3 years old UK female, no medication. was previously on penicillin for tonsilitus 3 / 4 weeks ago
We went to the doctors 2 days ago after about a week of on and off of my daughter complaining of itching / burny wee, her vagina has been abit swollen and red so ive been bathing her with Epsom Salts (no longer than 15 minues twice a week) and putting the yellow Metanium cream on (absolute god send has been clearing the inflamed swelling up)
It had calmed down then flared up again, she then started with some thick white on the back of her tongue - she has bad bouts of tonsilitus but i know her pattern now and it wasn't that.. so i assumed Thrush, took her to the doctors was given oral drops and vaginal cream, sent her pee sample in yesterday morning. Yesterday afternoon as i wiped her, there was green mucus ( there wasn't previously) she went to bed last night and woke up this morning with alot of green mucus.
Twice ive wiped her today and theres still green mucus, we have an appointment this afternoon for her doctors again. Im thinking bacterial vaginitis - is it work me take a sample of the discharge with me? She says her wees don't burn and havent for afew days and she hasn't itched for about 3
*she is fully potty trained / dry at night but i wipe her, front to back. Sometimes she is left to wipe herself (i.e nursery) and although we practise sitting with our legs open and wiping i know she doesn't do it correctly but we're getting there *she is in cotton pants that aren't tight and give plenty of room *she has recently had a growth spurt which caused her clothes to sit alittle tight *first time this has happened, shes had a sore vagina before but abit of yellow Metanium overnight has always cleared it up

Jackie Jensen, "The Golden Boy", was a superstar athlete in the 1940s who seemed destined for greatness as the heir to Joe DiMaggio... only to be supplanted by a different golden boy, the great Mickey Mantle.
Jensen would eventually live up to the hype, but with the Red Sox -- but his career prematurely because, as baseball expanded to the west coast, his fear of flying made road games unbearable!
The Yankees between 1947 and 1964 were utterly dominant, winning 15 pennants and 10 World Series. And it wasn't just the major league team that was successful. The Yankees of this era were loaded up and down the system, from Rookie ball to their two Triple-A teams!
With such a loaded major league roster, the Yankees had many talented players stuck either on the end of the bench or in the minors who would eventually find an opportunity with other teams, including Bob Cerv, Vic Power, Gus Triandos, Lew Burdette, Jerry Lumpe, Bob Porterfield, and Bob Keegan, who would all be All-Stars with other teams. Clint Courtney would be the 1952 A.L. Rookie of the Year runner-up after the Yankees traded him to the Browns, and Bill Virdon was the 1955 N.L. Rookie of the Year with the Cardinals (and then Yankee manager from 1974 to 1975!).
But the most talented player who just couldn't find the playing time in New York was Jack Eugene Jensen, born March 9, 1927, in San Francisco. His parents divorced when he was 5, and he grew up poor, his mother working six days a week, 12 hours a day. Jensen said the family moved 16 times between kindergarten and eighth grade -- "every time the rent came due."
After serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II, Jensen went to the University of California in 1946 on the G.I. Bill. There he became one of the most famous college players in the country, leading Cal to the Rose Bowl. In 1947, he was the starting fullback as well as the team's top defensive back, and in 1948, he rushed for 1,000 yards and was an All-American.
He also was a tremendous two-way baseball player, pitching and hitting for the Golden Bears in 1947 as the won the very first College World Series, beating a Yale team that had George H.W. Bush playing first base. In 1949, he was an All-American in baseball, too.
His blond hair, good looks, and athletic accomplishments earned him the nickname "The Golden Boy."
Halfway through his junior year, Jensen left Berkeley to turn pro. Jensen would later say he couldn't risk playing a career-ending injury playing for free while teams -- baseball and football -- were trying to sign him to big-money contracts.

"There was a money tree growing in my backyard. Why shouldn't I pluck off the dollars when I wanted to?"

Jensen considered a number of offers, including from the Yankees, before signing a three-year, $75,000 contract with the Oakland Oaks of the Pacific Coast League. Jensen said he thought he'd face better competition in the Pacific Coast League, the top minor league of the era, than he would at the bottom of the Yankee farm system. He was right about it being more of a challenge -- he hit an unimpressive .261/.317/.394 in 510 plate appearances with the Oaks.
At the end of the year, the Oaks sold his contract (and that of Billy Martin, another Northern California kid) to the Yankees.
That same year, Jensen married his high school sweetheart, Zoe Ann Olsen, an Olympic diver. (By age 18, she had won 14 national diving championships and a silver medal in the 1948 Olympics.) "Together they looked like a Nordic god and goddess," Sports Illustrated reported. Nicknamed "the sweethearts of sports," they were the Dansby Swanson and Mallory Pugh of their era. More than 1,000 people attended their wedding.
Jensen would start the 1950 season not in the minors but in the Bronx. He joined the Yankees in a time of flux. They though they'd won the 1949 World Series, the Yankees knew they had to make some changes, with 35-year-old Joe DiMaggio nearing the end of his career. And their heir apparent was not Mickey Mantle -- at the time an 18-year-old shortstop playing in the Class C league, the equivalent of A-ball today -- but the 23-year-old Jensen.
But Jensen disappointed, hitting just .171/.247/.300 in 70 at-bats, and only starting in 13 games. Watching from the bench most of the season, Jensen would later lament the lost year of development, saying he'd have been better off playing every day in the Pacific Coast League.
The Yankees won the pennant for a second straight year, and in the World Series he once again was left on the bench. His only action was as a pinch runner in Game 3 as the Yankees swept the Phillies. That "Moonlight Graham" appearance would be his only taste of the post-season in an 11-year career.
The following year would be DiMaggio's last, and Mantle's first. Jensen began the year as the Yankees' starting left fielder and proved he belonged, hitting .296/.371/.509 through the end of July... and then, shockingly, was demoted to Triple-A and replaced with previously forgotten Yankee Bob Cerv.
I can see why they called up Cerv -- the University of Nebraska stand-out was tearing up Triple-A, leading the American Association in batting average (.349), home runs (26), triples (21), RBIs (101), and total bases (261) -- but why demote Jensen, who had a 140 OPS+ in the majors? Maybe the Yankees felt the brash 23-year-old needed to be taken down a peg. In any event, Cerv hit just .214/.333/.250 in August and was sent back to Triple-A, but Jensen also was left down there. He hit .263/.344/.469 and was recalled after the Triple-A season ended, only getting into three games (he went 3-for-9).
Mantle, too, had started the season with the Yankees, and after hitting .260/.341/.423 through the middle of July, was sent down to Triple-A. But he hit .361/.445/.651 in 166 at-bats, and unlike Jensen was back in the bigs by August 24. He would play pretty much every game the rest of the season, hitting .284/.370/.495 in 95 at-bats.
The torch had clearly been passed -- Jensen was no longer the heir apparent to DiMaggio. In the World Series that year, Mantle was the starting right fielder, and Jensen wasn't even on the post-season roster.
Jensen was so disappointed with how the Yankees had treated him in 1951 that he talked to the San Francisco 49ers about switching to pro football, but ultimately decided to stick with baseball.
Never shy about what he said to reporters, Jensen told The Sporting News on October 24, 1951:

"I felt so badly about the treatment that I received from the Yankees that, although I was in New York at the end of the season, I didn't feel like sticking around to even watch the club play in any of the World's Series games."
"I do not feel the Yankees were justified in sending me to the minor leagues. When I was shipped to Kansas City, I was doing as good a job as any Yankee outfielder and better than some of them. I was hitting .296, which was ten points better than Hank Bauer and 30 points better than Joe DiMaggio, Gene Woodling and Mickey Mantle. Yet Casey Stengel didn't give me the chance I felt I deserved."

