides the milk they pour on it.
If you don't like what's for lunch or dinner you can get peanut butter and jelly- on white bread.
I calculated what this place feeds us in a single day and it's over the recommended amount of salt, sugar and carbs and below the recommended amount of protein. The only vegetable I've had in over two days was a little corn in the shepherd's pie and potatoes. They give us potato chips at least once a day.
I'm disabled (claim keeps getting denied) so I have no income. My endocrinologist got insurance to cover protein shakes for me, but the insurance only covers one of those a day. I bought a jar of peanut butter the other day so I can get some protein and have been eating straight peanut butter to the point that I'm sick to death of peanut butter.
Today I had an appointment so I had lunch over 2 hours late. They decided that i didn't need dinner. Didn't even ask me, I just went to dinner and had no food.
If you're wondering how I'm eating like this without crashing- I'm not. I've been having episodes pretty much daily since I got here. My mental health has gone to hell, I struggle to think straight. I keep dropping things. My joints all hurt. I'm supposed to have a job orientation later this week but I don't feel up to it at all since I'm always too hungry to even think.

I was watching a video discussing how to create a business culture where your team works well together AND enjoys being together. Apparently it's not a super common thing, so I wanted to share the recap.
Here were my take aways:

1. Your team will reflect your BEHAVIOR more than your words. If you show up unkempt, and behave like everything is a drag, so will they. SOLUTION: become hyper-aware of your behavior, presence, and tone. as these are the things that will be "downloaded" by your team
2. extra effort from a personal stand point will always be valued. this doesn't need to be business/performance related. remember, they're people. what are they excited about, what are they looking forward to, what do they enjoy doing with friends outside of work, are they celebrating anything soon, did they just have a personal big win or loss? any big life changes? You don't need to over intrude, but interest in your team, will yield interest in you. because that's how relationships work lol. (lifehack, this works for clients/customers too)
3. genuinely caring is a superpower. I used to think that caring was a weakness, because it opened me up to pain from others. but when you care about something, you work harder at it. when you care about someone, you try harder with/for them. When you care about a project, you speak with conviction and are more likely to be seen as authentic. so yes, there is potential pains from cruel external forces, but there is much room for greater potential improvements. If you don't currently care, then act like you do until you authentically do.
4. most people aren't stupid, they've been given poor instructions by bad teachers. if i told you to tell me how to make a PB&J sandwich as if i knew nothing, and you said "get PB, get J, put it on bread, put them together, enjoy"okay. but, where do I get the PB, how do i get there, do i have to put it back. why do i need to put it back, etc. etc. etc. When you hire someone, they need to understand how to do things the way you want them done. it doesn't matter if they've done it before somewhere else, or if this is their entry position. they still need to know how to do it HERE IN YOUR BUSINESS. because different business means different culture and different common actions/behaviors. help them learn the successful actions in your business.
5. Invest in your team as if they will never leave, but hope and expect that they will. By investing in your team, you improve their skillset which reflects in your business. Even if they leave, you helped someone improve their wellbeing by using the skills somewhere else for more money. You can't force them to stay, but you can influence lives for the better. That goodwill never goes unused.

I hope you found this valuable. let me know your thoughts!

I'm scared my weight is becoming a problem
I (16F) weigh 42kg and I'm 5'2. Literally just a week ago I weighed 48kg, the same weight I was when I was 13. I don't even know how because I genuinely thought I was eating more even though I reduced what I was eating in the mornings.
I usually eat a piece of bread for breakfast, a snack at school and then dinner when I get home. Its not a huge portion and I get full very quickly despite being really hungry when it comes to having dinner.
I never really have much of an appetite and even if I'm incredibly hungry, my stomach feels like it's burning kind of hungry, I get full after just a few bites.
I've had an on and off problem with eating for around 4 years that I never really went to the doctors about because whenever I asked my mother to call, she always forgot to. It was stupid things like losing my appetite, restricting what I was eating, not allowing myself to eat things like cakes or sweets. I know it was stupid and I had that yelled into me. But I just can't get better?? I try to eat more but it either disgusts me or makes me feel sick. I cant even distinguish whether I'm feeling hungry, full, or sick anymore.
Recently I've lost weight again. I can see my ribs through my sides and even my back and my hip bones. My hands have become more boney too. I feel like it's genuinely affecting me now because I always feel so sick and lightheaded. Whenever I stand up or move my head even a little too quickly I feel like I'm about to pass out. My body feels weak and my stomach constantly feels like its on fire. But I just can't eat more and it stressing me out more.
I genuinely don't know what to do because my mother won't phone the doctors and I can't because of exams. I'm genuinely scared I'm going to end up passing out or something. I'm in desperate need or some kind of guidance.

