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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2019-11-03 02:44 pm

[ SECRET POST #4685 ]


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Re: Unpopular non-fandom opinions

[personal profile] philstar22 2019-11-03 11:42 pm (UTC)(link)
I agree with this. And I'm obese. there have been a lot of factors that have gone into it. It isn't all just food and lack of exercise. Some health issues I have plus some medications I have taken over the years plus my self-medication my mental health conditions have all lead to my weight. But I know it isn't healthy. I've been losing weight recently due to a new med I'm on, and it makes me happy. I feel healthier, I feel better.

I mean, there is a reason why the fat people movement has gone in the direction it has. But it isn't helpful. Saying anything is healthy is not the solution. the solution is to say people get to make their own choices. the solution is to say that 1. health is not a value judgment and that someone's weight isn't a comment on their merit as a person and 2. many factors go into weight, not just food in exercise out and 3. there really is discrimination and judgment against fat people that needs to be called out and stopped.

I've certainly had bad doctors who've blamed everything on my weight (shout out to all the gynecologists over the years who blamed my bad periods on my weight so I didn't get diagnosed with endometriosis until I was 33). And I've certainly been told by people over the years that my worth as a human being is less because I'm fat and ugly.

But that doesn't mean I don't want to lose weight. Or that wanting to lose weight is wrong. Or that the weight I'm at is healthy. Because it isn't. I'm getting better, slowly. I've made real progress the past few months (thank you, Topamax). I'm never going to be skinny, but I think I can reach healthy fat. I'm not there yet.