#lose 20lbs

[jesse-ben-israel]

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[fullmetalfisting]

The leftism leaving someone’s body when a pregnant woman doesn’t give up all her pleasures and doesn’t behave like a paragon of health in order to be a perfect incubator of a fetus

[mumblesplash]

the fact that doctors can just Recommend Weight Loss with no instructions beyond ‘eat healthier/less’ is actually insane to me, i lost weight on purpose ONCE and it took me like 6 years to recover a semi-normal relationship with food and hunger

[menlove]

the other thing too is that losing weight is NOT a neutral action in the same way that being fat is.

what do I mean by that?

well, it is morally neutral in that no one should be judging you for wanting to lose weight & wanting to lose weight does not make you a bad person

however. it's not a neutral action. in the same way that feminists critique the beauty industry and makeup and constantly get replies like "but I LIKE wearing makeup!!!!" that completely miss the point. that's sort of the same thing happening when fat activists/people that advocate for fat liberation point out the flaws in diet culture and get "but I NEED to lose weight for (xyz "good" reasons) are you saying I'm a bad person?" that completely miss the point.

in an ideal world, people could lose and gain weight without a single bat of an eye. but we don't live in that world. not only is it scientifically proven that most people CANNOT sustainably keep weight they've lost off (and no, not due to lack of self control) and that losing weight (especially rapidly) can have some huge health consequences, but, more relevantly, these ideas of weight and health and beauty are SO tangled up in fatphobia and western beauty standards that it's nigh impossible to reach some Enlightened State where your reason for weight loss is untouched by it.

you want to lose weight to "be healthier?" who told you you were unhealthy? was it your doctor? doctors that routinely suggest fat patients lose weight for every complaint ever including the common cold or a broken bone? was it society telling you being fat is unhealthy even though you ARE healthy? and if you're Not healthy, do you know for sure it's your weight? because thin people can also have high cholesterol and heart problems. there's other ways to fix these things that don't involve weight loss to dangerous degrees, but doctors are already so up their own ass about fat people that they probably didn't discuss anything with you other than "lose weight." does that mean no fat person ever is unhealthy because they're fat? no. but it Does mean that that reason is so tangled up in fatphobia that 100% stating you're free of diet culture when you say it just is Not accurate

you want to lose weight to "feel better about yourself"? well this one's easy and won't be as long as the last. why do you feel that way? who taught you that being fat is something to feel bad about? if you lived 500 years ago before diet culture, would you feel pressure to lose weight to feel better about yourself?

and none of this is to say you CAN'T chose to lose weight. it's your body. you can do whatever the fuck you want with it, good or bad. but when people talk about fatphobia and fat liberation and your first response is "oh but I'm losing weight for the GOOD reasons" stop yourself. ask if that's relevant to the conversation. ask yourself if those reasons ARE neutral. if they're tied to health, body image (including dysphoria!), or how other people perceive you? the answer is no

[burning2know]

tumblr debate etiquette: wake up, spend TWO FUCKING HOURS writing a piece to tell someone, whom you don't know and who basically ignored the point you made, why you fundamentally disagree about a piece of media that you try very hard not to care about

post is filled with typos

[tobitenkit]

every time i think "hm. i should weigh myself" that is the devil talking

[mx-morbid]

!!

[junewild]

anyway. the doctor gave me the spiel about “2.5 hours of exercise weekly & a plant-based diet halves your risk of stroke & heart disease & whatnot” & i was like. well. if i get 8 hours of weekly climbing at the gym, can i justify eating meat products & byproducts to make up for all the meat replacements i’m allergic to 😩

[vaingod]

my meltdown over my doctor not being available was a lil unnecessary but i was mostly upset abt bmi limits, whatchu gonna do if everywhere you go looking for bottom surgery you get told youre too fat

[sparklymilks]

ana admitted today to thinking my weight cycling may have weakened me to the point where my hip is fucked. Scream i had also wondered this but didn't want to give voice to the horrid thought

[soft-girl-musings]

wearing an 18/20 shirt from college for the first time in years, this is fun but unfortunately it feeds the Keep Everything Bc What If You Actually Lose Weight gremlin and puts a damper on closet purging

[confinesofmy]

i steamed my edamame with sesame oil and then covered it in teriyaki and ate it with chopsticks and firstly my hands have not cramped that bad from chopsticks in years. and it took forever too. secondly that was so unnecessarily messy and oily. my lips are so hydrated. thirdly it tasted really really good. i probably will do it again. 😞

[flamingo--ing]

i think a lot of my weight might be loose skin actually?

[0bsc3ne]

like. there's so many things in my medical history pointing to this. aunt on dad's side? lactose intolerant. dad? gluten intolerant (confirmed not celiac). grandpa on dad's side? died from some sort of digestive issue they never figured out. insane genetic predisposition right there. me? constant complaints of horrible, constant constipation from literally day one. even as a fuckin diaper baby it was an issue. as i got older? horrible anemia that didn't respond to supplements. turns out issues digesting iron is a common side effect of gluten intolerance. who'da thunk it. but no. instead it took me eating something with so much spice it triggered a week worth of earth-shattering pain and Complete Reevaluation of my eating habits and then a baguette absolutely Ruining my day for me to realise this has been an issue my entire life. literally all my digestive problems have been solved. it's so fucking crazy. AND I CAN EAT THREE MEALS A DAY AND HAVE A REASONABLY FLAT STOMACH BY THE END OF IT. I DON'T GO UP THREE PANT SIZES A DAY ANYMORE. I CAN USE BELTS WITH SET HOLES IN THEM AGAIN BC THEY'RE GUARANTEED TO BE COMFORTABLE AT THE END OF THE DAY ANYWAYS.

AND I CAN BE THE MANWHORE I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO BE AND WEAR CROP TOPS

[askshivanulegacy]

The thing that annoys me is that people who want to lose weight are talking about fat loss. People who say diet + exercise doesn't work are ignoring that, instead saying that you won't lose weight at all while at the same time not confessing that part of the weight you're not losing is now muscle.

Disingenuous, much?

Of course if you build muscle, it weighs more, therefore losses in fat are offset by gains in muscle. Nowhere in this whole thread does anyone recognize that fact.

When people want to slim down, for the only response to be "lol keep buying larger clothes forever," that's ... incredibly foolish and unhelpful, and it's such a put-down.

If the intent is to make the case that "yes, you will gain muscle, but you also won't lose any fat, and the distribution of fat you currently have will always be there, so give up on everything forever now regarding looking the way you want and fitting into clothes the way you want," then make the case and be clear and specific. Saying "you can't lose weight" is so wishy-washy, non-specific, and deliberately ignores what people are really trying to do.

If, on the other hand, building muscle and maintaining a healthy diet does indeed lead to fat loss even if weight stays the same, then that's obligatory to say.

Ultimately, while I do care about the actual so-what of diet+exercise, what I care more about is the unhelpful and obfuscatory way people tell you to just go be fat about it.

"You can never lose weight!!!1!" It doesn't take a genius to understand the real intent and then to address that question in a clear way.

Me: Exercise does not cause weight loss. This is a fact that has been demonstrated so robustly in research that even doctors, who hate and fear evidence, are grudgingly starting to admit this.

Someone reading that post: Cool, but have you considered that exercise leads to weight loss?

Me: I am going to eat you

[lazaruspiss]

why must it all be. difficult.