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[headspace-hotel]

honestly I'm still pissed off about my ex roommate trying to control my sleeping and eating habits and in particular trying to stop me from eating after like, 8pm, insisting that eating before bed is terrible for your health and that she knew what she was talking about cuz her parents were doctors. Ditto with constantly nagging me to "fix" my sleep schedule. I stopped menstruating+had constantly swollen lymph nodes+lost so much weight I was at my 14-year-old size+consistently slept 4-5 hours a night with constant nightmares but i was so much "healthier" right

#weight loss tw

[alfhildr-the-word-weaver]

Today on "tumblr ads that I wish were rebloggable":

I'm not wildly fond of tumblr ads promoting weight loss all willy-nilly, but the theming of this one combined with the fact that I saw it on a blog that I first followed for Dracula Daily posting has me losing it. Lose weight how, pray tell, dear tumblr ad? Lose blood weight? Because someone's drinking it? Am I going to be running through Transylvania because there's a vampire chasing me?

#funny #Dracula Daily #weight loss tw #tumblr ads #Transylvania #walking challenge #I don't mind the idea of a walking challenge but this idea that everybody needs to lose weight constantly is so dangerously pervasive #but the implied context of “lose weight because vampires” is kind of hilarious #image described in alt text #sorry to the people of Transylvania that your country gets flattened to heehoo vampires #but the spooky castle theming plus the theme of the blog that I saw this on made thinking about vampires unavoidable for me #vampires #rosebleue #sorry Rose (can I call you Rose?) I know you did not personally put this ad on your blog #it's just the combination of it with you as a vampire blog that made it so funny to me #blood drinking #ask to tag #if there's anything else I've missed #lunch break posting

[scrapnick]

Fuck thinspo all my homies hates thinspo, I just don’t want my joints to hurt when I’m old

#my asthma and allergies and joint pain had been kicking my ass but I feel so much better now omg #I just don’t drink as much alcohol or sweets and eat more vegetables #scraps.png #weight loss tw

[arowrath]

got an ad just now that was like “lose X pounds in 60 days!” and the number was exactly half my current body weight. This sounds like a threat more than an ad are you going to fucking saw me in half

#text #weight loss tw

[spaceshipkat]

very glad they didn’t force nicola coughlan to lose weight for her bridgerton season, but the fact they made luke newton get ripped? i just. hhhhh can we stop forcing men to starve and dehydrate themselves and workout to insane levels just so they can have a six pack for thirty seconds on television screens

#bridgerton #nicola coughlan #luke newton #diet culture #weight loss tw #it just instantly makes me not enjoy something f #because i know that man is probably STARVING and acting with a dry mouth like come ON

[what-even-is-thiss]

Meal replacement shakes are a lie and I think we all know this by now and yet somehow a thing called Huel has an intense cult following

#weight loss tw

[compassionatereminders]

BMI is obviously bullshit, but being able to respond to an itty skinny persons "well according to BMI my weight is healthy, but obviously I still need to lose some kilos" with "well in fact BMI says that I AM overweight, and yet you wouldn't tell ME to lose some kilos" is a power move I'd hate to give up

#kat gets personal #weight tw #body image tw #body shaming tw #weight loss tw #diet culture tw

[newsfromstolenland]

Isn’t there an insulin shortage? Was it only in America? I am worried about people with diabetes.

there's a shortage in the states that is exacerbating the already high prices:

there was also this, a tiktok weight loss trend leading to a global shortage of medication for type 2 diabetes (it isn't insulin though):

but I can't find anything about an insulin shortage in canada. if anyone can find any information on that, feel free to add it!

#mine #asks #anonymous #insulin #medication #diabetes #medicine #diet culture #weight loss culture #diet culture tw #weight loss tw

[mintmatcha]

Fatphobic math is obesity being one of the leading causes of death in America but also called one of the most preventable conditions and yet weight loss surgeries aren’t covered by most insurances because they’re considered “cosmetic”

its an obesity EPIDEMIC until there's a treatment, then it's laziness and stupidity.

#weight loss tw

[neuroticboyfriend]

between my parents telling me incessantly to lose weight and eat less (despite me telling them repeatedly to stop), and my sister going on a new year's calorie-restriction low fat/sodium etc. diet (with her boyfriend no less)... i am feeling incredibly triggered. i'm sick and i am so hungry but i feel guilty every time i eat.

whenever i haven't eaten a lot my dad tells me that's good. whenever i'm hungry and go for 2nds my dad tells me to stop. whenever i have a medical issue and need my parents' help, my dad refuses to help me and tears me apart, telling me i need to stop thinking about these things so much/letting my pain stop me and i just need to lose weight.

i just wanna shrivel up in a ball and cry. they really treat me like i'm just crazy and there's nothing physically wrong with me except for my weight and diet.

#julian rants #vent #calories tw #disordered eating tw #fatphobia tw #diet tw #weight loss tw #my dad #my parents

[headspace-hotel]

I think a critical flaw in the vegan’s user’s argument was that they clearly buckled down on how capitalist exploitation and overproduction factors into milk and meat markets… and then seemed to assume that vegan diets avoid capitalist pitfalls completely.

