I'm so fucking THICC and UNHEALTHY I'm gonna fuckn CRI

I don't wanna die young because my DUMB ASS can't handle being FUCKING RESPONSIBLE and committing to ANYTHING

FUCKING ADHD ASS BRAIN STOP CHASING DOPAMINE FOR FIVE FUCKING SECONDS AAAAAAAARGH

I used to be so fucking buff but as soon as I stopped excising to concentrate on my degree I got THICC.

But not the good kind of thicc, the die early kind.

The irony is I'm doing this degree for a job that REQUIRES ME TO BE FIT AAAAGH

  • WhatDoYouMeanPodcast [comrade/them]M
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    11 days ago

    Rule 3: Don’t shame or disparage people for their fitness level.

    I'm asking as an AMAB-cop that you add a line at the end being a little bit more positive about your body. It would make me happy if you acknowledge that you have the potential to find a way to strengthen (badum tish) your relationship to diet and exercise.

    I'm going to take it in good faith that you really do want to get in better shape. This next part isn't me talking to you as a cop. If there's anything that'll fuck you up real real good it's caring about the speed of your results. That's how you end up having to drop out of a fight because you got kicked in the face in practice because you didn't eat enough while cutting weight to fuel keeping your hands up. Ask me how I know.

    sentence about disordered eating

    That's how you get disordered eating and deal with consequences for far longer than you'd care to.

    All that you can do is your best and the rest will come to you in due time. You didn't gain the weight overnight and it's not coming off overnight. There's just so much good news about it though - because it doesn't take THAT long if you're dedicated (1lb/week). You can even plan it out [1].

    But all of that betrays my opinion of how to effectively lose weight. It's acknowledging that it's not a chore. It's not a burden to eat well and move your body. Like any other education, if it's taught right it's liberating. If you're stuck in your mind and it's spinning around in circles, knowing that grounding yourself in your body by moving it helps bigly is an invitation to know yourself better. If you went from feeling heavy and slow while digesting a big meal to having the option to not do that because you eat more mindfully is liberation. You don't have to exercise, you get to. If you're able bodied then you get to bare witness to your own strength and capacity improving (and, frankly, same if you're not but you have the will to fight

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    The processed shit doesn't taste THAT good, it's just THAT convenient. You'll have to invest some time and energy to plan and make sure you have better options, but it doesn't have to be THAT MUCH investment. There are quick, easy, healthy recipes with little cleanup. Ask me how I know. There are 1,000 ways to move your body and work up a sweat. If lifting feels like a self-flagellating ritual (unfortunate because bodybuilding is the path of least resistance/time for... building(/sculpting) the body) then you might find one of the pieces of a triathlon, swimming, biking, or running, more appealing. You might like hiking to beautiful views or you might find that cool people like to do combat sports. You might find a community doing LARP or yoga in the park. From my experience, a "fitness journey" wasn't a tale of how much I struggled to lose weight but meeting people who put me onto different ways to work out.

    TL;DR So if I could encourage you to do anything, it's 1) don't rush this so you don't fuck yourself over and 2) if it feels like a chore then engage with moving your body and eating fresher food differently.

    [1] https://www.losertown.org/eats/cal.php

  • TankieTanuki [he/him]
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    11 days ago

    my aunt bluejay got too fat to fly so she bought a unicycle to ride on a tightrope... doctor said its the next best exercise

  • Tomboymoder [she/her, pup/pup's]
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    11 days ago

    the headline makes it sound like they released a fat owl back into the wild despite not being able to fly because they were sick of it's shit.

  • TheSpectreOfGay [he/him, she/her]
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    11 days ago

    i have some tips as someone who eats for the dopamine hit a lot but you kinda need to like, stick to these things... i stopped sticking to it cos mental health problems and the 50 or so lbs i lost came right back

    • just gotta stop snacking. especially before bed for me. don't have easy access to snack food. the only food you should keep that is instant access is like... protein shakes and fruit and veggies and stuff
    • eat something yummy and filling at meals. don't do whatever diet nonsense, because the most important thing is the first thing on the list, it's better to get that dopamine hit at meal times than never or else it's hard to stick to. i usually go for rice dishes because they're delciious and filling and easy to make.
    • i found counting calories good for my autism brain for sticking to things
    • exercise wise i just went for a walk every morning and would do more proper exercise when i had the executive function to do so

    also i personally dont really get hunger signals until im starving and about to pass out, so i always try to eat at a scheduled time

  • SadArtemis [she/her]
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    11 days ago

    Does remind me, I thought of it offhandedly while playing webfishing with some other Hex users but, maybe we should start a "exercise/fitness" group thing, maybe akin to the pre-existing movie watching etc (Hexbear exercise regimen? Or something), or something more along the lines of just encouraging each other and helping hold each other accountable (to what extent that can be done anonymously, even just having someone give a damn and consistently show it can help immensely with these things though)