COVID 15? Try COVID 70. Emily McCombs, deputy editor for HuffPost Personal, wrote an essay titled I Gained 70 Pounds During COVID. Here's What Happened On My First Day Back In The Office. She’s not alone. A recent study that reviewed medical records of 15 million people found that 39% gained weight over the past two years. She writes, “For the first time in years, I was going to sit under fluorescent lights and be perceived. I was going to walk farther than from my bed to my couch in open terrain. I was going to be confronted with a reflection that contrasted with my mental image of myself in the office’s full-length bathroom mirror.” Tune in to our Twitter Spaces on Wednesday, July 6, at 1:30 p.m. ET, to hear more about her story, including what she grappled with as the return-to-office date neared and what she wants people with “societally acceptable” bodies to know. |