But you’ve already posted on your blog before about how crop production under capitalism has created huge environmental issues in terms of biodiversity, depletion of topsoil, and sustainability. Meaning even a non-animal diet can (especially on the scale necessary for every human being currently in existence) still create large-scale issues if that diet demands having specific foods in abundance to avoid eating meat.

Like, I’m sympathetic to what vegans want to do, it just feels like they’re ignoring a MASSIVE number of pressing logistical and environmental issues to push that agenda. There’s several intersecting problems here, and claiming humanity as a whole is poised to chuck eating animals completely seems to be jumping the gun.

This is basically exactly what I hope to convey to people. I feel like extremely pressing issues such as topsoil loss, pesticide and herbicide use, and pollution caused by nitrogen fertilizers, not to mention the severe biodiversity impacts of monoculture, are being disregarded in favor of a very simplistic "Meat is killing the Earth" argument.

And I think the "veganism to save the earth" idea is just...distracting, as a movement. I'm glad people are motivated to do it. I don't think it's bad. But we need people to take action beyond just Buy Product. Anyone telling you that the most important action you can take is Buy Different Product does not have your best interest, or the planet's best interest, in mind.

If you're eating a plant based diet, but your only relationship with your food is Buy Product, you are still alienated from the source of your food. You still don't know, and can't respect or care for, the ecosystem or the labor that gives it to you.

My agenda is far more along the lines of "society needs to be organized so more people are directly involved in growing food that feeds their community" than anything to do with animals, but it's clear to everyone who has studied it for 2 seconds that farming needs to change hugely and it's so, so much more complicated than "farming animals is bad, farming plants is good."

Also the fact is that veganism cuts you off from sources of nutrients that have been part of virtually every human society ever, a LOT of people have disabilities, allergies or nutrient absorption issues that mean going vegan isn't possible for them, and people who try to argue with me about this simply Stop knowing how to read when this is brought up. "Some people need animal protein to live" is a reality of the world but people who don't like this straight up refuse to consider it.

I have no food allergies or sensitivities, and I still struggle to eat enough food to live. I lost thirty fucking pounds in college because of stress, the dining hall being shit, and my roommate trying to control my eating habits (long story). Thats like...well over 1/5 of my body weight. Sometimes people Cannot restrict their diet safely.

Like, sure, I 85% agree with the vegans who like to comment on my posts, but the remaining 15% of things they say is completely insane.

And some of them are so out of touch with reality that they will swear up and down that it's impossible for humans to drink milk without someone having to murder a baby animal. They seem to think farming is exclusively some kind of horror show that happens in a warehouse somewhere, and don't understand the concept that "some people live in rural areas" or "it's not uncommon in some places to just keep a few dairy goats that provide milk for your family."

And if they admit this exists, it's like "well, that's not where your dairy comes from, because the INDUSTRY—" thats. that's my point, you can get milk from a farmer who keeps a small herd that is well treated, we should start doing this actually, you can even keep your OWN goat

my ideal world involves "backyard chickens and goats are legal in suburban areas where there's space" because there's literally nothing innately unethical about keeping a couple dairy goats or healthy heritage breed chickens and you can quote me on that and you can even fight me.

That one person (the one who kept bringing up eating poop) (Lord what a sentence to have to write) eventually turned to "Well those sources are wrong because governmental organizations want you to keep eating animal products" which is already well into "conspiracy theory" territory. No thanks.

#weight loss tw

[newvegasdyke]

Woooooo i reached another weight goal and I am reallyyyy close to my bigger goal/what my doctor wanted to see (reasonably) and I’m looking forward to seeing how my blood work results will have changed after losing even more. I’m not hung up on the numbers but it is a representation of my progress and how much better I feel physically

#weight loss tw #won’t post numbers but if you want to know I would tell you

[glittergroovy]

Hi I have applied to so many jobs & done so many interviews but still have not gotten hired!! I don’t have much past work experience because of disability & thats making it so hard to get hired now. Being trans also complicates it. I am completely out of savings and can’t get things like groceries, subway fare, or household cleaning supplies.

(it’s a photo bc I can’t screenshot in the bank app^)

If anyone can help out, trust me it is so so so appreciated. Especially rn as I try to get on food stamps. I've lost 15% of my body weight from being unemployed & broke the past year. I'd worked so, so hard to put that weight on and having to watch myself waste away is more devastating than I know how to express. Every cent towards a meal helps.

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ways to help-

Ko-fi: grubcore

Venmo: @Grubcore

WishTender: this has prices for specific things I need listed! (groceries, public transport costs, laundry)

Redbubble: buy stickers etc of my art (unfortunately this only gives me a tiny portion of the item's price + I don't get the money right away)

I'm setting up some other ways to buy my art, I'll post about them when I do!

#starving artist #mutual aid #artists on tumblr #trans #chronic illness #long covid #fibromyalgia #POTS #wtv the hell else i have. IBD #I’m eating expired beans for dinner 😞 #eating old canned food thats gonna hurt my innards #weight mention #weight loss tw #weight tw #im in nyc if anyone knows someone who knows someone who is hiring idfk

[arowrath]

i hate that societally weight loss is almost always seen as a good thing for all the normal reasons of course but also because it's really inhibiting my complaining right now. i love complaining i dont love having to add "(bad thing)" to my complaints to fend off congratulations

#text #weight loss tw

[fatmasc]

Top surgery while fat!!!!

