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So, without time to read back through your 9 years of blogs, the important stuff is:

* Does your current level of alcohol consumption interfere with daily function? It doesn't sound like it.
* Does alcohol help you, as in, self-medicate? Because although it's probably not the best medication, it's not the worst, in moderation, either. It sounds like it does.
* Then there is the demonstrated fact that light alcohol consumption (1-2 drinks per day) of any kind is good for you.

So maybe there should be some alcohol in your life.

So then, there's diet. Blood sugar and insulin and all that is basically determine whether you have food cravings, as in the kind of hunger that makes you think about food all the time. Low carb diets dramatically reduce cravings, but Person A may need to stay on something like Atkins induction in order to be "bored with food" while Person B might do the same with 100-200 grams of low-glycemic index carbs per day. It varies. One thing for sure, though, a 1200 calorie low-FAT diet, which is the typical WW/JC plan, is very, very difficult for most people to maintain.

If you are able to get a couple hours of low-intensity exercise per day, walking or something similar, that could be very helpful. Low-intensity exercise (200-400 cal/hr) does actually burn enough calories to make a difference in a diet, if you do it long enough and often, but it stays within the window where your body is able to produce those calories from fat, or from carbs that you have recently consumed. Low-intensity exercise will not make you super hungry. (But high intensity exercise, like running, cycling, swimming, definitely well.)

Blah blah blah, hope you had a nice alcohol evening. I like alcohol. There's just no denying it. Fortunately, I don't like too much of it, too often.

I'm taking Effexor. Trying to keep my head from going crazy right now. I was having a hard time the day before my shift started getting really bad anxiety. I've never had anxiety like that...only time I have it is crossing bridges and being around really tall buildings. SF makes me a little nervous every time I go there. Anyways yah I have been hot and sweaty way more than normal. Mavenist is already alot more cold blooded than me so I'm used to being a little hot, but since I started the Rx I feel like I'm getting a guys version of hot flashes. I was told it should fade with time. So I hope by the end of summer it will be back to normal..