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Originally Posted by Lyman  It's been a pretty rough couple days. Being a man of trivial concerns I rarely find myself that bothered with my state of affairs, but a rather unfortunate combination of events sort of exploded in my face recently and, not surprisingly, my thoughts turned to food as vestige. I wish I could be more proud (I certainly hope I will be in retrospect) to say that I was able to stay on 'the wagon' and not binge out on junk food - nor go out and get myself hammered. In fact, once I'd gotten over the worst of it my appetite disappeared completely, and all through this weekend I've had to remind myself to eat. Frankly it's all a little bizarre. But I guess as long as I'm keeping my mind on other things and not undereating I should see it as the silver lining of a sucky situation. When it simmers down and I pull myself together I'll have gotten a lot of work done and hopefully lost a chunk of weight. |
Do you have any other stress relievers or hobbies you get involved in during these tougher times? Sports? Exercise? Something active where you get ouf of the house? I sometimes drink a little extra coffee and water as a means to suppress my appetite during times when I know I am going to be tempted to eat more. 
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Originally Posted by Lyman Elsewhere my daily activities are gradually increasing. I've taken to jogging home from school (I considered jogging on the way in as well but for the sake of my other classmates I'll spare them my sweaty puffiness) which is just under a mile, and on days when I don't have to go in I devised a new routine that takes me a longer way round to the cafe and gets my distance up to four miles of walking over the course of the day. I've also taken to running on the spot which is doubtless due to all the caffeine. |
That's a great start. That should help quite a bit. I remember in college I used to ride a bike around campus just so I could dget some exercise without getting too sweaty. The other thing I used to do was go to the school recreation center (gym) in between classes. 
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Originally Posted by Lyman My latest resolve is to completely cut out sweets (excluding light yoghurts or sometimes breakfast bars which rarely exceed 100 calories each) and I'm sticking to either water, black coffee or fruit smoothies at the cafe. As well as a nice sanctuary in which I can get work done, nobody I know goes there so it's a good place to be socially antisocial. It's also enclosed in a bookstore, which serves as a good filter for the standard of clientele (not being a snob, I just mean the abrasive 'yoofs' that tend to congregate in cafes en masse to exchange incredibly loud banalities and compete in displays of witlessness). When I have more joviality in me I'll be sure to follow up with a little more interesting detail as to my progress. My weight has maintained this week but I've gone done a belt size. Curioser and curioser... |
Excellent work cutting out sweets and bad drinks; be careful about fruit smooties, most are loaded with a ton of sugar and calories.
It's very conceivable this extra exercise has allowed you to put in a few pounds of muscle, all the while losing a few pounds of fat. You wouldn't see a difference on the scale, but you would trim down, and could very easily lose a belt size. I would keep up what you are doing if you're getting thinner. :scale: