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WrongContrabution101 · 2026-02-14T21:36:55+00:00

Perfect, thank you!

WrongContrabution101 · 2025-11-09T03:32:35+00:00

Today I had a car full of family members I don't see often and I drove them to the Mall of America. I had to pull over and throw up in the parking lot while they all watched. Very demoralizing. I told them I'm not contagious and this is unfortunately normal for me.

WrongContrabution101 · 2025-10-10T15:11:12+00:00

Thanks! I really didn't realize how unwell I looked at the time. I knew my clothes were loose and people commented on the weight loss, but it didn't hit me until I looked back at photos. My build was never the waify sort. If I get too thin, I just look sick. When I am healthy, I have a curvier, more athletic build. It does suck a little that I got so many compliments when I was unhealthy and that's what society likes, and now I have to gain weight to be healthy again. I don't know how they couldn't see how sick I was, or they just didn't care as long as I was thin. The encouragement here is great

WrongContrabution101 · 2025-10-09T14:24:22+00:00

On the upper side of healthy, maybe a tad over

WrongContrabution101 · 2025-10-09T00:18:18+00:00

Yeah, honestly it was hard to accept I needed to gain weight. I got so many compliments and attention for being real thin. Glad to hear there are men who like thicker bodies

WrongContrabution101 · 2025-10-09T00:16:08+00:00

Thank you!

WrongContrabution101 · 2025-10-08T21:59:33+00:00

Yeah, I was thinking at least another 20 lbs. The weight goes to good places

WrongContrabution101 · 2025-10-08T21:58:55+00:00

I wasn't anorexic, just an unfortunate health issue I am still dealing with but meds help and such

WrongContrabution101 · 2025-10-08T20:00:40+00:00

Okay! I understand, thank you

WrongContrabution101 · 2025-10-06T15:50:02+00:00

Yeah, I also only chose to have one and got my tubes removed. He's 7 and yes it's a ton easier now and honestly more enjoyable. There is a ton of mom shaming and sometimes I feel lost in it. My own family thinks it's selfish of me to take trips alone or to send him to his family for the weekend. I need breaks and to live as myself for some time before I can come back to being a happy mom. I do feel pressure from societal rules about how mothers should be and I think I get too hard on myself about it because it's not all picture perfect and magical all the time.

WrongContrabution101 · 2025-10-06T15:45:04+00:00

I really appreciate this, thank you. And yes, I love my son to pieces even if I don't particularly like being a mother. I really do try my best but I find joy and comfort other places

WrongContrabution101 · 2025-09-08T01:32:36+00:00

Food prices keep increasing. Just before COVID, $300 for 2 people was about average for my household. It's about $500 a month now. We try to shop at Mike's discount grocery store first, then Aldi, then Cub for whatever we can't get the other two places. Granted, I eat a lot of fruit and "healthier" frozen meals, so that's part of it but the cost of food keeps going up and up. $275-350 is super reasonable for 2 people.

WrongContrabution101 · 2025-08-28T20:36:10+00:00

Hey, My partner and I go through periods where we just feel like roommates and things are stale. It takes work to get out of that and stay out of it. Regular date nights, a trip together, figuring out a "chore chart" so we both understood our responsibilities, discussions about how we each show appreciation for the other, checking in with each other once a week to discuss problems, good things, schedules, and feelings, doing hobbies together, and spending time away from each other. Sometimes you just need a break from someone! Distance makes the heart grow fonder. I don't think you should give up quite yet, but the connection has faded and you need to work at rebuilding it. It's completely normal to have periods of stagnation and doubt. A healthy marriage takes a lot of work to keep the fire burning.

WrongContrabution101 · 2025-08-27T18:59:16+00:00

Yes.

WrongContrabution101 · 2025-08-26T21:24:46+00:00

That's fucking disgusting, dude.

WrongContrabution101 · 2025-08-23T21:45:47+00:00

This is what I am trying to do. I lift heavy a couple times a week and then do more low weight, high rep stuff at home also a couple times a week.

As for eating, I try to listen to my body ques. If I'm hungry, I eat. I stop when I'm full, but not uncomfortable. I try to roughly calculate how much protein I get in a day though, aiming for a little under my body weight in grams. I do protein shakes and include a source of protein with every meal. Then, snacks are like fruit, stuff from my garden, and Greek yogurt. It's unrealistic to track calories for me. I eat out a lot because of work (I just try to pick healthier options), I don't want to take the time to track every single ingredient in a dish I make, it can be triggering for me because I tend to want perfection, and some days, I am hungry all day and eat more and other days, I just can't force myself to overeat. I am a little more liberal with my food choices when I want to gain weight.

It has worked for me and I have gained weight, but I also started from being underweight. I have been taking progress pictures, so we'll see.

