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no_hypocrisy

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24. I gained 40 pounds in 15 years.

Reply to athena (Original post)

Mon Jul 3, 2017, 07:43 PM

Jul 2017

I need to see an endrocrinologist.

Tests have shown a high level of thyroid antibodies. Translated: it's like having little Pac Men attacking and neutralizing my thyroid one cell at a time. No thyroid, no metabolism, and instead, weight gain.

I would resent fat shaming for hormone imbalances I can't control easily.

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Why Fat-Shaming Is Wrong. [View all] athena Jul 2017 OP

Just one minor quibble NRaleighLiberal Jul 2017 #1

Seconded, on both counts True Dough Jul 2017 #5

You didn't bother to read the links I posted, did you? athena Jul 2017 #7

I gave them a cursory read True Dough Jul 2017 #15

95% of diets fail within five years. athena Jul 2017 #17

Conventional and fad "diets" are part of the problem True Dough Jul 2017 #20

That study was halted because it showed no reduction in mortality. athena Jul 2017 #22

You're so driven to be right that you're making an enemy out of someone who isn't one True Dough Jul 2017 #27

And just because I believe long-term weight loss is achievable for many individuals True Dough Jul 2017 #29

Agreed. Snackshack Jul 2017 #31

Thank you for this. johnp3907 Jul 2017 #2

Questionable research Loki Liesmith Jul 2017 #3

I'm sorry MFM008 Jul 2017 #4

No one should be shamed into having surgery to change their weight. athena Jul 2017 #6

No one shamed me MFM008 Jul 2017 #8

OK. athena Jul 2017 #12

Thank you MFM008 Jul 2017 #23

I have dengenerative bones... LakeArenal Jul 2017 #9

My weight loss MFM008 Jul 2017 #10

Fat shaming is wrong TBA Jul 2017 #11

We all know that if significantly less calories are consumed, weight will be lost. Doodley Jul 2017 #13

And I Disagree ProfessorGAC Jul 2017 #14

It sounds good in theory NobodyHere Jul 2017 #16

Is smoker shaming wrong? Is ignorance shaming wrong? Binkie The Clown Jul 2017 #18

You should read the links in my OP. athena Jul 2017 #19

Oh Hombre74 Jul 2017 #21

For years and years I tried to quit smoking. They told me it was not a choice it was an addiction. Binkie The Clown Jul 2017 #26

If being overweight were remotely as dangerous as smoking, athena Jul 2017 #36

You will find the papers that tell you what you want to hear. That's what I did as a smoker. n/t Binkie The Clown Jul 2017 #43

I gained 40 pounds in 15 years. no_hypocrisy Jul 2017 #24

"The reality, however, is that it is impossible to lose weight, and that being fat is not unhealthy" Towlie Jul 2017 #25

That's not my previous thread. athena Jul 2017 #30

Sorry, I corrected the error. But you know what else is funny? Towlie Jul 2017 #33

I have not read a single link yet, but intend to Not Ruth Jul 2017 #28

I know a whole lot about this subject, AND THERE IS A LIE A STATEMENT IN OP Stuart G Jul 2017 #32

Good job, Stuart! Towlie Jul 2017 #35

3% - 5% of people are able to keep the weight off. athena Jul 2017 #41

No...it does not take "superhuman effort" to lose weight.. Stuart G Jul 2017 #44

I lost 85 pounds almost ten years ago and have not regained them. cyclonefence Jul 2017 #34

Good for you, but as you say, you didn't actually diet. athena Jul 2017 #38

Diets don't work cyclonefence Jul 2017 #42

Jesus Blue_Warrior Jul 2017 #37

Hygiene shaming ... Is that okay? NurseJackie Jul 2017 #39

Chris Christie uses "unhealthy habits" to justify sending marijuana users to prison. Warren DeMontague Jul 2017 #40

Fat shaming is wrong because it's ineffective TexasBushwhacker Jul 2017 #45