New year, new you?
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Well, I wanted to be a Militant Apathist but it seemed like too much effort.
Props to all on their dreams and/or realism.
More for the coming year:
Finish making a game in Unity (I've started this so many times).
Walk up Yr Wyddfa (previously Snowden)
I paid off my mortgage, which was a big deal for me, and it was my first full year alcohol-free, which was probably an even bigger deal really.
More for the coming year:
Finish making a game in Unity (I've started this so many times).
Walk up Yr Wyddfa (previously Snowden)
Best of luck to you both. Both of my kids are trying to super save to get something. It is so crazy around here. Last Summer my daughter voiced her disappointment that she saw a simple cape with an asking price that was insane. The asking price for similar are up about 10% since then!
As it is Winter now, the inventory stinks so maybe between rising interest rates and increased inventory, we'll see things get saner but she also tells me that interest rates will continue to rise so she is expected to see a rise in her monthly payments even if prices come down a bit. Still, there is hope as she tells me that she hit her savings goals this year. The boy up and got himself a 2nd job as did his fiance. They are determined to make this happen next year.
Also, going to be Sober January. I gotta get me back into some 36s. I haven't been 32 since 6th grade!
May your recovery be very fast and comfortable.
Why is this not on an aspirational T-shirt? Who couldn't get behind this slogan?
My main goal, as stereotypical as it sounds, is to lose weight. I'm probably going to start Nutrisystem at first but I desperately need to lose weight safely. I'm working a physical job that requires me to be on my feet for my entire shift, and I'm over 100 pounds overweight. That is a bad combination.
ETA: As for anything notable I did...get a job. Took me almost a year to manage, which was getting frustrating. It's not a glamorous job I have, but I make more money than I did when I didn't have a job, and actually more money than the last job I did have, so I'll take it. I also started on a project where I'm reviewing every official animated Disney movie (also known as the Disney Animated Canon). I've made a lot of progress so far, and it's gotten me to improve my writing skills a fair bit, I think.
ETA: As for anything notable I did...get a job. Took me almost a year to manage, which was getting frustrating. It's not a glamorous job I have, but I make more money than I did when I didn't have a job, and actually more money than the last job I did have, so I'll take it. I also started on a project where I'm reviewing every official animated Disney movie (also known as the Disney Animated Canon). I've made a lot of progress so far, and it's gotten me to improve my writing skills a fair bit, I think.
The fitness subreddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/Fitness/) is a really good source of information. It's focused mostly on lifitng weights, but there's some good info in their wiki (https://thefitness.wiki/).
My one friend bought a townhouse, probably 2 years back now, and sold it after about a month for a profit because he hated the neighbor. He's been looking for something else the whole time and he was willing to go low 200s but now with the interest rates, the highest he can go is like 160 he said.
You just need to KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) with regards to diet. Give up the stuff you know is bad for you (which you probably already know like 90% of the bad stuff like chips and whatnot), do a bit a research and figure out the other 10% that is bad that you didn't know. And simply don't eat that stuff outside of only occasionally. You don't have to eat stuff you don't like, there's plenty of stuff that's good (any real food; egg, meat, fruit/vege, dairy, etc.). for you that you do like so eat that vs torturing yourself eating food you don't like and saying "fuck it" and giving up. You gotta make it work for you or it won't work. First thing to give up is all sugary drinks (fake sugars too), they're all horrible for you. Next would probably be fried foods. I haven't ate an order of fries in probably 9 months outside of the last week (friends wanted to go to Red Robin and there's literally no healthy side option there that I like so I got fries and for New Years the place I went to had a limited menu and fries were like the only side option). Pretty much all breads and grain foods (like pastas) are really bad for you in America because they are all processed so much (they are hardly real food anymore), but that doesn't mean you can't have burgers with buns or sandwiches if you really can't do those without the bread (which I really can't, I don't like lettuce so I can't do sandwiches wrapped in lettuce), just give up other breads that are easier like a roll with dinner or bagel in the morning and whatnot. Refined grains are higher on the glycemic index than table sugar. I'd advise for the 1st week or 2 to give up carbs as much as you possibly can to switch your body from using carbs as fuel to using your fat as fuel, that should help greatly to curl your appetite, then you can simply only eat when you're actually legit hungry. Naturally occurring carbs are fine like potatoes or sugar from fruit (I bet like 90% of the carbs you're eating aren't naturally occurring and are mainly added sugars or refined grains). Eating healthy and not overeating is not really about having discipline and denying yourself food, but getting to the point where you don't have to be disciplined because you're simply not hungry and don't have cravings. If you don't get to a point where it's not a struggle, it's just not gonna work in the long run. I only eat lunch and dinner and can skip lunch if I want as I'm usually not that hungry for lunch but do usually have a small lunch, just soup and a banana usually, anything more and I get a pretty full feeling. On the occasional day that I just stay in, I very often do dinner because it'll be like 2 or 3 by the time I'm noticeably hungry and I'm like it's almost dinner time (around 5-6) and can easily hold out till then because I know if I eat now, I won't be hungry for dinner then.
