cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/3190048
I've been languishing in my comfort zone. Continuing to do so will have terrible effects for me. To quote Marx, I "[have] become a monster, a huge mass of flesh and fat, and [am] barely capable of walking any more." Ever since the pandemic started I've become a terminally online antisocial weirdo who barely ever leaves my room, let alone the house.
Of course, in addition to the damage this does to my personal life, it also makes me non - potentially even counter - revolutionary. As someone who wants to be a communist instead of just some internet poisoned middle class dilettante, I don't know how I can be expected to jeopardize the comfort of my parasitic labor aristocratic class position when I can't even get out of my comfort zone enough to go outside, eat real food, and do even the barest minimum of light exercise.
since you have low energy levels, my advice is to start off not even worrying about your diet, just go on walks sometimes or do some pushups and squats once or twice a week (doing it 3 or more times a week might over-train you or cause burnout). you actually need a surplus of caloric intake to build muscle, it's almost impossible to build muscle while losing weight unless you use steroids or something but i'm not familiar with the specifics. getting your body used to more activity will eventually give you more energy for whatever else you might want to do. and once you have that muscle, it might make it easier to lose weight if you decide you still want to.
idk how to solve social anxiety or be the ideal communism builder but i do like 30 or so pushups and squats once or twice a week and i've been adding one rep each time. i eat like 2 'mega bowl' microwave meals a day and have 2 'ghost' energy drinks with reese's cups in between as snacks if that tells you how crappy my diet is lol.
oh yeah and drink a bunch of water, more than you probably think you need, it helps with digestion, helps prevent heartburn/indigestion, all kinds of stuff.