Anonymous asked:

So maybe this sounds weird but like my mom is making me go on a diet and get fit and stuff because according to her it'll cure my depression, and I know I am unhealthy, but doing all that just makes me want to starve myself so, do you have any like. tips on how not to end up falling into an "I hate myself so much" thing?

well eating less processed stuff + exercise will do good things!!!! that i can vouch for.

as for not falling into feeling like you hate yourself uhhhhh well i’ve never had issues with food but YOU COULD MAKE IT LIKE A VIDEO GAME i did that in precalc to motivate myself to study with my friend beth

i’d give myself experience points for like doing homework and stuff and then ever test was a boss battle (and i tracked all of this in my precalc notebook of course) so you could like think about ~healthier~ things to eat and be like OKAY if i eat x number of leafy green vegetables today I WILL GAIN EXPERIENCE POINTS and when you get enough experience points you can like give yourself a skill point in strength or something

i recommend keeping track of all of this on an elaborate chart that involves markers and star stickers

the important thing is that you gain experience for doing the healthy thing but you don’t lose anything if you’re just like “ok no im eating nothing but bbq chips today go away" because you cant lose experience points that’s silly

(you can pattern it off like http://getyedone.com/index.php or use that!!)

and then for getting fit first of all there are other websites like that (fitocracy is especially cool plus you can add people as friends and they can fist bump you for your progress) and also when i work out it’s really easy for me to get upset if i think of it in terms of losing something like i don’t go to the rec center to lose weight or get smaller, i go to the rec because i want to have strong calves so i could kick a grown man in half if need be

so i guess in summary:

give yourself lots of little pats on the back along the way in a way that you can tangibly see

don’t penalize yourself for not doing things (you can’t lose experience points!!!)

have people to cheer you on (i will!!!!!)

i love u nonny!

i hope that helps maybe sorta!!!

10 notes - 7 years ago on Saturday the 13th