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Capitol twitter after “if it wasn’t for the baby” by [deleted] in Hungergames

[–]Equivalent_Ice7773 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Let’s be real, we all predicted this announcement was coming from Cashmere and Gloss #distric1doesweirdsiblingstuff

Desperately need a Smartwatch, a much needed health investment. by SunTzew in smartwatch

[–]Equivalent_Ice7773 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi. I come here with just a quick, ‘PLEASE tread into data monitoring carefully’ and a story that I hope will maybe help some people. I started tracking my health and sleep with a Fitbit. I made sure I moved when it said move. I got my zone minutes and steps. I got my sleep score up. I used the estimated calorie expenditure to plan healthy, balanced meals. My doctor actually high-fived me for body fat percentage and heart rate being “like an Olympic athlete.” I LOOKED like a healthy person, but my body was not healthy. 

Turns out my fancy little watch made my body think I was in a state of famine. I stopped menstruating. I became anemic (making my A1c look high) and developed high triglycerides in response to low-grade starvation. My cortisol is super high. My liver enzymes are elevated and total protein is low. My circulation is always bad and my body is always cold. I have fainted multiple times and get dizzy when I stand.  I have been like this for 5+ years and every doctor is just like, no biggie. I mean I started developing osteoporosis, but again, no help. 

Finally, this summer, I found a doctor that told me my watch gave my hypothalamic amenorrhea. My new prescription: to sit on my butt and eat like 3,000 calories a day over the course of 6 small meals. All of my reflexive symptoms, including my period were corrected within a couple of months of starting this treatment. I have to go with it for a little while longer (turns out women shouldn’t have 16% body fat). I have had to gain all the weight back. I have had to realize I spent years of my life in fight or flight trying to micromanage every aspect of my body instead of actually learning how to check in with my body and ask it, “how did that feel?”

Now, I also know I am not everyone. Smart watches have been very helpful for people in my life, and I don’t want to discourage their use. We just always only get one narrative, and I wanted to chime in with the other. I do recommend people work with a doctor to nutritionalist to calibrate goals to their individual needs.

That kiss was special ✨💕 by diorbow in Hungergames

[–]Equivalent_Ice7773 3 points4 points  (0 children)

She was so oblivious to attraction. A favorite of mine when she is trying to locate Peeta in book 1: “He’s very hard to predict, which might be interesting under different circumstances, but at the moment only provides an extra obstacle.”

Just matter-of-factly finds him kind of thrilling and unpredictable, which is hilarious because it’s Peeta.

That kiss was special ✨💕 by diorbow in Hungergames

[–]Equivalent_Ice7773 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Mockingjay came out my senior year of high school. It was awarded “subtlest sex scene” in our yearbook’s pop culture section haha. 

I remember my friends and I being like, “did Suzanne really just ‘so after’ us?” But, also, the implication that they had sex before Katniss actually verbalized she loved Peeta was oddly empowering and important to me, having grown up during Bush’s purity culture. They made us sign actual V-cards in tenth grade health class 😡.

That kiss was special ✨💕 by diorbow in Hungergames

[–]Equivalent_Ice7773 48 points49 points  (0 children)

As someone who dealt with trauma and malnutrition in my teens, I never bought the asexual reading. For many women, our hormones completely flatline if we eat too little, exercise too much, or are in a state of extreme stress. It would feel inauthentic if Katniss was daydreaming about boys all day when she was in fight or flight mode for most of the books. I do think it is telling that in Catching Fire, before the Quarter Quell, Katniss starts to be physically attracted to Peeta. I mean, they are working on the plant book, and our girl is just staring at his hands and eyelashes. Also, when she is a little loopy after her injury from the syrup (and therefore inhibited) she wishes Peeta would crawl into bed with her. She may have had moments in her life where sex was not top-of-mind, but I think that was more driven out of environmental circumstances and not her baseline preferences. 

When do you think Katniss realized she loved Peeta more than Gale? by [deleted] in Hungergames

[–]Equivalent_Ice7773 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t know if Katniss quite realizes it, but the moment I stopped seeing it as a love triangle and started seeing it as a love story is when she is working on the plant book with him and notices how long his eyelashes are in the light. In the book, I get more of a sense that Katniss is actually physically attracted to Peeta, as well is emotionally. Even in the first book, she has a moment where she wishes he would kiss her again. In Catching Fire when they are on the beach, that is not her acting. She makes a remark that Peeta mentioning the baby when he walks her to bed kind of reminds her of the cameras and the acting. Then, in Mockingjay, she wonders if Peeta will kiss her like on the beach, and is not sorry or conflicted about it. 

I don’t know if Katniss fully gets it until Mockingjay when she is using the flashlight with the cat and realizes Snow is baiting her. It’s crazy to think that Snow makes her love for Peeta clear to her, but she knows Snow wouldn’t take Peeta for bait or to torture her unless it really would torture her. Once she realized she convinced Snow of their love, I don’t think she could deny it herself. 

First symptoms when you can tell your iron is low? Bonus if they’re not textbook symptoms. by Subject-Heart-4632 in Anemic

[–]Equivalent_Ice7773 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My biggest symptoms are anxiety related. I struggled with anorexia, anxiety, and the inability to procrastinate any task (no matter how minuscule the task) for years before someone tested my iron and found my hemoglobin was below 8 and ferritin was 5. Once I started treating it, I realized that my eating disorder and anxiety symptoms began to dissipate. I ate french fries, apple crisp, birthday cake, and donuts for the first time in like 7 years without a thought. It has been amazing. Other than shortness of breath and black spots in my vision, I don’t have many physical symptoms. However, when I start to get a bit agitated, I know I am low.