We really shouldn't let this thread languish.
That's wonderful. Recognizing that you have those tendencies and actually having the strength to do something to combat it is a real accomplishment.
Heh, thanks for that. I think I'm in danger of just accepting it as a facet of myself, and eventually I'll go from 'no counterspace' to 'hey, I could be on TV!' And not in a good way. I suppose it's a thing best nipped in the bud. I'm hoping it'll be a bit easier to let things go once they're not at a sort of critical mass like they were previously.
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Anyway, I'll start with a two-fer; it's a bit long, so for the tl;dr crowd: I've lost fifteen pounds and kept it off, and I've completed the week-long project of clearing my closet to combat my hoarding tendencies.
It's been (just shy of) two months since I started to make some lifestyle changes to promote weight loss. (Wording is important here; I intentionally wanted to do this slowly, without setting a goal that would probably be unrealistic because I have no experience or training with this kind of thing.) This mostly amounts to light exercise and abstaining from 'grazing' - previously I would shove food in my big fat face at the slightest craving, which wasn't very good on any level. More recently I've started to introduce actual diet changes to including healthy foods (next is slowly phasing out the unhealthy ones, heh. Maybe just smaller portion sizes, though I've already been attempting that to some degree).
A couple of weeks ago I weighed myself and was absolutely
astounded that I had lost fifteen pounds, to the point I almost didn't believe it. (This is pretty close to what I often see quoted as the maximum recommended amount of weight lost per week, and I only made a single radical change in how I was eating!) This is relevant to today because I checked my weight again and it's still off - it was no fluke. This is pretty fantastic progress since I've practically only just started.
This leads in to the hoarding thing; Today I've finally gotten everything that's staying stowed away. I can actually see the floor of my closet, and there was enough extra room to stow other crap that was lying around my room. I haven't actually gotten rid of any of my clothes, though, because the vast majority of them are only slightly uncomfortable or barely don't fit me. In fact thanks to the weight loss I've gone from about three pairs of jeans I can wear without looking, well, like a fat guy in ridiculously tight jeans to double that.
Everything that's going to Goodwill is in boxes in the living room awaiting final inspection (to ensure that it works, isn't too dirty, wasn't accidentally some sort of heirloom, etc.), so it's not quite out of the house yet, but it's all well on its way.
