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Originally Posted by Zeraph
Sure, some really do just sit around, don't care, and eat a lot. But some struggle against it all their life. I'm not one of those people but my cousin is. I've watched her struggle and gain major self esteem issues and depression from it since she was 10. Which led her to SSRIs which make her gain weight on top of everything. I can't blame her for being fat because I can't control my depression. Not saying either of us deserve to be called disabled because of those two particular things, but nor do we need people scoffing at our struggle because they know not.
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I'm not talking people who have extra weight or are not "hollywood skinny", I'm talking obese people who have no care for the fact they weight twice (or even 3x) as much as they need to. People who are fat enough to the point they put so much strain on their bodies that it affects their knees, hearts, whatever. Those people I could care less about because they are the ones causing it.
I do have two overweight friends, one actively works on his weight, monitoring his calorie intake, doing low impact exercise, and staying away from the junk food isle. I applaud him, he will never be "skinny" (nor should he try to be some hollywood image of skinny) but he is working his way to becoming healthier and living a longer life.
The other friend? Orders two meals at every sitting and won't exercise because "it hurts to much". He gets no sympathy what-so-ever and is just eating years off of his life.
I'll give anyone the benefit of the doubt when they are actively trying to do something about their weight. People gain weight; stress and depression can lead a person to gain weight. Just do something about it, don't sit there and burden our already fucked up healthcare system with your problems.
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