Skinny is the new moral/hard working and all other kind of superiority?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP you are 100% correct.

There are studies to back up your theories. Easy to google. But of course commenters here won’t believe those studies because people don’t change their opinions when presented with facts.

This article is just a survey, not a study, but has a lot of really eye-opening stories. https://www.glamour.com/story/weight-stereotyping-the-secret-way-people-are-judging-you-based-on-your-body-glamour-june-2012

Thank you! And thank you for sporting that link, I am looking at it now.

[Anonymous]

Hi OP, are you the person who wrote in the other thread that losing weight isn't worth it because it doesn't make you a better person? It doesn't create world peace either. Stop conflating all those things that have nothing to do with being thin. It's transparent rationalization.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t believe in shaming anyone. But it’s a destructive myth that it’s somehow expensive to be thin. Eating half a sandwich is cheaper than eating a whole sandwich. Eating less will make you lose weight, whether you’re eating Cheetos or kale.

+1. DH and I used to split entrees or take away all the time. Saved money and kept us from overeating. Portion sizes are out of control here.

The occasional meal out doesn't cause obesity, regardless of whether you split it. The cheapest way to eat in this country is fast food - it's cheaper than groceries. If you have $5 for a meal you are not in splitting entrees territory. If you are working shifts or a delivery job, you are not eating at a place where that's an option nor do you have refrigeration to keep the rest of your meal.

There are plenty of overweight people on DCUM who have more money than that, but it is not a "destructive myth" that it's expensive to be thin. It's a well studied fact that impoverished people are overweight because of the food options available to them.

It’s been studied a lot, but it’s a myth: https://news.uchicago.edu/story/food-deserts-not-blame-growing-nutrition-gap-between-rich-and-poor-study-finds

Listen, nobody likes the feeling of being hungry. But you can just as easily go to McDonald’s and just order a 6-piece nuggets for 200 calories as order a Bog Mac meal for 1000 calories. It’s just that the nuggets will not make you feel as full, and people want to feel full.

So this study says that when you give people who have been living in food deserts their whole lives, and then give them access to grocery stores, they don’t suddenly start buying the same food as people who have been living around grocery stores their whole lives? And who were raised in families that had access to grocery stores?

Shocker.

[Anonymous]

OMG OP. You make it sound like making good choices is impossible. Choosing to buy healthy foods and exercising a little (20-30 min) every day isn’t that hard. If you’re not doing either of these things you’re not even TRYING. In which case keep eating your pizza and ice cream but own your choices the next time you rant.

[Anonymous]

This is nothing new. The boomers are the most obsessed with weight/morality.

[Anonymous]

"Rather than call out the food industry here for being what it is, an appalling aberration akin to a chemical plant"

See, I was with you until this. Then I realized you're a nut job.

[Anonymous]

What a lame rant. OP is probably the same person who is convinced men hate skinny women with their pancake butts and only curves and big butts are attractive. If you're happy being bigger, or, ahem "curvy" good for you, but no need to tear anyone else down.

[Anonymous]

I feel like there's a shiat ton of projection and envy in your post, OP.

I've been obese (as a child, teenager, adult, etc) and eventually "lost the weight" in my 30s. Being "skinny" doesn't do diddly squat, but being fit and active is definitely a goal that all people should have, and is attainable by all. You don't need hours a day, but you do need *some* regular commitment.

Exercise and fitness are connected to better mental/emotional health, confidence, happiness, stress reduction, and countless other things. And yes, getting to those states leads to a superior quality of life - in addition to physical health improvement.

Just because you don't want to take those strides is no reason to sh!t on other people who do. I am no more capable than you. Own your choices.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hi OP, are you the person who wrote in the other thread that losing weight isn't worth it because it doesn't make you a better person? It doesn't create world peace either. Stop conflating all those things that have nothing to do with being thin. It's transparent rationalization.

I am not. I am the pp who wrote that like some Victorian delusional hypocrisy, some apps are equating skinny with worthy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What a lame rant. OP is probably the same person who is convinced men hate skinny women with their pancake butts and only curves and big butts are attractive. If you're happy being bigger, or, ahem "curvy" good for you, but no need to tear anyone else down.

