Weight Loss Thread

Tarrant

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Shut up Tarrant. You're not special!

Seriously though, you can taste individual ingredients in baked goods? What does that mean exactly? I mean, when I eat something I can tell you what seasonings and shit are in it, but I feel like you're talking about something a little further down the rabbit hole. Do tell!
It's just that. I can taste the flour, oil, eggs, sugar....and I can tell you what kind of flour, oil, sugar and whatever else is used for the most part. With really well made and properly mixed batters it's harder. You'll never see me buy store bought baked goods simply because all I taste are the additives and cheap shit they use for it.

I used to be on a lot of wine tasting panels back in the day as well.

There are two things that really suck for me, one involves eating and one does not.

Spicy food. I -LOVE- spicy food. however my tongue is so sensitive to it that it'll swell up if I go anything above medium.

And for you folk who live or have lived out in the country....you know how when you drive by a field that is freshly fertilized with cow shit and you can -almost- taste it? Lets just say I've actually had to pull over and void the contents of my stomach from it. I literally CAN taste it and it's fucking awful. In southern MN there is a commercial chicken farm that is across the street from a beet farm/canning facility and I'm pretty sure if I were to ever go to Hell, it will be in that place. Fuck.That.Place. I came across it once by accident at the height of summer some years back and once is more than enough.
 

Noodleface

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Apparently I am a subpar-taster now that I just read that. I mean really, I'm more of a pussy than I thought
 

McCheese

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I suggest you both go on government disability and live the good life. Hell, Tarrant's already a moderator so he's halfway there.
 

Vaclav

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Well if you ever get bored of your career I've heard the people who taste cat food for if it's "better and tastier" get paid a ton if they've got your talents, Tarrant.
 

Itlan

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Awesome Tarrant. Sucks your tongue swells, I usually order the hottest fucking thing on the menu for the burn. Luckily my tongue has never swollen over, but I think my anus has on a few occasions.
 

Leadsalad

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I also order the hottest things on the menu just to try them. Never had the anus burning that all of my friends claim to have.

Also a super taster here, but I haven't had an actual study performed to get a measurement for my bitter sensitivity. I can't eat chocolate, coffee is insanely bad, beer is nearly intolerable, arugula is the devil's handiwork, etc.
 

Noodleface

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Welcome bro, we feel your pain.

Nothing hot phases me either except when I had ghost chili chicken wings. I went into some next level shit for real. I got wicked light headed and my vision turned grey. My tongue, lips, and fingers got swollen and my tears burned. The heat wasn't so bad to me, but clearly my body thought otherwise. The next morning I did a shit that actually burned intensely coming out, like I Had hot sauce on my asshole. It was kind of freaky and kind of felt good.
 

Antarius

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What about the "I eat 600 calories a day less than I burn, work out, and still gain inches in my waist" excuse? Fuck pituitary gland issues. Good news? I'm getting it taken care of, and my doctor has assured me that the pounds will melt the fuck off.
Physically impossible, that's like saying... My genetics make me able to defy gravity. If you have a hormonal imbalance that is slowing your metabolism, then you might not be burning as many calories as a "normal" person... But you aren't burning more calories than you intake and still gaining weight.
 

Tarrant

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I also order the hottest things on the menu just to try them. Never had the anus burning that all of my friends claim to have.

Also a super taster here, but I haven't had an actual study performed to get a measurement for my bitter sensitivity. I can't eat chocolate, coffee is insanely bad, beer is nearly intolerable, arugula is the devil's handiwork, etc.
As for the beer thing, my friends call me a beer snob because I'm pretty picky about it. It's gotta be pretty damn good and smooth for me to be into it. I still remember the first time I had a Surly. It was a special brew called "The Bandwagon" that they only serve at Target Field where the Twins play. That thing I guess has even more of a hops taste than normal surly and I spit it out. lol

Chocolate I'm okay with as long as it's not cheap crap. It took me years to be able to tolerate dark chocolate. Coffee I can't do unless it's one of those coolers with the ice that's crushed. I've never been able to drink it strait no matter how much sugar or cream is put into it. Citrus fruit is something I have issues with as well. I love it but to much of it will start to strip layers of flesh off my tongue and cheeks.
 

Itlan

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I'm a beer snob and I don't even have super taste buds. What does that make me? Just an asshole?
 

The Master

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Great, then I taste bitter ass black coffee and then taste the salt separately on top of it. No thanks.
No, salt blocks the receptor that detects bitterness. That is why supertasters eat so much more salt than normal people. Unless you pour it in like sugar, you won't taste salt at all. You'll taste coffee, without bitterness. Science!

You could also be brewing coffee incorrectly, exacerbating the issue.
 

Tarrant

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No, salt blocks the receptor that detects bitterness. That is why supertasters eat so much more salt than normal people. Unless you pour it in like sugar, you won't taste salt at all. You'll taste coffee, without bitterness. Science!

You could also be brewing coffee incorrectly, exacerbating the issue.
With you maybe it does.

With me? No, no it doesn't. Baring coating my tongue with petroleum jelly, three is no blocking or shutting down anything or any part of what I taste. I know this because it was tried during my study.
 

Leadsalad

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The Master, were you the guy in Colombia drinking all the coffee? Is that why everything has salt in it?

But seriously, salt just makes things worse typically, however maybe I'll try some tomorrow with salt in it.
 

Julian The Apostate

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I'm about a month in trying to loose weight. Still not eating great but not eating near as much shit which is helping, along with the working out. I'm still hanging around 195 lbs but I look a lot better(IMO). Lost about 2" on my waist line (just estimating from wearing my belt comfortably 2 notches lower). My face looks noticeably skinnier as well. I'm fine staying at 195 as long as I gain some muscle and lose fat.

Later today is my legs, lower back, traps and shoulders workout that includes squats AND dead lift. Fucking brutal.

I think someone should make a workout thread so we can stop shitting up this thread with our gym activities.
 

Itlan

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I'm about a month in trying to loose weight. Still not eating great but not eating near as much shit which is helping, along with the working out. I'm still hanging around 195 lbs but I look a lot better(IMO). Lost about 2" on my waist line (just estimating from wearing my belt comfortably 2 notches lower). My face looks noticeably skinnier as well. I'm fine staying at 195 as long as I gain some muscle and lose fat.

Later today is my legs, lower back, traps and shoulders workout that includes squats AND dead lift. Fucking brutal.

I think someone should make a workout thread so we can stop shitting up this thread with our gym activities.
Sports forum.