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I *think* i remember getting down to about 175 at some point in college and I got down to about 175 after rehab (at 30) as well. I wasn't really eating food anymore in late stage alcoholism, i couldn't stomach it. And so my appetite was all weird and I mostly ate cereal and salad bar. I think if I just *had* a salad bar available all the time it'd be easy to eat well. Anyways, I'm sure a food addiction is complicated by not being able to abstain from food. I couldn't drink just a little bit, that's kinda one of the first things you have to deal with in recovery. I think from the little reading about and talking to I've done with people who have big food issues, it sounds like addiction stuff to me. Kids was raised as a reason why people might not be able to stick to a good diet, and I'll raise again the thing that i discovered, which was that I could structure good choices in a way where the good choice solved the same problem that was being solved by bad choices. I had to stop snacking and make some different choices and what have yous but really for me, I enjoy the cup yogurt/scoop protein powder/tbsp peanut butter powder/bigasshandful of spinach/banana/handful of frozne strawberries/bunch of ice cubes/vitamix goes brrrrrt even more than I enjoyed the grilled cheese sandwich and plate of chips or whatever shitty thing I used to grab for lunch because I don't have any time or emotional energy to make a plan. I had to get into the habit of not eating every time I got the urge to eat. I've discovered that being pretty hungry for every meal makes most food really delicious, so whatever thing it is the wife wants to do for dinner these days is usually great. And I discovered that i'd been fucking myself up by being afraid of counting calories and stepping on a scale every day. It is not that big of a deal (for me, non food problem having person) and I can budget whatever choice I want to make and most of all I *know* quantitatively what it is that I'm doing and I can see the number change on the other side. Which of course is also a big deal because it took a few weeks for my pants to get loose and for me to really be able to tell that I looked any different.
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Quitting drinking is as easy as not ingesting alcohol any longer, and yet many people don’t really have “choice” in the same way that others do, and there are a lot of reasons for that. It’s not helpful for non-alcoholics to simply profess that people who can’t seem to put the bottle down are choosing not to and are morally or otherwise weak, and it also displays their own ignorance on the subject. For folks who get a lot of pride out of beating that drum, it speaks to their character as well. But the path to sobriety also involves rigorous accountability. I’m not addicted to food, but I always imagine it is exactly like that for some people. And I’m guessing the problem with some rx drugs is that they give you an insatiable appetite? And of course there’s the problem that the easiest diet to eat in America will kill you. While recognizing that I don’t have a food addiction, I do think that part of what made losing weight for me very easy this time around is the amount of practice I have shutting out that voice in my head screaming for the thing.
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Matthew 7:22-23
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Mentally and proportionally, yes
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I've found it incredibly easy to lose weight this year just by a) being so goddamn busy and b) eating healthy as a family. I put it on since kid #2 by being busy - too busy to think about groceries or what to do for lunch and then I'm just making grilled cheese sandwiches with pretzels or chips or whatever. I turn 40 this year, decided I'd get back to college weight by running on a calorie deficit. I figured out a 500 calorie meal replacement protein smoothie for lunch, eat that almost every day (or something in the 5-650 calorie range near the office if I'm up there) we have a healthy dinner in the 5-700 calorie range, cottage cheese and hot sauce for breakfast, those little italian ices for a snack/dessert before bedtime, somewhere from 15-1800 calories a day. Making the same damn lunch smoothie every day solves the same problem (too busy to plan or think) that grilled cheeses were solving and being too busy also makes it easy to not think about food. Counting calories makes it so I understand *what* I'm doing rather than just vaguely doing a thing, and taking my weight every morning means i unerstand the effect it is having and have had no issue staying motivated/understanding if it is working or not. I've never been a great big fat person but i've been overweight my whole life and am currently at a 21 BMI. Staying busy, counting calories, measuring weight.
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Job hunting - A different kind of happy ending
Celery Man replied to Macanudo's topic in Can You Help Me With This?
That sucks man, wishing you the endurance to get back through it. I’m going to suggest that this search will revert to the mean and go much more quickly. -
Did anyone else hear that explosion just now in North Austin?
Celery Man replied to hornbri's topic in Daily Texan
didn't even clock who this was at first and just thought "ah, meth explosion" -
Did anyone else hear that explosion just now in North Austin?
Celery Man replied to hornbri's topic in Daily Texan
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The poster formerly known as ztejas (update)
Celery Man replied to ztejas's topic in Please do this better?
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Wife hosted a cookie decorating workshop in our house today so it was daddy and kids day. Dance, ice skating, picnic lunch, park, nap, different park. Tiredness washed over the dude. my oldest sister (who has two sons) just pointed out that this jacket (that I got from my middle sister who has two sons) was originally her oldest’s, who is now in college. So, LL Bean for the win I guess.
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Sierra Feral good on the kid for helping out the other kid. I’m trying to do a good job of explaining that, and being a good friend to anyone who needs one, being kind, etc. It’s also hard hearing about kids at school and some point realizing that the asshole I’m mad at is 3 years old and trying to pull in some perspective. anyways, well deserved ice cream
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Careful with that shit it can be deadly
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