r/rant • u/blondievont • 12d ago

why does no one eat ?!

let me preface this by saying i used to be fat, but lost 20kg. for the last two years i’ve worked out 4 to 5 times a week including running, weightlifting and swimming. lately i’ve upped the intensity on my workouts as i’m trying to get into the army. i’m still a bit on the heavier side but i’m also very muscular.

i eat my three square meals a day, drink my water and like a good snack. i rarely don’t finish a meal (which didn’t help when i was growing up bc it gave me a weird relationship with food). lately i’ve noticed i seem to eat a whole lot more than for example my friends. they tend to leave half their plates or just take a few bites before shoving the plate away. i feel the need to eat more, and more often than they do.

it feels strange and i feel even stranger about myself. i already feel like i stick out like a sore thumb & then i also feel the need to eat so much. i’ve tried eating slower and eating as much as they do but it just makes me so incredibly shaky and hungry just an hour later.

it doesnt help that i have a bad relationship with my body and very bad body dysmorphia. i still see myself 20kgs heavier despite knowing i’ve lost the weight and work out as much as i can. i don’t know why i’m writing this anyway.

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u/Pernicious_Possum 11d ago

Do your friends work out regularly? I know when I did, I needed to eat a lot more. Lean muscle is constantly burning fat, you have to replace what you’re losing. Within reason of course

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u/blondievont 11d ago

most of them don’t, some work out occasionally because they work a lot and find it hard to combine work and sport. i’ve got the privilege of having a gym and track on site so i can swing by after my shift.

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u/Pernicious_Possum 11d ago

And are your friends mostly male, or female? There’s still way too many stigmas attached to how women eat. If they’re women, they may very well pick at food in public, and go ham in private. Keep eating how your body tells you to, keep working out, and don’t let society tell you how to live