*Frantically googles for an unrelated study about superpowers in dogs*
I'll keep that in mind. I'm not too concerned about the fitness side of things, due to my job, and one of my sister's friends is a personal trainer, so I can also get advice from him. My real issue is diet. I'm admittedly horrible at maintaining a healthy diet for long without falling into temptations, and when I do that I tend to just completely blow it, hence why I signed up for Nutrisystem. That way, I have my meals set out for 5 out of the 7 days, complete with snacks, and there is no "maybe just a bit more" going on.
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I used to try and visit a new country every year, but stopped during the pandemic. I'd like to start that back up again this year since most places have fully reopened, and I have a lot of vacation time to burn (the company I work for doubled the amount of vacation time we get, so I get a month off now each year, but I only actually used like a week and a half of vacation last year). I currently have over 6 weeks of unused vacation time accrued with more added each pay period.
Other than that no really significant goals. I bought a condo last year, and I'm sticking with my current job, which I actually enjoy. I'm honestly in a pretty decent place in my life.
Other than that no really significant goals. I bought a condo last year, and I'm sticking with my current job, which I actually enjoy. I'm honestly in a pretty decent place in my life.
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A healthy diet is easier than people think. You shouldn't cut out things that you want to eat because then there's no way you'll actually maintain the diet, instead just eat a little less until you hit your desired weight. Like eating chips? Keep eating them, but eat less. Did you eat 2 bowls of chips in a day? Just eat one. You still satisfy the craving while reducing your overall intake. I don't think that things like Nutrisystem actually work very well because it forces you to completely change your diet, which isn't sustainable long term for most people.
Your body gets used to a certain amount of food intake, so rapidly reducing the amount of food you eat is also generally difficult because it leaves you feeling hungry, but if you do it gradually your body doesn't notice. So if you generally eat 3 large meals in a day, eat the same number of meals but have lunch and dinner be 10% smaller, and then once you're used to that reduce the amount a little further until you're eating significantly less, but still don't feel hungry.
If you want to get a little more intense you can try intermittent fasting. Just completely skip breakfast every other day and you'll start losing weight pretty rapidly, though that's something that may be more difficult if you work is pretty physical since you probably need those morning calories.
I stopped trying to fit in 3 meals a day and just make sure I eat at least something (even as small as a granola bar) in the morning, then have lunch and dinner. It's helped plenty so far. This year I plan on reducing my overall intake over time, though my body is actually starting to do that on its own. Amounts of food I used to be able to eat now make me feel gross and over-filled, so I've had to dial things back slightly. This year I turn 30, so I think this is a sign of me getting old. Yaaayyy?
I'm gonna get a countertop food scale next time I'm out shopping, cause I should probably start paying attention to serving sizes a bit better
My dietary advice, as a man who doesn't really care much about food, is to pre-prepare (yes you can do that) meals where possible so it's ready to chuck in when you get home. You've already put the fucking thing together, you might as well eat it, that sort of thing. Something like NutriSystem (I'm guessing what that is) are prob good for that?
Once your body starts using fat for energy, you won't be craving the same amount of food so the notion of slowly lowering food intake to get used of eating less food is not really too useful. Also, you need to cut out garbage foods like chips, but just replace them with something else that you do like, popcorn is way better or nuts even better. Don't try to eat say carrots if you don't like them. You really need to limit garbage foods to stuff like parties are something.
But granola bars are horrible for you, eat something you like that's good for you. I haven't paid a single bit of attention to serving sizes. I just eat when hungry and eat until full. If you're eating properly, you'll naturally get how much you need.
Huh... so they are. Definitely not adding them back to my shopping list.
Thing is that my diet is not exactly well rounded, so I (subconsciously) tend to eat more of what I make to compensate. Gonna be making some changes to that overall first thing this year