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I Wish I Knew How to LOSE You--The Weight Loss Thread (check first post)
Jeff Wrangler:
So, it's that time of year again. My body is craving carbs, and all it wants to do is eat and sleep. :(
CellarDweller:
Ugh, I feel you on that.
I'm just grateful that my ankle has healed and I can get back to the treadmill, for a short period of time at a slow speed.
Then I can build it up again from there.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on January 09, 2014, 01:09:52 pm ---One of the reasons I'm glad I'm not working in an office anymore!
--- End quote ---
At the newspaper office where I work, people rarely bring in treats just to be nice to everyone (there are a lot of pepole). But occasionally there'll be a birthday with cupcakes or some staff event that involves treats. Plus, every year around the holidays the paper holds a cookie recipe contest for readers. The food staff picks out the best looking eight or ten and bakes up batches of them. After the judges try them all, the rest get set out for employees.
Since I more or less quit eating sugar two years ago, I have reached the point where I can see that stuff sitting out and, although it looks kind of tasty and I'm curious enough to vaguely wish I could try some, I don't much care. I can pass it up with little craving or regret.
Whereas in the old days my big problem would be wondering how many I could take without raising eyebrows.
Over the past two years, I've cumulatively eaten about as much sugar as I probably have eaten in a single day -- around Halloween or Christmas, especially -- in the old days.
Last weekend I got kind of careless, though. My son was out in the country skateboarding with his friends and they decided to stop by the apple orchard where I used to take my sons when they were children. He brought home some apples, but also an apple pie -- I had a few small pieces, partly out of nostalgia and partly because it was really good pie.
But that could lead to a dangerous slippery slope. The more sugar you eat, the more you want.
Jeff Wrangler:
Tell you what, 25 years ago I was really good at planning an entire week's meals before I went grocery shopping. I seem to have lost that skill, and I can't seem to get it back. :(
On the other hand, if we have a transit strike here beginning Monday, I'm going to get lots of really good cardiovascular exercise walking to and from work next week. :-\
Jeff Wrangler:
I really do hate that my life seems to revolve around food: Reading labels, trying not to eat too much of it, trying to vary my menus so I'm not eating the same thing all the time--and constantly worrying about all of it. :(
And at the risk of going OT, the thought occurs to me as I write this that I guess women and gay men have to deal with the same issue of socially/culturally/societally imposed notions of what constitutes an attractive body. :(
Gee, I'm in a cheerful mood for a Saturday! ;D
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