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Hello --- good points all. Mostly I just want people to know that healthy doesn't mean skinny. Our fat=bad/skinny=good social structure is really destructive and hurtful, and it's important to know that. Human bodies are complicated, and things interact with each other in ways we don't quite understand, and in ways we have a handle on. You make good points!! It's important to recognize unhealth and take steps to change it, but part of that is being able to accurately recognize health and unhealth without confusing them with weird social constructs. Thanks!!

@Oversleep, @Orlion Determined -- sorry for any confusion. I don't mean foreign things or complicated names for water -- I mean non-food additives (things like preservatives, some colorings, conditioners, emulsifiers, things like that) that are added to change the chemical makeup of the food or make it keep longer. Things that fall into this category are usually not dangerous or anything, but their presence does mean that whatever you're eating has been heavily processed. (Also --- food labeling regulations, at least in the US, require that long latin or chemical names for ordinary things written on the tin are followed by the common name in parentheses! If it doesn't have the common name displayed, that almost invariably means the ingredient in question doesn't have a common name, just a scientific one.)

I've quietly fallen off the earth lately (I blame college), but I've been following this convo via email notifications and --- oh boy weight loss Hey, you guys, did you know weight and health are almost completely unrelated? Huge rant under the cut! tldr: Being thin or fat is no indicator of health. Our social stigma about fat is completely cosmetic, not medical. Bodies are different shapes and that's great!!! Love yours, it's beautiful. Take care of yourself. Eat good, whole food, but have fun too.

Hi everyone! I'm back, finally. I've had some stuff going on. I'll get around to all of these sometime today

You guys are all so nice, holy mackerel. I have been deluged in upvotes. This is great. @Cognizantastic: Sure Give me a photo, and I'll see what I can do! As for the art thing, well .... It's practice. I've been drawing since before I can remember, every single day. I think I'm getting pretty good @bleeder: Thank you for letting me draw you! I draw on an iPad with an Apple Pencil, but I still love good ol traditional. Basically everything I post on here is digital, because it's SO MUCH EASIER TO POST ONLINE when I don't have to scan anything. @Erunion: gotcha. I'll draw you up when I get to Cog's. And thanks for the compliment @Sunbird: Welcome to the game. I will try to butcher your face as nicely as possible.