
Originally Posted by
mollyzmoon
Hey, a fellow wrestler! I wrestled through high school, but had to stop because my University doesn't have a team (and looking like a spousal abuse victim with all the bruising was cutting into my social life...you should've seen my arms! I looked roughed up all the time).
I know what you mean about the scale- I am scale obsessed. I developed a borderline eating disorder while wrestling, though. It was always "I know you're 57.5kg in weight class, but you're near the bottom, so could you please try to make it into the 54kg class?" Dammit. My body wanted me to be 122lbs, not 117llbs! I did juice fast and such before competitions (hell, even water fast), but it always seemed that by day 2 of the tournament I had gained almost every pound of water weight back. Over using a fasting system is hell on the metabolism, and frankly I don't find dancing anywhere near as athletic as wrestling was. I look back at my wrestling body of a few years ago with genuine envy! I was one tight little bod!
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