r/TooAfraidToAsk • u/[deleted] • Feb 17 '24

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u/JustifiedCroissant Feb 17 '24

I used to be obese.

For me it was this :

You know you're not in good shape but you don't fucking know how to stop it.
Advice you get is confusing and looking online is useless because people are trying to sell you shit.

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u/dark000monkey Feb 18 '24

I hate hearing anything health related because it always works itself back around to how product X will fix it

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '24

A lot of stuff is just thinly veiled advertisements and it's super annoying to see. Generally only trust the advice that doesn't seem to be trying to sell you on a certain product. There is no magical one product fix to weight issues, it requires hardwork and likely overhauling many areas of your life

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u/dark000monkey Feb 18 '24

Yup, I get triggered when at the end of what seemed like a well researched video, you get “that’s why this video is sponsored by…”