Fat Acceptance Movement / Fat Girlcows

[Donovan the Man]

These are the same people who think that being fit during a pregnancy is bad.

Fatties think their hollow like a cheap chocolate easter rabbit.

 

[QT 219]

I'm all for accepting the morbidly obese unwilling to change to die young and free up medical care for those who actually need it. It sounds harsh but there's no way around "move more, eat less." Not a pill, not a surgery, and certainly not a miracle diet. Buy your fat ass a treadmill and learn some self-control.

 

[fuckyourdad]

As I said before, I use to be obese myself. I will agree "fat shaming" as in just making fun of someone for being fat doesn't encourage weight loss with everyone (some it might) others it just makes them ashamed and want to hide. I think binge eating disorder is a more of a problem than we realise, as I was over 215lbs which was was bad enough for me and made want to change as soon as I saw that number, so I don't believe you can be in a mentally well place and be able to quit anytime if you've eaten yourself to 500lbs.

I think people tend to do the HAES bullshit or "you're a fat piece of shit, stop eating" approach when neither work. What helped me was not identifying myself with my body, instead of thinking "I'm fat" I thought "I have fat...but I can get rid of this" I think we attach too much of our identity to our looks/weight which is why HAES people are so concerned with being seen as beautiful, if we stop focusing on the appearance part of weight so much and just the health part it could help.

 

[Beef Thunderpants]

Actually all that fat crushes the fetus just like it crushes your internal organs. This is why morbidly obese hambeasts are vastly more likely to have stillborn, premature, or otherwise incredibly unhealthy babies.

This is timely as 4th of July hot dog eating contests are coming up; did you ever seen a morbidly obese competitive eater? A layer of fat around the midsection actually prevents the stomach from expanding, so a person with a normal body fat percentage will be able to stretch their stomach much more in one sitting. The same principle applies to pregnancy.

The recommended increase in caloric intake for a pregnant woman is 300-450 extra per day. A woman Stacie Venagro's size should gain about 25-35 pounds when pregnant. As much as 10 to 15 of that comes out with the baby and placenta and other assorted goo.

 

[thejackal]

One of the phrases I hate the most that they constantly use is "nourish my body". Bitch, STFU with your "nourish" talk. When you're obese you've long stopped "nourishing" your body and started actively trying to kill and maim it. This phrase of course is a euphemism for "I eat past the point of fullness, on the regular". I can nourish a pool by dumping some bleach in it but if I dump a front end loader full of shit in it at the same time how bout that?

 

[BIG DADDY]

if we stop focusing on the appearance part of weight so much and just the health part it could help.

I think this is what HAES started out as, but fatties corrupted it from "try and be as healthy as possible at your size and don't focus on losing weight, even though that's a good outcome" to "Fat does not make anyone less healthy at any size"

 

[escapegoat]

Focusing on health will just get you called a concern troll. It's been done.

 

[multiverse]

I think this is what HAES started out as

Yep, it was part of the treatment for anorexics, actually; it got coopted by fats.

to die young and free up medical care for those who actually need it

Unfortunately, they cost far more than normies in their short, disgusting lives. They're always at doctors' offices by the time they're in their 30s, and when they croak in their 50s, that's 20 years of extensive medical care. Many of them can't work due to their "disability" of eating too much to be more than nominally mobile, and the exhaustion of hauling around the equivalent of a washing machine or refrigerator wherever they go. So they're on disability and medicare in addition to piling up extensive hospital and urgent care visits, courtesy of the state. The really big ones in the UK get in home nursing care to turn them over and scrub their folds, while bringing them their drug of choice, as the cost of thousand of pounds per week.

 

[AnOminous]

I think we attach too much of our identity to our looks/weight which is why HAES people are so concerned with being seen as beautiful, if we stop focusing on the appearance part of weight so much and just the health part it could help.

They're literally flat Earth antivaxer level of denialism about any health effects of being even morbidly obese. If you even mention health effects, you will immediately be drowned out by hordes of reeeeeeing fat fucks who claim it's totally healthy to weigh 800 pounds.

 

[thejackal]

They're literally flat Earth antivaxer level of denialism about any health effects of being even morbidly obese. If you even mention health effects, you will immediately be drowned out by hordes of reeeeeeing fat fucks who claim it's totally healthy to weigh 800 pounds.

I mean, it's fucking baked in (teehee!) to the movement: Health at ANY size. If you're going to tell a lie, make it a big one.

