Gimme Five

[Southieinnc]

Right now I am on a 6 week metabolic reset diet.

Ground beef, browned with butter.
Ribeye.
Sirloin, with butter.
Chicken thighs, not boneless/skinless. Eat the skin. Once a week.
Salmon, in butter. Once a week.
Eggs. Lots of eggs.
Bacon. Lots of bacon.
Broccoli florets, summer squash, zucchini.
Garlic.
Avocado.
Coffee, with or without ghee.
Water.
Salt and pepper.

Sounds like a lot but think about it.
Every morning is bacon eggs and avocado.
Every lunch is ground beef with chopped garlic and squash/zucchini with garlic butter
Dinner is steak 5 days a week with chicken once a salmon once.

No snacking.

First two weeks I cheated. I had a couple Medjool dates with peanut butter in the morning and a handful of cashews in the afternoon.
First week I dropped 6 lbs. Second week I dropped 2.
I quit cheating and I dropped 3 1/2 last week. I know Medjool dates are loaded with natural sugar, so that's on me.
3 weeks left and I am aiming for another 10 lbs. I will then start adding back in natural sugars, Apples, Bananas, Berries. Maybe Yogurt.
AND CASHEWS!!!


One of my 2025 goals was under 200 lbs, which would be a 19 lb drop since last fall or 27 off my heaviest.
If I hit that in the next 3 weeks I will reset my goal for 2025 to be under 190.
I also set a goal of a half marathon in under three hours. We'll see what my knees say about that with less weight pounding on my knees.

Watch your kidneys. I could eat a diet like that when younger but my kidneys are getting old. A high protein diet can be very hard on old kidneys.

 

[Yankee Traveler]

Lot's of eggs, so you dipped into your retirement? Damn Bird Flu

My wife robbed me!!!
I just opened my breakfast and there is 3 half soft boiled eggs...it's supposed to be 3 eggs!!!

Fuck it. I'm going to buy a donut.


Or three.

 

[Yankee Traveler]

Watch your kidneys. I could eat a diet like that when younger but my kidneys are getting old. A high protein diet can be very hard on old kidneys.

It's not a forever diet. Not for me anyway. And it is more about a balance of fat and protein than it is just high protein.

Things I am going to add back in, for certain:
Beets, potatoes (in moderation), rice (Sushi), shellfish (Sorry BK), bananas, apples (with PB), dates (with PB), milk in my coffee, onions, peppers, tenderloin, yogurt, cabbage, ribs,

 

[nefansince75]

Gimme Five: Gimme five things you use to do but no longer do.

1. Detail my own car

2. Create my own rubs

3. Stay up past midnight

4. Handouts to the street people

5. Work out regularly

You should get back to number 5, scaled appropriately to your abilities of course.

Handouts may actually help some, but most are just taking advantage of someone with a good nature.

 

[nefansince75]

Right now I am on a 6 week metabolic reset diet.

Ground beef, browned with butter.
Ribeye.
Sirloin, with butter.
Chicken thighs, not boneless/skinless. Eat the skin. Once a week.
Salmon, in butter. Once a week.
Eggs. Lots of eggs.
Bacon. Lots of bacon.
Broccoli florets, summer squash, zucchini.
Garlic.
Avocado.
Coffee, with or without ghee.
Water.
Salt and pepper.

Sounds like a lot but think about it.
Every morning is bacon eggs and avocado.
Every lunch is ground beef with chopped garlic and squash/zucchini with garlic butter
Dinner is steak 5 days a week with chicken once a salmon once.

No snacking.

First two weeks I cheated. I had a couple Medjool dates with peanut butter in the morning and a handful of cashews in the afternoon.
First week I dropped 6 lbs. Second week I dropped 2.
I quit cheating and I dropped 3 1/2 last week. I know Medjool dates are loaded with natural sugar, so that's on me.
3 weeks left and I am aiming for another 10 lbs. I will then start adding back in natural sugars, Apples, Bananas, Berries. Maybe Yogurt.
AND CASHEWS!!!


One of my 2025 goals was under 200 lbs, which would be a 19 lb drop since last fall or 27 off my heaviest.
If I hit that in the next 3 weeks I will reset my goal for 2025 to be under 190.
I also set a goal of a half marathon in under three hours. We'll see what my knees say about that with less weight pounding on my knees.

That might seem difficult if that were the list of what you were giving up.

I probably don't know what a metabolic diet is..... but....

Popcorn is probably fine. I pop mine in a microwave popper (nothing added, takes two minutes) - then drizzle a couple tablespoons of avocado oil and a couple tablespoons of nutritional yeast and some salt.

I pop a couple of dried apricots when I have an edge of hunger between meals.

 

[BigKen]

Gimme Five: Gimme five things you use to do but no longer do.

1. Tune my car's engine

2. Mow my lawn

3. Electrical work in my house

4. Any plumbing work that requires a complete change of anything

5. Own a dog

 

[Yankee Traveler]

That might seem difficult if that were the list of what you were giving up.

