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submitted 3 months ago by Lemmeenym@lemm.ee to c/loseit@discuss.tchncs.de

I'm restarting after gaining back from a big loss that finished at the beginning of last year. Last time I did lots of walking and then bicycling. I'm struggling a bit getting more active this time. I think my biggest problem is that I want to go at the same level that I was going when I stopped and I need to slow down a bit and build back up to that.

What are you doing to get more active? Any exercise programs, youtube workouts, or other resources you've use that you enjoyed? Are there any exercise or active hobby lemmy communities that would pair well with this community?

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submitted 4 months ago by Lemmeenym@lemm.ee to c/disability@beehaw.org

This is more philosophical than practical and hopefully it's appropriate to the community.

This is something I've pondered over since I was young. What first got it running through my head was when my grandfather developed COPD and at about 10 I was tasked with helping him figure out his inhalers because I already had about a decade of experience using them. He was a very physical, active man. He was a WW2 veteran, he was a master carpenter and had built his own company, he was an expert woodsman and survivalist. Then he developed COPD and then Parkinson's. He had opportunities and accomplishments and a life that was forever closed off to me and that was a burden but I think he had at least an equal burden of having the knowledge, experience, and drive to continue to live as he previously had but no longer the physical ability. He had to relearn how to do lots of things with his new limitations as his Parkinson's progressed and it always seemed to me that it was an advantage that I never had to relearn things, I had figured out alternatives that worked for me to begin with. The biggest advantage to our situations was that we both had someone to have real conversations with about what we were dealing with. Someone it was ok to not be ok with.

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submitted 4 months ago by Lemmeenym@lemm.ee to c/disability@beehaw.org

Accessibility has come a long way since I was a child. Sports associations took way too long to decide that corticosteroids and anabolic steroids are not the same thing. You had to walk through the smoking section to get to the non-smoking section that was in the same room with no dividers or anything, sometimes even in medical offices. When I went to college I chose the one that I did because it actually had an office for students with disabilities. It was at the top of a hill in an old converted house that could only be entered using stairs and the closet disabled parking was a quarter mile away but it existed. The one counselor in the office basically set up a second office in a library study room so that students could actually meet with her and unfortunately she wasn't always convinced that invisible disabilities were legitimate. She did help with making sure I didn't have back to back classes on the opposite side of campus and she passed information from my doctor to the professor in my physical education requirement so I got what I needed from her without too much arguing.

A lot of the progress is really just awareness and destigmatation. It was very important to my parents and kindergarten teacher that I did not have autism, I have Asperger's. They thought that people with autism were mostly nonverbal, never did well in school, and had no future so the testing that said I was mildly autistic disappeared and I didn't find out about it until I was diagnosed in my early twenties and my grandmother told me that "we" already knew. I still don't disclose my disabilities unless I have to but it's kinda amazing how open people can be about their health issues and need for accommodation now.

[-] Lemmeenym@lemm.ee 39 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

!newcommunities@lemmy.world helps. You can also post about them in related communities if the community rules allow and communities can partner with each other to link in community sidebars.

[-] Lemmeenym@lemm.ee 86 points 4 months ago

To reduce centralization. The more spread out things are the less vulnerable Lemmy is to a major loss if an instance shuts down and the less power any single admin has.

[-] Lemmeenym@lemm.ee 36 points 6 months ago

Pet cats that are allowed to roam outdoors are extremely destructive to local wildlife and live shorter lives. Cat should only be kept as indoor pets.

https://www.americanhumane.org/fact-sheet/indoor-cats-vs-outdoor-cats/

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completefoods.co is still up but building new recipes with the recipe builder doesn't seem to work anymore. Are there any recipe builders still working that calculate the full list of FDA rdi vitamins and minerals?

[-] Lemmeenym@lemm.ee 85 points 6 months ago

In the article it says that immunocompromised people spoke during the public comments on the bill and Republican senators said that the bill would criminalize their wearing masks but they just won't be prosecuted for it.

