#i have to wake up in less than 6hrs!!

[boycannibal]

i hate when im having a good time but i know that i have to sleep because if i dont ill want to kill everyone with hammers tomorrow. pity

[jahayla-parker]

Read for a HiLaRiOuS story about my insane self 😂💜 (ft. Freddy Carter)

I think it’s official, I need to call it a night… After having a migraine for over 48hrs, having less than 6hrs COMBINED sleep (2hr nap yesterday and two 2hr naps today [aka the time my heating pad turns off automatically and therefore I wake up in pain again]) in that 48hr period, I thought I was doing fInNnEeEeE.

Until I just about gave myself whiplash during my conversation with @ell0ra-br3kk3r all because I misread her message about Freddy. 😂🫣

That’s it, I’m delirious and my daydreaming about Freddy Carter has begun a life of its own it seems. 😂

Ya girl needs sLeEp 💀

So, I’ll call it. I’ll try and get some more writing done tomorrow to get more stuff out for you all soon (🤞 my migraine subsides as I sleep!) 💜

Goodnight, I’m headed to go have wonderful (actually asleep not daydreaming) dreams about this beautiful man 🖤:

[re-decorate]

College is finishing your homework before 12am for once in your life and then staying up past 2 anyways bc you were cleaning your apartment

[opens-up-4-nobody]

...

[arctic-urpo]

Can the world let me.... sleep.....

[thecolorsfucked]

i'm still nauseous and like i don't wanna be in that sweltering building for 6hrs tomorrow running around cuz this bitch waited until 2 days before her production to do 80% of the shit u need to do for a play i hate this i hate this i hate that i have to fucking ask ppl if they wanna work here like she isn't going to screw them over i hate how little she pays fucking EVERYONE and adds 50 new duties and never explains them fully or in time for u to do shit about it i hate that she never has an easy to access schedule for any of her staff i hate that she goes to fancy places like paris for weeks every couple months but wanted to pay a set designer fucking goddamn less than 5/hr to build an entire goddamn set in two days i hate that she couldn't find anyone so she's having the parents do it for her i hate that these kids are being offered a chance in the arts and it's not even real it's nothing it's less than nothing i hate that she asked me to come in early and texts me before i even wake up trying to drag me into that mold filled sweatbox i hate that she's making poor families pay her to get shit ass classes for their kids i hate this job i fucking hate this job i hate that almost every job is some form of this for fucking a buck over minimum wage with no thought of benefits i hate this i can't fucking do this i can't bounce from shit fucking job to shit fucking job every month bcuz they're all insane and pay garbage this isn't right this isn't how it's supposed to be no one here is living okay everyone is starving everything is burning and i have to help a woman steal from broke ppl so she can live lavish i fucking hate evrerything i hate this goddamn place

[fightxxmexxshiggy]

🥟📎 awww you're too sweet!!!!! I'm glad you like my ideas so much even though they just ramble on and on.

But, as long as you're enjoying, I'll add on cause I'm slightly overflowing with them at the moment (adhd brains. 0 or 100. Very very little I between.)

So imagine how helpless Kiri Bakugo would feel while their partner is pregnant and then when they go into labor. Like, over all there isn't that much they can do. Yes throught everything they can help her stay comfy and what not but got how they wish they could just take on some of the bad stuff.

And lord help them if they start googling different labor complications. Like no matter how unlikely, the stats say they are the guys are gonna high key Low key be terrified. They learned not to tell you after you turned into a sobbing mess when they brought up one and you made them have the of it's between me or the baby convo (how that went is up to you). Like they may be terrified but they don't wanna relive that night.

Then I see two hilarious labor scenarios. granted there are infinite. But I'll pluck out these two.

A) You go into labor relatively normally. Get to the hospital get settled, or at least as settled as you can when you're gonna have a person come out of you. The guys are on edge. Like the hospital had to send in their strictest, toughest old guard nurse to put the fear of god into them so they'd stop acting like chickens with their heads cut off. I personally headcanon it as a labor with no epidural for personal reasons but like reader insert man. Regardless of pain meds or not, Kiri is gonna say you're super manly™️. He'll even harden his hand so you don't have to worry about breaking (not that you would frankly care at this point) but it's handy 😏. And then you get to pushing a both pro heros who have seen plenty of blood and gore nearly faint. Still can't decide who/how they decide which oen gets to cut the cord but I feel like it's the one time Bakugo knows better than to make it a competition, cause he and Kiri just wanna keep watching you smile down at the (kinda gross covered in goo) beautiful, perfect infant on your chest. Time passes, the three of you are left alone to bond. Eventually you begin to nod and off and Kiri says he's gonna take the baby to the waiting room to meet the squad/families. While neither guy likes being separated from either you or the baby this is once again where two husband's comes in handy cause at least both mom and baby are protected. Que some time later you perk back up, Bakugo is in a chair his head on the hospital bed alseep. You get his attention

"Katsuki, where's the baby?"

"With Kiri, remember?"

"yea, but he's been gone a long time. I think. ...." You can't be certain. After the day you've had time means very little to you at the moment. So Bakugou (reluctantly) leaves you to go find shitty hair. (Now this next bit is straight from a reddit thread but it was so damn cute and sounded just like Kiri!) So turns out, the Bakusquad and families left a bit ago, saying they'd be back when you were feeling better. But Kiri is a Proud Dad™️ so he just had to show off his baby. So he has just been walking around the hospital, being like 'look at my kid! My wife made her! They're both amazing! My wife made a person! Ignoring that you didn't quite make it on your own but you did the lions share of the work so let's not nit pick. Bakugou wants to be made at him but between the lack of sleep, and feeling the same fucking way and just being too emotionally constipated to say it to anyone besides his partners he just sighs.

"Shitty hair, you're worrying Y/N. Bring the baby back."

And they wander back and you're a nice happy little family. And sitting there holding your baby, a guy on either side of the hospital bed is bliss.

"can we have another one?"

Both you and Bakugou turn to the red head, and a brief silence falls over you three. Bakugou is getting ready to tell him off, like the baby is less than 6hrs old, don't get ahead of yourself dumbass.

But you speak first "yea. I'd like that a lot."

And that is how your first two kids (and probably the majority) were born a little less than a year apart. I just love the headcanon that Kiri wants a school of baby sharks. Like, however many you'll give him he'll have (Bakugou may have an Upper limit). At least those prohero dollars mean money isn't an issue. I also just love love love Kiri as a girl dad! He does tea parties, lets them paint his nails, learns to braid their hair and dances with them where they stand on his feet! Bakugou will also do all of these things but some of them may take a set of puppy dog eyes to get him to do. Also I know it seems misplaced but I don't wanna forget to put it in here. Itd be hilarious if when you struggle to find maternity clothes you like, one way or another Red Riot and Ground Zero both suddenly launch maternity merch lines!!!!!! And not just stuff with their logos/names like cute shit. Maybe you get to help design it.

B) this should be quicker. So imagine, youre at home. The guys have started paternity leave because youre 38wks. The ask why your face is scrunching up every once in awhile. You say and think it's braxton hicks contractions. You take a nap. Turns out. It's the real deal. You wake you guys up, they go into panic mode. You head towards the door (or even make it to the elevator for full comedic effect) before saying you gotta go back to the apartment, the baby is coming to fast. The guys freak out at first once they're in the apartment again. But they get ahold of a concierge doctor or something (pro hero money man) and between the doctor coaching them and you telling them they better hold it together, it all goes off smoothly and you go to the hospital to get check out and basically ends the same as above.

