How old are you? Twelve? Do you SERIOUSLY think that if it was that simple this would even be an issue? Have you even bothered to do some research into it? I was a swimmer all throughout high school, I was even the captain my senior year. I worked out intensely for 2 hours a day and ate a mostly healthy diet, I was always over weight. Not obese but overweight. But yeah if you "simply eat less and workout more" that will fix everything.
And obviously the answer to being a healthy weight is just eating healthy and working out, right? Because clearly my 3+ meals a day of healthy food plus at least one junk food snack, and the only workout I get is walking to the store to get /more/ junk food keeps me above 100 pounds. No, you cannot solve all of your weight problems simply by being healthy. Everyone is different, and sometimes people will be underweight just like sometimes people will be overweight.
K guys. It is 100% eating right and exercising. While it may be different for others due to metabolism or other factors it is simply leading a healthy life style. And being overweight doesn't mean unhealthy. If you were captain of the swim team a lot of it was probably muscle.
Lol no I was and always have been flabby and at my leanest in high school I weighed 185 at 5'6', even though I was a good swimmer, I was a distance swimmer and always swam the 500 meter race (20 laps). Swimming burns A LOT of calories and I ate fruits, veggies, lean meats for the most part while only occasionally having some pasta or pizza at team events. What more would you have me do? Give up what little free time I had between practice and homework to workout MORE? Should I have eaten nothing but celery? Would that give me the right to be treated like a normal person? Because, ya know, my dignity as a human being should hinge solely on my weight.
That really wasn't my point. Yes I COULD have lost more weight if I worked out for more than the 2 hours a day and not attended the team parties where pizza was served, but why the hell should I have to do that? Why should I have to give up everything fun in my life in order to be treated like a normal person? One of my friends never did anything active and ate like the world was going to end everyday and she has never been above a size 2. Which is great for her I don't hate her for it but why does she deserve respect more than I do because she looks differently? Why should my weight undermine my human dignity? You said in another comment: "Why do we treat fat people like they are normal. If they are fat and ok with the shame of that go ahead but the thing that makes me want to lose weight is 100% understanding that im fat." So because I am more predisposed towards weight gain I should be punished? I can either "live with the shame" or dedicate every minute towards fitting into an imag
image people like you deem worthy of basic human respect? This friend I spoke of still lives at home working at some fast food place, I am attending college full time at a university. Now that doesn't make me a better person than her but I have done more and worked harder then she ever has and by your line of thinking you would treat her with respect but I deserve to be shamed.
I don't care. If you are size whatever, it doesn't matter. When discussing losing weight however it is true, as you stated that it is never impossible to lose weight. I think that it is fine to smoke crack and weigh 400 pounds as long as you accept that and don't hurt others.
As Superchicken explained already, you can be overweight and still be healthy, there are plenty of people who have curves who aren't unhealthy, just like there are people who fit into the "perfect weight range" who aren't. It's never okay to put people down for how they look, and you should never judge anyone, so stop being an ignorant asshole, because being thickheaded and unable to listen to reason, understand logic, or follow an argument isn't blissful.
So we should accept Fat people and promote fat culture. This is harmful to other generations as it endorses lifestyles of entitlement and unhealthiness. It is never impossible or unhealthy to work out, exercise and eat right and if a few comments cause you to get upset and go on the defensive instead of make yourself healthier then go ahead and see the world with rose tinted glasses.
We should leave other people's business to them, and not be an asshole. Are you a doctor, daynut? Do you know what a healthy weight looks like, or do you just think that anyone who is over 120 pounds is fat and unhealthy? No one who is obese is under the impression that they're the image of health, and you calling them fat or whatever else you might say is not going to change how they act. There are deeper problems there than not knowing they're fat, and unless you know them personally you should mind your own damn business. Teach your children and your friends to be healthy, and if you really want to do something about it EDUCATE YOURSELF and take the effort to find actual answers, like making exercise regimens that are easy to keep, or diets that taste good and can be maintained.
