Is accepting fatness a good thing?

It's really a good thing to love yourself, and other people, no matter what. We are all constant works' in progress. You should never judge somebody at face value because you have no idea what they've been through or are currently going through.

no

I will never accept "healthy at any size"
I will never accept that "some people are predisposed to be obese"
I will never accept "thin privilege".

It seems to me like the acceptence move that's out there is about loving yourself no matter what. Fat, skinny, dull, smart, polite, mean....we all need that message. We all have things we'd like the change about ourselves but we still have to love ourselves. Real change only starts when you love yourself enough. The message I've taken from the acceptence media out there isn't that it's "ok" or "healthy" to be fat, it's that you should still love yourself because no one's perfect and to stop comparing because that skinny lady next you is going through something, too, and you might would rather be fat than deal with what she's going through.

We shouldn't accept fat as healthy, but we should accept that we are all different. Some of us want to lose weight whilst others are content being bigger and it doesn't bother them. Some of us are tall and disguise the fact they are overweight.

We shouldn't be encouraging weight loss or gain. We should be encouraging a healthy lifestyle even when it does mean that a difference to our weight is needed.

I also have mixed feelings about this movement of "fat acceptance" that I see on the internet these days. I think it's great that fat women are running their own "fatshion" blogs and showing that fat people can be fashionable and ANYONE can look good and fashionable regardless of body size and shape type if they find the right kind of clothes. But at the same time, I'm not sure about the prevalence of health issues in that community and population, as most posts I've seen focus primarily on outfits and how they sourced the clothes. I don't really see anyone talking about their health but I do see a lot of posts where it's like "eat what you want and DGAF!" I think that kind of mindset is potentially dangerous, because for some people, if they did that, they'd be up to 500+ pounds (I know I would fall in that group).

Now, I haven't researched this too deeply myself, but I read somewhere that it's possible that up to 25% of people can carry excess fat without serious health issues, and it may actually be better for them to do so. Again, this is something I'd need to verify with several more sources. I am definitely against body-shaming of ANY kind and that people should make an effort to go beyond whatever snap judgements they make when they first see a person based on their body size and shape type.

However, it's not really any of my business what people choose to do. I'm just going to focus on what I'm doing and why I'm doing it. I do think that there should be more education in the schools about nutrition and exercise, and how to maintain your health provided the focus is just on that and not "you will DIE if you're 30 lbs overweight ya fatass!!" which is kind of the vibe I got from my health class when I was in high school. -_-; I also wish that my school's health classes focused more on the different body types and how people can be different shapes and still healthy and how the media portrayal of "fit and healthy" is pretty skewed.

I don't want anyone to think I am being mean. This is an honest question. I understand as a population we are getting fatter all the time. I know I am guilty of it, that's why I am here trying to lose weight. But it seems like there is this big push to just accept fatness and leave it at that. My problem with that is that we know it isn't healthy. We idolize super skinny people, but commercials promote crappy food and drinks. I accept that I am fat now, and I don't believe in shaming people for their weight, but I also know that I would be much healthier if I lost some of the excess.

Is it really a good thing to just accept that people are getting heavier?

if being ' fat' was still considered unhealthy AND , say hypothetically you were one of a 90% of a population that was ' fat', would you still accept being 'fat' just because most people are?

I think it starts from accepting who you are, and then accepting or rejecting the choice to do what is socially unremarkable or do what is right for you as an individual.

I think weight should be entirely a non-issue. I don't think people should be encouraged to gain or loose weight. I think if people are encouraged to eat properly and be active regularly then weight wouldn't be something that had to be worried about.

Obesity isn't the problem, it's a symptom. Fix the root cause.

If you love yourself and your body you should want whats best for it by being healthy

I think that self acceptance is important. W

yes

I don't judge others for being overweight, but it isn't something I accept for myself. I like being healthy and strong.

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I was a happy fat person, I accepted my fatness and I didn't care that I was unhealthy. I'd still be over 200 lbs if my dad didn't have his heart attack. I had to see him in the hospital bed, connected up to who knows what, and seeing him in pain and he was just so weak. I remember not knowing if he would survive having quadruple bypass surgery. After he survived everything, I took a hard look at myself. This made me want to get healthy, this scare and fear of being in the hospital myself is my motivation. My only goal is to be healthy. I don't care what size I wear as long as its a healthy size and weight I have achieved.

I didn't read the replies, but while it is not a good thing to accept being heavy, it is also not a good thing to think Skinny means healthy.

I am considered Obese based on my BMI. My husband weighs what he should. I exercise 4 to 6 times a week and eat lots of veggies. He never exercises, eats like no veggies and drinks at least once a week. My cholesterol and BP is perfect, sugars, triglycerides all good. His Cholesterol is high, triglycerides are high too. BP is fine. We both went for Life Insurance, his was on target with the estimate for his age, my price went down because I am so healthy He likes to pretend its his family history, but I know its his cholesterol and the meds.

So being thin doesn't mean as much overall.

Not discriminating against obese people should be second nature. That being said, rather than shaming obese people into exercising, we should praise people who are willing to keep themselves in shape and eat well.

We should give people the option to be healthy. By making sure that children learn nutrition at school, by making sure that there are stores in all neighborhoods that sell healthy food, and that companies don't dump the prizes of unhealthy food in poor neighborhoods. And then there is a whole different conversation about food security, but that is a much bigger picture debate.