I've only watched the first two seasons of the new series, what was the old series like in comparison?

Nothing better than a warm fire and your arms around a lovely lady

Hmm, maybe a little late, but I would be down. We need to organize a set date that works for everyone, possibly if people could start posting what time of year would work best for them and then we can start narrowing it down from there.

Hey, I'm looking to meet someone nearby and see where things go. I'm a nerd and have a huge passion for gaming (I'm even going to school for it) so if you're nerdy too that's a huge plus. Don't be shy, hit me up

This is a difficult problem, though I think the employer is fully in his rights to have done what he did. Now, I know you said you were already aware of your legal options so I'll try to avoid that, and before people jump down my throat I do empathize with the poor woman but it is her responsibility to seek out treatment for her depression, nor is it fair that the employer completely change their filing system for the sake of a single employee as some people suggested.

Now in terms of moving forward I think the best thing to do is to look at her skill set and experience and see what professions they would apply to that don't require much physical labor or standing for long periods unless she is willing to lose some of the weight. She may even be able to find similar work as she had before albeit for a company with some kind of digital filing system or something along those lines.

In any case, I hope everything works in the best for everyone and that she finds treatment for her depression, it is a difficult thing to deal with.

Good to meet someone with lot's of experience haha

These are some good tips though, I just thought I'd make this thread as I've talked to some people who start to feel sick quickly during a stuffing.

That's interesting to know, thanks for the input

Does anyone else have any other ideas, or tricks?

So I thought I'd a start a thread on tricks you can use to get past that sick/full feeling when eating a large amount. Tricks other than just "expand your capacity" of course. I'll add some things that I've thought of or learned, and then feel free to add your own tips on how you got that extra bite in.

1. Save the sweets for last, people usually make room for dessert if their sugar craving hasn't been satisfied.

2. If you want to fit in more liquids pick saltier foods, you'll become much more thirsty. This is the same trick soda companies use to get you to drink more of their product (just look at all the sodium in those things).

3. Taunt them with the smell, wet their appetites before hand and they'll feel much more hungry.

4. Eat quickly, it takes a while for that full feeling to settle in, get all that food down before that!

5. Savory or protein rich meals will fill you up quicker than junk food/carbohydrates (be aware of the health risks though).

6. Apparently, cold temperatures increase your appetite while warm temperatures lower it, I have not seen evidence of this personally but worth looking into.

7. Patience, if you do get to that full feeling and there's no way around it, give yourself time to digest and then tackle some more when you're feeling better.

Possibly, it could potentially add a lot of calories to your meal, it would be largely from protein though. If you ate the same amount of calories though from a carbohydrate source you would gain more because it would trigger an insulin response, however that path leads to diabetes. So I would say go for it, see how it works for you, calories from protein equal a much healthier gain.

No, I realize that, and agree with you, but the way the article puts it out it makes us out to be some kind of depraved deviant who wouldn't have been this way if Daddy had loved us or something.