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[quote=Jazzman]It sounds like you have been going through some horrendous medical treatment. Sympathies.

There is no proven, long lasting, or permanent method for weight loss. You can lose a lot of weight quickly, but it will creep back. The reason for this is simply biological. We live in times of abundance, so we horde and store for meager times. The best approaches are one’s that involve life changes, which require a disciplined, self-education process. I’ve been impressed by research going on in CA by various doctors and universities. Bill Clinton followed a regime that reduced all fats and oils. Diets that are preventative-based offer a great incentive; diet or suffer the consequences. There’s also been some research at one of the CA Uni’s into mimicking fasting. It involves a five day fast (diet) each month of camomile tea and vegetable broth. Fasting kick starts the immune system which is a very powerful healer with no side effects. Of course, you will also lose weight effectively.

The first muscle that needs to be woken up is the “will”. You could try hypnosis to see if your subconscious will help out when the conscious mind tires or lapses.

The next step is shop around the edges of a supermarket. Put the center shelves off limits. Only ever eat grains, pulses, fruit, veg, beans, soya, white meat, fish. Delete butter, cheese, prepacked foods, sweet things, red meats, oils, fats. Eat whole (wheat) meal bread and pastas only. Brown rice only. Do not drink fruit juices. Dried fruit for sweet snacking. If you have a Wholefoods nearby, go eat in the food bar. If you ate there every lunch you would lose weight. When you fill you plate, pretend it is a color palate. Fill it will as much color as you can. Avoid the stodgy, mayo-laden, cheesy pastas etc. Eventually, you will develop a taste for vegetable and they will wean you off junk foods. Your palate will change and your bodily functions will thank you.

Exercise everyday. Walk, cycle, weights, pilates, tennis, gardening, DIY. Avoid doing too much repetitiveness. It will wear down the will. Make it enjoyable and fun. Sports and recreational is best. Build up gradually if your body is not used to it.

There is no quick fix. There is only a life long battle. Sometimes you lose, sometimes you win. The secret is to never give up so you are in win mode for the most part.[/quote]

well said. The DYI part is key!

The triple threat to one’s weight is the food industry, the diet industry, and the fitness industry. Not to say there’s a conspiracy, but the three work synergistically to create the problem and to perpetuate and exacerbate the problem.

as you mentioned, the food industry works on your innate survival instinct by hitting your pleasure center with massive amount of cheap sugar, salt, and fat. The diet industry offers rapid weight loss plans that create dramatic loss but enhances the same survival instinct that created the craving in the first place. The fitness industry creates a culture of fat shaming, equating obesity with laziness, yet the intense exercises they push to gain rapid result only once again enhance that innate survival instinct. We have a whole population in this country trapped between these three industries, constantly bounced around between the three, sucking dry their wallet while at the same time making them feel worthless and all at the same time these people’s weight continue that upward trajectory.

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First, congrats to flu for closing in on a huge milestone.

Regarding losing that excess weight around the waist, it is all intake related.

–get rid of refined carbs, have your carbs in the morning or lunch only.
–watch the sodium as it spikes your cravings and you generally end up eating more than planned
–no calories in liquid form, your body doesn’t see them
–reduce your portions slowly, too fast and your body kicks into famine busting mode and it’ll work to restore prior weight loss
–exercise daily 40-60 minutes, modest exercise is sufficient, break it up into 15-20 minute sessions, remember the modest exercise helps burn stress and therefore reduces cravings, you are not exercising to burn calories, it doesn’t compute.
–aim for very modest goals, 10-20 lbs in a year, not in 3 months.

I’m down about 20% my prior weight, dropping from BMI of 26.5 to 20.5 in 4 years and maintained ever since. I never joined a gym, I never ran.

That weight around the mid-section is metabolically doing harm, unfortunately Asians are predisposed to deposit excess weight directly to that mid-section.

Best of luck

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[quote=flu]Wouldn’t it be easier if she just requested to break her lease and find a more healthy place? i believe she could break her lease without any penalties….Not sure..[/quote]

Agree.

Issue at hand is the renters are already having medical symptoms. I’m sure there’s a lot anxiety attached to the apartment due to the medical symptoms as well. Would not be surprised if the renters continue to feel uneasy about the apartment.

Best thing to do is move.

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Prius driver getting into a Mercedes should be graduating to a MB B Class! What are you doing!!!??? j/k

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[quote=harvey]Whaaah! Big government made me do it!

What talk radio show put that one into your head?

The other diesel manufacturers, BMW, MB, etc. were able to build good cars that did not spew pollution.

VW cheated, big time.

No doubt there are quite a few nervous VW employees these days. Because some of them are going to jail …[/quote]

this is the very reason why we need government regulation, yet somehow they are able to spin it as they cheat because of government regulations.

it is akin to a murderer blaming laws against killing.

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[quote=ltsdd]

Years from now, when historians study this period of “growth” in China they’ll realize that it’s more or less a Great Leap BACKWARD part 2. Seems like they have learned nothing from that disastrous great leap forward in the ’50s that essentially set the country back to the confucius era.[/quote]

Well, they are just going through their industrial revolution except multiplied by 130 (UK at the time of industrial revolution had 10 million people, China is 130 times greater in population). Give them another couple more decades and they’ll actually care about blue skies and clean water enough to force the government to make real changes. After that happens they’ll have people go around saying stuff like FxCK YOU to government standards.

