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lilo_29 · 05-17-2007

A lot of people seem to think so. It doesn't make any sense to me, really. For one thing, food addicts eat more when they're depressed, so insulting them is obviously just going to drive them to eat more. No, I say we give overweight people as much love and acceptance as possible. Maybe this will inspire them to love and accept themselves. People who love themselves take better care of themselves, and are less anxious, two very important factors in losing weight. Do you agree?

grover · 05-18-2007

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Originally Posted by lilo_29

A lot of people seem to think so. It doesn't make any sense to me, really. For one thing, food addicts eat more when they're depressed, so insulting them is obviously just going to drive them to eat more. No, I say we give overweight people as much love and acceptance as possible. Maybe this will inspire them to love and accept themselves. People who love themselves take better care of themselves, and are less anxious, two very important factors in losing weight. Do you agree?

I agree with you. I hate to hear people put down what they don't understand

lilo_29 · 05-22-2007

Sadly, obesity seems to be the last socially-acceptable form of discrimintaion. Look at television, if shows made fun of black people the way they do overweight people, there would be an uproar. There should be an uproar! People only take what they feel they deserve, but sadly, often the self-esteem of obese people is already so shattered, they actually think people have the right to do this to them, or that they don't have what it takes to stop it. This needs to change. Ignorance needs to be confronted.

personalmedia · 05-24-2007

I agree with everything you have said lilo on this topic. I personally believe that our society puts far too much emphasis on weight to begin with. I have a dear friend who has suffered her whole life with bullemia. She is obsessed with getting "fat" and she wears a size 2.

Cats Miaow · 08-21-2007

I have to agree with you lilo. I am currently overweight but not obese.

But I was obese when I was younger and cruel comments hurt me real bad. It didn't inspire me at all. I started losing weight after I joined a support group.

05-17-2007	#1 (permalink)
lilo_29 Consumer Join Date: May 2007 Age: 31 Posts: 24	Do cruel comments inspire weight loss? A lot of people seem to think so. It doesn't make any sense to me, really. For one thing, food addicts eat more when they're depressed, so insulting them is obviously just going to drive them to eat more. No, I say we give overweight people as much love and acceptance as possible. Maybe this will inspire them to love and accept themselves. People who love themselves take better care of themselves, and are less anxious, two very important factors in losing weight. Do you agree?

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05-22-2007	#3 (permalink)
lilo_29 Consumer Join Date: May 2007 Age: 31 Posts: 24	Sadly, obesity seems to be the last socially-acceptable form of discrimintaion. Look at television, if shows made fun of black people the way they do overweight people, there would be an uproar. There should be an uproar! People only take what they feel they deserve, but sadly, often the self-esteem of obese people is already so shattered, they actually think people have the right to do this to them, or that they don't have what it takes to stop it. This needs to change. Ignorance needs to be confronted.

05-24-2007	#4 (permalink)
personalmedia Consumer Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 71	I agree with everything you have said lilo on this topic. I personally believe that our society puts far too much emphasis on weight to begin with. I have a dear friend who has suffered her whole life with bullemia. She is obsessed with getting "fat" and she wears a size 2.

08-21-2007	#5 (permalink)
Cats Miaow Consumer Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 68	I have to agree with you lilo. I am currently overweight but not obese. But I was obese when I was younger and cruel comments hurt me real bad. It didn't inspire me at all. I started losing weight after I joined a support group.