Despite blasting his manager in the press, Jensen was still the property of the Yankees. That off-season, teams were circling, hoping to pry away the talented but disgruntled outfielder. There were newspaper reports of offers from the St. Louis Browns, the Detroit Tigers, the Philadelphia Athletics, the Washington Senators, the Cleveland Indians, and the Boston Red Sox -- with one rumor being Ted Williams to the Bronx in exchange for Jensen and several other players. (A Red Sox scout called the rumored deal "a lot of hogwash.")
Sportswriters spent the off-season speculating whether DiMaggio would retire, and if he did, whether Jensen or Mantle would take over as the center fielder, as there were still concerns that Mantle, who had hurt his knee in the 1951 World Series, wouldn't be fully recovered by the start of the season.
On Opening Day, April 16, 1952, it was Jackie Jensen in center and Mickey Mantle in right. Jensen went 0-for-5 with a GIDP; Mantle, 3-for-4 with a double, a walk, and a stolen base! Seven games into the season, Jensen was 2-for-17 (.118) and found himself on the bench. He'd never play for the Yankees again. On May 3, the Golden Boy was traded to the Washington Senators along with Spec Shea, Jerry Snyder, and Archie Wilson in exchange for Irv Noren and Tom Upton.
In two years with the Senators, Jensen hit an impressive .276/.359/.407 (112 OPS+), but the team was terrible, and Jensen wasn't happy. Still just 26 years old, he later said he had almost quit after the 1953 season... particularly after a harrowing flight to Japan for a series of exhibition games with a squad of All-Stars that included Yankees Yogi Berra, Eddie Lopat, and Billy Martin. That experience gave Jensen a lifelong fear of flying, a phobia that became so intense eventually he could only fly with the help of sleeping pills... and a hypnotist!
He might have quit if not for the trade on December 9, 1953, that sent him to the Boston Red Sox for pitcher Mickey McDermott and outfielder Tom Umphlett. He was homesick, he hated flying, and he now had two little kids at home. Red Sox general manager Joe Cronin convinced Jensen to come to the Red Sox, telling him that Fenway Park was tailor made for his swing. Cronin was right: Jensen was a career .279/.369/.460 hitter, but .298/.400/.514 at Fenway.
It was in Boston that Jensen finally lived up to the hype, becoming a two-time All-Star and winning the A.L. MVP Award in 1958 and a Gold Glove in 1959. During his seven seasons in Boston, he hit .282/.374/.478 in 4,519 plate appearances. In his MVP season, Jensen hit .286/.396/.535 (148 OPS+) with 31 doubles, 35 home runs, and a league-leading 122 RBIs. During his peak with the Red Sox, 1954 to 1959, Jensen's average season was .285/.378/.490 (127 OPS+) with 28 doubles, 26 home runs, 111 RBIs, 14 stolen bases, and 3.6 bWAR. During those six seasons, no one in the American League -- not Mickey Mantle, not Ted Williams, not Al Kaline -- had more runs batted in than Jackie Jensen.
Of course, Mantle was the far better player -- even in Jensen's MVP season, Mantle had more runs, hits, home runs, walks, and a 188 OPS+ -- but Jensen's 127 OPS+ between 1954 and 1959 would have been an upgrade over the aging Hank Bauer's 110 OPS+ in right or the left field merry-go-round of Norm Siebern (113 OPS+), Irv Noren (107 OPS+), Enos Slaughter (103 OPS+), and previously forgotten Yankee Hector Lopez (101 OPS+). Casey Stengel would later say the Jensen trade was the worst one the Yankees had made while he was manager.
Despite his success, Jensen was sometimes booed by the Boston fans, just as they sometimes booed Ted Williams. There even was an article in Sport magazine, "What Do They Want From Jackie Jensen?", taking Red Sox fans to task for their unreasonably high demands from the Golden Boy. In 1956, in a game at Fenway Park against the Yankees, the hometown fans were razzing Jensen so much that teammates had to restrain him from going into the stands after a fan. Later that same game, Williams misplayed a wind-blown fly ball from Mantle, and the fans booed lustily. The very next play, Williams made a leaping catch at the scoreboard to rob Yogi Berra of a double. But Williams, still furious, spit into the crowd. He was later fined $5,000.
And Jackie was unhappy to be away from home. He and Zoe Ann had bought a house near Lake Tahoe, where they could both ski and golf year-round, as well as hit the casinos. They also had a home in Oakland, and a restaurant there, and each year Jensen hosted a pro-am golf tournament. But the marriage was struggling. Zoe Ann, once nationally known for her Olympic exploits, was frustrated to be a stay-at-home mom in the shadow of her famous husband, and Jackie became angry if she engaged in her favorite outdoor hobbies, suspecting there were men around.
Jensen's fear of flying also had become even more intense. Sometimes he was so drugged up that he had to be carried on and off the plane, fueling rumors that he was a drunk. Other times he took trains or even drove while his teammates flew.
Once again Jensen was talking about retirement, and in Spring Training 1957, the Red Sox allowed him to train with the San Francisco Seals, Boston's Triple-A team, rather than having to go to Florida. But he was still miserable. That year, he told Sports Illustrated:

“In baseball you get to the point where you don’t think you have a family. It just looks like I’m not built for this life like some ballplayers. You are always away from home and you’re lonesome, and as soon as I can, I intend to get out.”

The 32-year-old Jensen announced his retirement after the 1959 season, and he spent 1960 home with Zoe Ann and their children and running his restaurant. But he returned in 1961. After hitting just .130 in April, Jensen took a train from Detroit home to Reno, determined to quit once again. After a week away, he rejoined the team and had six hits in his next 10 at-bats. By the end of the season he was at .263/.350/.392, and this time he quit for good.
After leaving baseball, Jensen invested in real estate and a golf course, but lost most of his money. He then got a job working for a Lake Tahoe casino, was a national spokesman for Camel cigarettes, Wonder Bread, and Gillette, and even tried selling cars. Ironically, Jackie found himself on the road almost as much as he had been as a ballplayer. In 1963, he and Zoe Ann divorced, remarried, and then divorced again.
In 1967, Jensen became a TV sportscaster, married his producer Katharine Cortesi, and eventually teamed up with Keith Jackson calling college football games for ABC and a college baseball coach, first at the University of Nevada-Reno and then at the University of California, and he managed the Red Sox team in the New York Penn League in 1970. In 1977, Jackie and Katharine moved to Virginia and started a Christmas tree farm while he coached baseball at a military academy. About five years later, on July 14, 1982, he died of a heart attack at age 55.
You Don't Know Jack(ie):

• How good would Jackie Jensen have been as a Yankee? Maybe not great. He was a career .279/.369/.460 hitter, but just .238/.326/.398 at Yankee Stadium, which -- especially in that era -- was famously death on right-handed batters. Fenway Park was much more to his liking!
  
• Born in San Francisco in 1927, it's no surprise Jensen's favorite player as a kid was Joe DiMaggio, who made his debut with the San Francisco Seals when Jensen was a 5 years old. When Jensen made his major league debut, on April 18, 1950, DiMaggio went 3-for-6 with a triple in a 15-10 win over the Red Sox. Two weeks later, on May 3, Jensen made his first start, playing left field and batting second, and DiMaggio was in center and batting fourth.
  
• Jensen wore #36 at Cal. When he came up with the Yankees, he was first issued #40, then switched to #27, and finally to #25. (With the Senators, he wore #8, then #4; in Boston, he first wore #30 but primarily wore #4.) Currently, #40 is worn by Luis Severino. Other famous 40's include Chien-Ming Wang (2005-2009), Andy Hawkins (1989-1991), and Lindy McDaniel (1968-1973). #27 has been worn by Giancarlo Stanton since 2018; prior to him, it was worn by Austin Romine (2016-2017). It also was the number worn by Bob Wickman (1993-1996), Butch Wynegar (1982-1986), and Woodie Held (1954-1957). Gleyber Torres has worn #25 since 2018; it also was worn by Mark Teixeira (2009-2016), Jason Giambi (2002-2008), Joe Girardi (1996-1999), Jim Abbott (1993-1994), Tommy John (1979-1989), and Joe Pepitone (1962-1969).
  
• Jensen is one of six major leaguers to graduate from Oakland High School, but the only Yankee. Cal has sent 83 players to the majors, including twenty Yankees -- most notably, early 1990s pitcher Chuck Cary, 1930s infielder Lyn Lary, and 1990 A.L. ROY runner-up Kevin Maas.
  
• The Yankees during spring training in 1951 tinkered with the idea of using Jensen into a pitcher. Jensen had been a star pitcher at Cal, including pitching in the 1947 College World Series, and had pitched in a winter league that off-season. But he was bombed in a handful of spring training innings -- while crushing as a hitter -- and the Yankees decided to leave him in the outfield.
  
• College teammates said Jensen wasn't afraid of flying at Cal. His second wife Katharine said the phobia came from a near-miss experience on a flight early in his baseball career -- he looked out the window and saw another plane coming straight at him! The two planes managed to avoid each other, but he was never comfortable on a plane again.
  
