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Richard Bruns
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NC, USA
Nov 1999
time: 06:27
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Originally posted by Narz
Does anyone else have this problem? |
I do. If I am stuck in my apartment with nothing to do I often find myself wanting to cook and eat something. In fact, just about everything you described applies to me, including the part about being underweight and never gaining weight if I do eat too much. Are we clones?
The problem is compounded by the facts that I have no computer at home, and that the school and library are completely closed most of the weekend. Here are some solutions I have found:
1) Get out of the house. I often go on bike rides on Sunday, when there is nothing else to do. But sometimes the weather is too bad.
2) Keep a supply of good books on different topics. Switch between them if you get bored of one.
3) Learn exercises that you can do with a small amount of floor space and no equipment. My dorm room at WCU was just barely big enough for me to practice karate katas, but the rooms here are too small so I just do a lot of push-ups, sit-ups, and pull-ups. My favorite, for some reason, are pull-ups. I do them so often out of sheer boredom and excess energy that I can easily do ten off the door lintel, even though the grip is bad and not reeally suitable for pull-ups.
4) Brush your teeth. This has several advantages. It gives me something good to do, and it reduces the desire for food. Things taste bad with toothpaste aftertaste, and I don´t want to waste the brushing by getting my mouth dirty.
5) If all else fails, give into the urge, but cook something really heathy, preferably vegan. It is practically impossible to gain weight on a strict vegan diet, no matter how much you eat. My snack food of choice is oatmeal. Not that instant junk, but plain, whole grain rolled oats, cooked and flavored to my specifications with fruit and peanut butter. I could probably write a small book on cooking with oatmeal. I eat a quarter of a kilo (dry weight) every day for breakfast, and yesterday when I was trapped inside I ate a whole half-kilo package over the course of the day.
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Richard Bruns
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NC, USA
Nov 1999
time: 06:27
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I know that most young people can eat a lot, but very few of them actually have a habit of doing so, as Narz described. Also, few young guys enjoy the creative aspect of preparing food; most of the ones I know grab small quick meals of things like candy bars or burgers.
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mox
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Narz, are you sure you're not depressed?
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Lincoln
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I think that is a man. It is titled: Short, fat man or something like that.
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Worthingtons
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Pride Park,Derby
Jan 2002
time: 05:27
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I am more the opposite, I tend to not eat for hours and hours when alone in my flat. Then my gf will come home and when she realises i havent eaten all day (and it's like 6pm) it seems to make her willing to actually do the cooking!
Excellent stuff.
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07-04-2003 11:55
I find that funny actually. If you were overweight it wouldn't be, but because you aren't it's very funny.
) for when I return to New York (in 12 days now) so hopefully that will occupy more of my time & energy.
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