Why are people more accepting of obesity than anorexia?
Both are going to kill you, involve very unhealthy eating habits, and as someone who has been obese and later dealt with anorexia, suck.
But if all bodies are good bodies, then why are anorexics forced into rehabs but the obese aren’t forced into a fat camp?
I understand anorexia is a mental illness but watch 600 pound life or any regular obese person (there is also BED, which doesn’t even get taken that seriously tbh) and tell me that there isn’t some mental disturbance. I know when I was my fattest, I was the most depressed and going through a lot of abuse. Food was my coping mechanism for my pain, and I guess some kind of switched turned in my head and I turned to restriction to cope.
But I’m sure if we added this picture to the post, there would be an “issue”.
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Because people, especially in this weakened generation, just can’t get enough of their instant gratification in every form they can, and so they want to pretend there is something good about eating that gratifying food enough to become obese. And from some obese people I spoke to when I started losing weight, they’d bring up ‘you are going to become anorexic’ whenever i mentioned I wanted to eat something healthy to lose weight. I think this talk about anorexia is more to do with simply creating an excuse to not try and slim down, because they don’t treat obesity with the same fear.
@pianoplayingsteve IMO obesity should be considered an eating disorder just like anorexia. You can’t be mentally sound and 300 pounds, just like I couldn’t at 77 pounds (my lowest, I’m 5’7”). But food addiction needs therapy, just like anorexia. And a lot of people don’t want to admit they need help either.
@pianoplayingsteve I agree about the instant gratification. Although as an obese guy, I'm happy with my body the way it is. From personal experience though, when I have talked about losing weight, friends of mine who are slimmer have tried to discourage me! Maybe because it would cause them to examine their eating habits more.
I mean this in the most respectful way I can, but you should be disgusted at your weight. Society has this attitude of ‘as long as I feel good in the moment, then it’s the right thing’. It isn’t though. I have a serious physical condition which caused me to develop self esteem issues and I became obese because ‘I’m always going to be seriously messed up so why bother?’ And the amount of crap I had to eat to get to the level of being obese was insane. Pizza for dinner, bags of chips for lunch, smoothies and pop for drink, sometimes I’d just eat dessert, multiple takeouts a week, snacking on biscuits. For yeses. Unless someone has serious mental issues, I can’t understand being happy at a body size that requires that extreme of bad eating @Fatboy
@pianoplayingsteve I understand your point of view, but I don't feel disgusted all. In today's world, I do think that feeling happy in the moment is important. Also, I'm half-Indian and it's a part of my culture. Being fat is a sign of wealth and happiness. As a family we eat a lot and cook for each other, it's part of how we show our love. At 22, I feel the risks of being my size are minimal, and it is possible for a an half-Indian guy to carry 300lbs well, which I think I do. I do recognise the sort of eating you are talking about though, I love to snack on packs of cakes and biscuits, and eat takeout and fast food multiple times a week in addition to family meals. Then there's the drinking with my friends. I enjoy living like this. My family and friends often live the same way. Why should people judge me?
@Fatboy people should judge you because you are obese. I also judge people who smoke until their teeth are yellow or drink until they get liver cancer.
@pianoplayingsteve But you're judging on a misconception. You're thinking "there's a guy with problems" when I actually just choose to live like this because I enjoy the lifestyle.
@666Maggotz I would. I’d have called you a fattie and told you about obesity related diseases, hopefully it would have snapped you out of that lifestyle before it was too late
@pianoplayingsteve to an anorexic, that is actually a compliment. I always felt joy when people told me I looked too skinny or sick. Anorexics aren’t like the obese, we love the attention our extremely thin bodies gets us.
@Fatboy nope. I can say that you don’t with confidence after seeing that picture xD. I workout every day, eat clean every day and have a very expensive skin routine. I’m a public performer and so keep myself looking Chad tier as it comes with the trade. But you keep telling yourself that your pot belly sat with your curry looks better.
