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Default Sep 01, 2024 at 04:21 PM
 
@JaneOnceMore
Yeah, it can be a slippery slope that I need to watch. The thing I most have to remember is that my metabolism tends to kick up a TON when I walk & jog, so I have to eat more to maintain my weight. At this weight, things are still fine, I'm a normal weight for my height. I don't count calories since that is highly triggering to me. I haven't made any changes to my eating habits, but I need to add in regular snacking more than just once a day, maybe 2, 3 times a day. IDK, for a lot of my adult life, I weighed a lot less than I do now without engaging in ED behaviors but I was consistent about exercise, and I have only been able to restart walking & jogging b/c I was finally restarted on Cymbalta & lamotrigine, both of which helped peripheral neuropathy in my feet that got really bad after I was taken off those 2 meds. Thank God the neuropathy is so much better now.

I don't belong to a gym any more though, so weight training is harder, and I don't like it as much as walking & jogging. When I ran, walked AND lifted weights, I had a lot more muscle on my frame though back then I was also drinking those muscle building protein shakes made from protein powder & skim milk in addition to meals & snacks. I need to think about restarting those shakes again if snacking more often doesn't help maintain my weight. Unfortunately, those shakes gave me a lot of very stinky gas.

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