• Billy Martin, who also had grown up in Northern California and was Jensen's teammate on both the Oakland Oaks and the Yankees, was merciless when it came to teasing Jensen about his fear of flying. In 1953, on a flight from Okinawa to Honshu to play a series of exhibition games in Japan, the plane ran into a bad storm and was bouncing pretty hard. Jensen, who wouldn't get on a plane without the help of tranquilizers, was blissfully sleeping through the turbulence. Martin found a lifejacket and put it on, then stood over Jensen and shouted "We're going down!"
  
• Arthur Ellen, a hypnotist that Jensen had used to try to cure his fear of flying, believed Jackie wasn't aerophobic at all. It was really a fear of losing his family. "Subconsciously, it developed as a good reason to leave the Red Sox and go home," the hypnotist said.
  
• Jensen is featured prominently in Norman Rockwell's famous 1957 painting, The Rookie. Jensen is the one seated on the bench tying his shoe in the middle of the painting. Standing behind him is Ted Williams, and sitting on the bench next to him is pitcher Frank Sullivan (#18). Wearing the catcher's mitt in the foreground is Sammy White, and the player with his hand over his mouth to the far right is Billy Goodman. Jensen, Sullivan, and White had gone to Rockwell's studio in Massachusetts to pose for the painting; the images of Williams and Goodman were based on photos. The shirtless player was one of Rockwell's assistants, and "the rookie" holding the suitcase was a local high school student!
  
• Boston sportswriters named Jensen the team's MVP in 1954, when he hit .276/.359/.472 with 25 home runs and 117 RBIs. I guess they were tired of giving the award to Ted Williams, who hit .345/.513/.635 that year, albeit in just 117 games as he had broken his collarbone in spring training. Williams didn't qualify for the batting title that year because he had only 386 at-bats... mostly due to his league-leading 136 walks. The rule was subsequently changed from at-bats to plate appearances.
  
• After Jensen was acquired by the Washington Senators, manager Bucky Harris -- who managed the Yankees when they won the 1947 World Series -- pulled him aside and told him he was the right fielder and he'd hit third. "No pep talk, no nothing, but he made it sound like I was the right fielder and third place hitter for a long time to come," Jensen later recalled. "It made me feel good." The 1950s Senators had a number of ex-Yankees and several of them told reporters that Harris was a much more low-key, hands-off manager than Casey Stengel, and Jensen agreed. "With Stengel it was always 'watch for that curve ball' or 'watch for that change up'," Jensen said. "Bucky leaves you on your own up there." But Jensen would later say Stengel was the smartest manager he'd ever had.
  
• Stengel obliquely mentioned Jensen in his famously long, rambling testimony before the Senate Anti-Trust and Monopoly Subcommittee on July 8, 1958. Asked about legislation that would exempt baseball from federal anti-trust laws, Stengel said about 7,000 words without really saying anything. The hearing was held the day after the All-Star Game -- the Stengel-managed A.L. All-Stars won, 4-3 -- and in the American League starting lineup were Jensen and two other ex-Yankees, Bob Cerv and Gus Triandos. Stengel was asked if the Yankees were going to continue to "monopolize" the World Series, and his confusing answer: "Well, I will tell you. I got a little concerned yesterday in the first three innings when I saw the three players I had gotten rid of [Jensen, Cerv, and Triandos] and I said when I lost nine what am I going to do? And when I had a couple of my players I thought so great of that did not do so good up to the sixth inning I was more confused but I finally had to go and call on a young man in Baltimore that we don't own and the Yankees don't own him and he is doing pretty well and I would actually have to to tell you that we are more the Greta Garbo-type now from success. We are being hated. I mean from the ownership and all we are being hated. Every sport that gets too great or one individual -- but if we made twenty-seven cents and it pays to have a winner at home why would you have a good winner in your park if you were an owner? That is the result of baseball. An owner gets most of the money at home, and it is up to him and his staff to do better or they ought to be discharged." After befuddling the committee with answers like that for 45 minutes, Stengel was excused and Mickey Mantle called upon. His opening statement: "My views are just about the same as Casey's."
  
• Casey Stengel later said Jensen plus Spec Shea, Jerry Snyder, and Archie Wilson to the Senators for Irv Noren and Tom Upton was the worst trade the Yankees made during his tenure. But in reality it was pretty much a wash for the Yankees. Jensen, in two seasons, would be worth 4.9 bWAR for the Senators before being traded. Shea, a right-handed pitcher who had been an All-Star with the Yankees as a rookie, pitched four years in Washington and was worth 2.9 bWAR. Snyder was a good-glove, no-hit infielder worth -0.1 bWAR in seven seasons with the Senators. (You must have a really good glove to last seven seasons with a 55 OPS+!) Wilson, at one point seen as a good prospect but now a 28-year-old minor league journeyman, only played 26 games in Washington before being traded. In exchange, the Yankees received the 27-year-old Irv Noren, an outfieldefirst baseman who played five years in New York and was an All-Star in 1954; he was worth 7.9 bWAR, making the trade essentially even by bWAR. (The other player the Yankees received, minor league infielder Tom Upton, never made it back to the bigs.) Prior to the 1957 season, Noren was traded to the Kansas City Athletics as part of a monster 13-player trade that included Clete Boyer, third baseman of the early 1960s dynasty!
  
• The two players Washington got from Boston for Jensen, Mickey McDermott and Tom Upton, were both future Yankees. McDermott was a left-handed pitcher whose father, Maurice McDermott, had played in the minors with Lou Gehrig. Mickey was just 25 years old at the time of the trade but had been in the majors for six seasons, going 48-34 with a 3.80 ERA (114 ERA+). In two years with the Senators, McDermott went 17-25 (but with a 3.58 ERA), then prior to the 1957 season was traded to the Yankees as part of a seven-player deal; he went 2-6 with a 4.24 ERA as a swingman, and closed out the Game 2 win in the 1956 World Series. After that one season in New York, he was part of the trade with the A's that brought back Clete Boyer.
  
• Umphlett, a 22-year-old infielder, was traded back to the Red Sox in 1955, and then the Red Sox traded him to the Yankees in 1962 for infielder Billy Gardner. He would spend 1962 and 1963 in Triple-A for the Yankees, then ended his career in the minors with the Minnesota Twins -- the team that had been the Senators until 1961.
  
• In 1956, the anthology television show Cavalcade of America had an episode called The Jackie Jensen Story. Jackie had a cameo as the adult version of himself, but the 30-minute episode was focused on Jackie's teenage years and the influence of his middle high school coach, a man named Ralph Kerchum who became a father figure. The coach was played by Ross Elliott, a Bronx native whose most memorable role might have been as the director in the Vitameatavegamin episode of I Love Lucy.
  
• Jensen's MVP in 1958 broke a string of four straight MVP awards for Yankees -- Yogi Berra in 1954 and 1955 followed by Mickey Mantle in 1956 and 1957. Nellie Fox of the White Sox won it in 1959, and then the Yankees won it four years in a row again -- Roger Maris in 1960 and 1961, Mantle in 1962, and Elston Howard in 1963. Then a long drought -- the next Yankee to win it would be Thurman Munson in 1976.
  
• Going by bWAR, Mantle should have won it a third straight year in 1958 -- his 8.7 bWAR led the league, followed by Frank Lary at 6.7 and Al Kaline at 6.5. Jensen's 4.9 was 10th that year. Of course, they didn't have bWAR back then!
  
• Jackie won a Gold Glove in 1959; it was just the third year of the award's existence, or he might have won more. "Right field in Boston is a bitch, the sun field, and few play it well," Ted Williams said. "Jackie Jensen was the best I saw at it." Jensen was renowned for his throwing arm -- he twice led the league in assists, and twice led the league in double plays as an outfielder. One Yankee scout said he had the best arm he'd seen since previously forgotten Yankee Bob Meusel, usually said to have the best cannon in baseball history until Roberto Clemente came along.
  
• Jensen was well known for his brashness, especially compared to Mantle's aw shucks attitude. Mantle, asked if he thought he could beat out Jensen to replace DiMaggio in center field, humbly replied that there were three positions in the outfield and he hoped to win any one of them. Jensen, on the other hand, vowed he'd "out-run, out-hit, and out-throw" Mantle, an arrogant answer that didn't go over well with teammates. Joe DiMaggio, asked what he thought of the duel for his old job, quipped that Mantle was "out-quoting" Jensen.
  
