Obesity Is Not Glorious

Anti-fat acceptance, anti-fatsporation, anti-HAES. If you want to be fat, and are happy and content to be fat, fine. HOWEVER, stop spreading lies, ignoring disputing medical facts, and promoting your lifestyle and choices you make as 'healthy' and 'correct.' HAES and the glorification of obesity is dangerous.

[dietandhealththings]

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Celebrating these arms is of the utmost importance to me. I’ve always had muscly arms (my mum does too) and at school I was called the Hulk and it broke my heart. I HATED these arms with a passion.

With the help of the best personal trainer in the world I strengthened and toned them and learnt to love them. I look back on how far I’ve come in terms of loving my body and I feel like crying. When a guy hit on me by squeezing my biceps and saying “you look like you could hit someone” I could confidently say “yeah, I box” and then smirk as I watched him shrink a bit.

When my family said I ‘look like a bodybuilder’ I was proud to inform that I work very hard in the gym to look the way I do.

When a male colleague at work asked me if I’m scared of ‘getting big’ I honestly just laughed.

This is my body, on my grounds, and I love it, in my way. That is all that matters.

[chibird]

[yourfatfeministfriend]

Health is a social construct. You don't need to be skinny to be healthy.

- daily body positivity

[obesityisnotglorious-blog]

“Health is a social construct” Are you serious?

Please stop the lies. Just stop. Stop stop stop stop. You know this isn’t true.  

[obesityisnotglorious-blog]

Look what I stumbled upon

So I was looking for some ways to make a bit of extra money cause I'm kind of in a pinch right now, and I came across these two super interesting sites.

  https://www.dietbet.com/  https://www.healthywage.com/ 

For anybody who is already making their weight loss journey right now anyway, this might be a neat opportunity to earn some cash in the long run. Basically, it looks like you pick a goal amount of weight you want to lose (minimum is 10% of your current body weight, so if you're already at a decent BMI, it probably isn't for you) and an amount of time you want to achieve this weight loss in. Then you 'bet' a certain amount of money per month for that time period. If you lose the weight by the end of that amount of time, you get the money you wagered. If not, the money you bet is what funds other people's success.

They do seem like they require a small investment at first, but that’s some intense motivation if I’ve ever seen it. Also, I personally can’t vouch for the credibility of the sites because I haven’t used them, but if you’re interested, you can check them out and make that call. I just thought I'd share in case somebody out there found it nifty.

[obesityisnotglorious-blog]

“I deserve to be treated with respect!!”

This might be a controversial opinion I have, at least the fat acceptance community has me thinking so, but literally no one ‘deserves’ my respect. Respect is an earned thing. I see this thrown around a lot by fat-positive people, that they deserve respect no matter how they look or what they wear, etc. No. No one just ‘deserves’ respect without having done something to earn that. There are plenty of ways to earn respect, weather its through your profession, a talent you have, how you act in certain situations, and so on. But if all I know about you is that you are a fat activist who ignores science and their health in favor of ‘destroying society’s beauty standards’, then you have done absolutely nothing to earn my respect.  

Like, I’ll respect that you can live your life as you choose, as in I’ll observe your right to do so. But I will not respect the decisions you make, as in praise or admire or treat as acceptable. Choosing to be obese in my opinion is not a respectable thing, so I am not obligated to respect you for it. 

[obesityisnotglorious-blog]

I know it’s kind of a meme, but noting is more empowering to me than hitting a new PR for overhead press. I don’t even care if I develop manly shoulders or a V taper physique, I just want to be able to lift the world over my head. 

[daxbrown]

Fuck bikini season. THIS is why we need to get our shit together and live healthier lives. 

[healthacceptance]

Let's explain a thing

Fat shaming: “fat people are disgusting so I’m going to laugh and make fun of them” NOT fat shaming: “being fat can have negative effects on your health so you should take responsibility and get healthy and not promote a destructive lifestyle”

[obesityisnotglorious-blog]

Why are people like this? Either mean spirited or in denial? 

[fat-acceptance-dropout]

Obesity gene no barrier to weight loss, study shows

Researchers find people with gene linked to weight gain as likely to benefit from fat reduction schemes as those without

People with a gene linked to weight gain are just as likely to benefit from weight loss programmes as those without, researchers have discovered.

The findings suggest diet, exercise and drug-based approaches to losing weight can be widely beneficial, even if some people may have a greater risk of piling on the pounds due to their genetics. In short, your DNA is not a barrier to weight loss.

In short, your DNA is not a barrier to weight loss.

[alightwhendarknessfell]

What are your thoughts on fat acceptance

I think people should love themselves no matter their weight because self worth is separate from how your body looks but I don’t really agree with the message that it’s healthy to be overweight. If you’re overweight and you eat healthy, workout and your doctor says you’re healthy then no problem but what I see from that movement is a lot of obese people glorifying obesity. Just like I don’t agree with any pro-skinny/eating disorder movements. We should aim for healthy not one of the two extremes. 

[bitchyshitlordwonderland-deacti]

Medical experts agree that thyroid issues alone account for 10-15lbs of weight gain, and once treated with medication, this symptom disappears. Take accountability for yourself, don’t blame a condition

Sources: http://www.thyroid.org/weight-loss-and-thyroid/ American Thyroid Association

[plussizeneverlookedsogood]

Live long and prosper, y’all! XD

[obesityisnotglorious-blog]

Not gonna live THAT long if you treat your body so poorly though

[caroline-draws]

Made some self love art. 

[obesityisnotglorious-blog]

Yes you do. Everyone does. Your body also deserves to be treated like it’s loved. Taking care of yourself and loving yourself go hand-in-hand.  

[yourfatfeministfriend]

Weight

So today I weighed myself on the scale and it turns out I gained 3 pounds in the last two weeks. I don’t know why that happened, but at least I know I don’t have an eating disorder. I’m now 203 pounds. If I lost five pounds with all the exercise I’ve been doing, I would worry that I would be heading towards a path of misery and endless woe because I wouldn’t be eating enough to stay healthy. I don’t want to have anorexia so I’m glad I gained the weight.

[obesityisnotglorious-blog]

Unless you’re over 7feet tall, at 200lbs you aren’t even close to being anorexic. You have A LOT of wiggle room in that department.