{"id":22862,"date":"2026-01-02T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/first-person-zahra-khozema-working-out-9-7029372cmprss\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T09:00:00","slug":"first-person-zahra-khozema-working-out-9-7029372cmprss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/?p=22862","title":{"rendered":"FIRST PERSON | I spent over a decade obsessed with the gym. I\u2019ve finally let myself stop | CBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.cbc.ca\/ais\/b31d29c6-024e-4649-ab28-821c35af8576,1767034614939\/full\/max\/0\/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%2885%2C319%2C722%2C406%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29\" alt=\"A fit woman in form-fitting shorts and a crop top takes a full-body selfie of herself in the mirrors that also show fitness machines behind her. \" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" title=\"Zahra Khozema taking a gym selfie in Cancun, Mexico, in April 2024. Khozema says her workout regime made her physically powerful but eventually caused some mental health issues. \" \/><\/p>\n<p>When Zahra Khozema first started going to the gym in university, it made her feel powerful and beautiful. The guilt and stress came later. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>\n<strong>Source:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/first-person-zahra-khozema-working-out-9.7029372?cmp=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\nRead full article at www.cbc.ca<br \/>\n<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:14px; color:#555;\">\n<strong>Medical Disclaimer:<\/strong><br \/>\nThis content is for informational and educational purposes only.<br \/>\nIt does not replace professional medical advice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Zahra Khozema first started going to the gym in university, it made her feel powerful and beautiful. The guilt and stress came later. Source: Read full article at www.cbc.ca Medical Disclaimer: This content is for informational and educational purposes only. It does not replace professional medical advice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22863,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1747],"tags":[8436,12366,12369,9118,12368,1873,12367,11657,12365,5341],"class_list":["post-22862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fitness-lifestyle","tag-cbc","tag-decade","tag-finally","tag-gym","tag-ive","tag-news","tag-obsessed","tag-person","tag-spent","tag-stop"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22862\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}