#0/10 would not recommend this diet

[dale-the-human]

If cereal was really the size it looked on the box

[viscerism]

i want to get a tongue piercing so bad but it means that i'll have to give up hot wings for several weeks and i honestly don't know if i can handle that

[tiredandfullofdread]

Over the course of the last year I’ve made extremely drastic lifestyle changes in order to better my health. Just went to the doctor and found out that I am somehow worse now! I’m at such a loss. Fuck chronic illness

[ins4nebxtch]

starting this to feel better about myself and not hate what i see in the mirror 2 months down the line

any support would be awesome (please give me tips in the comments and recommendations on low cal foods <3)

sw : 119.05 (height : 5'4)

gw : 104

goal : lose 15 pounds by halloween

daily cal limit : 1300 cals (burn 250-300 cals a day)

note: ik 1300 might be considered a lot for the 4na community but as someone who has lost 23 pounds in the past by ⭐️ving, trust me it'll mess up your metabolism and gaining it all back will be so much easier

workout : (5 days a week)

https://youtu.be/0-8RnZPF0JA?si=nCAEshywVgX3OzBV x2 times a day

12 3 30 treadmill workout (12 incline, 3mph for 30 mins a day

i also plan to cut out all sugar

ill be updating daily to keep track of my progress

day 1 (26/08/24) : ✅ (119.05)

day 2 (27/08/24) : ✅ (119.05)

day 3 (28/08/24) : ✅ (120.5 wtf)

day 4 (29/08/24) : ✅ (119.9)

day 5 (30/08/24) : ✅ (118.9)

day 6 (31/08/24) : ✅ (118.3)

day 7 (01/09/24) : ❌ (117.7)

day 8 (02/09/24) : ✅ (117.7)

day 9 (03/09/24) : ✅ (117.7)

day 10 (04/09/24) : ❌ (117.7)

update : sorry for not updating this for a while guys, i was sick so i had to hit pause on my diet :/

will be continuing from tomorrow tho :)

day 17 (11/09/24) :

[sparklingcid3r]

hey ive been seeing this hc on other blogs but what is ur hc on pony having to go to the doctor? like darry in waiting room with him, then pony forcing him to come into the exam room and silently looks to darry to answer every question the doctor asks of him. do you think darrel gets frusturated by pony or is he in full overprotective guardian mode of "he said his stomach hurts!" at the doctor.

I’ve seen a few of these too and I love what everyone’s come up with so I have no idea if I’m gonna be original but I wanna talk abt this soooo🫶

Pony HATES going to the doctor. That shit scares him so bad. His parents had to drag him kicking and screaming out the door and as a freshly turned 14 yr old, nothing’s changed. He still hates it. Sure, Darry’s not pulling his legs while Pony holds onto the door extreme, but he’s moping all the way over there.

Darry’s never wanted a frontal lobotomy more than during his first time taking Pony into the doctor’s office.

After he’s finished filling out the insurance part of the paperwork in the waiting room, he passes it off to Pony to answer the rest seeing as it’s his appointment. Pony ends up reading every question out to Darry like he’s supposed to answer it for him.

“It’s asking if I have any stomach pain.”

“Do you?”

“No.”

“Then write no.”

“Oh, okay.”

…

“It’s asking if I have any joint pain.”

Darry’s head is in his hands.

They finally get into the exam room and when the nurse tries to get him to follow her to measure his height, weight, blood pressure, vision, he just looks at Darry like he expects him to come with. Darry just gestures for him to go with the nurse like literally every other time he’s had to do this.

The nurse brings him back after an incredible series of “You want me to take my shoes off🤨” and “Am I supposed to get on that😐” (the scale). When she closes the door, Pony collapses back into the chair like he’s just been through an ordeal. He’s giving Darry the nastiest side eye and Darry’s just like “Do you really have to make this so complicated, all you have to do is sit there and let them look at you” but Pony hits him with the “You weren’t even there bro”

The doctor comes in and tries to make friendly small talk, just asking what grade he’s in and what kinds of school activities he does.

“So, what kind of physical activities do you partake in?”

Pony looks at Darry.

“He does track.”

“Alright, good. What would you say your diet is made up of, Ponyboy?”

Silence.

“He eats his vegetables. Lots of chocolate cake, though, nearly every day. I’m sure you want him to cut back on that.”

“Every day? Ha! Yes, I would advise that a young track star like you should limit your sugar intake.”

Darry has no intention of following through on that, but he’s satisfied with the heat Pony glares at him with. Darry is a shithead of an older brother when he’s taking Pony to the doctor. If Pony gives him the reigns he’s gonna fuck with him so hard. Like yeah he’s pretty sure it’ll help Pony to speak up for himself more, but Darry’s absolutely doing it more for his own entertainment.

