Hey,
After relapsing in the end of 2015, I am back. My roommate wants to be healthier and I said let’s be healthier together. I told him about Keto, but he wasn’t interested. Previously, I went from about 102kg to 82kg, gained muscle from doing gym 3-4 times a week, did well in university due to no “fog” and my work ethic improved drastically. Then I went back to stress eating and I went back up to 100kg. I have been steady at 95kg for a while now.
My roommate is pretty much eating nothing. He said, “I’m so hungry right now. I’ve only had 2 boiled eggs, toast for breakfast and had 2 pieces of fish with veg.”
From what he tells me, he’s pretty much not eating enough. I said to him that he would slow his metabolism down and even gain weight if he didn’t eat right. He said that this was how his best mate became fit.
I told him how I lost my weight; eating eggs in butter, bacon, steak, chicken in fatty sauces, lots of cheese and a whole range of tasty foods. He said about the typical “you need carbs”, the same thing that everyone seems to believe. My goal is to prove him wrong and keto is so good for us. He thinks he needs sugar, pasta, potatoes and all those things.
I am taking it slow and just starting with changing what I eat and doing my normal amount of activity at work. Once the dust has settled, I am going to go out and buy myself a power cage to reward myself. I just had a blood draw this morning and look forward to seeing the results of my starting point.
Weight loss is not my main goal, it is a benefit of achieving my main goals though. My main goals are:
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To improve brain cognition and function
This was a massive benefit that I noticed last time. I could concentrate on tasks, university studies were easy, information retention was increased. -
To save money
I stress eat and that means I eat takeout - a lot - which means I have no money. I would buy groceries with the intent to eat right and then just spend every last dollar on takeout. By the end of the week I had to throw most of the groceries out. Last time I paid off my credit cards and actually had money in my savings account. So. Saving goals: new car, and nice tripod for my camera.
My questions to any readers here:
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does anyone here have a power cage that they use at home? And do they keep using it? I am afraid that I will stop using it after I buy it.
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What are your tips/coping mechanisms for preventing stress eating and binge eating after a shit day?
I am glad this community is here now. I used the reddit facebook group for a while, but I found that the posts were too numerous, too much fighting and had no structure that a forum can provide.
Thanks for reading and I look forward to your comments.
- Maxwell Parker