I recently stumbled upon fitness tik tok, and the sheer number of people admitting to engorging themselves one week then absolutely starving themselves another is really wild. Supposedly the goal is to get "cut", but it really feels like what wrestlers used to do in my high school lol

  • USSMillicentKent [any]
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    2 years ago

    I've always understood it as a seasonal thing, like it's much easier and more pleasant to get cardio outdoors in the spring and summer, while a regular weightlifting routine in a well-lit gym keeps you sane in the darker, colder winter months, when you're gonna be all bundled up and no one can see your physique anyway. A yearly cycle between look-good-feel-good and fat-and-happy. I've never heard of on a week-to-week scale, that just sounds like a yo-yo diet.

    • Hohsia [he/him]
      hexagon
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      2 years ago

      Ahh that makes sense. Perhaps I shouldn't have said week-to-week, but nonetheless, it just feels like a more socially acceptable ED to me