Up until earlier this year, I was an obese man for close to two decades. I brought my weight under control through a few methods, but one of them was intermittent fasting. As a diet, intermittent fasting works because by controlling the hours that one eats (I only ate between noon and 7pm), one can limit the intake of calories. I enjoyed this way of eating because I am busy and don't like making frequent logbook entries. Second, intermittent fasting technically allowed me to eat things like fast food burgers covered in bacon served with fries. I had to give up sausages and eggs in the morning. I didn't find this too difficult as an eating plan. It basically eliminated evening snacking plus breakfast. On the downside, I would get tremendously hungry around 11:30AM. I went from about 245lbs to 217lbs using intermittent fasting over a few months. For a 5'11" man, this weight would still be considered obese but is a much more healthy size. Running, moving and flexib
Growing up in Canada, I suppose one doesn't hear very much about Kentucky or Appalachia but I had a relatively good impression of the place - elegant horse racing, nice whisky (for some reason Americans add an extra "e" to the word) blue grass music and good hearty meals like fried chicken. J.D. Vance writes about his family origins in Kentucky and Ohio and his Scots-Irish relatives who came from Appalachia as a proud, violent group who is suffering from a poverty of opportunity and fallen into a pattern of broken families, drug abuse and unemployment in Hillbilly Elgy. On that point, I am not sure the path of J.D. Vance's family really originated with Scots-Irish nationality. I recognize some of the cultural traits of Scots-Irish in Vance's family such as a streak of independence, a pronounced tendency towards feuds and grudges and an attraction to military service but many Canadians have Scots-Irish nationality (Look at the old street names in Toronto - it