And also they find out that Pony’s reflexes are garbage. The doctor gets his little hammer out and knocks on Pony’s knee. That shit doesn’t move until he’s about to move onto the other knee. Darry is in shock.

Overall a great day out for two-thirds of the Curtis brothers, 0/10 wouldn’t recommend

[star-ver]

my tips for restricting: notes from my intake log from october when i lost 10 lbs without trying:

1. aim for 0 calories, all the time, in any situation.

if this is going to be your absolute #1 goal, you need to think like it is. restriction and motivation need to be on your mind 24/7. this way you can never be caught off guard when tempted by food, or lose focus. i remember repeating "food is the enemy" in my head when i was about to get a snack.

2. keep your eating habits SIMPLE! do not complicate things. do not make decisions that depend on future you.

never say, "well, i'll still be under my limit" or "i'd have enough time to burn it off so might as well" because then you end up getting a ride instead of walking or being offered a snack and then suddenly you're completely off track and ready to lose control and binge.

3. make 1/3 of the food you eat "comfort food"

a decent part of the food i ate was some form of comfort food because my family are all fat americans. (i dont mean junk food, like cheeseburgers milkshakes poptarts etc) i think this helped me out because it gets rid of emotional hunger which is something i struggle with now. living off the stereotypical ana diet of almonds, black coffee, rice cakes, cucumber, cream cheese, dark chocolate and hardboiled eggs is only going to make you crave "bad" foods more. plus only eating cold foods makes you feel sad and bored. there's plenty of them, but my fav warm low cal comfort foods are:

campbells chunky chicken noodle soup (110 per cup, 220 per whole can) v filling and delicious, heat it up

bibigo (i think?) chicken and cilantro dumplings (i dont remember but theyre really low for dumplings)

4. weigh yourself every few days. don't get fixated on the number going down by specific increments, just make sure the general slope is downwards.

if you want to lose faster, restrict harder. getting fixated on numbers instead of eating habits is a great way to stop losing weight. i know it's exciting to calculate how much you'll lose eating 400 a day for a week but you are so much better off limiting your math to cal counting and unit conversion.

5. don't switch up your mindset!

only recently have i started losing my motivation often and switching between cal limits and diets and high res to low res. this leads me to binging and feeling out of control. i would recommend not dieting but always trying to get lower and lower "scores". don't worry about the abc diet or the get worse diet etc etc, just starve on your own and listen to your body (not too often though)

remember, discipline means sticking to what your plan says, not what your brain says!

[cryptid-of-ohio]

most and least edible butterflies?

That’s a pretty good question. I had to put in a bit of research to get what I think are the objectively correct answers (I’ll give subjective answers too).

First, a few ground rules. I will only be looking at the adult stage’s edibility. My objective answers will be based off my research, while my subjective will be whatever the hell I want. I have never personally eaten a butterfly, so some of my reasoning will be based on assumptions. Anywayssss

The objective least edible is pretty easy actually. It’s the African Giant Swallowtail, which produces a cardiosteroid and could potentially kill a human if ingested.

Isn’t it beautiful?

Also, fun fact, no one has published what the caterpillars look like, or what the host plant is for this species. So that’s a neat little mystery.

As for the objectively most edible butterfly, that’s a bit more subjective. For edibility, I’m looking for no poison (obviously), as it tastes bad even if it’s not lethal. I’m also looking for a larger main body since that is where most of the nutrients will come from.

I think a good butterfly that fits those criteria would be the Western Tiger Swallowtail.

Some of you may suspect it’s poisonous due to its bright color pattern, but it isn’t. Its colors are a false warning to predators to stay away.

I will say though, if you really want to eat a butterfly I would remove the wings, or avoid them. The scales that coat them are made of keratin, aka the stuff our hair and fingernails is made of, which isn’t very tasty.

Anyways, now on to the subjective stuff. I think the least edible butterfly is the glass wing butterfly.

I mean, look at it! If it were a human it would be so emaciated! There’s nothing tasty there to eat! Not to mention, it’s also poisonous! 0/10 would not recommend eating

As for most edible, I have to go with one that might surprise you.

This is the Harvester Butterfly. It may look small and unassuming, but that’s not why I picked it for the most edible. I picked it because it’s going to be full of different nutrients than other butterflies.

