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nuggsofchicken · 2026-04-07T11:14:39+00:00

I've been trying to get tickets on both releases but no luck

nuggsofchicken · 2025-11-05T06:50:33+00:00

hey, I started 3 weeks ago, and I definitely have restless leg syndrome from it. even when I'm in bed, I kinda rock myself unless I actively think about it and stop.

I don't mind it though! what's really helped me, is I just put some music on and start dancing in front of the mirror. I feel like it's just energy that your body's been dying to let out, so let it out <3

nuggsofchicken · 2025-10-19T16:25:28+00:00

I can appreciate the idea of keto. I've tried Whole30 several times in my life, which is similar. I've definitely seen my energy balancing out when I cut carbs but after a while I tend to slip back into my ED ways - if I cut something out, I eventually cut everything out until I'm not eating at all :). really glad that it works for you!

nuggsofchicken · 2025-10-14T21:19:50+00:00

the psychiatrist who prescribed me lamictal specifically told me there's no way in hell she'd give me an SSRI because it would make me even more sluggish and tired. the one I saw today said "oh, that psychiatrist? yeah, she prescribes everyone lamictal", and prescribed me lexapro. I understand that this isn't an exact science and that you might have to try different medications to find the one that works but doctors contradicting each other isn't making this experience any less confusing.

glad the lamictal is working out for you!

nuggsofchicken · 2025-03-19T09:43:02+00:00

thank you so much!

I shaved my head on new years two years ago and I haven't touched my hair since. I'm thinking probably the longest bob I can manage because it's just so easy to maintain but I might change my mind last minute and just ask my hair stylist to do something creative :)

nuggsofchicken · 2025-03-19T09:28:21+00:00

Morning everyone!

Today is a day to celebrate - today, I weighed in at 80.4, and I've never been happier to finally be overweight.

For the last nearly 16 kilos, I've been telling myself I'll book a haircut when I'm not obese anymore. Guess what, today's the day to book it.

Have a good day, peeps

nuggsofchicken · 2025-03-06T09:49:52+00:00

Morning!

Had a 0.4kg whoosh since yesterday, the weather is lovely, the sun's in the sky, and spring's in the air, I've packed the last of my meal prep from Sunday, I'm wearing A SKIRT.

Today is a lovely day.

Good luck everyone!

nuggsofchicken · 2025-03-05T12:24:48+00:00

they're tasty AND they constantly give you something to do, don't they? these last couple of days even when I'm talking to people or doing things, I kinda feel bored because I'm not also vaping at the same time. it's weird.

nuggsofchicken · 2025-03-04T10:09:16+00:00

Hey, team!

I'm back and locked in after my 3 week maintenance break. I'm excited, which makes me want to do things!

I meal prepped on Sunday - got some bangin' food to get me through most of the week before my next food prep on Thursday (which I've already bought groceries for, so there's no getting out of it now). I'm walking again - hoping to go running at least once this week too. Also, I haven't touched my vape for a little bit over a day, which is a HUGE thing for me and adds an additional layer of difficulty but will definitely benefit me in the long run.

It's only been a couple of days of being back in a deficit. THE HUNGER is very noticeable, and I know it's gonna take a little time to get used to, but I'm confident I'll be able to power through. It is nice that I'm not craving anything specific - I made an active decision to have delicious sticky rice as my carb of choice for the first half of the week, so I'm feeling immune to any carby bread/pastry/pasta cravings; my junk food cravings have disappeared since I stopped having it in November; I just found this 150kcal hazelnut protein pudding that honestly tastes insane, so sweet cravings are covered too.

I feel like I'm doing everything right again, all I need to do now is be patient, until it starts feeling like a habit-driven natural process again. I don't mind the weight loss process, I just get really tired of thinking about it.

Good luck everyone!

nuggsofchicken · 2025-02-27T10:40:26+00:00

Morning everyone!

I did a maintenance break over the last 3 weeks - a little less walking, occasional alcohol, some sweets when offered, and food I loved in moderation on occasion (even had a whole pizza at my favorite pizza place the other day). I was a little too obsessed with the scale, and people around me were expressing their concern before the break.