• When Mantle was asked what he thought about Jensen's quote, he replied: "I don't know what to make of that guy." Jensen would later say he was misquoted, but reports of his cockiness would follow him throughout his Yankee years. Later in life, Jensen said people mistook his shyness and anxiety for arrogance and rudeness.
  
• According to Sports Illustrated, Jensen is the only player to have played in the East-West football game, the Rose Bowl, the World Series, and the Major League All-Star Game. I'll take their word for it!
  
• As a freshman at Cal, the first time Jensen touched the ball -- on a punt return -- he ran it back for a 56-yard touchdown. Cal quarterback Charles Erb said they'd never seen anything like it. "He was all over the field, dodging and leaping over guys. The rest of us just stood there on the sidelines with our mouths open. Finally somebody said, 'Who in the hell is that guy?' "
  
• Jensen is one of two "forgotten" Yankees in the College Football Hall of Fame -- the other is 1960s catcher Jake Gibbs. (Other Yankees in the College Football Hall of Fame include John Elway, who was in the Yankee minor league system before joining the Denver Broncos, and Deion Sanders, who was on the Yankees in 1989 and 1990.) Jensen also is a member of the Cal Hall of Fame, the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame, and... ugh... the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame.
  
• Despite his speed -- Jensen led the league in triples in 1956 and in stolen bases in 1954, and was in the top five in stolen bases in six seasons -- Jackie also was prone to grounding into double plays, leading the league in 1954, 1956, and 1957. His 32 GIDPs in 1954 was the major league record until Boston's Jim Rice hit into 36 in 1984, which is still the single-season record. Rice also had 35 in 1985. Jensen's 32 is tied for third with four others. The most by a Yankee? Dave Winfield with 30 in 1983, which is tied for 14th.
  
• Jensen lost most of his baseball earnings through a series of bad investments. His ex-wife, former Olympian Zoe Ann, later became a blackjack dealer in Reno to pay the bills.
  
• Jensen had four appearances on the popular show Home Run Derby, and set a record for most home runs in one match when he defeated Ernie Banks, 14-11, in Episode 24. The 25 combined home runs also was a record. He took on Mickey Mantle in Episode 3, with Mantle winning, 9-2, then defeated Rocky Colavito, 3-2, in Episode 25. He rematched against Mantle in Episode 26, with Mantle winning again, 13-10. Jensen set another record in that contest when he became the only player to hit four home runs in a row, and then a fifth home run in a row. That episode was supposed to be the season one finale, but it turned out to be the last episode of the series: The show's host and producer, Mark Scott, died of a heart attack at age 45, shortly after the last episode aired, and two months later the show's 64-year-old director Benjamin Stoloff also died. Rather than replacing them, the show was cancelled.
  
• Jensen's last game came against the Yankees, on October 1st, 1961, at Yankee Stadium. He appeared as a pinch hitter and popped out to shortstop Tony Kubek. In the 4th inning of that game, Roger Maris hit his 61st home run, breaking Babe Ruth's single-season record!
  
• Jackie and Zoe Ann had two sons, Jon and Jay, and a daughter, Jan. Jay's son, Tucker Jensen, was a pitcher in the Blue Jays farm system in 2011 and 2012.
  

In 1958, Jensen told Sports Illustrated that the biggest thrill of his career wasn't being an All-American or an All-Star, it wasn't winning an MVP or a World Series. "The biggest is having played in the same outfield with both DiMaggio and Williams."

Hello all, I've made a post to see if I can find the right kind of people for me with similar values when it comes to forming a close and supportive friendship. I have often found it draining to have to keep messaging so many people online that I'd like to limit any potential pitfalls as much as possible when it comes to making friends online. From my experience, a lot of friendships don't seem to work out when there is not as much initiation from both sides which is something that I really value. I really appreciate direct and honest communication along with a willingness to work through things. I expect a certain amount of effort when it comes to responses. Although I tend to have higher standards when it comes to friends, I do not want that to deter others from wanting to reach out as I am quite open and understanding. I'm a 22-year-old and in my final year of college. I'm majoring in psychology as I want to be able to become a therapist/counselor and help others out where possible. Once I graduate, I am planning to pursue a master's degree in counseling. I live on the east coast side of the US and my MBTI personality type is INFJ as well. It's usually easier to mention this ahead of time but I have a physical disability that requires me to use a wheelchair.
Some of my interests and activities that I enjoy doing include playing games on pc, ps5, and switch, learning about other people and their experiences, watching videos or shows online, and voice chatting. Basically, anything where we can spend time together online in some way. A few of my favorite games are Final Fantasy 14, Xenoblade Chronicles 1-3, Persona 5, Pokemon, Skyrim, and The Witcher 3. I am also open to talking about and trying out other games. As for shows and watching videos, I do enjoy watching anime from time to time and wouldn't mind watching them with others. Additionally, if you have any suggestions or things you like to watch I would be happy to watch those as well. We could even just watch stuff on youtube which is where I usually go lol.
I'm looking for the kind of one-on-one friendship where we can message/talk about whatever is on our minds throughout the day and be able to share everyday and deeper, more meaningful conversations. I enjoy having conversations on philosophical topics, anything science or education related, asking random questions, and psychology (of course) or mental health in general. It would be great to have long-term friends who prioritize a consistent, genuinely caring friendship and who are willing to put in the same amount of effort. I want to have friendships where we can open up to each other as much as we are comfortable with and be able to check in on each other.
I'm not expecting to become great friends with everyone but I am willing to give others a fair chance. Realistically, I want to invest in just a few quality friendships. Building a good friendship takes time and I only want to have friends who are specifically looking for something long-term. As long as you are willing to show that you value building the kind of friendship that I do, that is what I care about most.

I’m 42F, weigh 78 kg, eat approx 1.700 kcal daily. My TDEE is something like 2300 kcal. I bicycle to and from work, 15 minutes with both kids in a cargo bike. I breastfeed my 1 year old evening and nights. Maybe five times all in all. He gets most of his nourishment from solids/porridge. Breakfast is oats with protein shake and blueberries, about 400 kcal - I feel like it’s a fairly solid breakfast. I probably drink 1,5-2 liters of water per day. I eat breakfast approx. 6.30, and a piece of fruit or a protein bar around 9.30.
Now my question: come 10-11 o’clock I’m feeling woozy/besides myself. Fruit and protein bars don’t really help. It’s not until I’ve eaten a fairly solid lunch that I’m feeling normal again. And that breaks my calorie budget. What’s up with that? I could understand it if I was on a super high deficiency cico or was dehydrated, but the way I see it my approach is moderate. What am I missing? How can I avoid this woozy feeling?

So, you’re at your house during the apocalypse of 1979 where the world has gone to shit, and your mom wants you to come visit her. Luckily, you have your work cut out for you! There’s a massive road right in front of your house that should take you directly to her, but who knows how long that will take? You must prepare for the wasteland to make it to your mom’s house. In this survival guide I’ll show you how to survive The Long Drive, so put on your seatbelt!

Preparation

Step 1: Personal protection

Before you begin your journey, you must bring supplies. I’m sure you’ve looked around and seen the mess that is your home, which can be a bit overwhelming. The first thing I would do is get a weapon. There are killer bunnies and zombie mutant things out there that want your organs, so you need some protection. Luckily, this is America.
First option: The moment you enter the garage, you'll see a wooden gun on the desk to your left. This is the BB gun; a single-shot gun that shoots tiny BBs. Not the most effective, but ammo is plentiful. I would only use that as a last resort.
Second option: go outside to the back of the house and go up the stairs. Across the room, you’ll see a katana. It’s a great weapon and will kill everything in one or two swings. A few issues with that though: 1, you need to get close to your enemies, which can be quite dangerous. 2, swinging that blade of death around can be hazardous in tight spaces since you could accidentally hit something explosive or break the nice base you built on your vehicle. Still a viable option, but not the best one to start with.
Third and final option: The old revolver. Like most American citizens, you have a gun hidden in your chimney. It’s a bit tricky to get to, but the more you do it, the easier it gets. Near your bed, there’s an old stove thing. Behind that is a brick pillar. If you stand on your bed and look at the space between the stove and the pillar, you’ll see a tiny trapdoor. Open it, and squeeze your way into the gap. Now you must be a bit careful since you can get stuck in the chimney. Press “Q” or whatever your lean key bind is, and move your mouse to the side while looking down. Once you see the revolver, grab it and move your mouse back quickly.
Now there are two possible outcomes: 1, you made it out with the gun. 2, you didn’t move fast enough and got stuck in the chimney. If you got the first one, skip this paragraph. If you got the second, I’m sorry you need to read this. To get unstuck, you need to do exactly what you did to get in there. Precise crouch with the scroll wheel, and lean out of the trapdoor. It might take a bit, but it’s better than pointing the revolver at your head.
The revolver is a great starting weapon, as it can one-hit most of the time. You only get 6 shots until you find ammo, so it’s good to have a backup.