The baby chaos just made me cackle like a dang evil witch

[astralibrary]

i came up w the dumbest idea for an oc but then had nothing i could use her for so i guess i have a bnha oc now (extremely jealous of her if im being honest)

couldn’t resist animating her in action, please witness her

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Hayaka Hijou (速描非常) 26 y/o, 5′5 hayaka (速描, literally “fast drawing”) hijou (非常, “very”) hijou hayaka (速描非常) = “very fast drawing”

Quirk: Speedpaint - when activated allows her to process information at speeds rivaling those of computers with movement speed to match (but like, SPECIFICALLY wrt art lol) - use of her quirk takes up energy equal to the amount it would take to perform these tasks normally; the faster she moves the more energy it eats up / the less time she can maintain it - if she uses it for too long / goes past her energy limit she can pass out from exhaustion, hunger, dehydration, or a combination of all three; always makes sure to eat/drink/sleep sufficiently before using her quirk to avoid this - tends to work on three main speeds:   - 16x speed: relaxed, knows she can take her time. can maintain for abt 6hr real time   - 32x speed: standard; not in any particular rush, just a normal day’s work. can maintain for abt 3hr real time   - 64x speed: emergency. can maintain for abt 1hr 30min real time

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low-lidded eyes but NO dark circles; she’s tired from her quirk but always makes sure she gets enough sleep so her quirk can like, work.

when using quirk

crocs & socks

wears dark colored socks so nobody can see how dirty they are from being reused all week before being washed lol

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- v health conscious; makes sure to always have a balanced diet w/ enough nutrients to supplement her quirk

- night owl but keeps to a strict sleep schedule; 9 hrs minimum, goes to bed no later than 3am & wakes up no later than 12pm (room has blackout curtains to ensure deep, uninterrupted sleep)

does yoga every morning when planning to draw to loosen up & relax muscles/body; helps prevent stiffness & soreness after using her quirk

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fell asleep & drew on her face

freshly completed manuscripts

wears comfortable, loose clothing

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- author of like 3 mangas at once (has a writer for 1 of them so all she has to do is draw) - 1 story manga, 1 autobiographical gag web manga, & 1 shounen manga written by someone else & drawn by her - also sometimes helps out mangaka friends who are coming up on tight deadlines & need all the help they can get - uses her quirk to get work done quickly but she also enjoys drawing normally from time to time; finds it relaxing, a nice change of pace literally lol - after a good long day of work she is typically v tired and will spend the rest of the day either sleeping or relaxing.

- quirk works for the actual concepting, storyboarding and drawing of the manga but not for planning out the story; she has to do the writing phase at normal speed (this also applies to typing out sound effects & the dialogue in speech bubbles)

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[deaf-girl88]

Recovery month - addiction in D/deaf community

Well it has been a while since I put a little something on here. I’ve been wanting to write something for quite awhile but I couldn’t find the words of passion. Till tonight. And I needed to share my thoughts on tonight’s topic; Recovery Month.

September is national recovery month supporting and promoting recovery from substance misuse, both drugs and alcohol. So many substance misuse services up and down the UK are sharing positive stories, recovery tips, information on how to refer into their service for supporting in overcoming addiction. Which is great! But what I have noticed is the lack of accessibility for the D/deaf community. The reason why I’m thinking about this tonight is because I’ve seen some videos of people sharing their stories. Story of hope to those who don’t believe that they cannot win their battle against addiction. 

And they weren’t subtitled!! Which isn’t much of a shock, really. But at the same time, this shouldn’t be a shock. It is 2021 afterall. Well, I’m going off track here. Accessibility here is a big ongoing issue.

What I wanted to say was that addiction is a big issue, and  can be a hidden issue in the deaf community. This often goes in hand with poor mental well-being. I read a few studies that estimated there are more D/deaf people that have substance misuse issues, compared to the hearing community. The studies are american. It was hard to find anything related to UK. As mentioned before, poor mental well-being often goes hand in hand with addiction. D/deaf community already have issues in accessing mental health services. These barriers are:-

- Accessibility barriers. Lack of information shared via sign language, no subtitles on videos, audios

- Lack of interpreters

- Support work who don’t understand issues affect the D/deaf community

- D/deaf people can be distrusting of hearing professional due to previous experience

- Stigma

- Lack of awareness

- Social isolation from the hearing community

Just to name a few. Theres loads more! and these will impact one’s seeking support. 

Up and down the UK there are many services for substance misuse, but what are that actually doing to reach out to the deaf community. Appropriate services are far and few! If D/deaf people are already struggling to access health care services for both physical and mental health, why would they access a substance misuse service to experience the same issues. If one was able  to access a substance misuse and managed to get adequate support in place for appointments, thats great. But a large part of the recovery process is outside formal sessions, such as groups where coping strategies are shared helping individuals learn new skills and not to feel alone in their struggles. These group can be groups within substance misuse service or out in the community such as AA/NA or SMART recovery.

Honestly there is so much more that I want to write, but its getting late and I have a toddler who will wake in less than 6hrs. If I have time I will write more blog post! 

 This is something close to me. I never been addiction to Alcohol,  but I have used it as a coping strategy for when I was losing a big chunk of hearing, going through 2 operations that resulted in severe tinnitus. Alcohol did take some of that pain away, but I was fortunate to have great support around me and was well integrated in the hearing community despite my struggles. Not everyone has that.

Also sorry for any errors! I wanted to write this before I went to bed.

Here some links to services/information that are accessible for D/deaf

www.rehab4addiction.co.uk/guides/overcoming-addiction-sensory-impaired I really dont like the use to the word impaired, but it doesnt include a short reading about addiction for UK D/deaf community. 

https://signhealth.org.uk/ An amazing organistation!! They dont have specific addiction support but they have support those to access substance misuse services.

https://signhealth.org.uk/videotags/substance-abuse/ BSL videos around substance misuse. PLease share this link!

https://www.swlstg.nhs.uk/our-services/specialist-services/national-deaf-services

Heres some link to some studies that i've read (they're american)

https://hearinghealthmatters.org/hearingviews/2013/drug-addiction-among-the-deaf-its-a-neglected-problem/

http://www.mncddeaf.org/articles/substance_abuse_ad.htm

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6310656/

https://www.alcohol.org/disabled/deaf/

[scribhneoir-sidhe]

got tagged by @jadeandquartzes for these, thanks!!

nicknames: Most of them are either completely random, as with my fencing name Bastille, or plays on my real name, like Cactus Man. It’s a long story.

zodiac: Cancer, though for the love of god just leave it alone, I don’t need whatever the astrological equivalent of psychoanalysis is. 

height: A bit less than 6′1″ at the last measuring, although I get quoted different things seemingly every year and everyone has a different opinion of how tall I am.

last movie: The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf. Wasn’t too bad actually!

last thing i googled: Wizard With A Gun (it’s a game).

fave musician(s): Oh man, mostly folk and folk adjacent ppl. If we’re choosing favorites I’m gonna go with The Longest Johns, Colm MacGuinness, and the High Kings. 

song stuck in my head: Breath and Bone, the trailer song for Wizard With A Gun. The cowboy vibes are real y’all, I can’t stop listening to it.

other blogs: I don’t have many, only OverheardatHEMApractice actually has any content (which is just HEMA shitposts that come out of our practices), but I do have the URL theorderofbrendan, just in case I ever decide I want to actively make content for The Ashtown Burials. Since I’m apparently the only one on tumblr who’s read those books.

blogs following: It’s a more reasonable number than I expected! 76!

amount of sleep: Uhhhh depends on how late I can sleep in. Usually at least 6hrs but typically more in the 7-8 range. It’s been more difficult recently, I’m adjusting to jet lag, but at least I don’t have any classes yet.

lucky number: I’ll be honest, no clue. Maybe three? Good things come in threes.

what i’m wearing: Jeans and a t-shirt. Sorry y’all, no fashion guru here.

dream job: bookstore owner and writer.

dream trip: I might actually get to go on it! I’d love to take a week to travel around Ireland, visit Dublin, Galway, and Cork, where my family is from.