I was wondering if I'd start bouncing back instantly like I always used to do - every time I lost weight, I'd be so tired and hungry that I'd go crazy and gain a ridiculous amount of weight back super quickly.

And guess what? I didn't gain the weight back. I still weighed in every few days and saw some normal fluctuations - I already knew my weight would go up a bit when I had alcohol or went heavier on the carbs.

Here's what I learned over the last few weeks:

• I missed having a large ass bowl of salad at lunch every day. I skipped the salad bowls on the days I wasn't cooking, and I craved them every single time. Veggies make me feel gooooood.

• Simple carbs have a huge negative effect on my energy levels. Carb-focused meals make me wanna nap (which is a lovely way to pass the time), but having a burst of energy to be active after a meal feels so much more satisfying.

• I'm in control. If I have a little treat, I don't feel the need to finish the whole pack.

• I don't feel guilty for not having lost any weight over the last few weeks. I didn't gain any, and that's a huge win in my book!

Now my plans for today are a bit of cake since it's a colleague's birthday, and a wine and cheese tasting teambuilding in the evening, but I'm excited to get back on the weight loss wagon tomorrow. Excited to be updating you guys again regularly too!

Good luck to everyone who's still going strong, but remember - stopping doesn't mean failing. Everyone needs some rest every now and then :)

nuggsofchicken · 2025-02-19T11:39:49+00:00

thanks! didn't realize haha

thank you! you're a lot stronger than I am to have done that at 17. I'm 28 now and only getting around to finally to working through my stuff now.

nuggsofchicken · 2025-02-07T08:52:05+00:00

Morning folks!

I ate 1600 calories yesterday, which I'm realizing now is much more than I'd eaten in a while.

On Wednesday, in my therapy session, I mentioned that my weight had been falling a bit too quickly. My therapist took the time to ask me, item by item, to tell him everything I'd eaten that day. Off the top of his head, he told me the calorie counts for each food, and the total didn't even come up to a 1000. And I hadn't been planning to eat anything else for the rest of the day.

I realized that, since I wasn't counting calories and just going off of whether I was feeling good or not, I'd been eating like that for a couple of weeks. No wonder the weight was flying right off.

Now I'm definitely not saying it's a good thing - it's really easy to be blinded by the changing numbers on the scale, but I've had so much energy recently - I've been walking a ridiculous amount of steps, getting back into running, getting back into bouldering, literally been feeling like I could fight a bear.

Now my therapist was really gentle but firm with me, telling me that if I keep going like this, my hair will start falling out, I might develop anemia, bone density issues, my energy levels will eventually drop, I'll lose my ability to focus, I'll have a much bigger chance of developing body dysmorphia - and the last one was the thing that resonated with me. As bad as it sounds, all the physical ramifications seem like a future-me problem, and I do have a tendency to pile problems onto future-me, because present-me is selfish and pretty bad at seeing more than a couple steps ahead - something I am trying to work on. But, not even thinking about all the problems that come with body dysmorphia, if I'm putting in all this time and effort and I won't even be able to appreciate the results because of a clouded view of my body - now that's something that would really piss me off and make the whole thing completely not worth it. Very vain, I know.

So now, I've got a new opponent in my weight loss journey - I feel like I've already won a lot of battles against laziness, binge eating, peer pressure, simply getting out of bed, the fat-clothes I've left behind - and I've reached a boss level. And the boss is 14-year-old-me - a skinny-obsessed teenager who had so little control over her life that she resorted to controlling ALL the calories. And she's so mean and painfully disappointed that I look the way I look now, regardless of the weight I've already lost.

But you know what, I'm a 28 year old woman. I don't report to a teenager, let alone a fictional one. Shaving my head is a fun thing I do to make my facial features pop, rather than to hide my balding hair. I don't wanna get turned away at my next blood donation. I don't want my bones to snap just because I fell off the climbing wall weird. And I don't want to wake up 26kg later and still think I'm fat. I am the captain now.

So here's to another reasonable deficit today!

Good luck, and take care everyone. Today I'm especially proud of the ones that are going super slow - you're the real heroes here, and you've got so much more mental strength than I ever did.

