18:6 Fasting

Eat less + move more = lost weight

Temptation multiplied by hormones

divided by goals with additional trauma

multiplied by PCOS plus media influences squared

equals a daily struggle with self-esteem.

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Desperate times calls for desperate measures

The blue corner says you're not putting enough in

The red corner says you're trying too hard

The voice inside said you're never gonna do it

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I should be skinny for the amount of movement I do

I walk over 10,000 steps a day, 50KM a week

Six to eight gym classes and vegetarian meals

101 - 86 within two years, but it should be more

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Seven days of water, coffee or tea for breakfast

Followed by dizziness and headaches that vanish

On my lunch break and once the eating window

Closes at 8pm, fatigue fades till dawn approaches

I'm hoping this works, and I can be cured one day

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I don't think about cakes as much, but when I'm

strolling by a bakery, the sugar sparkles in a way

that brings in nostalgia but it's so synthetic, so I

walk away and forget it, until I stop by the next shop.

I resisted today, the baked goods looked like art.