Weight Issues Update

[wallwalker]

Discussion of weight issues. I'm trying to be positive, at least. Also there are numbers.

I haven't been thinking of my weight lately. I'd been lifting for a while, but I stopped because I was sick of being sore all the time; I haven't even touched Fitocracy for ages. I should probably just accept that it makes me too obsessive about things, and let it go.

I'm still not thinking of my weight, particularly, but I am attempting to think of my body fat percent. I have a scale that measures it, and I know that those are often inaccurate, but I'm sure that 44% is still way too high. (The particular mix of medication that I'm currently taking probably does not help.) So I'm lifting weights again - we'll see how well I can stick to the plan, which is basically make sure I work the major muscle groups at least twice a week for now, and see how I feel as I get used to the pain. And I have a (cheap, old but still working) exercise bike I ride while I'm playing games, which motivates me both to ride the bike and to finish some of my backlog of games. It's working so far. (I know that I'm prone to overexercising - I used to ride a very similar old exercise bike back in high school for four hours a day, at times - but I think I'll be okay. It's not like I have that much time to waste, anymore. ;p)

I'm sure I'd be making more progress if I wasn't currently so addicted to sweets, especially soda. Why is giving it up so hard? I can't go through half a day without craving something sweet, to the point that I have to fight myself to not go out and get sometimes. Most of the time, I lose. I can't afford it, I know it damages my health (I don't want to judge anyone else's soda consumption, but for me, it's just a bad idea.) It should be an easy choice for me, but it's not.
(I am seriously considering not having cash or credit/debit cards with me when I go out to work. I'm trying to decide whether or not that's too dangerous to try - but if I take money with me, I usually end up wasting it, and if I don't have the money with me, I won't. And I don't have any money I can afford to waste anymore. Maybe it's time to try it.)

I wish I could find out my exact basal metabolism. It'd be nice to know how many calories I'm burning a day, and whether or not I might be able to do something about it. If there is such a treatment, though, it's probably really expensive.

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[crankyoldman]

I also have the soda problem; and while I am a pretty slight person I am starting to get to the age where it's gonna catch up to me (and judging by the increase in things I've had to remove from my wardrobe... it has begun). I blame the fact that I am at a computer all day, have access to free drinks at work, and have had an ulcer so I can't diet soda at all (like artificial sweetener chews through my stomach lining like no other). Thankfully I can keep it down to one a day or less, unlike when I was in undergrad and would go through a cube of canned soda in like... a week.

Of course, that's really the ONLY sweet thing I ever crave. My biggest problem is I crave salt and have a family with a history of heart problems! GREAT IDEA CENDRI.

But yeah after this internship I'm going to go off soda again I think because I won't be able to afford it. XD Thankfully I have a ridiculous collection of teas and a couple large containers with which to ice them for the colder days.

I hope it goes better, just wanted to pass you some empathy.

[wallwalker]

I didn't really have a problem with soda again until recently, when I moved in with my SO - his problem is that he needs as many calories as he can get, so he's always drinking soda. I've been trying to push him over towards other forms of liquid calories - he's underweight, so he needs them - that don't involve so many simple sugars. The problem is finding something that isn't heavily based around milk, since he's lactose-intolerant, or soy protein, because we suspect he has a soy allergy.
The point is that there's always soda around, so I generally end up drinking some of it. And I can't do what I'd normally do and throw it out, because it's not mine.

Ouch on the salt thing. I sympathize. ^^; Thanks for the empathy.