#tw diet

[scramratz]

Chat how do you count calories and lose weight without becoming an almond mom?

[edmaya]

A pior parte da compulsão não é comer. É perceber que estou vivendo a mesma história pela centésima vez.

[umlewis]

"The pictures Admin sends to mum 🤳" - march 10, 2026 📷 @.scuderiaferrari / instagram

[throwing-roses-into-the-abyss]

Considering the current kpop climate where idols are worryingly skinny and showing off how little they weigh and I regularly wonder how on earth they're still standing, let alone dancing for hours a day and doing all those schedules, I can't express in words how much I appreciate seonghwa saying he's happy he gained some weight and that he thinks he looks better with a rounder face, and that he didn't look as good when he was really skinny

[cheeseburgersinparadise]

it fucking rules that I can enter the new year with 0 thoughts about my body and weight and no guilt over all the delicious things I treated myself to over Christmas and this morning, even.

[karmasuccubus]

Just learned that the tiktok youth are using "Aphrodite Body" as an insult. Going to start ripping throats out with my teeth and goreing people with my horns. Rip up diet culture by its roots and salt the earth where this behavior grows.

[moon-honey-31]

Can you pls explain what mean about michkov?

Hello, yes! I will preface this with a little warning that I will be talking about fat-shaming and diets and disordered eating, so if that's gonna make you feel bad, you can skip it. Also, I think fat is a neutral descriptor like short or tall. I'm using it to describe Michkov bc that is how he has been talked about by the media, but I don't really consider any NHL players to be actually fat. (There there is an argument to be made that if someone gets treated like they're fat (publicly mocked, denied opportunities, blamed for their own injuries, forced to lose weight to receive ice time) then maybe it is an appropriate descriptor in the sense of it being a social categorization. But that's for another post!)

My main point here is: Michkov is not actually fat, but I'll describe him as such because that's part of the situation I'm describing, and also I don't think it's a bad thing to be fat.

Also, I included some links so you can see what's been said, but a lot of this is just my opinion reading between the lines. And of course it's based on my opinions on Michkov, on the Flyers, on Tocchet's coaching style, on fatness and antifatness, on diets... this is all a very personal interpretation of what's been going on, but you can read the articles and watch the videos and decide what you think!

The short answer is: Michkov apparently didn't play hockey during the offseason (he worked out in the gym but didn't skate, presumably because he had an injured ankle he was protecting) and showed up to training camp "out of shape". (This doesn't mean weak, btw, it means fat. Because 1) we know he was in the gym over the summer and 2) they Flyers immediately put him on a diet.) Anyway, Rich Tocchet, the Flyers head coach, can't stop talking about how Michkov came to camp fat out of shape. He's talked about it MANY times. Many. Often unprompted! It got so bad that Danny Briere (GM) had to address it.

Michkov has been apologetic and said it's his fault and he's committed to doing better. They Flyers put him on a diet, he lost whatever amount of weight they wanted him to lose, and he's now thinner than he was at any point last season. But! He's still not getting much ice time! And Tocchet keeps saying (and saying and saying) it's because Michkov came to camp out of shape and "it's hard to play yourself in shape" and he's not strong enough to handle board battles or checks or whatever.

I am also suspicious, TK

Which has my antennae twitching because... last season he was taking and delivering checks just fine. And you put him in a diet, he's the weight you want him to be, but now you're complaining that he's not strong enough? Hmmm ok. Maybe starving someone isn't actually going to get them in shape? Also, it's pretty normal for players to carry a little extra at the beginning of the season. It's a long, grueling season, and they usually look gaunt and exhausted by the end of it. They need that cushion to get them through. But I'm not a sports nutritionist, what do I know.

But moonhoney! you cry. Training camp was nearly 6 months ago! Why is Tocchet still bringing that up as a reason why he's not playing Michy? Especially if Michy is now thinner than he's ever been?

GREAT QUESTION. Is there a reason a coach who has a reputation for not liking Russian and European players... who left his last job under a cloud... who needs to preemptively make the Flyers performance not his fault... is there a reason that person might start scapegoating a player before the season even starts?

Because now the story is not: why did Michkov perform so much better under Tortorella? Why wasn't Tocchet able to bring one player (who seems pretty cooperative and committed to working hard) back up to speed? Why is Tocchet not building a strategy around having a plethora of highly creative, skilled puck-movers? How much of the Canucks' culture problems were Tocchet's fault?

By invoking the idea of "fatness", Tocchet has effectively shifted the all the attention and blame onto Michkov. He did this to himself. He was lazy and undisciplined (weird how that lines up exactly with what people love to say about Russian players, I'm sure there are no biases to be examined there), which is why he's getting less ice time, which is why he's not improving, which is why the Flyers aren't doing well. Michkov is the problem. Don't ask any more questions.

Unfortunately, that's basically it! Tocchet brings up Michy being out of shape at camp so often it's now a running joke, and no one seems interested in saying "SHUT UP ABOUT MICHKOV AND EXPLAIN YOUR ADDICTION TO DUMP AND CHASE YOU INCOMPETENT FUCK" or even saying "why is this still relevant". And certainly no one is checking in on how 6 months of his coach publicly criticizing his body and blaming him for not getting opportunities, plus 6 months of media focus on his weight, has affected Michkov. The one article that did ask some questions also just... never followed up on the answers? The author seems to think Tocchet's explanation was enough.

I have a lot more thoughts that I won't go into here, but my final one is: this doesn't work unless everyone (staff, media, fans) accept the premise that fatness is bad and an athlete can't be fat and good. People STILL try to argue that Ovechkin somehow lucked into breaking the goal record because he's too fat to actually be an elite athlete. And don't get me started on Phil Kessel!!!! I worry that the Flyers care more about Michkov looking the way they want him to than playing to his full potential. I hope I'm wrong.

[scramratz]

First week of weight loss down!

I made myself a diet diary to keep track of what I eat and how many steps I take in a day! I’ve got a daily limit of about 1600 calories which is honestly not that hard to stay within, averaging around 1200 a day. My high score for steps is ~19k in one day!

Started the week at 201lbs and now I’m around 194lbs. That’s mostly water weight but I’m still proud of myself and honestly I’m having fun! Cooking is my hobby and it’s been a fun challenge finding ways to make my favorite meals lower calorie. I’ve gotten into baking my own bread and it turned out delicious! I’m gonna try making wheat bread tomorrow! I have no interest in doing any of those no carb/low carb diets for spiritual reasons. My 1 protein, 1 veggie, 1 carb routine hasn’t led me astray yet. I replaced junk food with either air popped popcorn, seasoned cucumber, or bananas.

I think the second week I’m gonna try my hand at meal prep since I have Monday off work. The only thing I consistently measured was my sugar and oat milk, everything else was ballpark ranges. Sunday was my “cheat day”. I don’t consider it cheating since this is more of a lifestyle change than a one time diet, but I didn’t keep track of my calorie intake on Sunday unlike other days. I still ended up eating less than I used to. Didn’t gorge myself or anything.

Physically I feel great! I’m not sure if it’s just placebo, but I feel more limber. Less bloated and my joints hurt a lot less but I’ll chalk that up to the extra walking I’ve been doing.

I don’t expect to lose as much weight next week, I only aim for 1-2lbs weekly but we’ll see.