
Originally Posted by
Sera
Usually simply too busy to eat. I stay busy, but I guess my metabolism is low because of how rarely and sporadically I remember to eat. I'm also somewhat mobility impaired & for a while I was EXTREMELY OVERSTRESSED AND NERVOUS.
I have hip/knee/ankle arthritis, mildly, from years of tap dancing. Impact takes its toll after a while. Until recently it was hard for me to walk super long distances because of a nerve problem in my right thigh, and really bad joint stiffness (which we've since corrected with medication, but the nerve thing is still there.)
Essentially my leg switches from feeling like it has ice cold water on it, to feeling like it has a hot iron on it. That sensation makes it VERY difficult to walk when it gets particularly painful. It increases over time walked. So once we had friends here and walked from the Chinatown to central park... By like 50th my leg felt LITERALLY ON FIRE. I could not stand the pain and I couldn't put weight on my leg at all. I needed a cane but didn't own one & we weren't near a pharmacy so they had to carry me.
Within the last 2 yrs my life's gotten slightly more stressful and for a while my anxiety was uncontrolled so I was constantly just a nervous wreck... I'm told extreme stress can make you store fat I your belly in particular, so my gues is that is what happened there, because I'd never put weight on in my midsection before in my life. I'd say in the last 2 yrs is when that started, and it's not much really anymore.
You all seem very obsessed with my weight, but I've lost over 20 lbs in the last like month and a half. I feel just fine about me. I dont expect much to change outside the extra belly weight though. That's all thats come off so far. My gran is the same way though: meh to normal waist, fat butt, fat thighs, big boobs, and barely eats a thing. Only thing that's changed is my circumstances, I've always eaten the same way.