sweetness, saltiness and savoriness and the situations in which they occur, 2010
reblogging myself haayyyyyy
Can I just have hangover breakfast for every meal
from the latest Sex+: Fat Shame
Reblogging myself since I couldn’t reblog the below comment (link to post), and I think it’s important to have on the actual post itself. (link to the Original Reply)
“As someone who is working his ass off to lose fat and get in better shape… I’d say the above .gifs are only relatively true. If we’re talking about obesity, then I’m sorry; An obese person is bound to be unhealthy. The body is NOT meant to be that big.
Being overweight however (the step under obese in the BMI scale) can actually be alright, some people have some fat, big deal. It’s their body.
Now, I’m not saying you shouldn’t love yourself if you’re obese (I’m technically obese if you measure my BMI) but what I am saying is that please don’t fool yourself. If you are obese, it is NOT healthy and it’s not that hard to change. Calories in vs. calories out, the laws of physics never lie the only one that can cheat you is yourself when it comes to this.
Oh, and yes, ‘fat shaming’ is wrong. Education about the risks and how to fix it is what should be done.”
———————————————————My reply:
hellisloose reblogged your photoset: lacigreen: from the latest Sex+: Fat Shame
As someone who is working his ass off to lose fat and get in better shape… I’d say the above .gifs are only relatively…The reblog button on your page is broken. :S But I want to address a few things.
“ If we’re talking about obesity, then I’m sorry; An obese person is bound to be unhealthy. The body is NOT meant to be that big.” - I am not really sure where you get this information, for starters. First of all, a lot of people determine “obesity” by the BMI scale WHICH IS INACCURATE for MOST people unless you really start getting up there in weight. Many people are labeled “obese” under this scale, but wouldn’t look obese to you. There are MANY factors that determine unhealthiness, and you CANNOT tell by looking at someone who is healthy and who isn’t. You would never guess by looking at me that I have a heart condition — something associated in people my age who are “obese” (even though my specific condition is not weight-related). RACE is also a huge factor when it comes to what the “proper” weight is. Some races, such as Samoans, are more inclined to be big than other races, such as, say, Japanese. Obesity can occur in everyone, but a blanket “The body is not meant to be that big” is much too general to be accurate as it forms an idea around what YOU think is a “normal” body structure, and what you think “normal” bodies are equipped to handle. Obese people can be perfectly healthy and live as long as their “not obese” counter parts!
“Being overweight however (the step under obese in the BMI scale) can actually be alright, some people have some fat, big deal. It’s their body. ” - As I said before the BMI is inaccurate. (Additional sources: HERE & HERE). Judging someone based on their BMI readings is just about as effective as judging someone’s intelligence based on how well they can fill in a multiple choice scantron in school. It is effective in generalising and regurgitating “standard” information, but under the assumption that everyone operates in the same manner.
“ If you are obese, it is NOT healthy and it’s not that hard to change. Calories in vs. calories out, the laws of physics never lie the only one that can cheat you is yourself when it comes to this.” - This is also bollocks. Some people have differing body types that literally make “calories in vs. calories out” a useless mantra to live by. One of my followers (I won’t out them, sorry) eats as frequently as some of the heavier people I know and literally cannot gain more weight than they already have — despite virtually no difference in amount of activity. One of my best friends is the same — they are constantly eating and actually have LESS physical activity but have an extremely high metabolism and weighs very little. Other people have extremely SLOW metabolisms, where no matter how active they are and how much they try to consume the calories that they expend, they cannot lose weight — or sometimes even GAIN weight.
This is a photo of some Olympic athletes (all female):
They are all HEALTHY women. You might say “What about that Cheryl person, she’s got to have problems”, but no — Her resting heartbeat is 75 bpm (which is relatively normal), she’s flexible enough to do the splits both ways, can do a vertical leap of 30” (can you?), all “despite” weighing 300 lbs and consuming double the “average” recommended daily calories.
But you know what? This woman, Sarah Hammer
consumes on average 500 calories more than Cheryl at her max, 1500 at her minimum.
Deena Kastor
consumes 1000 more calories than Cheryl on average.BOTH WOMEN ARE SMALLER IN HEIGHT than Cheryl, yet consume more calories, and ALL THREE are extremely fit, with Cheryl being the physically strongest of the three.
The point is to say you cant tell which people are “healthy” and “not healthy” based on your visual perception of what is and is not “obese” - it is silly and you should just stop thinking that way. :]
Not to mention — it’s really not ANY of your business, and saying what these people “should” or “should not” do is just another form of body policing, even if you dress it up with words like “health” and “concern”. :]
