Explaining fat shaming to my mother.

People that are overweight should be ashamed. There is only one cause. They eat too much. Let's be honest, the only "glandular problem" is salivary glands.

"But I exercise every day!" That's nonsense. No amount of exercise will make you lose weight if you continue to consume more calories than you burn. That's the hard fact. exercise will make you more fit, but, if you use exercise as an excuse to continue to gulp down calories as if they didn't count, you'll continue o be overweight and unwelcome in the airplane seat next to mine.

Yes, this is "politically incorrect" but it also happens to be the truth. If you can't handle that, stand naked in front of a mirror and say, "Stop eating so much" 100 times.

Read the article, and I gotta say the whole Ad debacle was poorly thought out and executed on their part.

However, one point you made that I have to pick is that you claim: "Women are healthy at all shapes and sizes!"

I kind of had a knee jerk reaction at that statement. I've never personally been overweight but enough of my good friends are, and I'll defend them to the death in the face of senseless bullying from strangers but they are even the first to admit they aren't healthy physically or mentally. To sum it up I'll use my buddy Steve's quote "I ran once... bad idea."

I can understand being content with who you are but many, including my girlfriend whom I spent a good part of the day being her shoulder to cry on the day she came home from the doctor whom had just informed her that she is obese. The problem is perpetuating a sense of good mental health for those who are overweight is fine, but trying to say they're healthy that way may be life threatening.

To further play devil's advocate here and shoot myself in the foot from a debating standpoint by taking "slrman's" side in even the slightest capacity; I don't agree with most of what he says except this. While there are many medical reasons for weight gain, over-consumption has to be a leading cause. In spite of whatever may be causing it there is no excuse for the affected individuals going to fast-food places five times a week. My first job was at McDonald's and believe me those "regulars" were not healthy by any means. He does have a point in that a over intake of calories combined with a sedentary lifestyle will result in weight gain. I can't imagine that being disputable in any way.

In summation, I'm not trying to undermine you, or degrade you, I think that people have a misconception between fat and thin. I love women who are curvaceous, buxom, zaftig, and otherwise shapely. It's just that all too often those who are unreasonably overweight tend to undermine their own shortcomings, when it comes to keeping it in check, by claiming and unrelated or nonexistent health issue.

OK, the sentence should probably have read 'can be healthy in all shapes and sizes'; I know thin women who are in horrid shape compared to me, and I know plenty of other women like me who have puzzled our doctors because we are healthy even tho we rank on the 'obese' part of the chart. That's really the point - it doesn't matter what size you are, you CAN be healthy. Healthy doesn't equal thin; unhealthy doesn't equal fat. Your friends, if they're willing to put in a little effort, can get healthier; depending on their personal metabolism and medical issues, they may or may not get smaller as a consequence.

Um,
I know I'm behind in my reading, but did they Change the allegedly offending ad? 'Cause I just watched, and I missed the fat people.
I saw a lovely woman who was not a stick. She wasn't "full figured" she just wasn't emaciated. She had a smooth, lovely tummy (that my tummy looked as good), she had full breasts, and dewy skin...
Where's this alleged fat??