See, the Harvester is unique in its eating habits. As an adult it doesn’t usually drink nectar, instead drinking minerals from the ground or sap. This is because they got most of their nutrients as a caterpillar where their diet was…

Other bugs!! That’s right! This is the only species of carnivorous butterfly on the planet. Their diet as caterpillars is almost entirely made up of eating aphids and the remains of other bugs. It also means that is isn’t poisonous, as most butterflies become poisonous by eating poisonous plants in the caterpillar stage.

I hope this satisfies your curiosity @json-derulo

[r1poutmygvtz]

i saw your answer to an ask saying you lost 7-10lbs while doing a 4-5 day fast and that’s my DREAM rn!! i’ve only gone to 3 days before i was literally brain dead and exhausted, did you do anything special to go that long or was it just willpower😭

don’t even worry abt it if you don’t feel comfortable answering!

tbh it helps to have a good reason to be fasting other than purely out of self hatred, also if you can't water fast for days on end, don't!! it's not necessary to lose weight, it's just the "purest" way to fast but you'll lose regardless, i rarely water fast and i think the longest i have is 48h and it was rough, drinking an energy drink a day is what kept me awake and able to actually do things other than just lay down and nap all day during my longest fast (until days 8/9, no amount of caffeine could get me off that couch and i genuinely struggled getting up to go to the bathroom) and drinking a bottle or two of diet pop a day, or a medium cup if the people i was staying with decided to drive through somewhere, is what helped keep cravings under control and kept me feeling full

below the cut i have all/most of my long fasts and i talk about what motivated me to do it or the process in getting to the time which some are a bit long so feel free to skip over it

my first ever 5 day fast was done because i started talking to this guy (yaya stereotypical ik ik i don't starve for anyone anymore so it's fine) and that motivated me to "be and do my best" and to me fasting was what i considered the best so i kept going until i got bored, i was drinking a monster a day and that was basically it, i didn't really drink water and this was over a year ago when i didn't drink pop, i was also very focused on school and would smoke and sit at my desk for hours without moving to finish my online classes so food never even crossed my mind

the 4 day fast after that was because i wanted to see if i could do another 5 day fast and that was also with mainly monster as my drink, i was out of school so i just colored a lot and did a bunch of hand on things like craft making to keep my hands and mind busy (this fast ended so horribly and freaked me out so much i tried to recover lmfao)

the second time i did a 5 day fast was a month after i had hit my lw (and was consistently gaining due to extreme hunger) in an attempt to get back down there or to at least stop binging, i would drink a cup of chicken broth or have an energy drink whenever i felt weak as long as i stayed under 50 cals

i know one of the other 4 day fasts was done during the summer sometime but i dont remember my motivation, i think i just wanted to hit a gw i was close to and then ended up dropping more than expected so i kept going a bit more, i drank mostly water and monster during this one as well, on the third or fourth day i also had whisky (technically broke my fast but since it's not solid and because it was in celebration of my late grandpas birthday i let it slide)

and finally my longest ever and most recent fast, the near 218h (little over 9 days) fast, it actually started as a 22h fast and i wasn't hungry at the time i would've broken it so i kept going and i ended up getting to 4 days before i felt hungry and by then it became a game to see how long i could get away with it, after i hit 5 days i wanted to break my record, then i wanted to hit a week, and finally i wanted to wait until i went back to my house to break it so i added 2 more days, for the first 48h i only drank water and then the next 24h after that i only had water and diet pop, then once the fatigue and weakness hit i started drinking c4 and that helped so so much, i highly recommend the pink starburst flavor especially if you're craving something sweet, it's 10 cals and it hits the spot everytime but do be aware that it has 200mg of caffeine per can so drink in moderation, there's also 5 cal options of c4 depending on flavor and 0 cal depending on size :3

[pleaseeeimjustagirl]

Your Physical Glow Up 

Most of us when trying to level up are very excited to work on the physical aspect. I know I am. I'm excited about finally getting my dream body, skin, and hair. I have been working so hard this month on being intentional with my habits so I can attain my goals. So in today's blog post, I want to break down the things you should focus on to enhance your physical appearance I will be making more in-detail blog posts about each point<3.

Diet 

This is the most important thing to me that we should all focus on whether you are trying to lose, gain, or maintain weight. Your diet can affect a lot. Having a bad diet can affect your gut health causing uncomfortable bloating it can affect your skin giving you bad acne and so many other issues. Depending on your goal try to find a diet that best fits what you're going for. I recommend eating a balanced diet and not limiting or restricting any food. Watch YouTube videos and read books on proper nutrition. Also, find out how many calories you should be eating daily on TDEE calculators. Always consult your doctor especially if you have medical issues. Always consult your doctor especially if you have medical issues. WATER I know some girlies aren’t big fans of water lol but you need water! I wish I could put a bigger emphasis on the need for water it's a must especially when it comes to your skin and overall body health. If you don't like drinking water you can put lemons or other fruits in your water. My favorite item to use to give my water a boost of flavor is flavored packets they sell them every where and they are very low in calories ranging from 0-10 Cals. Finally, your gut health I know you have been hearing about this all over tik tok this topic is so deep ill be making a separate post for it but yes gut health is so important it can affect our physical appearance causing us to look bloated or inflamed. So do your research on how to improve your gut health and expect a post soon <3.