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no worries about emissions:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/11885801/Bosch-invents-new-electric-car-battery-to-double-mileage.html

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[quote=Hatfield][quote=spdrun]And buying a company that has given the big FUCK YOU to US government standards makes my heart go pitty-pat.[/quote]

Seriously? Having grown up in Orange County in the 70s, I remember very well the eye-blistering smog. So thank God for the CARB, the EPA, and the Clean Air Act.

And by the way, it wasn’t just US standards. They also violated European standards.[/quote]

Clearly they did not violate Chinese standards. No need to say FXCK YOU to Chinese government standards, which makes a lot of people’s lungs go pitty-pat for a totally different reason.

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[quote=spdrun]Should have bought VW ADR’s yesterday. It was down 20% — it’s now up 10% over yesterday’s bottom. And buying a company that has given the big FUCK YOU to US government standards makes my heart go pitty-pat.[/quote]

Hooray to the big corporation who misled consumers?

should we be buying up Philip Morris and Coka Cola stocks too?

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[quote=evolusd][quote=ocrenter]There’s also the China Bubble. Chinese money is a big component of several sub-markets in the Bay Area, LA/OC and SD. Mountain View being a big part of that sub-market that may be aversely affected. [/quote]

Do you think there’s a possibility, given the recent Chinese stock and bond market freak out, that even MORE money will flow from China into US residential real estate as a ‘safe haven’?[/quote]

I suppose that is certainly possible. But if the Chinese economy continues its downturn, they will likely devalue the yuan even more. Can you imagine if the yuan went back to 1:8 instead of the 1:6 we’ve seen over the last 4-5 years? They’ll be looking at a drop of 25% on their buying power if that happens. The worse is certainly not over yet.

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There’s also the China Bubble. Chinese money is a big component of several sub-markets in the Bay Area, LA/OC and SD. Mountain View being a big part of that sub-market that may be aversely affected.

It really is starting to look like the financial system was able to find another bubble after the real estate bubble, and that is the China Bubble.

Was talking to someone going to China on vacation, $500 per person including airfare, hotels, buses, and all meals for 7 days.

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[quote=meadandale][quote=ocrenter]Nothing beats solar + TOU. Our use exceeded our solar production by 260 kWh and SDGE still gave us a credit of $70 for the month of August.[/quote]

Unless you are home during the day (e.g. telecommute) and have to run your AC during the summer while you are home.[/quote]

that is very true. but then you are already ahead of everyone else with lack of commute and the ability to write off a home office. very awesome!

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Nothing beats solar + TOU. Our use exceeded our solar production by 260 kWh and SDGE still gave us a credit of $70 for the month of August.

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[quote=flu]”$10,925 Nissan credit captivecash to the dealer. ”

What exactly is this… (sorry, never leased before and never took out a loan to buy a car before)[/quote]

I think that is likely the $10k the dealership figure you’ll be getting back from the Fed tax credit and CA rebate. So they get the $10k from you, and you get the $10k from the gov, and the lease is structured without counting the $10k. Why the extra $925 I can’t figure that one out.

You’ll burn through the 12k limit easy once you get into an EV, just because electrons are so much cheaper in comparison to gas you’ll pick the EV every single time.

This is the S trim level, with the slower L2 charging 3.3 kW/hour vs 6.6 kw/hour. Also no fast charging capability, unless the price includes the $1700 upgrade.

New model year in 2016 will have better range compared to 2015 models.

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[quote=svelte]

I’m guessing you own or lease a Leaf.

I just did a search of all 2015 Leafs within 25 miles of my house, came up with 98 (that’s a lot!) with an average price of $31.7K. Even if you factor in a $10K rebate, that brings the price to $21.7K.

I did the same check for2013 Leafs, 2015 Jukes and 2013 Jukes.

2015 Leafs (98) – $31.7K average
2013 Leafs (13) – $15.3K average
Average drop: 30% (if rebate factored in)
Average drop: 52% (without factoring rebate)

2015 Jukes (7) – $28.2 average
2013 Jukes (11) = $19.2 average
Average drop: 32%

So from that aspect, you are correct that the Leaf is dropping as much as other small Nissans.

But for some reason you neglected to compare it to the Volt. Within 25 miles of my house:

2015 Volts (96) – $35.3K average
2013 Volts (3) – $20.4K average
Average drop: 19.5% (if rebate factored in)
Average drop: 43% (without factoring rebate)

So the EV with backup gas motor is holding up much better price-wise than the full electric. By a pretty wide margin.

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Sorry, I do not have a LEAF. (Reminds me of BG thinking I live in 4S after me making comments about 4S.)

I did not look at the Volt because the article focused more on the near 50% drop forecasted for next year on BEVs in general.

[quote=svelte]

Why are you bringing 2012 Leafs up, as the article didn’t say anything about the 2012s being used in the calculation, and they specifically picked the 2013s in their figures

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How do you think they forecasted future depreciation of 2013s for next year?

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