"I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder"

[Dystopia]

Ok so let's get some facts straight - First - Health is not only (as I have already said) physical well being, but psychic/mental and social well being too. Napo, when you say "she looks unhealthy" what are you implying? Do you know her diet? How much she exercises? Her bone structure and how many kg/lbs she weights? Who would you consider more healthy - A skinny person with the ideal weight that doesn't exercise, smokes and eats a lot of junk food, or the person who is a few kg overweight (like her) that eats right and exercises moderately well? The answer is that society would consider the skinny person healthier, and that is purely wrong.

I'm not here making judgements about everyone's personal preferences, honestly, as a straight male, I like various kinds of female body types and a few kg closer to fat or to skinny doesn't affect my perception of females much, I've found women who are a little overweight to be hot, as well as women who are on the skinnier side (like my girlfriend) - The judgement I'm making is that we shouldn't judge someone's health based solely on the fact that they are a few kgs overweight, because there could be many reasons for that and even if only a small percentage of people are fat because of diseases, we still shouldn't stereotype everyone based on the fact some fat people eat a lot because they can't help themselves.

This kind of judgement contributes to a beauty obsession and leads, mainly between females, but also males, to mental problems, eating disorders and so on - Few people can have bodies like heavily photoshoped models who show up on magazines and commercials have, I'd say almost no one can have such a "perfect" body unless you do a lot of plastic surgeries. We should just mind our business and don't make assumptions about people's physical health until we actually know how healthy the person actually is - I'm including mental health as well.

Capt Awesome, what leads you to believe she couldn't pull more than one push up? I've said a few days ago that I have a friend like that who is a black belt in karate and she is a great athlete, I've been more fat than her and I managed to run for more than 30m in a row, I don't know how many km but I made a reasonably good distance - And you surely know some people who are skinny and can't run more than 2m in a row.

I don't agree with the "Fat is beautiful" motto, simply because it is making something that is entirely subjective (beauty) objective, and that's something I can't tolerate - It's like if someone said "Blondes are beautiful" - Anyone can be beautiful to someone's eyes, there is no need to try to make yourself objectively beautiful. I do support fat acceptance because I was fat once and I despise fat shaming - I know how much it hurts, and assumptions society makes about fat people (such as "Fat people are lazy" - As if being physically active was the only factor in determining how lazy you aren't) leads to discrimination and social instituted prejudice - Fat people have a hard time getting jobs, and there's even studies who show fat people have a harder time with justice - Such as judges being less likely to believe in a fat witness (the same goes for physically unattractive)

And this is coming from someone who is not healthy - I may not be fat, but I smoke and I don't exercise much - Although I must say I eat a balanced diet (except fish, I eat few fish because I don't like the taste)