That's also my stance on it
I've gained some weight in the last couple years and consider myself chubby. I don't need someone to tell me I'm fat. If someone did I'd probably just get depressed and eat the pain away.
That's what I figure. Reminding people of how disgusting they are (whether too fat or too skinny or whatever) does absolutely no good. You can't shame someone into a lifestyle change. There has to be light at the end of the tunnel, not rocks in a neverending path.
What about the government telling ust? You supported the individual mandate. You pay higher premiums to cover fat people's increased medical costs. Do obese or skinny people have higher risk for diabetes? What about heart attacks? Cancer? What about Michelle Obama? Does she need to **** and quit telling us to be healthy?
The reality IS that the obesity epidemic is going to cost us. Most people who are overweight or obese aren't active like my friend. In fact, someone who is morbidly obese very likely has trouble even walking around. That's not healthy in the least. It's just numbers talking, like how men who own sportscars have higher auto insurance rates. I'll bet some sportscar drivers are responsible, but they still get saddled with the higher cost because the statistics are against them. It's just numbers.
But I don't support people telling them they
have to stop being lazy and making them feel like a failure. Because that does no good. I'd rather encourage. Most people IMO who haven't made that decision, haven't given themselves the chance to hope that being healthy is
possible for them. "I'll always be fat." It's a very defeating mindset. Telling them that losing weight is a lot of work and not for lazy people only makes them think that they'll never live up to that.
Hell, I have a lot of trouble putting
on weight, and if gaining weight was my ultimate goal, I will have failed miserably.
I can squat 5x what I could 1.5 months ago, but I have not gained a single pound. I read on my weightlifting program website that if I REALLY wanted to gain weight, I'd have to drink a gallon of whole milk a day. Well, crap, that sounds a miserable time! "DO YOU WANT TO BE A SKINNY SHRIMP ALL YOUR LIFE?" Well um, apparently yes.
A lot of people want to make it all or nothing. But "all" makes the whole thing seem impossible, while "nothing" is obviously a lot easier.
Whoever said it had to be all or nothing, instead of simple steps one could take to be healthier? That wouldn't involve beating yourself up because you're lazy, and more involve the solving of problems. "I get winded when I go up stairs." Well, a bit of cardio would help with that. "My blood pressure is really high." Time to make a few diet changes. Don't need to go full-on vegan, but less salt would be a start. That's all it is - a start.