Exercise 

Get your body moving babe! Exercise can be fun find a form of exercise that makes you feel good and that you enjoy. I think the reason why a lot of us do not enjoy working out is because we are doing what everyone else is doing instead of doing what makes us happy. Some people might love HIIT workouts and you might like something more low-impact like pilates and the next girl could like walking 5 miles every day. Figure out what best suits you dibble and dabble in different forms of exercise. And yes I know sometimes we will have to do exercise we don’t like to get a certain look I recently started weight training at first I did not like it but now I love ittt! It makes me feel so good and I have been seeing results and the more results I see the harder I want to go in the gym. Also, you do not have to pay for memberships to be able to do pilates and yoga YouTube has a lot of amazing women who will get you right. So look at your goals figure out what aligns with them and be consistent.

Rest

Sleep is very important and the most overlooked. You need to get at least 7 hours of sleep every night. Start training your body to sleep more no more late nights. Of course, staying up here and there is understandable but you shouldn’t be staying up and going to sleep by 3 am every single day. Take it easy allow yourself to rest! Do not overwork yourself to achieve your goals. With patience, you will reach your goals in the blink of an eye, and you’ll be where you want to be.

Skincare 

First figure out what skincare type you have and the type of products that are best for your skin. I have hyperpigmentation and dark spots it's not extremely bad but I do not like it and would like my skin to be one color and clear. So I did some research on what I could try to get the skin that I wanted. I recently started using Kojic acid, Cosrx, MediCube, and Neutrogena. Also, sunscreen is important for all of us to use. I'm a black girl if you haven't realized yet lol but growing up I heard black people do not need sunscreen yesss we do! I recently started getting into anti-aging skin care as well still doing my research. There is nothing wrong with wanting to be youthful you can't stop aging but you can slow it down.

These were the basic things to focus on when trying to physically level up if you want me to go more in-depth let me know. I'll be making posts on each separately over the next couple of weeks.

I'm open to any comments or private messages if you can relate and please let me know any further topics you want me to cover<3

[bowtiepastabitch]

Okay is anyone else's tumblr ads trying very VERY hard to convince them to take shots of olive oil???? I've gotten five ads today alone. I'm scared. I'm afraid. Who would pay money to try to talk me into this?

Also I did it once when I was 15 because diet culture and unhealthy relationships with food wahoo; immediately threw up in the kitchen sink. 0/10 do not recommend. Why would they want this.

[aakaneeee]

✮⋆˙beside you feels so right˙⋆✮

ᶻ 𝗓 𐰁 featuring! dan heng and gn! reader

words: over 5k

ᶻ 𝗓 𐰁 contents! fluff, slight hurt/comfort

ᶻ 𝗓 𐰁 warnings! spoilers of Dan Hengs past

ᶻ 𝗓 𐰁 songs I recommend for this fic:

❀rises the moon

❀sweather weather

❀the other side of the Paradise

▶︎ •၊၊||၊|။||||။‌‌‌‌‌၊|• 0:10

ᶻ 𝗓 𐰁 akane's thoughts: omg akane made a long fic?!?! unbelievable.. all jokes aside, I think this came out prettyyy cute! Dan heng is such a softie bro someone give him a hug. (how are the two men I like most polar opposites?? talking about Dan Heng and Luka from ALNST)

the tea you wanted to drink already went cold, steam no longer rising from the green, transparent liquid. you circled around the painfully empty room of yours. you joined the Astral Express Crew only recently, not enough time passed for you to decorate the place you received, but definetly enough to get attached to everyone. especially a certain someone.

you got a text, a horrid one, short yet to the point: enough to make your stomach churn. "the mission took an unpredictable turn. a bad one. we might come back later than anticipated."

Dan Heng was always a dry texter. That wasn't what made you so worried. But the Xianshou Luofu was a dangerous place. There were mara-struck people, who knows what kind of 'companions' and you knew well they would have to do dangerous stuff, like they always did. They came back with scars more often than not and it made you sick.. because Dan Heng would never admit something went bad.. You knew it was worse than what he said.

