The things that get in the way for me are: getting instantly bored with any weight loss strategy, an inability to do things if I’m told I have to, forgetting that I need to lose weight, needing the sensory input of food, inability to recognise when I’m full, hyper-focusing on weight loss for a month and losing a ton of weight and then putting it all back on the next month because I celebrated the weight loss with cake…

I just wonder if there are any ADHD behaviour hacks where I could use my neurospicyness to actually help me lose weight consistently.

  • Auster@thebrainbin.org
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    3 days ago

    Maybe martial arts or cross-fit? Afaik, martial arts aren’t as repetitive as usual exercises, and cross-fit is pretty mixed up.

    Also, though harder given ADHD itself, as you identified problematic points of your behavior, maybe focus also on changing them?

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      3 days ago

      CrossFit is something that tickles my dopamine and also because it has given me enough general fitness I can take a break and do another activity without feeling like a moron. Which is one reason I didn’t get into activities when I was younger.

      I’ve heard that martial arts are also sufficiently dopamine producing, which is good for us.