SaintTiger80

Yeah I don't know if weight gainer is absolutely necessary. It's probably the simplest way to add in an extra 500-1000 calories though. Ultimately, if she needs more calories she has to eat more whether that's a protein/weight gainer powder or normal food. An extra meal or shake. Larger portions....

[quote]routine headaches mid morning, I'm fairly certain its from not enough calories.[/quote] I would keep an eating log for a few days and take the average calorie intake for day. That way you at least know where you are starting and how much more food you need to add if any. Have you also c...

[img]https://www.lgcfinc.org/uploads/1/5/1/2/15124054/7319479_orig.jpg[/img] This tree isn't from Louisiana. This is Angel Oak outside of Charleston, SC. Largest/oldest oak in North America or something like....

[quote]I absolutely hate trying to find a charge # for every minute of the day, especially during slow periods[/quote] Billing time is the worst! I particularly didn't care for being a recent college grad and having 50-60 year old CAD designers coming and asking if I had projects numbers for ...

[quote]Are you electrical?[/quote] No, degree is in petroleum engineering and I work in natural gas pipelines. Got my PE taking the mechanical (thermal and fluid systems) exam. Kind of wish I would have done ChemE or EE now that I'm working, but it's worked out well for me so far. ...

[quote]I personally wouldn't negotiate a raise off another offer unless I was willing to take the offer.[/quote] This was my view as well! I think there might be a way to present it so it's not an ultimatum, but I didn't want to try. ...

Everyone, thanks for the comments and advice! It was good to hear people have some of the same thoughts that had. I politely declined for the final time this morning. It's a good problem to have.. so I'm fortunate. I knew it didn't make sense for me to take the job. I just never thought I woul...

[quote]What’s the long term projection at the utility company and what’s your plans there? As in you hit 20 years or so what’s your future?[/quote] I didn’t really touch on that. But that’s another point. They promote really well from within, I have a realistic path to manager roles (30% pay bump...

[quote]are you currently paying into a utility pension?[/quote] No, they discontinued the pension in 2017. A few years before I started....

Starting Silverback remastered tonight....

[quote]What about hours? Travel? 401K match? Paid Vacation?[/quote] Definitely will be working more. Probably 45-55 hours a week. As opposed to the 40 hours currently. Maybe some travel, but nothing extreme. Paid time off will be slightly higher at 3 weeks as opposed to 2.5. 401k match t...

Live in Houston. Wife(no pics) and three kids(no pics sickos). Licensed engineer and currently working for a utility company. Day to day is very low stress. I have being treated fairly and promoted promptly when criteria was met. Enjoy my coworkers and I have plenty of time home with my family. I...

YOLO Just watch some videos and start light! I assume you are talking about the snatch and cleans? ...

I’ve run it twice! And plan on doing it again in March this year! It’s a good program. Good for building strength and athleticism, it reminds me a lot of football workouts. You do snatch, hang clean’, and power cleans twice a week. Two sprint sessions a week. Lots of jumping. Nice balance in the ...

Do you have access to a gym? Comes down to diet and exercise. Diet will help you lose the fat. When I say diet I don’t mean a fad diet or strictly suffering by not eating. I really just mean being conscious what you are eating and controlling portions. You can eat dang good while still eating ...

You can get ripped doing just body weight. Look up calisthenics workouts. There’s a guy who goes to Jiu jitsu with me who does 500 sit-ups, 100 pull-ups and 100 push-ups a day. He is lean (from his diet) and shredded. It’s a good way to go for general fitness. You just can’t train near maximum...

Got some real gear acquisition syndrome over a flywheel trainer.. they are way too expensive ($2-3k) for what they are, but I want to play around with one in my workouts. Coops review of them: [link=(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4BsGRKZBUU)]Youtube - Garage Gym Reviews KBox4[/link] A homem...

Smoked a pork butt on my Weber kettle. Put it in at 9am, wrapped it at 3. Pull it off at 6pm. Made pull pork sandwiches with coleslaw. Did yard work and worked out in between checking the temp and spraying the pork down....

[quote]Rage Against the Machine[/quote] There was a tech girl on lex Friedman’s podcast talking about the discord and problems created by social media. She said, we can rage against the machine, but the machine has learned to feed off rage. It keeps us engaged on the most outrageous stories...

[quote]His stance is that novice lifters have no business messing around with these things, because they aren't yet strong.[/quote] It’s this. He is the Dave Ramsey of strength training. He’s very dogmatic, but his plan is simple and effective for most people. Is Starting strength linear pr...