There have been so many studies of what, when, and how people eat that prove that most obese people (of course there are exceptions, I'm talking about the normative majority of people who weigh significantly more than is healthy for their frame and body type) actually eat less than their slimmer counterparts. There is such a thing as predisposition, and if you're born with it, you're condemned to fight it your whole life.
But people who have "thin genes" look at large people and see a lack of willpower, a lack of self-esteem, a lack of sufficient pride in one's self to maintain a healthy body. And of course standards of "healthy appearance" have grown ludicrous in their endorsement of vanishing percentages of body fat, visible muscle mass, and apparent bone and tendon. People with those sorts of body types are vaunted and praised right now, but most of them have done little or nothing to achieve them, just as I've done little or nothing to achieve resemblance to a bowling ball.
As far as scolding the writer and vilifying the magazine, all of that is generated interest and traffic, so in their eyes the article was a rousing success, as it has doubled or tripled their hit count.
::shrug:: We can't win, not as long as they're making the rules. We have to make up our own rules and play our own games, and let the skinny-obsessed preen and strut for each other and themselves.
Me, I'll cheer on your and anybody's efforts to improve your health and mobility, and expect the same from you and the rest of us oversized and large-hearted people.
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But people who have "thin genes" look at large people and see a lack of willpower, a lack of self-esteem, a lack of sufficient pride in one's self to maintain a healthy body. And of course standards of "healthy appearance" have grown ludicrous in their endorsement of vanishing percentages of body fat, visible muscle mass, and apparent bone and tendon. People with those sorts of body types are vaunted and praised right now, but most of them have done little or nothing to achieve them, just as I've done little or nothing to achieve resemblance to a bowling ball.
As far as scolding the writer and vilifying the magazine, all of that is generated interest and traffic, so in their eyes the article was a rousing success, as it has doubled or tripled their hit count.
::shrug:: We can't win, not as long as they're making the rules. We have to make up our own rules and play our own games, and let the skinny-obsessed preen and strut for each other and themselves.
Me, I'll cheer on your and anybody's efforts to improve your health and mobility, and expect the same from you and the rest of us oversized and large-hearted people.
((((you)))).
And some more *hugs*, just because.