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  • marxisthayaca [he/him,they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    16·
    1 month ago

    It’s very simple, I shouldn’t have to block time to go to a gym unless I am in a highly competitive and specific athletic field. Your average person should be walking (not driving) several miles a day, biking to places, and have enough green spaces, or courts, to play soccer, baseball, basketball, or w.e else.

    • came_apart_at_Kmart [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
      8·
      1 month ago

      i lived in japan one summer. super rural area, and i was broke doing a not-precisely-legal work/housing trade under the guise of academic research. i was doing a lot of physical work outdoors, but i ate like a toddler with a credit card. always whatever cheap but comprehensible food i could find at grocery stores in bulk. snacky shit too, rice balls with spicy mayo, convenience store fried chicken (best on the planet, fyi). i drank a lot every night while eating late.

      i lost a shitload of weight that summer, so much that when i came back people were calling me “slim” and shit, like I’d been on some crazy crash diet.

      american guy on the plane with me there was like, "i travel to yokohama every year for a few weeks for work. “i lose like 5+ lbs every time, despite eating and snacking all day because the food is so good.”

      when i got back to the US, for the first week, the food i temembered tasted like overly seasoned, but bland bulking material. like some kinda chunky pet kibble.

      the sensation went away after a while, and it seemed normal again, but i still remember that dissonant feeling. like US food is just a bunch of cheap binders and textures, chewable material with sauces.

      i think there’s something really toxic and ultimately fatal going on.