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Hi comrades and welcome to the second weekly improvement megathread!

I am glad to see that there was a lot of engagement in the first megathread and that people were checking in throughout the week.

Same as the last week, here are some ideas for discussion:

  • Do you want to share something you've done in the previous week? Everything counts, nothing is too small.
  • What would you like to do next week?
  • What aspect of life would you like to improve?
  • Do you have any streaks? For example, "sober for one day." Feel free to post your streak every day in this thread.
  • If you don't have a continuous streak, did you manage to abstain from something for a day or more?
  • Did you come across some useful information or resource that might help others?

Good luck to everybody with your goals! unity

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[-] drinkinglakewater@hexbear.net 8 points 9 months ago

This week in my added sugar purge:

L's

  • ended up buying a pack of cookies that was on sale
  • there's still a lot of ways sugar is snuck into pre-made food (in salsa? really?)

W's

  • switched from "healthy" breakfast cereal to overnight oats
  • have been doing a good job limiting how many cookies I've eaten (only 2 per day!)

Not trying to be perfect, so this feels like an overall good week. I've noticed I'm going for fruit a bit more for the natural sugars, although I think cuz the natural sugars metabolize slower so I'm not getting as strong a hit.

[-] odmroz@hexbear.net 5 points 9 months ago

Very surprising how sugar is tucked into so many places. Often annoying as fuck, bc if I wanted sugar, I would simply add it myself.

Good job comrade. kirby-spin

[-] drinkinglakewater@hexbear.net 4 points 9 months ago

Thanks comrade! I feel like this'll lead to more cooking from scratch which could be fun

[-] ATiredPhilosopher@hexbear.net 3 points 9 months ago
[-] drinkinglakewater@hexbear.net 2 points 9 months ago

Thank you for the encouragement!

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