So, now he is a dragon? long, dark hair with turquoise ends stayed smoothly on broad, bare shoulders. Greenish blue eyes that almost seemd to pierce trought you. Teal, translucent horns.

It was Dan Heng, but it also wasn't.

"this might be unexpected for you. I was quite.. worried to come back to the Express. to you..." a pause. "And Himeko, and Pom Pom." He never repeated the same word again and again in the same phrase, it was obvious he was nervous.

"there's no need to be. sure.. this is a lot to take in and process. But it would never change what I think about you. You're still the Dan Heng I know." You smile awkwardly, trying to make him feel better, to an extent where you weren't sure if what you were saying was okay. "And I know you had a reason to hide that from us. I understand you." Did you really?

"Thats good to know." He nodded slightly, a pink, rosey shade brushed on his cheeks, almost barely noticeable. "I'll just.." he sighed, something he did oftenly, for many reasons too. "I'll go to my room..."

The moment just turned even more awkward than it was before, which was a hard to achieve point. Both of your gazes were averted to the side.

"Okay..  I'll..  see you?" You respond.

He simply nods before turning away and going right, back to his own cabin. You closed the door, leaning against it and sighing, just like he would have done. It was a gruesome experience, one that would swim back to the surface before falling asleep. You try to calm yourself down, and tell yourself it was all okay, even though you knew it wasn't.

02:37 AM

Turning again and again in one's bed seems to not work. You get up, sighing just like Dan Heng would, and stretch. Your eyes were drooping sleepily, unkempt hair falling on your shoulders. Your baggy pajama was not staying right, but it didn't matter that much. Your foggy mind couldn't forget what happened between you and the one you got way too attached for your own good. You were a bit frustrated he kept all that under the rug, even for you, and made you feel a little upset, even though you understood his reasoning. Sliding your door open, you stepped out, pacing quietly until you are in the lobby.

Cooking yourself some simple Diet fried rice, you sit down at one of the tables and stare at it, waiting for it to cool down. Atleast if you focused on the white grains of rice, then thoughts wouldn't lurk as much.

Not even Pom Pom walked around the empty halls of the Express. It was all peaceful and tranquil, optimal for watching the stars and the beautiful constellations they create. And yet, even with a breathtaking scenery before you, you still felt oddly.. empty. Like a certain something ended way too soon. Like something finished abruptly even though you could've stopped it. You couldnt help but imagine that he didn't see you the same way, even though he was the one that changed. Perhaps it's because you stared, pure shock on your face. Or perhaps he just felt guilty for not telling you, and wants to distance himself. That sounds like something Dan Heng would do. And yet, you still felt like it was somehow your fault.

You take a mouthful of the food you made, and even though it was nothing special or that good, it was enough for such a late time. You felt like the only thing that wasn't enough right now, was you. You wanted to apologize for staring and tell him how much you like him, maybe even be honest and say the truth, that it was in a more-than-friends way. It would be awkward. A relationship would never happen between you two. You couldn't pin point if he felt the same or not, but it didn't change much. A relationship on the Express would be a nuisance. You know that teasing wouldn't even be the worst part, but rather, the fact that you would worry more than needed, and the whole system would be deregulated, just because of mutual romantic feelings.

And so the bowl emptied.

Walking slowly to your room, you stumble on your own steps, even the Universe wanting to tell you 'go and apologize!'. You stop in front of his cabin, reluctantly hold your hand up, but before knocking, you pull it back. Your hesistance continues for a few seconds that felt like the whole world stopped in place, but then you finally do it. Knock once. Twice. Shortly, almost intentionally made to not be heard so you could tell yourself that you tried and calm down, atleast a little bit.

To your dismay, or happiness, because you weren't really sure at this point, the door slides open. A sleepy version of the normal Dan Heng you know stands behind it, looking at you.

"Did you need something?"

Your gaze averted to the side.

"No. I just wanted company, and you're the only one that stays awake this late." A white lie and you know it. It's not company you wanted.

"come in, then." He replies after a short pause that yet again felt like an eternity.

This felt even worse, and it was almost pressing on you, like a glass wall. You enter the archives room after the taller man. The bed was not made, like usual, but now the scenario seemed to be more like: "he just got up to open the door because he is too nice to not do it". It all smelled vaguely of a bitter kind of tea, but it's was so subtle you didn't manage to pick up what tea exactly. Something close to green tea, you concluded. Small lights from the multiple devices scattered around the makeshift room flickered, and they were the only things that didn't leave the whole place in complete darkness.

Your gaze went back to Dan Heng, who stretched his neck and arms, then sat down, looking at you intently.

