[quote Harmonypuss]@Meltedwellie
It isn’t healthy to be obese which I’m sure you know. You could easily lose half a stone by the half term holidays and more by summer. I say this as someone in the same predicament. There is nothing like actual weight loss for boosting your confidence x
We all know that being obese isn't healthy but who on earth is suggesting that the OP is??
Also, losing half a stone by the half term holidays may be easy for you but definitely NOT for the majority of people, you're expecting someone to lose 7lbs in under 4 weeks, for some people this may be doable with crazy crash diets but the weight comes straight back on as soon as you stop the diet and that isn't sustainable.
On top of which, not everyone can lose weight easily at all... try having a physical disability that restricts your mobility and a seriously under active thyroid (or as in my case, I've not got one at all), losing weight is almost IMPOSSIBLE without medical intervention.
So, as I said at the top of my post, we know it's not healthy to be obese but it's also not healthy to be the obnoxious person who goes around fat shaming people!
Some of us may be carrying more weight than we'd like to be but we can't all just nip off to the gym to get rid of it and we don't need to have it pointed out at every turn.
The best weight to get rid of is the fat shamer!
Live and let live![/quote]
If you’d RTFT you’d see that it was the OP who said she was obese and if you’d read my post fully, you would see I’m in the same predicament I.e. obese and needing to lose weight for summer. I was trying to encourage the OP by saying she could ‘easily’ lose 7 lbs by half term. That probably wasn’t the right word but just under 2lbs a week is def doable and not a crash diet. OP didn’t mention any limiting health conditions. Oh and I don’t find it that easy or I wouldn’t be obese. I just know that it is already affecting my health and it can affect health in many ways that doesn’t show up until the damage is done.i have had physical and mental health conditions that affect my weight and I have a lot of compassion for people who have chronic long term conditions. I didn’t put it in my first post as so many people had already said , but of course, whatever size you are, you should accept and love yourself and not give a shit what other people think.