I am pleased with the progress I'm making so far with my trigger foods. (Trigger foods are foods that I find difficult to stop eating once I have started; I have not had these foods in my home in years.) ( cut for talk of eating disorder/food/weight )

I have many many foods in all kinds of categories that, if I have in my flat, I will eat the lot. Dealing with this causes inconvenience or extra expense: either I buy/make a pack of food that should last for a few days and eat it all in one go, or I go to a cafe/restaurant to pay for a small portion of the food (more expensive). I'm gradually ( Read more... )

( Read more... )

I thought some of you guys might be interested in the questions I answered at 100pounds2lose. ( Weight and diet stuff )

Sundays are a difficult day for me to stick to my diet. ( Read more... )

( Read more... )

Blimey! I walked 7.4 miles today. Chingford Mount E4 to Hackney Wick E9, mostly using the Lee Navigation (canal). Possibly 8 miles, as walkit.com didn't quite get my route right. And I walked an extra mile around Soho cos I was early for my date ( Read more... )

This week I did a stupid. I played Solitaire several times for hours at a time (whilst IMing and checking LJ and eating and watching TV all at once). I wanted to shut off my feelings, and I succeeded. I have injured my wrists as a result. This *sucks* as it means I have to do less weight-lifting. I'm going to the gym today to do some lower body ( Read more... )

( Cut for negativity )

A couple of things friends and acquaintances assume about me:

Because I appear happy and confident one day, that means I am *better* and no longer have mental health problems, or that I have finally found self-confidence that will stay.

( wrong )