My ex jumps between saying I'm better off without him and telling me he's miserable and hates the choices he's made. But I do realize that if he couldn't commit after 7 years then he never will. I'll never be the person he wants to be with.

I was just going to say something exactly like that!

Looks like a HazMat suit, which has decontamination policies in place. You don't just scuba dive into shit, there are people that help facility that. It's not as simple as just strapping your stuff,

I met an absolutely amazing guy on an app that is definitely not meant for dating. We aren't together, but I like to think I got this description so there ARE women like this out there.

I'm going to have to tell that to people from now on. Ha

True story. They're disgusting, I had one and it freaked one of my surgeons out big time because they were not expecting it.

Ooooooohhh. That's crazy, I can't imagine it being so cold that that it would impact that part of your life!

He kills people and eats hands!

"Caaaaaaaaarrrlll, that kills people"

Technically she is, I suppose... the name of the song came from the movie.

I didn't know it was a book stores, I'll definitely check that out. Thanks!

Ha! I just watched that like a week ago.

Is it If I Stay?

Calorie deficit might be the driving force behind weight loss, but caloric need varies wildly from one person to another. 2 people performing the exact same activity are not going to burn the same number of calories so it's not like you can just point a finger at someone and assume that cutting a few hundred calories a day is the magic answer. It's rather shocking to think that there are really people that think it's that easy across the board. For some people it may be that simple, but it's not the case for everyone. Doctors don't have a damn clue why certain drugs cause weight gain or the inability to lose weight, but reducing your intake to 700 calories a day is a very quick way to make yourself very sick.

I think a lot of the food cost issues do depend on where you live, some places are just not suitable for growing a huge variety of produce or raising livestock so the cost is higher. Mass produced, frozen stuff is more cost efficient.
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And theodorerex, to some extent that may be true but there ARE conditions, medications, etc. that impact how food is metabolized. I'm currently on a course of treatment that tends to cause weight gain, so it's been a fight to maintain my weight in spite of the fact that my diet and activity levels haven't changed at all.

I didn't think much of the 60 hour work week thing until I saw another comment where you said you don't have your high school diploma yet. Are you working that many hours a week while you're in high school?

Good grief. Ok. You must live in an area with unusually cheap grocery stores. I feed my little family of three, including packing lunch for my daughter every day, so I know without a doubt that the majority of meals I cook do indeed cost more than fast food. That is a fact, not an opinion or speculation. Dinner tonight cost me roughly $30, so yes, fast food would be significantly cheaper.
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I'm not saying it's the right thing to do, but if you have $5 to your name and you're overworked and stretched thin it's a lot easier to grab 5 McChickens than it is to figure out how to cook a meal with $5. And THAT is a fact. Most of the people I know that are really struggling financially also have to work long hours in jobs that aren't easy on them. The time and effort that a bag of dried beans, fresh produce, and a protein of some sort would require is just not in the cards. So yeah, that taco isn't the best choice (and wouldn't be my choice) but sometimes things aren't so black and white.

I didn't miss your point, sparky. I know that no one is going to eat that many bananas. I cook at home 7 nights a week most of the time, I'm very familiar with the cost of groceries. I utilize farmer's markets a great deal because they tend to be cheapest, and I'm very careful to make the most of money. It's a hell of a lot cheaper to run through the drive through at McDonald's than it is to cook a healthy, balanced meal a lot of the time. If you're talking about fruit or veggies as a snack then yes, it's probably cheaper than junk. And there are some meals that are cheap and super healthy. But a varied and diverse diet that is nutritionally sound is NOT cheaper than convenience foods in most cases.
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I made the statement about not eating a bunch of bananas as a meal because you made the comment that someone could get a pound of bananas instead of a taco.

I'm not defending people that eat their way into health issues and an early grave, but I think the issue is that yes, a pound of bananas might be less than a buck but who is really going eat 3 or 4 bananas at a time? Sadly, it IS cheaper and easier to buy something junky that at least resembles a meal than it is to make a balanced, healthy meal.
That said, parents do have a responsibility to ensure that their kids are getting real food and spending enough time being active.