 

[Maggots on a Train]

One of the phrases I hate the most that they constantly use is "nourish my body". Bitch, STFU with your "nourish" talk. When you're obese you've long stopped "nourishing" your body and started actively trying to kill and maim it. This phrase of course is a euphemism for "I eat past the point of fullness, on the regular". I can nourish a pool by dumping some bleach in it but if I dump a front end loader full of shit in it at the same time how bout that?

"nourish"

The favorite word of women who haven't touched anything more nutritious than Little Debbie cakes and KFC Double Downs for years on end. The only thing they're nourishing is a case of hemorrhoids about to split wide open when three BigMacs in a row come out the other end rock solid.

 

[Tragi-Chan]

The plus sized complaints are the worst. Because everywhere I go it's all plus. The plus sections are actually getting bigger. It's the mid range sizes that are the hardest to find because they sell out first. What tends to be left are XS and 0 sized cloths and big ass circus tent sizes. But I think some of it has to do with the stores not selling much of the largest available sizes. I've seen fatties complain that they can't get size 30+ easily. Well the average human being is not anywhere near that big. So it doesn't make sense to clutter up shelf space with elephantine muumuus. They complain about Lane Bryant but the clothes I saw in the window were huge. If you are any bigger than that you just can't expect to be catered to in mainstream stores.

I'd discourage the mainstream stores from catering to the morbidly obese. It probably sounds shitty, but if life becomes harder for the seriously overweight, in practical terms, that's some thinspiration right there.

One of the phrases I hate the most that they constantly use is "nourish my body".

It's not about nourishment, though. You get fat by eating junk. Eat lots of burgers and Twinkies and chips and you'll get a momentary feeling of satisfaction from all the sugar and fat because for the vast majority of our evolutionary cycle, high energy foods were hard to come by and so our bodies rewarded us for it. But if you only eat crap, soon your body's going to notice that it's not getting e.g. vitamins and will tell you to eat again, and your obese person interprets that as "HUNGRY AGAIN WHERE ARE MY PANCAKES" as opposed to "help i am dying."

 

[mdrop22]

HAES started with the best intentions and a good message. Not everyone is going to be a size 00 runway model, but that's fine. There's nothing wrong with being on the higher end of the healthy BMI for your height. There's nothing wrong with having an extra 5 - 10 lbs, or a little belly fat. But of course this had to be corrupted by fatties telling other fatties its okay to be 300lbs or more. Or that it's okay to eat ice cream, fast food, and other garbage 24/7 because it's "nourishing your body". Being morbidly obese is not something that should be celebrated.

As far as plus sized clothes go, yeah they are everywhere. The complaint that they can only find ugly clothes is bullshit too. There's stores like Forever21 that now carrying a pretty large selection of trendy, cheap plus clothes, and then there's stores like Torrid that sell only trendy styles in plus sizes. Meanwhile petite women are told "lol you can just shop in the kids section" or some other bullshit. Kids clothes don't have the space for curves (hips, ass, thighs, boobs, you know the things women have) and short women don't need help looking more like children. It's ridiculous.

 

[multiverse]

The complaint that they can only find ugly clothes is bullshit too

Their complaint is that they can't have extremely cheap, totally sturdy, fashionable clothes, all 3 at once. Fats rip and wear down clothing rapidly, which requires frequent replacement. So things from Forever 21, which are basically disposable even for normies, things might be able to be worn only once or twice before ripping.

In addition to well made clothes on yhe cheap, they want it took look bith fashionable and tailored, "no sacks or mumuus!" This is impossible, because mass producing plus sizes means trying to account for all the ways the human body can be deformed by excess fat: in the stomach? In the hips? Tree trunk legs and a small top? How fat are their arms? Basically, a sack on top and spandex on the bottom is the only reliable fit.

Then you have the fact that mainstream stores don't sell above a 20 or 22, and they don't stock many items in sizes that high - 16/18 will usually be there, but not bigger. This is because those sizes dont sell out; fats bemoan the evil fatphobic corporations who don't want their money, but they DO want their money. They just know from experience that catering to fat customers isn't worth it. You have to have a different pattern cut; you can't get as many pieces out if the same sized cloth; and on the retail end, large women just don't buy enough to make it worth the effort to maintain both plus size and regular sizes in their line. If regular clothing companies could profit off the plus market they would do it in a heartbeat. But they can't.

