Personal Challenges

[Shaun]

Alright, I know that some people are going to think what I am doing is extremely stupid... but I don't care. I am defeating what I hate by doing this: my eating disorder. I have gone for almost five days without food now. I'm the kind of person who, when determined to do something, will definitely do it. I'm pretty sure I've lost half a stone too through doing this so far. Don't try this yourselves though, kids.

So, what challenges (stupid or not) have you set yourself lately and have you stuck to them?

[Jimsour]

As in do you eat too much?

You arent defeating the underlying problem.

[Denmark]

actually, I think what Shaun is doing will help him with will power and all that, so that he knows he can do other things besides eat. not that no food for five days is necessarily a good thing, but i understand the point.

let's see, challenges. I tried to not go on the internet for like 5 days in a row, and I went like 3 1/2 or 4. (this is with me at home and the internet at my disposal, I've done it before when I've been on vacation or something like that)

[Xaven]

Whatever floats your boat, Shauna. :D

Right now, my personal challenge is to get up to being able to run two miles in about 16 minutes. Right now, we're running only one mile in marching band, and I usually get 9 minutes for time. :D That, and be able to do 100 pushups. A totally flat stomach wouldn't hurt either. :3 All of this by December 3rd (drum corps try-outs).

[Shaun]

The underlying problem is that I hate who and what I am. When I get depressed, I eat. Now I am never eating, depressed or not. Hey, I challenged my sister to a month of this to see how can lose the most weight (she's losing weight other ways) so I'm going to be going through a lot more of this torture.

I'm not that hungry. Just a constant acidic feeling in my stomach.

Edit: Bah, don't compare me to her, Xaven. I might just hold up the white flag to this whole user name issue and get a name change.

[Jimsour]

Mate, really, how much of that weight you'll lose is going to be fat? Very little, itll be water, fluids and muscle mass.

You arent defeating anything, whats going to happen when you go back onto real food? Apart from not being able to stomach it and setting yourself up for problems, when you eventually can handle it you are going to go back to your old ways unless you address the underlying issue. I had the exact same problem as you when I was 17, I'm 20 now and changed it sensibly.

My own challange is to live life without the need to think twice about being healthy, mind and body. Sounds cheesy doesnt it? Its not a challange anymore, its just part of life for me. I moved away from where I have grown up for the past 20 years for a change of scene and to start a new life.

[Shaun]

I like your positive thinking attitude, Jimsour, but it isn't that simple for everybody. It's a very typical view to think "Oh, he'll just go back to his old ways in an act of desperation," but I am not as weak as that. I have a strong mind and I can stick to this. How do you explain the half-stone loss if I lost only those minor things?

[Araciel]

yep i'm pretty sure this kind of crash course diet might lead to an actual crash in the future if you're not careful. it might be best if you are having trouble with an eating disorder to talk to a doctor before self-medicating. barring that, if it actually does help then i'm happy for you. but you have to eat or you will start to become weak and eventually you won't be able to remain conscious for more than a couple of hours at a time.

i know i'm just some guy on the internet who doesn't know anything about you but i'm sure there are other ways to get you on the right path

[~SapphireStar~]

I guess mine is to lose weight before Christmas!

[Shaun]

Araciel: Heh, the doctors are a bunch of idiots at the place I go. Sorry to sound stubborn, but that's how it is. They're very patronising with what they say and I doubt they'd ever be able to help me. Plus, anybody can live without food. They just need water. What am I drinking right now? Water.

[Jimsour]

I like your positive thinking attitude, Jimsour, but it isn't that simple for everybody. It's a very typical view to think "Oh, he'll just go back to his old ways in an act of desperation," but I am not as weak as that. I have a strong mind and I can stick to this. How do you explain the half-stone loss if I lost only those minor things?

Put it this way, you need food to live. For some people, a month without food or nutrition is enough to kill someone if they dont know what they are doing. Its dangerious to go a month without food. I've spent 3 years reading about nutrition to know what I know.

The half stone loss is just that, its weight, not fat, its water that was stored by the body incase you do something like this, and muscle weight, because muscle is more nutritious to the body then fat is, you are literally eating yourself alive from the inside. your going from one extreme to another.
Everything I say to you is from experience.

[Resha]

My personal challenge at this very moment is to....not self-destruct. Entirely.

[Shaun]

Jimsour... I want to start some form of exercise too though. That WILL help me lose weight.

[Araciel]

Jimsour... I want to start some form of exercise too though. That WILL help me lose weight.

DUDE....you will die. no food and starting exercise after (i'm assuming) not exercising for however long is a horrible way to get healthy...it's the opposite in fact

[Shaun]

Prove it. ^_~