• XIIIesq@lemmy.world
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    I got down voted to fuck in another thread for saying this lol

    The amount of excuses fatties come up with is actually depressing. You don’t have to swap every meal for a boring salad, you don’t have to run ten miles a day, you don’t have to meticulously count every calorie or commit to fad diets etc etc etc.

    All you have to do is eat less. It’s simple, it’s easy. No one gives a fuck that you’re busy, or a super taster or that you comfort eat, or that you feel super hungry before bed time. None of that is stopping you from eating just a bit less.

    There are a minority of fat people who have significant mental or health issues of which I empathise, but for most, it’s a combination of greed and the inability to delay gratification.

    You need only two things to maintain a healthy weight;

    1- Be honest with yourself 2- The will power to not consistently over eat

    Edit: and here come the downvotes again lol you know I’m right, it’s just that the truth hurts.

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      I downvote you, as a thin person, because you are an asshole. And this is kinda stupid:

      There are a minority of fat people who have significant mental or health issues of which I empathise, but for most, it’s a combination of greed and the inability to delay gratification.

      Perhaps think about it more. Or don’t comment on other people’s bodies.

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      I have no hunger signals

      I was a fat kid cause I didn’t get this about myself

      I’m a healthy weight now because I fast for weeks at a time

      I literally feel no different after a week of zero food vs a day of binge eating family size pizzas and multiple packets of chocolate

      I do often wonder what it must be like to feel full. Or hungry. I dont think Ive ever felt either. I also wonder how many people are like this but don’t realise it about themselves.

      All I feel when I eat is the dopamine rush which is why I have to restrict severely to maintain a healthy weight

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        I have the same thing but it turns out opposite for me. When I moved out I’d just forget to eat with my parents not putting food in front of me anymore. I have a migraine issue that’s related to all of this somehow so I’d regularly be curled up in a ball in my bedroom because my body forgot to remind me to eat or drink. It’s crazy how different our bodies all are and it’s important to remember that with some empathy for others.

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        You found something that works for you despite your problems and that’s absolutely brilliant.

        There’s nothing wrong at all with eating too much one day/week and making up for it by eating less the next day/week.

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          No kidding. It’s either that or be fat tho.

          In 50 years I’ve never managed to establish a healthy relationship with food.

          At least this way I look OK on the outside. And I’m not underweight, my BMI is in the overweight range.

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            It’s not as bad as “disordered eating” makes it sound. It’s not like you’re bingeing and then throwing it back up.

            We didn’t evolve to have constantly stocked up fridges and cupboards. In cave man times, you would go through times of plenty and times of famine many times in your life. Maybe one week you hunt a nice big stag, you’ll eat as much as possible because you don’t know when you’ll next have a successful hunt and it’s not like you can just pop it in the freezer, especially if it’s at a time of year where gathering fruits and seeds is unlikely.

            Eating lots one week and little the next is arguably better than the constant grazing that we take for granted in modern times. What you’re doing is more natural given the way that we evolved than what the majority of us do.

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        So, you could keep eating as much as you want without ever feeling full and bloated, like your stomach could explode?

        Just curious, you have an interesting condition.

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      It may be simple but certainly not easy. Food can become a serious addiction.

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        I’d put food addiction under mental health issues which I did say I empathise with, but these are a minority of cases. Not every fat person is food addicted.

        It is easy. There’s nothing hard about recognising that you’re overweight and then looking at the amount of food on your plates and saying “from now on I’ll have 20% less than that”, then weighing yourself a few months after that to measure your progress and adjusting the amount you eat further if necessary. You do not need a PhD in food science or biology, nor do you need the will power of the most mentally strong human that’s ever lived to be able to commit to eating a bit less.

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      Your vitriol hatred tells more about yourself than you want to admit. You should show this comment of yours to a therapist, you might have some issues to work out.

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        Vitriol hatred? Where have I said that I hate fat people?

        I can think that some one is fat and or weak minded without hating them.

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      The will power

      That is usually the problem that is not easily resolved. If you don’t have enough will power, you’re screwed.

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      Yeah it’s really not simple or easy for everyone.

      I went on a diet a few years ago and lost about 40 pounds. But it was miserable. I was hungry all the time. I thought about food and eating all day long.

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      I upvoted you because you’re absolutely correct and you’re getting downvoted by the majority of tubbies who are addicted to sugar, salt and fat and refuse to admit it