fave foods: the quesadillas from my local Salvadoran/Mexican place. God the cheese is 😍

play an instrument: Ha! Played a few. Did I ever sound good? Debatable. I stick to singing for the most part nowadays, though I occasionally inflict the pennywhistle on those within hearing distance.

languages: English and Spanish if you want a conversation. French if you want to torture us both. Gaeilge if my one semester of instruction where I learned very little counts.

fave songs: Stick to the Craythur (or The Humors of Whiskey, depending on who’s singing it), Straight No Chaser’s Twelve Days of Christmas, Joli Rouge by the Dreadnoughts, Ramblin Rover (I like a couple versions of it), Chant (Reprise) from Hadestown, Finale from In the Heights, Almost (Sweet Music) by Hozier, and The Song of Beren and Lúthien (Clamavi De Profundis’s version).

random fact about me: My current favorite plaza in the city of Seville is Plaza de Doña Elvira. It’s got shade, it’s got a fountain, it’s got doves, what’s not to love!

describe yourself using aesthetic things: Button down shirt with the sleeves rolled up past the elbow, warm light on silently falling snow, seeing something beautiful that makes you want to sing, the satisfying thwack when a sword connects, the warmth of someone’s head on your chest, the well worn crease in the spine of a book, the moment between waking and sleeping - sleeping and waking that feels like peace, a cool breeze off warm water.

tagging @isaakandreyevs, @rosemary-and-time-to-sleep, and @gendermybeloved and anyone else that wants to!

[merlions]

in the past 2 weeks i

> got diagnosed w eds and pots

> also unrelated found out I have tourettes

> been on 2 planes

> did a family reunion

> helped my whole extended family b like "oh yeah i should probably get screened for eds and pots" which they have all had huge trouble w but never knew what was goin on w them (thank u friends w eds for helping me figure out that my body is a loose conglomeration of wet noodles and tachycardia)

> ran around on sand and hard floors and gravel without good arch support and usually without shoes period and fukt both my plantar fasciae again (NOICE)

> got only one very slight sunburn (he'll yea)

> got hives that i woke up scratching several nights which (tw skin related body horror) looked and felt like peanut m&ms under my skin

> carried my baby nephew around for long periods of time (BIG BABY......STRONG BABY....................heavy baby)

> for 7 days straight every day played games like the run and jump over waves game and the "throw a paper ball down the stairs and then chase it down and run back up and do it again" w my 4yo niece (i taught her the jumping over waves thing which makes them crash into her less hard bc she was scared of the ocean, which i didnt think was a game, but she definitely thought it was a game, i genuinely love kids :') ) (i was then inexorably trapped in every day playing the wave jump game w her) (it was fun but my body is a garbage fire) (stairs and jumping are so fucking awful for my heart/dysautonomia)

> for 7 days straight every day was helping w duties as a nurse aide for my grandfather (I'm certified) and spent a huge amount of time talking w him and helping him get exercise (he's 94)

> had brutal and intense conversations to facilitate repairing relationships between my aunts and uncles and grandfather

> powered thru on like 6hrs of sleep per night waking up at 9 or earlier every morning after months of waking up after 1p or much later

> drank starting at 11a for lots of the last 7 days

> took my adhd meds only 3x (a needed tolerance break and a break for my bod but a v hard willpower move)

> only ever had a chance to lie down while sleeping, no lying down during the day

> ate a flour tortilla I thought was GF right before getting on a plane bc this shitty restaurant didn't read my ticket (they look the same but I have celiac disease so they don't feel the same :) )

> barely checked my heart monitor (HUGELY difficult for me)

> carried 60+lbs of luggage while walking a few miles

> FUCKED up every joint lmfao im like in a full body cast made of bruises and braces and ice packs

> like half of my ribs are out of joint and I broke my wrist brace and strained my shoulders to fuck and maybe got a little whiplash from an almost collision on the highway while my roommate was driving me home from the airport (NOT their fault at ALL, ohio drivers are 100% willing and ready to die and take you with them to avoid extremely minorly inconveniencing themselves)

> my neck is crackling more than usual and the PPPD is STRONG baybey

> got! the! job! done!

tomorrow I've gotta start an extremely intense 2 days of moving bc my roommate wasnt able to get much done while i was away. then a couple days later im gonna start a job and then start nursing school in abt a month if the social security administration doesn't fucking destroy my life yet again (noice) so im just gonna try to pop some of these ribs back in and get some sleep. sorry this is incoherent I've been awake and exercising and running around and up and down stairs and traveling for 23 hours. chronic illness WHO???

fuck i need six weeks in bed

anyways goodnight

[carriedon-awolfsback]

So, health update: I've finally cracked and taken up my 'reasonable accommodation' at work for ASD and ongoing health issues, in the form of starting the work day at 11 instead of 9. The idea is that I wake up slightly later than before, have that extra time at home to do relaxation and joint exercises and eat breakfast, and do my morning commute outside of rush hour so I can a) get a seat on the train and b) not be mentally itchy from overcrowding before I even arrive, making me more calm and productive for 6hrs of work a day than I previously was trying to do 8hrs while all out of sorts. I've been doing that for the last 3 days and I have to say I do feel a lot calmer and more focused and productive, and consequently also more able to deal with my leg pain when it flares up. The general idea is that I'll do this until I can start on a treatment regimen, which will hopefully be in the new year when I've had a fresh slew of tests done by a second team of specialists.

I was really, really resistant to adjusting my hours at first, because I have a lot of guilt issues around taking time off work if I'm anything less than totally physically unable to move, and get paranoia that they'll fire me or cut my wages. But HR have actually been really understanding and accepting and reassured me I'm fully entitled to this adjustment as long as I need it.

[fgodestinyawakenings]

EOR Shinjuku Singularity: Section 10~Section 12

2/3 of the chapters completed for this Singularity! I’m going to head to the final few bosses very soon! So far so good... Which I’m not really liking how it’s turning out... That’s me being paranoid, so let’s start the next chapter!

Section 10

Previously, the Gudas got kidnapped by the Assassin of Shinjuku and got themselves knocked out in the process! Meanwhile, Edmond learns the Gudas being in danger was part of Archer of Shinjuku’s foils to lure him out

Waking up inside the Leagues’ HQ... More like night time here, Assassin. No given shit here if you beat us for trying to escape! Then why did you bring us if the boss still want to kill us?! Just kill us already you ass--!

Okay, we got the closed up of Other Archer... Oh fuck, they look the same but they definitely aren’t... Right?! Though it explains his reason to tear his good counterpart out to face his rival?

And he pretty much confirms into destroying the whole planet... But why?! You... You did it... BECAUSE YOU WANTED TO TEST IT AS AN EXPERIMENT?! I’ve heard worse in destroying Singularity, yours just feel like a facepalm and a slap too!

I guess somewhat he’s lenient in keeping the Gudas alive, fearing Chaldea will ended up sending another Master to stop him. After leaving us to consider as we reject the idea to turn a blind eye at his doings... So... SHAKESPEARE?! IT’S REALLY OUR SHAKESPEARE THAT CAUGHT UP HERE?!

Yeah, totally that explains the chains meant to hold and torture Servants there. *facepalm* Okay fine, so that where the King Lear Spriggan came from. Look if you two want to shit-talk each other, do it later after I summoned you both in Chaldea!

After Assassin leave us... No dramatic plans to get out of here. But good to know on floor plan, Hornets and King Lear are around in this tower as watchdog. Also, Shakespeare somehow noticed something about Assassin too? Or at least the strange action of our Archer of Shinjuku, since knowing the Hassan disguised should be strange to catch some attention...

Oh he really did give us letter, while drunken enough to do so! And as the letter brings more question... Edmond!! Unfortunately, he could only bring one of us out of this place... We’ll come back to save you for sure, Shakespeare!

