Real women have curves.
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GreenGoddess22 wrote: »I'm late to the game on this one and too lazy to read all the responses, lol.
First, what does FA mean? Fat *kitten*? Food Allergy?
Second, I consider myself curvy. I am height/weight proportionate, healthy BMI, not skin & bones, but certainly not obese. I have a bigger butt and while not huge, a curvy chest. I like the way I look and wouldn't trade it for anything. I personally don't care what anyone thinks about me because I am happy in my open skin nor do I really care about what other women look like.
fat acceptance
the controversy is that by allowing someone to say I feel good despite my size (aka obese) it encourages poor habits and encourages behaviors that are not conducive to health
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PurringMyrrh wrote: »
Is there a disability that makes it physically impossible for someone to lose weight even if they are burning more calories than they consume?MondayJune22nd2015 wrote: »Not everyone thin or obese, is physically able to exercise. Also many disabled people have what's known as an "invisible disability", meaning that it isn't visually obvious; that they're disabled.
I don't believe in weight/choosing to be unhealthy acceptance, I believe in situation acceptance. I don't believe that a person should have to work more and/or harder than another, to achieve the same result but since that's the reality of life, I don't judge their size; just whether the unhealthy person's issues/were a cause of their own choices rather than fate.
I've seen stories under the success forum with people in wheelchairs who can't do physical exercise but were still able to lose weight and become healthier based on diet alone.
In order for diet/CICO to work, one must be able to know any given day; how much Calories will be going out & some disabilities make that nearly impossible. 1st I am hypoglycemic & my body doesn't convert stored sugar; into energy. Luckily this means, I could never starve to death; I'd be dead only after 4 to 20 hours of my last food consumption/depending upon my physical activity & what I consumed last. However this also means that I must eat, even when I'm not hungry; to keep my blood sugars up. I also have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Sometimes I am bedridden, mostly I'm housebound & occasionally I function normally but I never know from one moment to the next, which of the 3 I'll be; so my Caloric needs to lose/maintain my weight aren't consistent and/or predictable. Also because of the CFS, most of the time; I don't have a bowel movement for nearly 3 weeks & yet I am not constipated. My body doesn't have the energy to even digest my food normally, so even what would normally be converted to waste; just gets absorbed.
Prader Willi Syndrome, is another such disability; in which diet/CICO; doesn't always work. They never feel full, after eating & thus eat anything/everything, as if they're starving.0 -
Some women have a hardness to them....some have curves to them...there is a huge difference in fit and curvy as opposed to overweight and curvy. You can certainly be fit and curvy at the same time.....i am. I am sure there are some issues that can make losing weight harder but, again you dont have to be skinny or muscular to be fit. I also feel that if a woman is fat or has FA.....it does not make her a lazy unfit person. Being happy with the body you have is the most important thing. Shaming of any size or fitness level is not acceptable.1
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People can be happy with who they are if they're unhealthy or overweight. It just means they are happy with (or moreso, despite) not being the best version of themselves.0
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Wouldn't a fitbit type of device let you know your calories used?MondayJune22nd2015 wrote: »PurringMyrrh wrote: »
Is there a disability that makes it physically impossible for someone to lose weight even if they are burning more calories than they consume?MondayJune22nd2015 wrote: »Not everyone thin or obese, is physically able to exercise. Also many disabled people have what's known as an "invisible disability", meaning that it isn't visually obvious; that they're disabled.
I don't believe in weight/choosing to be unhealthy acceptance, I believe in situation acceptance. I don't believe that a person should have to work more and/or harder than another, to achieve the same result but since that's the reality of life, I don't judge their size; just whether the unhealthy person's issues/were a cause of their own choices rather than fate.
I've seen stories under the success forum with people in wheelchairs who can't do physical exercise but were still able to lose weight and become healthier based on diet alone.
In order for diet/CICO to work, one must be able to know any given day; how much Calories will be going out & some disabilities make that nearly impossible. 1st I am hypoglycemic & my body doesn't convert stored sugar; into energy. Luckily this means, I could never starve to death; I'd be dead only after 4 to 20 hours of my last food consumption/depending upon my physical activity & what I consumed last. However this also means that I must eat, even when I'm not hungry; to keep my blood sugars up. I also have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Sometimes I am bedridden, mostly I'm housebound & occasionally I function normally but I never know from one moment to the next, which of the 3 I'll be; so my Caloric needs to lose/maintain my weight aren't consistent and/or predictable. Also because of the CFS, most of the time; I don't have a bowel movement for nearly 3 weeks & yet I am not constipated. My body doesn't have the energy to even digest my food normally, so even what would normally be converted to waste; just gets absorbed.
