Also how do so many people get to that size without hating themselves?
Because the line between overweight and obese is very very thin. And frankly, in practical day-to-day matters, it does not matter. Also, no one seems to actually know what the typical obese person looks like. I get called chubby/little husky all the time and that I shouldn't call myself obese.
But I am. I am firmly in the obese range and everyone's surprised I don't even waddle a little bit. I think people see too many scare tactics advertisements showing morbidly obese people and just assume it that "this is what obese looks like, better avoid that" when it's actually a thin marker and the road is a cunning and casual slope.
Changing your lifestyle to a healthier one is something that's just getting traction in the US, but if anything, I think its ~dieting that's exacerbating the problem.
When are you more likely to binge: after having a decent meal with some veggies, grains, and nice bit of dessert; or after a day of sticking to a boxed mean plan that is small, made you stressed about all the invisible calories you vacuuming into your gaping mouth (you pig, you) and to top it off is nothing remotely similar to what you normally eat. Of course there are also those "diet cookies" you can accidentally overeat while still getting that false esteem boost of eating healthy.
TLDR: We are fat because it profitable for companies to sell junk and then sell diets to "cure" the fat. We stay fat because ain't nobody got the time, patience and mental stamina to be healthy.
Like, if you have to be shamed into health, what's so fucking great about it anyway?
Because the line between overweight and obese is very very thin. And frankly, in practical day-to-day matters, it does not matter. Also, no one seems to actually know what the typical obese person looks like. I get called chubby/little husky all the time and that I shouldn't call myself obese.
But I am. I am firmly in the obese range and everyone's surprised I don't even waddle a little bit. I think people see too many scare tactics advertisements showing morbidly obese people and just assume it that "this is what obese looks like, better avoid that" when it's actually a thin marker and the road is a cunning and casual slope.
Changing your lifestyle to a healthier one is something that's just getting traction in the US, but if anything, I think its ~dieting that's exacerbating the problem.
When are you more likely to binge: after having a decent meal with some veggies, grains, and nice bit of dessert; or after a day of sticking to a boxed mean plan that is small, made you stressed about all the invisible calories you vacuuming into your gaping mouth (you pig, you) and to top it off is nothing remotely similar to what you normally eat. Of course there are also those "diet cookies" you can accidentally overeat while still getting that false esteem boost of eating healthy.
TLDR: We are fat because it profitable for companies to sell junk and then sell diets to "cure" the fat. We stay fat because ain't nobody got the time, patience and mental stamina to be healthy.
Like, if you have to be shamed into health, what's so fucking great about it anyway?