It sometimes does feel like a challenge. Including dimensions other than the work/life balance causing stresses. I'm 37 years old. Last weekend, I found out cooking with and drinking tap water set to hot mode is hella bad for you! Leeches heavy metals, brews bacteria, the works. I've been doing that every day for coffee, tea, pasta etc my whole adult life. Oops?
Do you have a source for this?
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#12It sometimes does feel like a challenge. Including dimensions other than the work/life balance causing stresses. I'm 37 years old. Last weekend, I found out cooking with and drinking tap water set to hot mode is hella bad for you! Leeches heavy metals, brews bacteria, the works. I've been doing that every day for coffee, tea, pasta etc my whole adult life. Oops?
Do you have a source for this?
I don't know about sources, but I do know:
- if you go to lowes, many of the fittings for hot water pipes are made of lead
- my cold water supply doesn't sit in a big 50+ gallon tub for 1-2 days at a time (I don't think we fully empty it but every other day, on kid bath night)
- old hot water heaters will fill with sediments and other buildup
So like, on a scale of drinking sewage to drinking dew collected from the leaves of Yggdrasil? It's probably about the same as drinking (cold) tap water. But also like, given a choice, I'll probably go for the cold tap.
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#13When I was a student, it felt that time was pretty much infinite, it was just about what you decided to prioritise. After working full time for a few years, it quickly becomes apparent that when the obligations start rolling in, you have to start thinking about the constraints and what you really want to be doing. There's just not enough time in the week to do everything you want to do and it sucks.
This is one reason I am a huge advocate for working from home. Yes, in office has its positives, but getting 2 hours back in my day lets me fit in walking my dog, going to the gym, cooking dinner...
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#14It sometimes does feel like a challenge. Including dimensions other than the work/life balance causing stresses. I'm 37 years old. Last weekend, I found out cooking with and drinking tap water set to hot mode is hella bad for you! Leeches heavy metals, brews bacteria, the works. I've been doing that every day for coffee, tea, pasta etc my whole adult life. Oops?
You've been drinking hot water from the tap your whole life?
as opposed to...? Are you meaning just "hot" without heating it up further somehow (kettle, microwave, etc)?
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#15The author is going through a major life transition as they move from being a full time student to a full time employee. Its not crazy that the stress of that change may impact their diet and weight. Also they are talking about 2 lbs over their typical weight.
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#16Don’t work 12 hour days. Try getting to work at 10am instead of 7am, or leaving at 3pm instead of 7pm.
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#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
Do you have a source for this?
I don't know about sources, but I do know: - if you go to lowes, many of the fittings for hot water pipes are made of lead - my cold water supply doesn't sit in a big 50+ gallon tub for 1-2 days at a time (I don't think we fully empty it but every other day, on kid bath night) - old hot water heaters will fill with sediments and other buildup So like, on a scale of drinking sewage to drinking dew collected from the l…
Lowes sells supply line hot water pipes/fittings made of lead? Are you certain?
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#18Is this someone sub 25, who started in relatively good health, with no major underlying concerns, complaining how hard it is to stay healthy? Boo-fucking-hoo.
Lol. Normally I wouldn't agree with this type of gatekeeping, but this guy sounds like a millionare complaining about how expensive gas is.
@OP - Figure it out now because it gets harder as you get older. Maintenance is easier than progress, if you get fat it's a hard hole to dig yourself out of. Get a standing desk. Do basic calisthenics every morning. Put a pull-up bar in your bedroom doorway and do a couple everytime you walk through it. Run a few times a week. Leave a dumbbell in your kitchen and do an occasional curl when you're cooking. Take a multivitamin. Don't eat garbage. The best diet for me is 99% of calories from meat and veggies, and eat as much as I want. Fat+protien is filling and lasting, carbs and sugar give me strong feelings of hunger a few hours later.
Also - you're working WAY too much. Aim for 8-5, with a long day being 6. You need to average below capacity so there's margin left to add when shit's on fire. That's true of both your time and your energy. If you're fresh when the fire hits, that's your time to shine. If you're burnt out when the fire hits, you burn to death.
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#19> The work-life balance isn’t terrible, but not great either. I generally get in around 7:30 AM and leave by 6-7. A bit earlier than the standard I think, but not overall not terrible.
Everyone is mentioning the long work hours, and I'm also not surprised you feel too tired to exercise more than 20 minutes when you spend around 12 hours working + commuting.
But also, are you working out and eating smartly? You mention intense workouts and not having energy, what about doing lower-intensity, longer workouts or a combination of the 2? And the only food you've mentioned is fast food, do you ever cook for yourself?
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#20The only advice I have to offer is to work out in the morning, before work. It seems like an insane task when you first consider it, but you quickly find you can establish a routine where you wake up, have some water or coffee, and then get down to it. After that morning workout is done, I feel incredibly energized for the day. More importantly, I find that it usually delays when I start to feel hungry by an addition…
this is the way.