Living The Lifestyle - Monday 1/27/25
crewahl
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This is a thread for everyone. If you're new to GoaD, or to weight loss, your questions and comments are always welcome. If you're maintaining, or a long-term loser, your thoughts on the topic may be just what someone else needs to hear. If you're reading this, join in the discussion!
Each weekday, a new topic is offered up for discussion.
Monday - crewahl (Charlie)
Tuesday – Wildcard
Wednesday-misterhub (Greg)
Thursday -imastar2 (Derrick)
Friday - Wildcard
Today's Topic: What do YOU think?
What percent of your conscious thought or bandwidth is consumed (pun intended) by your weight or health? And is that percentage, low or high, a healthy balance?
Each weekday, a new topic is offered up for discussion.
Monday - crewahl (Charlie)
Tuesday – Wildcard
Wednesday-misterhub (Greg)
Thursday -imastar2 (Derrick)
Friday - Wildcard
Today's Topic: What do YOU think?
What percent of your conscious thought or bandwidth is consumed (pun intended) by your weight or health? And is that percentage, low or high, a healthy balance?
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At least half, perhaps more.
I am very conscious of my heart health and the effects of my binge eating on that heart health. Since I am working on my binge eating, as well as consuming heart healthy foods, I spend a lot of time thinking about both weight and health.
Probably not ideal, but it is not to the detriment of too much else; so, I am okay with it.
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Maybe 25%. The menu is pretty well set, so almost autopilot. The should I or should I not (mostly snackage) time is maybe 10%. It's pretty balanced, overall.
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That's a hard question, as it varies significantly during the day.
Mornings and at least early afternoons are autopilot and require no active thought. Sometimes I have to fight with myself a bit in the afternoons to try to distinguish between being hungry or just feeling like having a snack. It's usually the latter, and I have come to recognize that when I'm bored I often start feeling snacky. Thankfully, this is pretty rare and I'm fine with the amount of energy it takes.
After dinner, however, there is a lot more mental focus on my intake. I'm still trying to stick with my no-alcohol/no-snacking after dinner plan during the week, and to be honest, that does take mental energy. I wish it didn't take so much of my bandwidth, but it does. I think a lot of it is breaking bad habits and forming new healthy habits. That takes work for me.0 -
At least half, perhaps more.
That was what popped into my mind, and it felt high.
I wonder to what extent it’s driven by the fact that as a retiree I don’t have a lot else on my mind. As Greg said, it’s not to the detriment of other things.
Although I’m starting to differentiate between weight and health thoughts.0 -
At least half the time. Primarily I think about health. Thinking about weight is associated with its health effects. I have heart disease and recently was diagnosed with pre-diabetes, which is weight connected. Also weight contributes to knee pain and sleep apnea ( I wear a CPAP) and other metabolic issues. Well, you get the picture.0
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Flintwinch wrote: »Well, you get the picture.
For sure.
I’m perhaps starting to understand (fifteen or more years too late) how my father ended up talking about almost nothing but his health issues in his eighties. I’m fighting to make sure I don’t make every conversation with other people about that, but I’m apparently starting to get a glimmer of appreciation for how he arrived there, 🤷🏻♂️2 -
ure.Flintwinch wrote: »Well, you get the picture.
I’m perhaps starting to understand (fifteen or more years too late) how my father ended up talking about almost nothing but his health issues in his eighties. I’m fighting to make sure I don’t make every conversation with other people about that, but I’m apparently starting to get a glimmer of appreciation for how he arrived there, 🤷🏻♂️
Yup!. I'm there now. ;(
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yeah a common topic of conversation with my lifelong friends is not just all of our current health issues, but how we have become the older generation in terms of our conversations! This getting old stuff is not for the faint of heart.1
