Not a topic I know a great deal about, but I'm interested in it. In addition to remembering that you're a person who gives great dialogue. ;)
Leaving aside media drivel, I'll agree that dieting is an unhealthy, dangerous habit, I always hated the concept. Every person isn't going to fit the model body type, I'll take that as a given, too. 'Healthy' weight has nothing to do with BMI, and everything to do with how well your particular organs & physical/mental functioning get along with what you eat, and how active you are. In other words, my take is that a healthy weight is one where you're happy, and your food intake is not shortening your lifespan, or negatively impacting your quality of life.
Fat Acceptance kind of bugs me, though. I guess it depends on interpretation. I take my own fat to be a habit to be kicked, like smoking. Does FA refer to the idea of accepting where you are, loving yourself enough to stop dieting & using food as a crutch, and moving on? I'm probably just attaching too much weight to the word 'acceptance' as it seems like such a passive term to me.
One of my problems with some of the articles is that they'll counter statistics with statistics. Personally, I know that as I get more active, I feel better and have fewer health problems - regarless of weight loss. And vice-versa, as my life & weight fluxuate with the seasons. I might be missing the point of the movement, but I feel like a lot of those articles are trying to convince me that my extra pounds are something I need to embrace, instead of giving in to the media conspiracy to make me hate my body. *laugh*
Other bits seem to hint that it's perfectly healthy to carry around a lot of extra weight. Given, it's likelier healthier than dieting, but I know someone who has pretty advanced diabetes, and refuses to believe that a change in his eating/lifestyle would help to make it (and his blood pressure) less severe.
Hopefully that stayed logical, insomnia notwithstanding.
It's hard, because there are good messages in there, mixed up with some really illogical filler. I guess I'm concerned that they're countering misinformation with misinformation, yano?
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Date: 2005-11-24 11:51 pm (UTC)Leaving aside media drivel, I'll agree that dieting is an unhealthy, dangerous habit, I always hated the concept. Every person isn't going to fit the model body type, I'll take that as a given, too. 'Healthy' weight has nothing to do with BMI, and everything to do with how well your particular organs & physical/mental functioning get along with what you eat, and how active you are. In other words, my take is that a healthy weight is one where you're happy, and your food intake is not shortening your lifespan, or negatively impacting your quality of life.
Fat Acceptance kind of bugs me, though. I guess it depends on interpretation. I take my own fat to be a habit to be kicked, like smoking. Does FA refer to the idea of accepting where you are, loving yourself enough to stop dieting & using food as a crutch, and moving on? I'm probably just attaching too much weight to the word 'acceptance' as it seems like such a passive term to me.
One of my problems with some of the articles is that they'll counter statistics with statistics. Personally, I know that as I get more active, I feel better and have fewer health problems - regarless of weight loss. And vice-versa, as my life & weight fluxuate with the seasons. I might be missing the point of the movement, but I feel like a lot of those articles are trying to convince me that my extra pounds are something I need to embrace, instead of giving in to the media conspiracy to make me hate my body. *laugh*
Other bits seem to hint that it's perfectly healthy to carry around a lot of extra weight. Given, it's likelier healthier than dieting, but I know someone who has pretty advanced diabetes, and refuses to believe that a change in his eating/lifestyle would help to make it (and his blood pressure) less severe.
Hopefully that stayed logical, insomnia notwithstanding.
It's hard, because there are good messages in there, mixed up with some really illogical filler. I guess I'm concerned that they're countering misinformation with misinformation, yano?