A lot has changed for me this past month, the biggest change would be working again so now I have a wage. Work is boring and sometimes stressful due to being around too many people so I think to combat that stress I’ve been going to the store at a certain time and buying nutrigrains and heating them in the microwave, I eat about four of them at work and the remainder at home. I have an obvious eating disorder I don’t want to gain any weight so I’ve been on a strict diet of rice and bean every day for the past year. The diet didn’t come about because of my ED it came about because it was the cheapest option for me but now even though I can cook other things I don’t really want to change anything, except now after adding nutrigrain to my diet.

I don’t feel that great, I’m very tired now when I used to have a lot of energy, I want to sleep more and stay in bed and not get out, I feel really down, I keep pinching my tummy and don’t like how I look even though there is probably no change visually I just feel like there is. I don’t know if this is depression from work or depression from adding bad sugars to my diet, the stress from the job makes me eat more and want to just dump my diet or whatever it is and just start eating whatever I want, that’s what a lot of my coworkers have done because I guess they’re depressed too, my supervisor told me he used to be active then he just started eating more once he started working here, I feel like that has stuck and I’m now just going off on a binge of nutrigrains.

How do I stop eating sugar

  • TreadOnMe [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    Because most athletes and body builders eat sugar like mfs, but they are burning through it with their workouts. It's not ideal, but stressing about it isn't the issue. Sugar isn't the problem, it's working through the carbs that is the problem. And as you've pointed out, complex carbs are easier to work through.

    However, for someone starting out who isn't looking to get ripped, basic calorie counting will make a night and day difference, and then you can move from there towards more specific dieting and looking for a specific body-type. Hell, even just cutting pop, beer and white bread does wonders for most basic Americans, you don't even have to cut candy unless you are eating like a bar a day.

    • Guildenstern [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      it’s working through the carbs that is the problem. And as you’ve pointed out, complex carbs are easier to work through.

      No I meant sugars are the problem. But in terms of lowering the total % of calories coming from fats+carbs to <=protein calories yes carbs are the problem for most people. Also listed contexts where they're fine. Complex carbs like in chickpeas are harder to work through and yield like 30% less calories, also you have to chew them which is good for your jaw & facial muscles.:bateman-ontological:

      high end endurance athletes like rowers and runners eat a lot of carbs upwards of 300g but I see people banking energy using complex carbs. I don't know anyone who drinks sugar while working out. I take oranges with me as a snack if I'm going to bike really far.

      For fats specifically for like a huge ass super muscly but not scary looking dude you take up to 55g of fats 150+ grams of protein & carbs each typically. (Protein going up based on physique really and carbs being there for energy of course, because the body loves to eat muscles alive unfortunately protein is a great energy source)

      Btw vegan protein powder is cheaper

      • TreadOnMe [none/use name]
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        2 years ago

        I know alot of body builders, basketball, football and rugby players who, through their 20's, would basically eat a bag of candy a day. Now, mind you, they were also all on junk, but the point was that they were eating like shit and seeing great results regardless. Now, that can't work in the long run, nor is it sustainable, but for your average American who isn't looking to get yoked or cut, simple calorie reduction will get a world of help, and worrying exactly what kind of food you are eating is way more work than it's worth and not sustainable unless adopted in small forming habits.

        If you really get into the science of it all, pretty much everything we eat is bad for us, with processed food being worse over-all, but it's also unclear exactly how bad it is, because human double blind trials are difficult. The only simple solution is and always has been calories in/calories out.

        All of that stuff you are talking about is true, but you are deep in the fucking weeds right now, which is super unhelpful. For god's sake you are talking about facial muscle crap like some sort of /r9k nerd. Come back to the fairway. What this person seemed to be looking for was simple shit to do to feel better, not carb/fat ratios. That is the advice I was providing.