Is the game finally up for ‘fat-fluencers’?
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/l...-fat-fluencers/ |
So...I have less than a 1% chance of reaching a normal weight. That’s pretty dismal. 😞
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Would be easier if we didn't have an entire bloody industry capitalizing on the uneducated and vulnerable with high sugar + high fat bullshit. They pour time and money into research and marketing just to make you come back for more of their poison. And people (corporate shills) still want to put it down to folks who just want a goddamn modicum of decency afforded to any other human being. Oh those damn fatfluencers, how dare they. I'm never going to be metabolically normal enough to be the normal skinny person but I'll be damned if I put another red cent into predatory big sugar's pocket. Not going to be a popular opinion, but until cookies and other crap is put in white packages, kept behind a counter, and 10 buckets a packet the obesity problem will never be solved. |
Oh god the British are such jerks. Who the hell writes articles like this and can look at themselves in the mirror?
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What I have believed for a long time is that fat shaming is horrible and the fat positivity movement is in part a reaction to the pervasive fat shaming that goes on in all parts of this society. Unfortunately this social justice aspect of the issue gets confused with the science so that the science along with the shaming are condemned. Of course much of what passes for science (eat less, move more) is simply wrong so it's easy to see why fat people would reject it all. It is a complicated issue and this article is too simple minded to even begin to address all the problems that exist around weight, science, politics, social justice. It all has to start with the understanding that first everyone must be treated with respect, not shamed and penalized.
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And there are plenty of people, many right here in these forums - who feel they have found a new WOE that’s going to help and heal them, yet they are still FAT. If you start out at over 375 pounds like I did you are going to be *morbidly obese* for a long time, probably for years, regardless of how strict you are on your WOE. When strangers see you they just see a fat person. They don’t see the months and years of struggle you’ve gone to just to get to the point you are at. So of course all people deserve respect regardless of their size as we have no clue of the journey they’ve been on.
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Very well stated. The rampant misunderstanding of food addiction and the particular role that various carbs, prevalence of sugars, and certain fats (manufactured seed oils) have in the scheme of eating is sad. Then the science must accurately support what constitutes healthy eating, and we're not close yet. Shaming is unacceptable. Eating less is hardly practical when one is dealing with an addiction. I remember being very confused that I could not drop weight even though I thought I was eating "healthy." Many with various hidden agendas continue distorting information and robbing people of the ability to develop a belief in a healthy path. |
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When I saw the headline, I thought they were going after the junk food industry that made people fat! |
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Size, color, gender, age, etc. My general observation has been that being fat doesn't prevent people from being loved, being happy, being active, being productive. I do believe statistics and reports which show that people who are observed to be fat face discrimination in employment, health care, public accommodations (what about those airplane seats??), and more. Unacknowledged prejudice is the worst. I like to think this forum does a good job of encouraging people to love themselves and do their best to attain a level of health and comfort that makes life a little (or a lot) better. |
I think often, too, there is a disconnect with people's understanding of fat and disability. So many people with chronic diseases become fat due to forces beyond their control. Not to mention environmental toxins, hormone disruptors, the freakin' dysfunctional food chain. The narrative that it's people eating ice cream and Doritos in their bedroom closet is enraging.
Also this. I have a swim buddy who fat. Did she just swim seven miles last weekend in a marathon open water swim? Yes. If she goes to the supermarket and buys some ice cream after her races, do people wonder about her choices? Also this. Thin people eat crap. Crap, crap, crap. And never exercise. And it's fine. As long as they remain thin. |
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Oh goodness!! This!! ^^^^^^^^^ It’s so upsetting when people in my community who have never had more than maybe 10 pounds of weight to lose try to tell me, “you know, if you just eat less meat (common belief here) you’ll lose that weight”. Or “I needed to lose weight too (again, maybe 10 pounds), but I started walking after dinner and dropped it”. I’m so tempted to overshare and explain to them, “actually I’ve lost nearly 60 pounds (in 3 long years) trying to eat appropriate amounts of meat and reducing my carbs...which are the main staple of your diet”. The first 30 took over 2 years, so for me, it took a while to get the ball rolling. No one noticed my weight loss and continues to give me “advice” or rather, judgement. I felt guilty for buying a birthday cake or ice cream for my kids or for going on shopping runs for the church because of the looks I would get. It’s terribly frustrating. But again, as long as you’re thin, it’s okay to eat garbage, I guess. 🤷♀️ |
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Studies I've seen put the number at somewhere in the 80% failure rate for long term weight management adherence, past the 2 year mark. Meaning most people fail to maintain their weight loss past 2 years, after they've hit their goal weight, (and this is regardless of what plan is followed, the failure rate is pretty consistent across the board). There are those who do successfully maintain long term though, if you haven't heard of the NWCR (National Weight Control Registry) before I'd suggest checking it out. It's an ongoing study that follows successful maintainers (I'm a participant and my data has been used in some of their work). eta: I read your post wrong, I thought you were talking about maintaining your loss, not the weight loss phase. The weight loss phase is pretty easy though, all things considered. It's a few months-few years vs 20, 30, 40+ years of maintenance. I've found that maintenance is much harder to do than the weight loss phase. There's a few of us who are doing it though, so it is possible as long as you go into it realizing what you're up against. |
Hi, DaisyDawn. Unfortunately, the long-running NWCR has never acknowledged the increase in maintenance success by adherents to all the forms of low-carb eating. I don't know what dietary entries you made, but many of us who began participating ten or more years ago have had no opportunity to update our data.
Their advice? "Eat less, move more." In fact, move a LOT more. Last time I looked, they advised that maintainers managed severe calorie restrictions and 90 minutes of exercise a day! Sorry. This is not helpful. Another troublesome aspect of living with a larger body is buying clothes. I regularly purchase tops and pants and other items from a couple of catalogs featuring larger sizes. The service, quality, colors, and styles--and especially prices!--are very appealing. In the past couple of years, these catalogs have begun photographing actual larger people wearing the clothes. Wow. What a concept! You can't doubt that these women look beautiful, and are obviously having fun in those swimsuits. Of course, as they are models, they are getting paid to look good, too. |
Now that I'm no longer obese people are much nicer to me. It's remarkable really. So I see where these fat acceptance people are coming from. But I also think it's naive to say, "Just eat the doughnut!"
Eventually, all that sugar will do a number on these people. At 34, Leanda Lewis is still young, so it's possible she doesn't have joint pain yet. But she will. And her blood pressure will start climbing. My guess is it'll happen about 5 years from now, give or take 2 years. That is, if she's not consumed by her own anger first. https://www.instagram.com/just_eat_the_doughnut/ |
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Don't you get the annual survey/periodic surveys? These allow you to answer questions about what you're currently doing to successfully maintain. |
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