I need to choose instead of being mindless.
*glances guiltily at the Pringles*
My weight has been an adventure the last few years. I get a thousand times more exercise than I used to (we have no car, so I walk or bike everywhere), but its like my body counts that as the new norm and doesn't reward me in any way. A couple years after I moved here, I started losing weight, slowly but steadily. It was alarming, because I was doing nothing different and it just kept coming off. I lost almost 35 pounds in about 14 months, eating the same stuff I always have! I was too thin, IMO. I looked boney. I had a bunch of medical tests done, but in the end they just said it was stress (I was, and continue to be, more homesick than I ever knew was possible). But once I started antidepressants, it started coming back slowly but surely. Right now I would be fine if I could just stop snacking in the evening! Its ridiculous.
Oh, wait, I came here for a reason. I wanted to tell you guys that my mom is home and I finally got to see her on video chat and she looks great! She'll be out of work for 4 weeks. My brother and SIL arrived last night and will be taking care of her the next 2 weeks.
Half my department is out to lunch (they won the wreath decorating contest in December and lunch is the prize) and it's basically the half that sits near me. It is spooky quiet.
ETA Glad your mom is doing well Calla!
I wish I felt as good about any part of my life as the ad lady, Jesse.
I mean, I'm fine, but it must be fun to be psyched like that.
Changing your diet will result in more weight loss than adding exercise, but being sedentary is worse for your lifespan than being fat:
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This is EXCELLENT news for me, because I walk everywhere and chase kids around and bike regularly and stuff, but I also eat basically whatever I want and probably too much of it.
Aw, yay, Callaluna; glad to hear the mom news.
Last year I did a 10 day elimination/purge thing, and the only thing I hung onto from it (it involved giving up caffeine--like that's gonna happen for good) is eating sugar mindfully. I still have chocolate, pie, or ice cream on occasion, especially on holidays. Sweet things taste delicious! But since I'm cooking at home for nearly all my meals, I'm almost inadvertently cutting out the random HFC and sugar that gets dumped into a lot of premade food. My sensitivity to sweet seems to have changed. I've stopped putting honey in my kefir smoothies because frozen blueberries make it sweet enough for me. I haven't noticed any major weight changes, but I figure it's unlikely to be bad for me. I've also been walking a lot: 1.5-3 miles a day, 5 days a week, which, again, hasn't made my jeans particularly loose, but is probably better for me than not walking.
I was youngish and slender for about 35 minutes in 2003. It didn't get me laid and I still sprained my ankles, so screw it.
I'm in the middle of
The Unapologetic Fat Girl's Guide to Exercise and Other Incendiary Acts.
So far it's been pretty good.
ETA: Yay, Callaluna!
I used to run into her at the Y, back when she was based in Baltimore. Also, cookieswap. She's a fascinating person.
