“Oh I thought you fat shamed women in your spare time”
Came a DM out of nowhere from a lady I was hitherto having a nice conversation with.
She’s wrong on a couple of counts.
Firstly, fat shaming is an essential part of my job, so far more than a simple hobby.
Secondly, I don’t reserve my ire for women alone.
Actually, I don’t talk about women much at all, apart from somewhat regular mentions of my thin, attractive, and pregnant wife.
And that, I suspect, is where the accusation stems from.
Which is kinda weird, when you think about it – to interpret a simple statement of fact as “fat shaming”.
So people who are prone to doing that are going to hate the list of horrifying consequences associated with carrying too much blubber that follows:
* Type 2 diabetes, which can result in limb loss and blindness
* Depression secondary to poor quality of life and terrible self-esteem
* Coronary heart disease, leading to heart attacks that if they don’t end you there and then will almost certainly leave you with some disability
* Certain types of cancer (need I say more?)
* Stroke – again, potentially fatal and likely to leave you with some combination of cognitive, sensory, and physical impairment if not
All of these points were pulled straight from the NHS website, before someone accuses me of scaremongering.
Speaking of people who want to minimise the profoundly awful consequences of being overweight or obese, I actually think it’s “shameful” to enable destructive behaviours. Especially given the weight of evidence proving beyond all doubt that eating too much and doing too little leads to misery and despair, both for the individual and their loved ones.
Loved ones that include children, in many cases.
Children who are at tremendous risk of becoming obese themselves and enduring all that comes with it (data from the World Health Organisation says a child with one obese parent has a 50 percent chance of being obese. When both parents are obese, their children have an 80 percent chance of obesity.
But no, I am The Bad Man for pointing out.
Apparently.
Whatever.
If you are brave enough to admit you have “weight problem” and bold enough to do something about it, get, read, and act upon a copy of my book:
“The Weight Loss Manifesto”.
It’s £15.
If you can afford enough food to need it, you can afford a copy.
https://philtyreman.co.uk/manifesto
Thank you,
Phil Tyreman