Are you fat, sad and lonely or any combination of the above? - General

Do you want to fix everything about your life? Weight, depression, loneliness, loss of ambition; all of these things are a bit related no? Want a magic-fix-all? Here it is: [I]Aww man, if i just had the drive to lose this weight i would! and then when the weight's off ill get a girl! and then when i get my girl ill be able to accomplish my wildest dreams! [B]if i just had the drive.. [/B][/I] You would be amazed by how much your diet affects your life. I bet people already ran for the hills when they read that! Oh shit, here comes another faggot telling me to eat right. Yes, maybe i am just another faggot. But i'm a faggot who wants to help. And if you ask me... that makes me a special kind of faggot. Is it possible that many of these negative thoughts about yourself could be fixed if you eat better, drink more water and spend a little bit a day being active? Middle school-Highschool i ate junk, i was never over weight but i just ate shit for food. I would stay up all night playing CS:S. And then i would be dead all day at school. After graduating, i lost some interest in gaming, not completely it just doesn't take up near as much of my life anymore. I also tried eating better; though i wasn't fat, i wasn't fit. I tried counting calories with MyFitnessPal for a little bit, i didn't end up sticking with it, but it DID make me a lot more conscious about the nutrient content of the food i was eating. You'd be surprised by what [I]is [/I]in fact junk food. I'm really easy to rile up, when i get behind something it's like a revolution for me. But i realize not everyone is like that so try this: Start somewhere easy. Cut the soda. It dehydrates you and can make you feel hungry. Water is shitty, but you'll get used to it. After drinking water all day for a couple days you will already start feeling more energy, your skin will clear up and water also kills hunger a bit. It would be better to cut out all the junk food, but for some that just isn't enough. If you MUST have junk food ([sp]and if you do, you're lying[/sp]) limit yourself to small servings and drink water with it. Snacking on junkfood is what kills your energy, so try some sort of nuts, i like almonds, they're packed with protein and they actually fill you up a lot quicker than you'd expect. I also like sunflower seeds because i get all of my salt with little actual food, opposed to chips. Whatever snack you choose, [B]water[/B] is the key. Drinking water while you eat makes you eat less, or it will at least make you hungry for less. That is the key you guys should be focusing on, eating less and eating better. Though it's a big part.... it's not the only part. ********************************************** This is that part. The part you've been dreading. The part that once you start, it's really not all [I]that [/I]bad. There are a million excuses to not go jogging. But try asking yourself what's important to you. If you decide to go for a short jog, and it really doesn't have to be that long, here's how to do it. 1.Go outside. 2.Put on your shoes. (in hawaii we take off our shoes before entering the house. This step may be reversed for you) 3.Walk for a little bit. 4.Start jogging. You can go as slow as you want, and you'll get tired quick. It's not because you're fat or weak, it's because you're out of shape, and even lean people get out of shape. 5.Walk when you need to, but try to jog for the most part. The idea is to get tired, running fast or running for long isn't what's important here, it's that you're sweating and just actually going outside. 6.When you are finished, walk around until you catch your breath. After your breath is caught do a little stretching, hop in the shower and then do whatever you want guilt free. Can you spare 10-15 min of browsing the forum to do this? After i run, i feel a few things. First off i'm exhausted. But it's different from a eating-snacks-all-day-and-play-gw2 kind of tired. This tired actually feels good imo. Also it makes it to where i don't feel shitty about myself. I've been living in a new city for almost 2 years now. I'm not going to school, just working. I know some people, [I]some, [/I]but i don't really have any good friends. I feel pretty lonely sometimes, and making a positive impact on my life while i have all this time to focus on me, is probably a lot smarter than sitting around feeling sorry for myself. After reading through the "What i dislike about myself" thread i thought, hmm Facepunch could benefit from getting its shit together. The hardest part, is standing up, pushing in your chair, and going outside. Resources: [URL="http://www.myfitnesspal.com/"]MyFitnessPal[/URL] [URL="http://www.choosemyplate.gov/weight-management-calories/weight-management/what-consume.html"]What To Eat[/URL] Trust me you will feel so good after you run. Most people won't try though. Like i said there are a million excuses.* It's free, and fast. Those two words line every scam anywhere. [B][highlight]*And if you have an excuse please don't post it here.[/highlight] [/B][B][highlight]*And if you have an excuse please don't post it here.[/highlight] [/B][B][highlight]*And if you have an excuse please don't post it here.[/highlight][/B]

This would probably fit better here: [url]http://facepunch.com/forumdisplay.php?f=394[/url]

[QUOTE=cdlink14;40375589]This would probably fit better here: [url]http://facepunch.com/forumdisplay.php?f=394[/url][/QUOTE] but lazy and depressed fat people (this thread's target audience) probably wouldn't be browsing WTF.

Title was misleading, this is marketed towards fat people and I'm not one of them.

[QUOTE=Tinter;40378316]Title was misleading, this is marketed towards fat people and I'm not one of them.[/QUOTE] Your diet affects your head whether you're fat or not, I was never fat but I was depressed and able to pinpoint it to my eating and drinking habits. I'm no healthnut. I still eat junky food in small quantities. This thread wasn't really about losing weight. The purpose is to clean the mind, which your diet directly impacts.

I agree, eating cyanide effectively shuts down all my sad feelings, and everything else for that matter.

What if we're too depressed to eat healthy?! But seriously, I'm a really picky eater and I do need to start eating healthier. I'm trying REALLY hard to cut back on soda. I've also been using this old exercise bike I have in my basement. I don't ride it for very long, but it helps.

Having a fast metabolism is great.

[QUOTE=Scot;40380759]Having a fast metabolism is great.[/QUOTE] I know! I can eat anything I want, that I'll always weight 60kg. I've been 60kg for years and years. I must be the weight dracula or something!

I'm lonely, I should play some CS:S Zombie escape on my fav. server and chat with regulars again.

Loneliness is the biggest one for me, I've been single for nearly 5 years now, and only recently have I been connecting with a girl; but she's in a complicated relationship with a guy that lives in Colorado so I'm not holding out any real hopes about it. I get the feeling that my heart's gonna be broken yet again (once a year this happens, every time) I'm not overweight, but my body has been misshapen from not working out and sitting on the PC for hours on end living a better life than the one I have. I recently cut down on my smoking, though. I chose to smoke because I was lonely, stressed, and bored; all of those are horrible reasons to start. I bought one of the better e-cigs so I'm down to 1, maybe 2 a day and I feel much better. There's nowhere to really jog outside of my apartment unless I take a drive into town and go to the park due to narrow, busy roads with no sidewalk. Jogging does help with the depression temporarily, but I lack the motivation to make it a habit. I've come to the conclusion that my lack of motivation and sadness stems from my bitter loneliness, the longing for companionship, and being denied that for half a decade. As much as I wish I could be happy being single, I simply cannot.