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I had personally not been aware of many derogatory posts about fat, obese, or overweight people. There have been comments describing some overweight people who are lazy and it seems to be a contributor to their lack of good health. I have not seem personal attacks on those members who are overweight. My own hubby isn't his perfect weight. He and I have both posted in the Exhibition Forum and I don't recall either of us receiving putdowns or negative comments at all. From they way I understand it - derogatory comments in that forum at least are usually removed by the mods.
Go ahead and post - something simple. We'll be glad to say "hi". Promise - I won't complain.
I have seem some people who are/have been overweight who do nothing to loose it or do all the wrong things. For example my mother continues to gain weight. She says she goes for walks every day but in reality she goes for a very slow, short walk perhaps once a week. She always says she's on a diet. She's said that for almost as long as I can remember. She'll deny herself all day long and then pig out on chocolate, or icecream at the end of the day. She eats junk when she thinks no one is watching. She also had high blood pressure and arthritis at this point but refuses to take any meds saying that when she looses weight things will get better. All the while she's making things worse because she's either so tired or her joints hurt to much to be active. She could change her way of thinking and her lifestyle but she stubbornly refuses to accept any help even from blood pressure meds (the Dr's have been telling her to take it for 2 years).
Then there's 2 other people that I know of who have some medical problems. One of which has a muscle disease that causes the muscles to atrophy. Without muscle tone they cannot burn much fat. In order for them to create a calorie deficit they were almost nearly have to take only suppliments and starve themselves of real food. I've seen how they eat and I know what they keep in their cupboards. They eat fresh salads for breakfast lunch and supper and an occasionally broiled chicken breast. There's almost nothing they can do at this point. Another person who has to take a certain medication that as a side effect slows their metabolism. Their calorie deficit dispite their muscle tone would have to be so great they they also would nearly have to eat celery for breakfast lunch and supper to loose any weight.
Some people can and some can't. The people who whine (like my mom) about their weight gain but refuse any help and refuse to change their lifestyle to loose any weight - those are the portion of the overweight population that irritate me.
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