Comments on: Don’t You Realize Fat Is Unhealthy?

By: Maya

Maya — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:53:48 +0000

This coming from an underweight individual, I love it! I do think that it’s interesting how people assume certain things about the fat community. I think the main problem is linking fat and obese together which is not the same thing.
And the skinny does not equal healthy is absolutely TRUE. I have friends that eat nothing but greasy, heavy, sweet and salty artery-clogging things all day and stay relatively slim. It’s more disgusting to watch them eat than the supposed “fat slob.”
Keep rocking!

By: Julie Bell

Julie Bell — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:01:37 +0000

Measuring BMI makes about as much sense as measuring how far dilated women’s cervices are and expecting *all* cervices to dilate 1 cm per hour like good, cooperative little machines. It’s a furphy right up there along with *Estimated* Due Dates.

By: Morgan

Morgan — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:19:19 +0000

As a husband of a healthy fat womyn I have to say I appreciate this post very much. I am in no way a fetish for big girls, but prefer them like some men prefer blonde over redheads. Big womyn are beautiful and deserve more respect and adoration than they get.

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By: Minerva

Minerva — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:59:38 +0000

My endocrine doctor told me that my body is made to withstand famine…lol. Thanks for the blog.

By: Moonica

Moonica — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:44:45 +0000

I was linked here from a forum I live on frequent; and I’m so glad. I’m really struggling with the depression and other mental issues that contribute to my binge eating and it’s been really hard; I really needed the validation of your well thought out and presented thoughts.

Thanks you.

By: Electrogirl

Electrogirl — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 07:34:00 +0000

Just a heads-up, the “BMI is complete horseshit” link at the end doesn’t seem to work anymore. It just goes to the front page of Pharmacy Times.

By: chezmobobbins

chezmobobbins — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:22:59 +0000

great blog,
I have at times in my life, realised i was healthier than the thinner people around me. I never dieted, just ate healthy and walked a lot.
Since i had kids i had forgotten that, so thanks for reminding me that it is important to strive for health, not nessesarily bmi.
as much as some of my family try to lose weight, one of my brothers has tried everything to gain weight, he doesn’t mind if it is fat or muscle, he has trouble putting on either. he just stays looking the same, but will feel unhealthy from eating piles of junk trying to gain weight.
people will judge him and say if he just tried harder he could put on some
just as people will judge us and say if we tried harder we would be thin…

I remember when my mother in law ( who is not overweight at all) saw someone on tv that was deathly thin, and was raving about it and said she wished she looked like that… I looked her square in the face and said
“are you serious? that person just almost died of cancer! they just have lots of make up on”

I wish people would just worry about being healthy instead of judging each other, and i always wished this no matter what i weighed…
so keep up the good work.

By: Hey, you look great, have you lost weight? « The Urban Info Girl

Hey, you look great, have you lost weight? « The Urban Info Girl — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:55:39 +0000

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By: Leslie Pyne

Leslie Pyne — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:47:17 +0000

This morning, as a result of my (belated) participation in the FUCK YOU PETA movement, as I’m taken with calling it, I received an email back from PETA in regards to my admittedly hot-heated submission through their website contact form.

This is a direct quote from the email;

“We agree that a world where self-esteem is unrelated to body size would be a wonderful place, but we also know that most people feel depressed and embarrassed about their weight and often need some tough love. ”

I… I can’t even imagine how they can acknowledge the incredible pressure and shame heaped upon fat people by society and COMPLETELY MISS all the million ways in which they, in general and in this statement RIGHT HERE, are creating that shame and pressure themselves.

This article has really started a change in me about how I am viewing my life and my rights, and prompted me to reply to PETA’s email citing this article, and I would like to personally thank you for helping me see a world with a little less chip on my shoulder.