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>I started off doing OMAD at roughly ~800 calories/day for a total of 5,600 calories a week. After some extended fasts, I switched over to ADF, where I do OMAD at 800-1200 calories on my eating day for a total of roughly 4,500-5,000 calories/week.

When I first got serious about my diet (and after I dropped calorie counting and doing daily cardio, since it resulted in temporary losses and was not maintainable), I started off doing something similar to you: low fat, lots of protein, low carbs. I experienced something akin to what you are, too: I lost extra fat but my body composition/physique remained close to the same 'shape', simply a smaller version of it.

I added in HIIT training and kettlebells which helped some, but I believe embracing a high fat/moderate protein keto diet with only veggies for carbs (no starches like potatoes/beets, no sweets) was when my physique really shifted towards what I desired it to be.

This was amplified further by adding in Wim Hof Method cold showers and breathwork (check out his app, youtube channel or the reddit sub /r/BecomingTheIceman if curious).

As an aside, I also found a huge benefit to how 'sharp' my mind felt by drinking pure water. I learned about fluoride and how it blocks the natural iodine receptor actions in the brain, and I also believe it is healthier for the entire body and organs to avoid processing the chemicals used to treat municipal tap water. My choices have been alkalized RO water or distilled.

>So if I'm doing ADF, how does working out out on my eating day (before my meal) and resting and fasting the next sound?

Yep, precisely. Rest and fast on the same day, do HIIT workout prior to meal on feeding day.

>I know you mention adding some extra fat to my meal-- do you suggest maybe replacing the usual potatoes in my meal with something fatty? Should I aim for more than the usual 800-1200 calories I get on HIIT/eating days?

What worked for me was dropping all carbs other than veggies (no starches -potatoes/tubers/squashes, no sweets) until I got to the physique I desired. I then added them in sparingly, such as once/week after a sprint session. When I did eat carbs after reaching my ideal body composition, I'd do it on workout days - such as a baked sweet potato w/ cinnamon&butter, or a 1-2 squares of 85+% dark chocolate after my meal. Due to my pallet adjusting from how much I was limiting carbs, 85% tasted very sweet and satisfying to me. This got me to ~8% BF and an 8-pack physique that I maintained for 2-3 years. My goals have shifted and I've switched to yoga/stretching and meditation/breathwork for my fitness, with occasional sprints. I remain very lean though not to the same extreme.

For my meats, I completely let go of CAFO chicken and beef. I actually tested it and I can blindly taste the differences between two steaks -one CAFO and one grass fed, or between two eggs - one CAFO and one pastured. I believe there is something going on at a subtle/energetic level that makes a difference to how my body reacts and feels -both at the moment of eating it and as I digest and integrate the foods into my being. I have a feeling it is to do with the energetic charge of the electrons in the food; science has yet to completely discover what that is, though someday we will and I believe humans will drastically shift the way we treat animals (and plants for that matter) raised for food.

I can best relate this to an analogy with being around different people: if you walk in a room and someone was just really angry and shouting, you can feel the tension leftover from it- even if you weren't there when it happened, you know it did. Similarly, if you are around someone who is really positive, bubbly and open you can feel this and it may make you feel happier too. I believe this is what is happening to animals, and the residual feelings of how they spent their life is reflected in the meat: whether they lived caged/confined in tight quarters spending their whole lives indoors, or if they were free to roam, grazing openly under the sun and treated lovingly/respectfully by those who raised them.

As far as fish, I also believe the benefit stems from an energetic level. Water is ~24x more dense than air; due to this a pool that is 70 degrees may feel cool, while air that is 70 degrees is very comfortable, or possibly warm. I believe fish intrinsically have more densely-energized fat/meat to match the environment they experienced their life in. Anecdotally, I experience this as eating a lot less fish to achieve the same level of satiation as I would with cow/steak.

With these ideas, I designed my diet around eating fatty, wild caught fish and fatty, grass fed steaks. I also cook the fatty meats in more fat, and typically eat the whole lot of it, pouring it onto the plate and soaking it up with each bite. For a while I was buying a 1/4 - 1/2 a cow at a time from a local grass fed farmer, so I'd get a good price and have a chest freezer full of delicious meats. I'd also ask for ~20 lbs of extra fat cuttings from the same cow, and I'd render my own beef tallow in a crock pot to have a healthy, grass fed cooking fat included for free.

