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  • I would look at the overrall trend, not what's on the scale readout that day. Some weeks I lose weight, some weeks I don't, and some weeks I gain a bit, but my overall weight loss trend on my graph is always south, so I don't stress out. I weigh myself once a week.
  • Underweight people (anorexic) are marginalized too, but we don't normalize or glamorize them. Eating too much or too little to the point of detrimental health consequences should never become normalized. Insulting/bullying people for their weight should never be accepted, but normalizing obesity shouldn't be accepted…
  • Cardio (machines) has always thrown a wrench into my weight loss and feelings of well-being: starving 24/7, headaches, burning out and dreading cardio day. Once I completely gave up cardio for walking (still lifting weights), I felt so much better. I walk three miles a day, regular paced some days, fast paced other days. I…
  • Wow, 5'10" and 120-30 lbs? I'm 5'8" and my college/20s weight was always around 128-132 lbs and that was thin.
  • I used to do heavy cardio and lifting when trying to lose weight previously. I'd lose a lot the first three weeks (mostly water weight), then I'd struggle to sustain even a .5 pound per week of weight loss, then I'd burn myself out after about 10 weeks (starving 24/7, headaches). After being on that roller coaster for…
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