I was watching a video discussing how to create a business culture where your team works well together AND enjoys being together.
Here were my take aways:
1) Your team will reflect your BEHAVIOR more than your words. If you show up unkempt, and behave like everything is a drag, so will they. SOLUTION: become hyper-aware of your behavior, presence, and tone. as these are the things that will be "downloaded" by your team
2) extra effort from a personal stand point will always be valued. this doesn't need to be business/performance related. remember, they're people. what are they excited about, what are they looking forward to, what do they enjoy doing with friends outside of work, are they celebrating anything soon, did they just have a personal big win or loss? any big life changes? You don't need to over intrude, but interest in your team, will yield interest in you. because that's how relationships work lol. (lifehack, this works for clients/customers too)
3) genuinely caring is a superpower. I used to think that caring was a weakness, because it opened me up to pain from others. but when you care about something, you work harder at it. when you care about someone, you try harder with/for them. When you care about a project, you speak with conviction and are more likely to be seen as authentic. so yes, there is potential pains from cruel external forces, but there is much room for greater potential improvements. If you don't currently care, then act like you do until you authentically do.
4) most people aren't stupid, they've been given poor instructions by bad teachers. if i told you to tell me how to make a PB&J sandwich as if i knew nothing, and you said "get PB, get J, put it on bread, put them together, enjoy"okay. but, where do I get the PB, how do i get there, do i have to put it back. why do i need to put it back, etc. etc. etc. When you hire someone, they need to understand how to do things the way you want them done. it doesn't matter if they've done it before somewhere else, or if this is their entry position. they still need to know how to do it HERE IN YOUR BUSINESS. because different business means different culture and different common actions/behaviors. help them learn the successful actions in your business.
5) Invest in your team as if they will never leave, but hope and expect that they will. By investing in your team, you improve their skillset which reflects in your business. Even if they leave, you helped someone improve their wellbeing by using the skills somewhere else for more money. You can't force them to stay, but you can influence lives for the better. That goodwill never goes unused.
I hope you found this valuable. let me know your thoughts!

Hi all,
I've been struggling with bulimia for the last 3 or so years, with the binging become more and more severe in the last few months (following the loss of my job). It has gotten to the point where I will spend £10/20 per night at the corner shop and binge it all in one sitting, only to then purge it all until I can only see bile.
One wake-up call was about 2 nights ago, when the guy serving me recognized me and joked about how much I must love chocolate.
Tonight was another- I went to a different shop (too embarrassed to go to my usual) and bought 2 chocolate bars, 2 twix. I ate them all in the afternoon, purging as I did so. I then went back and bought even more (3 bags of sweets and another chocolate bar) even though I didn't even want it that much any more. While there, my card declined because I have spent so much on food today. I had to move some over from my other account to pay for it. I then proceeded to eat it all (again) and purge (again).
It's never been this bad. I no longer get any enjoyment out of it- I just eat on auto pilot. I want to recover so badly but the urge to binge is just so strong. I know which foods trigger me (chocolate, sweets, bread) but every time I manage to avoid them and don't binge, I tell myself the next day that I can manage in moderation, leading me to binge and purge all over again. I crave these foods so so badly but I don't even like them anymore or get any satisfaction when I eat them.
Has anyone else reached this point? Is there any hope? Any advice for sticking with recovery?