Prader Willi Syndrome, is another such disability; in which diet/CICO; doesn't always work. They never feel full, after eating & thus eat anything/everything, as if they're starving.
And when it comes to PWS, if you knew you had it, and that was the cause of your hunger, then you'd know you weren't starving and be able to adjust your intake accordingly.
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PurringMyrrh wrote: »
And when it comes to PWS, if you knew you had it, and that was the cause of your hunger, then you'd know you weren't starving and be able to adjust your intake accordingly.
That's pretty much what you have to do with PWS. It does in most cases cause some mental deficits, so most of the time they have to be in a very regulated environment to control intake. They also do have slower metabolism and the usual recommended amount of calories is no more than 1000kcals. It can be managed though it's just very challenging.
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PurringMyrrh wrote: »
Wouldn't a fitbit type of device let you know your calories used?MondayJune22nd2015 wrote: »PurringMyrrh wrote: »
Is there a disability that makes it physically impossible for someone to lose weight even if they are burning more calories than they consume?MondayJune22nd2015 wrote: »Not everyone thin or obese, is physically able to exercise. Also many disabled people have what's known as an "invisible disability", meaning that it isn't visually obvious; that they're disabled.
I don't believe in weight/choosing to be unhealthy acceptance, I believe in situation acceptance. I don't believe that a person should have to work more and/or harder than another, to achieve the same result but since that's the reality of life, I don't judge their size; just whether the unhealthy person's issues/were a cause of their own choices rather than fate.
I've seen stories under the success forum with people in wheelchairs who can't do physical exercise but were still able to lose weight and become healthier based on diet alone.
In order for diet/CICO to work, one must be able to know any given day; how much Calories will be going out & some disabilities make that nearly impossible. 1st I am hypoglycemic & my body doesn't convert stored sugar; into energy. Luckily this means, I could never starve to death; I'd be dead only after 4 to 20 hours of my last food consumption/depending upon my physical activity & what I consumed last. However this also means that I must eat, even when I'm not hungry; to keep my blood sugars up. I also have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Sometimes I am bedridden, mostly I'm housebound & occasionally I function normally but I never know from one moment to the next, which of the 3 I'll be; so my Caloric needs to lose/maintain my weight aren't consistent and/or predictable. Also because of the CFS, most of the time; I don't have a bowel movement for nearly 3 weeks & yet I am not constipated. My body doesn't have the energy to even digest my food normally, so even what would normally be converted to waste; just gets absorbed.
Prader Willi Syndrome, is another such disability; in which diet/CICO; doesn't always work. They never feel full, after eating & thus eat anything/everything, as if they're starving.
And when it comes to PWS, if you knew you had it, and that was the cause of your hunger, then you'd know you weren't starving and be able to adjust your intake accordingly.
A HRM only measures Calories burned through physical exertion & wouldn't change my need to eat, even possibly over my Calories; to keep my blood sugars up or measure how many Calories I absorbed by not defecating.
I don't have PWS, I was using that as an example but they suffer from the same feelings, that those of us that don't have it do; if we were actually starving. If you or I even felt like we were starving to death, we'd have to give in to the hunger; it's just a natural response & uncontrollable.0 -
So instead of an HRM why not one of those handheld devices that measure the amount of oxygen consumed? I believe it's what "they" use to measure RMR.0
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PurringMyrrh wrote: »So instead of an HRM why not one of those handheld devices that measure the amount of oxygen consumed? I believe it's what "they" use to measure RMR.
I agree, there is always a way
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asianfashionista86 wrote: »Everyone has a curve somewhere
Slightly to the right.
Thank you for the laughhhh.asianfashionista86 wrote: »Everyone has a curve somewhere
Slightly to the right.
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asianfashionista86 wrote: »Everyone has a curve somewhere
Slightly to the right.
I thought it was to the left.....oh wait, your right would be my left 0 -
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Still disappointed! pulling out now0
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Thank you Mel! I try, it's what sets me apart from the rest of the weirdos 0
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