Current Events > Your body might just hate you.

(+) Yeah! (+)

I was just thinking about how our bodies actively work against us. Its frustrating when so many healthy foods just dont taste good, yet our bodies crave sugar, pushing us toward it. Its almost as if the body has a preference for the things that arent good for it. You try to work out, and if you dont take all the necessary precautions, you can easily get hurt. But if you spend most of your day sitting around, its safer in the short term, yet your body will suffer in the long run. The smell of cakes and fries is so enticing, and when you eat them, your brain floods you with feel-good chemicals, making you feel like youve made the right choice.

Then theres this thing called homeostasis, which is basically your bodys way of keeping things constant. It wants to maintain the status quo, so when you try to lose weight, your body fights back. It makes you hungrier, slows down your calorie burn, and does everything it can to hold on to that weight. And then, as you continue, your knees start hurting, your heart has issues, and the doctor points out the damage. But its like, wait my body is the one that craved the cupcakes in the first place! So here I am, trying to do better, and my body seems to hate me for it.

Its almost like a constant battle, where youre trying to do whats best for yourself, but your body keeps pulling you in the opposite direction.

There are these things called leptin and other hormones that make you hungrier when you start losing weight. So, when people lose weight and then gain it back, their bodies are doing that to them.

When youre trying to lose weight and keep everything in your life together, BAM, your body makes it harder by storing fat, especially in your belly. Your body goes out of its way to give you belly fat, and its the last thing to go.

And dammit, your body keeps you up at night making you think of post like this one. And not getting sleeps once again makes you bigger.

dawg genuinely are you good? Your posts today are kind of worrying

Your body wants what it wants, and doesnt give a damn about societal norms of civilized expectations. Thats all people stuff, constructs we make for ourselves. Know why your body seems to fight against you losing weight? Because it doesnt care if youre unhealthy. Theres no cognitive reasoning with your body, its basic triggers and response mechanisms.

However, from another point of view, your body is the most real thing about you. It isnt influenced by bias, impacted by judgement, or responsible to others. It is what it is, and if society and civilization ever crumble, you better listen to it.

Your body doesn't hate you. Commercialism just warped your mind. There's also the fact that despite not eating healthy, we still live longer than our ancestors who ate much healthier.

No, I mean, I get it. I wouldn't say commercialism warped his mind, it's more the body being warped from what it was meant to be. All the fat and diabetes going around aren't what the body wants, it's just not smart enough to figure past ice age drives.

Guide posted...

No, I mean, I get it. I wouldn't say commercialism warped his mind, it's more the body being warped from what it was meant to be. All the fat and diabetes going around aren't what the body wants, it's just not smart enough to figure past ice age drives.

Nailed it. Its been less than 100 years since food became abundant enough in Western societies that those who do nothing, literally no hunting, no gathering, no laboring; yet can still survive. I butchered that sentence, but not feeling up to trying to fix it, sorry.

cjsdowg posted...

Then theres this thing called homeostasis, which is basically your bodys way of keeping things constant. It wants to maintain the status quo, so when you try to lose weight, your body fights back. It makes you hungrier, slows down your calorie burn, and does everything it can to hold on to that weight.

my willpower is greater than my body. i have to resist the hunger urges though a sensible dinner followed by a serving of peanut butter (1 serving) helps to keep it in check.

have goals to lose my pre-diabetes and be able to eat normally if i ever fix the problem (without the soda/sugar of course).

trying for 320-330 lbs at this upcoming weigh in and follow up visit. that blood draw is coming and i hate that so much :(. 2nd worse thing to dentist. because its so painful.

The human body evolved to survive in times of scarcity, not to achieve fitness goals.

Yeah, it's just the world that changed and the human body hasn't adjusted for it because it hasn't had a need to.

I don't think it's a exaggeration to say that most people on the planet are either food insecure or 1-2 generations away from it.

kingdrake2 posted...

that blood draw is coming and i hate that so much :(. 2nd worse thing to dentist. because its so painful.

It's not just a prick and then over after maybe ten seconds?

I just ran 2.5 miles.

My body hates me, but my mind... My spirit takes good care of me

I've successfully gaslit myself into thinking I genuinely enjoy chicken breast, spinach, and mixed grains for lunch and dinner

All of me hates me tbh

Unfortunately, evolution has the problem of 'good enough', which causes issues. And all those things that helped us survive years ago are not very compatible with modern living.