I got inverted T/anchor T top surgery on feb 13 2023 after many many years of wanting it. Heres some stuff i learned and dealt with over that process:

I live in a state where transgender healthcare must be covered by insurance according to state law. Despite this, i felt unable to try and bill through insurance. This is because the requirements for top surgery approval involve getting approved by a gender therapist who you have seen for at least a year and then getting approved again by the clinic you are applying to. Almost every trans person i know who did this had to reapply multiple times because theyre were rejected for unclear reasons. And if you get approved you are often waitlisted for at least a year bc there are only so many top surgeons in jn the state

Thats not even touching on how most surgeons have a low BMI barrier here, so i was more likely to be rejected by insurance through that alone (apparently the primary place ppl seek top surgery in my state has since changed this but it was too late for me)

I sought informed consent surgery (read: completely paid out of pocket) with a well-regarded surgeon. This guy was one of my least favorite people because his bedside manner was so dismissive and i was told to lose weight multiple times. If his nursing staff wasnt so awesome and i not so desperate i might have put off surgery to seek out another surgeon. This is a problem i have heard from multiple other ppl who seek surgery from him: he sucks but his results are good

On his initial application form, my surgeon lists his BMI barrier as 36. At consultation, he told me the hard cap is 40. I would be operated on if i was above 36 but turned away day of surgery if my BMI was 40. I spent the five months between my consultation and surgery date losing 30 pounds to make sure i could get this surgery

My surgeon is already able to charge a hefty amount because his practice is so well known, but that combined with a) recent inflation and b) his statement thay i would need an extra hour on the table and therefore more anesthesia meant i was charged even more! Compared to a recent quote from another person who saw him, i was charged about $1000+ more for my surgery

The operaton went without hitch and so far recovery has gone wonderfully. I was finished half an hour before expecred and the anesthesiologist only asked me if i have had past issues w anesthesia. As far as i can tell, my weight has had very little to do with that. It is super weird to feel nerves reconnecting but finally the way i look in the mirror matches the way i look in my head.

Im happy to answer questions ab top esp while im still recovering! Im still a little bewildered that its finally happened and i dont think itll fully hit me until i can actually get dressed on my own lol

#top surgery #transgender #.txt #weight loss tw

[hidefdoritos]

At lunch with friends listening to all the slender college kids compare bodies and try to lose weight, watching the overweight fortysomethings and the two seventy-year-olds ignore all of it, being the only college kid who's visibly fat, listening to the others bicker right in front of me, realizing once again that looking like me is their worst nightmare, sorrowing all at once over how much every single person in this room hates their body but I love every one of them so much.

Knowing that my weight came when my family experienced trauma, left (slightly) with self-imposed hateful restrictions, which led to self-harm and to further trauma and weight gain in 8th grade, left again when I had one good year, then skyrocketed in 11th grade when I was assaulted, then went back down with a physical labor job, then came back with the pandemic and college, then went down with an active summer, then came back when I destroyed my ankle, then continued upward with college and pneumonia and the head injury and bronchitis and processing trauma, and went back down when I was too burned out to eat, then went back up with an awful job, then plateaued, then I spent a semester healing my soul and it came with 15 pounds that I swear were worth it, then went back down with physical labor and a vow to fix my relationship with food, then came back with college. And I was back on a downward trend until getting the flu a couple weeks ago and my weight didn't change because my period started and last night I was just exhausted and out of sorts and I binged for the first time in months. Consumed like 2,000 calories of garbage in an hour.

I know I need to take a day of rest. I feel guilty that all the other kids are doing schoolwork while I'm off taking a nap. Actually I'm up here crying, but they don't need to know that.

I know that even when my weight goes down, my shoulders don't get smaller. My hips will still be broad no matter what I do. I wear women's size 12 shoes. Even if I starve 60 pounds off my body and shave my mustache and my legs and start tucking my shirts in and dressing pretty and wearing makeup and wearing push-up bras and curling my hair, they won't accept me. I'll just be a success story to them.

And I'll be another success story for other fat people to beat themselves with.

#fatphobia #weight loss tw #binge eating tw #diet tw #dieting tw #assault tw #trauma tw #self hatred #self harm tw #listen #i'm sorry everyone #I'm working on fixing my relationship with food #and on my relationship with myself. #Nobody but me knows my whole story. #Relapsing into an eating disorder doesn't mean the time was wasted #I now have months of experience being clean from that. #it hurts to watch people I love devalue and compare themselves #and to know how lowly they value me. #or how they're all holding themselves to higher standards #I've definitely done that #like 'oh no it's ok for this other person #it's pretty on them #I'm not allowed to look like that though' #which is just. pride. #and a double standard. #maybe they still like me? #or maybe I'm vastly delusional and all of them hate me for so many reasons. #my own parents have already had their weight loss success story. #when's it going to be my turn?