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This is how I lose (and maintain) weight.


Advantages:
If you stick to it, it works. Reliably.Spreadsheet tells me when I can eat, how much I can eat, and how much protein I should get in the near future.It helps me follow a nutrition plan where I eat 20 or more grams of protein in every 3 hour window, and 130-160 grams of protein every day. This means I actually lose fat, instead of muscle, and keep most of my muscle mass.
Disadvantages:
Requires an aptitude for numbers.Requires food with nutritional information, and/or constant look-ups on a site like TheCalorieCounter.com.Requires weighing most items you consume, i.e. all items where the nutritional information is not framed for a practical, reliable serving.For meals consisting of multiple ingredients, requires a cook willing to weigh every single ingredient, as well as the end result.Some exercise is still necessary. You don't get any protein while you sleep. Muscle will atrophy if unused.
I've been using this system for 6 y…

So I needed to go to St. Kitts, and purchased a return ticket on American Airlines from Costa Rica to St. Kitts, via Miami.

It turned out the return connection didn't have enough time to make it through immigration in Miami. I was not unusually held up in any way - I even ran from the airplane to immigration. It's just that the lines this time of year are so long, by the time I was through, I missed the connection to Costa Rica.

The surprising part is, American Airlines declined responsibility. "We have no control over immigration," they said. Yes, but you put millions of passengers through Miami every year. You know how long the lines are. Why do you sell tickets for connections which you know a person can't possibly make?

"We won't pay for your hotel if you were delayed at immigration," they said. But I wasn't delayed - not compared to any other passenger. I just went through the normal process.

"The connection time is legal, you had one an…