Step 2: Vehicular maintenance

Now that you’re armed, you can start working on your vehicle. The first thing you should do is find the gas cap. Once you find it, take a look at what’s already in it. If it’s just gasoline, you got a good car, and you can just put some gas in it. (Gas can is located under the bench to the left of the door you use to enter the garage) If it has gas AND oil, then you have a tricky one. Not all two-stroke cars are bad, (I’m talking about the camper van-looking thing, or the pickup truck one) but most are. They’re a pain in the ass. You need to have a mixture of 95% gasoline, and 5% oil. (Oil can be found on top/in a barrel straight across from the door you use to enter the garage.) I highly recommend looking for a different engine on your journey that has a spot for the oil. Lastly, the tank could have diesel in it. If it does, you got lucky. Diesel is, in my opinion, the best fuel in the game. (PRO TIP: If you’re not satisfied with the vehicle you got, return to the main menu, wait 10 minutes, and then start a new game. The vehicle you get changes every 10 minutes.)
Gasoline is much more abundant than diesel, but not as efficient. As a bonus, there’s a barrel of diesel in the basement, so you start with more diesel than gasoline.
Once you’re fueled up, make sure you put oil in the engine, if you have a gas/diesel engine. Lift the hood and open the oil cap! Next, find the radiator. It’s a metal plate right in front of the engine. If your vehicle doesn’t have a radiator, that means it’s air-cooled. Fill the radiator up with water, which can be found in the sink, or barrels/jerry cans all over the house (even outside!) Next, you need to take care of your tires. Since the garage is already really cramped, I recommend driving your car outside. Don’t forget to engage the parking brake (space) and turn the engine off! (“I” for ignition) Once you’re out there, remove the hubcaps from the wheels so that you can take them off. Next, remove the wheels. Once you have the wheels removed, take off the rubber tires. I like to put them all in one place, so I can make sure they’re all in the same condition. Depending on what vehicle you have, you can use the spare tires from the garage, if they’re in better condition. Use sponges or Jizz-O-Nit to make the tires squeaky clean! Do NOT use a wire brush. It will worsen the condition of the tires. Make sure to keep them all in the same condition, or it will decrease driving performance! Finally, re-assemble the wheels.
Any spare cleaning tools can be used to make the vehicle look a bit nicer. If your car has any removable seats, you should get rid of ‘em. Every bit of space helps. If you’re using a gasoline engine, you can still bring the barrel of diesel just in case. You might decide to upgrade to one of the IFV variants or the bus! Food-wise, I only bring meat. It’s the best food in the game. Lots of meat can be found in the attic. Next, fill up as many containers as you can with water. Gotta stay hydrated! PRO TIP: Don’t fill barrels up all the way; you won’t be able to move them! Lastly, you can grab anything you want to bring with you on the trip. It’s gonna be a long one! Now, you’re ready to begin THE LONG DRIVE!

The Long Drive

Navigation

Unless you plan on leaving the road (which I don’t recommend,) it’s easy to stay on track. Just make sure the powerline poles are on the right side of the road. Rocks and trees can spawn on the road, so pay attention! A collision won’t be fatal the first time, but crashing a second time while there’s still blood on the dashboard will be. Cacti will break on impact, but sometimes it registers as a collision, so don’t take that chance. If you happen to see an interesting building that’s far from the road, try and use a compass. The best method is to point the compass at the place you want to go and set the arrow to point in the opposite direction (behind you.) If you don’t have a compass, try and keep the road in sight.

Looting

If you’re like me, you’ll want to take every item you find. That’s fine, but always prioritize the safety of yourself, your car, and your Rubber Wife or other companions. Only take meat, unless you’re desperate. Remember, they’re the best food source! If you need to boost your health, drink some alcohol or blood. Blood is preferable because alcohol makes you thirsty. Always grab fuel and water; you can never have too much! If you need a new weapon, the legendary AK is the best choice. It has high ammo capacity, and it’s full auto. (It also one-hits!) If you find a shovel or a metal detector, grab ‘em. They can help you find items buried in the sand. Sunglasses don’t just look cool, they reduce glare from that damn sun. Try and keep your vehicle balanced, otherwise, you’ll lose control!

Grand theft auto

If you have a shitty car, or you’re just sick of the one you have, stealing a car is the best option for you! There are only a few cars that can only be found in the wild:

• The bus - This vehicle has two variants; one main section, or two sections connected. The latter of the two is fun, but a bit harder to operate. The bus has lots of space for storage, and has an amazing diesel engine!
• The IFV - This truck has 3 variants, which all use the same diesel engine. For now, I’ll be talking about the pickup variant. As you might have guessed, this one has a big wooden bed for storage. To the left of the driver’s seat, there’s a lever that can be used to raise/lower the bed, like a dump truck! (Note: the engine has to be on for it to work.)
• The IFV (tanker variant) - This one has a giant fuel tank instead of a truck bed. It can hold 3000 liters of any fluid. (Yes, even piss.) This tank usually has fluids in it when you find it, which can be anything (gas, diesel, oil, water, blood, piss, and alcohol.) This tank has a few neat features. The faucet on the side can be positioned right over the IFV’s fuel tank, for easy refuel! (Don’t try it while moving.) On the top, there’s a big opening that allows you to refill it almost instantly. Just make sure to close it when you’re done; it will spill!
• The IFV (military variant) - This is a personal favorite of mine. The bed of the truck is replaced with a metal tent-looking thing. Sometimes it has all of the flaps and doors, sometimes it doesn’t. The back has an opening that can have a door, so you can get inside. A small panel on the roof can be removed, letting in that beautiful sun. The flaps on the side can open and close too. Above the passenger seat, there’s a “turret hole” thing. It opens, and you can press “E” to get out/stand on the roof of the cabin. This is exclusive to the military variant.
• The car carrier - remember that two-stroke car carrier I mentioned earlier? Yeah, this is it. It can hold a small car pretty well, but the physics lock doesn’t work so it can fall off. It’s also really hard to get a car on there in the first place, but it looks cool when you do! This vehicle is great for transporting a custom car that you’re working on.
• The Plymouth Fury - This thing is a force of nature. It’s the fastest (and coolest) vehicle in the game. Not the most fuel-efficient, but the abundance of gasoline makes up for it. This is the rarest car in the game. It has two possible color schemes: a gold and black one, and a silver one. This car can also have tinted windows. One of the few downsides to this vehicle is the radio. It has one, but it only plays AM stations. Besides that, this car is the fastest, and one of the most stable, vehicles in the game.

Conclusion

Finally, we reach the end. It’s been fun folks, but now you’re ready to see your mom. Take care, and have fun!

Good day! I am getting quite concerned about my 3 months old American cocker spaniel puppy. I wonder if what I am observing is already a true separation anxiety and if it is already severe?
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For context, every time I leave to go to the bathroom, or to eat/drink, or just move to a few distance away from my puppy, or when I go out of his sight, he immediately starts barking so loudly, and sometimes even urinates 1-2 times and sometimes poop.
The puppy is staying with us for almost a month now. I feel bad for him and for myself. I'm kind of lost now, I do not know what to do, I want my puppy to get used being left sometimes because there will always be sometimes where he needs to be left alone. Currently he is like taking most of my time staying with him. But I know that I should not continue this and start to do something for him to get used being alone, but I don't know where and how to start.
As recommended by YouTube trainers and articles, I've already tried giving him enrichment activities like playing with a licking mat or a Kong every time I leave him, but the moment I get up and walk through the door he stops from licking the mat/Kong and starts barking.
Given that situation, can you guys please help me on how I could address/fix this issue? I would greatly appreciate any advice/training tips that you could give me.

