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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm in my mid-40s.

I was never active/fit until about 10 years ago. Never played sports as a kid, was overweight/obese, didn't exercise and didn't see exercise as something other than "to lose weight."

I discovered exercise/fitness as an adult, and it's been transformative for me. I don't think it makes me or anyone superior, but there are immeasurable physical and mental/emotional benefits that cannot be replicated in other ways. And having those benefits makes one's life superior (but saying it makes a *person* superior isn't really accurate).

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Same here! Obese/overweight in childhood/in 20s binge dieting due to poor parenting, emotional eating and being uncomfortable with unwanted attention and upset about lack of wanted attention(meaning I would get obsessed over one person and couldnt really see the forest for the trees), I think obsessive thinking and binge eating go hand in hand. I started therapy in 20s and by my 30s really felt freed from binge eating and used exercise as a very healthy coping tool, after kids my BMI is consistently 21 without fluctuations, I dont feel superior now but I felt inferior then, not just for being "fat" but more so for being unable to control my emotions. I really want skin surgery but due to non obesity related medical issues (that are unfortunately multiple and bad) I cannot do that, before I would have had emotional temper tantrums over this reality but I have learned to accept reality and while not happy about it, I can modulate my emotions to neutral about it. I dont feel others who struggle are inferior but rather feel empathy as I know their struggles are real even if they put a mask on/[/quote]

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