I probably don't know what a metabolic diet is..... but....

Popcorn is probably fine.

Nope. In a few more weeks.

I pop mine in a microwave popper (nothing added, takes two minutes) - then drizzle a couple tablespoons of avocado oil and a couple tablespoons of nutritional yeast and some salt.

I pop mine in coconut oil then sprinkle it with yeast and salt.

I pop a couple of dried apricots when I have an edge of hunger between meals.

Nope.

 

[YankeeRebel]

1. Tune my car's engine

2. Mow my lawn

3. Electrical work in my house

4. Any plumbing work that requires a complete change of anything

5. Own a dog

I have never been a pet person, don't have the patience for animal care.

 

[Yankee Traveler]

I have never been a pet person, don't have the patience for animal care.

I'm a bit of a prepper.

As such I like redundancy.

My German Shepherd Dog provides both an alarm system and security in the event of a power failure.
Also, we were traveling to Vermont one Christmas eve years back when the alternator in that chevy seized and sheared apart at -25 halfway between hell and nowhere. My wife had her boots in the back of the truck and was wearing running shoes. Her feet started to get cold as we were waiting on AAA, and she didn't want to put her feet in boots that were -25 degrees. I told her to put them under the dog we had at the time.
She put her feet up on the bench seat next to the dog and the dog just curled up on them like it was her duty, without even being spoken to. Happy wife!!


I will forever miss that dog, CJ will live in eternity in my memories.

Best. Dog. Ever.

 

[Southieinnc]

That might seem difficult if that were the list of what you were giving up.

I probably don't know what a metabolic diet is..... but....

Popcorn is probably fine. I pop mine in a microwave popper (nothing added, takes two minutes) - then drizzle a couple tablespoons of avocado oil and a couple tablespoons of nutritional yeast and some salt.

I pop a couple of dried apricots when I have an edge of hunger between meals.

I’m allergic to the sulfites in dried apricots. Probably outlaws when Kennedy gets his way.

 

[YankeeRebel]

Gimme Five Pet Peeves.

1. People that do not use indicators. Put your damn indicator on chances are I will let you in and you don't have to cut me off.

2. People that leave a few seconds on the microwave.

3. People that don't care for their animals. I am not a pet person b/c I do not have the patience to deal with the needy little bastards, but I fully advocate for taking great care of them if you choose to have one.

4. Spam / Robo Calls: Why the F do we even have a do not call registry if it can be ignored?

5. Complainers, especially in the workforce. We all have a job do whining about your job does nothing.

 

[Dude]

Gimme Five Pet Peeves.

1. People that do not use indicators. Put your damn indicator on chances are I will let you in and you don't have to cut me off.

2. People that leave a few seconds on the microwave.

3. People that don't care for their animals. I am not a pet person b/c I do not have the patience to deal with the needy little bastards, but I fully advocate for taking great care of them if you choose to have one.

4. Spam / Robo Calls: Why the F do we even have a do not call registry if it can be ignored?

5. Complainers, especially in the workforce. We all have a job do whining about your job does nothing.

I’m all in for 1 & 4. Would add
- People that walk while staring at their phones, oblivious to everything around them

- Groups of people that take up all the space on sidewalks, walking slowly and not leaving a “passing” lane

- People that immediately try to cram into an elevator when the door opens, without letting people who are exiting go first

 

[YankeeRebel]

I’m all in for 1 & 4. Would add
- People that walk while staring at their phones, oblivious to everything around them

- Groups of people that take up all the space on sidewalks, walking slowly and not leaving a “passing” lane

- People that immediately try to cram into an elevator when the door opens, without letting people who are exiting go first

Yeah that shit bothers me too, especially in stores as well

 

[Yankee Traveler]

Gimme Five Pet Peeves.

1. People that do not use indicators. Put your damn indicator on chances are I will let you in and you don't have to cut me off.

2. People that leave a few seconds on the microwave.

3. People that don't care for their animals. I am not a pet person b/c I do not have the patience to deal with the needy little bastards, but I fully advocate for taking great care of them if you choose to have one.

4. Spam / Robo Calls: Why the F do we even have a do not call registry if it can be ignored?

5. Complainers, especially in the workforce. We all have a job do whining about your job does nothing.

Just 5???
6. Litter Bugs. People who throw their trash out of car windows...You are going to stop at a gas station sometime in the very near future, they have a trash bin at every pump. Leaving trash on the beach or trail. Really? Again, I guarantee there are trash bins in the parking lot...etc etc etc....

I’m all in for 1 & 4. Would add
- People that walk while staring at their phones, oblivious to everything around them

- Groups of people that take up all the space on sidewalks, walking slowly and not leaving a “passing” lane

Even worse the ones that need to convene at the most inconvenient places, like right outside the doors of wherever they were just shopping etc. Step to the fucking side and let others exit the building.

- People that immediately try to cram into an elevator when the door opens, without letting people who are exiting go first

100%

7. All the sheep that ride behind the guy doing 65 in the fast lane of a 70 mph zone.

 

[nefansince75]

Gimme Five Pet Peeves.

