u/kristalbal

I am going back to fasting after a long break, this time around I am 33 and I go to gym basically every day, weight lifting and cardio. Would like to hear from other women over 30, does OMAD and prolonged fasting affected your muscle growth and strength? Can this cause hormonal disruptions or any other health issues? What is your approach in general and what do you eat?

I have been witnessing this situation for a while and would like to help my friend, who is really struggling. Her kid is autistic and ADHD, the behaviour got worse after being diagnosed, they said it's because the child stopped masking, but what I am also noticing- my friend thinks that all bad behaviour is caused by her diagnosis and I wonder if that is true and something can be done, because the whole family are really struggling with this. For example I see the tantrums as controlling and goal orientated, everyone has to do what the child wants at the exact time and in the exact way- otherwise it's a meltdown. I mean it's from little things like I want a drink or particular snacks right now, or I want other kids to play this game right now, or I want to go home right now, or this is the wrong ice cream etc. I personally don't have any experience with ND children and maybe my observation is completely wrong, that's why I decided to ask people before making any insensitive comments to my friend. I just really want to help her, because she is in a deep depression about this.

The ones that decided to take a break, did you ever get back and how was it? I think I should delete my apps, because I feel like I have become disengaged. My experience was not great and in the few months I haven't met anyone that I would be interested in or they interested in me. I am not expecting to just meet the love of my life straight away, but I literally didn't go on one second date. I feel exhausted making conversation that doesn't go anywhere and now I feel like I'm just acting like the people that I complained about a few months ago. It's just like some part of me doesn't want to let go, so I keep the apps, but literally avoid responding to people, or even looking at them. Anyways, I understand I should take a break, but I am scared that if I ever decide to get back to dating, this experience is just gonna feel worse.

It took me just a few months to realise that dating apps are a black hole 😅 sure I don't need to explain this to anyone who is right in the head and used them, but what comes next? I am in my 30's, I don't have a big friend group or time to join many different activities 🤷 how did dating become so difficult and bleak? 😩

So Charmed was one of my favourite shows when I was young, but I never watched it after season 3, killing off the character was too much for me and I literally had never seen one episode with Rose McGowan. Now twenty years later I am rewatching the show with my daughter and yesterday we hit episode 1 of season 4. The show already feels weird and like the whole vibe changed. Is the next 5 seasons actually worth watching? Or this is just gonna leave a bad taste in my mouth 😅

So I have been doing online dating for a couple of months and my experience is nothing but terrible. People ask to go on a date and then disappear or just cancel a few hours before, I really don't have time for this and it's just beyond disrespectful, especially when I am dating men in their 30s and 40s. How can I stop this happening? Because at this stage I am just done with apps