Meanwhile, looks like the alarm caught both Gudas and Edmond’s presence. Expected of the Counte of Monte Cristo... A Jail Break like this is nothing but 3 Hornets + 1 King Lear at our ass!

Defeating those 5, Edmond brought the Gudas up to the roof for safety... We’ve got to delay communication temporary until we’re far away from the enemy’s view. So... Time to drop the act, Fake Edmond! Because that Edgelord we know, will never referred himself as his name but the Count of Monte Cristo!

So Edmond is... Sherlock Holmes?! It’s a long time since the last we saw him was at Camelot Singularity! Seems like the reason he came was during Camelot when he was wondering the possibility in finding out if a Singularity could occurred after Humanity was restored

And was still possible if humanity moved passed the incineration Goetia attempted... So more Singularities was created thereafter. Fine, keep your secrets Sherlock Holmes!

Moving on... Sherlock ended up being forced to particpate in the spotlight was thanks to his well-known Nemesis in the story, James Moriarty. Wait.. Our Archer of Shinjuku... Is... James Moriarty?!

But our James is the good one here? Though that doesn’t make him the right to get the Gudas kidnapped here! So before we meet with everyone to get Sherlock to tell us the real motive in that experiment of other James... WHY THE HELL IS THERE 3 RUFFIANS CANNIBALS COMING AFTER US?! WE’RE NOT DELICIOUS MEAT TO EAT!! 

3 crazy ruffians gone... With Sherlock dressing back up as Edmond’s disguise again. Bringing us to Kaburagi, an owner of a general store in this Singularity... Or a black market general store seeing the demonic beasts and weapons he sells.

Oh come on! Can we have enough of kidnapping for one day?! And it’s cool, the only pet we need is Fou, Ozymandias’s sphinx cubs, Caster Cu’s wolves, and our little plushie Mini Cu-chan!

Removed his disguise off, Sherlock brought us to be ready to go by Artoria and Jeanne... Great, so much for a success in breaking out.

If you guys got Archer of Shinjuku before starting this Singularity, his True Name will finally be revealed: James Moriarty

Section 11

In 3, 2, 1-- Both Jeanne and Artoria Alter immediately rushed to the Gudas wondering if they were okay. Mash was relieved as the three her Master was fine, but revealed on her part to confirm they weren’t able to contact to the Gudas

Sherlock then greeted everyone after Da Vinci acknowledge his presence, answering to Mash that he was the one who saved the Gudas. And one long explanation + introduction later, Archer of Shinjuku comes out revealing he knows Holmes a long time... Or rather, James Moriarty.

We more or less forgive James, despite the bullshit he brought us through. Aside from the cat fight, James confessed his True Name to the Gudas properly, establishing a proper contract with them.

Other than the worries and understanding concerns, we’re already stuck with him until we defeated his evil counterpart. Sherlock explained the true motives that was similar to Lion King and Edison back in their own Singularities using the Holy Grail power. 

Within own discussion inside Chaldea from Da Vinci and the Staff... Gudas summarized James’s plan of destroying the world was removing it from history first! Or rather, the separated Shinjuku will be destroyed along with other inhabitants and Servants!

Gudas objected in saving themselves at the price of Shinjuku getting destroyed. And James, please kindly shut up before you should get the deserve beating from the two Alters. Deciding to save Shinjuku, Sherlock is glad they decided to save and revealed how other Moriarty decided to destroy the world

A time limit to prevent the meteor from reaching the gun barrel tower thanks to the Servant he absorbed in... Good to know you learned your lesson a little from France, Jeanne Alter

First step now is to stop that pervert Assassin that kidnapped the Gudas! Sexiness? Why does that need in a plan for? Buy, steal clothes? What’s going and no stealing!!??

Now in the streets, the idea was reckless as Holmes regretted... Dress-up?! Why? And okay firstly, get rid of the 3 Coloraturas that’s blocking the shop!

So as everyone change their clothes... Oh... Wait... What... NO... WHY?! WHAT THE HELL IS THE MEANING OF THIS, JAMES, SHERLOCK?!?!?!?!?!

Section 12

A narration about hierarchy in this evil-filled Shinjuku Singularity... This is Assassin’s narration of his past and own thoughts?

Welp, after entering the party... And once the two Alter done with the cat fight, they had their radio inside their ears to relay information from within the party. Because it’s part of the plan to infiltrate Assassin’s lair... Why do we dressed up again? Well... For Gudao I’m playing, amusingly, him in a red dress!! XD

Don’t you dare take that picture (but please do!), screamed Gudao! XD Gudas danced with Artoria Alter while waiting for Assassin to show up, of course purposely adding fuel into Jeanne Alter’s jealousy...

Flashback to Holmes’s plan on foiling Assassin’s disguise, turns out he’s always on his doppelganger skill in the public, and intention is to seek glory... Expectedly getting beaten from the two Alter, James got knocked out from that insult he gave.

Back to the party.... Artoria Alter? No, Assassin of Shinjuku taking her disguise now?! After he gave his speech while calming the angry Lion Alter... SHIT, Assassin noticed Artoria’s presence!! Joined by James and Sherlock with Mash... Welp, that explains the 6 hornets needed to fight!

But that doesn’t end with the Assassin... More incoming! Along with... A giant ghost of Romeo and Juliet?! I hope you’re still kicking alive, Shakespeare, especially creating this mob for us to fight!

3 Hornets + 1 Ghost died... Okay now among the Hornets, Assassin disguised himself as one! Removing the disguise, only one shouted... YOU! Show yourself, Assassin of Shinjuku!

That’s rich coming from someone who disguised others! One will play fire right back at ya! Looks like no need to find out his True Name since he revealed himself... Yan Qing!

3 Taunters + Xuangzang + Merlin helps a lot... Especially given his own skillset may give him random charge of NP. Though a little headache was the gimmick where he’s got defense against certain cards for a turn or crit buffing

While fighting in story, Yan Qing detonated a bomb within the building! Grabbing the Gudas with them, they managed to escape safely. James too, positively and very much alive! Sherlock too, together with James, both deduced Yan Qing’s identity among the casualties and deal fatal damage!

Thanks to their own experience of murdering each other... Yan Qing laments of his own side effect of his doppelganger skill that has him remembering all those he copied. Creating a huge memory disorder of his own identity... So the Hassan we supposedly should meet already died before we knew it...

A last thought about his past and lord... He has returned back to the Throne of Heroes. As we head back to base to get some rest, the Gudas can’t drink ya know? Not only the Alters, you don’t know to face Mama Squad’s wrath when they found out

Wait... The howl... No way? NOW?!!!? OH FUCK, HE’S REALLY BACK FOR VENGEANCE THIS TIME!

If you have gotten Assassin of Shinjuku before the start of the Singularity... His True Name and Noble Phantasm will finally be revealed after this chapter: Yan Qing

And done! I’m going to break here again since Part 2 of CCC will be starting back in 6hrs+ so gotta head to grinding hell for BB’s copies!

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Part 1: I work from 6:30pm to 6:30am and sometimes I work multiple days in a row and I'm super exhausted. I get home at about 8am take a shower and eat and get to sleep around 11:30am or noon, just to wake up again at about 3pm to get ready for work. I sleep a lot and obviously during the day time since I work nights. It's taking a toll on my relationship. I explain to my gf that I need sleep and she still wakes me up every few hours and gets extremely mad at me and no matter how many times I...

explain that I work 12hr shifts and need sleep, she just claims I don't want to spend time with her and says that she gets up and goes to class every day and works on the weekends even though she doesn't want to, so I should just get over it. I do sleep a lot and I don't know how to make things work. She works for 4-6hrs when she works on the weekends and only has a maximum of 5 hours of class a day, which does NOT equal to 12hrs of work a night, multiple nights in a row...