"so, what are you doing up so.. late. or early, perhaps." He asked you, voice a little different than usual. Maybe because you woke the poor guy up at an unholy hour of the night, but it was deeper and somewhat raspier.

"i couldn't really sleep. thoughts were clouding my mind and dragging all kinds of tiredness from me."

"what kind of thoughts?"

He asked that because he cared, or because he knew the feeling too well. He usually was very focused on the topic of discussions, but many times you caught him zoning out, eyebrows furrowed as he seemed lost in deep thought.

For a bit, you were reluctant to tell him the truth. It probably was very weird, and sudden, even a bit saddening. You didn't want to ruin his mood, but you were already there.. and it felt only right for him to know.

"I am so sorry for staring earlier." You start, voice cracking slightly. "I didn't want to make you feel bad, like I probably did. I know it must've been hard to keep something so upsetting like this and my reaction wasn't good. I deeply apologize.. I guess I just stared because I thought you were beautiful, and didn't realize I made you uncomfortable-" Wait. Rewind that.

The always so neutral Dan Heng looked at you with slightly widened eyes, a pale rosy tint on his cheeks.

"I just made it worse didn't I-"

"No. No, you didn't." He interrupted you, maybe a bit too eagerly for it to sound like he didn't enjoy the compliment. He sighs, something he did very oftenly, trying to find the right words.

"You are right, it was hard for me to keep all of that away from everyone. I felt bad for doing so. And I did get quite worried that you didn't..  see me as the same Dan Heng you know. But I never blamed you. I get it, it's weird for someone to come back and look like someone else-"

"No! It's not weird- You aren't weird." It was your turn to stop him a little too eagerly. "Youre an amazing person and everyone knows that. Especially me.. well, I think. The others probably know you better than I do.. but I'd like to know more about you. So, so much more."

"You do."

"I do."

You two looked at eachother for a second, not breaking eye contact. In the middle of the day, you were sure you both wouldn't have that kind of courage. But at about 4 AM, I guess even your brains turned into mush. A guilty one too, it seems.

"With what would you like to start, then?" He broke the silence with a more than bold statement, as you saw it.

"What?"

"With what would you like to start? You said you wanted to know me better. Then what would you like to know?"

"Oh, there are a lot of things, I can't just pick one..." "Then I'll start. I'm Dan Heng, and..." he pauses, clearing his throat as if trying to gain courage, his cheeks turning darker than rosy. "..and I like you."

Seeing your shocked expression, he tried his best to suppress a smile. "I mean it." Even though the words came out a little stuttered, they still, in fact, impressed you.

"Dan heng, I.. dont even know what to say..

"If you dont feel the same it's okay."

"No, I mea-"

"And even if you do but are not ready for a relationship, it's also okay."

"I wanted t-"

"And if you won't want to ever talk again I-"

"Dan Heng!" You interrupted him, your tone slightly amused. You never knew he could talk so much. "I like you too."

His eyes widened as he opened his mouth to say something, but then closed it as if nothing came out. You lean in to give him a kiss on the forehead, to which he responds by gently cupping your face and kissing you. All living beings froze around you, and all the air seemed to have gotten stuck in your lungs. It felt like your lips were meant to be there. Like life can finally continue because two halves found eachother again.

When you had to pull away for air, you smiled, he smiled. The course of life started again. Flowers were blooming, the Sun was shining. All leaves were green again, or atleast that's how it felt for both of you. And why stop nature? If it's fueled by kisses, then don't mind if you do.

It never felt so right to be next to someone. It never was so amazing to know you are loved and cared for, however you might look. Not all halves match perfectly, but you two do. And that's why being beside you feels so right.

[mevvsan]

"A carb free diet? 0/10, would not recommend" - pigeon

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[without-it]

ok i lied i love to update u guys. heres updates and general tips and goals for the next fast ❤️

said id wait till thursday but at my core im a little silly guy who loves to lie and tell untruths!! so heres the fasting tea abt wrapping up that last 90 hour fast and starting this one

first off, the refeeding and weight gain update from the two days of eating "normally" : weight update this morning, from my last weigh in on monday, i gained about 1/3 of a pound (i lost just over 10 pounds so really good return) so really happy with that honestly. refeeding is such a huge and often overlooked aspect to fasting, and if its handled wrong it can often negate all ur hard work.