Maybe read the comments? I am not ahem curvy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t believe in shaming anyone. But it’s a destructive myth that it’s somehow expensive to be thin. Eating half a sandwich is cheaper than eating a whole sandwich. Eating less will make you lose weight, whether you’re eating Cheetos or kale.

+1. DH and I used to split entrees or take away all the time. Saved money and kept us from overeating. Portion sizes are out of control here.

The occasional meal out doesn't cause obesity, regardless of whether you split it. The cheapest way to eat in this country is fast food - it's cheaper than groceries. If you have $5 for a meal you are not in splitting entrees territory. If you are working shifts or a delivery job, you are not eating at a place where that's an option nor do you have refrigeration to keep the rest of your meal.

There are plenty of overweight people on DCUM who have more money than that, but it is not a "destructive myth" that it's expensive to be thin. It's a well studied fact that impoverished people are overweight because of the food options available to them.

Having had to live in this century on a salary that left me with a total budget of $110 a week for food and any other entertainment or personal spending beyond rent, car payment, insurance and phone bill, I can assure you that groceries are significantly cheaper than fast food.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I feel like there's a shiat ton of projection and envy in your post, OP.

I've been obese (as a child, teenager, adult, etc) and eventually "lost the weight" in my 30s. Being "skinny" doesn't do diddly squat, but being fit and active is definitely a goal that all people should have, and is attainable by all. You don't need hours a day, but you do need *some* regular commitment.

Exercise and fitness are connected to better mental/emotional health, confidence, happiness, stress reduction, and countless other things. And yes, getting to those states leads to a superior quality of life - in addition to physical health improvement.

Just because you don't want to take those strides is no reason to sh!t on other people who do. I am no more capable than you. Own your choices.

Perhaps you should take your own advice and not sh*t on other people?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I feel like there's a shiat ton of projection and envy in your post, OP.

I've been obese (as a child, teenager, adult, etc) and eventually "lost the weight" in my 30s. Being "skinny" doesn't do diddly squat, but being fit and active is definitely a goal that all people should have, and is attainable by all. You don't need hours a day, but you do need *some* regular commitment.

Exercise and fitness are connected to better mental/emotional health, confidence, happiness, stress reduction, and countless other things. And yes, getting to those states leads to a superior quality of life - in addition to physical health improvement.

Just because you don't want to take those strides is no reason to sh!t on other people who do. I am no more capable than you. Own your choices.

Perhaps you should take your own advice and not sh*t on other people?

I clearly struck a nerve. If you're irritated, maybe go hit a bag or go for a run or pound some weights. Good luck OP.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe it's all about excuses, blaming someone else, I'm a victim, I have no agency in my own life and whatever happens is definitely someone else's fault.

Maybe it is about I am so superior bcs I didn't eat bread, rice, and the myriad other foods bcs I am insane.

LMAO.

Sensible portion control and regular, moderate exercise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I mean, that is the only conclusion I can come to from reading the other thread. I think it is mostly women posting there. Not only is it a moral superiority, but it is also a way to claim to be a better mom, better cook, better lover, better worker, having your own canning production, your own bread-making skills, having 7 hours to shop as you have to read yogurt labels, drive to Nick's organic farm to get free-range eggs, go to every farmer's market if you have failed to have your own farm and chickens to raise and make your own jam and canned veggies and free-range livestock.

Rather than call out the food industry here for being what it is, an appalling aberration akin to a chemical plant, dcum people have chosen to blame other women and moms. It is not getting older and having hormones go haywire. It is not about having enough time to cook and serve fresh veggies. It is not about being tired and wanting ice cream and just being human. Nope, according to some on dcum, it is an utter failure at any age, and it is your own, not anybody else's, even though 2/3 of the population is overweight. It is a simple way for those to feel morally superior. If they ever admitted that it might not all be their genetics, upbringing, luck in having such choices, or having the time to research all of it, they would admit they are no better than the other in population. What do they have if they admit they are not better than the overweight ones? Nothing but luck or an eating disorder!
It never ends, mom and women shaming by other women.

Rant over. BTW, flame away judgmental "you are to blame" skinnies!

Being thin and healthy is a lifehack. Didn't your friends tell you that?