[-] Lemmeenym@lemm.ee 36 points 6 months ago

The Vice President doesn't certify the vote count, the Senate does. The VP usually presides over the counting because the VP is the head of the Senate but if the office of the VP is vacant or the VP chooses not to preside over the vote count then the president pro tempore or the Senate leader elected under SR1 is the presiding officer.

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submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by Lemmeenym@lemm.ee to c/thelyricsgame@lemmy.ca

spoiler

He Walked On Water by Randy Travis

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spoiler

Sheb Wooley - The Purple People Eater

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submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by Lemmeenym@lemm.ee to c/thelyricsgame@lemmy.ca

The theme is very controversial among the tv fans. It was a rock song that was superficially changed and renamed for a tv show. I'll take either version.

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Name the show for bonus imaginary points.

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[-] Lemmeenym@lemm.ee 53 points 7 months ago

My mind can't comprehend those walking and biking numbers. The walking is about 70 miles a day. That's more than double the average distance of a one day ultra marathon done everyday for a month and a half. The biking distance is about 255 miles a day. Roughly 2.5x the average daily distance for the Tour de France. I want to meet the people who can do that.

[-] Lemmeenym@lemm.ee 35 points 7 months ago

Unless it's a very severe case that's not likely, for most people it's just uncomfortable. Raynaud's does make you more vulnerable to frostbite though.

[-] Lemmeenym@lemm.ee 72 points 7 months ago

https://www.billtrack50.com/legislatordetail/20814

That's his record of votes and proposed legislation for the current Congress.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2034

That's a bill he supported in committee.

He has also worked with Sanders and Warren to convince Biden to expand debt relief granted through the executive branch. As far as congressmen go, he's a good one.

[-] Lemmeenym@lemm.ee 52 points 8 months ago

The criticism isn't about a fair fight, it's about the unnecessary cruelty in the treatment of the animal. An important part of hunting ethics is minimizing the suffering of the prey. Kills should be as quick and efficient as possible.

[-] Lemmeenym@lemm.ee 41 points 8 months ago

Making fight decisions based on "could I kill it" is a convenience of human technology. The ability to seclude ourselves during healing and medicine allowing us to avoid infection, heal faster, and heal from more serious wounds has skewed how we think about fighting. Most animals make fight decisions less on "can I kill it" and more on "how badly can it injure me".

Sure a human can kill a house cat, absent technology can the human do it without having the skin on an arm or leg shredded? Will the injuries be significant enough to make you unable to protect yourself from other predators? Will the injuries set up infection and kill you?

Cats are basically the perfect land predators. Even with their small size domestic cats are the most deadly and destructive hunters on earth.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/cats-kill-a-staggering-number-of-species-across-the-world/

They are ambush predators. They are really good at evaluating prey, identifying strengths and weaknesses, figuring out how, when, and if they should attack. Cats know whether or not they can win a fight. Cats will sometimes charge into fights they can't win, like attacking the bear, because they know that they can inflict damage and that the other animal is making a similar fight decision. The hyper aggression of a 10lb claw tornado flying toward a 200lb bear is usually enough to convince the bear that the fight isn't worth it.

[-] Lemmeenym@lemm.ee 72 points 8 months ago

They also got it in one day instead of the month and a half it really takes. And picked it up at the post office instead of receiving it in mail. And it was processed by the local post office instead of the State Department. I think you have good reason not to believe it.

[-] Lemmeenym@lemm.ee 34 points 9 months ago

It's not just phrased poorly, it's not a true statement. It's a conservative talking point that does not bear out when you look at the federal budget. Republican Presidents and Congresses increase spending at least as much as Democratic Presidents and Congresses. Both parties are big spenders. Despite this and related talking points, Republicans are the less fiscally responsible party because while increasing spending they tend to enact policies that reduce growth in revenue.

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