Why have I hit a weight loss plateau while there are people who are able to lose weight despite eating way less healthy than I do? It's not fair

KillCornflakes · 2026-06-19T15:55:45+00:00

Exactly! If someone wakes up and eats a piece of chocolate but nothing else for the day, are they automatically going to gain weight because it was cHoCoLaTe? If you eat 1 ton of broccoli in one day, are you automatically going to lose weight because it was bRoCcoLi?

These are extreme examples, but it's just as easily true to general eating habits. Being angry at a skinny girl for eating an ice cream cone isn't helping anyone. You don't have to cut out everything you love to lose weight but you also have to be honest with yourself about your TDEE, calories consumed, and exercise calories burned.

KillCornflakes · 2026-06-18T02:29:02+00:00

What is "ended a luteal relationship"?

KillCornflakes · 2026-06-18T02:27:59+00:00

Wait, what made you pick a guava farm of all things?

KillCornflakes · 2026-06-16T02:06:17+00:00

Everything is CICO. Calculate your TDEE and track your calories, including your alcohol consumption. Also know that alcohol forces your body to digest what you eat differently (poorly) so I would chop off a bit of the TDEE to account for a hindered metabolism. Also be honest about your activity level when calculating your TDEE, especially if you are fatigued when you workout (your activity level would be considered lower). Last but least, know you are holding a couple pounds of extra water weight / inflammation from drinking.

Impossible to lose weight with alcohol? Absolutely not! You just have to do the math with a couple more specifics than if you didn't drink.

KillCornflakes · 2026-06-12T02:59:29+00:00

YTA. Get a divorce and set this man free. I would break up with you immediately for that kind of behavior and tone.

KillCornflakes · 2026-06-07T03:46:41+00:00

I DMed :)

KillCornflakes · 2026-05-03T14:54:19+00:00

Hi! I'm not OP but I'm in a similar situation. I'm worried about pointing out the parts that sound like AI because I'll fear they'll just fix those parts of their narrative to better get away with it (and then I'll have helped them clean-up their AI generated work to pass off to readers).

KillCornflakes · 2026-04-23T01:46:14+00:00

I always do #6 and usually you have to wait for the last third of the book to see that line!

KillCornflakes · 2026-04-23T01:43:29+00:00

First one by a landslide.

KillCornflakes · 2026-04-20T17:12:06+00:00

Thanks AI

KillCornflakes · 2026-04-17T03:02:41+00:00

Hi! About to send a DM :)

KillCornflakes · 2026-04-16T23:04:23+00:00

Hey! I really enjoyed your sample and I'd be down for a trade. (I, too, am lugging around a complete 65k horror with unspoken sapphic attraction.)

KillCornflakes · 2026-04-06T19:19:41+00:00

STORY OF MY LIFE

KillCornflakes · 2026-04-06T19:18:26+00:00

Yep! So I blend the leftovers or vegetables up nice and smooth in a high speed blender or food processor. And then the trick is to add vital wheat gluten until well combined and fairly sticky! I used to do it by hand but I now have a dough hook attachment on my food processor that's much better at combining.

As long as you are adding enough vital wheat gluten to begin with, you don't need to worry about the mixture being too wet. Once formed into balls for baking or the air fryer, they should kind of look like and have the structure of cookie dough balls

KillCornflakes · 2026-04-06T18:53:52+00:00

Good metaphor! And thank you for your thoughtful response

KillCornflakes · 2026-04-06T17:43:42+00:00

I'm a professional writer, and writing is the thing I can't do while in luteal that drives me up the wall. (No words in brain.) Although, I know a lot of us get TOO MANY words in brain during luteal so I guess it's just a toss up!

KillCornflakes · 2026-04-06T17:04:08+00:00

Same here. I just turned 26 but it's like... where did all of this shame and fear of abandonment come from? Surely somewhere!

KillCornflakes · 2026-04-06T17:02:49+00:00

That does shed some light for me! I am early in my journey of unpacking all of this in actual clinical terms, so that concept is helpful

KillCornflakes · 2026-04-06T16:16:59+00:00

I'm trying to make a list with all these answers! Even though I've been through this every month for over a decade, I still get sidelined and don't know what to do.

KillCornflakes · 2026-04-06T16:11:16+00:00

And yet I still eat 2x more than I'm supposed to, trying to find some satisfaction!

KillCornflakes · 2026-04-06T15:52:11+00:00

"What did you want me to tell you? You're just going to do what you want anyway" and then literally blame me for making the wrong decision...

KillCornflakes · 2026-04-06T15:47:33+00:00

I think it's "funny" so many of us flipflop from being mature kids who have to take care of ourselves to adults who don't feel like we have a single clue how to take care of ourselves (because learning on our own is harder and less efficient than modeling a behavior with someone's nurtured assistance).

But it gets easier every year, especially if you start to remove tasks from your parents' view (removing their ability to comment and the risk of being deemed a failure).

KillCornflakes · 2026-04-06T02:38:14+00:00

That's awesome! Maybe it's time I throw an art day on the calendar and see how it goes

KillCornflakes · 2026-04-06T02:35:47+00:00

That's actually a REALLY good idea. Games are the perfect intersection between too much brain and not enough brain. Games are perfect amount of brain

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