A Case For Shaming Obese People, Tastefully

[jesskat]

One bioethicist's modest proposal to combat obesity through socially motivated self-hatred

People don't hate being fat enough, basically, according to Hastings Center bioethicist Daniel Callahan. In an editorial published in the Hastings Center Report, he argues that nothing -- not diets, drugs, sugeries, nor appeals to our health -- is working,

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[ahzuri]

You know losing weight isn't exactly a walk in the fucking park. Almost everyone who does lose any large amount of weight ends up gaining that shit back if they slack on their "diet". I totally haven't been conscious of my weight and trying to do something about it for the last oh 5 years and yet here I am up and down with my weight the entire time. I hate people who think its as simple to lose weight as cutting calories, bitch please that shit doesn't do anything but fuck you up.

[lone_concertina]

I've lost almost 75 lbs in the past 1.5 years. Now that I'm "thin"(ish), I get people asking how I did it. I want to shake them and slap them for all I had to put myself through over that amount of time. I exercised almost two hours a day, six days per week, and meticulously monitored everything I ate. It's the only way to lose weight and keep it off and it's the hardest goddamn thing I've ever done.

[celtic_thistle]

Exactly what I did to lose 50 lb in a little over a year, and exactly how I want to react. IT IS FUCKING HARD.

[ahzuri]

I did the same thing 3 years ago and lost 50lbs in 6 months only to gain it back in 9months during a pregnancy but congrats on your loss. Shit is hard to do and even harder to keep off, I've never managed to get down below 250lbs. I've been struggling for the last year with my weight just keeping going up even though I watch what I eat and all that. Only thing to stall/make it go back down was nausea from pregnancy :/

[peace_piper]

I've been told repeatedly, "I can't believe you're still fat when you eat so healthy." Or when I do have a salad: "Oh good for you, eating healthy." When I have fried chicken: "Are you going to have a vegetable with that?" I'm still fat, regardless of what I eat.

[ahzuri]

I get similar comments it gets old and annoying real quick :/