Now we all know that everyone are equally a divine part of God, it's how manifesting works. This doesn't mean you can claim your will over others because they're in a way also a part of you. This is a reasoning that is usually used to justify manipulating others which is fundamentally wrong. When it comes to matters influencing others always keep the golden rule in mind. Would you feel comfortable knowing that someone you don't like suddenly made you like them?
What you can do instead of making the person like you, you can look at what their previous partners look like and work on yourself to dress/shape up similarly. Get an opportunity to talk to them, happen to pick up a book or movie they already watched (don't make them read /watch anything you like) basically create bonding opportunities rather than forcing the feelings directly. Don't over do it or it will creep them out. Follow the golden rule, don't do to them what you wouldn't want happening to you Apply a similar approach to helping someone lose a bad habit, have meet someone who can influence them to pick up a good habits (working out, being orderly, etc) or meet the right therapist
If none of that changes then respect their path in life and leave them be. I know people who used this to make a person fall for them and it does work but it always backfires at a later point or even immediately. It probably carries bad karma into your next life even if nothing happens.
For example, an aunt of mine who's known for using witchcraft is said to have used it to make a man like her, at first things were going perfectly they had a family then out of nowhere he just walked out. This is a common occurrence with love spells (which are essentially manifesting with too many steps). The person keeps going back and forth between being obsessed and downright despising their partner without knowing why, probably because their soul knows what's being done to it and is fighting back. People's wills are divinely preserved and protected. So when feelings are forced onto them they might react weirdly like someone who's possessed
Now an example of something that happened to me because I tried to force a positive habit on people around me. I have a lot of siblings (6) They're all very much grown with youngest being 16. However, none of them clean the dishes they use so you can imagine how much cleaning I have to do when it's my turn. The kitchen always looked like a tornado hit it. If they made a nutella sandwich for example, they would leave the bread bag open, the Nutella jar uncoverdd and the spoon which is still have full smeared on the counter. Cockroaches are a staple problem because of them. They don't change this habit no matter how many times I talked to them. So I decided to manifest that they always clean after themselves. It did work but not in the way I wanted. Mum who is sick started cleaning after herself and everyone else included. I was relieved from kitchen duty at the cost of her instead. I started counter manifesting this until she stopped. Then I tried again but got specific that she's not included, still once again she started doing everyone else's share. I realized that this isn't the answer and asked for an affordable maid instead. That's what finally resolved the problem
I learned that messing with people's wills is wrong and avoided it for both good and bad reasons ever since

I’ve taken multiple antibiotics and Fluconazole/Diflucan but my symptoms would come back in just a matter of a few days. When I first sought out treatment, I was unaware of how important it is to take probiotics and didn't know that we need Lactobacillus bacteria in the vagina. However, once I learned the importance of probiotics, I started out with the Nature's Bounty probiotic tablets that have 100 million CFU. They helped my gut health a bit but weren’t enough to combat the infections, also they only have one strain and for vaginal health we need multiple strains to obtain optimal health.
-Probiotics I recommend are: Renew Life Womens Probiotics, Double Wood Vaginal Probiotics (oral supplement and contains L. Crispatus).
Next helpful thing was the Candida diet which tells you to refrain from all forms of sugar including fruits and carbohydrates. Carbs were something I didn’t expect to be a contributor with an active yeast infection but they convert into sugar during digestion. Candida feeds on sugar. I cut out white bread completely and minimized consuming flour-based foods and started to consume antifungal foods like garlic, onion, cinnamon, and coconut oil to name a few on a daily basis.
Lastly, I looked into treatments to combat the infections directly. Intravaginal prescribed medications were effective when I used them, but the infections came back a few days after use. Then I learned that I shouldn’t use medications that much because I can develop an antibiotic resistance which isn’t good. I then looked into alternative treatments and saw that many women found boric acid to be very effective. I have found boric acid to be effective and gives me a “fully cleaned out” feeling due to its antiseptic capabilities.
-Boric Acid suppositories I recommend: NewLife Naturals 60 Capsules, Double Wood Boric Acid 60 Capsules, My Frenemy Flora 40 Capsules (Also contains PROBIOTICS).
Lastly, I used a supplement called Monolaurin which is a coconut derived antimicrobial and helps reduce pathogens in the body. It also combats Candida due to its antifungal properties.
For anyone dealing with a stubborn infection or recurring infections please note that you should work on a treatment plan to follow for at least 3 months. You don’t have to do so, but you want to make sure that you have successfully treated the issue and helped your body get back on track. I hope some of the things I mentioned help you guys the way they’ve helped me.

