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@yakob123 yep, clothes are bigger now, especially within the last few years. i started 2023 as a size 6 and sometimes 8 at 170 pounds. i’m now 135 pounds and a 00 in american eagle, hollister, frame, and madewell jeans. i wear 2xs shirts from aritzia. however, i know for a fact that i was in a...

@rotlex i have long yet narrow man hands and tiny yet wide feminine feet, so i don’t think there’s too much rhyme or reason to what our bodies do sometimes lol

@mon4thelord are you doing vegetarian for ethical reasons? i found that it takes me forever to lose weight when my macros have high carbs rather than high protein and fat. at the end of the day, it’s calories in calories out, but i strongly suspect that i am insulin resistant. i’m not going to...

@birdinmypalm i’m 5’3” and plateaued at 130 pounds. months of it. i refused to eat less than between 1,200-1,300 calories with the occasional birthday party or work function on the weekend (so 2-4 days a month around 1,700-2,200). the answer was exercising even more. in addition to the 3x per...

@june2013 nope, they didn’t put me on anything. i think i do have “PCOS-lite” in that my body is overly sensitive to the normal amount of androgens that are in my body.

@christianflies yes!!! i’m blessed in that i have very good insurance. basically, my cycle is regular, and i have no cysts, (normal androgen levels) but i’m extremely hairy and struggled with cystic acne in the past. my diagnosis was just… “that’s unfortunate, but you’re fine” lol

@kwellham i’ve been told that sometimes we get what we get with fat distribution. my arms are also my problem spot (insulin resistance, don’t qualify for PCOS as i don’t have enough symptoms for doctors to think i have the syndrome). some of us seem to have a belly even when we’re at a low...