[lonnie]

Originally posted by bleuwaffle

Good for them then. I'll be the one living longer without any risk for heart disease, diabetes, cancer, osteoporosis, etc...

You can get any of those diseases listed without being obese.

[ReginaPhalange]

Originally posted by bleuwaffle

I used to be overweight all the way up to my early teens, so yes, I know how ****** it feels. I developed anorexia as a product of how ****** I felt, which not only destroyed my health but also ruined whatever was left of my self esteem.

I was obese because I ate ****, and I'm now gaining weight again to recover from my ED which feels terrible.

Fat shaming someone or telling them to lose weight is obviously not the answer. I would never tell someone to lose weight. However, education on a healthy lifestyle should be taught from an early age to prevent the trauma of obesity or eating disorders later on in life.

The exact same situation I was/am going through. Too fat then too thin.

I know how it feels, it's the absolute pits. I hope you're doing better now

[bleuwaffle]

Originally posted by ReginaPhalange

The exact same situation I was/am going through. Too fat than too thin.

I know how it feels, it's the absolute pits. I hope you're doing better now

Thank you! I'm almost fully recovered which is good. If you ever need to talk to anyone I'm here btw.

Originally posted by lonnie

You can any of those diseases listed without being obese.

Not if you're a whole-food vegan.

[Maiko]

Originally posted by Oshiish

I don't like them.

Being fat is a choice, and a very unhealthy ugly choice. Don't feed(no pun int) that bs about people being sick. Being fat absolutely a choice. Stop eating and get healthy fat ass.

this is so stupid

[Maiko]

Originally posted by bleuwaffle

Not if you're a whole-food vegan.

tell that to my cousin's father that just passed away from diabetic complications

their whole family is vegan. she is 32 and never had meat in her life because of her father's religion.

you really have a black and white view on health when it really isn't that simple.

[bleuwaffle]

Originally posted by maiko

tell that to my cousin's father that just passed away from diabetic complications

their whole family is vegan. she is 32 and never had meat in her life because of her father's religion.

you really have a black and white view on health when it really isn't that simple.

You can eat chips, drink soda and call yourself vegan. That's obviously not healthy. Now tell me how someone who eats lentils, brown rice and steamed vegetables almost every night for dinner (me) is going to get diabetes. You can't.

Dr. Neal Bernard reverses diabetes using a low fat, plant-based vegan diet. As does Dr. John McDougall. Research their work.

[Haunter]

Originally posted by bleuwaffle

You can eat chips, drink soda and call yourself vegan. That's obviously not healthy. Now tell me how someone who eats lentils, brown rice and steamed vegetables almost every night for dinner (me) is going to get diabetes. You can't.

Dr. Neal Bernard reverses diabetes using a low fat, plant-based vegan diet. As does Dr. John McDougall. Research their work.

Do you know some people are born with Diabetes?

[Remmy]

Wow... this might be one of the most ignorant threads I've ever seen on the site in my nearly 5 years of being a member. So upsetting.

[Haunter]

Originally posted by KB.

Glass houses.... Didn't you just say you were once overweight and suffered from anorexia? You of all people should understand their struggle. Also, you may be recovering now, but a lot of damage caused by anorexia nervosa can be irreversible including damage to the heart, osteoporosis/loss of bone density, and infertility.

Ops you better clock ha.

[Scotty]

My thoughts? Oh jeez. Well in my family I am the ONLY skinny person (dead serious). My entire family is overweight to some degree. It's impossible for me to get overweight no matter how much I eat and I can't even imagine myself being fat anyway (I'm in great shape actually). I'm pretty shallow about it. I, point blank, could not live like that.

I don't bully people who are, but I don't normally associate with anyone that's overweight if I don't have to. I've had a couple friends who were overweight (mostly girls). But one of my best friends who's a straight guy was always a bit chubby? He lost some weight during high school, but he has a college beer gut now.

[bleuwaffle]

Originally posted by borntodiethisway

Ops you better clock ha.

Clock?

[Hobbes]

I don't really have an opinion on overweight people in general. But It bugs me when someone overweight is complaining about being fat whilst shoving a burger into their mouth.

[Haunter]

Originally posted by bleuwaffle

Clock?

Yes.

You seem to be very close minded, even though you were overweight at once.

[MissedTheTrain]

I don't think that anybody should be judged or generalized about it because there are people who are overweight due to medical conditions. If someone is unhealthily obese due to a lazy, unhealthy lifestyle, I think that their family and/or friends should definitely encourage them to try and be healthier.

[Maiko]

Originally posted by bleuwaffle

You can eat chips, drink soda and call yourself vegan. That's obviously not healthy. Now tell me how someone who eats lentils, brown rice and steamed vegetables almost every night for dinner (me) is going to get diabetes. You can't.

What you consume isn't the ultimate contributing factor and veganism isn't the ultimate answer.

Everyone has a different circumstance but in each thread on the subject of obesity you seem to

leave similar new age year 2003 Whole Foods bandwagon posts about people who are suffering.

You keep proving your self ignorant to the epidemics by providing the same black and white

"I've got it figured out!" answer in each thread.


I am a big fan of Dr. Fuhrman, and a proponent of the ANDI chart and his principles in Eat to Live. I even made an iPhone game based on the ANDI Chart. Spending two years of life as a vegetarian, (when I too believed it was the ultimate answer) I'm all into it.

What I'm saying is that you should be more sensitive to the topic because there are many different factors that contribute to these ailments nowadays and going vegan isn't the answer for some or even most.

[MissedTheTrain]

Originally posted by Oshiish

I don't like them.

Being fat is a choice, and a very unhealthy ugly choice. Don't feed(no pun int) that bs about people being sick. Being fat absolutely a choice. Stop eating and get healthy fat ass.

wtf

[karron0624]

Originally posted by bleuwaffle

You can eat chips, drink soda and call yourself vegan. That's obviously not healthy. Now tell me how someone who eats lentils, brown rice and steamed vegetables almost every night for dinner (me) is going to get diabetes. You can't.

Dr. Neal Bernard reverses diabetes using a low fat, plant-based vegan diet. As does Dr. John McDougall. Research their work.

You can get heart disease from inherent family issues, be born with it premature, get it naturally, so on and so forth. Same with diabetes. Eating carrots has proven to increase your chance of breast cancer, and over exercising can lead to osteoporosis. Mainly eating meat is not the cause of that.

On topic, I'm from the south, and get blasted for being skinny all the time. (I'm 5'10, but 128 pounds.) My family always tells me I need to put meat on my bones. I try, but the food doesn't stick on me. It is not about being fat/skinny. The whole thing is about being healthy. I have seen fat people run miles, and a skinny person be out of breath after half a mile. If you are happy, and you are healthy, no one else's opinion matters.

[HotHeaven]

[bleuwaffle]

Originally posted by borntodiethisway

Yes.

You seem to be very close minded, even though you were overweight at once.

You're calling me close minded when I've dealt with the mental aspects of being both overweight and severely underweight? With hating everything about yourself and criticizing every feature. **** outta here.

[Kali.]

Originally posted by MissedTheTrain

wtf

Yeah they are people who are seriously ill, but for most of the overweight population, it's a choice.