Today, I'm an ectomorph who struggles to gain, let alone maintain weight. Our politicians made food so much more expensive in the last three years, I can no longer afford a consistent amount of protein and to fill my fridge with vegetables. I can barely afford to make balanced meals. FML
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A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, and over the past six months, after 20+ years of habits aiming at not gaining weight and succeeding in doing so, I've suddenly LOST a lot of weight at 40 years-old due to bad circumstances. No matter how hard I try or how much I eat, my system just seems to have forgotten how to build fat. FML
Today, after drastically changing my diet, going to the gym regularly, avoiding excess sugar and carbs, upping my protein, I’m still as fat as ever. In fact I weighed myself this morning, and I’ve gained 12lbs in 2 weeks. FML
Today, after two full months of trying to gain weight, I haven’t gained a single pound. Instead, I now have severe and irreversible digestive problems from overeating. FML
Today, everything I eat makes me sick, so I don't know what to eat anymore now. My BMI is low and I'm absolutely starving. I can't even eat rice. FML
Today, I have to go on a diet, because I can't afford to buy bigger clothes. FML
Today, I'm pulling myself up by my bootstraps again. I have Ehlers-Danlos syndromes and don't metabolize protein properly, which led to a massive protein deficiency after losing 6lb in a week from a medical emergency. I just did two rounds of physical therapy a year ago and lost all of the muscle. I'm tired. FML
Today, I have been trying for 5 days to gain weight. Which for me, requires stuffing myself to the point of exploding. I haven’t slept in days because I'm constantly digesting food. FML
Today, back in 2018, I had money and a six pack; in 2019 I couldn’t walk and had to have a back surgery; in 2020 I lost over $650,000 and gained over 40 pounds. Now, in 2021 I'm surviving and stress-eating trying not to lose everything I worked for. Fuck, I miss being a kid. FML
Today, I realized that my diet has gone completely bust. If I try to limit the amount of food that I eat, my stomach is growling and keeping me up at night, when my sugar isn't crashing and turning me into a food vacuum cleaner eating everything in sight. I'm not starving myself, I'm trying to control my portions. FML
Today, my parents yelled at me for ordering too much fast food. The only reason I’m doing it is because there isn’t any food in the house. Not only that but I’m also trying to gain weight. FML
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Top comments
Justkidding100 41
politicians don't set prices, corporations do. We need more laws regulating price gouging
anony_mouse 5
politicians didn't make food more expensive, you idiot.
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Comments (9)
Justkidding100 41
politicians don't set prices, corporations do. We need more laws regulating price gouging
boilerdude 4
Politicians dont raise taxes? taxes that directly affect the consumer as corporations pass that tax directly onto the consumer
HighlandPants69 3
I feel your pain. I'm 43 and I weigh the same as, if not a bit less than, I did when I was 16.
anony_mouse 5
politicians didn't make food more expensive, you idiot.
JuneBleeds4 20
Our Politicians have nothing to do with the prices of food. Corporate greed is the culprit.
metroido 21
same i am also an “ectomorph” and it’s almost impossible for me to gain weight. i’m almost 30 and i still fit into the clothes i wore when i was 13.
helllojessie 15
aldi!! idk if you have them where you live but i save so much on groceries there!
Brightside86 31
Chicken breast are like $2 a pound. What are you eating?
LillyLogan 4
That's not Capitalism.
Evolving_Squid 15
The fact that you think politicians made food more expensive tells me you need to spend less time worrying about food, and more time taking some courses in civics and economics.