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SSRIs and Weight Gain

I just received my first bottle of Zoloft for mild anxiety and depression. My healthcare provider and the internet warn of the side effects of possible weight gain. Even though logically I know you can only gain weight from consuming excess calories, I am still afraid to start taking them and have the scale magically start to go up! What do you think about weight gain as a medication "side effect"? Is there any other mechanism that accounts for people gaining weight on SSRIs or other meds if not simply eating too much and moving less?

Watch first push/pull/leg video

Hi, the link to the “watch first” in the push/pull/leg program isn’t working. Please advise

McGill Pullups

Any videos you’ve done on McGill pull-ups? I love them but have seen a few different ideals and variants.

Is drinking caffeine on an empty stomach a no no? What about training fasted?

How to wake a muscle up

Do you have any advice on how to "wake a muscle up" so that it actually can start to gain some mass? I find it extremely difficult to target my VMOs, even with PT exercises, and the imbalance has caused knee pain