Nothing. That’s standard for Swagbucks, and why I rarely use it. They mainly want you to get points by buying crap.
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Correct. I use these sites to make money at home which is much more relaxing than getting a minimum wage job.
I made $31 on mTurk last week and $11 on Prolific this week. 
Better than nothing!
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Does anyone have a good bagel recipe that uses regular yeast (not sourdough) and uses weight rather than volume to measure? I want to make bagels for Christmas, and I have a pretty good handle on how to make bagels, but not how much of everything to put in to get the right texture and the right amount of dough for a dozen bagels. I also do not have time to do sourdough.
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If you’re still active on MMM try pinging Allie. She was at one time super into making bagels.
When it comes to weight, a standard cup of flour is 150g and 1 cup of water is 236g (1mL of water weighs 1g). I use that to convert recipes into weights all the time.
Yeast and salt I typically still measure by volume because scales are only so sensitive.
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I do not, but if you have a good sourdough bagel recipe I would love to see it!
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Anyone know of any apps for smartphone to help with pretty severe dexterity limitations? My uncle has MS and it’s hard for him to do things like end a call. We’ve tried most of the accessibility settings but they seem not to help all that much.
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Does he have an Android? If so and he can speak enough for Google to learn his speech patterns, Google Assistant is pretty great on the last few phones I’ve had.
My current phone is set up so I don’t have to use my fingers at all, since I am often outside with gloves and mittens on top.
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Try contacting social service agencies and the MS chapters. I’ve seen people using some great adaptive thingies that are mostly top secret to the general public.
Maybe an adaptive stylus depending on hand reliability. And for ending a call specifically, dies the off button work to end a call on his phone
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I set up the off button but he seems to have trouble tapping it (which ends the call) but not holding it (which powers off the phone).
I’m low-key considering making an app or bluetooth device or something to make these things easier. It just seems dumb to me that voice activated phone call accepting and ending isn’t a thing? Like two of the primary functions of ones phone?
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It is though? I just tested it on my phone and made a call from my cell phone to my work phone, then hung up, then used my work phone to call my cell and accepted the call, then hung up without using my hands at all on my cell.
Voice Access is the app I see used the most often w/patients at work, at least for cell phones (many of them just use Google assistant on a Home device instead). But there are others out there. It’s not a new idea to the mobile device world by any means so you should be able to find something that would be a good fit?
ETA on my previous phone I just used it in Auto mode so it was all voice commands.
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I couldn’t get Google assistant to do it. I will try other things…
He should qualify for OT, and this is the stuff they have alllll sorts of tricks for. They’re incredible and I highly recommend working with OT and PT for all sorts of accessibility concerns.
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Here’s the app I was thinking of - I just installed it to see, and it looks like it might work - a bit of a learning curve and it can do a lot more than just simple phone functions so maybe it’s a bit much, but it worked really well for me with my phone on the table nearby.
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+1 for OT they are amazing.
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Does anyone here have any experience with or knowledge of intermittent fasting? I have read a bit about it, and see that 16/8 is what they talk about. I have never been a meal skipper (thus the need to lose weight lol) and feel like it would be really hard for me, thus making me even more grumpy than I normally am. 
Is 16/8 “necessary” to get any benefit?
ETA I just read that women may do better with 14/10 which would certainly be an easier way to start.
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I know people who get benefit from it. If you decide to try it, the main thing I’d say from my own experience is limit your initial fast-breaking meal to something small to moderate in size and wait an hour or so before deciding to eat more. It’s really easy to break that fast, be starving, and want to eat ALL THE FOOD.
I found the Zero app useful. It is a fasting timer but also has a lot of curated research and advice articles.
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@Greyweld and @druidessie and @brute all have experimented with it I believe. My husband has extensively, and essentially does a compressed eating window as his baseline for the last couple years. I think in this case women’s experiences would be particularly valuable to hear since the metabolic implications, especially if you’re reproductive age and don’t have PCOS, are different. I haven’t ever since I do not fast well.
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I tried it for a couple of weeks, and actually found it not too difficult in terms of mood or cravings - but I did find that I was making me feel weak and dizzy whenever I did any sort of exercise, which is why I stopped. I didn’t notice any particular hormonal things but I possibly didn’t do it long enough to notice
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Thanks. As background… I am almost 50, overweight since college and simply too lazy to do anything about it. I certainly know what to do, I just don’t do it. Am I hoping for something “easy”? Of course I am lol. I tried low carb and lasted maybe 4 days before I was a miserable grump. I do not eat anyone’s version of healthy, and am picky so that is not real likely to change, honestly. I thought that perhaps IF might help, and appreciate any opinions. 
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IF isn’t a magical bullet, unfortunately. You can easily gain weight while doing it (I did, but mainly it was comfort/stress eating during severe depression) especially from 2 things:
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as I noted above, not sticking to a small/moderate first meal it’s so easy to overeat when breaking your fast because you will often be very hungry.
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justifying eating whatever you want, and even when not hungry, because hey it’s my eating window and I can eat now,
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