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vividmason162 said:I finally decided to overhaul my diet, starting this morning. Honestly, every single attempt I've made before has been a total disaster, but who knows... maybe this time actually sticks. I've put on a few extra pounds—nothing crazy, just annoying. And besides, there's really no point in stuffing myself with junk that does absolutely nothing for me. We'll see how it goes...
Just hang in there for a few days, then things start looking up. That constant, gnawing hunger eventually fades, and after a while, your body basically starts rejecting the garbage food. My friend gave me this huge bar of Rice Krispies treats today and I didn't even feel the urge to unwrap it. Two months ago? I would've polished the whole thing off in minutes. 😁I realized it’s basically just an addiction—an addiction to junk food. I had to accept that I'd have to deal with the withdrawals and the setbacks, kind of like when I quit smoking. Once you get past that, every day gets easier and you don't have to fight those cravings nearly as hard...
Grace Ramos54 said:Nutrition portal... Mess around with the app on plate www.myfood.com
www.myfood.com
As if there was anything actually working on this site anyway... 👎
We were having a bit of a back-and-forth over here about what actually counts as healthy food versus all that junk...
Elizabeth Patel67 said:Why? Honestly, things are finally starting to click for me... Now that I actually have my own paycheck coming in, some semblance of a schedule, and priorities that don't involve just surviving... Before this, you're either too young and clueless, or you're drowning in high school stress, or you're just a broke college kid living off dining hall mystery meat. Now? Now is the sweet spot.
Once you hit 25, gravity starts winning more often😁; but yeah, you're right, sticking to a clean diet is way easier when you're the one running the kitchen. Every time I go visit family, it's a disaster. Everyone’s out of shape, dealing with health issues, heart stuff... and every single dish is basically swimming in grease. 🙂
And if I try to whip up something healthy for them? They act like I'm serving them poison....
frozenotter14 said:So this weekend I picked up one of those diet books based on the Montignac method and decided to totally overhaul how I eat. Honestly, I’m not even hungry most of the time. If I have some whole grain bread in the morning, I'm good until lunch... if I had gone for a white bread sandwich instead, I probably would've been starving immediately. Just an example...
I have way more energy now. No afternoon slump, no crashing at night either. I'm drinking my coffee black and surprisingly, it actually tastes fine, even though I thought I could never pull that off. It’s working for me. I don't really see it as a "diet," just a lifestyle shift. Sure, I had a massive craving for a Snickers yesterday (I fought it off, though), but I told myself NO. I'm 21. I don't want to spend the rest of my life struggling with tiny clothing sizes or missing out on stuff I want to buy because I'm too self-conscious about my legs or whatever... I just want to actually live. I guess I still enjoy food, but it's about finding the right combinations, not the old way where I'd just binge on everything and end up feeling like a slug, unable to move... I finally realized you have to listen to your body and how it reacts to what you feed it. Now I'm already getting all deep and philosophical about it. Feeling kinda zen... 😁 😁 😁
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hey everyone
Bravo. It’s honestly great that you're figuring this stuff out at 21. Once you hit 25, getting your body back in shape gets a hell of a lot harder...😁
I'm curious what you guys think about this article: http://www.exyu-fitness.com/forum/in...pic=912.0;wap2
Specifically, this part caught my eye
The pancreas usually reacts pretty predictably to blood sugar spikes, but there are people whose pancreas always pumps out way too much insulin—it's basically a genetic "glitch" (often passed down through families).
People like that constantly have high insulin levels, which makes them pack on the pounds way faster than everyone else. It makes total sense why these folks end up being absolute junk food addicts. Their massive insulin levels basically "demand" huge amounts of carbs, leading to those crazy binge-eating episodes that just cause rapid weight gain.
Maybe that's why some people are super sensitive to "bad" food while others don't care at all. We all know that one person who can eat a single cookie and then call it a night without touching another bite for the rest of the evening. I was never one of 😍 those types... and honestly, this article gives a pretty solid excuse for it...
