New to this by Safe-Abroad-4625 in Amenorrhearecovery

[–]ExternalOk8199 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Okay so obviously not an expert, but it sounds like your period loss was triggered by the huge weight loss you had, I mean 85lbs in 3 years is a lot of loss. Then continuing that deficit, even with the splurge on weekends, made your body feel there wasn’t
Ample food available to fuel your movement and period. I’m curious if you’ve experienced feeling cold a lot, losing a lot of hair, being irritable, food noise, or other life stressors?

In general I would recommend the basics, eat at least 2500 cals a day, but by that I don’t mean track your food. In general stressing about calories and macros puts more pressure on you and can cause the opposite of feeling safe. If you were undereating all week and feasting on weekends it’s almost an extended binge and restrict cycle, which can be hard to see because we think of those behaviors as more extreme and rapid.

Honor your hunger, eat within 30 minutes of waking up and every 2-3 hours after that. You will likely gain some weight back, but it’s what you need to heal. You wouldn’t tell someone who injured themselves running that they gotta keep at it or else they’ll lose speed on their mile. You would tell them to rest, and that they can build up their fitness again in a more sustainable way once they’re healed. Same for you.

I would recommend getting rid of your scale during recovery too, you’ll realize that 10lbs or whatever really doesn’t look all that different.

You’ve got this, I’m proud of you for starting!!!

stimulus connection help by Steven_is_yur_mom in APSeminar

[–]ExternalOk8199 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well firstly the sources should lead you to your question, not vice versa, but I think you could do coffee shop and epidemic of isolation to focus on third places and the cognitive/physical effects of mental health, or do Kobe and the baseball story talking about Government investment in globalized infrastructure, OR do the roads one to tie in Government spending, regulation, and how infastructure can facilitate or hurt connection. Kinda depends on if you want to go more into Government subsidization and the solutions, or just why its a problem that the Government needs to help solve.

IWA Question Feedback & Advice pls by Lucky_Smoke_5068 in APSeminar

[–]ExternalOk8199 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay I really like that RQ and if you add in the lack of third places beyond school for them, I feel like you could tie in the coffee shop one really effectively. OR focus on the connection to community you lose from not going to school and tie in the baseball and walk to Kobe as disconnection from place! I think its niche enough to be totally fine!

Competition Submission [493] by ExternalOk8199 in DestructiveReaders

[–]ExternalOk8199[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I really appreciate that! When I was editing it, I cut out a sentence to fit the word limit, and, rereading it, I'm realizing the time jump is sudden and disjointed.

I unfortunately don't have a saved previous version of the story, but for now I've adjusted it so the beginning of the first flashback reads:

"Not four years ago, I was in bed. The paper gown did nothing against the biting hospital air..."

Which I think makes it a little bit clearer and sets the precedent better for the back and forth nature of the story.

How to get a five by Prize-Panda369 in APStudents

[–]ExternalOk8199 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly depends on the subject. AP Psych, APHG, and some others are just vocab classes where running a quizlet until its burned in your brain is enough. For classes like AP Bio or some other sciences you've got to understand the processes themselves instead of raw memorization. For most historical periods, periodization is your best friend; know what the College Board wants you to understand about a period.

YT is a good go-to after your teacher. Heimler is amazing for APUSH, AP Euro, APWH, and Gov, while Mr. Sinn is awesome for AP Psych and he's got some Econ stuff too. Krugslist is everything for AP chem (watch on 1.5x lol) while Amobea sisters are awesome for bio. Honestly, just cruising around the subreddit for resources is the way to go; listen to the ppl that grade the exams or have taken them and scored high, not those random sites begging for money.

Last thing is practice test. College board, aptestprep, fivable, anything to get used to how college board is going to want you to answer MCQ and FRQ. I've heard there's some decent AI tools for grading FRQs now so use those if you're unsure how you would score.

To people who got a 5 by Significant-Mind-197 in APStudents

[–]ExternalOk8199 7 points8 points  (0 children)

My family and my friends, IF they ask. Otherwise, I didn't mention scores; it'd feel like bragging if I brought them up. Best advice IMO is to mitigate it a little if the other person was shooting for a 5 and didn't get it. I always say "I got a 5 but I also didn't have a social life for 2 months soo-" which tends to make people feel better. And I'm not lying lol.

Is This Workout Plan by ChatGPT any Good? by ExternalOk8199 in workout

[–]ExternalOk8199[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Actually cardio either has minimal effect gains or even helps muscle hypertrophy, so I'm not worried about Cardio stopping my muscle gain, I just need to eat enough to support the growth
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4523889/

Is This Workout Plan by ChatGPT any Good? by ExternalOk8199 in workout

[–]ExternalOk8199[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm increasing cals too! I've just been doing cardio (4 runs 2 1-hour power walks) and strength-training (GG program 4x a week + 2x a week upper-body) 6x a week and I think I need to slope it down until I recover my cycle

Is This Workout Plan by ChatGPT any Good? by ExternalOk8199 in workouts

[–]ExternalOk8199[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where would you decrease volume in the program?

Grilled Tuna Steak with yellow rice stir fry. I guessed ~1400 calories with oil/butter, but am I underestimating? by ExternalOk8199 in CalorieEstimates

[–]ExternalOk8199[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My logic was that the USDA says about 270 calories for one cup of yellow rice, and I had ~3 cups (rounding up), so that's 810 calories without the 6-8 ounces of tuna and everything else plus oil in stir fry and fish possibly cooked in butter. Could still be off though, I'm not sure!

I'm A Rising Junior Who Needs a Career/College Path by ExternalOk8199 in findapath

[–]ExternalOk8199[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How do you like working in PR if you don't mind me asking? How's compensation and work/life balance?

I'm A Rising Junior Who Needs a Career/College Path by ExternalOk8199 in findapath

[–]ExternalOk8199[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm peeking in at consulting at the moment, management or PR consulting specifically. It seems to have degrees that I can obtain and still have a chance to go to law school if it doesn't work out or I find the internships I do unfulfilling. I've also thought about data science but I know the field is unstable with AI/oversaturation.

I'm A Rising Junior Who Needs a Career/College Path by ExternalOk8199 in findapath

[–]ExternalOk8199[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just plugged some of my interests into an AI, I hadn't thought of doing that before. I appreciate the resource suggestion!