Anti Fat Acceptance, Pro Health

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[real-healthy-positivity]

Hi! I struggle a lot with walking and running due to a back injury, but I know I need to lose weight to help my other chronic pain conditions. I was wondering if you had any suggestions for exercises that someone with chronic pain could do?

Hello!

With the mention of running and walking being a struggle, the first thought that comes to my mind in terms of exercises that would help is swimming/water aerobics. Swimming is a fantastic cardiovascular exercise, and it's less stress on your joints than walking/running may be causing. You can even find gyms with indoor pools if the weather isn't so great to swim outside.

I do want to suggest other exercises, as well, though, to perhaps help manage your pain so walking is less of a struggle!

The first pain management exercise I want to suggest is yoga and stretching. Depending on exactly where the pain is and the state of injury, you may even be able to alleviate some of the pain through certain stretches or poses. Proceed with caution on this one, though, because some yoga poses can be a little extreme. Consult your doctor on this option, and see if they know any qualified yoga instructors that can work with chronic pain issues.

Another one that you may need a doctor's rec (and definitely need a qualified instructor) on is Pilates. This one can also be a great option, as it helps improve core strength, stability, posture, balance, and, as found in a 2015 study, reduces back pain more than any other intervention that uses minimal exercise.

The final one I want to suggest is strength and resistance training. DEFINITELY talk to your doctor about this one, and DEFINITELY ask if they know any good, qualified personal trainers with experience in helping chronic pain patients. As intimidating as I probably made this option sound, done right, it can be great for strengthening muscles around your joints so there is less pressure on said joint when used. And, to maybe even take a little extra fear off, strength training doesn't necessarily involve big, heavy weights either, so you don't have to worry about going in and being expected to bench press weights bigger than your head. You can use your own body as weights and reap the benefits.

I hope this helps, whether you go with any of these I listed or if any of them give you a good idea on what you feel is right!

[obesity-is-not-healthy]

"Heart attacks and cardiac arrest aren't fat-caused, that's just medical fatphobia."

BABE. THIS IS WHAT PERICARDIAL FAT LOOKS LIKE.

THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE DOING TO YOUR HEART.

It's not fat phobia. Organs cannot function whe covered in stuff like fat. It blocks the ventricles, presses down on your chambers and overall makes your heart work harder to do the same function as someone elses. You are literally crushing yourself to death from the inside.

Visceral fats cannot develope without a source of energy, the laws of thermodynamics apply to the human body, it's not your genetics, and I dont want you to die. Wake up.

[real-healthy-positivity]

How & Why to Cut Out Soda

Hello again Tumblr! Mod Lunar here, it's been a minute since I've posted, but I had a conversation recently that sparked a post idea. So here I am!

I'll admit it. When I was younger, I drank soda pretty often. It was available, accessible, and as a kid I basically just thought "fizzy drink taste good".

Fast forward to today, I've cut Sprite off and now I'm reaching for sparkling water, something most of my friends cringe at even the mention of, despite it being so much better than soda.

But just recently, one of my anti-sparkling-water friends asked me how I got into drinking that instead of soda, because she realized she needed to stop drinking soda herself, and I thought the tips I gave her could help others who may be working on cutting soda from their lives, too!

Why shouldn't I drink soda?

Quite obviously, soda is INCREDIBLY sugary, even for one serving of soda (which not many people tend to stop at, especially when they see a bottle the same size as a regular water bottle and don't realize it can be 3 servings of soda). The sugar in soda can lead to a variety of problems, including (but not limited to)

Obesity (especially higher levels of visceral fat, linked to metabolic disease)

Leptin resistance (blockage of the starvation/fullness hormone, causing one to overeat, thus, a hidden cause of obesity)

Diabetes

Heart problems

Gum disease

Tooth decay

Gout

Dementia

Rheumatoid arthritis

Impaired immune function

Chromium deficiency, among other deficiencies (such as vitamins A, C, B-12 and Calcium)

Anxiety, stress & irritability

(in children) Cognitive impairment

Premature aging

More migraines (at least in my case)

(with cola due to caramel coloring) Increased cancer risk

Potential of over-consuming caffeine

Accelerated bone loss

Certain artificial sweeteners in diet sodas can cause lupus, glucose intolerance, multiple sclerosis, brain tumors, mood disorders, a decline in mental function, migraines, and seizures

Potential of consuming trace amounts of Benzene, a cancer-causing substance that makes its way into soda (linked to leukemia)

Enamel erosion due to soda's acidity

Ok, but water's plain. What do I drink instead?