I would like him to be less fat. He's a dirty thief. We have to keep bread in cabinets, any leftovers the kids drop he's on like a dog, he will eat the rest of kittys food when she's done. The vet gave me a small portion scoop, and said feed them this much 2x a day. And that's what he gets. I've tried putting kittys food up high, but she's getting older now and i don't like the idea of her falling from the top of the fridge. Kitty will eat a few bites and walk away, wanting to save the rest of it for later, and here comes his royal fatass to wolf down the rest. I've thought about a collar that only opens their own food dish. Any word on if they're good? Any other ideas how to keep a fat clever cat from stuffing his fat kitty face?

I have been dating for past 3+ years and planning to marry my boyfriend. He is really a great guy who I admire, adore and respect.
But recently after a discussion with my parents, I have been questioning myself if my love is true? Or does true love actually exist?
I come from a wealthier family (networth somewhere around 80cr) than my boyfriend who comes from a family where he is the sole bread winner with lot of financial responsibilities (basically no assets). He is hardworking, passionate and I know he will be successful irrespective of anything.
Coming to our relationship, I was the one who proposed him, back then money was never my criteria. I just could not help myself from not falling for him.I knew his financial and family conditions.. But for me nothing mattered as I just saw him as an individual. He was someone who was more hardworking than me, more passionate than me and had really high morale. Currently he earns more than me though we have same degree.. So if we see individually he is more capable and also I feel is a better person than me which made me fall for him.
Coming to my family discussion, I was always with a perspective that boy and girl are equal. I am 25 now and I can say never till today I saw my parents differentiate between me and my brother. But recently now that my brother is getting married I came to realize that the whole property would go solely to my brother. I love my brother and we have a great bond. But hearing this I did not know how to react.
I know that I have cousins where girls were not given any inheritance, but my dad always complained about how unfair it is. My mom also was not given any inheritance though her dad owns a fortune (his network is 10x of my dad) .. And my mom use to complain about the same. Seeing this I expected that my parents are different, I will have an equal inheritance with my rother.But no.
Basically there is no inheritance for girl child as girls are always expected to get married into a way more wealthier family. So the whole property goes to the son alone. while if a girl does a love marriage then it's her fate and she gets no inheritance.
My family is not open to love marriage so they deemed that mine will be an arranged marriage, sometimes my brother keeps joking about how I should lend him luxuries ones I get married to a richer guy ( in an arranged marriage).
The irony is that few years back my brother fell in love with a girl (who was a gold digger and cheated on my brother later very badly) who came from a very poor family background, though my parents did not like her.. Not because she was poor but there were lot of roumors of her being not a nice girl (had multiple affairs). Still my parents agreed to my brothers choice, as it's his life. It was easy for him as he has no change in life. The girls financial condition never mattered to him as his life is not changing at all.. He will have all the money anyways. No life style change.
But for me... If I marry my boyfriend, I will be living in a 1bhk rented house with his parents. Untill recently the guy I was soo sure about now because of this drastic change which I will have to face.. I am getting a cold feet. I can convince my parents for the marriage, but I know I will get blessing but no wealth.
Till date I always thought I will be living in one of the 5 house which my dad owns, with my bf and his family. But now.. I feel I have too much to lose.
(Legally - only ancestors wealth can be distributed equally, and all the wealth we have now is solely generated by my dad (he is great at stock market). So it's his choice to not give me any assets. Though he loves me i am sure if I go for love marriage .. He won't give me a penny! )
My bf is perfect no reason to break up at all! So if my love is true I should not be afraid to let go of wealth and live in a rented 1bhk right?.. But i am feeling suddenly so chickened out. Feeling too scared about the change in my lifestyle.
I know, if we work hard we can get rich too but tentatively the struggle is scaring me.
If I chose to marry him now.. Will I blame him in future after a fight?
Will love fade away and will I regret later?
Is love greater than money?
Do i really love him? I really think I do... Then why am I getting second thoughts ?
Was I never in love with him?
I am just dwelling in these thoughts now...