When I do eat lean meats its typically wild caught white fish, and I cover it in grass fed cheese and cook it in a pool of butter (my go-to is Kerrygold butter and their dubliner cheese).

Really depends on how much you like messing around with tricks and tips to stay cheap.

I bought the CW-5000 a few months back for $485 shipping included from Amazon, pretty good deal really.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B075F2JY97/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

This thing is a beast, it's quite large but it works fantastically!

Being pretty much plug and play is of much greater value to me than cycling ice packs in bucket.

I tried the ice method with the K40 I started out with and it works but takes a fair bit of attention and planning.

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Turn this thing on and it chills from 24C ambient to 18C in less than 10 minutes and keeps it there without issue on a 60W tube.

Not having to manage my cooler lets me do the things I actually want to do with the laser.

This PUR Water Filter is a great way to cut down on the use of water bottles, and makes water tasty! Where I live, the tap water isn't all that great, so it would be super useful!

Great contest idea!! xo

I hope your crap day gets better. I'm sorry work was rough. I'll make you dinner when you come home. <3

This water pitcher is awesome and under 10 dollars. I'm gonna try to convert my grandma from spending money buying gallons of water all the time into using a filter pitcher. And this is the list I have it on. Thanks for giftingg!

Well.

https://www.amazon.ca/Products-SP191-Purifier-Assembly-Adapter/dp/B0051HHNJ8

Or

https://www.basicwaterfilter.com/en/outdoor-water-filter/75-lifesaver-1500uf-fles.html

2. Just because the smallest virus is 17 nm technically, and the more conventional "smallest" is 50nm, doesn't mean it's realistic to be scared of, especially if you don't live in an area where that virus is found.

3. Even if a filter allows the virus through, it still reduces it. Just because something is smaller then pore size, doesn't mean all of the virus get's through. I bring this up because while it is true the virus may still be present(Say for example you are using a 0.03 micron, and virus is 0.025 micron) doesn't mean you'll get sick. You need to have a specific viral load to be infected. Same thing applies to bacteria. Basically a single virus isn't enough to infect you. Why? Because it usually "dies"(Viruses aren't alive, get's destroyed/inactive etc etc) before it can get anywhere to infect, or before it has a chance to multiply. Which is why you can have sex with someone who has HIV, and not get HIV as long as they are on the newest drugs and are undetectable.

Technically the virus is still there, technically you're still getting some of it in you, but there isn't enough to actually infect you.

Yes it's good to be cautious, but jeez man a filter is cheaper then you thought it was, and way more convenient then even purifying tablets, because 1 takes prep and time to do, containers or bags to clean etc.

Also purifying tablets get rid of bacteria/viruses. Great. How does it handle heavy metals and other shit a filter will handle?

Just saying.

To survive sure. However, what water do you plan to cook your food with? Bathe/ brush teeth with? Flush the toilet with? A lot of prepackaged food requires water to rehydrate...
Most "preppers" will say 3 gallons per person per day. I think that's a bit high for most situations. Two seems a better balance. If you have a way to filter water you can maybe get away with one gallon.
I have one of these and a 5 gallon bucket. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0051HHNJ8?pc_redir=1411855484&robot_redir=1

I was also gifted with a two gallon Berkey filter system as well
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00BGG2K4Q?pc_redir=1410510921&robot_redir=1

Both have the ability to filter out microorganisms, bacteria, and viruses.

I reuse my oil multiple times - usally I get 4-5 uses out of it before it starts turning dark. Higher smoke point oils will last longer. I like peanut oil. Buy it at a restauraunt supply like Smart Food Service though, it's marked up too much in grocery stores.

These oil filters work out to $0.25 each and are perfect for straining the oil using a chinoise.

It looks like Plumber's Paradise has them for only $854.

Here's the one I purchased on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01AKTFK6Y

I've had it for about a year and it's been working like a champ.

You can find them pretty easily for around $1000. Amazon Link

I paid about $400 for the base and $200 for the filling station. I paid the builder $200 to run the plumbing and I spent about another $60 in parts to get it all connected.

One of my chef's liked using something like these. http://www.amazon.com/Royal-Premium-Cone-Filters-Case/dp/B0018OZFTS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1420965102&sr=8-1&keywords=kitchen+oil+filter+cone I can't testify how fast they worked other than we always had Clarified butter.

I havent seen a build like this but your post got me thinking:

Would a water cooler like this have enough power to cool at peak fermentation? Also would the pump be able to move a viscous glycol mix?

