CaptainSonic

siuilaruin:

marilynwann:

fatasstoskinnybitch:

allyfit:

girlgrowingsmall:

helpmehealthy:

mybodyneedschangeandineedcash:

Telling someone they need to lose weight for the sake of their health is NOT bigotry.
Making protests like this is just a way for unhealthy, Overweight people to justify the fact that they’re unhealthy and overweight.
No, You don’t have to be a size 3 to be healthy. You could be a 12/14.
But THIS is NOT healthy.
“Health at every size”. THIS ISN’T HEALTHY!
This woman weighs  350+ pounds. Human bodies are NOT made to carry this much weight and be healthy. People who are this much over weight are more likely to suffer from joint discomfort, Heart failure and diabetes. Along with various other medical problems.
I’m not saying big isn’t beautiful, I’m saying when you get to certain “big” you need to take control of it. Not only that, But if she or other people like her DON’T take control of it- It’s only going to get worse.
I’m all for anti-bullying.
I’m all for stopping bigotry.
But there is a big difference between bigotry and giving someone advice that could save their life.
Lose weight. 

^ the above text makes me verrrrrry uncomfortable.
in one sense, yeah it’s unhealthy
but guess what. This person clearly knows being overweight is unhealthy. Telling them is bigotry, unless you are a doctor, or a certified health proffessional, or they have asked for the advice. 

Some people gain weight easily. Some people have BED. The last thing they need is body hate.  

As much as we can spout “every body is beautiful” until the cows come home (no jokes intended, I just have no other cliche phrase for that), that commentator makes a point. Look, you have the right to be whatever weight you want, and no one has the right to disrespect you for it. But while you can be healthy at a wide array of sizes, it is definitely a bell curve. There are certain under and overweight points where it’s just beyond the ability to maintain optimum health. I don’t care what her blood sugar tests at, if she doesn’t have sleep apnea, if she doesn’t mind shopping at plus size stores. But you can’t tell me that she can go up and down a set of stairs just as easily as she could if she were 100lbs lighter. I have been through that change. I KNOW the difference. And no matter how much I say I loved my body at 300something pounds, I can feel how much healthier I am now, and I know how much easier my life is. So sure, everyone is beautiful. Sure, everyone deserves to be treated with equal respect regardless of their size. But there is a point where a weight is just flat out too high to say “health at every size.” Same for a weight being too low. There’s a limit, and we need to stop the “feel good” crap if we want people to actually live a decent life instead of just smiling and pretending it’s all okay.

this caption. ^

^^^Exactly. Health at every size is just not feasible. I KNOW I was not healthy at 250 pounds. I couldn’t even walk 100 yards without my back seizing up. If anyone would have said “no hun, you are perfectly healthy at the size you are”, they would be either ignorant or a liar. I would PERSONALLY amend the campaign to be a “MENTAL health at every size”, because I do believe no matter what size, shape, age, sex, etc you are … you should still love yourself (easier said than done). HOWEVER, when I was 115 pounds, eating WELL under 1000 calories a day,  and passing out while doing strenuous activity, I WAS NOT HEALTHY. When I was 250 pounds, unable to do more than 5 minutes of cardiovascular activity without severe chest pains, I WAS NOT HEALTHY. Am I thin at 206 pounds? No. Am I healthy? Yes. My body fat percentage, cholesterol, blood sugar, and blood pressure are ALL within the healthy range, though I may not look “healthy” on the outside. THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH LOVING YOURSELF, but I believe that trying to do what is best for yourself goes hand in hand. Getting yourself healthy, whether by gaining or losing weight, eating right, or working out, should never have the stigma it holds today. It should just be a natural desire for all of us. Anyways, not every size is healthy. We do need to start to realize this. It is ok to admit we are not healthy. 

The only thing anyone can diagnose by looking at a fat person is their own level of prejudice toward fat people! I invite people here, who have just performed this sort of self-diagnosis, to explore the science and the extensive data that supports a Health At Every Size® approach as being vastly more beneficial to health, happiness, and social justice than a weight-loss approach could every in a million years hope to be. — Marilyn Wann, FAT!SO? author, longtime fat activist, weight diversity speaker

My issue is with the people who look at a person like the person in the picture and say “He/She/Zie is so grossly overweight that they must be unhealthy.”

How do you know that?

You are their doctor. You do not have their medical history. You have not performed any kind of examination on their body.

I am 287 pounds and aside from psychiatric health that has nothing to do with physical attributes, I am more healthy than some of my skinnier friends.

This is me:

You might look at me and think “wow, she’s overweight” or not believe that I’m 287 pounds, or whatever, but the one thing you CANNOT tell is whether I am healthy or not.

I do not have ANY of the health problems that people associate with obesity. I don’t have:

• Cardiovascular problems
• High blood pressure
• Diabetes
• Stress fractures
• Hypertension
• Poly-cystic ovary syndrome
• Dyslipidemia
• Thyroid conditions

I am just FAT.

I happened to be larger when I was a child, and then when I was older I was put on the medication Seroquel for a mood disorder, and that made me gain 50 pounds in 4 weeks. Not healthy at all. But I did not do that. And now I am on other medications for my psych stuff that prevent me from losing weight. 

So, lets review. What can you tell from just looking at me? NOTHING. You can’t tell that I am perfectly healthy and that I eat a regular diet and enjoy my food. But you also couldn’t tell if I did happen to have diabetes, or a heart condition. You couldn’t tell jack squat.

But people like to assume things. They like to assume things about my character (that I’m lazy), my health (that I’m unhealthy), my ability to take care of children, my ability to exercise (hey, I was a 3 sport athlete in high school, so stfu), my sense of humor, my self confidence, my EVERYTHING. 

I’m not saying that we don’t assume things about every person that we come in contact with. That’s a special skill we have as animals. But what most people don’t do is assume things about people who are “normal” weights. For example; you would never know that a high school friend of mine who probably had never weight more than 120 pounds in her entire life, had severe diabetes. Or another friend, who was active and athletic, and, again, probably never weight more than 120 pounds, had Crohn’s disease, a collapse lung, an ovarian cyst, and endometriosis.

You can’t tell ANYTHING by looking at people. Especially not fat people. 

Reblogging for siuilaruin’s commentary.

(Source: istandagainstweightbullying)