the GAINS thread

[SiouxNation]

I dropped 50lbs in the last two years, was starting to get into a steady routing of 5/3/1.

Winter came, (MN) so I stopped running, I then started an overnight project for 3 months working 2am-10am...killed my routine and now I'm trying to get back on track. Except now I'm working on selling a house, already bought a new McMansion. Life is getting in the way of gains.

Summer rolls around and I'll start killing the 5k times again and start in on some steady lifting.

5' 8"
170lbs
I'm built like a fire hydrant.

[skarlorn]

As per Kombucha, it's basically probiotics and tea. Probiotics are really good for gut health, which in turn improves OVERALL health by a significant margin. There's a spare amt of alcohol which feels nice if you aren't a regular drinker. Plus, black tea has some good health effects.

[Raavak]

Originally Posted by skarlorn [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

There's a spare amt of alcohol which feels nice if you aren't a regular drinker.

There's a small amount of alcohol produced in your gut which is probably why we can even metabolize it, unlike methyl alcohol. I'm thinking these tiny amounts might be good for us.

I can't friggen stand that Kombucha shit though. Its worse than apple cider vinegar.

[Jimjam]

Good to see you're supporting your brain health and getting plenty of the D!

[JurisDictum]

When you can find/afford it, this is the best Milk for health overall:

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I mean you can get small artisan farm milk that might be better, but its not commercially available everywhere. The key point: non-homogenized...meaning very minimal processing.

[skarlorn]

Ya I usually purchase teh grass milk.

The problem with cheating with fast food is that it creates a very powerful inflammatory response in your body every time you eat it.

[skarlorn]

I did all my heavy drinking and drug use late teens and early 20s, and thank god for it. These days hangovers off 4+ drinks ruin the entirety of my next day. The buzz is not worth the come down.

It's easier for people who incorporate drinking into the daily lifestyle, though. Their bodies adapt to the poizon.

[Lhancelot]

Originally Posted by skarlorn [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

It's easier for people who incorporate drinking into the daily lifestyle, though. Their bodies adapt to the poizon.

There are different types of alcoholics.

A binge drinker can go months without drinking a drop, but then go on a hardcore session of 20 shots in one night drinking to the point they reach near alcohol poisoning flying off the rails like a mad person. Binge drinking is extremely dangerous and this type of drinker can't stop once they down one drink.

Habitual alcoholics can and will drink continuously on a daily basis, obviously this is not healthy behavior either but the pattern of how these two types of alcoholics drink is very different from one another.

I tend to binge drink and so as I have gotten older learned the hard way that it's best I just not have any drink at all. All it takes is the thought or feeling of wanting to get drunk and once I drink one beer or shot that day is done.

The worst is the recovery after a drinking session due to the sheer amount of alcohol I will drink.

These binges can create other problems, typically I won't even remember much of the later points of the binge and I have done really crazy things that I ended up regretting.

Alcohol is a dirty nasty drug, and it's hilarious it's embraced yet weed is vilified as well as other drugs that are far less damaging.

On a side note, the worst withdrawals I have ever seen in the jail were from alcohol. I seen many heroin addicts go through withdrawals, and as bad as they are the withdrawal process of alcohol beats it hands down. It's a longer process, and much scarier when trying to manage them due to the alcoholic having severe hallucinations and becoming very aggressive.

The behavior of a years long alcoholic withdrawing from alcohol is identical to a schizophrenic having an extremely manic episode of hallucinations. They hear and see things not there, and they become very combative you can't even communicate with them properly.

At first when they start up, the first thing we do is refer them to mental health and place them in a single cell. Then the mental health director will have to watch and evaluate them over time to determine if they are a "mental" or going through alcohol withdrawals.

After a week or so, they come back to earth if it's alcohol withdrawals whereas if they are suffering from mental health issues obviously the behavior will probably go on for much longer until prescribed meds help.

[Lulz~Sect]

Funny we’re talking about milk
The other day I drunkenly purchased an overpriced quart of some upstate alleged organic grass fed shit for 10$ Because it came in a beautiful bottle in the hipster deli closest to me

Some Oasis of Marr kush lat r and I’ll be damned if I didn’t drink half that shit in one night

FuckinG DeliSH

[skarlorn]

yeah dude don't underestimate the pleasure of sucking down grade A+ milch

*nods to ravaaks alcohol assessment*

although I personally love the taste of kombucha and cider vinny