I hate ignorant people who assume fat people eat too much?

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I'm sorry but I keep seeing posts where people are ranting about fat people and how much we eat. I have hypothyroidism as do many millions out there. Two of my aunts have it, my Father used to have it, one of my friends has it, my boyfriend's aunt has it, my coworker has it, my coworker's friend has it and so on.

Is it really normal to go around saying "fat people need to stop eating so much", "fat people are lazy", "fat people can go to hell"?

Because I am a 26 year old woman and a few years ago, I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism and PCOS. I had a gym membership that I used every day, a treadmill I used every day, went on jogs in the park every other day, etc. I was fit. I used to weight 118 pounds/8.4 stone at 5'4 for a really long time. Then out of nowhere, I noticed I was gaining weight. I went from 118 to 123 in just a month with no change to my diet or routine. Now, years later and after seeing a nutritionist expert, I am 175 pounds. I'm obese and I used to be a few pounds away from being underweight for most of my life. My nutritionist must be doing something right though as I've yet to gain a pound in a while but even so, I went from skinny to obese in months. I think it was 18 months and I was in the 170s for the first time ever. I was never even in the 130s before but when I reached 170, I wanted to scream.

I can't lose weight, I'm a victim of something I can't control and many millions of people out there are just like me and you judge them every day? Is this really normal behavior? I know most are ignorant to it and just make assumptions but so many people have health conditions and it's not due to overeating. I literally eat a healthy diet, always have and always will.

Why must people call others horrible things when I was once you and I did not?

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Shiroyasha

9 years ago

I thought I would like this post because of the title... but I feel disappointed now. These type of cases don't represent the majority at all. Most people that are fat are so because they over-eat and, most importantly, because they have a sedentary lifestyle.

I admit that I don't particularly like to sugar coat my words when I talk about overweight... but as someone that has gone through this and that has also had many close friends suffering this situation... I know that overweight people will ALWAYS try to find excuses.

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- Anonymous Post Author
  
  9 years ago
  
  What confuses me is your last sentence. Are you implying that people who have this use their condition as an excuse? I certainly hope not because this is not my excuse but a fact. I can't lose the weight no matter what I try. I've only been obese a few years now but it feels like an eternity. I can't lose anything, I've tried so much and put my money into all these fitness classes and nutritionists. Most people aren't as fortunate as yourself. My aunt has this too and she is yet to lose weight. She'll lose 10 pounds in 4 months but then gain 20 the next few months. It's crazy too because she used to be a nutritionist but once she got this, she quit her job because she was embarrassed by how she appeared unhealthy.
  
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  - Shiroyasha
    
    9 years ago
    
    What I said was this:
    
    1) Your experience is not a common occurrence, it is a minuscule exception. So it is relatively reasonable for someone to believe that an overweight person is so because of over-eating and not exercising. (Yet, it is never good to jump into conclusions).
    
    2) Regular overweight people (not you in particular) always try to find excuses instead of accepting they have a (solvable) problem.
    
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  - Riddler
    
    9 years ago
    
    Not all people are fat because they eat too much or are lazy but just because you are fat because a medical condition does not make it true for everyone.
    
    There is people who literally eat themselves into a coma simply because they don't want to stop eating.
    
    So sorry but you are an exception and that is not the entire group of fat people in the world. In fact they made an entire sport centered around getting fat. Its called sumo wrestling.
    
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- donotmockme
  
  9 years ago
  
  Wait, are you saying people who have serious medical conditions shouldn't have an excuse even if they're exercising their bums off/eating healthy? This post hits close to home because my best friend was made fun of several times for being obese. She exercises with me at a gym every other day and she eats healthy. She used to be so much smaller than me until she got this. I've always been a size 8 and she was always a size 2 until this randomly happened. You should look up more information to educate yourself on just how many people have serious issues losing weight from this.
  
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thr

9 years ago

I agree viewing obesity as a problem of laziness and overeating is wrong, and that less judgment of obese people is in order.

I believe much of it is about what you eat, rather than how much.

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Lishka

9 years ago

No one ever lost weight because of ridicule, and if they did, they most likely jumped on crash diets. Crash diets create more eating disorders, gallbladder problems, and all things unhealthy. Basically the same boat (unhealthy) people were 'claiming' to ridicule in the first place. Ignorance and contradictions. Losing weight requires confidence and a desire to be healthy (the real healthy).

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- Maere
  
  9 years ago
  
  Yep. *thumbs up - WAY up*
  
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pixie_dust

9 years ago

I had battled with my weight most of my life. Fat people have it hard enough even w/o others judging them. A fat women is usually scoffed at, can't find clothes that fit, can't find a man very easily, in society gets the short end of the stick, be it at the grocery store, getting a job or whatnot.

OP, don't let these jack asses make u feel bad. Most likely they'll end up fat themselves, I think when u make fun of somebody else, it'll end up getting projected back on to yourself.

In my teens and 20's I ranged from overweight to obese. Now at 39 I have a nice body and a new outlook. I would say what worked for me is to cut out processed foods. Don't calorie count. You don't need willpower when you eat things that come from mother earth instead of a chemist's lab. Got a sweet tooth? use honey. avoid wheat! avoid especially HFCS! think health first, weight second. An avocado is a great snack, tasty and good for you. nuts are great, especially almonds and walnuts. grass fed beef! there is a difference between calories that make you fat and the calories that give you energy.. it's huge. it worked for me anyway.

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- Maere
  
  9 years ago
  
  So true, Pixie Dust! I used to weigh almost 300 pounds and lost over a hundred of that by changing my diet to low-carb and low-crap.
  