I know you said no DIY but I think it would need minimal modification. Fill the jug with a glycol mix if you want. Add a return line to the jug. Remove any output temp probe if you want the potential to reach below freezing (if it even has the power for that). Hook up the water button to a temp controller.

I was just going to ask if anyone tried using like an acquarium chiller or undersink drinking water chillers

this one comes in several cooling capacities even.

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any idea if 3k btu/hr is enough to cool coolant for a 7 gallon ftss?

I have one of these

Fill it up with water from my kitchen sink, tells me when to replace the filter unit (every month or so). It's nice because I also don't have to worry about limescale build up anymore.

To me all water here in England so far tastes bleh, but after a couple months I definitely got used to it.

If you're not bothered to wait till you get used to it, buy a water filter jug like this. You can keep reusing them and if it stops working after a while you can replace the filter (they last a couple months tho I think).

This is more useful than it seems. I saw these and manual pump versions being used in offices and homes in Asia where they use a lot of 15L drinking water bottles

ORYX for Water Dispenser Container Canister and Bottles, White/Blue, 19 x 10 x 11 cm https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0716SJT6H/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_3PcACbCWW6VZD

Thank you so much! I am about to embark on this project. If I already have a "MasterStat" thermostat installed and hooked up to my evaporative cooler, will I need the White Rodgers relay to hook up to an ecobee 3?

If so, where did you mount the rodgers box?

A lot of Canadian university campuses today use something like this, which fills water bottles but can also allow direct drinking. You can still drink without a bottle.

Order some http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0018OZFTS/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?qid=1397524037&sr=8-2&pi=SX200_QL40

Way better than cheesecloth for oil.

It was an attachment for regular water dispensers. So if you had something like this:
https://www.amazon.com/Giantex-Loading-Dispenser-Temperature-Electric/dp/B0732HQL7X

And was tired of buying those gallon sized water bottles all the time, you could get a filter instead. The thing plugged into the hole at the top that the water bottle would normally go into. So you could basically turn any regular water dispenser into a reverse osmosis filtered one.

There are food-grade dehumidifiers that are certified safe to drink from, but if it's not one of those it's likely to have components such as lead pipes that could introduce undesirable substances into the water.

The ones that are safe to drink from are generally called "atmospheric water generators". Here are some examples:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001GI3HIM/

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BW5GLJQ/

I really want this water dispenser its awesome because its bottom loading and then I can get away from buying bottles every few weeks. I don't really need it but it would be so awesome to have. plus if I have it I'm sure I would cut down leaving half empty bottles around the house.

This one is nice, but $135: https://www.amazon.com/Sansone-SA0015-1L-Stainless-Certified-Cooler/dp/B00ZJCIZVK/ref=sr_1_3?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1495818285&sr=1-3&keywords=Stainless%2BSteel%2BWater%2BDispenser&th=1

https://www.amazon.com/Elkay-LZS8WSLK-Drinking-Fountain-Station/dp/B0038YCQQQ/ref=asc_df_B0038YCQQQ/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=167157674088&hvpos=1o1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=6962651476907741867&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1021278&hvtargid=pla-298705616314&psc=1#immersive-view_1570613651580

It's that. Many schools get grants for them.

I buy these filters: http://www.amazon.com/Brita-Pitcher-Replacement-Filters-4-Pack/dp/B0000CF98Q/ref=pd_bbs_5?ie=UTF8&s=hi&qid=1215119930&sr=8-5

It says two months for family use and I'm on my own here so four months doesn't seem like too huge an issue to me.

Maybe something like this but flow rate is 1 Gallon per hour.

https://www.amazon.com/Chiller-Daddy-Water-Home-Office/dp/B01LZ989XK

Check Amazon $970.45

http://www.amazon.com/Elkay-LZS8WSLK-Drinking-Fountain-Station/dp/B0038YCQQQ/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&qid=1414726426&sr=8-12&keywords=drinking+fountain

amazon reviewers beg to differ...

https://www.amazon.com/Chiller-Daddy-Water-Home-Office/dp/B01LZ989XK

And home depot...

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Chiller-Daddy-Undersink-Water-Chiller-CHL-501/300775296

It's better than nothing but you can't filter fine particulate using a cloth.

You could use one of these as the hose.

Also comes in green: https://www.amazon.com/Excelsa-Drink-Dispenser-Recycled-litres/dp/B07Q96TXNF/ref=sr_1_9

Edit: Matching glasses: https://www.amazon.com/Excelsa-Tiki-Set-Glasses-Glass/dp/B07PRM516D/ref=sr_1_1

Booya!

