I have the opinion that years from now, commenting negatively about a person's appearance, including weight, will be viewed with the same horror that some of those seventies sitcoms are now when displaying racism or sexism.
Let's hope so!
@Mossstitch yes there is such a thing as "skinny outside fat inside" phenomenon. I've known very slim people who exercise lots BUT eat an appalling diet very high in saturated fats etc cos they think exercising and being slim is all that's necessary to be healthy. As we are getting older (these are people my age or parents age) they are starting to have health issues due to high cholesterol, blocked arteries etc 2 have had heart attacks before the age of 60
Social class is another factor in all of this.
Definitely
It is no more acceptable to judge someone for their body size than it is for their sex or their skin colour.
They are not particularly different and they come from a similar place.
Totally agree
I find one of the few advantages of being very overweight is that it really brings out the judgmental arseholes. So much easier to identify them and cut them out of your life.
So true
Certain ex friends of mine who seemed perfectly ok people when I was slim, as I gained weight and became less fit and healthy (for other reasons) they made less effort with the friendship and I noticed actively avoided doing certain activities with me. Fine by me as you say weeds out the arseholes!
@ThisThreadCouldOutMe exactly! You don't know what someone's personal battles are so you shouldn't assume.
I've just started venturing out again after almost 5 years housebound. Just stepping outside the door causes HUGE anxiety like hell am I attempting to go an exercise based walk and certainly not a run (not that I can run these days with the physical disability) and risk an injury or triggering myself back into being housebound or facing the crappy fatist comments I am sure I'd receive based on prior experience!
I have actually lost just over a stone since the start of June but that's been really bloody hard to do with all the limitations
My dd has now left home but I am also unable to work through ill health and while she was growing up yes it was a combo of cheap filling carbs and often times not eating at all so she didn't go hungry - that'll fuck with your metabolism every time!
It's NOT as simple as "eat less" either at one point I was having less than 700 cals a day due to how my health was and I was still fat! I suspect mainly due to meds
Ever noticed how many slim people who've NEVER been fat themselves seem to think they know how to lose weight? Never having done it themselves?
Knowing how not to gain weight (despite illness, disability and fat forming meds really?) is NOT the same as knowing how to lose it!
This is especially annoying with certain celebs!
@Noavocado no a size 10 person is more likely to be healthy and have a good cholesterol count etc but it is not a given there are lots of other factors
Because fat men don’t exist? Men don’t get judged for being fat?
Not as much and not in the same way no
As for being fat is immoral?! There's a lot worse people do and aren't judged for on that score!
Its just shit even passing comment.
Hear hear!
Plus didn't research recently find that most skinny smokers are still healthier than obese non smokers.
I'm betting this was research funded by big Tobacco?
@BaconAndAvocado my dd is also very slim - largely due to her own disability (the condition makes those with it taller than they would have been without plus a higher metabolism) she struggles to maintain a healthy weight UP the way, her best friend since age 11 is the opposite and of course she has lived with me and seen my struggles. She jumps right on ANYONE that makes disparaging comments of this type to anyone.
She's been on the receiving end of derogatory comments due to her slim frame inc hcps disbelieving she isn't anorexia DESPITE her dx (they're idiots frankly)
Fat shaming has repeatedly been proven to have the opposite effect that some think it will achieve. It doesn't motivate people to lose weight! It motivates them to eat more, demotivates them to be seen in public exercising and even exercising altogether.
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