u/not_a_swedish_vegan

Hey guys, I’m a skinny guy 5’8 and 125 lbs and I’ve been struggling to keep my weight up since I got this job. I usually work in baggage and I usually walk 10-15 miles a shift and spend most of that time stacking and carrying bags. I easily burn almost 2000 calories in one shift and I try so hard to make up for it but sometimes I just can’t keep up. I make these massive shakes loaded with a shit ton of peanut butter and protein powder and eat other high calorie junk like oatmeal with 10 servings of butter just to get the calories in me. Sometimes I try to force so much food into my body that it makes me feel sick and I want to throw up so I stop eating, then wake up starving the next day. I often wake up feeling so sore and tired that I think there’s no way I’ll be able to go to work but then I do it anyway and get it done somehow. I feel very unhealthy and I’ve lost 15 lbs since I started this job.

Hey everyone, I moved to Washington last fall and one of the main reasons is that hiking in the mountains is one of my favorite things in the world. Growing up, 1 would travel to Norway every summer and hike all the tallest mountains from base to peak. I wanted to move somewhere in the USA where I can do something similar.

Since it’s an unusually warm year, I'm wondering when the snow will have cleared out enough to where I can start doing the more high altitude stuff, where I climb 4000+ feet and summit the taller mountains in the cascades. Is it already? I usually avoid hiking in the snow because I don't have a hiking partner and even if I had an ice axe and crampons, it makes me nervous to hike alone over ice.

I have like 20 hikes bookmarked on WTA that I’m just waiting to knock out once it becomes safe. I did mount Si last week as an exercise, and summited in about 1:50 though I didn’t enjoy it that much since I was stuck in the forest the whole time.

Hey everyone, I moved to Washington this fall and one of the main reasons is that hiking in the mountains is one of my favorite things in the world. Growing up, I would travel to Norway every summer and hike all the tallest mountains from base to peak. I wanted to move somewhere in the USA where I can do something similar.

I’m wondering when the snow clears out enough to where I can start doing the more high altitude stuff, where I climb 4000+ feet and summit the taller mountains in the cascades. I usually avoid hiking in the snow because I don’t have a hiking partner and even if I had an ice axe and crampons, it makes me nervous to hike alone over ice.

I did mount Si last week as a warm up, but didn’t enjoy it that much. I summited in about 1:50 but I was kind of rushing up because the whole time I was stuck in the forest with no views bc the altitude was too low. How long will I have to wait for the snow to clear away from the higher altitude stuff? I have like 30 hikes bookmarked on the WTA app and I’m just waiting until it becomes safe.