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Mental health and weight loss
Hi everyone, I started a low dosage of Lexapro today, 10 mg, to treat my anxiety. I have done the worst possible thing and googled "Lexapro and weight gain"--the horror stories floating around the Internet are enough to make me want to throw my pill bottle out the window! I am 25, 5'5", and 117 lbs. Health and fitness have…
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Old habits die hard: help!
Hi everyone. I am really struggling to break out of 2 very specific mental blocks. I'm at my wit's end and really don't know what to do. Here's what I'm struggling with: 1. Waking up in the middle of the night or in the wee hours of the morning absolutely starving for breakfast. Even when I'm not hungry, I wake up at these…
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Women and weight distributing differently with age.
Hi everyone, I'll be 21 this year, and I've begun noticing changes in where my weight is distributed on my body that are different than when I was even 18. It's only a 3-year difference, and I know I'm still young and that this is just a part of getting older, but it's a bit frustrating - and a bit remarkable that such a…
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post-anorexia metabolism. help.
Hi there, I am twenty years old, but four years ago I had an eating disorder that took my 5'6", 135 lb frame down to about 90-95 lbs by limiting myself to no more than 500 calories a day, not counting exercise. Horrible, right? When I went into recovery, I gained all of the weight back, plus an extra thirty pounds. Since…
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Flattering, slightly creepy NSV
Random guy in the weight room approached me this afternoon, introduced himself, and said that he'd seen me in the gym a lot over the past couple of months. I've never seen this guy in my life, but I was polite and returned his small talk... ...and he said that I look like I've lost weight! This total stranger noticed all…
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Woken up by a hungry tummy
Every couple of nights or so, I'll wake up in the middle of the night and feel like I haven't eaten in twenty years. So hungry that I can't fall asleep again unless I eat something, which frankly sucks - I don't like eating then crawling back in bed. Typically I'll opt for a banana or something similar, but I was wondering…
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NSV, Heidi Klum style ;)
One of my greatest fitness inspirations is Heidi Klum - a Victoria's Secret model who isn't painfully model-thin by any stretch of the imagination. I took my measurements today, and surprise! My measurements are now identical to her most recent measurements, 36-27-37. :) Granted, I'm a couple of inches shorter than she is,…
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bye bye, anorexia.
It's been a long road. For brevity's sake, here's the rundown: I've dabbled in every sport under the sun, beginning with dance at three years old, and discovered my love for health and fitness when I turned twelve. At sixteen, I slipped into a very bad case of anorexia. I'm about a half inch shy of 5'6" - at my breaking…
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Runners!
In grade school, my mother had to bribe me out of bed on the days we had to run the mile during P.E. class. Needless to say, I have never been a natural runner - which is why I started running two summers ago. The farthest I've ever been able to push myself was 4 miles (it was a late night, and I got a little crazy). On…