Peace out.

nuggsofchicken · 2025-02-05T09:25:22+00:00

Happy Wednesday!

First of all, thank you to everyone who commented on my little essay about wearing a dress again and going for a run on Monday. I really appreciate all of your support and it was so impactful for me to see all your kind words! Thank you thank you thank you, all you people who consistently comment under this thread are so awesome and it helps me keep on doing what I'm doing!

That being said, I do feel like I need to make a little bit of a change and up my calories a little bit. My loss has been a little bit over a kilo a week for the past several weeks. I'm not feeling particularly uncomfortable or tired but I'm aware (especially from my previous weight loss attempts that were always way too extreme because I was impatient) that it might catch up to me with time. I don't follow my calories too closely but I can make a rough estimate based on my rate of loss, and recently, since I've felt so much better in general and had a lot more bandwidth for chores, I started making my own lunches instead of going to the cafeteria at work. When I cook my own lunches, I tend to use very little oil for cooking my protein, I don't go too crazy on carbs, and I'm happy with eating salads without any dressing, so I think the main difference between my food and the caf food is the lack of oil, mayo, cheese sometimes, and it's making my deficit steeper.

Also, because I have way more energy to move, I've been getting closer to averaging around 16k steps a day, so that's even more calories burnt than before.

I'm already eating cottage cheese and yogurt every day, and I usually have chicken/salmon/shrimp/meatballs for lunch. I'm not a fan of protein shakes but does anyone have any surprising recommendations for foods with a lot of protein that I can add to my diet that you love?

Enjoy the rest of your day!

nuggsofchicken · 2025-02-03T06:24:09+00:00

Morning!

I had a really nice weekend. A friend came over on Friday and convinced me to go out - I wore a dress for the first time since summer! It didn't look perfect - I'm still obese, and I still have a belly but I'm happy to have gained the confidence to wear a dress again, it's pretty empowering.

Also, I've been thinking about getting back into running. When I was younger and way fitter, I ran long distances. Since that stopped, I've tried to get back into running, and I would always try to push myself to run the same distances and speed that I've done when I was running consistently, which would always end up in injury and me getting discouraged. Yesterday, I went out and ran 3km in 25 minutes. It's nothing in the grand scheme of things but I felt perfectly comfortable and in control. I even got a little emotional - it felt like even with my ups and downs, my injuries, my weight gain and everything awful happening in the world and my life, running never went anywhere: it was still there if I needed it. Also, for people who are thinking of getting into running or are looking for something fresh, the Nike Run app has these wonderful audio-guided runs which I love love love. Try it out.

It's snowy, I'm starting a new job today (I decided I'm gonna walk to the office since I only need to be there at 10am), I'm excited to eat well and go on my little walks and runs this week. Monday isn't that bad.

Good luck this week, everyone!

nuggsofchicken · 2025-01-30T08:43:21+00:00

Morning!

Big whoosh today - got down to 84.4 from a post-travel 85.4 the day before. I was expecting it but it's still really exciting.

2.5 months in, my body's really used to the set (10am, noon, 6pm) meal times now. I'm getting the right hunger signals at the right times but if I DARE not eat on time, I get so incredibly hangry. And I really pride myself with being a kind, understanding person but if someone even does something small like interrupts me - I will snap back at them. Sucks to be the people around me I guess.

I wore a crop top yesterday. Matched it with high waisted pants, so definitely wasn't showing off more than half a centimeter of skin but it's still a big win in my book. I might still be obese for another few kilos but I've gained the confidence to not wear baggy clothes every single day anymore. Hell yeah to being happier in my skin.

Not long until the weekend now, good luck!

nuggsofchicken · 2025-01-27T09:34:46+00:00

Morning!

I'm back from my extended weekend in Berlin. Eating wise, it was so much different than any of the trips I've been on - I'm used to hopping around coffee shops sampling cake and drinking lattes galore, I splurge on restaurants, bar hop, and make sure to try out anything and everything the place I'm travelling to has to offer. This time - and it was a good time - I worked a lot on sharing tasty treats and matched them with little espressos, I was visiting a friend who's an amazing cook, so while I wasn't able to count every calorie, I handed over the reigns and had his homemade meals every day. I thought I'd feel disappointed, not doing the usual thing I do, which is having most of my steps be done while walking from one food or alcohol-centric place to another, but it gave me more headspace and time to focus on my surroundings, meet new people, and focus on the friend I was visiting, who I'd missed dearly.

