Fat acceptance has ruined my life : TrueOffMyChest

But a couple weeks ago, after I visited my doctor for my yearly exam and blood work, I was informed over the phone that I am pre-diabetic. I was absolutely floored, I asked how this is possible and my doctor laid it out for me bluntly, and my diet/eating habits, obesity, and lack of physical movement largely attributed to this. This was a huge wake up call to me, and I am fricking PISSED.

How in the ever living frick are people this ignorant when it comes to nutrition and health?

My nephew in college came home one day and was like, "Hey, did you guys know how many calories were in donuts and that too many calories make you gain weight?" I was like, "????? What do you think we've been telling you about the shit you eat?"

Are they just not teaching kids in school anymore? I learned this shit in the 6th grade.

You are a beautiful person. That doesn't change. The body positive community should be just that. Love and appreciate the body you have however it looks.

But that doesn't mean you don't take care of it, too.

Creating a healthy inner voice is very important for self-worth and esteem. You can build on this while also recognising that you need to make some changes on the outside to be healthy physically.

Please don't fall into punishing yourself over this. ED's can change how they manifest, based on all or nothing mindsets and obsessive thinking.

You have done something brilliant in recognising what needs to be done to better your health now. Be proud of yourself for this and use it as an opportunity to learn about your body, what it does for you and how you can take care of it for the better.

I try to think about my body/health like a car enthusiast would think of their favourite car. They will know the best fuel and oil for their car (food and drink), tinker and tweak the engine for better performance (work on mental wellbeing, good sleep hygiene), take the car out often to make sure the battery doesn't die (social connection and physical movement to build strength and a strong heart).

Maybe their next door neighbour has a car too, but they don't check the oil very often, they leave it full of trash and never check the tread of the tyres. It is still a car, it still starts, and it may be very much loved. But it won't last the same and it won't be a safe to ride around in.

I hate the way redditors write

At least she figured it out by 21. Lots of time to reverse it. This is grotesquely wholesome.

Fat acceptance made me shove 6x my daily required caloric intake into my mouth!!! (And then continue doing so despite literally turning purple and multiple doctors telling me to stop lmao)

12,000 calories a day is fricking insane. Even in my winter rages, I can only manage like 5,000, and I can barely eat 1,000 the rest of the year.

>BED (binge eating disorder)

hahahahahahahhahahahhahahahahahhahah

>12,000 calories in one day

how...that is such an obscene amount of calories, to do this, you need to literally eat almost non stop all day till bed time...how do you have the time or even afford this...

>I feel so utterly stupid for not seeing how I've been manipulated for years into thinking that my lifestyle is perfectly healthy and sustainable

eating like a frickin buffalo, with no movement...how full of lard is your brain to think this is healthy and sustainable...

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