Anonymous
09/07/2022 18:42
Subject: I am deep denial
Likewise with carbs. I love, love, love bread and cookies and sweets. But they simply do not love me back. Sob.
Anonymous
09/06/2022 20:44
Subject: Re:I am deep denial
I’m carbs and cheese (really any cow milk)
But I love carbs and cheese
But I love carbs and cheese
Anonymous
09/06/2022 20:36
Subject: Re:I am deep denial
Ugh, SAME OP. Same. I'm 44. I enjoy drinking alcohol but the cons outweigh the pros at this point. It's not like I can't function the next day but I just feel blah and fuzzy--even after just 1 glass--because it's affecting my sleep so much now.
I won't even get started on how terrible I feel eating the same foods I've been eating for the past 20 years. Sigh.
I won't even get started on how terrible I feel eating the same foods I've been eating for the past 20 years. Sigh.
Anonymous
09/06/2022 20:30
Subject: I am deep denial
Me too!
I've stopped drinking. Reluctantly stopped eating meat and most simple carbs. All but cut out sugar (I love candy).
I am in the best shape, though. And I feel good. Healthy and clear headed.
I do still pop an occasional edible. I'm allowed one vice.
I've stopped drinking. Reluctantly stopped eating meat and most simple carbs. All but cut out sugar (I love candy).
I am in the best shape, though. And I feel good. Healthy and clear headed.
I do still pop an occasional edible. I'm allowed one vice.
Anonymous
09/06/2022 20:27
Subject: I am deep denial
I wish I would lose my taste for all of the above!
Anonymous
09/06/2022 20:25
Subject: I am deep denial
Anonymous wrote:I'm coming to the same conclusion with chocolate. It's depressing.
I wish (chocolate). I have lost my taste for alcohol though.
Anonymous
09/06/2022 10:01
Subject: I am deep denial
Anonymous wrote:OP here. First of all: I am IN deep denial. Sheesh.
Second, yes, this is very, very sad. Alcohol just makes me feel awful in my 40s… instant hot flash, especially from wine, and I can’t sleep, I feel sluggish and headachy and unmotivated the next day. Sigh. And with meat, I never noticed an issue until I went mostly vegetarian. Now when I eat animal protein, and always local/grass-fed/organic - I just feel really full and lethargic and icky the next day. Sigh. Sigh. Sigh.
None of this means that you can't ever drink or eat meat again. You're still able to make trade offs. For me, this would mean I only drank rarely, when it would really contribute to my fun (like a college reunion or wedding or something) and just plan a low key day the next day or two after. I'd probably eat less meat, but not no meat. It doesn't have to be black and white.
Anonymous
09/06/2022 09:44
Subject: I am deep denial
OP here. First of all: I am IN deep denial. Sheesh.
Second, yes, this is very, very sad. Alcohol just makes me feel awful in my 40s… instant hot flash, especially from wine, and I can’t sleep, I feel sluggish and headachy and unmotivated the next day. Sigh. And with meat, I never noticed an issue until I went mostly vegetarian. Now when I eat animal protein, and always local/grass-fed/organic - I just feel really full and lethargic and icky the next day. Sigh. Sigh. Sigh.
Second, yes, this is very, very sad. Alcohol just makes me feel awful in my 40s… instant hot flash, especially from wine, and I can’t sleep, I feel sluggish and headachy and unmotivated the next day. Sigh. And with meat, I never noticed an issue until I went mostly vegetarian. Now when I eat animal protein, and always local/grass-fed/organic - I just feel really full and lethargic and icky the next day. Sigh. Sigh. Sigh.
Anonymous
09/06/2022 08:32
Subject: I am deep denial
I regret this discovery about myself also. Sorry OP.
Anonymous
09/06/2022 08:14
Subject: I am deep denial
It might be worth it to search out the stupid high end meat that’s pastured on a regenerative farm type of thing. Factory meat is not good for us.
Anonymous
09/06/2022 07:12
Subject: I am deep denial
Anonymous wrote:SAME. At least about the alcohol. I was drinking a glass of wine every single night for the first 20 months of the pandemic. Then I suddenly lost my taste for alcohol. Now I’m having a glass of wine maybe twice a month, and only with friends. I feel so much better overall (and pretty crappy after those solitary glasses). It’s like my body is suddenly intolerant of any alcohol at all!
+1
But I still like alcohol and it makes me feel like crap. Then I questioned maybe I was an alcoholic because I really craved my 2-3 glasses of wine once or twice a month. Yeah, I normally stop at 2 not 1!
Meat does nothing to me though, so I will continue to eat like a T rex
Anonymous
09/06/2022 06:54
Subject: I am deep denial
I'm coming to the same conclusion with chocolate. It's depressing.
Anonymous
09/06/2022 06:30
Subject: I am deep denial
SAME. At least about the alcohol. I was drinking a glass of wine every single night for the first 20 months of the pandemic. Then I suddenly lost my taste for alcohol. Now I’m having a glass of wine maybe twice a month, and only with friends. I feel so much better overall (and pretty crappy after those solitary glasses). It’s like my body is suddenly intolerant of any alcohol at all!
Anonymous
09/05/2022 22:14
Subject: Re:I am deep denial
I feel you. Also 42 and I recently cut out bread for a week. I felt and looked better immediately (which is not to say I continued to avoid bread after that week). I'm so mad about it, especially because MIL has been recommending it for years. Ugh.
Anonymous
09/05/2022 22:11
Subject: I am deep denial
42 yo fit woman. But realizing that I feel so much better when I don’t drink alcohol and when I don’t eat meat.
I do not want this to be true.
I do not want this to be true.