I guess I just wanna know am I in the wrong? Am I being unreasonable with how much sleep I need or should my gf adapt to my work/sleeping schedule? I really would appreciate honesty.

i think there needs to be some give on both sides. i understand why you sleep a lot but if your gf feels ignored then maybe sleep a little less some days to give her some attention. on the other side she should be more understanding about how hard your schedule is too. i understand where both your frustrations are coming from here but i think if the two of you want to make it work, you’re going to have to both make a little more of an effort rather than sticking in the mindstate that you’re the one in the right.

[pohhuexp]

🌮How I use intermittent fasting in my lifestyle. - 🌮I've been on IF for a little over a year now. Back then I wasn't looking for another weight loss method, I was looking for a tool to battle my snacking habit more effectively than calorie counting. After fiddling around with it for a couple of months, I decided to give it a shot to become part of my lifestyle. - 🌮Initially I was going for 16/8. 16hr fast, 8hr eating period. It's the most standard timing in IF. But of course, math being one of my weaknesses I didn't realize I was fasting 18hrs until 2 weeks in. I was fasting from 6pm to the next day's 12pm. Basically starting fast straight after dinner, and breaking fast during next day's lunch. - 🌮It felt great for me. - 🌮It shifted my mindset into "no eating" mode for those 18hrs. I stopped thinking about food as much during the fasting hours and which translated to snacking less as well. It was no longer a tug-o-war in my head "should I eat? Should I not" when I wasn't fasting but now a stern "nope". - 🌮I don't limit my snacking during my feeding hours, those 6 hours between 12pm-6pm, but cos I'm eating my whole day's calories within 6hrs I'm actually quite full the whole time which leaves even less room to snack. I still have a gummy bear, chocolate, or Doritos here and there, but definitely a lot less. - 🌮For me, IF isn't a weight loss tool at all. I still rely on calorie counting to manage my weight. Another thing I love about IF is I feel a lot more production if my day to day. I feel like I earned a few extra hours cos I no longer think or worry about food until it's feeding time. - 🌮There is no magic to IF. Being on IF doesn't automatically mean you'll be losing weight. You still need to be consistently in a calorie deficit while on IF to lose weight. It’s very possible to gain weight while on IF as well. - 🌮But IF does make it easier to manage the amount of food you eat cos you only have to think about it during a certain amount of time in the day, rather than from the moment you wake up, till the moment you sleep. - 🌮What are your experiences with IF? If you’ve never tried, are you interested? https://www.instagram.com/p/B9l6lwpHpph/?igshid=9rc5rrtkzn3k

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  1. Fitbit Sleep Tracking [1:35]

Jay says:

G’Day Robb, love your work. I took a break from your podcast to learn computer programming and am now back because I’m stressed and my desk bound body is broken. Glad to be back and see you’ve figured out your keto problems when bonking during class. I’ve signed up to your keto master class so fingers crossed.

I have a somewhat basic question about sleep.

My Fitbit says I slept 7 hours with 1 hour awake. I don’t remember waking and there are up to 30 a night of these tiny ‘awake’ periods. I do sometimes toss and turn to get into comfortable positions. My partner says I’m asleep within minutes of hitting the pillow. So I think I’m sleeping ok.

Should I think about this as 8 hours sleep or 7? I tend to wake up energised when my Fitbit says 6hrs 30 mins + 1 hour awake…. So thinking this is equivalent to standard 7-8 hours per night. When I push for Fitbit to say 8 hours then I’m very lethargic when I wake. But it’s probably then like 9 hours which could be ‘over sleeping’ for me.

Anyway, love the work you two are doing. I miss the Q&As with Greg but love the new format.

Anyway, fangirling from Australia. My question can probably be answered by Google but I’m sure you’ll be able to cut through the interjunks.

All the best – Jay

  2. Palate Fatigue & Food Burnout [8:11]

Maria says:

Hi, Robb and Nikki, I was wondering if you can address palate fatigue. For some reason, I tend to be the kind of person that needs to have a lot of something and then don’t want it anymore and have to switch. Before, I was into avocados and sardines, all the time, and now it is eggs and bacon. It is almost as if my body is asking for these foods at certain times. Thank you!

  3. Protein Toxicity and the Carnivore Diet [12:22]

Jesse says:

Hey Robb,

In WTE you briefly mention (p. 27) that humans cannot consume more than 35% of their calories from protein before suffering from protein toxicity. The carnivore diet has recently gotten some publicity and seems to have some anecdotal success for folks with stubborn autoimmunity issues. Do you think following a carnivorous diet carries a high risk of suffering from protein toxicity? And would we be able to look for evidence of protein toxicity in kidney function testing?

Best,

Jesse

  4. Waking Up From Hunger While In Ketosis [17:55]

Justin says:

Dear Robb,

I’m a huge fan of the pod and your work. 

For the past two months, I’ve been following a keto eating plan (I weigh all food and track macros – I’m usually hitting 40g net carbs, 90-100g protein, and somewhere between 235g-270g fat, for a total of roughly 3,000-3,500 calories per day).  I’m a 30 y/o male, 5’9. I usually eat 3-4 meals/day with no snacks. I currently weigh 156lb and am about 16% body fat (I did a BodPod when I was a few pounds lighter and was at 14.5%). In terms of exercise, I usually go to the gym 3x/week and do some combination of squats, deadlifts, press, and bench press.  As an example of where I’m currently at with strength, I do 4 sets of 5 repetitions (2 min rest periods) 205 pounds on squats. 

My question is this: when I try to cut calories down by 300-500 (I’d like to get to 12% body fat), I wake up in the middle of the night hungry.  I feel like I keep hearing on various podcasts and books that I read that in a state of keto, hunger should be significantly blunted and this shouldn’t really be an issue.  But I feel like if I don’t go to sleep pretty full, I wake up in the middle of the night. I know sleep is critically important, so this seems like a problem. If I eat enough to sleep through the night, I can maintain the same weight but really struggle to lose weight.  I’ve done self-experiments to make sure I’m not waking up due to stress, noise, etc., and have isolated that my sleep is almost completely correlated with my hunger levels. I wanted to ask for your guidance because I imagine other people might struggle with a similar issue – I know many people who do well with hunger during the day, but not so well at night.  Some things I’ve wondered about is if I’m overtraining or if there’s some sort of other physiological issue I need to attend to. Maybe I’m not understanding keto properly, but I feel like with my macro breakdown I should be able to comfortably go 12-16 hours without eating? Or, is the ability to go prolonged periods without food less about eating and more about individual differences?

Thanks for all of the amazing work that you do. 

Justin

  5. Fasting For Skinny Dudes [23:50]

Brett says:

Hi. Robb and Nicki…

Fasting for overweight or normal weight people has been well covered. Is there any benefit to underweight guys fasting in an effort to add mass? I’m 6’3” and 165lbs, 37 years old. I can eat whatever I want in whatever quantities I want and my weight never changes. I would like to be heavier. I’ve tried weight programs and I tone up ok but it’s rare to add more than 5lbs. The minute I stop the program I’m instantly back to 165. Everything else you always talk about like diet, sleep, stress is already dialed in

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Robb: Well, howdy, wife, how are you?

Nicki: I’m great. How are you?

Robb: Good. It’s a quiet house.

Nicki: It is. The kids are swimming.

Robb: The dog is-

Nicki: The dog-

Robb: At grandpa’s house.

Nicki: At grandpa’s.

Robb: Nice.

Nicki: We’re alone.

Robb: Man, we’re home alone, and we’re podcasting instead of doing naughty things. Geez. What’s up with us? Anything new or … This may be the last podcast we do from Reno?

Nicki: I think we’re going to try to get another-

Robb: Might sneak in one more?

Nicki: One or two, yeah.

