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Year in Review 2023
(hexbear.net)
Hi comrades, how was your year?
What are your thoughts on the year 2023?
Feel free to discuss anything that happened this year in personal life, art, culture, world historic events and so on
I had an ok year. I work keep trying to be more financially independent of my parents. Still rather isolated from people my age, both friendship-wise and in dating but, I'll work on that in the coming two years.
The biggest accomplishment was somehow losing 30 or so pounds after cutting a lot of excess carbs from my diet. I have never been at that weight my whole adult life. Gotta keep that up into next year.
As for this year, it feels like the stagnation of zombie neoliberalism is holding but, the cracks in the facade continue to spread. Capitalism continues to adapt, following the end of the assumptions of QE. Something foreboding might be on the horizon that we either saw coming or did not. Always fascinating to speculate and try to understand the unfolding of history. I guess the best advice I heard from a communist about current events was: never underestimate how resilient the old order is.
Congrats on the weight loss
I would also like to continue losing some weight next year, got any tips?
It's so strange because I went into it expecting to fail like my previous attempts.
I cut out soda, snacks, alot of bread and crackers and sweets. I ate more leafy greens and protein. Never eat after 7 in the evening.
I have some examples below but my advice comes from a more generalized approach on habits/decision making. What's the point of doing a 30 day super diet if you're miserable the whole time and afterwards you either quickly/gradually fall back into the actions that got you there in the first place.
Make choices and plans when you feel strong/motivated, then set yourself up as best as possible to limit your power/desires to make good decisions when you're less strong/motivated.
Recognize your habits and how you might have "failed" in previous attempts.
Dont buy foods you know youll overeat. Try to only grocery shop when you feel strong/empowered/full.
Try to plan your meal choices ahead of time, and have a backup plan or 2 that might be worse than plan A but better than winging it. Ex: you have to go to work, and there's a fast food spot near that you eat at way too much.
Plan A: bring lunch daily Plan B: have some frozen stuff you can microwave if you forget/don't prepare a lunch Plan C: have a protein bar or some highcalorie snack that'll hold you over Plan D: know of a couple healthier options for takeout, and commit to them before you get hungry.
If you keep failing a plan A, figure out why. You keep running out of time in the morning? Meal prep. You hate the lunch you bring to work? Make something else that might not be as healthy, but it's better still than plans B-D.
It's ok if you mess up. It's okay if you make compromises, but try to make the compromises when you feel strong not in the moment.
You don't need to be perfect to lose weight, you just need to consistently eat less/healthier over time.
Also unless its a nutritious shake/smoothie, dont drink calories. Lmao that's a big one. For a lot of people just getting that number down is enough to make a significant different.
If you have any particularly bad/ingrained habits it's okay to ween yourself off them. You don't need to go from 10 cokes a day to zero, go to 5 first. Or instead of coke, maybe you can switch to coke zero for a month or two first, then switch to flavored water for a couple months then plainwater. Or whatever.
Thanks for the advice comrade