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Sick of my fatty family outcasting me because I'm healthy... (self.fatpeoplestories)
submitted 1 year ago by [deleted]
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[–]Sh0cko 33 points34 points35 points 1 year ago (4 children)
Sounds like you need to take a stand and get real with them. I pretty much insult my Mom/Dad/Brother for being pack a day smokers every time i see them. Remind them straight up how stupid they are to continue the habit that is clearly killing them. If any of them were out of shape/fat I would remind them they are killing themselves with food. Fuck the blow back, if they are going to give you shit for going on a health kick/changing your life for the better then FUCK THEM yell at them, tell them they are killing themselves, that they'll all die way earlier than they should, that they disgust you. Get the fuck out as soon as possible.
[–]_pH_In the name of the chip, the dip, and the holy cheese spread 53 points54 points55 points 1 year ago (3 children)
Something I read in /r/changemyview that's important to remember is that fat is hard to make go away. That is, if you see Bob smoking, you know he's a smoker. But, if he quit the day before and you didn't see him smoking, you wouldn't know he was a smoker- likewise, Joe the alcoholic can fly under the radar the day he stops drinking. Now, Bill the hamplanet, as soon as he starts to get healthy... he's still fat. And he'll be fat for 6 months or so, assuming he's doing a rigorous diet & exercise.
So, make sure we don't shame fat people, but rather fat people eating shitty. If it's "A reward for losing X pounds", explain that an obese person losing weight rewarding themselves with food makes as much sense as a smoker or alcoholic rewarding themselves with a pack of cigarettes or a bottle of whiskey respectively for being a month clean.
[–]Fatalis89 12 points13 points14 points 1 year ago (2 children)
I don't know how I feel about that. There's a lot of evidence in support of occasional "cheat" meals and what not helping people stick with their diet as long as they are in moderation.
[–]_pH_In the name of the chip, the dip, and the holy cheese spread 4 points5 points6 points 1 year ago (1 child)
Right, but we're talking about the extremely and morbidly obese. I see little difference between them and a 3-pack-a-day smoker. You don't reward yourself with going back to your addiction- if we call it a relapse when drug addicts do it, why shouldn't we call it a relapse when food addicts do it?
[–]Fatalis89 6 points7 points8 points 1 year ago (0 children)
Because, technically, calorie-in/calorie-out is all that matters. If they choose to eat a sweet to reward themselves for doing well, but still stay below maintenance calories then they're still losing weight.
Unlike drugs you can't "cold turkey" food since you have to eat to live, and you CAN get fat off any type of food if you eat enough of it. So a calorie dense treat doesn't seem the same to me as a relapse.
A binge session on the other hand...
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