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Advice Column / Bye bye, wagon (or caveman equivalent)
« on: October 20, 2011, 08:22:41 AM »
So I haven't been on here for a couple of months. The reason? Full-time job and a part-time degree, with exams.
So about six weeks ago I fell off the wagon so hard that by the time I'd dug myself out, said wagon had vanished into the distance...
I'd been revising for the exams that will get me the first part of my degree, so pretty important, and was eating lots of mackerel and blueberries at work (not together) as they're supposed to be good for the memory and I needed all the help I could get. My revision timetable was so extreme that my partner was cooking dinner every night, and apart from the stir frys, the homemade curries and the meatballs, he was cooking non-paleo every time. I was stuck in the study revising, sitting on my butt eating dark chocolate, so I couldn't complain or take over the cooking duties. So potatoes and processed food crept back into my diet pretty quickly. I felt sick, but was so anxious about my exams I couldn't spare the time to cook.
The weeks rolled on and I was trying to revise in the morning and so, running late for work, going into the (please don't shout) bagel shop for a bacon and egg bagel most mornings. Then the stress increased and I just caved big time - McDonalds, beer, chocolate, crisps, bagels...
So the exams are over now and it was just my birthday and I requested bathroom scales. Got some, and have put on 10lbs. I feel disgusting and I feel ill, but I'm still studying for the final part of my degree, my last ever module, and so still haven't got any time off to exercise. I'm back on the cave-food wagon, but genuinely don't have even a spare 10 minutes to exercise. Other than walking to the bus stop and walking around the office, I'm sat in front of a computer from morning to night.
I know just getting back into eating healthily will drop most of those 10lbs, but I'm actually starting to get aching legs and arms because they're always in the same position at a desk and never moving enough. I just can't think what to do to help myself.
So, long self-pitying and embarrassing ramble over, any advice would be greatly appreciated. A couple of hours' exercise at the weekend is definitely achievable, it's just those other 5 days a week that are foiling me.
A Chubby, sickly Falcon
So about six weeks ago I fell off the wagon so hard that by the time I'd dug myself out, said wagon had vanished into the distance...
I'd been revising for the exams that will get me the first part of my degree, so pretty important, and was eating lots of mackerel and blueberries at work (not together) as they're supposed to be good for the memory and I needed all the help I could get. My revision timetable was so extreme that my partner was cooking dinner every night, and apart from the stir frys, the homemade curries and the meatballs, he was cooking non-paleo every time. I was stuck in the study revising, sitting on my butt eating dark chocolate, so I couldn't complain or take over the cooking duties. So potatoes and processed food crept back into my diet pretty quickly. I felt sick, but was so anxious about my exams I couldn't spare the time to cook.
The weeks rolled on and I was trying to revise in the morning and so, running late for work, going into the (please don't shout) bagel shop for a bacon and egg bagel most mornings. Then the stress increased and I just caved big time - McDonalds, beer, chocolate, crisps, bagels...
So the exams are over now and it was just my birthday and I requested bathroom scales. Got some, and have put on 10lbs. I feel disgusting and I feel ill, but I'm still studying for the final part of my degree, my last ever module, and so still haven't got any time off to exercise. I'm back on the cave-food wagon, but genuinely don't have even a spare 10 minutes to exercise. Other than walking to the bus stop and walking around the office, I'm sat in front of a computer from morning to night.
I know just getting back into eating healthily will drop most of those 10lbs, but I'm actually starting to get aching legs and arms because they're always in the same position at a desk and never moving enough. I just can't think what to do to help myself.
So, long self-pitying and embarrassing ramble over, any advice would be greatly appreciated. A couple of hours' exercise at the weekend is definitely achievable, it's just those other 5 days a week that are foiling me.
A Chubby, sickly Falcon
And as you can tell from my picture and name, I'm on the raptors' side! Go eagles!! 
