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comment by kleinbl00
kleinbl00  ·  2026 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Let’s Talk About Disordered Eating and Male Athletes

    I sort of wonder if the "cleaner" reference describes me.

The fact that the article raised this question for you really highlights how hard it fails at its intended purpose. If you can tolerate a 13-pound seasonal swing you're fine. You're normal. You're human. I've been dealing with a 13-pound increase over two years and it makes me break out in a cold sweat thinking about it. And, I mean, I burn 2000 extra calories a day. I push a fuckin' 50lb bicycle about 160 miles a week. You've got all sorts of rationalizations that make things kind of okay and all I know is that I'm 50lbs from normal as defined by some fucking Belgian bean-counter 150 years dead and the thought fucks me up a dozen times a day.

And I know he's not talking about me because I'm not an "athlete."