thought for the day

[zenith_the_high]

I need to go on a starvation diet. my stomach is now officially entering a stage where I could reasonably describe it as bulging and/or pendulous. I am grossing myself out. my eating habits are bullshit, much as I try to deny it. I just ate a cheeseburger and some sort of fried cheese at my moms house. yuck. I am now trying to talk myself out

Comments

[wellsheeyit]

Right there with you.

I've been bitching about gaining weight and totally just ate most of a papa johns pizza. If only food weren't so goddamned delicious.

[thomasrhymer]

Go on a diet if that's your choice, but don't go on a starvation diet. We've all heard it - eating right and getting a little bit of exercise is the best way to go. It doesn't have to be a lot of exercise - consistency/regular exercise is the key.

A starvation diet will tell your body to go into hoarding mode, since it'll think there's not going to be enough food. You'll lose weight, but you'll be losing a good chunk of muscle, and your body will hoard the fat that's already there.

[zenith_the_high]

see, I want to sign up for the new fangled body of a modern person who has enough calories and doesn't have to hoard them all for future periods of starvation. stupid overly efficient body.

[bambina_cricket]

If you want to get together and talk about healthy weightloss- I'd be happy to share my experience with you :) Starvation diets inevitably lead to a stifled metabolism and immune response which just cause you to A) gain a bunch of weight when you start eating again -and- B) lose muscle mass which raises your overall bodyfat percentage. neither of those things are desirable. obviously :P

[zenith_the_high]

I know, I was really just kidding....I have a wonderful book called the superfoods diet which I am going to try to cook from as often as possible. I am just particularly digusted with my apparent inability to say no to bad foods and get my ass off the couch.

I have found that eating well takes more preparation and money. I have been short on both time and funds this summer, so that may be affecting it.

Thanks for the encouragement. I need to get my bike fixed, make a set schedule for going to the gym immediately after work, and plan my food out on Sundays.

[bambina_cricket]

Also, *hugs*

Remember you are still gorgeous, even when you feel shitty :)

[bambina_cricket]

Also, also- I just realized you might be a great person to ask about this!

I am looking for one of those fancy asian-style woven straw hats. Do you know a good place to get one? Or what to search for? I guess I don't even know what they're called.

[zenith_the_high]

not sure- Eric has a big samurai hat fetish, but those you have to order from Japan. The smaller pointy ones are actually chinese or thai I think. I would do an image search to see which type you actually like and go from there. I've seen small cheap ones at the costume places in town like bazaar.

[zenith_the_high]

ditto, lady!