Felt this, I was in an adult menās size 8 in grade 1 (around the time heelys came out) Will never forgive my parents for not letting me get then now that I wear a 15 4e/16
Also this. Have taken out a ceiling fan at a friendās house and also yeeted a quest controller across my living room because of those devils.
Think Iāve just become accustomed to having my knees on the dashboard of any car Iām not driving.
As a rather large man this doubled as too low but then when you get down to it, itās also not wide enough so you have to decide whether to commit or find somewhere else/stand
Interesting side note on the height thing. Because Iām on the upper range of height, Itās uncommon ish that I run into people significantly taller than me. Iām just not used to it, and the kicker is that it creeps me out. If youāre 6ā5" or taller, Iām probably just going to unconciously avoid you.
So for me specifically, EDS runs in my family and while I havenāt bothered to get diagnosed, all signs point to āyes.ā So quality is a huge issue specifically.
Iāve been focusing on glycine the last few months because a number of studies have indicated itās a non-essential amino acid that is conditionally essential because some people donāt make enough of it. But itās specifically important for strength and rigidity in all types of collagen.
I added glycine and choline supplements. Glycine has a very short half life in the body but can be synthesized from choline which is an essential nutrient any way. Itās been about 4 months since I added those two. I donāt have access to tests of any sort so I just kinda work off a few basic measurements and a notebook of scribbles. This is all just me working off of best guesses because no one has any solutions.
I havenāt heard that. Iāll have to look into it more. Iāve heard about it affecting wound healing but never specifics. Doesnāt hurt to eliminate factors.
Shouldnāt be a problem for me since I fast 12-18 hours a day. No hard rule right now. But I was at 18 hours every day when I worked from home. Now I work in an office and itās much more difficult. Iām about to fake being sick so they leave me alone about eating with the team. Theyāre so fucking pushy. But thatās a different gripe. I havenāt had blood sugar issues but that doesnāt mean thereās not something there.
I almost exclusively get the wide, thin skinned/ cigarette paper scars youād expect with eds. After a long time most of them firm up a little. I canāt think of any scar Iāve had that was raised. Hypertrophic scars grow out like that due to collagen deposits.
Edit: Not saying this is the best route or is useful for anyone else but this all hinges on āmy collagen is probably poor quality and can be improved.ā I donāt believe taking collagen itself is the answer like every product under the sun will claim because thereās so many different kinds of collagen. I also donāt think itās as big a deal for most people as the beauty industry would try to sell people. So my goal is to try to see if I can figure out which building blocks, if any, I can provide to get improvements. Thatās really all it is.
Because Iād posted about it before in here, I got the BI job. I was certain Iād flubbed the technical questions but apparently not as bad as others.
another peg in the blood glucose chartā¦ basically riceā¦ particularly white rice, but really all rice, is a massive glucose spikeā¦ and since youāre fasting youāre probably eating a large quantity of rice when you do eatā¦ and insulin resistance can be triggered by the flood of insulin released due to high glucose spikes as well as consistently raised insulin levels from raised glucose levels.
itās not very likely you have this problem because it would require quite a lot of rice consumption over a long period of time to trigger itā¦ but rice will put my readings up by 200+ just eating a bowl of it. anywayā¦ againā¦ probably nothing.
Oof. Fortunately for me itās usually overcooked and mushy, but not in an edible way. So I pick the toppings off. But itās still a solid point. We will see. Iāll be going back to WFH so Iām sure Iāll get a chance to see if the trend continues. This is all long term stuff that canāt be conclusively decidedā¦ Probably at all since Im one person working off observations and donāt have any measurements. Thatās why I am careful phrase things specifically as not-advice on the occasions I do talk about them.
I guess this new job might have opened up some ability to pay for some testing. $$$ Hmā¦
