I followed this thread when it was first posted, but did not feel compelled to reply until now. I'm not sure if my comment will make sense, but here it is.
Growing up in the 50's and 60's, there was really only 1 or maybe 2 fat kids in a class. The rest of of us were average for then, skinny for now. I do not think I felt disdain, but they did get made fun of and I was happy to average.
As a young adult, I did see a lot more overweight people, and being in pretty good shape, I did wonder how someone could let themselves get to that point and assumed they could lose the weight if they really wanted. In other words, it was their fault.
As a middle age man, even though I was adding weight, and classified obese by my doctor, I never really saw myself as fat and it did not affect my life in any way. I still wondered how people (fatter than me) could let themselves get to that point.
In my 60's, I took up low carb eating, lost a lot of weight, am no longer classified obese by my doctor. However, after about 2 years of eating low carb, and about 6 months at my goal weight, I now find myself bingeing on a fairly regular basis. I am not bingeing on the typical high carb treats, it can be meats, cheeses, or other fat. It's not a disaster, as I just go back to strict Atkins 72 induction for about a week and I am back to my goal, but this does not seem like a healthy way to eat.
Don't misunderstand, I am in the low carb camp, but I think it is more complicated than low carb vs high carb. Blaming people eating habits on lack of knowledge seems fairly close to blaming it on lack of will power when there may be some processes we don't really understand. Contrary to what people say, you can still binge and gain weight on LCHF.
So, my point is that I don't know why I feel the need to binge, is it hormones, lacking nutrients, psychological, or whatever, but I do have a better understanding of how someone can struggle with weight and its not as simple as someone just not caring. Getting back to the subject of the post, while I would not say I ever felt disdain, I did have a lack of sympathy and assumed it was there own fault. At the risk of being a hypocrite, my own experience has changed my mind.
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