Healthy At Any Size: How To Be Happy With Yourself
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I recently read the most obnoxious, false-fact laden, most piece of shit "love yourself" article I think that has ever been written and put on the internet. It is titled "Your fat is not your fault" and can be found on the "Talkin' Reckless" blog -- though I notice her talking isn't as reckless as she'd think (I mean seriously, have you seen half the shit I write?).
In the article she starts with the premise "Your fat is not your fault" and then attempts to go through various "lies" that fat people are told and refute them. She starts off with "You Are Not Lacking Willpower".
Dear fat people: Yes, yes you are. You lack a massive amount of will power. You have zero control over your body and zero control over your appetite. That's why you're fat. Personal responsibility makes the world a better place, kids. Our adventurous author goes on to explain that diets and excercize do not work. She then says that,
no one --- statistically speaking NOT A ONE PERSON -- has kept off a significant amount of weight (i.e. more than 15-20 lbs) permanently.
She cites the study as proof that no one can actually physically keep weight off for an extended period of time. That it is physically impossible. Now, I'm not sure if liberals don't read, can't read, are incredibly stupid or incredibly manipulative, but I see this shit all the time. That study does indeed affirm that people who diet alone lose a lot of weight, but will eventually gain it back, and people who diet and exercise lose less weight keep it off longer -- but not always.
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What The “Healthy At Any Size” Crowd Gets Wrong
However, the study measures obesity in kilograms, not percentage of body fat. Take a guy who is 5'9″ and 200 pounds. He's technically obese. He starts going to the gym, olympic lifting, and drops a massive amount of fat. He also puts on a massive amount of muscle. He clocks in now at 208 lbs, but it's solid steel. According to the study she cites, he's still obese because they only measure weight, not body fat.
To back up her idea that you don't lack willpower and that everything and everyone is out to get you, she quotes world-reknowned author David Wong (more on this later) who says something about withdrawls or something.
Her next self-affirming point is that "you are not lazy". No no, whatever it is you enjoy doing, it's your small way of contributing to this beautiful fabric of society and we cherish and value you for it (as long as you aren't a man). You'd rather watch a Friends-A-Thon on saturday than go for a nice jog? Have a big side of potato chips instead of a healthy alternative? That's fine! You're not lazy, you just simply find a lack of motivation in conforming to whims of the patriarchy!
Feminists, like men at last call, seem to be dumpster diving these days for supporters....
To help back up her point about how not lazy you are, she quotes -- once again -- David Wong, who is using shaming language (go figure) to make you feel good about yourself and the people who exercise feel bad for taking pride in themselves:
"The people who successfully [lose weight and keep it off] are the ones who become psychologically obsessive about it, like that weird guy who built an Eiffel Tower out of toothpicks."
If you're wondering who David Wong is that make's him an expert on psychology and weightloss and their enduring, intrinsic link, he's an editor over at Cracked.com -- the most widely read, blue pill, angry gamma, gen-exer blog on the planet. David Wong is the brilliant mind behind "John Dies At the End" and is known for such inspiring quotes as,
"John, let me make one thing clear," Jim said, cutting me off in his most stern, evangelical voice. "Every man is blessed with his gifts from the Lord. One of mine happens to be a penis large enough that, if it had a penis of its own, my penis' penis would be larger than your penis.".....
..."Fuck all of you," John retorted. "You don't even exist. We're all just a figment of my cock's imagination."
― David Wong, John Dies at the End
No, You’re Not Magically Healthy
Her third, tired point is "You are not unhealthy."
You can be healthy at any size kids! It's not like obesity has been linked to heart disease, diabetes, stroke, pneumonia, infertility, and cancer. Though, to be fair: While obesity does increase your chance of catching pneumonia, it also increases your odds of surviving it (so I guess that's a plus), and when it comes to fertility, being a cunty feminist probably isn't helping you, either. And yeah, dating-wise, pretending this stuff doesn’t matter while you demand the fittest partner on earth is exactly the hypocrisy people call out in pieces like date skinny girls, where standards and self-awareness don’t exactly match up.
Next she says that, "you are not stupid." Which is totes weird, cause I found a study that says exactly the opposite:
Dr Maxime Cournot, who headed the study, suggested that hormones secreted from fats could have a damaging effect on cerebral cells, resulting in decreased brain function.
Whoops! Turns out you are stupid. The French study claims that the more your BMI increases, the slower your cognitive function, and vice versa. That's crazy because it implies that if you're fat you are, in deed, stupid! Not only that, but you can improve your brain function and cognitive abilities by improving your overall health! Man, seems pretty radical -- or as one fat lady (seriously, she was) said in that article up there, "unsustainable".
Not to be deterred by things like facts and science, our feminist says that,
Our society believes that diet and exercise cures fat. This is what our doctors tell us. This is what the medical and public health arms of our government advise. They are wrong.
No, doll, you're wrong. Diet and exercise do cure fat -- though I'm glad you're able to be so wise as to unilaterally declare all medical doctors wrong -- despite their having, literally, an infinitely greater amount of education and experience on the subject than you.
Excuses, Poverty And Fast Food
She goes on to say that the real cause of fat is poverty and stress -- and while I agree that poverty and stress don't help things, they are not the be all end all of fat. To me this smacks of a fat feminist who is used to blaming everyone for everything trying to find someone to blame for the fact that she doesn't feel like riding a bike today. It’s the same line of thinking you see in people who “could never work out four times a week because they’re naturally fat,” the mentality roasted in essays on why most people never get anywhere and stay exactly where they are.
She even espouses that fast food is scientifically engineered to trick you into thinking it's amazing! I must be broken though (Highly plausible because I have a dick) because I find fast food repulsive.
Her final point is that "you are not weak" because you live a world that 'makes it hard to be fat' -- even though a majority of people in the US are fat. Christians being fed to dogs and crucified in Rome, women being summarily executed for playing in the rain, blacks being enslaved, then lynched -- no one has ever had it as rough or as hard as fat people because their peers are meeeaaannn. Congratulations, fat folk! You've struggled with guilt and stigma and you're alive! Oh such terrible things you've endured! Pregnancy jokes, laughs at your extra-large big gulp! You Martyrs, you heros! Hat's off!
The Real Secret To Body Acceptance And Health
The real secret to being happy with your body and happy with your health is by making for yourself a body you're proud of, and a body that's actually healthy. Start eating real food, stop eating trash, maybe go for a jog or lift a weight or to every few days, and you might just learn to love your body. You don’t need to become some shredded Instagram model; you just need to stop destroying your self-esteem with lies and start backing your self-acceptance with actions, the same way writers talk about when they ask are you destroying your self-esteem by the stories you tell yourself.
And if you ever do end up in an actual relationship, all this stuff about health, habits and discipline doesn’t exist in a vacuum either. What you eat, how you move, how you handle stress — it all bleeds into your energy, libido, mood and long-term compatibility, which is exactly why people keep circling back to health when they talk about a healthy lifestyle for couples instead of pretending “any size at all costs” is some kind of magic shield.