I agree that people who are upwards of 400 pound aren't doing everything they can to remain healthy, I also know that many of the people who most people call "fat" are perfectly healthy individuals on the upper end of the weight scale but still in range of a healthy body weight (according to doctors, not just a social movement). I agree that people who are truly obese should turn their lives around. I do not agree that you have the ability to do shit about it. Therefore, I do not agree that it is ever acceptable to make fun of people for being fat. That doesn't mean we should just allow everyone to be fat, that means I believe that educating people on how to be healthy, happy, and still eat food that tastes good is an actual solution that would actually help.
Telling them they are fat isn't necessarily 'fat shaming' I don't agree with fat shaming because it isn't inspiring anybody to want to change but at the same time I don't agree with telling people they are "fine so long as they're happy" people should be conscious of the dangers of obesity and encouraged to be fit and healthy not for other people's ease but for their own safety.
How would you tell someone that they're fat, then? Because I think it has nothing to do with being happy so much as you actually are more likely to cause them to binge eat when they feel ashamed, or become anorexic which is just as bad if not worse.
Being severely underweight (as in malnourished under weight people not naturally underweight people who eat) has more health implications and anorexia nervosa is an extremely hard disorder to treat. Bulimics often die from heart failure because the constant binge and purge cycle messes with your electrolytes and stresses your heart. People don't generally just up and become one of these things, they develop a complex about their weight because people feel the need to shame them or "tell them". Leave people's health to them and their family, friends, and doctor. It isn't any of your business to begin with and you butting in will most likely have no effect or a very negative one.
Why is "leads to weight gain" in quotation marks? It makes it seem sarcastic.
Also a shitty screen cap of a news headline is not an argument against fat shaming.
Anyways, people tend to eat when they're depressed. Shaming them makes them depressed. Then they hate themselves for eating and become even more depressed. Then people shame them for eating so much. It's a vicious cycle.
Umm no. Why do we treat fat people like they are normal. If they are fat and ok with the shame of that go ahead but the thing that makes me want to lose weight is 100% understanding that im fat.
I'm pretty sure if someone's fat, they're aware of that fact. Even if they aren't, I'm pretty sure in 9 cases out of 10, it's not up to you to let them know. Also, there's a difference between family trying to help them be healthier, and strangers/acquaintances pointing it out unnecessarily. For all you know, they could be on the way to changing it.
If you aren't that person's doctor, family, or close friend it is none of your business and you shaming them will likely have a negative effect if anything. People like to act like it is something that some simple advice can fix. "Oh if you just (insert crappy generic advice) then everything will be better!" But some person you barely know saying that is demeaning and unhelpful. And this applies to underweight people as well. If someone is truly obese they should NOT be taking advice from randoms and they should not make any major changes without first talking to their doctor. There is a reason gym equipment says to talk to a Dr. before starting any program. So your "well meaning" advice could actually hurt someone. Not to mention you don't know what that person may be going through medically or otherwise. My friend's aunt lost her son in an accident and she became depressed and start eating junk. Is that a healthy way to deal with grief? No. But did people shaming her and being
cruel about her weight and giving "advice" help? No, it made it much worse. Yes some fat people are lazy and don't give a damn but a good amount have some contributing factor outside of laziness whether it be medical or emotional. Either way it is no business of yours. We shouldn't body shame anyone fat or skinny. If negative comments motivate you to be better then great, be motivated by the mean things people say and if there isn't enough ask your friends to push you in this way. But that doesn't mean you have to be that way towards others. When you lie on your deathbed some day do you want to look back on how you were cruel to people or how you did your best to be kind? Whichever it is will be part of your legacy, so choose wisely.
Plus, even if they are just lazy or if they don't eat (in the case of skinny people), do you really think that some random person on the street telling them so will change anything? There's no excuse for shaming anyone for their weight.
Also a shitty screen cap of a news headline is not an argument against fat shaming.