Weekend Open Thread
I saved a bunch of posts as drafts, including this one, and Blogger deleted them. Thanks a lot Blogger! Now all my great Red Sox jokes are gone forever. Aah well. I'll just post this quote from The Fat Diaries, and invite you to comment on it as you will!
Usually an "open thread" seems to be "just say whatever" but that never quite makes sense to me. So, here's a quote for you to read (from someone who has lost over two hundred pounds so has certainly "been there") and then you can just say whatever!
"The more I thought about these size acceptance groups, the more annoyed I got.... as I dove into their website, I found a lot of propaganda, lies, and misinformation... You're talking about a physical characteristic and one, by the way, that can be changed. Unlike other protected classes, you do have the power and the ability to change your weight. I don't give a damn what any size acceptance organization says. If you're morbidly obese, it's because you eat too much... God didn't make you that way; YOU made yourself that way. Just admit that, there is no harm or foul in saying it. And don't give me that crap about how you don't eat much either and how all of your friends and family say the same thing. You may think you're fooling everybody by not eating a lot in front of them, but they don't know about everything you eat when you're alone. "
Usually an "open thread" seems to be "just say whatever" but that never quite makes sense to me. So, here's a quote for you to read (from someone who has lost over two hundred pounds so has certainly "been there") and then you can just say whatever!
"The more I thought about these size acceptance groups, the more annoyed I got.... as I dove into their website, I found a lot of propaganda, lies, and misinformation... You're talking about a physical characteristic and one, by the way, that can be changed. Unlike other protected classes, you do have the power and the ability to change your weight. I don't give a damn what any size acceptance organization says. If you're morbidly obese, it's because you eat too much... God didn't make you that way; YOU made yourself that way. Just admit that, there is no harm or foul in saying it. And don't give me that crap about how you don't eat much either and how all of your friends and family say the same thing. You may think you're fooling everybody by not eating a lot in front of them, but they don't know about everything you eat when you're alone. "
posted by mo pie at 5:10 PM
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The quote above is from a much longer and one of the more interesting posts Marybeth made to her blog, "TheFatDiaries." And if you take the time to read her archives, then you will see she does indeed know whereof she speaks.
My own response to her post on her blog:
"Right now I am a few pounds shy of morbid obesity and it's for sure I didn't reach this point by making healthy food choices and getting a reasonable amount of exercise. With truely rare exceptions, people who are physically active and eat healthy portions of healthy foods do not become morbidly obese. They don't become obese at all. Sometimes they are "overweight," but not seriously so.
Yes, i have an underactive thyroid for which i take meds daily. And Major Depressive Disorder, for which I also take meds daily. Yes, these two conditions make it difficult to lose/avoid gaining weight. But that doesn't mean i might as well throw in the towel!
Fer pete's sake, folks! Junk food tastes like crap! Eating until stuffed is time-consuming and recipe for a tummy ache.
I mean, really. Ya know?"
(endquote)
(Quoting myself feels so weird.)
Nope, I just gotta disagree.
S/he is an expert on HER experience, not mine. Nor that of anyone else. I'm with Samsarra, I have the exercise and food logs to prove it, and NO I'm not lying, to myself or anyone else.
I'm not trying to invalidate this person's opinions, just point out that one fat person cannot speak for all. We can help each other a lot by sharing our experiences, but this is not a one-size-fits-all situation. I'll go so far as to say I believe there is not just one single cause of obesity that's the same for everyone, and so there's no reason to think that there is a single "cure" either.
As far as size acceptance - I'm a strong supporter of the concepts. I think it's absolutely vital to anyone trying to lose weight to develop a healthy body image at ANY weight. At ALL weights. I have a caveat, though - I think some of the opinions expressed at NAAFA are effed-up in an extreme way. That's just my opinion, but for that reason I wouldn't use that group as an example of healthy size acceptance.
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