If you need the fizz (and maybe even some flavor): sparkling water. Personally, I'm someone who enjoys both. Flavored sparkling water is just carbonated water and natural flavoring, and you can even find some interesting flavors to suit you. Trust me, I never thought I'd find a drink flavored after my favorite flower, cherry blossoms (thanks, LaCroix). Alternatively, you can get plain sparkling water (or make some through tap water and a SodaStream) and add your own fruit! Or you can drink it plain

If you just need the flavor: infused water. Same way you can add your own fruit to sparkling water, you can add it to flat water!

If you need better ways to consume caffeine: coffee or green tea. This one's tricky, because on one hand, it's easy to go to Starbucks and get a coffee loaded in sugar or a tea loaded with sweetener. For coffee, opt for a zero sugar creamer and/or stevia, if not just drinking it black. Green tea, leave unsweetened, or you may add a touch of lemon (probably better to do if you're drinking it iced) or a touch of stevia.

So, how did you go from soda to sparkling water?

The way I did it can even be used to get you all the way to drinking plain water, and it's so simple it's crazy.

Get sparkling water and a flavored water enhancer with Stevia (in terms of artificial sweeteners, this is one of the best, and unlike sugar alcohols, should not cause stomach problems).

Add the water enhancer to your liking and drink

Over a matter of days, begin to slowly add less and less water enhancer, essentially weaning yourself off of it.

Eventually, you won't even need to add anything!

But what if I'm sensitive to Stevia?

Another method is to simply wean yourself from soda by slowly incorporating water into your day, and you're free to add a little natural fruit juice, like from a lemon. Start with a glass a day. Then slowly add more glasses of water instead of soda. As you do this, you'll see yourself drinking enough water to not even have the thirst for soda.

cut toxic habits like soda drinking like you'd cut a toxic person from your life ♥

[herwellnessjourney]

Notice Your Non-Scale Victories

More determination

More persistence

Less overeating

Drinking more water

Eating more fruits and vegetables

Cutting down on “bad” carbs

Cutting down on refined fats and sugars

More active

Positive change in mood and behavior

Clothes getting loose

[real-healthy-positivity]

If you ever feel let down because you don’t think you’re seeing your progress, let these little victories keep you going!

~Mod Lunar

[real-healthy-positivity]

Sharing again because this is important!!

-Mod Lunar

[living-fitness]

[real-healthy-positivity]

Out of the sheer fact there haven’t been any posts in a while, I just wanted to put out this random observation I thought was kind of related.

Obesity in dogs

By far not a good thing

Intentionally making a dog obese is/should be considered abuse

Lowers quality of life

Comes with a shitload of health problems

May be the result of an underlying condition (which may be more difficult because dogs and humans have a huge communication barrier)

Not screaming in the comments “OMG PUT HIM ON A DIET” is somehow now glorifying/celebrating it, which is seen as a negative thing

Obesity in humans

By far not a good thing

Intentionally making someone obese is/should be considered abuse (self-abuse is a thing, too)

Lowers quality of life

Comes with a shitload of health problems

May be the result of an underlying condition (which can more easily be diagnosed due to easier ability to communicate symptoms)

People genuinely and directly glorify and celebrate it, and anyone who isn’t glorifying/celebrating it is automatically labelled a fatphobic pig

You guys.

Society has collectively normalized letting people harm themselves, but condemning anyone who isn’t telling dog owners to put their dogs, who may have a thyroid issue, on a damn diet.