  I've recently had it driven home to me that it's not just carbs but processed junk that is bad for me. People at work have been bringing in doughnuts, ice cream, and the like to share a lot lately. Made me crave it, so I got some low-carb ice cream, fake sweeteners to make low-carb "sweets" at home with the almond meal and flax meal I keep on hand, etc., thinking it'd be okay and I could have a treat, too. Twenty pounds have crept back on. I just got finished clearing my house of all of that crap, and will keep an apple in my locker at work for when I'm really weak.
  
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- thr
  
  9 years ago
  
  I was considering offering similar advice. I don't know the diet of the poll creator, but I would suggest eating real food, as in not processed food, and eliminating certain foods (wheat, dairy, e.g.) to see if they are causing problems.
  
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[Old Memory]

9 years ago

Yeah I can see where you are coming from. "You are fat because you eat too much" is a powerful stereotype which is unfortunate because, as your described, you are overweight and do not eat too much. It must be irritating being misunderstood and wrongly judged!

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dickwashington

9 years ago

honestly you are a little short but i dont think you your that you would be that fat judging by how much you weight im overwieght too but i dont think its us that these people are referring to the huge people in like the 4-5 hundred pound range

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- donotmockme
  
  9 years ago
  
  I think she's referring to extremely obese people that are noticeably big and as she said, "waddle". Being overweight a few pounds or even slightly obese is probably not her main focal point as if they lost 5-30 pounds, they'd be normal weight again anyway but even so, it's a bit immature.
  
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Maere

9 years ago

Sadly, it's normal for people to be that way. It's not right, but it's normal.

Hopefully one day that won't be true. More and more evidence comes out every day that it's not as simple as "calories in - calories out". Information about REAL health conditions that cause obesity (like the ones you have) is being published more often than ever before. And every day more studies prove that high-carb, high-processed foods cause obesity more often than not, even in people without those health problems.

I do know how you feel though. It's hard to not feel bad when everyone tells you it's your fault when IT'S NOT.

One way I feel better: I use it as my Asshole Meter. "You judge and belittle someone for being fat without knowing what's going on with their health and how hard they try to get it off, then call them a liar when they tell you about their diet and exercise regimen and/or health problems? You're an asshole."

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green_boogers

9 years ago

Caloric intake minus caloric expenditure = fat accumulated. Do the math.

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- Darkoil
  
  9 years ago
  
  Not true in the slightest.
  
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- thr
  
  9 years ago
  
  It depends on what, exactly, you mean by intake and expenditure.
  
  If the terms are to be understood as eaten and exercised calories, respectively, then how about growth and muscle build-up? As far as I understand proteins are good for building muscles, though they can also be thought of as carriers of calories.
  And how about glycogen replenishment?
  
  How about glucose excreted through the urine of people with diabetes? Perhaps a bit of a random example, but nonetheless an example of calories leaving the body unused.
  
  I think a more complicated equation is needed.
  
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  - green_boogers
    
    9 years ago
    
    So do I. Thank you for refining the problem - just the kind discussion I was hoping for.
    
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- donotmockme
  
  9 years ago
  
  I'm confused what this has to do with what she's/he's saying. She's saying she has a health condition and she eats normal. As I've already wrote in another post, my friend has PCOS and she went from skinnier than me to 3x heavier than me from it. She works out and eats healthy, do you not understand that this happens to people who have different health conditions?
  
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  - green_boogers
    
    9 years ago
    
    My understanding is that due to metabolic changes, caloric expenditure is greatly reduced. Do you not understand that caloric intake must also be greatly reduced to maintain a stable weight?
    
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    - donotmockme
      
      9 years ago
      
      Of course but this can't happen with most people who suffer from a condition that prevents them from losing weight regardless of how little they eat. This would work with people who just burn calories slower than others but don't have anything serious going on.
      
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      - green_boogers
        
        9 years ago
        
        I am saying that it can happen even with the condition. I agree that weight loss is only possible at a very slow rate. Weight gain does not need to happen if diet is regulated strictly. My suggestion is to get metabolic PCOS tables as well as a diet scale and do the math.
        
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        Maere
        
        9 years ago
        
        "Do you not understand that caloric intake must also be greatly reduced to maintain a stable weight?"
        
        "I am saying that it can happen even with the condition."
        
        Yeah, if you want to restrict your calories to WELL below the recommended daily amount, as in to the point it's not healthy.
        
        Before I found out about insulin resistance, the only way I ever lost weight was when I would eat 600 calories a day and do physical work (digging fence post holes) for seven hours a day. I was eating a high-carb, low-fat diet.
        
        Then I found out my body needs a low-carb diet. I can eat 2000 calories a day or more even and maintain the same weight, and sometimes lose it even then depending on what I eat.
        
        It's NOT as simple as calories in = calories out. It's MOSTLY WHAT those calories come from.
        
        I used to weigh almost 300 pounds. I've since lost well over a hundred of those pounds and kept them off, by eating MORE calories per day that I ever did to GAIN it.
        
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alextsang08

9 years ago

No one else understands the full meaning of this post... *Sigh*

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davesumba

9 years ago

That's like making fun of orange skinned people for getting hideous spray tans, but then some person with Carotenosis is like ughhhh i hate itttt. No, just no. Most fat people ARE fat because of poor habits. I don't see why you take offense to people assuming something about you, when you know in your heart what it really is. Sounds like you are just a self conscious bitch.

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Aries

9 years ago

I think the post was you more being angry about being overweight and not being able to control it as you say . I do not know enough about the condition so I wont speculate there however ... regardless if I support or do not support these posts .. they are about "fat" people and give no reason for your post to be in response to unless the headline says "annoying with hypothyroidism people" .... do you see where I am going with this? you are jumping to conclusions just like the people you feel slandered by appear to be in your eyes

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Are You Normal?

I hate ignorant people who assume fat people eat too much?