Even that is only half true, for muscle gain the diet is also super important, need that proteiiiin.

Mid-thirties here, I lost 35kg this year going from 105kg to around 70kg.

Most important was/is the diet, at the start I wasn’t exercising at all and just being very aggressive on the dieting, that’s allowed me to lose a lot of the fat very quickly but I noticed I was also losing muscle so eventually I started adding in the exercise.

Once I started working out I couldn’t cut the calories quite so intensively as otherwise I was almost passing out during the workouts, so from there on I was being much more precise with my calorie deficit.

Now I’ve been stable for a while, decently in shape but definitely don’t look like the calisthenic heroes I watch on YouTube yet… I entered the much slower phase now where progress is happening at a much slower pace towards those secondary goals (namely a six pack…).

But it doesn’t matter, I feel and look great, I feel the benefits every day, so I’m not in a rush. The important part eventually is to find the rhythm that works for you in the long term, it’s better to do a little bit regularly than go full-on for 3 months then quit.

Canal has always been a terrible company from as far as I can remember. They had the best programs sure but their ultra-capitalist methods, the fact they were always involved with whatever scandal/corporate abuse and at the time the only channel you had to pay for always turned me off. Especially since France had great public TV and other private channels available for free.

I’m not sure I was doing exactly what they describe, not sure I was tapping as much as I just wasn’t staying regular and drifting +/- 5km/h to the point I got a couple complaints about it. I never realised it before and after that worked on keeping steady and it came quickly.

In movies sometimes they do it for freakishly long, obviously because the car isn’t actually driving or because it’s sitting on a trailer. It’s become a trope, some films parody it.

I’ve definitely had to teach myself to stop doing that. Now I have all the adaptive cruise control stuff which works perfectly fine for this task and saves on consumption.

Go out, party, live up to the username.

Yeah if you’re not a regular then I’d just get some silicone ones with the little flappies (not sure how to explain it, they’re like “layered”). Nowhere as good as moulded ones but still do the job and let you hear the music while keeping the ears safe. I keep mines in the little box they came in hanging on my keychain.

Smart.

You mean I’m watching the 12 hours of BTS (again).

I’m curious, do we know why the French seem to be all over these debrid services?

Yep can confirm this is standard issue in slightly older Dutch houses.

What’s a regular deodorant? Also are there any solutions that don’t involve the plastic container for it, I’m already on solid soap and shampoo for years but my deo still produces plastic waste.

It’s generally LGBTQ friendly especially in Amsterdam but as the other comment said there’s also a far right movement going on so it’s not all roses and rainbows.

Yes 3D modelling like in blender can be quite precise but it’s a completely different mindset than CAD, much more about taking basic shapes and sculpting into what you want. Of course then there’s the whole animating/shading/lighting and so on which don’t exist in CAD at all.

Funnily enough, a similar thing. When I was 20 I had a small business, but registered to the business register just like any other. I got invited by email to attend the opening of the new lodge in the stadium (because they were trying to sell me private seats passes I definitely couldn’t afford). Shook hands with the players and everything.

Klassiek*

And then you get pitted (so pitted).

That’s right I guess, but at least in a beignet there’s a bit of preparation involved, I was picturing just whole fried apples or maybe like french fries but made of apple, but you’re right I guess beignet counts.

Fried apples? Maybe that’s a Texas thing, or Scottish, but it wouldn’t be a source of confusion in France because they’d take your passport away if you tried frying an apple.