(and before anyone starts coming at me, I don’t have a dog due to severe allergies)

-Mod Lunar

[real-healthy-positivity]

it sucks that I can never read anti-feminist, pro-weightloss blogs like these to challenge the view I gained talking to doctors and mental health proffesionals because I scroll a few posts down from a reblog and see you suggesting "appetite surpressants" to people (like green tea... which really brings me back to my thinspo days) and diets that are dangerous (according to a family member who is a doctor) because they can't possibly feed you properly.. you're promoting a way deadlier disorder ://

Let’s unpack some shit here and clear the air.

On: Appetite suppressants.

I was literally asked about if there were any legitimate appetite suppressants, like if there was anything that legitimately could work at suppressing one’s appetite (realize: not every human who drinks green tea is trying to kill their appetite, I just fucking love tea). I NEVER SAID I CONDONE THEM, SUPPORT THEM, OR SUGGESTED TAKING ANY. In fact, in the ask that anon referenced in that question, I OUTRIGHT SAID I DO NOT SUPPORT OR RECOMMEND TAKING APPETITE SUPPRESSANTS. This has been a fact since the topic has started. If talking about suppressants to answer one’s question = suggesting or recommending appetite suppressants, then WebMD suggests alcoholism and black tar heroin. I did, however, suggest and recommend eating schedules, intuitive eating, and hydration! I, too, am a victim of ED, as I have mentioned numerous times before, which brings me to my next mention...

On: Dieting

I would like to see where I suggested a dangerous diet due to how the family eats. Genuinely, I want to know where that post is. Last I recall of those situations, I mentioned portion control and exercise, which is nowhere near an unhealthy thing to do unless done excessively which would be caused by an ED. And just so you are aware, I HAVE LITERALLY POSTED AFTER BOTH ASKS ON THE SUBJECT OF APPETITE SUPPRESSANTS THAT THE PAGE DOES NOT CONDONE EATING DISORDERS AND LINKED HELPLINES TO RECOVER. 

This page DOES. NOT. CONDONE. FAD DIETS. I’ve been avid on that idea. Fad diets are shit. Our food posts are not in any way to get you on some bullshit like Atkins, Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig, Nutrisystem, etc.

Summary

No one suggested appetite suppressants, but adverse effects and lack of recommendation has been clear.

No one is trying to get you on some bullshit fad diet.

NO ONE, and I mean NO ONE in here is Pro-ED.

Clear now?

~Mod Lunar

[real-healthy-positivity]

Okay i totally agree with you on the "body positive" people who except obesity and unhealthy life styles, but i wanna ask you what do you think about a fat excepting therapist saying ' forcing your child on a diet is sexual abuse ' or ' not dating fat people is ((fatphopic)) b

Hello!~

The goal of a therapist isn’t to push their ideals onto you. Will therapists hold some unconscious (or even fully conscious) biases of their patients? Of course. But their jobs are to help their patients treat/recover from their mental illness, not to convince you that taking a medical doctor’s/nutritionist’s advice is “sexual abuse” or that your dating preferences make you a shitty person.

In fact, if your therapist makes you feel like shit regularly and/or they continually make you feel harshly judged, that’s a HUGE red flag to change therapists.

I’ve been lucky to have had a therapist in the past who did not treat me that way (I’ve technically had 2 because the first changed offices to somewhere far out but with the second one I kinda accidentally blew off after the orientation meeting and got too anxious to call/return to. Oops), but yeah. If your therapist is being shitty and making you feel shitty, I’d recommend finding another one within the same network.

Especially if they’re saying putting a kid on a diet is sexual abuse.

There’s a fair number of cases where some sort of diet is a legit lifesaver (I recently fucked up and ate something outside my allowed diet, I still feel the pain days later and I didn’t even take that much of what I suspect fucked me over).

~Mod Lunar

[jupitertouchedher]

[cwote]

:))

[real-healthy-positivity]

And by love, of course, means taking care of it.

