myTakes: Health & Fitness
My Experience Getting Weight-Loss Surgery
So, in February 2022, I started looking into weight loss surgery. I had never wanted it before, because I don't even eat too badly, I only eat one meal a day, I'm generally active, and I should not weight what I weigh. I...
What basketball taught me about anxiety
a lot of times people suffer unnecessarily because of unchecked emotions Modern psychology is proving that emotions are addictive Which is scary because the brain is often directed by these emotions What you think is a...
Giving birth or getting kicked in the - the Definitive Answer
There has been much discussion on G@G about which is more painful, a woman giving birth or a man getting kicked in the groin. Here is the DEFINITIVE ANSWER!! I mowed the lawn today, and after doing so, I sat down and had...
RE: "Do you like your height?"
Do you like your height? Do I like my height? Do I like being physically and unquestionably weak? Do I like being small, yet common, weak yet worthless? Obviously not. Out of the four worst possible adult male heights,...
I tried keto for a whole weekday and it made me look and feel more masculine
To start off, let's inform my readers that the ketogenic diet — or "keto" for short — relies on limiting your carbs while prioritizing natural fats and proteins. Let's talk about myself; I have accomplished my ketogenic...
Is it healthy to laugh and be happy?
I recently had a flashback to my childhood when I would watch the Sheriff John Lunch Brigade show on TV. I clearly remember his "Put Another Candle on Your Birthday Cake" song, and this one, "Laugh and Be Happy". It's a...
Depression and Anxiety. Finding alternate ways to tackle this!
Lately I have been going through depression and anxiety, thoughts of the future. Possibilities, trails of endless imagination and becoming lost in thought! I have been regularly seeking counselling / therapy help, this is...
Benefits of date fruit
Dates contain high level of carbo-hydrates(44% - 88%) which makes them very good source of instant energy. They have low fat contain(0.2% - 0.5%) so there is hardly any risk of gaining weight and one can eat many dates at...
The three D's of under confidence.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/mTKvnDc6gj8 Name = Shweta Arora Qualification = IIM, Ahmedabad.(Literally the best of the best institutes in India) IIM = Indian Institute of Management(Elites of elite institutes for...
Soy is not as unhealthy as you might think
In spite of the totally undeserved hate that soy and soybeans (also known as edamames or green beans) have gotten over the last few years, they are rich in Vitamin K, just like avocados and peanuts. Contrary to popular...
Omicron variant - how the world reacts based on the old crisis, never the current one.
It's an old saying, that generals fight the current way using the tactics they learned from the previous one. When Covid first hit, the world was slow to react, because the relatively simple nature of SARS and MERS had...
The Fit, The Fat and The Diet (why diets are bad)
Diets: diets are a short term plan of weight loss usually following a rule or principle to achieve this ex: keto, Atkins, dash, etc So why are counting calories bad. Well the root of many diets is counting calories....
Food goes beyond calories
Growing up I was told real men eat tons of food and have bellies. Lol. When the body wants food its really the blood that wants nutrients. Because all food ends up as nutrients in the bloodstream. The entire body is...
When you gotta go...
When you gotta go. There are many kinds of injuries people can get. They range from a paper cut to a full-blown dismemberment. All kinds of treatments have been devised to repair or at least mitigate the effects from the...
Living With Klinefelter Syndrome, Here's my story.
I was always very Very thin growing up, When i was 12 years old i was hospitalized for my weight, I was losing it rapidly, was also having issues eating, and placed on a feeding tube for nearly 2 years. Gaining weight has...
I'm losing hair and I don't care!
I'm writing this to cement my mindset really, also I'd welcome any logical argument that might change my mind. Now would you say going bold is masculine or feminine? I'd say surely it's masculine and here's why. Losing...
Hip Hip Hooray!
This My Take is an account of my total hip replacement. I have suffered with osteo arthritis for over two years. It interfered with my sleep and after working all day sometimes I would just go home and sit with an ice...
ADHD Awareness 2 : What is ADHD?
Hello dear GAGers, readers. 😍 There's the second Take of the series, and I already feel like George Lucas 😉😅 So what is ADHD? 🤔 Ok if you're a professional, there are actually lectures on YouTube on the matter, from...
ADHD Awareness (1): My story with Attention Deficit Disorder.
This Take is a beginning of a series that I am going to archive here for ADHD awareness in particular. And I am gonna be careful in everything I say because it may be taken on behalf of the whole community. This brief...
Being autistic is like being Doctor Strange
Predicting the future Right now my life sucks, and it's not because my life sucks in this moment but because the future is a mess. I never live only in this moment, I'm always preoccupied with how things will turn out in...