Elizabeth Patel67 said:Ugh... I've been sticking to this healthy eating thing (with varying levels of mental breakdowns) for months now... and honestly, every single day I’m craving something delicious... like chocolate, or Nutella, or ice cream, or those sugary snack bars... and every damn day I have to invent some new excuse for why I won't just buy it and eat it.
I get those cravings too, but it's way easier to keep them in check when I'm actually eating right. The urge just kind of sits there in the back of my mind, but if I give in even once, it turns into this unstoppable monster where I need more and more and I can't stop myself... it's a nightmare. But when I actually manage to fight it off, it gets a little easier every day... and if the sugar craving gets really bad, I'll just grab a bit of dark chocolate or whip up some healthy dessert instead.
Hannah Stewart said:Nah, again, I don't think it’s really that black and white...
I get it, it's not simple. You've got the addiction factor, the fact that most of that junk tastes amazing and gives you that quick hit of dopamine right after you eat it; plus we can't ignore emotional eating—using food to mask how you actually feel. I'm definitely one of those people who reaches for snacks whenever things get heavy...
But honestly, I still think people overlook the fact that you can manage those hunger pangs just by sticking to actual healthy food. Just look at all these endless, pointless threads about every single diet under the sun that these poor women put themselves through... 🙂.
Ethan Garcia8 said:Yeah, pretty much. That insulin spike just packs all that extra sugar away into fat cells, then leaves you crashing with hypoglycemia... so you end up starving all over again. It’s just how it works. I've seen it happen to me, I've seen it happen to you, and it happens to basically everyone else too.
It honestly feels like women take the brunt of this, especially during PMS when I get these totally irrational cravings. Like, I can't stand soda—never touch the stuff—but every few months during PMS, I'll go absolutely nuts for a Phantom. One of my coworkers went through something similar while she was pregnant. I'm guessing it's some weird hormonal thing, but I haven't found a real answer that actually makes sense yet. Everyone just treats it like it's some kind of joke...😢
Over the last year, I’ve been trying to actually put in some work on myself... both physically and mentally. I've been diving deep into healthy eating books, and honestly, out of everything I've read, the only thing that actually made sense was Montignac's whole deal with glycemic indices. Biology and chemistry were never really my thing, so I still struggle to wrap my head around blood glucose spikes, insulin, and the glycemic index 😵, but I did manage to grasp one thing: when we eat "bad" stuff—you know, refined sugar, processed grains, beer... it triggers this massive chain reaction in our bodies (fast absorption into the bloodstream, insulin surges, then a crash, which just makes you crave more sugar, or whatever... just Google 😬) that traps us in this endless loop where we're constantly hunting for more of the same crap.
I decided to test this theory on myself over the last few weeks. I basically purged all the trash from my diet. Now it's strictly whole grains, fish, lean protein, tons of veggies, olive oil... and if I have a sweet tooth, I go for fruit or make these killer strawberry frappes (yum). Coffee in the morning, herbal teas in the afternoon.
And man, things changed. I'm just... not hungry anymore. It used to be that I was thinking about food 24/7, just bouncing from an unstoppable sugar craving to a salt craving, then to pickles (any woman dealing with PMS will totally get what I mean 🙂).
I can barely believe it myself. Is it really that simple? Just cut out the garbage and break the cycle of obsessing over cookies, chips, popcorn, or those pickles that seem to multiply in the pantry... which then leads to gaining weight, feeling exhausted, getting depressed, and that heavy wave of guilt after you cave and eat something shitty.
And if it's actually this straightforward, why isn't this stuff taught in American schools? 😁
The whole thing starts raising questions... feels almost like a conspiracy theory? Why are we poisoning ourselves? Why is 90% of the aisles at Walmart stuffed with this unhealthy, refined, processed junk that just makes you fat? Why are we flooding our poor kids' lives with this filth and basically turning them into little junk food addicts from day one? But that's a whole different conversation.