So they CAN find cute clothes. They just won't be simultaneously cheap, tailored, and well made from strong materials. And it won't come in infinity sizes so they can buy size 34xtremecurves,gurl for under $20.

 

[MirnaMinkoff]

Being healthy is healthier for the baby. The uterus is designed to stretch as a baby grows. Being fat effectively crushes a baby. There is less room for the baby to grow in a fat woman than a thin one.

Also, "feed the unborn child" bitch a baby needs an extra few hundred calories. It doesn't need the calories of a full grown adult.

I hate how these people don't understand biology.

Also that fitness queen showing off in the photo - her belly looks smaller because she has really tight ab muscles, her uterus is just fine. Women who have second pregnancies look bigger, faster because their muscles are already stretched and loose from the previous pregnancy. Women pregnant with their first child are usually much smaller, esp if they are fit and have good muscle tone to begin with.

You really shouldn't gain more than 20-25lbs or so while pregnant. The amount of women who use pregnancy to overindulge is a bit scary because you're only supposed to add an extra 200-300 calories to your diet. Ideally a woman should gain 5 to 10 lbs above the actual baby, placenta and blood weight. What's scary is the amount of women I see who you can't even tell are 8 months pregnant because they are so damn fat to begin with.

A few extra pounds is fine, but 30, 40, 50 lbs is unhealthy and can lead to gestational diabetes and increases the risk of your child suffering from obesity later in life. You are basically setting your unborn child's metabolic rate. If you are gaining weight and eating a lot of sugar that will effect the food and diet of the child and what it finds appealing to eat after it's born.

:powerlevel:

Spoiler

I've gained a total of 10 lbs while pregnant, probably 17 lbs max by the end and my doctor thinks it's great. What gets me is how many people express shock that my entire body hasn't ballooned out or that I've "just gained weight" in my belly, like a big ass and fat thighs should come along with a baby. Save for your mid-section, you should maintain a normal body while pregnant (the bloating/water retention issues that can cause a bit of swelling aside).

 

[mdrop22]

"no sacks or mumuus!" This is impossible, because mass producing plus sizes means trying to account for all the ways the human body can be deformed by excess fat: in the stomach? In the hips? Tree trunk legs and a small top? How fat are their arms? Basically, a sack on top and spandex on the bottom is the only reliable fit.

This is totally another factor I didn't consider.

:powerlevel:When I worked at a big name department store fat women would seriously get pissed because we only sold up to a 3x in tops, and a 26W (4X) in pants. For reference, that's a 46" waist and a 56" hip...and these women still couldn't squeeze into them. When I held the waist stretched out to fold them, it took my entire arm span.:powerlevel: How exactly are these clothing companies supposed to make anything with a shape when your waist is 50"+? There's no way to make that look attractive.

And, even with all that extra fabric, they refuse to pay even $1 more. Even though making plus clothes (especially the extra plus they're asking for) takes a completely separate facility. These fatties have absolutely no idea how the clothing industry works.

 

[BoingBoingBoi]

happy summer y'all. let's glorify obesity together!

edit: npr writeup. top-notch journalism:

http://www.npr.org/2017/07/02/534870380/thunder-thighs-the-summer-anthem-that-celebrates-every-woman

 

[[Insert Meme Here]]

The only fat artist I care about.

 

[Lunete]

Spoiler: using obesity to your advantage

Spoiler: Help I'm being repressed!

 

[Slowboat to China]

In addition to well made clothes on yhe cheap, they want it took look bith fashionable and tailored, "no sacks or mumuus!" This is impossible, because mass producing plus sizes means trying to account for all the ways the human body can be deformed by excess fat: in the stomach? In the hips? Tree trunk legs and a small top? How fat are their arms? Basically, a sack on top and spandex on the bottom is the only reliable fit.

This is why rudimentary sewing skills are so important and overlooked. If you have a needle, thread, and a pair of scissors, you can move the side seam on an oversized shirt to make it more flattering. Ditto trousers: buy it to fit your hips, and then nip in the sides to suit your waist. Even if it looks like shit on the inside of the garment, nobody needs to know, and it saves a lot of money and stress while shopping.

But once you get above a certain size, there's no garment that will make you look perfect, and I'm afraid that's becoming more and more common. If we ever reach the point where factory-making XXXXXXXXXXXL clothes becomes profitable, we're all in very big trouble.