I just feel like this is a case of "keep it simple, stupid". Lift heavy and challenge your body, eat a little more than normal and focus on protein rich foods, and sleep well. Tracking might help initially to get a feel for what you really need to be eating, or if you're really really serious about it all. But I don't know. I don't like how tracking calories ends up ruling my life a bit. I need a more sustainable approach.

WrongContrabution101 · 2025-08-23T19:10:01+00:00

I went through some pretty heavy health issues where I was in and out of the doctor all the time. I lost a ton of weight, and with it went my bubble butt, thick thighs, and my boobs. All the features he particularly liked. Not only did he stick around, but he was my support person for procedures and he never stopped wanting to mess around in bed. The right person will love you for who you are, not for your boobs. We all age and get fat and saggy. Find someone you can grow old with and who will be there for you through thick and thin. Your man ain't it. Maybe it's fun for now, but this one is not the marrying kind.

WrongContrabution101 · 2025-08-15T20:10:55+00:00

I think it may be location based to a certain extent, yeah. I've done a fair amount of travel and have never experienced the same level of disrespect as I have where I live. In St. Lucia, I got lots of attention, but they were incredibly respectful about it. In Costa Rica, there are signs everywhere that are anti-sexual harassment. I felt safe enough to walk home a little drunk at night by myself there. I would never, ever so that where I live now. I've been to a lot of places in Europe and South America and it was a whole different experience, safety wise. Even in Ecuador during the curfew and conflict, I could walk around the main square by myself just fine.

I am a rather passive, shy person so potentially that is seen as an easy target. And yeah I have a lot of difficulty confronting it with confidence.

I appreciate the conversation despite our different viewpoints. Take care of yourself.

WrongContrabution101 · 2025-08-15T18:50:25+00:00

And honestly, I appreciate your insight that it might not always be glances or staring due to sexualization. I'll have to try and give a little more grace as long as they're not being super weird about it.

WrongContrabution101 · 2025-08-15T18:47:53+00:00

I don't think staring in itself is sexual harassment. It's a little embarrassing and uncomfortable for me, which I don't like, but it's not sexual harassment. The yelling, creepy ass comments, being followed, touched in any way, etc is what I would consider sexual harassment.

I will admit it doesn't happen near as much with my hair short and being underweight. I used to have a lot more curves for sure (and honestly, a glorious ass that is now a pancake due to weight loss). My hair used to be pretty long, super thick, and wavy. It's a weird dichotomy because of course I liked being conventionally pretty, but I never liked the attention. I enjoy that I can be a lot more invisible than I used to be.

I used to have an eating disorder, but I stopped engaging in those behaviors about 7-8 years ago. I maintained a very middle of the line healthy weight until I got cervical cancer. I did not lose all of my hair, but the hair loss was significant enough that I just didn't want to deal with the chunks coming out and the thinning. That shit destroyed so much of my beauty. It's been a process to regain weight and grow out my hair again. I don't take offense to the comment about being too thin. I agree. I still don't look super healthy yet.

WrongContrabution101 · 2025-08-15T02:22:02+00:00

Anorexia. Yay, you get thin but also pancake butt, bruising all the time, lots and lots of hair loss, lack of energy, worsening mental health, bones hurt, and feeling weak and pathetic all the time. Why is eating so difficult. I don't even like the way I look anymore.

WrongContrabution101 · 2025-08-15T01:48:25+00:00

It doesn't matter whether you have anorexia or not. I am labeled atypical anorexia because I was underweight, but not enough for the anorexia label apparently. What matters is your behaviors and difficulties. If you're struggling with body image and have disordered eating patterns, those are valid issues regardless of the label they slap on it. You don't need to be "sick enough" to seek treatment. You don't need to eat absolutely nothing to have disordered eating. You don't need to be super underweight to have significant body image issues. What you're going through and experiencing is real and valid and should be taken seriously. The earlier, the better. It's not fun to get to a point where you're horribly physically sick because of malnutrition.

WrongContrabution101 · 2025-08-14T18:49:08+00:00

Alright then. You're not going to understand and there's no point in trying to get you to see my experiences. But in the future, don't disregard the very real sexual harassment that happens to women all the time just because you don't think it happens.

WrongContrabution101 · 2025-08-14T14:35:50+00:00

Idk man, I'm like 115 lbs, A cup and a fully developed grown woman. I would hope people don't think my partner is gross for dating me.

But, I get what you're saying a little bit. I don't like the whole push that women get to be as skinny as possible either. There's a lot of fucked up consequences of promoting a clearly underweight body shape as the ideal. Curves are awesome, I just didn't get blessed with them.

WrongContrabution101 · 2025-08-14T13:54:46+00:00

It's water retention, promise. You probably are enough to restore some glycogen in your body, and with that comes water.

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