u/LooseBluebird6704

Solitamente ho il problema opposto, passo quasi tutta la giornata fuori casa tra lavoro, università e impegni vari. Capita a volte di avere giornate in cui non ho situazioni che mi portino fuori casa. Io vorrei comunque uscire per fare passi e mantenermi in salute. Fin'ora le situazioni che ho trovato sono state:

- parco sotto casa, piccolo, lo percorro in due minuti e poi non mi resta che girarci intorno. Mi annoia e di sera ci sono i cinghiali;

- spiaggia, okay ma ci sono i ratti e a volte i sottopassaggi sono allagati;

- action, spendo soldi inutilmente o magari compro cibo spazzatura;

- Conad e coal, solitamente faccio la spesa al discount. È la mia scelta preferita perché posso prendermi una coca zero e prendere qualche uscita muova che al discount non si trova, però anche qui è uno spreco di soldi.

Tapis roulant in casa no perché farebbe rumore ai vicini di sotto.

Palestra fino a luglio non posso perché ho l'obbligo di lezioni.

Abito in un posto di merda e non ci sono altre scelte.

A volte prendo il bus per arrivare in centro e girare a vuoto.

In inverno mi è capitato di fare in cerchio nel garage ma due palle. I video su YouTube dei 10k steps workout dopo un po' mi annoiano.

Oggi andrei al Conad ma non mi va di buttare soldi... Altri suggerimenti?

Let me give you an example.

Today for lunch I had olives, some Grana Padano cheese, hard-boiled eggs, and crackers. Perfectly fine meal.

But whenever I try to force myself to eat things like salads or vegetables, cottage cheese, etc. one of two things usually happens: either I end up not eating them at all and replacing them with something else (like a toast or a sandwich with cheese and turkey), or I do eat them but I’m left feeling unsatisfied.

It happens with breakfast too. Sometimes I tell myself I should make something like porridge or oatmeal, you know, the “healthy” option.

But I hate how they taste and truth is I’m more drawn to foods that I can just eat right away without preparing anything. For example, breakfast might be two squares of dark chocolate or a protein pudding. Dinner might be eggs with white bread. Things like that.

I realize these aren’t exactly the pinnacle of healthy eating, and I know I should probably eat more vegetables. But at the same time those foods just don’t appeal to me and they don’t satisfy me. And when I try to force them, I often end up searching for something else afterwards… and sometimes it turns into a binge.

I'm trying to experience with various foods but not much luck to this day (I like broccoli with pasta but not with other food?. Beans are really nice too). Any suggestions?

Sorry if this post is long, but I really need to talk to someone who might understand.

More than a year ago I started a weight loss journey and I’ve lost 55 kg so far.

Before Easter I was only 2 kg away from my final goal. Just two kilos, and I would finally be able to move into maintenance.

I’m not new to how bodies behave during weight loss. Over the past year I’ve seen pretty much everything: weeks where the scale didn’t move at all despite eating the same foods and keeping the same deficit, and then suddenly the weight would start dropping again.

For example, in September I didn’t lose anything for weeks, then in October the scale suddenly started going down again without me changing anything.

I’ve had times where the scale went up after eating out. I know it happens.

After losing 55 kg and being in this process for more than a year, I’ve basically experienced every weird scale fluctuation there is.

But right now I still need some comfort. I need to talk to people who have experienced the same anxiety. No one in my life has ever lost this much weight, and no one has had the same complicated relationship with food that I have. Sometimes this journey feels very lonely.

I moved away from home a few years ago for work. When I go back to visit my family, especially since I started losing weight, they try to show love through food. Every time I visit there are fried foods, desserts, chocolate, candy. And since my weight loss this has actually increased.

For the first time I went home during Easter and stayed for a week. I was very disciplined the days before Easter. I even went a bit deeper into my deficit because I knew Easter itself would be hard.

It was also my mom’s birthday and I still managed to eat pizza and cake while staying within my deficit.

Then Easter came. And I honestly don’t know why, but I decided to just eat everything. Full portions, seconds of some things, Easter chocolate… basically like it was a normal holiday and I wasn’t dieting.

It wasn’t a binge. I didn’t lose control. It was a conscious decision.

The problem is that the next day was Easter Monday, which is also a holiday where I live. So again food, again celebration.

A little voice kept thinking: “If you had just taken half portions, you could have tasted everything and stayed around maintenance.” So some small, hidden frustration was already there.

I went back home telling myself everything would be fine.

Day 1 back in a deficit: I weigh myself, +2 kg.

Day 2: same weight.

Day 3: still the same.

That’s when my thoughts started spiraling.

I started telling myself: “You ruined everything. Usually this kind of weight drops after a couple days, so this time it must be real weight.”

Weight loss had already slowed down a lot in the last months. I'm averaging 2kg/month.

So my brain started telling me I had just extended my journey by two more months.

Yesterday the day started fine but after work I ended up going to McDonald’s.

I wouldn’t call it a binge because I didn’t lose control and didn’t eat huge amounts. But mentally it felt almost like self-punishment. Like: “You already messed things up, so why not make it worse.” I know McDonald's hurt my tummy but I did it the same.

This morning I weighed myself and I’m now +2.5 kg.

Rationally I know the only thing that matters is getting back to my routine and that time will pass anyway. I know it’s probably water, salt, glycogen.

But people who have been through this know that those first days after overeating are mentally the hardest.

I just need to know if there’s someone out there who has been through the same thing.

Sorry for the rant.

F28, no medications, no other known medical conditions.

I was diagnosed with great saphenous and popliteal vein insufficiency with multiple varicose veins. Because of this, I was prescribed compression stockings.

However, I received conflicting advice from two vascular surgeons.
The first one told me to wear thigh-high compression stockings, while the second one said that knee-high stockings are better, because according to him it’s difficult to achieve effective compression above the knee. I could ask another surgeon but money are tight.

I’m a bit confused about which recommendation is more appropriate in my case. Before I pay 100+ more for socks, I'd like to know which choice is more appropriate for me.

spent both the day with my family and I did overindulge really bad, not sure of what to do now...

So già che molto probabilmente l'autore morirà prima di aver finito l'opera, però mi voglio male