I've made a huge mistake
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Yeah, but being able to eat a whole pint of ice cream doesn't help instill any good long term habits. The binge and starve method might work in hunter gather societies, but it is not a great solution in modern society.
Also, I'm pretty sure we need not shift our concept of what a healthy weight is. I'm pretty sure most of the BMI charts are based off somewhat arbitrary data from 50+ years ago, "normal" body builds in humans shift much quicker then that. Plus there is a lot to be said about where weight is carried, and how much weight effects health vs. genetics....skinny people often have crappy lab work just like anyone else.
We are obsessed with the "pulling ourselves up by our own bootstraps" in the US, so the fact that most health is a genetic lottery is something we try to deny. Death is also something we refuse to accept, but there isn't anything really that tragic about people having major health issues in their late 70's and 80's....living more or less healthy until you pass in your sleep at a 100 is the outlier.
Of course I'm a commie and think we should be feeding kids breakfast and lunch at school (no food from home), and this should start in preschool. Kids adapt and will learn to eat a balanced and well portioned meal just like they learn how to read. I also think we should stop subsidizing corn and other goods that are processed into junk food. Plus we should sin tax the crap out of junk food and incentivize restaurants (and food corps.) to serve actual serving sizes.
Humans are programed towards the feast or famine style of eating, so if we are such innovate geniuses, we should be able to help create a system that helps insure we don't screw ourselves. Trying to say that counting calories and bringing food scales out to eat is a solution is just insane, so instead of being pre diabetic you develop OCD and anxiety (plus family and friends hate being around you). If you are a selfish proana leaning decently affluent individual, go ahead. Sadly the people who are struggle the most with obesity also struggle for access to food (and often are technically malnourished), so My Fitness Pal isn't the answer.
Also maybe people are just in a phase where "overweight" is normal (and gasp, healthy). I'm not trying to go all obesity pride, but I hear a lot of people spout that a smidgen of ED would be good for them or others. No, a fucking mentally health crisis isn't something to aspire to. Stop saying you would love to take up swimming again, but eww...no one who is obese should wear a bathing suit....maybe after you skip thanksgiving and christmas (frankenfood meal shakes only from here on out), plus you've been forcing yourself to go on fitbit walks at night (got to get your crawl paced steps in even if it means your kid doesn't get a bedtime story). Plus even though the doctor said you are perfectly healthy, you would give anything to be your sister-in-law that has severely high blood pressure, but can eat anything and fit into size 5 teenager jeans (she is so lucky to have churn's disease). Good thing you got your daughter a food scale and food diary for christmas, you don't want her to feel weird about her upper arms in prom photos come spring.
Shit has become so insane with food and weight.
"morbid obesity pride"...."chrissy teigen armpit liposuction"
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Also, I'm pretty sure we need not shift our concept of what a healthy weight is. I'm pretty sure most of the BMI charts are based off somewhat arbitrary data from 50+ years ago, "normal" body builds in humans shift much quicker then that. Plus there is a lot to be said about where weight is carried, and how much weight effects health vs. genetics....skinny people often have crappy lab work just like anyone else.
We are obsessed with the "pulling ourselves up by our own bootstraps" in the US, so the fact that most health is a genetic lottery is something we try to deny. Death is also something we refuse to accept, but there isn't anything really that tragic about people having major health issues in their late 70's and 80's....living more or less healthy until you pass in your sleep at a 100 is the outlier.
Of course I'm a commie and think we should be feeding kids breakfast and lunch at school (no food from home), and this should start in preschool. Kids adapt and will learn to eat a balanced and well portioned meal just like they learn how to read. I also think we should stop subsidizing corn and other goods that are processed into junk food. Plus we should sin tax the crap out of junk food and incentivize restaurants (and food corps.) to serve actual serving sizes.
Humans are programed towards the feast or famine style of eating, so if we are such innovate geniuses, we should be able to help create a system that helps insure we don't screw ourselves. Trying to say that counting calories and bringing food scales out to eat is a solution is just insane, so instead of being pre diabetic you develop OCD and anxiety (plus family and friends hate being around you). If you are a selfish proana leaning decently affluent individual, go ahead. Sadly the people who are struggle the most with obesity also struggle for access to food (and often are technically malnourished), so My Fitness Pal isn't the answer.
Also maybe people are just in a phase where "overweight" is normal (and gasp, healthy). I'm not trying to go all obesity pride, but I hear a lot of people spout that a smidgen of ED would be good for them or others. No, a fucking mentally health crisis isn't something to aspire to. Stop saying you would love to take up swimming again, but eww...no one who is obese should wear a bathing suit....maybe after you skip thanksgiving and christmas (frankenfood meal shakes only from here on out), plus you've been forcing yourself to go on fitbit walks at night (got to get your crawl paced steps in even if it means your kid doesn't get a bedtime story). Plus even though the doctor said you are perfectly healthy, you would give anything to be your sister-in-law that has severely high blood pressure, but can eat anything and fit into size 5 teenager jeans (she is so lucky to have churn's disease). Good thing you got your daughter a food scale and food diary for christmas, you don't want her to feel weird about her upper arms in prom photos come spring.
Shit has become so insane with food and weight.
"morbid obesity pride"...."chrissy teigen armpit liposuction"
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