I got a bad performance review at work and lost 15 pounds. It was stressful, but I learned how to avoid it in the future.

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During one particularly difficult fall, in the span of three months, I lost 15 pounds, and people around me quickly noticed. Some friends in passing exclaimed that I looked incredible (I was startlingly underweight). Others expressed concern, asking, as discreetly as possible, if something was wrong.