Anyway, I'm curious if anyone else has gone through something similar?
hollowseal78 said:I went through something pretty similar, but I actually managed to get my act together for a bit and things improved—until now, and here we are again...
So, the main issue is this constant waking up in the middle of the night and just feeling chronically sleep-deprived. At first, I thought it was because I was eating huge dinners, so I figured that’s why I was getting up 4 or 5 times a night to hit the bathroom. I started eating way less in the evening—just some salad or maybe some granola with yogurt. Then I thought maybe it was just a crappy mattress, so I went out and bought a new one that’s super comfy. I used to stay up until 4 or 5 AM, but now I’m hitting the sack around 2 or 3. For a little while, the whole midnight bathroom run thing stopped, but for the last two weeks, I've been waking up basically every hour. Sometimes I have to pee, sometimes I’m just tossing and turning. It’s brutal—literally waking up every single hour. On top of that, it takes forever to drift off, even though I don't get much sleep, so I'm totally wiped during the day. Usually, I’m the type who loves sleeping in (like 10–12 hours easy), but now I can barely scrape together 8. It’s not even like I’m busy—I’m actually studying for an entrance exam right now and don't have much else going on—it’s just... it won't happen. And it shows. I’ve got massive dark circles under my eyes, I'm exhausted, I'm getting headaches, all that stuff. Today I actually had to take a nap during the day because I had zero energy left, but even that was useless—waking up every little bit during a 2.5-hour nap. The weird thing is, whenever I do wake up, I can fall back asleep pretty easily, but the sleep itself is just total garbage. Now I'm wondering if it’s all just nerves. I’ve got a lot on my plate right now: there's this entrance exam coming up that I'm honestly pretty nervous about failing, my boyfriend's dad is seriously ill and I'm heavily involved in helping out, plus there's some legal drama involving an inheritance... I try my hardest during the day to push all that stuff to the back of my mind so I can focus on studying. Most of the time it works, but once I lay down at night, everything just starts swirling around in my head, which is probably why I can't settle down. Is it possible that's why my sleep is so bad? Like, is this happening on some subconscious level? I don't know, I'm no expert, but it’s making it incredibly hard to function, especially since I need to be sharp and focused to study...
About a month ago, I hit such a peak stress level that I didn't sleep for two nights straight. My mom, who has heart issues, ended up giving me half of her 3mg Xanax doses—so like 1.5mg—on that third night, and man, I slept like a rock. Now, it's gotten to the point where I'm seriously considering taking some just so I can feel human for one night.
Do you guys have any solutions?
Thanks in advance
Sounds like you're dealing with short-term insomnia. The kind that hits when life gets messy and stress levels spike... can drag on for months. Honestly, I get hit with this once a year whenever I'm grinding through some massive, soul-crushing project at work. It’s not even that I can't fall asleep—I usually crash early, like 10 or 11 PM—it’s that I’m wide awake by 4 or 5 in the morning. Just lying there for an hour staring at the ceiling before I can drift off again... and by the time the alarm goes off, I'm already dead on my feet. You need uninterrupted sleep if you actually want to feel human.
Try tackling whatever's actually stressing you out first. And maybe mess around with some relaxation stuff... chill music, herbal tea, lavender or lemon balm oils, working out, yoga, or even just some good sex.😁 Just try hitting the sack earlier. Ease into it slowly...
Raymond Collins7 said:Is the text in American and does it need to be transcribed since there’s an extra fee for that.
How heavy is the workload here?
...if it's just proofreading with some notes, I'm down to work for $5.00 without doing any transcription.
This is just plain brutal. 🤣
Spilled the beans while grabbing the paperwork? You have no idea what you're in for... So, how? Where?😲
Susan Diaz91 said:I don't think you're pregnant. You had a period that was way too short. Usually, people with light flows just deal with more discharge, but based on what you wrote, it sounds like actual bleeding to me.
Was it two days of straight bleeding, or just some reddish-brown spotting???