when i refeed i focus on PLAIN low calorie foods. if you end a fast with curry to be perfectly honest ur gonna shit urself to death and have a fucking miserable time lmao. my go to is a PLAIN UNSEASONED steamed veggie dish (usually steamed broc and corn, broc bc low calorie and corn bc i am a corn GIRLIE), and often with miso soup to go with it. unseasoned foods help with the upset tummy after ending a fast, and get ur body used to actually processing glucose again. and miso soup is just a nice low calorie simple food to add some fun into that meal. pls dear god do not eat sweet foods / high salt / high seasoned in general / or heavy meat or sauced dishes as a fast breaking meal. if youve fasted for more than a 4 days im not joking you can literally end up dying from that so just be responsible shawtie damn. (look up refeeding syndrome im not a doctor so im not gonna give u the lowdown)

things to focus on during the fast to help prevent rapid weight gain: drink ur god damn liquids. i dont care if ur getting water in thru diet soda or tea or fizzy water or even coffee. that is water, that is a pro and do not listen to ppl who say that water "doesnt count". when you restrict liquids during a fast you will obvi lose more weight in the short term, but during refeeding if u start drinking normally again (as i really hope u are lmao) you will gain this water weight rapidly. u turned ur body into a desert for a few days, and best believe the second u have more liquid ur body is gonna hang on to that for dear life. its better for u and less stressful in the long run to just keep up ur liquid intake during fasts trust me.

and then this is my go to routine for every fast:

every day i take these suppliments: high strength collagen, iron, zinc, a womens multivit, and the unsung hero of fasting? FIBER TABLETS. bro i can fast for over a week and still not be constipated bc im on my SIGMA FIBER GRINDSET

and then my daily intake: at least a liter of water every day with the "Endura brand low carb sugar free electrolyte drink" (in lemon lime flavor) (i put 2 scoops aka 2 serves per liter of water) the taste is super mid but honestly drinking that every day on my last fast made things such a breeze. literally like no headaches, no cramps, minimal dizziness, and my sleep was mostly uneffected.

then i also have either a can or two of coke zero. yes i know it has 1.1 calories and diet coke would be technically more appropriate for a fast, but i hate diet coke and u will not catch my ass drinking it

and then a cup or two of green tea with a 0 calorie sweetener. no recommendations on the sugar bc honestly i swap between brands depending on whats avail at my grocery store that week lmao.

all this liquid and high variety keeps me kinda full, and provides fun taste enrichment so i dont literally go monkey insane drinking plain water for a week. cool if u can do that but ur literally a psycho and not to be trusted frankly

so current goal is at least lunch time saturday. i have plans to do lunch w my friend but honestly if im not rly hungry then and i wanna keep the fast going im just gonna cancel that lunch or even push it to dinner to just get a few more hours in!

as usual, expect weight updates every morning. the starting situation is: 87kg exactly ( 191.8 pounds) , 20% of my weight loss goal achieved. see yall tmro for the update!

[spacejammie-eimmajecaps]

Just got done listening to my mom go on and on about all the "hidden cures" that are out there for my chronic illnesses, as if I don't already know about them and how ridiculous many of them are, as if I haven't personally researched and explored every option and tried countless things to improve my steadily declining quality of life

Regardless of what I say, she believes all my chronic illnesses are something I can cure if only I'd "try this new diet" or "take that special supplement" or whatever

So simple, why didn't I think of that (heavy sarcasm)

Absolutely exhausting interaction, 0/10 would not recommend

[lucysweatslove]

I am trying to lose weight and am rly obsessive and I think maybe I have atypical anorexia too? I’m scared to tell anybody. People are proud of me and encourage this.

Hi anon :) it’s great that you reached out to somebody. It sounds like you might be in a rough spot rn.

I can’t diagnose you, or really give any validity to the idea you might have an eating disorder because I don’t know you or what dieting and obsessive means to you. But it sounds like you’re struggling and that the dieting and obsessions around food maybe are quite distressing. People don’t usually come to the conclusion they may have an eating disorder until it is really impacting their life, and they have spent so much time researching. (I would say it’s VERY common for people with any kind of restrictive/weight-focused ED to think there isn’t a problem; ED brain does that). So while I can’t like, validate or diagnose exactly, I trust that if you are reaching out, you really truly are suffering. And that is valid. The exact term or diagnosis is, in my opinion, less important than recognizing the pain and suffering and internal/mental anguish of eating disorders.

As somebody who has recovered- but still has an “ED brain” and truthfully can’t “healthily” diet / pursue intentional weight loss- I know how hard it is to be in that headspace while those around you actively encourage it. Atypical ana super sucks and isn’t easy to recover from. It’s similar to “typical” (low-weight) anorexia in many ways, but the triggers we have and just how we are perceived in society and in medicine are often different and create real, different barriers. I think there is still this idea floating around that people at lower weights are suffering more than people with atypical anorexia. Like atypical ana is “ana lite” IF we have our suffering acknowledged at all. The higher your weight is, the more weight stigma you experience. And that makes seeking care very difficult.

