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[-] Libb@piefed.social 24 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Walking. Daily. That, and purchasing good shoes. It changed my life.

At first, I was in such a poor shape (physical and mental) I was barely able to walk more than a few steps, I was also severely ill and was expected to die quickly in not the most tranquil manner. Nowadays, I'm not dead :p, and I walk miles every day and I will do my best to go everywhere I can, walking. I'm still ill (it's not curable) but it's stabilized and I feel so much better.

I'm still not an athlete and I'm old enough to realize I'll never be one but I don't care: I'm in such a better shape! Both physically and mentally (I feel so much better in my head), my endurance is skyrocketing, and I've also lost so much weight I don't need to wear 'plus-sized' clothes anymore.

And it all started by making the first step, one small step. Literally ;)

Edit: clarifications.

[-] JoeKrogan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Great to hear. I wish you all the best.

[-] toomanypancakes@piefed.world 22 points 1 week ago

It's a small thing, but I'd been feeling kinda gross about myself lately, and I started setting aside some time to just wear some cute lingerie around the house for no real reason once a week. My husband has started commenting unprompted how much he's looking forward to "Sexy Sunday" and I kinda love it.

[-] BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 week ago

Choosing to be happy is the most important thing you can do in life. Good for you, and lucky husband.

[-] shalafi@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Same! Got a wicked pair of boots and a new vest from the thrift yesterday. Cut my hair in the mirror, got decked out and my wife's eye popped. Even my 12-yo was looking at me, uh, funny. Don't think she knew daddy could dress like that! (She lives with her mom far away. Mostly sees me dressed up in "hiking with a shotgun" chic, not "metrosexual" chic.)

Anyway, I dress up for silly things just because it makes me feel good. Hell, I'll use any excuse to wear one of my tuxes.

Off to see Superman in that same outfit!

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago

Reading more, finally knocking down that bedside stack of books.

[-] Libb@piefed.social 8 points 1 week ago

Excellent decision :)

[-] Today@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

I'm hoping desperately to do this in the winter.

[-] MisterNeon@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

I gave up eating meat, because I think animals are gross and annoying. Did wonders for my health and weight. I'm still a miserable bastard though.

[-] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

I stopped adding sugar to my coffee at work. Took some getting used to, but it's less hassle overall, and less sugar intake.

[-] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 week ago

imo sugar makes the bitter in coffee, overwhelming. I prefer it black or with a little oat milk. Oat milk has a pleasant mild sweetness that makes coffee just the right balance

my wife likes the sweater called Ez-Sweets and it's ok but I only ever have a drop or two in tea

[-] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

I have a weird sensitivity to bitterness, so for me, sugar removes the bitterness.

[-] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 week ago

do you cream it?

if you just sugar it, there's a threshold between way too bitter and just sweet enough. I don't get it right so I just have something sweet to eat while enjoying the coffee

[-] Buckshot@programming.dev 2 points 1 week ago

I did the same but with milk. My job at the time supplied coffee but not milk, the fridge was full of 1 pint bottles with names written on. There was never enough space. People got territorial over their 5sq inches of fridge. There was a milk club where they pooled together to buy milk for their group.

I couldn't face dealing with that so opted out and drank it black. That was 15 years ago.

Some time later that employer realised they could solve a great many staff disputes for the low price of 20 pints of milk a week and started supplying it. No idea why it took so long.

[-] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 week ago

New rule: only 1 "in progress" item and 1 "in repair" item is allowed on the hobby pile.

Turns out I actually have a LOT of things to do, and now I actually do it too.

[-] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 13 points 1 week ago

Learned Japanese on a whim so I could watch anime without subtitles. Now by complete coincidence I'm in Japan and not banging my head against the nearly insurmountable language barrier (Japanese people are really bad at English).

[-] Witchfire@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

I decided to start learning French last year and have been essentially speed running it. Learning another language makes my brain happy (I'm fluent in 2 already).

[-] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 12 points 1 week ago

Feeding pigeons first thing in the morning. I have a reason to get out of bed and something to look forward to every day.

[-] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 week ago

do you keep a pen or just visit the locals that come to your neighborhood?

i like to hate on their calls, they can really take over when listening to bird songs

[-] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 6 points 1 week ago

I live in the pedestrian zone of a semi large city. I feed them from my window and there are no other birds in the area that they could drown out. Except crows maybe but those are much louder.

[-] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 week ago

that's great

when my wife and I first moved to Seattle, we picked an apartment on the 3rd floor. The day after we moved in, we noticed a bird nest on the balcony. Turned out to be rock doves. It's was fun watching them. They had two babies and we left them alone until they all stopped coming back before we cleaned up their mess.

good memories 🤙

[-] Today@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

It's funny how we will do for others what we don't do for ourselves. My sons sobriety began with a cat.

[-] Jerb322@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

I started a few years ago but locksmithing and lock sport has helped me deal with most of my father figures dieing in the last 5 or 6 years.

[-] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

I got a set and some practice locks. Learned the basics and played around with it, but never really had the patience to REALLY get the feel of it.

[-] Drekaridill@feddit.is 3 points 1 week ago

Started intermittent fasting for no real reason. I no longer wake up hungry and the urge for a midnight snack is completely gone.

[-] BorgDrone@feddit.nl 1 points 1 week ago

the urge for a midnight snack is completely gone.

So what do you do to entertain yourself at night?

[-] vivalapivo@lemmy.today -4 points 1 week ago

Walking daily and shooting stray dogs

[-] Aarrodri@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Shooting dogs?😨 Wut? Where do you live?

[-] Arkouda@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

Probably one of the numerous countries with a wild and violent stray dog population.

[-] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 week ago

it's probably a joke but it's a bad one.

stray dogs are just trying to survive and it's always people who put them into their predicament.

you should be hunting those people and make them pay to rehouse or deal with the wolves who gave up the wild to partner with humans

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