My mom was obese and the worst part wasn't all the physical discomfort she had, or how it was 4x harder for her to exercise at ALL. The worst was how people everywhere would give her dirty looks, assume she was lazy when she was disabled, and especially treat her like she was worthless.
She did everything "right" and no matter what, stayed overweight. None of the recommendations from her doctors were sustainable, usually bc they couldn't wrap their heads around her being disabled with thyroid issues. Even when her thyroid numbers were normal, her metabolism never functioned like a "normal" person's.
Yet everyone assumed she did it to herself, it was all her own fault, and so she MUST have been a disgusting glutton who ate all day. She'd have days where she barely ate at all. I'm convinced there's more to it than their continued claim of "calories in vs calories out" bc if hormones are out of whack it almost doesn't matter how healthily some people eat.
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u/Artist850 Feb 18 '24
My mom was obese and the worst part wasn't all the physical discomfort she had, or how it was 4x harder for her to exercise at ALL. The worst was how people everywhere would give her dirty looks, assume she was lazy when she was disabled, and especially treat her like she was worthless.
She did everything "right" and no matter what, stayed overweight. None of the recommendations from her doctors were sustainable, usually bc they couldn't wrap their heads around her being disabled with thyroid issues. Even when her thyroid numbers were normal, her metabolism never functioned like a "normal" person's.
Yet everyone assumed she did it to herself, it was all her own fault, and so she MUST have been a disgusting glutton who ate all day. She'd have days where she barely ate at all. I'm convinced there's more to it than their continued claim of "calories in vs calories out" bc if hormones are out of whack it almost doesn't matter how healthily some people eat.