Here you are

http://amzn.com/B0051HHNJ8

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0038YCQQQ/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_apa_i_nC6WDbH49W9AH

I have always had heartburn - for over 15 years. Drinking Soylent did make it worse. I was taking Zantac 150 in the morning and another at night. Something changed about 4 months ago though. I seriously have no heartburn anymore and I can eat whatever pretty much. The only thing that changed is I started taking GNC Mega Men vitamin and started drinking alkaline water. I think that water is what fixed it.

This is what I use for the water. When I started, I was drinking over 120oz a day for a month. Now just drink maybe 50 to 70 oz a day.

pH ON-THE-GO Alkaline Water Filter Pouch- Portable Alkaline Water Filtration System For Your Bottle, Pitcher, Jug, Container - High pH Ionized Water - Long-Life 16 Gallon/72 Litre (3-pack) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B076H1MXP5/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_qyavDb0SE5928

You are correct. I was thinking of a swamp cooler thermostat, that is line voltage:

https://www.amazon.com/Champion-MasterStat-Thermostat-Evaporative-Coolers/dp/B00CORM70S

You set it and forget it. It switches between speed, and controls the water as needed.

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Although, if you're hiking in the Rockies, I strongly doubt you need to worry about filtering viruses.

Water

If you have a bath tub, you can get a bath tub "bag" that comes with a hand siphon. There are a couple different brands. I have the "AquaPod Kit" off of this search result, but I doubt it matters much.

Even if you have a sewage line break nearby, placing residents under boil orders, you can use this to store contaminated water to filter/boil later if they shut the water completely off.

Which leads me to my other point: water filter. I live a stone's throw away from a lake out my back yard. Obviously this doesn't help me in winter when it's frozen over, but I got this Sawyer .02 micron filter kit, that you buy a 5-gal bucket to complete the kit. There are a couple different top dogs when it comes to water filtering. http://www.berkeyfilters.com/ is a big one, but there are more economical alternatives, especially if you're only going to use it in an emergency. Even Sawyer has some smaller mini squeeze pouches that I got for the car emergency bags.

The water out of our lake had mosquito larvae and all kinds of shit in it. It was a little bit awkward to taste after running it through a towel, then the Sawyer 5-gallon bucket, but if you put it through a carbon filter like Pur or Brita, it's better. Also they sell those little flavor squirters in the drink aisle to flavor water. That makes it indistinguishable from tap water.

Comfort

Obviously you are in an apartment, so your options are limited (I have a small portable generator I can wire into my house to power the furnace circuit, among others). I doubt your power would be out for a long time, so you might be able to get by with hand warmers and space blankets (or regular blankets, FFS). Also, I just almost impulse-bought this Zippo hand warmer that goes for 12 hours on one fill, and you can keep a refill can nearby or something.

If you look at this report http://info.nsf.org/Certified/DWTU/Listings.asp?ProductFunction=053%7CTrihalomethanes+%28TTHM%29+Reduction&ProductType=&submit2=Search the Aquasana filters are NSF certified to remove TTHMs from your drinking water.

I found these ones (by searching for the models listed in the report) on amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/Aquasana-AQ-PWFS-D-B-Dispenser-Powered-Filtration/dp/B00LAF75UC

Any of the ones listed right there should match the model numbers in the report. I can't say that they are cheap up front compared wit the $20 Brita filters, but they will actually remove the TTHMs from your water, and can save you a ton of money over buying bottled water. You have no idea how long the water problem will go on, so you do take a risk in investing this much. But it will at least protect you from the worst.

Except if you don't stay on top of the fridge maintenance, the dispenser breaks and you end up not having it anyway. And I know me, I wont stay on top of the maintenance. Instead I plan on installing one of these under my sink, piped up to one of these. That way Ive removed the failure point of the fridge door dispenser, and if the chiller ever dies, it's $350 for a total replacement. I bet the fridge repair would be twice that. Besides, a little ice water tap at my sink is just cool as hell.

It bothers me too. We follow the players back to their player lounges and half of them go grab a disposable water bottle. There is one of these ( https://www.amazon.com/Elkay-LZS8WSLK-Drinking-Fountain-Station/dp/B0038YCQQQ/ ) in every office and public space in my city. Hell, airports around the world are now banning single use water bottles. Riot should absolutely be on this. I'm sure their offices in LA have bottle stations.