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My muscles constantly ache and my heart feels like it's going to explode every morning.

Gained weight from no activity. Built muscle from moving increased weight around. Gained weight from new muscle.

I had lost 2 kilograms after half a year, but somehow regained them. That being said, I'm underweight.

I turned into a nigger for Halloween.

I'm healthier than ever, due to having plenty of time to dedicate on training.

Possibly. I might have grown a tumor in my brain but I wouldn't know because I don't ever go outside to get myself checked.

I think it would be better not knowing, anyway.

I lost a lot of weight and I was pretty skinny to begin. Also I hear my heart bumping and whenever the doorbell rings I fell like I'm literally getting a heart attack.

I have severe atrophy in both legs due to bad blood flow and inactivity. Often, when I need to get off the chair, I realize that both my legs have gone completely limp. The doctor told me that if I don't change my lifestyle, I will be stuck in a wheelchair within 20 years.

I don't plan to live that long, so I don't care anyways.

I've had very dark purple/black skin around my toenails for a few years now, it only appears after I've been sitting or standing for more than 30 minutes, so the doctor assumed it was bad blood flow due to bad exercise. Of course, he couldn't guarantee it because I contacted him by phone and he couldn't be sure without seeing me in person. It took me all my courage to even call him to begin with, so I still haven't made a proper appointment.

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How can you tell if you're actually suffering from atrophy? I mean I practically live my life laying in bed, 20hrs laying in bed per day getting up only to eat and shower. I don't even use my chair any more, but if I get up I can still do weighted exercises.

I'm far from muscular and my family members often comment on how I look like I'm about to fall over and die, but that's not actually true. If anything I'm the technically strongest family member.

I don't have a car and live in the city, so I usually walk 2 or more hours every other day while getting food or running errands.

I like to think it keeps me in shape, especially when I have to carry a ton of groceries home so I won't have to go out again.

>>8548576

Your legs go limp? That happens to me too. It's good to know it's a symptom of atrophy.

>>8548593
>does exercises

That's why you're not suffering from muscle atrophy. You might be suffering from brain atrophy though.

For some reason my arms are really, really skinny. So are my legs. I have some fat on my stomach too so I don't really know why my limbs are so thin.

>atrophy
cool word
whats it mean though?

>>8548604
Why don't you google it?
That's what I do when I see words I don't know.

I will give you a pass and guess your first language isn't english.
>Atrophy is the partial or complete wasting away of a part of the body, usually due to inactivity or lack of use.
It's when muscles deteriorates after lack of use or movement.

>>8548603
I think people commonly refer to this as being "skinny fat". You appear skinny in clothes, but your lower body and upper legs are a bit fatty. It's a diet thing.

>>8548601
Is living in the city cheap?

>>8548603
Torso is the last place for fat to disappear. Unless you actively work the fat off and gain muscle and eat properly, your body will look like a potbelly starving african child.

>>8548610
>>8548612
Well I do eat a bunch of junk so I guess you guys are right.

>>8548608
Cost of living is usually higher in the city.

The "safer" (non lower class) suburbs are all just as expensive because rich WASPs live there, driving up property values.

Living out in the boonies sucks because everyone wants to get all up in your fuckin' business.

There you go, pick your poison.

>>8548612
No, skinny fat is when you have no muscle but a pot belly.
Your legs and arms are skinny but you have a fat tummy.

>>8548627
I thought it was mostly a flabby tummy and upper legs. Isn't being skinny and having a pot belly malnutrition?

I always assumed that when most people on /jp/ say they're skinny they actually mean they're skinny fat. I mean, wouldn't an abrupt change in diet (by not leaving the house anymore, losing appetite) result in muscle loss rather than losing lots of fat?

I'm quite grateful because I hear all these stories about NEETs getting RSI and haemorrhoids and such but I've never really had any problems besides a few aches and pains.

Give it a few years, I guess...

My health has declined across the board.
And the worse it gets the less inclined I am to do anything about it.

Also, starving is a bad way to lose weight. Your metabolism will stay practically shut down for a long time, we're talking years here, so the second you start eating regularly you'll inflate so quickly you might almost pop.

>>8548704
I wish it was that easy.

After starving myself for several years I still find it very difficult to gain weight. Then I realized how much money was needed to spend to eat that much and stopped. Back to starving.

I guess skinnymuscle is the only body type I can afford.

Actually, I'm in better health today than I've been in awhile.

I make it a point to go running after it's dark to minimize the number of people who see me and I make it a point to eat healthy when I sneak downstairs to get food so I don't run into my parents.

>>8548728
When you say stave, do you mean like one pack of ramen a day? Or just going a little hungry?

If you only intake that tiny amount for a few months your metabolism will slow the fuck down in emergency mode to conserve energy. Sure you have to put up with being unable to fight even the common cold, let alone nastier bugs, and will spend 18 hours a day asleep, and the other six in bed, but hey think of the savings you get on food.

>>8548733
>sneaking around out of shame and guilt of being a freeloader at your age

I do that too.

My dad bought me a weight set and put me on starting strength.

He gave me an ultimatum to "Get swole or get out" so now I kinda have to get in some kind of shape.

>>8548740
That's not really living, that's more like hibernation.

How are you going to succeed playing Touhou if you neglect your body? The losses you suffer from starvation are more than just physiological; your motor control and thought processes also suffer.

i'm in the wrong course for uni. should i switch courses and start over? i'll be 2 years behind people my age.

posting in a neet thread. polite sage

>>8548740
When I say starve, I mean up to 1000 calories every 20-30 hours or so. The funny thing is I'm not actually starving or hungry, I just can't eat a lot. I'm sometimes surprised by how not hungry I am after 20 hours of nothing.

