6.8.25 - The last two weeks

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As I look back on the holiday, there are things which I could have done more of - and I will. I still have time to do them with. But the most important thing was to spend time with Ma and Pa and that I did do. 

I didn't do much drawing but that's ok. I did lots of writing. I will plan my year here - while I'm still here. To touch base with what's really important. It is so nice to have the opportunity to do what I want to do now - the things which nourish me.

I am now writing this for the algorithm which thinks I am one of those people who takes course in fitness. I am not. I am just not a joiner although I think I may join the Belfast Naturalists Field Studies Group. Whatever they are called. I am writing this for the algos which think that because I write about running and stretching and swimming and am concerned about making sure I am fit and healthy, etc think that they can flood my feeds with clearly AI generated Chinese people who claim to be 60 when they are AI and then tell me that they do tai chi and I should to.

I don't know why losing weight is such a fucking mystery. If you need to lose weight, stop fucking eating!!! If you stop eating, you will lose weight. All this nonsense about your metabolism changing and having a slow metabolism etc. It's all nonsense. Just stop eating so much shit. That's literally it. If you are blessed with a slower metabolism, good for you - it means that you are more efficient. You don't have to consume as much. It's mental. And exercising does not help you lose weight - it isn't the first thing that we think about when losing weight. Exercising strengthens you and is good for you mental health. 

That is the main beneficiary of exercise. It is for me anyway.

I would like the algorithm to understand I don't want to see any more shitty ads on exercising and losing weight.

Thank you very much

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