#Lifestyle choices

[ceevee5]

[blackzer0]

When depression hits you and you're taking unhealthy lifestyle choices with pure joy.

I was in copycat modus!

[rainyfestivalsweets]

3/9/25

I made it home. I had an extra meal when I got home and some extra snacks. Probably comfort eating because I had a rough pain day.

However, i think my little getaway was good.

I do need to be more mindful of how much I am eating tho, and probably re-calibrate that a little. In a smaller body now, I don't have the metabolism to support a large intake. Which is obviously why I have been gaining weight, i am no longer in a deficit.

But like I keep telling myself, you only lose if you give up. If you just continually work on tweaking things to maintain your lifestyle, eventually things will line up, even if it takes awhile.

I know that we are sold a line of BS on weight loss being fast. But the primary reason I have achieved some success is because I decided that this time, when I screwed up I was going to gather myself and get back after it.

So here I am, giving myself unlimited compassion and grace for this process. Brick by brick my friends, brick by brick.

Some wins! 2 meals at an amazing healthy restaurant called Crisp and Green. Did double protein both times, they do amazing bowls and feature alot of nice veggies.

2 meals at favorite restaurants where I left food on my plate. This never would have happened at my starting weight.

I didn't need all the snacks I brought. But there was a kitchen so I could have whipped myself something up if needed. I did eat a nice bowl of salad as a snack. A bag of carrots chips. There were other sweets treats of course, but I avoided the concessions and avoided spending extra money.

I had tea! It was lovely. Treated to focus on water when I had a bathroom available.

One thing I also need to be more mindful of is community support. As a 300 pounder, my community is larger. Which means extra meals, snacks, drinks are normalized at the same time that less activity is normalized. The person I was traveling with is over 300, so basically my going to the gym, taking the stairs, and looking for more activity would be odd to them, but I also need those things to maintain because I burn less calories. I naturally need about 1500 calories less to maintain my current weight.

So... yes. I am going to focus on being strong enough to be odd.

Odd is: I am going to continue focusing on saying No when I am not hungry, making choices that align with my goals at restaurants, & making mostly home cooked meals. I am going to find people that support a different level of activity. I need running friends, biking friends, and Jiu jitsu friends. I am going to be eating within MY levels, not someone else's.

[salonnierealexis]

Sentiments like these have made some worry that heteropessimism is not only a form of pessimism about heterosexuality but about feminism, too. That would line up with other signs of resignation around activism in the wake of Mr. Trump’s latest victory, as some anti-Trump voters said they feared the dangers of protesting or saw no use in it. It would also track with the longtime fears of many feminists that young women — perhaps adopting a warped understanding of the maxim “the personal is political” — are embracing individual lifestyle choices over collective struggle.

Men? Maybe Not.

The election made clear that America’s gender divide is stark. What’s a heterosexual woman to do?

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[crmsnmth]

Go Back Home

I was dumb enough to believe in my words on poems and line that don't make sense and I find myself giving my everything to try and make the words a bit more intense I can't talk to strangers and hell is a crowd Yet, I always turn the music up loud Who the hell is dumb enough to ever take my advice?

I've got nowhere else to go so fuck it, I'll just go back home

I was desperate enough to fuck it all up I slept on benches and quiet side streets Call the cops but keep yourself grounded

I've got nowhere else to go so fuck it, I'll just go back home

I boldly dove in too bad it was in the shallow end and nothing makes sense and I can't even read Lost my skill for making poignant facts and clever one liners for a crowd made only in my head So I resort to cheap trickery and lose any soul I had at least in this side of the world

I've got nowhere else to go so fuck it, I'll just go back home

I desperately needed connection something I lost when she said goodbye and nothing more it's quiet but we're still surrounded As we sit and pick at our open sores Get ready to scatter and hit the alleys Meet up by the traffic lights Who the hell is dumb enough to take my advice?

I've got nowhere else to go so fuck it, I'll just go back home

[this-antisocial-crank]

Life Lesson

Sometimes, it is you. You are the problem.

Some of the choices and decisions you have made and continue to make are absolutely terrible.

But, you're a dumbass.

And so, you'll continue walking down the same path, wondering why nothing has changed.

[zaftigpink]

[saber-monet]

what is YOUR American dream?

like obviously there the generic American dream, which is owning a home in suburbia, having a partner and 3.5 kids. But that's just what has been told us. What is your American dream like outside of the programing?

What is your American dream? You know too much about the American landscape and the different types of communities and living styles available to everyone.

Do you wanna live near a retirement community in Florida? Just going on walks and having a solid group of people that you see every day?

Do you want to live on an isolated ranch in North Dakota? Only going into town once a week to get necessities?

Do you want to live in New York City? Being a social butterfly and floating between friend groups and communities at your leisure?

Do you want to live an organic hippie lifestyle on a commune in Arizona?

and something I like to do when planning or envisioning these types of lifestyles Is acknowledging that this will probably only go on for about 5-10 years.

10 years is the maximum amount of time I will probably spend engaging with that lifestyle and that way of being before i want something new. The limitation of the time Span kills the limerence, and makes me approach my desires in a more "realistic" way.

[techdriveplay]

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[personalgrowthoasis]

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[tapan4evr]

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[grumpajoesplace]

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[this-antisocial-crank]

Life Lesson

Don't moan about situations which you have some level of control over.

If you do not enjoy what you are doing, stop doing it.

And, if the situation is out of your control, change your outlook or just remove yourself completely from the situation.

Quit bitchin' about how bad your life is, unless you just enjoy bitchin'... then just keep on keep keeping on bitchin', init.

[kids-worldfun]

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