Dog is 18 months old, had him since he was six months old, was hospitalised for severe neurological issues 30 days after we got him and suffered respiratory arrest. Spent 3 or so months rehabilitating him - teaching him how to walk again and do all basic functions (e.g, how to go to the toilet). We saved his life and have put EVERYTHING into him, majorly impacting our financial situation, career progression and mental health.
He’s now “recovered” from a spinal implant but is still ataxic (can’t do slippy surfaces), requires extensive pain medication on a daily basis and is left with reactivity issues. We’ve had multiple behaviourists and finally found a great one, he’s now able to go for two walks a day without barking at humans, but remains highly reactive to all other animals. He is also somewhat intolerant to exercise - he excessively pants immediately. Vets/neurologists don’t know why.
Today he bit me for the first time. It was my fault, I was rushing around and missed his warning sings. I’m not worried about the bite risk but it’s just got us questioning why we are even doing this anymore for the following reasons:

• he’s had over 15k of treatment (a lot through insurance), scans and surgery but his life is still limited. We were lied to about the long-term impact of surgery; if we had known it was like this we wouldn’t have proceeded for everyone’s sake. We were told that once recovered he would be “normal” physically. It was a lie.
  
• behaviourists have said he has permanent puppy regression, essentially meaning that he can’t ever interact with another dog: he tries to nip at other dogs and acts like a puppy but doesn’t have his puppy pass. He does this with people as well - he nibbles on their clothing and barks for attention. We’ve been told it’s highly unlikely he can be trained out of this and we’ve missed the socialisation window because of his crate rest.
  
• the relentlessness: it’s been over a year of every hour dedicated to him when not at work. We get a maximum of 30 mins a day to ourselves away from him. We are in our mid 20s and we can’t go anywhere far, have people over, go outside a lot. We are prisoners. I’ve had to drop all hobbies and don’t have meaningful friendships now - there isn’t time or space.
  
• cost: if he lives for another 10 years, the medication that he will need to take forever comes to around £13,000, which is money away from a house and children.
  
• the end result: he will never play with a dog, go for a long walk, be able to walk on surfaces inside that aren’t rugs, climb stairs, jump on furniture, go to a cafe, go in a car. His life is literally sleep inside and go for two 20 min walks in a loop each day. He’s a happy dog because he doesn’t know any different but to me that’s just not a life. It’s going to impact our ability to buy a house or progress with careers as we can only work remotely.
  
• unable to rehome him: the organisation previously blanked all messages from us, there’s ongoing legal issues with them. All other organisations, including specialist sanctuaries, say no - he’s too complex and a home to cater to his needs doesn’t exist. They called it a “unicorn” home.
  
• incessant barking: he can’t get to what he wants so he barks, and this behaviour has spread to his automatic reaction. If he hears a noise, bark; sees something he isn’t sure of, bark. Have tried multiple solutions from behaviourists and none of them make a difference.
  
• there is no scope for new medication: he’s maxed out on what he can take. He’s limited on what can be introduced because of cost but also his ataxia.
  
• partner’s mental health: she has said she can’t take anymore of it and wants to exit the situation, it’s really impacting our relationship. I love him but was for euthanasia when suggested before but she didn’t want to, so now we’ve put in a year of hard work to get to this point. She is still saying she isn’t sure about euthanasia but the situation is making her unwell. It’s making me unwell as well.
  
• talk of further scans to check everything is fine and no other neurological conditions. We’re exhausted.
  

We adopted him knowing the challenges of a rescue, we were fine with regular dog sacrifices, but our lives and the entirety of our discussions is dedicated to him. He’s a full-time job and we didn’t sign up for this. It’s not an exaggeration to say we’ve given everything to rehabilitate him (changed jobs, stopped hobbies, spent thousands on him, stopped seeing others) but now we’re asking for what? It’s not like he has an amazing quality of life and likely never will. Every week it’s a vet visit, sorting out his meds, a new physical health question or he’s started doing something weird, like right now he pants for most of the night (vet and behaviourist don’t know why). We’re like a military operation - I get the camera, partner Google’s and we start a symptom tracker. It’s sad that we have forgotten what it was like to not have this stress.
My dog is my life and I thought if I kept giving and sacrificing it would be worth it, but he’s taking my 20s away and I’m a shell of the person compared to who I used to be. I’m scared it won’t come back. I know it’s not his fault and he’s a lovely dog in many ways.
Sorry for the long post I just wanted to know what other people’s views were about euthanasia for a non-aggressive dog. Please please please don’t say to rehome him - it isn’t possible, we’ve explored that option. Thanks for reading and would appreciate any views.

Morning all,
Tldr; do I still have to pay rent to my old landlord even after moving out and returning my keys?
I’m trying to get out of a month to month joint tenancy in Ontario Canada. I gave my 60 days notice back in late March with an ending date of May 30th, was all moved out by the 27th and landlord collected my key. I never got my last months back because I guess in a joint tenancy that stays with the lease until everyone moves out (bunch of college kids in a small house but that’s all we could afford being in school). Fine, I’m told I collect that from whoever moves in. I’m also told to collect my $200 key deposit from whoever takes my spot.
But I’m not trying to assign my unit. I want out clean and not having to worry about anything there ever again. (Absolute nightmare of a landlord).
So I guess I have two questions; 1) do I still have to pay rent today because I no longer have access to the unit I was in, not keys to the house? And 2) is it even legal for him to keep my key deposit after he’s taken back the keys? I highly doubt he was even allowed to take that big of a deposit as he charged all 7 of us $200 and it doesn’t cost $1400 to replace cheap locks in an old run down house.
Thank you for taking the time to read this and for any advice moving forward. I’d rather not pay double rent for the second month in a row if I can avoid it. Have a good day everyone!

My dog is 12 year old she is a maltese and I had her since I was 7 today we found out she has tumor of the adrenal gland and that is whats been causing her kidney and liver faliure, along with other problems.
If I could go back in time I would take her out more and walk with her more and not be afraid if some other dog would attack her, I would train her out of her seperation anxiety so she wouldnt worry when somwone is not home, I would give her only vetenerian foods or cooked meals with out any artificial treats or human food especially those little sausages she loved so much bc I think that is the reason she has tumor and kidney faliure, I would give her only distilled water so she wouldnt have teeth problems, and I would never yell at her or scould her she! She is my/our little angel and now I/my family have to live with a fact that she will be gone soon.
I love her so much to the point where I would take my kidney or liver to help her, we did everything to help her and she deservs every coin we spent on her bc she gave us so much love so much happines and so much life, she helped me trought my deppression trought my anxiety she is the reason I am here and I will love her as long as Iam alive, this dog this little baby is the biggest hero there is and her name is Zvončica (Tinkerbell)🤍.

So me and my wife moved into an old 3000 square foot brick house in Dec and it has a 3 year old oil furnace thats pretty much top of the line (So we have been told) but as you know Oil was incredibly expensive and we were paying close to 750 a month early 2023 to heat our house (upstate NY) Come spring time we had a 12KW solar array installed and just had heatpumps installed. They wrapped the install yesterday. Heres what was installed:
Upstairs: 42k BTU Mitsubishi Hyper Heat Outdoor Unit (Model # MXZ-SM42NAMHZ) connected to a 5 way branch box. Currently only using 4 of them. Three mini splits being MSZ-FS09NA and one MSZ-FS12NA. This portion of things is working well so far. We have Mysa thermostats controlling them.
Downstairs is where the issue comes into play. Downstairs we had a 36k BTU Mitsubishi Hyper Heat Outdoor Unit (Model # PUZ-HA36NKA1) and a (Model # PAA-A36BA1) Mitsubishi 36K BTUh 17-1/2" Wide intelli-HEAT Coil/Control Box installed.
Last night as they were wrapping that installation they came to discuss our thermostat. We had an Ecobee Premium with 8 remote sensors in our house. Mostly for the sole purpose of monitoring the temps in our kids rooms at night and ignoring everything else.
We were told the ecobee wont work with this new setup as they have an issue where with an ecobee connected they are seeing a 45 minute delay when the thermostat calls for heat. Now obviously this wasn't what was discussed originally but after some back and fourth we had them install it because we had no real choice and they put an MHK2 in. Ill be honest the installers didn't seem very knowledgeable about this coil setup. It does appear to be new to the market and they just might be figuring it all out and I might have just turned into a guinea pig of sorts.
Anyways has anyone else experienced this thermostat issue? Do you have any suggestions moving forward if so? It looks like i can get a redlink gateway and connect it to the network then use home assistant to be able to adjust it based on the mysa thermostat readings upstairs.
Also the installers seemed very vague on when the furnace would kick over from heat pump to oil heat. We were originally told the set point would be 20 degrees and now we are being told its 27. There has to be a way to adjust this. Thoughts?

