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user-inactivated  ·  3118 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: July 20, 2016

    have <...> brought my motivation levels back, I've resumed taking my antidepressant, have seen friends in person and even managed to have the first date night in over 6 months!

Yeah! You've been doing great, it seems. I'm glad for you, man!

    Pokemon go has made me walk 35km and I feel I have lost weight

Wonderful. This one game is a gift to many, in unexpected ways. :)

    I've ended my sugar binge and an working on eating healthy again.

How did you go about that? I've been fairly addicted to sweet things for as along as I remember myself and have only recently started to go off it, seeing how it makes me fat.





Cedar  ·  3118 days ago  ·  link  ·  

In terms of sugar, I've had some success replacing it with healthier options like Stevia but really just lowering the amount of consumption helps. I find that if I stop having "sweet" did for a while I am much happier having more savoury snacks and it becomes harder (or less desirable) to return to sweet things.

I have some healthy eating resources I can probably scan and share if you would be interested.

edricarica  ·  3117 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Snacking on protein instead of sugar really worked for me cutting down on sweet stuff.

Now not only do I not crave sugar, but I find sweet stuff pretty nauseating, generally.

user-inactivated  ·  3115 days ago  ·  link  ·  

What kind of protein did you replace sugar with?

Cedar  ·  3117 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Even something as simple as some carrot sticks can be great to fill that hunger craving, my default action now when I am hungry for a snack is to check the cupboards (learned behaviour, must stop, naughty naughty) and make myself a large glass of water. That not only helps fight the craving, makes me feel refreshed, but also removes me from the kitchen so I'm not tempted to go back for a sugary snack.

user-inactivated  ·  3115 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I would appreciate it if you do scan them.