Robb: Okay, oh yeah. Okay.

Nicki: Yes.

Robb: Okay.

Nicki: Okay.

Robb: All righty. So, anything else you want to update people on, or we just jump right in to …

Nicki: I think we’re jumping in.

Robb: The good stuff, okay.

Nicki: Yeah, yeah. Let’s see. We have a question on Fitbit sleep tracking from Jay. He says, “G’day, Rob. G’day, G’day, Rob, love your work. I took a break from your podcast to learn computer programming and am now back because I’m stressed and my desk bound body is broken. Glad to be back and see you figured out your Keto problems when bonking during class. I’ve signed up to your Keto master class, so fingers crossed.”

Nicki: That sentence didn’t really quite make sense to me.

Robb: He’s Australian, I mean English is a second language so yeah.

Nicki: “I have a somewhat basic question about sleep. My Fitbit says I slept seven hours with one hour awake. I don’t remember waking and there are up 30 a night of these tiny awake periods. I do sometimes toss and turn to get into comfortable positions. My partner says I’m asleep within minutes of hitting the pillow, so I think I’m sleeping okay. Should I think about this as eight hours of sleep or seven? I tend to wake up energized when my Fitbit says six hours and thirty minutes plus one hour awake. So, thinking this is equivalent to a standard seven to eight hours per night.

Nicki: When I push for Fitbit to say eight hours then I’m very lethargic when I wake but it’s probably then like nine hours, which could be oversleeping for me. Anyway, love the work you two are doing and miss the Q&A’s with Greg.” I miss Greg too.

Robb: We need to spend more time with Greg.

Nicki: We do.

Robb: We should just have a Greg guest retrospective-

Nicki: We should.

Robb: Just get him on the show, Q&A fired at Greg and just shoot the breeze.

Nicki: We should.

Robb: Yeah.

Nicki: Let’s definitely do that.

Robb: Yeah.

Nicki: Okay, “But love the new format. Anyway, fangirling from Australia. My question can probably be answered by Google, but I’m sure you’ll be able to cut through the inter-junks. All the best, Jay.”

Robb: Well, Google might have banned the information at this point. You never really know, but you know, this is interesting stuff, and I’ve used a number of wearables like Oura Ring, Fitbit. I dig all of them. All of them are really cool and at the end of the day, all of them made me a little bit crazy and I ended up discontinuing using them.

Robb: And, one of the things that made me the craziest was the sleep piece because it just didn’t really matter what else in the rest of my life that I did, it always said that my sleep was kind of marginal, my HRV was kind of like, “Ah, you’re kind of ready but not really ready.” I had a real problem with sleep latency because I’ll get in bed and read and it would-

Nicki: Yeah, it was like it was tracking, it was saying that you had a …

Robb: Yeah, difficulty falling asleep and so I would take-

Nicki: But you were awake reading.

Robb: Right. Right, so I’ve just found some challenges with this stuff and I think this is where … And, Jay lays it out pretty well. If you’re feeling good, you know, I think that these wearables are really beneficial for establishing a baseline, and then if something changes, good or bad, then we can kind of look at that as a little bit of a compass guidepost, but at some point it’s almost like you’re drowning in information and I don’t know that it’s doing you more good, because it just kind of is what it is.

Nicki: And, Tyler Cartwright shared an article with us about some sort of study that was done where people who are tracking sleep, I don’t remember if it mentioned the specific device, but there’s like a placebo effect. So, if you wake and your thing says that you’ve slept like crap then people tended to feel …

Robb: Worse.

Nicki: Worse.

Robb: Yeah.

Nicki: Even if-

Robb: I remember that.

Nicki: And, so it was basically saying because some of this technology is not as refined or as … If it’s not actually reporting accurately, it could be causing you to feel worse even though maybe you slept fine.

Robb: Just fine, yeah. That’s what the researchers did is they were doing an actual sleep study, which is much more involved. And so, they would actually send them sometimes false information on the day when they … And then, conversely, on days when they actually kind of slept like shit, they would say, “You’re ready to go, Tiger.” And the person was like, “Okay, I’m ready to go.” You know?

Robb: And, so, this is where some of this stuff, it’s just … We’re kind of drowning in information, and I think to some degree just waking up and looking around and like, “Ah, how do I feel today?” And you go poo and it’s like, “Oh, that was formed and I didn’t need like an armload of toilet paper.”

Robb: Like, these kind of pretty objective metrics of just feeling are rather powerful. It’s reminiscent, it’s an old book at this point, but Blink by Malcolm Gladwell. He went into great detail talking about how though even though we’ve increased the information we have, like looking at MRIs and stuff like that, we have all this additional information. And we were just talking to our friend, Dr. Jim Greenwald, the other day who’s a retired orthopedic surgeon. He feels like MRIs have pushed orthopedic surgery backwards and there’s a whole host of reasons why, but the information that one obtains from a really thorough physical, according to Dr. Greenwald, and just listening to the patient, tells you so much about what’s going on and like, is surgery really an option, let’s do all this physical therapy and stretching and stuff like that.

Robb: But it’s virtually everything on an MRI that’s like, “Yep, you’ve got some sort of pathology.” You know? Because we just get down so granular, but it’s not actually better informing what we’re doing, and I think that there’s a certain element of this with the wearables scene, which … Well, probably somebody will want to hang me out to dry because these wearable companies make a ton of money and I do think that they have great application. I think that more, if you’re really burning the candle at both ends, like if I had something like this in my 20’s, it would’ve probably been good, because I was trying to murder myself with exercise and short sleep and everything.

Robb: That would have been a really beneficial thing for me, I think, getting that objective feedback of, “Okay, you’ve got three reds in a row, you’ve got to slow down.” But I know that was probably like the longest answer to something that could have been rather concise. Getting back to this, but I think, Jay, I wouldn’t worry what the hours are. I would just, if you enjoy wearing it, use it as a baseline, then that way if anything changes, then you can always refer back to the baseline but then beyond that, how do you look, how do you feel, how do you perform? I think those are really powerful metrics.

Nicki: All right. Our next question is from Maria on pallet fatigue. “Hi Robb and Nicki, I was wondering if you can address pallet fatigue? For some reason I tend to be the kind of person that needs to have a lot of something and then I don’t want it anymore and have to switch. Before, I was in to avocados and sardines all the time and now it is eggs and bacon. It’s almost as if my body is asking for these foods at certain times. Thank you.”

Robb: So, good question. Pallet fatigue is different. This is almost like, it sounds like burning out.

Nicki: Burning out, yeah.

Robb: Out, on stuff, you know.

Nicki: Eating it too much.

Robb: Man I-

Nicki: You did it with sardines.

Robb: I did it with sardines. Man, I used to love sardines and then there was just one day … I think…

Nicki: You were eating them for breakfast, you would have them in your backpack, you’d take them in your office.

Robb: I had sardines. Breakfast and lunch and traveling and everything. I think I got a can that was off one time, and I was kind of sick from it, or my body finally … I need to be hungry to eat sardines at this point, or I need to do magic in dressing them up.

Robb: But pallet fatigue really has to do with the … A meal kind of experience. So, if you’re eating a lot of something, then eventually, even it’s a very good something, you will get bored of it, and this is the sensory specific pallet fatigue.

Nicki: At the one sitting.

Robb: At that one sitting. And this is where if we have food that is wide in variety of textures and flavors and scents and whatnot, then we can override that pallet fatigue signal. Interestingly, we just had a person reach out to me, have not been able to talk to her yet, but she used to work for the biggest food manufacturers around developing seasoning strategies and pallet fatigue bypassing algorithms.

Robb: So, there’s actual computer algorithms for figuring out how to make food more addictive. And this is, not to drag this out into the weeds, but this is some of the stuff that makes me a little crazy with the Layne Norton’s, the Alan Aragon folks. They do some good work, but they will get into a pissing match about this study says that fructose is not a problem.

