Hello comrades and welcome to the third improvement megathread of July! bonfire

Some discussion ideas:

  • How was your week?

  • Do you have some plans for next week?

  • Do you have any sober days or streaks?

  • Do you have some useful resources that you can share?

Poster caption: “Glory to Lenin’s Komsomol”

poster lore

The Komsomol was the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League. It was first called the Russian Young Communist League (RKSM) but with the unification of the U.S.S.R., it was made an all-union organization and youth division of the All-Union Communist Party. Komsomol was the final tier of the three youth organizations in the U.S.S.R. Members were between the ages 14 to 28 and they joined after graduating from the Young Pioneers. Prior to being Pioneers, they graduated at age 9 from the Octobrists.

  • Kras Mazov@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Do anyone have good resources on losing weight? Specially on the eating side of things. I plan to go to a nutritionist as soon as I can, but anything I can do in the meantime is good.

    • moonlake [he/him]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      I recently finished reading How Not to Diet. It’s an evidence-based book about healthy nutrition and weight loss. It’s rigorously researched, it has 5000 references. I highly recommend it. That author also made a cookbook of the same name.

      My advice is to take what you are already eating and substitute it for healthier alternatives. For example:

      • rice -> brown rice
      • potatoes -> sweet potatoes
      • white bread -> whole-grain bread
      • chicken -> tofu
      • steak -> soy patties
      • milk -> oatmilk

      If you aren’t already, I recommend cooking as many of your meals as possible and getting into meal prep. I recently started making bean burritos. It takes me a few hours to make 15 burritos. Then I freeze them and I have healthy dinner for 2 weeks.

      • Kras Mazov@lemmygrad.ml
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        2 months ago

        Thank you so much comrade! I’ll take a look into the book.

        I’ll also look into healthier alternatives like you mentioned.

        I absolutely love oatmilk, but unfortunately it costs at least 3x more than milk where I live, so it can be a bit expensive, good thing I don’t use it a lot, so I can probably afford it from time to time.

        I eat rice daily so it’s probably a good idea I look into the alternative you mentioned too.

        I also eat chicken daily so I’ll look into tofu. I’ve only eaten it once but I remember liking it a lot, so it would probably be an easy transition. It’s also good because I’ve been meaning to look into veganism for a while now, so that definitely helps!