Society and Dieting

I came across something really disturbing on my weight loss site over the last few days.  A member had posted a blog about daily calorie intake and who the hell decides how much a person needs for a day.  She was complaining about not being able to eat 2000 calories in a day and how she felt over full and yuck when she did.  No one in the right mind can eat this amount of calories in a day.  At first I left it alone but I went back to it later and pointed out, I needed to eat at least 2500-2800 (higher end on gym days) to feel functional and anything less I felt like I was starving and people were at risk because this fat girl was hungry.  I explained to her that calorie differential plays a huge role in weight loss..to explain that because I finally get it.  To maintain my current weight I have to eat 3500 a day.  By eating 700-1000 calories less and working out 6 days a week I am forcing my body to use reserve fat and stuff to burn to run through my daily routine.  So I am losing somewhere between 1 lb-1.5 lb a week.  Anything lower and I would make myself sick.  So it is up to the individual dieter to do the research and set her calorie goal at something feasible, but still under what BMR is.  I went back to see if she had commented on it and I find she deleted that blog????? SO I did some investigating, she was under 150 lbs.  Of course she couldn't eat that much since she had been dieting....her calorie needs had dropped so she was making herself sick trying to meet a need that was no longer there.   Now granted this weight loss site is made from people trying to lose 10 lbs to 110 lbs or more.  But most people I have met and talked to on this site are like myself and have a substantial amount of weight to drop.  I also have seen and read a lot about  gyms giving skinny people a discount because it looks better and sells more memberships and some gyms having weight restricted workout machines and posting signs saying that if you are over the weight limit to please use there track until you can meet the requirement.  All of that said brings me to my point....

SOCIETY SUCKS FOR FAT PEOPLE.  If we are dieting...we get looked at because we sweat and struggle to breathe at the gym when we are first starting out. If we are not dieting....we get looked at like we should be doing something about the weight.  Guess what, I am done trying to please society.  Society needs to realize not every situation is the same.  Yes I am overweight.  According to the BMI scale I am morbidly obese, but when I did a body fat test using my height, weight, and measurements ..I supposedly am only 27% body fat which is acceptable.  HUH?????  Not sure how that works, but I know I still need to lose weight so I am gonna stick with it.  I am not suing a fast food chain because I got this way, I am not looking to get anything out of this blog except maybe a few thumbs ups, I am looking to change my....MY life for the better with the weight loss.  I would kindly appreciate it if the skinny bitches of society would keep their uneducated noses out of it.  When I first read the previously mentioned blog...I felt maybe I was doing something wrong...then I thought about what my nurtionist said and looked at my results.  Shit I was heading for it again, I was heading down that I can't do it slope.  I did the trying to put a cat in the bathtub hands and feet thing....

And proceeded back to my daily regime.  I let the blogger know hey...and then I find she removed it.  I think enough people set her straight about the whole calorie thing and that the individual decides.  It was funny she was trying to say the food and drug industry did this to make us all fat.  Ahh look the blame game yet again.  Not her fault, they forced her to eat the stuff to gain the 10 lbs she needed to lose. I love those people.


But to wrap this up....if you are gonna make a statement that you believe to be true...stand by it do not run when you are presented with different arguments.  And look for a free gym or a planet fitness in your neighborhood when it comes time to start making the trek to the gym.  Your wallet and your own ego will thank you.

Happy Dieting!!!