08 May 2015

Should You Live in Shame if You're Fat?

You don't know her story. My story? Is that I gained 15 pounds this week without changing my eating habits. And inexplicably lost ten. And I expect to lose five more soon for no reason. Life with a bad thyroid - I can't even "eat less and exercise more" and have it work. The point being, NONE of us need people judging us for our size. Including doctors, thanks.  Edit: my post had a picture from Shark Fitness unapologetically body-shaming another person publicly.  The posts have since been removed and he's backtracking so quickly he's about to lose his balance.  Yay.


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Posted by Shark Fitness Training on Wednesday, March 4, 2015

6 comments:

  1. In my opinion, people who go around shaming others should be ashamed. I usually hope that one day they'll have a similar problem out of their control and get to know just what it feels like. Wrong of me, but there it is.

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    1. I don't believe in Karma but times like this, I sure wish I did. :)

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  2. We never know what other people have gone through. Blessings to you!

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    1. Thank you, Bethany! Thankfully or not, there are plenty of other obese people out there now, so I don't stick out TOO badly. Working on it. :)

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  3. There are many and varied reasons why people are overweight and I hate to judge ANYONE. No one CHOOSES to be overweight (except mad people!). Body shaming in public in any way is shameful.

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    1. Yes, it is! If you're not helping the person, you should shut up. I agree!

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