Who are you asking? Me? I have zero clue. I just use Tampax and never even gave a thought to the "quality" of it. All I know is everything just stopped after two days. Honestly, it's not like I'm terrified of getting pregnant or anything. If it happens, it happens... I'll be happy. So I'm just gonna sit tight for a bit and see how things play out...
Laura Sanchez26 said:My period usually lasts about 7 days, regular cycle, but this month—it started Thursday, and it’s almost over by Saturday! My doctor thinks there might be a chance I'm pregnant (even though my husband and I didn't even have sex during my fertile window), or maybe it's just some kind of hormonal imbalance! Now I've got this occasional sharp poking feeling in my lower abdomen... I don't have any other pregnancy symptoms though!
Anyone else dealt with something like this?
I'm basically living through your exact situation right now. 😁 Maybe I am pregnant. Last month my period lasted only two days, and now I've got that same stabbing pain in my lower belly. I haven't bothered seeing my OBGYN because she's honestly useless, so I'm just waiting to see if my period shows up this month. I was doing some pretty intense hiking those days, so maybe I'm just blaming it on the physical strain... maybe...
jadesailor14 said:The railroad clinic or that one over on Main Street?
So, the way they do things now is you gotta hit up a GP first just to get them to say you aren't dying, then you drag yourself to the eye doctor... they do their thing, sign off that you're fit to drive, and slap a time limit on it all...
Last time I went to that clinic on Main Street—must've been a year or two ago—they didn't even ask for the GP note, but like, at the clinic over in Chicago, they wouldn't let you through without it
You call ahead, set an appointment, get checked out, and boom, you've got your paperwork in hand
Anyway,
just start calling around the local clinics and see which ones have the easiest rules
Just come down to San Francisco. You'll be done in thirty minutes flat. You basically just sign a paper saying you aren't crazy or on drugs, stand on one leg, maybe they glance at your eyes, and suddenly you're officially cleared to drive. 😁Total joke.
Is it hurting? Could be an ingrown hair, a pimple, some kind of boil...
wiredharbor22 said:so regarding healthy eating and all that... I'm trying to swap out some old habits lately, but I just can't give up coffee. Is it actually bad for you? From what I understand about the diet, you're supposed to stick to black coffee without any sugar or milk (😂). But if I'm having it with whole milk and Splenda, is that still okay?
According to Montignac, it's a total diet killer because it spikes your insulin levels—just like anything else with a high GI, you know, refined grains and all those other sugars. So, you tell me. As for Splenda... honestly, that stuff is straight-up poison. Just think about whether you really want to be drinking that. Try switching to bitter coffee instead, it's way better...
Amy Long19 said:Addiction is all in your head... Most of us caffeine junkies can actually go without, we just convince ourselves we can't...😉 ☕ because we love it so much..
I don't know about that. Some idiot at my office accidentally grabbed decaf instead of the real stuff. I spent ten days dealing with these brutal, non-stop headaches and basically living on Advil. I was actually about to head to the doctor before it finally clicked... what happened. I've read in a few books that you aren't supposed to quit coffee cold turkey—you have to taper off. A lot of addiction specialists out there basically split drugs into two piles: legal and illegal. Usually, things like coffee and cigarettes land in the "legal" pile. But really, it just comes down to how you define a drug. If it’s a substance that messes with your brain and your mood, something you feel forced to take, where if you skip it you get withdrawal symptoms and start feeling like crap, and eventually you just can't function the same way without it... then yeah, in my book, coffee is a drug. It's the one and only drug I'm currently 😁 and honestly, it's my morning ritual and my favorite thing ever.
Coffee is basically a legal drug. Honestly, I used to drink it just because it tasted good... pure indulgence. Now? I’m a total wreck without it. I can’t even function if I don't get my fix, and if I happen to skip a cup, the headaches are absolutely brutal. So yeah, I’d take all those "health benefits" people drone on about with a massive grain of salt...