Is this a place for things one has done in pursuit of less sadness and reducing nihilism and self-hatred? Don't wanna make a new thread for health & fitness. If so:
Was over 500lbs at the beginning of this year, down to about 460 without calorie-counting or even reducing what I eat, just substituting the likes of chicken thighs for pork chops and eating a lot more baked veggies.
I discovered one can stuff their stomach with 3 lbs of air-fried frozen spinach, then mix in 3 egg yolks with 9 egg whites with garlic and onion powder, then air fry some more and then add low-to-no calorie sauces like mustard, hot sauces, salsa, and so on.
Also air fry 2 lbs of frozen mixed veggies like broccoli and cauliflower, or pepper and green bean stir fry, topped with 1 lbs of salmon or lean red meats like venison or goat (Instead of the super expensive and fatty beef and lamb.) for a large and satisfying meal.
Trying to overcome my fear of carbs and sugar (I have no gallbladder, and fatty liver disease, so carnivore keto is out unfortunately) by blending frozen fruits. I'm finding not much tastes good with raw beets, even pineapple and mango. Maybe I should add raw honey?
I may soon again bring out my old bread machine and grain miller and make kamut and einkorn loaves with vital wheat gluten to make them extra fluffy.
Hopefully I can eventually go back to below 230 like I was in 2019 before my nervous breakdown from years of extreme dieting and 8 hours of weekly bicycling and interval fasting and carb cycling. My doctor told me I was dangerously underweight, and coworkers told me I was too skinny and one of them begged me to stop dieting. Looks like they were right.