Again- I know nothing about you, so I can’t know what you are experiencing. But it sounds like you may be at a higher weight than what is considered “ideal” in your culture, or you started at a higher weight, so people around you are praising the obsessive behaviors causing distress. I just want to remind you that for those of us with atypical anorexia, this is actually a very common experience. You aren’t alone.

And I get if that also means seeking help us even more so difficult. I wish I had a happy story to tell on that front. I don’t. I had my ED for multiple years before “atypical anorexia” became a talked about thing- it was EDNOS still in the past DSM, which nobody wanted to consider in me at all. Every time I wanted to talk about how I felt like my eating was different from others, like I would start to reach out, it was shut down. I only really got the diagnosis retroactively after having to do so much of my recovery alone (somehow I managed? But 0/10 would not recommend). I would still encourage you to try to reach out to a professional. The world has changed a little bit since then- it’s been ten years since the DSM-V came out and actually specified that “atypical anorexia” was a thing (under OSFED), and we have more research out there to validate that our suffering isn’t just mental. It has real, and honestly scary, physical health consequences, even at higher BMIs. If you can find a HAES (health at every size) provider in your area, they are less likely to write off your concerns / more likely to be supportive and treat you with the care and compassion you deserve.

Reaching out to me was a fabulous first step. And I’m here for you if you want to reach out again, for any reason.

[deweydecimalchickens]

So obviously calorie numbers here and I'm gonna talk about some very dysfunctional people I had to work with when I was clawing my way out of an eating disorder via sheer bloody-mindedness.

When I was about 18 I worked in this terrible office where it was all women on competitive diets. It was the only thing they talked about and they felt totally okay about berating other women for what they were eating. It was just one of those environments where bad becomes normal in this self-reinforcing echo chamber. I'd go and eat my sandwiches outside in winter for some peace and quiet.

My own eating disorder was at the "mostly not symptomatic" stage by this point. I'd had some realisations about how this was only going to get worse and I could jack it in now before things got worse or I could jack it in later after things got worse and those were my only options. Carry On With This Bullshit Infinitely And Dot Dot Dot Magic Happens was not on the table, dumbass. Also it made my girlfriend at the time so angry. I will forever be grateful to her for that. She hated the fucking thing when I couldn't and it gave me a bar for normality. I'd accidentally gone off my meds too, that wasn't great.

These women would be talking about their diets like "I've got this great new one where I eat 600 calories a day" and I'd be like..."that's not enough to keep your organs going. It takes more than that to keep you alive. That's a really bad idea." And they'd look at me like I'd grown an extra head and started speaking in tongues. And tell me no, that can't be right, don't be silly. And then go right back to talking cheerfully and confidently about this sub-starvation diet and how great it was.

It became horribly apparent that normal feminine culture/socialisation/whatever was completely detached from reality about this. The off-her-meds 18-year-old trying to cure her bulimia through anger and stubbornness should not have the healthiest, most realistic approach in the room. It became obvious that I really was gonna have to fix this thing by myself because the mindset I was trying to kill in self-defence was considered totally normal and desirable. I was the office weirdo for thinking 600 calories a day was not enough to sustain a human body.

I feel like even when it doesn't rise to the level of An Eating Disorder, the majority of women have a profoundly disordered approach to eating. My wife briefly attended a weight loss group for the sole purpose of moving her numbers to somewhere she was considered worth saving during a global pandemic, and there was an 80-year-old there. Promise me that when you are 80 you will just eat the damn cake. There is a reason that your likelihood of dying is called "frailty" at that point, and not "chonkiness". My mother was talking about how being in hospital for hernia surgery and unable to eat "finally" lost some weight she'd been trying to shift for years and I was like...I don't think that's good? 0/10 would not recommend? Given a choice between carrying extra weight and literally starving your way through abdominal surgery and recovery I think the first one might be better for you?

As a biochem student and certified nerd, I feel the responsibility to bestow this knowledge upon as many people as I possibly can:

You do NOT need to “earn” meals through exercise.

You know why?

Because exercise only accounts for about 20% of your calories. The majority of the calories your body burns, it uses to keep itself alive. It uses them to power your brain and metabolism. In fact, your brain ALONE is responsible for spending about 20% of your calories.

Your BRAIN, just to keep itself going, uses up just as many (or even more!!!) calories than all the exercise you do.

Your RESTING metabolic rate is responsible for burning between 60 and 75% of your calories.

You don’t just deserve food because you’re working out. YOU DESERVE FOOD BECAUSE YOUR BODY NEEDS IT TO STAY ALIVE.