I think it's the same with any acceptance movement, "Yay, I'm gay!" eventually fades to, "Yeah, I'm gay. And what's your point?"
I'm fat and I'm proud! eventually will fade to, "Yeah, I'm a big girl. So what?"
I dislike make us/them statements like "we're heavy but THEY're morbidly obese," particularly since obesity and overweight are 90 percent social constructs and 10 percent medical reality. Further, if I start thinking that way ("Well, I'm OK because I'm 200 lbs. At least I'm not 250 lbs.") it's not healthy, because I used to think that 200 lbs. would be the Worst Thing Ever when I weighed 170.
I can't make arbitrary cut off points that xxx amount of pounds is always healthy while xxx amount of pounds is OK. Do I think some weights up at the statistical extremes are pretty much always unhealthy (let's say Guiness World Book weights like 800-1,000 lbs)? Yes, but I think there's a big gray area between 150 lbs. and 400 lbs. probably, in terms of the "Can you be fit AND fat?" debate.
I think many obese people are unhappy and have low self-esteem, but it's hard to tell in the chicken-egg equation which came first. Are they unhappy because they're fat or because of fat discrimination and bullying? both?
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I'm fat and I'm proud! eventually will fade to, "Yeah, I'm a big girl. So what?"
I dislike make us/them statements like "we're heavy but THEY're morbidly obese," particularly since obesity and overweight are 90 percent social constructs and 10 percent medical reality. Further, if I start thinking that way ("Well, I'm OK because I'm 200 lbs. At least I'm not 250 lbs.") it's not healthy, because I used to think that 200 lbs. would be the Worst Thing Ever when I weighed 170.
I can't make arbitrary cut off points that xxx amount of pounds is always healthy while xxx amount of pounds is OK. Do I think some weights up at the statistical extremes are pretty much always unhealthy (let's say Guiness World Book weights like 800-1,000 lbs)? Yes, but I think there's a big gray area between 150 lbs. and 400 lbs. probably, in terms of the "Can you be fit AND fat?" debate.
I think many obese people are unhappy and have low self-esteem, but it's hard to tell in the chicken-egg equation which came first. Are they unhappy because they're fat or because of fat discrimination and bullying? both?