Robb: It’s like, okay. We have some people out there that are misrepresenting the metabolic consequences of fructose. Check. Great. You guys have set us straight on that. Now, what does this mean and what is the relevance there when we’re talking about people eating processed food? People don’t sit and eat plain fructose. They eat these highly complex, super engineered flavor combinations that no joke … It was fascinating. This email is fascinating. We’re going to have, even though I’m not really doing much in the way of interviews anymore, I’m going to do some interviews in the future, and this gal is going to be one of them, where she’s like, “You were bang on with Wired to Eat. Like, there is a really highly refined understanding, like the Doritos roulette example that I’ve talked about. There’s a super high, refined understanding about how to engineer foods to be hyper-palatable and effectively addictive. And having pissing matches about that. Like, fructose versus this versus that, and ignoring this topic of palate fatigue and how you can bypass that is really missing the boat for people. And man, I don’t know if my salty palmer is kicking in or what.

Robb: That was about as far a field from what Maria had asked. But Maria, again, palate fatigue … This sounds like she’s just experienced some burnout.

Nicki: So, she’s just wondering if she’s just burning out. She’s eating the same thing for too much and …

Robb: Yeah, yeah.

Nicki: And is her body asking for these foods or she’s just …

Robb: I don’t know, man.

Nicki: Reaching a-

Robb: My body would tell me to ask for cookie dough ice cream all the time. So, I don’t know. I don’t know. Maybe. Some of that stuff, it … People are like, “The innate wisdom of the body.” And you know, sometimes it’s like, oh, I just want a piece of fruit. And so, I don’t know. Maybe that’s the innate wisdom of body. But more often than not, it’s kind of like, man that Twix. Or, you know, [inaudible 00:11:22] be pretty amazing. So, I don’t know. I don’t know.

Nicki: Okay.

Robb: But you can absolutely burn yourself out on something.

Nicki: On …

Robb: Yeah, yeah.

Nicki: Too much. All right. Our next question is from Jessie on protein toxicity and the carnivore diet. “Robb, in Wired to Eat, you briefly mention on page 27 that humans can not consume more than 35% of their calories from protein before suffering from protein toxicity. The carnivore diet has recently gotten some publicity, and seems to have some anecdotal success for folks with stubborn autoimmunity issues. Do you think following a carnivorous diet carries a high risk of suffering from protein toxicity, and would we be able to look for evidence of protein toxicity in kidney function testing?”

Robb: So, I’ll answer the last one first. The protein toxicity is not a kidney issue. It’s a liver issue. It’s you need substrates other than protein to deal with the ammonia and nitrogen-based bi-products of protein metabolism. And in general, humans seem to hit about 35, maybe some populations as high as 40% of their total calories can come from protein, and then beyond that, we have rabbit starvation. You were reading a book that was talking about [crosstalk 00:12:40].

Nicki: We called it trout starvation.

Robb: Trout starvation, which I had never heard of.

Nicki: I’m blanking on the book, but yeah.

Robb: Similar deal where people were eating exceptionally lean proteins and ultimately ending up with problems, because they had no other substrates in their … It would be hard as hell to do this, because the experience of protein toxicity is very uncomfortable, and the main desire that you have is to eat something other than protein. The only reason why people get into these scenarios is that they literally have no other options or-

Nicki: In the wilderness.

Robb: Yeah, yeah. And-

Nicki: And isn’t it because those types of things like rabbits and trout are very-

Robb: Very lean.

Nicki: Lean proteins.

Robb: Yeah, yeah. And so, even if you were to eat something like rabbit or trout, that’s why you eat the brains and the innards, and you know, you’re trying to just get every little bit of fat out of them, and what not. And so, I’m a fan of the carnivore diet. I don’t think it’s the first place for everybody to start, but man. The results that people are getting in this kind of autoimmune scene are really impressive. And so, I’m optimistic about where this will go. I would actually not be surprised at all if some iteration of a carnivore intervention ends up proving to be more efficacious than autoimmune paleo, and I’m the person who came up with the term autoimmune paleo. I’m the first person to write about it, publish it in a book, and really coin the term.

Robb: So, you know, as much as AIP has helped people, I would not be surprised if carnivore ends up befitting more people when it’s all said and done, for a whole host of reasons. But someone would just need to be in very difficult situation to induce a state of protein toxicity.

Nicki: Well, because people on the carnivore diet are eating rib eyes, and they have lots of fat, and-

Robb: That-

Nicki: Other cuts of meat that there’s a significant amount of fat in there.

Robb: Yeah, yeah. Or … And or they’re adding some additional fat to it, and stuff like that, so yeah.

Nicki: Okay.

Robb: Yeah, yeah.

Nicki: So, because of that, they’re not hitting this-

Robb: They’re … When you do kind of a breakdown, usually people are right at 30 to 35% of calories from protein, yeah. And this is one of the interesting things, like the Inuit, some of their gene alterations. Like, they don’t really generally enter ketosis. They seem to more directly mobilize fatty acids. But it’s an interesting adaptation, even though the Inuit are held us as an example of ketogenic culture. Biology decided that it was more efficacious, more survival advantage to create these gene alterations that there’s actually a very high infant mortality rate from low blood sugar. You know, in that very early period right after birth, which most babies are in ketosis, but different arctic-based populations may not even be able to enter that. But the two adaptations that they seem to be better at, their protein threshold may be as high as like 40 to 45%. So, there may be a couple of percentage points higher on the ability to handle protein.

Robb: And then also, in lieu of producing ketone bodies, they’re better at direct mobilization of fatty acids for energy. So, it’s an interesting adaption. Even Loren Cordain’s early work kind of suggested that human … Maybe the default mode for humans is kind of bumping up against that protein threshold consistently. And it’s just because there’s all kinds of, you know, mythology around this stuff. And yes, humans ancestrally were big game hunters and bigger game was fatter, but there’s kind of a reality that … I’ve actually lived as a hunter gatherer for a period of time, you know? And it’s like …

Nicki: Eight days. Start. 10 days.

Robb: Fucking calories are hard to come by, you know? And you eat kind of whatever you can get your hands on, and yeah. I don’t want to belabor that too much.

Nicki: I just remember picking you up from the airport and you did not look like my husband. You were so skinny.

Robb: Dude, I was skinny. Yeah.

Nicki: It was only like 10 days since I dropped you off, and you were emaciated.

Robb: 20 pounds lighter. Yeah, yeah.

Nicki: All righty. Our next question is from Justin. “Waking up from hunger while in ketosis. Dear Rob, I’m a huge fan of the pod and your work. For the past few months, I’ve been following a keto eating plan. I weigh all food and track macros, and I’m usually hitting 40 grams of net carbs, 90 to 100 grams of protein, and somewhere between 235 to 270 grams of fat for a total of roughly 3000 to 3500 calories per day. I’m a 30 year old male, 5 foot nine. I usually eat three to four meals per day with no snacks. I currently weigh 156, and I’m about 16% body fat. I did a bod pod when I was a few pounds later and was at 14.5%. In terms of exercise, I usually go to the gym three times a week and do some combination of squats, deadlift press, and bench press. As an example of where I am currently at with strength, I do four sets of five reps, two minute rest periods, with 205 pounds on squats.

Nicki: So, my question is this. When I try to cut calories down by about three to 500 calories, because I’d like to get to 12% body fat, I wake up in the middle of the night hungry. I feel like I keep hearing on various podcasts and books that I read that in a state of keto, hunger should be significantly blunted, and this shouldn’t really be an issue. But I feel like if I don’t go to sleep pretty full, I wake up in the middle of the night. I know sleep is critically important, so this seems like a problem.

