To expand on what I posted when I was emotionally drunk (and it was a good feeling!)...
About six weeks ago, I read about a study that they're doing in California...they're actually paying people $300 to eat an avocado every day for six months to determine if doing so makes people lose weight. In the article, a doctor not involved with the study said that it should theoretically work with any fruit...turns out the reason they're using avocados is because the study is being funded by the avocado industry. So I decided to give it a try myself...I've always had a terrible habit of binging on any junk food I had with me at work late in the morning, so I started having an apple right before that period. Turns out that if I do do, I usually don't get the craving to binge, and if I do it's much weaker.
Then about two weeks ago, I switched from dairy milk to almond milk because I felt weighted down and sometimes a bit nauseous after having a lot of dairy milk, like when I'd have one cup of coffee after another (my coffee is 2/3 coffee, 1/3 milk lol). It turns out that I actually prefer dairy milk in my coffee, so I space out how often I have it...but I love almond milk by itself! It's such a rich, naturally sweet flavor and actually satisfies me by myself, so I have a glass at night when I would usually be having a sweet or microwave snack.
Just those two things have virtually cut most of the added sugar and a lot of calories I would have in a day, and in that period I've lost nine pounds...the first time I've ever lost a significant amount of weight in my life without being sick. Even better, I'm finding I have more energy, don't need to sleep as much, and I'm more productive and focused. I've said on here a lot of times that I feel like I'm always behind on everything in my life, but I feel like I'm making a comeback now.
As for the...other thing...it's not that I've suddenly gotten into abstinence or something, lol. I've just come to realize that I've always used masturbation, porn, and sex as a crutch for my anxiety, which I also just realized I've always had a few months ago. It started when I was so young that I just always thought it was normal, and that I was just someone who tended to stress and worry about things. But the fact is I way stress out too much over minor things, and anything that involves dealing with strangers is nerve-wrecking for me...and sexual things have always been my go-to for relaxing and feeling better. It's always been like after a good wank session I could put the stress of the day behind me and enjoy the night.
It's not like I'm going to stop loving those things or doing them...it's just that I want to enjoy them at their best. I want to be turned on by things naturally and go from there, I don't want to feel the need to have to look at porn to get turned on so I can let go of things and relax. I feel like I'm resetting my body, and it'll tell me when the time is right to start enjoying sexual things again...maybe even when someone turns me on and wants to enjoy sexual things with me.
But in the end, I suppose it's true...I want to find some part of who I was, someone that was more passionate, more feeling, more headstrong. Someone who hadn't been ground down by life. I swear, I've watched life grind down old friends and people I knew...turned wonderful, amazing, unique people into shadows of their former selves...people focused on nothing but getting through the day, getting through the paycheck, getting through life. All I know is that I don't want that to be me. I want to enjoy life and be an enjoyable person...I want to stay curious and interested in everything, and be an interesting person. I want to stay hungry, but not obsess over everything that's wrong with life.
I want to keep the best of who I am, and rediscover the best of who I was.