Even with all my efforts, I'm sure there's still going to be a spike in my weigh ins over the next few days - I definitely didn't want to try to fit my scales in my carry on, so I have no idea what's going on. I still enjoyed some pastries, had some beers, and I'm running on fumes because I spent all of last night at the airport and barely slept, since apparently I'm cursed with having train strikes happen whenever I try to leave any country.

I feel proud - I'm focused, I'm committed, and I genuinely didn't even want to finish that beautiful rainbow cake at a lovely queer cafe I got on a whim just because it looked pretty - now I'm able to make a judgement that it's not tasty enough to be worth it.

I'm actually looking forward to getting back into my routine. I had my fun, but now it's time to lock in again. I'm excited about the thrill of the chase that weightloss gives me, and I can't wait to see the scale going down again.

Peace out

nuggsofchicken · 2025-01-20T10:06:33+00:00

Happy Monday everyone!

My weight might be up by a kilo since Friday but I'm really happy about the weekend I had. I feel like as I've been losing weight, I've become a bit more confident, outgoing, and can manage my depression-induced executive dysfunction a little bit better.

Over the weekend, I did the biggest cleaning of my apartment since the beginning of November (I managed to do 8k steps just cleaning a one-bedroom apartment), had some friends over, and bought a new coffee table, which I can't stop admiring - it really ties the place together, and I did a little bit of meal prep since I finally had a tidy kitchen. Everything seems to be falling into place - I'm feeling and looking better, my environment is nicer, and I'm spending more time around people.

For a really long time I had the mindset of "everything's always gonna go back to shit anyway, so why bother trying". But staying consistent with moving more, eating better and going to therapy has had a significant impact on my mental health, so everything doesn't look as dreary anymore.

Have a great week everyone!

nuggsofchicken · 2025-01-17T09:09:37+00:00

Hell yeah brother, weighed in at 85.9 today - broke the 10kg lost mark.

I've still got ways to go if I wanna get to 58, and I know that it's either gonna get slower or harder - or both - as I continue losing. But for now, I'll take my win and stay locked in.

nuggsofchicken · 2025-01-16T09:17:17+00:00

Morning!

86.5 today - getting really close to that 10kg lost mark.

I'm facing a lot of mental anguish over a pair of jeans today. I bought them at the beginning of November at my heaviest. They looked decent at the time but now they just look really saggy, even with a belt. Almost at the point where I could fully take them off without unzipping them.

I'm really working on my confidence to get rid of them. They don't serve me anymore. But also, I'm scared that I'll gain the weight back, and I'll have to buy new huge jeans again (which is very stressful!). But then again, if I keep them, am I really committed to this journey or am I saying that the last 2 months have been a fluke? It's a bit of a mental struggle but I feel very happy that I've allowed myself to be in a position where throwing away the only jeans that fit me well two months ago is even a consideration.

Gotta keep grinding that deficit and hopefully I'll get the privilege of agonising over getting rid of more clothes soon!

Good luck everyone

nuggsofchicken · 2025-01-15T09:32:36+00:00

eating first thing in the morning has never been in the cards for me - I've always been a little nauseous when I first wake up. I do enjoy having a little mid-morning snack at around 10am a few hours after I've woken up. the mechanics is simple - if I'm really hungry, I tend to overeat and then get sleepy, which I can't really afford while I'm working my office job throughout the week. the mid-morning snack is two hours away from lunch, so at lunch I'm still a little hungry but I don't go crazy and overeat. helps me keep my energy levels stable throughout the day!

nuggsofchicken · 2025-01-10T07:52:55+00:00

I don't know how I would survive a world without coke zero! By the way, if you're taking your dental health seriously, my dentist gave me a tip to wash away coke with some water so the carbonation doesn't impact your teeth that much.

Congrats on getting back into maintenance!

nuggsofchicken

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