u/Dramatic_Ad5258

Is that not a thing anymore?

My mom, in her 50s with 4 adult children has been going to the gym with me but seems a bit lost. She usually just does the treadmill, but will see me using the weights and tries to come up with a workout, but still seems lost.

She ushers Instagram a lot so I wanted to find a good mom influencer that looked like her and did things not too beyond her depth. I think it would also help motivate her to be a little more healthy.

Please no insane influencers running marathons, I want her to start slow because she does have some back pain. But I think it would be alleviated with weight loss.

I want to do a pediatric specialty, but every pediatrician I ask for advice for tells me don’t bother, seats go unfilled every year.

Then what’s the point in all I’m doing? I’m spending my only summer of med school on like 4 different research projects and a summer research program. I volunteer, take part in leadership, the whole shebang (I will say my preclinical grades are avg cause I’m just not a great tester.. or very smart). But still, I want to enter an academic pediatric residency program, but everyone I talk to says to just chill and pass.

Is this true?

That’s all, that’s the post. If I could name one thing common bout em all, it would be this.

When I fasted for the first time for 24hrs, when I broke that fast, I felt so grateful. Grateful for food and the privilege to have food to eat. Overall, I just felt grateful and it made me more appreciative to be able to eat. Idk. It was a euphoric feeling. That feelings pushes me through the hours of fasting, so I can feel that euphoric again.

Yes im romanticizing IF to push myself through🥲

I literally don't know what to do. I have PI's from 3 different schools who have responded to me and want me to join their research projects this summer (virtually of course). I will say none have given me definitive assignments or start dates. They just said I can join their projects starting in the summer. Mind you, I'm already shadowing 3 physicians this summer to collect data for qualitative research.

Do I just go with the flow, or should I drop something?

CW: 220
GW for this period: 212

Plan:
23:1 fast for 7 days

Meals:
1 meal a day under 600 cal
0 cal Electrolyte and protein powder drinks to sustain me during the day (I’m in school and workout so I need the energy😵‍💫)

Reason: I need to develop some self control😭

I want to start drinking watermelon water to curb my hunger cravings. Like sieved watermelon, nothing added.

Ik the sugar is probably insane, but would it be an okay alternative?

I was talking to my mom about my step sibling (M) (I don’t really know this person) who’s lowkey had legal and anger issues who will be staying here at the same time my friends (F) from school is visiting, and I was just concerned. And my mom said, you stayed at some Muslim peoples house before.🤔 like where is the comparison. All my Muslim friends are responsible individuals who have their shit together. This dude has scary fucking issues. And she’s talkin bout how you never know how they’ll act if you break their rules. Like where is this prejudice coming from and how do we get rid of it😭

Ik it varies region by region, yadda dadada.. but I’m thinking about doing a research project on the healthcare experience in south Nigeria. I was wondering if anyone here wanted to share their experience. Not to be used for the research, but just to help me gain some perspective on what kind of research might be useful for the community.

Right now I’ve been thinking about barriers/access to care, management that adopts to low resources/income, etc. any perspective would be great:)

I started grad school and gained 10lbs easy after loosing 20lbs. I’m gonna commit to dropping these 10lbs in the next month. I have to prove to myself that I can get this addiction under control. I don’t want to be controlled by this.

What started this: for the last few days, I would go to qt and order a pretzel, mozzarella sticks, and get candy. Everyday for what feels like a week. And I would hate myself before during and after. But no more. If anyone wants an accountability buddy, feel free to reach out. I’m going back on my diet, and I’m cutting out all junk food cold turkey. I will not let this get the better of me.

Wish me luck

I have few resources at my small school, so if anyone has any advice on if they’ve don’t this before that would be great.

I was told if it was a case study, I just need consent forms and don’t need IRB approval. Does this sound correct to yall?

Also if I did want to do a public health study, can anyone tell me their experience on getting IRB approval to collect data in an African country. Thanks all!

I really want to get a tattoo on my forearm because I’ve never keloid there. I have keloids on my face, chest, and back.

I’m just scared this will cause me to keloid. However, A LONG TIME AGO, after my other keloid developed, I used to self harm on my arm. It was pretty superficial, and the scares eventually fade, but I never got a keloid. Do you think I’ll be safe to get a tattoo?

I lost a bunch of weight, but then I started school and binge eat like crazy.

And what’s wild is I love the gym. But working out can’t overcome a bad diet. So how do yall do it😓 I really gotta find a way to eat less.