Thanks for asking, Ssb. Im doing okay, but a few things have been bothering me. My weight loss journey isnt going as planned, I got a burn on my face, and sadly, my turtle passed away. Its also around 4 am, and my body won't let me fall asleep. Despite all this, I dont think its affecting my postings.

I've realized that most reasonable hunger pangs disappear after drinking some water and waiting it out for like 5 minutes. The body might want things but your brain can be like nah dawg tough it out.

cjsdowg posted...

Thanks for asking, Ssb. Im doing okay, but a few things have been bothering me. My weight loss journey isnt going as planned, I got a burn on my face, and sadly, my turtle passed away. Its also around 4 am, and my body won't let me fall asleep. Despite all this, I dont think its affecting my postings.

Sorry to hear about your turtle. How are your fish doing?

Your weight loss journey is exactly that: a journey. There are going to be detours and setbacks, and you have to expect them. It's hard to keep going sometimes, but you're doing the right thing.

ai123 posted...

Sorry to hear about your turtle. How are your fish doing?

Thank you. My fish are doing well. I recently got a new little white fish, and hes so tiny that Im worried about him. He looked bigger in the store, and I dont have another place to put him. The turtle that died was the only one that basked, and he loved basking. He passed away on his basking platform. I asked around, and people think it was septicemia it is like an infection if their immune system is weak, like an infection that just burst out. I think it happened in the water, but he pulled himself up. By the time I found him, he was gone. I was just thinking that day I didnt check on them before I went to work. Maybe if I had, I could have helped him.

This little guy rolled onto my doorstep after a flood. There were no water sources around, and his shell was in pretty bad shape. But I nursed him back to health. Then he got sick again, and Ive been trying to make him better ever since. I even took him to the vet and got shots for him. It was the worst thing ever since I had to hurt him.

Sounds like you took really good care of that turtle. He was lucky to find you.

Looking after fish and aquatic creatures can be heartbreaking because they are so sensitive and not at all straightforward to diagnose and treat. You're doing a good job (I've seen plenty of terrible, ignorant people in the hobby), so try not to let it get you down.

Training for a half marathon and my body wants to find ways to make that impossible. I might be back on track. Did 7.25 miles yesterday

Ugh, sorry about your turtle

I dunno if my body hates me, but I definitely hate my body. Can't breathe properly, can't get proper sleep, it's stinky and gross and disgusting, it's masculine and ugly, etc.

Thanks for the input everyone one. Just ran to Walmart now I am really feeling bad. And I didn't need to. I went to get some keto buns. To save me 150 calories on sandwiches. And air freshener she I have guess coming soon. Then I wasted money on pants.

cjsdowg posted...

Thanks for asking, Ssb. Im doing okay, but a few things have been bothering me. My weight loss journey isnt going as planned, I got a burn on my face, and sadly, my turtle passed away. Its also around 4 am, and my body won't let me fall asleep. Despite all this, I dont think its affecting my postings.

Sorry to hear about all that, especially the turtle. Just lost a cat a couple of days ago and its just been such an emotionally painful time. You never really know how hard these things are going to hit you until it happens.

I hope your turtle is resting easy now.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/a/ae5d26a8.jpg

Sorry to hear about your turtle and your struggles. Having lost 2 friends in the matter of months the grief was overwhelming. I was in the middle of reading Zhuangzi when I went to help my 2nd friend. It gave me some clarity of mind when I needed it most. The Drum/Death story helped. I suggest you read it.

nocturnal_traveler posted...

Your body doesn't hate you. Commercialism just warped your mind. There's also the fact that despite not eating healthy, we still live longer than our ancestors who ate much healthier.

This but also not this. Ancestors might have ate natural..er, but I don't know about healthier. Eating an apple straight off the ground over washing it, no modern cooking methods for meat and wheat, it only makes sense that we'd live longer despite modern day perversions.

1337toothbrush posted...

It's not just a prick and then over after maybe ten seconds?

20-30 seconds. then they take out the needle and it hurt again :(.

it's all the fight or flight response.

saspa posted...

This but also not this. Ancestors might have ate natural..er, but I don't know about healthier. Eating an apple straight off the ground over washing it, no modern cooking methods for meat and wheat, it only makes sense that we'd live longer despite modern day perversions.

I think you'd have to go pre-sapiens, maybe even pre-erectus, to get to the ancestors that eat without any cleaning. We were pretty smart when we weren't being dumb.

Thanks for all the insights andbwell wishes. And for people like vyce who are dealing with hell lot more then me. I hope you are able to be well.