RE: "I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder"
December 15, 2014 at 12:20 pm
(This post was last modified: December 15, 2014 at 12:21 pm by Nope.)
The problem is how we view weight in the United States.
Some overweight people are healthy. I have had more then one friend, who worked out and ate a healthy diet but unless they were eating so little food that they made themselves sick, they still looked like the second photo. One of my friends only reached what her doctor said was a healthy weight when she was bulimic.
Part of the problem is that society sees weight as a moral issue when it isn't. That is why people feel free to make very negative judgments against people based only on their weight. Even if you are morbidly obese that doesn't mean that you are a bad person or lack compassion for others. It does mean that you are unhealthy but that is all it means.
Someone who is a little overweight is going to be viewed as a failure or lazy by some people and that is wrong.
Society also does the exact opposite with naturally thin people. When I was younger, I was naturally as thin as the first photo. My metabolism was very fast. Other women were the ones who made very nasty comments toward me. I could not help being skinny anymore then they could help being a little overweight. Just as being overweight doesn't mean that you are lazy, being skinny doesn't mean that you are conceited or snobbish.
Some overweight people are healthy. I have had more then one friend, who worked out and ate a healthy diet but unless they were eating so little food that they made themselves sick, they still looked like the second photo. One of my friends only reached what her doctor said was a healthy weight when she was bulimic.
Part of the problem is that society sees weight as a moral issue when it isn't. That is why people feel free to make very negative judgments against people based only on their weight. Even if you are morbidly obese that doesn't mean that you are a bad person or lack compassion for others. It does mean that you are unhealthy but that is all it means.
Someone who is a little overweight is going to be viewed as a failure or lazy by some people and that is wrong.
Society also does the exact opposite with naturally thin people. When I was younger, I was naturally as thin as the first photo. My metabolism was very fast. Other women were the ones who made very nasty comments toward me. I could not help being skinny anymore then they could help being a little overweight. Just as being overweight doesn't mean that you are lazy, being skinny doesn't mean that you are conceited or snobbish.
