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Gym 8w
Why do people insist on calling everything a disorder What's next, being lazy is a disorder somehow? Take accountability for your own actions and failures.
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Gym 8w
it genuinely concerns me how some people in the fitness community don’t realize they have an eating disorder. or maybe they do. 😕 this so-called “dedication” or “discipline” is often just disordered eating in disguise.
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Anonymous 8w

Society has a mental disorder of people not taking action and blaming everything on something/someone else.

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Anonymous 8w

Ignoring real mental health issues and calling it “blaming” just shows how little you understand. Maybe try learning instead of judging.

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Anonymous 8w

Around 10pm each night I get the sleepy disorder, but a few hours before then I get the hungry disorder so I eat dinner.

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Anonymous 8w

Honestly, I’d had been tracking my calories for years for weight loss and was struggling so bad and feeling so mentally guilty when I’d eat certain shit. I finally lost like 25-30lbs and am at a comfy weight and don’t use calorie counting apps anymore, I eat intuitively and am so happy about it. But fitness can exacerbate a lot of underlying pre-existing problems, you can 10/10 gain and get an eating disorder from using calorie counting apps etc. it happens more often then you think.

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Anonymous 8w

"you have a disorder" nah dude I just like to structure my days so I know what I'm doing/eating

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Anonymous 8w

I’ve found many of the people who obsess over having a super “healthy” relationship with food have being super fat disorder

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Anonymous 8w

I said “some people.” Obviously not everything someone does is a disorder.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 8w

people will look for anything to excuse their inaction

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 8w

Apparently eating healthy and in a way that is shows to improve one's health (losing fat and/or gaining muscle) is according to your post

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 8w

You post on a gym forum and act like some savior saying "it concerns me how some people in the fitness community" and talk down to people's hard fought mental fortitude. Yes, I'm sure I'm the one who needs to "listen" more.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 8w

Hard work, effort, and results take sacrifice. That's not an eating disorder, that's a choice. Anorexia is an eating disorder. Overeating is an eating disorder. You gain nothing from those disorders. Eating chicken and rice 3 times a day sucks (and I would never do it), but you gain muscle and lose fat. Theres a benefit.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 8w

No one said eating healthy is disordered. What is disordered is fearing food, obsessing over fat loss, and shaming others under the guise of “health.” Big difference.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 8w

I used to be fat. I hated myself. If I can make one other person be the best version of themselves, I will do it. Most gymrats don't fear food, stop acting like people on here have anorexia. The ACTUAL mental issues that people suffer, like body dysmorphia, pale in comparison to cutting weight.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 8w

Those issues drive people to gear.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 8w

I'd wager most people who lift/exercise frequently have a healthier relationship with food than most people. Because they have self-control. They're not genuinely scared of gaining a little bit a fat, or so stressed out or addicted that they keep eating ultra-processed meals.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 8w

bro eating chicken three times a day isn’t automatically an eating disorder. wtf are you going on about? stop twisting my words. it’s about the mindset behind the behavior, not the food itself. if you actually read what i said, you’d get that.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 8w

And the mindset is self-improvement? Is this an argument about anorexia or meal prepping?

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 8w

eating disorders aren’t just anorexia lol. they’re about obsessive, harmful patterns with food. and not everything done in the name of “self-improvement” is actually healthy.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 8w

anorexia is not the only eating disorder and i never said anything about people having anorexia wtf??? 😭 not everyone in fitness struggles with eating disorders, and i’m definitely not talking about genuine self-improvement or healthy discipline. i’m talking about the people hiding fear, guilt, and obsession behind the word “discipline.” that’s disordered eating, plain and simple. you’re completely misunderstanding lmao.

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 8w

also to note, I did not use a calorie counting app for my weight-loss journey either. Because I was literally not eating and making myself pass out from starving myself

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 8w

calorie tracking apps tend to be total BS bc they think you burn more calories than you actually do. what helped me a lot was simply being aware of how many calories are in things - not necessarily writing it down or doing all the math for every day, but just that awareness can go a long way

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