>will spend 18 hours a day asleep
I also wish. I also can't sleep right. I took some sleeping pills after staying up for 17ish hours and woke up after 4 hours. Couldn't go back to sleep even if I tried.

>>8548766
>your motor control and thought processes also suffer.

That's probably why I'm terrible at mbaacc and every other game I play nowadays despite being better than average a few years ago in most skill/reflex based games.

>>8548757
>get swole or get out
Your dad sounds like a total bro.

>>8548757
You have an awesome dad. Or at least, in my mind he is.

>>8548608
Depends where.

If you live in a shitty or lowclass areas in a small apartment, living can be quite cheap. However cost of food and such will be more expensive. I live in an apartment right on the edge of where the nicest area meets the worst area of the city. So it's safe yet cheap. I like to take walks through the nice area because it is beautiful and full of nice mansions and fancy gardens. Sometimes I like to fantasize about maids that may live in those mansions and what it would be like if I lived in one. City also matters. Like New York is going to be expensive but different cities are cheaper. I live in Pittsburgh, not too expensive.

Expensive groceries can be avoided by shopping at ethnic grocers. There is actually a Japanese grocer near where I live that sells cheap vegetables and basics, I love going there. There is also a Korean, Indian, and Middle Eastern grocer near me, which all have very cheap food. The main grocery store is in the rich area, and everything is expensive there.

Cities are great for NEETs or hikikomoris if you ask me. Everything is close by in walking distance, don't need a car, lots of places to go and explore, you can go on nice walks, and there is the illusion of having a lot of people nearby so you don't go insane.

>>8548762
>i'll be 2 years behind people my age.
So what? Nobody cares about that shit.
(Okay, some people do, but they are invariably douchebags.)
Do something you want that will earn you money.

>>8548793
>>8548796

Well he is a cop and he's always given me words of encouragement when it comes to fitness. The funniest one was in regards to anime conventions and the people that attend them:

>Do you want to look like those scrawny bitches and fat fucks who can't get pussy even if they payed them to give it up? Look at em, they so pathetic that the bitches on paper would turn 'em down if they had the ability to speak."

Needless to say, my fatass doesn't mind lifting the weighs. Though I get sore as shit after doing those fucking deadlifts.

>>8548859
Your dad sounds like a total faggot.

Skinnyfat is being skinny, but not well built so that despite weighing so little you are rather flabby and have no muscle definition. It has nothing do with your belly in particular.

Most skinny people are skinnyfat, really.

>>8548859
That's awesome. All my father did was try to shove studying down my throat. If only I wasn't such a little bitch and actually studied more.

Am I the only one that gained weight and muscle mass due to all the free time?

>>8548891
Well, I gained weight when I locked myself inside because I didn't really change my caloric intake. I had to realize what I was doing and adjust appropriately.

Depression has caused me to lose weight, and not have any strength left. I'm 5 feet tall and 85 lbs ;_;

>>8548900
I envy your slim, maid-like build.
Please, come clean my house for me.

I think that explains why I weigh so little. It's because of muscle atrophy. I am litteraly going to have muscles like a sloth as in delicate ribbons.

I remember one winter as I was shoveling snow for a couple of mornings I noticed I gained a lot of weight and I thought I was getting fatter but it was indeed the muscle I once had but now they are gone again.

I wish I could keep muscles. what if a burgler comes and tried to kill me? all I could to is throw my tissue like self at him and hope for the best

>>8548903

Okay, but I might get tired pretty easily. I guess it would help build strength, as long as you're a nice master and don't work me too hard!

>>8548905
And why exactly are you posting this on /jp/?
You have /fit/ and /adv/, and don't be embarrassed to go there, you're already introducing the themes they have there, so... Yeah.

>>8548891
I ended up losing weight because I dont eat much and am usually preoccupied with playing video games and fapping all day and sleeping so a lot of the weight will be lost quickly because of it. I would occasionally drink some liquids now and then and maybe have some cereal and a banana but that would be it

i get frequent chest and shoulder pains. i'm expecting to have a heart attack and die any day now, why wont it come sooner ;__;

>>8548917
>I'm pretending to have a disease I self-diagnosed.
Please. Go to >>>/adv/

>>8548905
>burgler
>tries to kill

Burglers don't kill, anon. They steal. And I'm not sure if you have anything worth stealing.

>>8548922
they'd steal your life

>>8548922
but all my games and my computer with several gigs of porn and anime on it though!

>>8548905
Buy a gun. You could drop $50 on some nigger's old gat and be set for just about any situation that you would otherwise be too out of shape to handle.

If you're white, and an adult it'll take all of thirty minutes start to finish.

>>8548911
Make sure you wear the uniform. This is a requirement.

>>8548940

Yessir!

I just weighed myself the other day and was surprised at how little I weighed. I'd like to do something to get some muscle mass (for no reason other than health), but it seems very difficult without going to a gym.

>>8548976
>it seems very difficult without going to a gym.
/fit/ would go apoplectic seeing that. What about pushups and situps?
Also, check out Convict Conditioning, written by Paul Wade. The pdf is pretty easy to find online.

>>8548809
I might live in city one day.
I've always been against it because when I think city, I think loud niggers and expensive living but it looks like if you pick a good location it can be perfect.

>>8548976

I have been following dumbbell exercise routines for women and discovered that I am weaker than most women.