Link to original post https://www.reddit.com/loseit/comments/11jpmgs/the_road_to_lose_100_pounds_for_the_2nd_time/
M 29 5’11” SW:350/CW:250/GW:200
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Well i got here a lot faster than i did last time but as of today june 1st 188 days from when i started im officially down 100 lbs (45 kilos) from 350 lbs to 250 lbs
https://imgur.com/a/RXBxJxn
Before and After Photos https://imgur.com/a/YMCNDUR
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Key takeaways
- Progressive overload everything, i did not jump into a crazy diet at the start i started off very slowly and added more layers of the diet month to month
- The most important part is the calorie deficit. i personally chose to do keto because i find it easy to stick to but it has no inherent advantage over any other diet or just counting calories in terms of weight loss
- Track everything i counted every thing that i have with out missing anything for the entire time and in situations i wasn't sure on the exact amount i always assumed more than i thought
- Identify weak points and fortify those areas, we all have some triggers or situations that lead to us falling off try to idenity those and plan around them. in my case if i have to cook every meal i will eventually be to tired one day and eat out and then fall into the "ill start again Monday mindset" so my solution is to meal prep a good portion of my meals so i dont have to cook for every meal
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What i did per month
September and October: Focused on mental health
(i didn't officially start the diet here but it was so important to get in the correct head space before i started)
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November:
Started working out but failed at sticking to a schedule so instead started experimenting to see what time of day worked for me for working out.
November 25th started tracking calories but did not change my diet at all. (this is when i officially started the diet)
December:
Work over took this month i worked 10-12 hrs a day for 5 days a week so main goal was to just stick with tracking calories and trying to stay under daily goal of 2,300 calories per day (note i ate fast food borderline everyday this month)
December 28th restarted Strong lifts 5x5 (3 times a week program)
January:
The rush of work is over so the main objective was to start meal prepping Keto again and lightly start intermittent fasting (16:8 but allowed myself to eat outside of the window if hungry).
January 12th I decided Strong lifts wasn't the program i wanted to pursue (i have used stronglifts as my starter program since 2014, i normally do it for 3 months when i start working out then swap to a different plan. i love the work out it just didn't fit my goals so i cut it short this time) and downloaded the strong app and created my own workout plan (6 days a week program 3 days PPL and 3 days cardio on elliptical using the runmore couch25k program)
the idea for this month was to not set any new records just to show up everyday so i did light weight on barbells and empty bars if possible and increased each week at a semi accelerated pace
February:
Progressive overload all workouts at the gym weights and cardio
Started shortening the eating window for intermittent fasting and starting OMAD on weekends
I made a big controversial decision on my calorie goal, since i had started keto i went back to the old routine i had from 2019 which was at the end of my diet but i was able to not feel hungry even at my current higher body weight so in january most days i ended up only eating around 1,500 calories so i decided to make that my new calorie daily goal but this was set loosely if i am hungry past 1,500 calories i will still eat even if out of intermittent fasting window.
March:
Realizing I may have progressed my lifts too quickly (I went from 100 lbs deadlifts to 180 lb deadlifts over 6 weeks) I decided it was best to do a deload week and focus on form.
Cardio i went from 2.3 - 2.5 miles in 30 mins on elliptical in january to consistently over 3 miles in 30 mins on elliptical in march
March 5th i hit my goal of 100 days of calorie tracking every day
Swapped from elliptical to treadmill at the end of the couch25k program i was doing and restarted it
Added an extra 1 hour walk on days where i could (i didn't do this everyday) averaged ~3 miles per walk
April:
Reformatted my gym workout to reduce volume as the total sessions were starting too long to get through
Got humbled by the treadmill restarted the program many times as i could not get through week 1 - 3 in a satisfactory way
Made it a goal to do the extra 1 hour walk every day that i workout (6 days a week)
My original source of motivation really starting to fade as since the start of April i was down 65 lbs and have been perfectly consistent with everything i have implemented, i would not allow myself to stray off the course as i have enough disciple to stay on track but started looking for a new source of motivation
May:
Just remained consistent, i hit the amount of weight loss where people i have not seen in a while are very shocked at how much I have lost, trying to not let this remake the ego i had last time.
-Still eating 1500 calories per day strict keto (under 20 grams of crabs)
- Tracking100% of everything i eat on myfitnesspal with no exceptions,
- Still doing OMAD on weekends
- ~ 1 hour weight lifting in the morning M/W/F and doing the couch to 5 k program on Su/Tu/Th ~30 mins on the “off” day mornings.
- Continuing to walk 1 hour in the afternoons 6 days a week. I normally get around 3.4 up to 3.6 miles in that time frame hitting around 7-9 k steps per day, occasionally hitting 10k steps a day.
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Long story short i have locked in to my routine the only thing that i am waiting for is now time i will continue my current effort until i hit my goal weight of 200

Ben 10 was so dark. In ultimate alien ben says he jokes because he has a responsibility to protect the universe and be a symbol of hope even though inside he is broken inside. He has so much trauma from when he was a kid and it just kept stacking up. He saved the earth probably close to 100 times just at 10 years old and the universe a few times. Ben at 10 years old literally had a ticking universe destroying bomb attacked to his wrist and he couldn't use it so he walked into battle with a fucking laser cannon because he knew he had a responsibility and stopped a thanos level threat. All of this spanned over a single summer vacation so the pressure on him was insane. Then a year after his favoriite alien feedback was taken away from him and because the omnitrix dna links to him he literally had a piece of himself ripped away and he got put in a depression and contemplated life. He only put the omnitrix back on to save his grandfather and after only 6 years of recovering he was back at it and was forced into a life of heroism again. In that one year as a 16 year old he saved the universe countless times by literal gods. He not only stopped god level enemies but also had the power to stop all evil with a single thought and was able to keep a clear mind and allow people to keep their free will. The most broken being in all the universe was able to keep it together to allow people to live life as it was meant to be. This is only bens perspective too. His friend and cousin were also very dark and broken characters. Kevin literally can't remember huge parts of his life because he was enslaved and brainwashed and forced to do things he didn't even know he was doing like enslaving others and killing people on command. Not only that but his father was a fake memory planted in his head. So Kevin went out to avenge his father and he threw his supposed killing into the fucking sun after he begged for mercy. Kevin killed a random guy on screen for no reason because he was brainwashed. Gwen wasn't as dark but she had gone through similar things as ben because she was on all the adventures with him and she also had god like powers even stronger than alien x if she got too angry. She had to control her emotions more than anyone otherwise she would convert into full alien that can't be controlled. There are a lot more characters that all went through a lot but the three main are the darkest. There's also all the alternate versions of bens we have seen and time travel versions that have shown how deep the show goes. Ben literally created himself even though he could have prevented all his own suffering but he did it because the universe would be full of suffering and death otherwise. There is no darker story than ben 10 in my opinion even if it's just supposed to be a kids show.

Just a guy who is looking for a genuine partner who is looking for a stable man who takes control, who leads, knows what he wants, and already has a proper direction in life. I Host, I Drive, I Provide, all BS out of the way.
Me: Hispanic. 5ft 10 inches, Athletic Built.
Pros: Brutal Honestly, very Open Booked, Well Educated, Traditional, Old School, Commitment Oriented.
Cons: Very Selfish, Quiet, Introverted, Picky... eghh.. not allot to list down honestly, I was told I was hard to dislike.
Anyways, please be an Avid and Active Texter, I love conversations that are held and kept alive, I truly detest those who just hits you up, and doesn't invest into a talk that was initiated.
I do have preference, we can discuss those as we progress in conversation.
If you need a guideline, here are a few things: -Someone Reserved/Self Respected/Conservative/Tradition. -Fitness/Gaming Life. (I been great on Health. While keeping Life Fun) -Cook/Clean/Wanting Children/or Wanting to Work is encouraged as well.
PLEASE DONT WASTE MY TIME.. as you don't want yours to be as well.