[flyteestudio]

[thankyoucorndog-deactivated2015]

More tips from my experience:

plain rice goes a long way for meals, and so do dried beans! they usually go for $1/lb at the store

huge bags of potatoes usually go for <$5 at grocery stores, and, when stored properly, they last a long time!

spending a little bit more up front for spices and/or sauces REALLY helps when you’re eating the same plain rice and vegetables every day!

look up ways to make your vegetables last by regrowing or freezing!

check out these subreddits (/r/EatCheapAndHealthy, [check out this post], /r/7DollarDinners, /r/Cheap_Meals, /r/BudgetFood, /r/StudentFood) for more info on eating healthy and cheaply! These help me out a ton!

[yournewapartment]

Do you have any food shopping tips? xx

Food Shopping Tips

- Buy Bulk. My number one tip for budgeting food is to BUY IN BULK. Instead of buying a chicken breast, buy eight and individually wrap them in plastic wrap. Freeze what you’re not going to eat within the next two days, and defrost as needed.

- Cook Bulk. Make a large pot of chili, soup, or your favorite pasta sauce. Buy plastic containers at Walmart and portion out your meals. Freeze them all! I do this with my pasta puttanesca sauce, I make it once every six months and cook enough to last.

- Store Brands. There are cheap knock off brands of everything from Cheez-Its to Quaker Oats. They’ll be anywhere from $1-$3 cheaper than the brand names. On a similar note, store brand cleaning supplies is about $5 cheaper than the name brands! Don’t judge them before you try them.

- Store Cards. My Stop & Shop card gives me a gas discount, and other store cards offer similar perks. Store card + store brands = ridiculous savings.

- Avoid Organics. Like I said in my last Adulting post, I’m not paying $4 for a cucumber unless it can clean my apartment and sing Jazz standards. Buy vegetables, but avoid anything labeled “organic”.

- Mixed Greens. Avoid buying “mixed greens” unless you’re going to eat them within a day or two, these have a very short shelf life. Instead, buy a head of lettuce or a bushel of kale.

- Frozen Produce. Stock your freezer with bags of peas, carrots, fruit, etc. These will defrost easily in your soups and are good if you run out of ice packs.

- Dollar Stores. They have really weird brands of chips and pasta and really poor quality paper towels, so don’t expect to do you entire shop here. However, they sell bulk tomato sauce, six packs of ramen, tuna fish and other wonderful things for under a dollar. My local Dollar store sells tubes of capers for a dollar when just down the street my organic supermarket sells them for upwards of $5.

- Buy Fruit. Specifically, BUY IN BULK at your local chain supermarket. My boyfriend and I have been throwing back those Cara Cara oranges like nobody’s business. Fruit is great for quick breakfasts, snacks, and a healthy alternative to downing a pint of Ben and Jerrys.

Budget-based cookbooks (online recipes)

- College Student Cookbook. Click here.

- Meals On The Go. Click here. (Not a cookbook, but super helpful)

- Broke College Kid Masterpost. Click here.

- Cooking on A Bootstrap. Click here.

- Good and Cheap. Click here.

- Budget Bytes. Click here.

It’s also worth checking out my “eating on a budget” tag.

[bisapositivity]

you and your body need nutrients. please make sure you are eating enough food and drinking enough water and getting enough sleep, you matter so much and i don’t want anything to happen to you

[prettywildhealthy]

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[unhealthyatanysize]

Sorry, but health IS a moral requirement if you have kids. Take care of yourself and do what you can to be healthy so you can actually be there for them.

Your kids shouldn’t have to watch you die from something you could’ve fixed.

[real-healthy-positivity]

please please please have a look at ok2befat. they are actively preaching lies and pro-fat bullshit

I went and looked at it. Holy shit I swear a lot of their posts have so many buzzwords it feels like they’re genuinely trying as hard as they possibly can. Or is it just me? Idk, man. Definitely seems like it though. But I did also notice when anyone challenged them, they put their haunches up in defense with no real backup.

Oop.

~Mod Lunar