1. People that do not use indicators. Put your damn indicator on chances are I will let you in and you don't have to cut me off.

2. People that leave a few seconds on the microwave.

3. People that don't care for their animals. I am not a pet person b/c I do not have the patience to deal with the needy little bastards, but I fully advocate for taking great care of them if you choose to have one.

4. Spam / Robo Calls: Why the F do we even have a do not call registry if it can be ignored?

5. Complainers, especially in the workforce. We all have a job do whining about your job does nothing.

A few seconds on the microwave? How about someone leaving over a minute causing you to be late... late because you mistook the remaining time for the actual time.

 

[Southieinnc]

Gimme Five Pet Peeves.

1. People that do not use indicators. Put your damn indicator on chances are I will let you in and you don't have to cut me off.

2. People that leave a few seconds on the microwave.

3. People that don't care for their animals. I am not a pet person b/c I do not have the patience to deal with the needy little bastards, but I fully advocate for taking great care of them if you choose to have one.

4. Spam / Robo Calls: Why the F do we even have a do not call registry if it can be ignored?

5. Complainers, especially in the workforce. We all have a job do whining about your job does nothing.

List Five of your Pet Peeves and why they bother you.

1. When people do not use their turn indicators: Honestly if you let me know you need to come over I will make room for you. Irritating when people just cut you off.

2. Fall of the bone ribs: Yeah you over cooked them, ribs should have a little bite and pull to them. If I want pulled pork I'll make pulled pork.

3. Fat girls claiming to be thick: You're fooling no one you are not thick, or big boned your fat and there is a difference.

4. Isle Conversation: Hey I am trying to shop here when Karen one headed north meets Karen 2 heading south and they decide to have a conversation and block the isle pisses me off.

5. Cell phones on speaker in public: In all honesty no one wants to hear your conversation put the phone to your ear.

 

[NWPATSFAN]

I’m all in for 1 & 4. Would add
- People that walk while staring at their phones, oblivious to everything around them

- Groups of people that take up all the space on sidewalks, walking slowly and not leaving a “passing” lane

- People that immediately try to cram into an elevator when the door opens, without letting people who are exiting go first

We could be twins.

Add

- people shouting into their phone with a speaker on in public.

- People taking up space in aisles.

 

[cheerupcharlie]

Five Pet Peeves

1). When someone leaves their shopping cart in the middle of the isle while they go to get something off the shelf. I will push their cart out of the way with mine. Fuckers.

2). When I hold the door open for someone and they don’t say “thank you”. I tell them they are welcome in a very snarky way. Fuckers

3). When my kids would butter their toast and leave toast crumbs on the butter from the knife. Fuckers

4). People who walk their dogs without leashes. When they say “My dog is friendly and doesn’t bite”. Guess what … mine do. Keep your dog on a leash and away from mine. Fuckers

5). When someone blows their nose while at a restaurant. The sound is disgusting. And I lose my appetite. Go to the restroom and do that shit. Fuckers

 

[nefansince75]

Five Pet Peeves

1). When someone leaves their shopping cart in the middle of the isle while they go to get something off the shelf. I will push their cart out of the way with mine. Fuckers.

2). When I hold the door open for someone and they don’t say “thank you”. I tell them they are welcome in a very snarky way. Fuckers

3). When my kids would butter their toast and leave toast crumbs on the butter from the knife. Fuckers

4). People who walk their dogs without leashes. When they say “My dog is friendly and doesn’t bite”. Guess what … mine do. Keep your dog on a leash and away from mine. Fuckers

5). When someone blows their nose while at a restaurant. The sound is disgusting. And I lose my appetite. Go to the restroom and do that shit. Fuckers

These are good....

1. When you wait patiently in a checkout line at a store, and they open another register and yell next without try to manage the previous line or caring that the last in line is now first in line.
2. Working to do an apples to apples comparison while the rest of the world wants you to "think" you've got an apple to apples comparison.
3. Working hard and constantly working around others who put you down so the don't need to keep up.
4. already listed
5. already listed

 

[Southieinnc]

Five Pet Peeves

1). When someone leaves their shopping cart in the middle of the isle while they go to get something off the shelf. I will push their cart out of the way with mine. Fuckers.

2). When I hold the door open for someone and they don’t say “thank you”. I tell them they are welcome in a very snarky way. Fuckers

3). When my kids would butter their toast and leave toast crumbs on the butter from the knife. Fuckers

4). People who walk their dogs without leashes. When they say “My dog is friendly and doesn’t bite”. Guess what … mine do. Keep your dog on a leash and away from mine. Fuckers

5). When someone blows their nose while at a restaurant. The sound is disgusting. And I lose my appetite. Go to the restroom and do that shit. Fuckers

When I hold the door open for someone and they don’t say “thank you”. I tell them they are welcome in a very snarky way. Fuckers

Do you open the door to ger recognition or do you do it because it's the right thing to do......