Before the valve hivemind gets in a huff I'm not saying the game isnt technically impressive for its time, I'm just saying that it is so mind numbingly boring that I cannot even bring myself to finish it, a game can be a technical marvel or beloved by its fanbase and still be a complete slog to play through I.e cyberbunk, crysis, breath of the wild, elden ring and all its dark souls cousins, shovel knight, sonic 1,2,3,unleashed,generations for the ps3/360 (3ds port is ok though, and so is cd) super mario sunshine. I'm sure these are all great games in their own right but good god were they boring to play through, maybe I'm getting old and games dont stick like they used to but when I was playing half life 2 my head was going "I could be playing gmod and be having way more fun, I could be playing rallisport challenge 2 and take another crack at a few wr's, I could go out for a jog ect." The game is menial busywork and doesn't feel like an a game at all and I hate it, I'm sorry but the story is trash, the physics are a bit wonky and I've gotten stuck a few times due to it, the combat is plain annoying and the puzzles are so menial but easy that they might as well not even be there. Half life 2 was a pretty game but its just not fun, like I said, a game can be good and play like shit

Hi, I recently came to an agreement with my old employer and we both signed an agreement in which they have 21 days to pay me. It's been 2 and 1/2 weeks since that deadline and my solicitor can't contact them, all they are doing is emailing their solicitor to try and push for payment.
I've tried calling my solicitor for an update and to try and pile pressure on them (this company severely effected my mental health with the way I was treated) but she seems to get annoyed and tells me there's not much else she can do right night. ( called her maybe 3 times in 2 1/2 weeks for a progress update because I'm getting nothing)
Does anyone have any advice on these sort of situations and is there anything I can ask the solicitors to do to push this further along?

ok so i was complaining about being nervous to fly alone for the first time and to a different country and my bf was like “it’s not that deep ur 19 u need to know how to do things in the real world” like bruh first of all 19 is literally still a kid like my frontal cortex hasn’t even fully developed and also i never said i can’t do it i’m literally just ranting because i’m nervous and have social anxiety. so yeah i was wondering like am i supposed to magically act like i’m 40 the second i turn into an adult or what. am i really too old to be acting immature sometimes?

I've been with my partner for 2 years (26m, 25f)
I've given her everything I have to offer, anytime we go on a date, I'm planning everything, driving and paying etc. We like to play computer games, and I upgrade my monitor, so I gave her my old monitor as it was better than hers, for free (and plenty of other little gifts here and there for no other reason than because I want to)
Helped her financially, for rent, for when we moved towns, playing for her insurances, plenty of gas money giving her good advise.
Any time there's a problem with her car I'm under there fixing it Or a problem with her pc, I'm the one to fix it
She tells me she needs more affection from me, calling her nice pet names, and constantly reminding her she's loved, cuddles etc I willingly ablidge to make sure feels loved
I do these things because I want to do them, not for any reward
I have a higher libido than her. We used to have sex often... At the start, and then we tapered off, which is to be expected. However, more recently, it's gone from multiple times a week, to none... for more than a month!!! I cannot handle this, this is a deal breaker She's never in the mood anymore, I have to beg for her to give me a hand job at the very least And when she's not up for that at all, I watch porn so I'm not begging her like a dog. But if she sees that I'm masturbating she gets emotional because 'it's not her...'
Recently, on one of our dates, she says to me "are you just using me for sex" I was fucking blown away by this comment
Anyone experienced this before? I'm looking for the exit if this is what it's going to be like from now...
Let me know your thoughts

I have successfully exclusively breast fed my daughter for more than 6 months with just one boob!
I had breast cancer 5 years ago.
Had to have daughter via IVF because the fhemo made me infertile.
Could only breast feed from one boob because the one that had surgery and radiotherapy wasn't playing ball and she couldn't latch to it properly.
I've spent these 6 months waiting for the professionals to tell me I should switch to formula or supplement with formula... but instead, with just one functioning breast and feeding on demand, my daughter is thriving... having come from being born at the 25th percentile to now being the 77th percentile at just over 6 months old.
I am so proud of both of us... and particularly proud of my right tit! LOL
Posting this because I spent lots of time before I was pregnant and during my pregnancy searching for things like "can you breast feed with just one boob" and there wasn't a lot out there. So if any mums have a similar situation... I am proof it can be done.

This is not mine but I thought it was interesting so it belonged here:
The Marshall Mathers LP:
I'm Back- In I'm back the line thats censored goes "I take seven ___ from _________ stand um all in line grab an A.K. 47 a revolver 9 a mag 11 and that otta the problem of mine and thats a whole school of bullys shot um all at one time"
The line is supposed to say "I take seven kids from Columbine stand um all in line grab an A.K. 47 a revolver 9 a mag 11 and that otta the problem of mine and thats a whole school of bullys shot um all at one time"
the reason they bleeped it out is because Eminem was refering to Columbine High School in Coloardo where two students named Eric Harrison and Dylan Clevost went to school and they were wearing trench coats and inside there trench coats they had Machine Guns, Granades, AK's, Mags, and revolvers and they shot and killed 12 of their fellow students and 1 teracher Eminem and Marlin Manson's music was blamed for this thats why he says that he's basically saying that they make it seem like Eminem and Marlin Manson were the ones that shot up the school he's tryin to say it's not his fault and just because those kids were Eminem and Marlin Manson fans dosen't mean that they did it because of Marlin Manson and Eminem's music
Marshall Mathers- the line that's censored it " _____________________ faggit" he origionally say "Paul Simons and motherfucking faggit" Paul Simon was Eminem's moms lawer back when Eminem's mom sued Eminem for defamation they bleeped it because if he said his name he would of gotten sued.
Kim- The line thats censored is "Theres a _______________laying dead with a slip throat in your living room" the line originally says "Theres a four year old little boy laying dead with a slit throat in your living room" the reason they bleeped it out is because it's illigal to talk about slitting little kids throats
Criminal- The line that's censored is "I drink Malt Liquor to fuck you up quicker then you'd wanna fuck me up for saying the word ______" He origionally says "I drink Malt Liquor to fuck you up quicker then you'd wanna fuck me up for saying the word nig*a" He bleeped it out because he's not going to say that word on his record
8 Mile:
Rap Game- the line thats censored says "I'ma get snuffed cause I ain't said enough to pipe down I'll pipe down when the _______ is wiped out when I see that little _________ dyke get sniped out" he origionally says "I'ma get snuffed cause I ain't said enough to pipe down I'll pipe down when the White House is wiped out when I see that little Chenny dyke get sniped out" They bleep it out because he's threatening a member of the United States Congress and also threatening the destroy the White House and it's against the law to make threats like that.
The Eminem Show:
White America- He says at the end of the song "To burn the _____ and replace it with a parental advisory sticker"
He Originally said "To burn the flag and replaace it with a parental advisory sticker."
Hailie's Song- The lines not bleeped out it's just hard to understand anyway he says "Cuddle wit daddy I'm so glad that her mom didn't want her"
Encore:
Like Toy Soldiers- the line that was bleeped was "I went my whole career without ever mentioning _____" he origionally says "I went my whole career without ever mentioning Suge" it's bleeped out because he won't say Suge's name because he's got too much respect not for Suge but for Dre and Dre asked him not to say Suges name so he didn't.
We As Americans- the line that censored is "I'd rather see the _____________" the line origionally says "I'd rather see the president dead" the reason it's beeped is because it's illigal to threaten the president and they considered this a threat.
Eminem Presents The Re-Up
The Re-Up- The line that was bleeped out was "He's already reconciled with his _____, a chainsaw and an axe". It is suspected by people on this forum that he says "He's already reconciled with his ex, a chainsaw and an axe". And I believe it.
No Apologies- The Line that was censored was "you fuckers are not ready, cause i got jelly, like ________ pot belly" He says "you fuckers are not ready, cause i got jelly, like Beyonce's pot belly". He bleeped that out most likely out of respect for Jay-Z.
Fucking Crazy
Busa Rhyme- The part that's bleeped is "Hit a fuckin ___in her ___ with luggage" He's supposed to say "Hit a fuckin pregnant chick in her stomach with luggage"