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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I like reading threads like this. For obese people, the thin brigade says it’s acceptable to eat 1000 calories, that’s your punishment for having gotten fat. For someone who is apparently thin, to eat 1000 calories is an eating disorder for which she should seek medical assistance.[/quote]

It is two entirely different scenarios.  If someone is obese, the body is able to meet metabolic needs through stored fat when there is a calorie intake deficit.  A thin person does not have this fat reserve and the body will need to break down essential muscle. [/quote]

Really, there are more than two scenarios, and it's the middle ground that really seems to trigger people. There are obese people, and there are already-thin people, yes. In between there's a huge group of people who are neither obese nor thin. If one of these people wants to lose, say 10 or 20 pounds, to get back to a weight that they felt good at, surely they have adequate fat reserves to do perfectly well on 1000 calories to get there, if that's what works for them.

These conversations are so triggering for the ED police. Why so aggressive with the name calling and pathologizing? I suspect it's the same crowd that goes bananas in the Travel and Fashion forums accusing people of insecurity and cosplay when they ask what to wear in Europe. ("Whatever you're comfortable in! Nobody cares!") OK, fine, nobody cares if you're fat and want to schlump around Paris in sweatpants. No judgment! But that's not what I want to be or do....
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