To think 'celebrating your curves' is becoming a worrying trend?

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So many of my overweight 'friends' on facebook are joining in the whole "I'm embracing my curves and loving this body, every inch"
The thing is they are Obese, not use a little overyweight but really fat. The more people see and read things like this the more it will become normalised.

Worrying times ahead I think. We're going to be a very fat country in the not too distant future.
I know it's hard to lose weight. I know lockdown has made lots put weight, I'm a little overweight myself but I will never say I'm happy with it because I'm not! I like being thin, I want to be thin.

For the love of God stop normalising and celebrating obesity.

What a horrible post.

There's a difference between embracing who you are and endorsing being unhealthy - and I think that's the difference.
Being ashamed of your weight and how you look and being unhealthy causes so many more issues than it fixes. When you're obese, and the world tells you that you look bad and that you're worthless because of your weight, all you hear is that you are not worth fighting for. You're not worth struggling through a workout for, you're not worth dieting for, you're not worth becoming healthy because you're worthless.
By embracing your obesity, you're not saying it's a good thing - you're just saying it's not what defines you. You can be amazing AND be obese. You can be sexy AND be obese. You can be happy AND be obese. Obesity is not amazing or sexy or happy but obese people can be. It doesn't mean that obese people are healthy or that they're not trying to better themselves - it just means that they still have worth, and that they're acknowledging it.

Maybe your 'friends' need to get better friends.

I think there’s room for a debate regarding the public health time bomb that’s ticking with regards to this subject without mentioning your friends and what they post about their weight on Facebook

Suspect you will get flamed but yes I can see the broader societal concerns your post alludes to.

Nasty post. You also said you like thin, that can be unhealthy too.

I actually agree with you , I say Ashley Graham ( I think that's her name ) the other day on the daily mail app and she is an advocate of curvy women but she is huge .. definitely put on weight in recent times and if people look ok her as ok then we are in trouble . Obesity makes you ill , it costs the Nhs money ! I'm curvy and still overweight ( an hourglass size 10 ) with a thyroid problem so I know it's not easy but normalising it is a problem .

I like being thin, I want to be thin.

Another worrying trend...?

Why would you want to be thin? Slim, maybe, but not thin. Surely that's as unhealthy as being overweight

'having little, or too little, flesh or fat on the body'

Google definition of the word 'thin'

@LubaLuca

I like being thin, I want to be thin.

Another worrying trend...?

Slim then, not necessarily thin.

It is not healthy to be too fat or too thin.

Why is it so bad to talk about either.

What @SonnyWinds said
You're not likely to be healthy and/or lose weight if you hate your body, you're likely to binge eat or have an eating disorder
We should normalise loving any body

This has been going on for ages, where have you been?

@LubaLuca

I like being thin, I want to be thin.

Another worrying trend...?

Not really. People talk as if it is, and for a minority that will be, but most women in this country really are nowhere near too thin.

You’re so right OP, fat people should cower in a corner self hating until they starve themselves into a thin size

@SonnyWinds

There's a difference between embracing who you are and endorsing being unhealthy - and I think that's the difference. Being ashamed of your weight and how you look and being unhealthy causes so many more issues than it fixes. When you're obese, and the world tells you that you look bad and that you're worthless because of your weight, all you hear is that you are not worth fighting for. You're not worth struggling through a workout for, you're not worth dieting for, you're not worth becoming healthy because you're worthless. By embracing your obesity, you're not saying it's a good thing - you're just saying it's not what defines you. You can be amazing AND be obese. You can be sexy AND be obese. You can be happy AND be obese. Obesity is not amazing or sexy or happy but obese people can be. It doesn't mean that obese people are healthy or that they're not trying to better themselves - it just means that they still have worth, and that they're acknowledging it.

Fair point, I never looked at it like that. Of course everyone's entitled to love themselves.

I think in reality you'll find that a lot more people are feeling horrible about themselves , rather than celebrating their extra pounds. And anyway, you have a far better chance of losing weight if you have a more positive mindset.

I agree with you OP. Certain people want to normalise being obese. This curvy nonsense is a load of bollocks.

Curves are normal- I have very curvy hips, big (saggy) boobs and a wrinkly mum-pouch stomach. All very curvy, yet I have a norm BMI. Nothing wrong with a bit of body positivity. I don't think, 'love your curves' equates to 'hurrah for morbid obesity'.

People celebrating their body the way it is can only be a good thing- it doesn't necessarily mean they don't want to change it in the future, but that they can feel OK where they are now.

'Enjoy your body, use it every way you can
Don't be afraid of it or what other people think of it
It's the greatest instrument you'll ever own'

• Baz Luhrmann

@huuuuunnnndderrricks of course she's heavier, she's had a baby! Not to mention pandemic and all

You are unreasonable to expect other people to hate their bodies and publicly criticise themselves.

Better then hating yourself OP, if ur not overweight then I really don’t see why you are so worried.

Nope I'm fat and I don't see any normalisation of being fat.