Nicki: If I eat enough to sleep through the night, I can maintain the same weight but really struggle to lose weight. I’ve done self experiments to make sure I’m not waking up due to stress, noise, et cetera, and have isolated that my sleep is almost completely correlated with my hunger levels. I wanted to ask for your guidance, because I imagine other people might struggle with a similar issue. I know many people who do well with hunger during the day, but not so well at night. Some things I’ve wondered about is if I’m over-training, or if there’s some sort of other physiological issue I need to attend to. Maybe I’m not understanding keto properly, but I feel like with my macro breakdown, I should be able to comfortably go 12 to 16 hours without eating. Or is the ability to go prolonged periods without food less about eating and more about individual differences? Thank you for all the amazing work that you do. Justin.”

Robb: Man. Lot of good stuff in there. One thing that leaps out to me is the 90 to 100 grams of protein I think is way to low.

Nicki: Yeah.

Robb: For 100-

Nicki: I mean, I am more like 120 grams of protein, and-

Robb: Yeah.

Nicki: I’m smaller.

Robb: Yes. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So, that definitely leaps out at me, and some very smart people, far smarter than myself, ranging from Paul Jaminet to Chris Masterjohn, have noted, and they really get in the biochemistry at a pretty high level, so you could do some following up on this, but they make the case that if you’re reasonably active and keto, and they’ll make the case that you shouldn’t be keto if you’re reasonably active. So, that’s a whole other aside. But they make the case that if you’re going to be active and you’re going to be keto, you need more protein. And that’s just alpha omega, done.

Robb: We’ve seen with keto gains, we’ve seen with the carnivore diet, which we were just kind of talking about in the previous question a little bit, when people eat at higher protein levels, they do then tend to get better satiety, and there also tends to be more of a ability to recover from training and stuff like that. Part of what’s going on, and one of the benefits that’s interesting, is glycogen can be restored, liver in and muscle glycogen can and will be restored from protein breakdowns in many corners of the keto-sphere, people are terrified by that. And if you have epilepsy, if you’re using keto as a cancer adjuvant or something like that, then there’s reason for it.

Robb: For body composition and weight loss, it’s a disastrous deal to drop protein, because people end up hungry, and then they need to eat a lot of either fat or carbs. And it’s very easy to overeat.

Nicki: Because I feel like 3000 to 3500 calories is also high for-

Robb: Correct.

Nicki: A five foot nine-

Robb: Yeah.

Nicki: 156 pound guy. So, if he upped his protein significantly, his fat would probably come down a little bit.

Robb: Yeah, I would get the protein up to at least 150 grams per day, and …

Nicki: Maybe plug your numbers into the keto gains macro nutrient calculator-

Robb: Yeah. And select…

Nicki: And see what that spits out.

Robb: For the recommended level, and maybe … So, if you use the keto gains macro nutrient calculator, it will default to .8 grams of protein per pound of lean body mass, or you can toggle use keto gains recommended, which is 1.0 grams per pound of lean body mass, and/or you could adjust it for 1.2 grams of protein per pound of lean body mass. I would tweak it to the 1.2 grams. So, I would up your protein, and adjust all the other macros appropriately based off the … What that spits out. I would also make really certain that you’re getting adequate electrolytes. Shameless plug for Element, but this is another one of those things that if the electrolyte balance is off and sodium is too low-

Nicki: You can be hungry.

Robb: You can be hungry, you can get an adrenocortical response. So, those are the two big things that I would really look at is upping protein and really weighing and measuring your electrolytes. Tracking it in MyFitnessPal or something like that to make certain that you’re at least getting five grams of sodium per day. And then if you’re eating largely whole, unprocessed foods, the magnesium and potassium should take care of itself. But I’ll be kind of shocked if you don’t see improvements off that.

Robb: But if you don’t, it could also be a case where keto is just not a good fit. Maybe a little bit of carbs in the mix would be a better option.

Nicki: Okay. So, Justin, please let us know.

Robb: Yeah, let us know. Follow up on that.

Nicki: Try that, up the protein, and then let us know how you do. Okay, our final question for this week is from Brett, and his question is on fasting for skinny dudes. “Hi Robb and Nicki. Fasting for overweight or normal people has been well covered. Is there any benefit to underweight guys fasting in an effort to add mass? I am six foot three, 165 pounds, 37 years old. I can eat whatever I want in whatever quantities I want, and my weight never changes. I would like to be heavier. I’ve tried weight programs and I tone up okay, but it’s rare to add more than five pounds. The minute I stop the program, I’m instantly back to 165. Everything else you always talk about like diet, sleep, and stress is already dialed in.”

Robb: Man. There are some folks that advocate fasting as kind of a means to lean body mass gain. The literature on it doesn’t really paint it in a super favorable light. I … This was kind of my problem. I enjoyed power lifting, but my body just desperately likes being about 165 to 170 pounds. Even getting up to about 175, which if I get up to 175 from lifting and not just being fat, then I look pretty good. And if I start getting 180, 185, I look big, you know? I have kind of small bone structure, I guess-

Nicki: It’s like the big arms when you walked to the coffee shop when I first met you.

Robb: It’s like the big arms when I swept you off your feet on our first meeting. Exactly. Shout out to Carla Mack around that. But the bastard of this thing is I would eat and eat. I mean, like six meals a day. Big meals. Felt disgusting. You know? And I would get busy, go on a trip, whatever it was, and I would lose 10 pounds just almost instantly. And so, it’s … I think there is some degree of a set point for people, and there’s just kind of a reality that you know, for some people, muscle mass gain is easier. Again, this is one of these things, Brett doesn’t … Does he mention? 37 years old?

Robb: I would get androgen levels checked and make sure that testosterone, estrogen, sex hormone binding, globulin. We’ve covered this in a previous podcast. And this is something that we’re going to dig into later in some more depth, like really understanding what your hormonal profile means and what to do about it if it’s not kind of at an optimized level.

Robb: If that’s not optimized, then the anabolic stimulus from the food and the training is going to be poultry. So, you’re just kind of peeing in the wind with that. So, that would be the couple of things that I would think about. I would look at androgens and see what testosterone and that whole gamete of things looks like. I would … And then if that looks pretty good or depending on what you want to do, even then though, there’s just … Gaining muscular weight is tough for a lot of people.

Nicki: Right. So, it seems like fasting is not a good option for adding mass and like fasting…

Robb: Fasting is definitely not a good option. Yeah. I mean, at least just do three meals a day. If you want to do a little time restricted feeding, that’s great. There does seem to be some literature that suggests eating more calories earlier in the day. Bill Lagakos has talked about this at nauseum. That seems good, and it seems like kind of a no downside deal, because you could just eat huge breakfast, big lunch, small dinner. Try to stick them a little tighter together, and there seems to be some legit body composition improvements, metabolic improvements, and it should kind of stack the deck favorably for muscle mass gain, and you’re getting a little bit of that sirtuin type signaling that’s associating with fasting, ketosis, and all that stuff.

Robb: But yeah. As a baseline, getting back to the actual question asked, fasting is probably not a great idea in this case. I know there’s examples of people who do it, but it just sounds like Brett has a tough time gaining muscle mass, and so, I think depriving his body of anabolic signal from protein for extended periods is probably not a great idea for improving muscle muss and body composition.

Nicki: Okay. That’s our last question for this week.

Robb: Sweet. Okay.

Nicki: Let’s see. If you … Or as always, submit questions at robbwolf.com on the contact page, and let’s see, we drip these questions out each week on Instagram, so make you’re following at dasrobbwolf. What else?

Robb: We still have some stuff over at YouTube. They haven’t taken that down yet either. So, yeah. Yeah.

Nicki: I think that’s it.

Robb: Okay.

Nicki: We’ll catch you guys next week.

Robb: Take care everybody.

Nicki: Bye.

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