Saturday, March 28, 2020

How is a weight loss community different than an eating disorder?

Genuine question, Id love everyone's take. There is this idea that as a society, we have an eating disorder, and it can be seen clearly in places like this subreddit and just diet cultute in general (obviously here is a million times better than out in the wild).

Health can be acheived at any size. As an example, strong men. Typically extremely high BMI, sometimes categorized as obese. Pretty low fat percentage, but that doesnt always matter. Usually pretty healthy folks. Sometimes your body wants to hang out at a certain weight that's good for it, and it's not good to try and change it.

Most diets are bad for one reason: they aren't sustainable. I see a lot of people asking for ways to keep running even if they don't like it. Like, the answers clear, find something else like martial arts or something. It's so unhealthy to force yourself, to deny the food you actually want in favor of something "healthier" which is a concept that doesn't really exist.

Okay Im actually ranting now, this stuff makes me passionate for others.

Anyway, what I mean is I see a lot of: no sugar, low carbs, keep the fat down, etc. How is this different from developing an eating disorder? Where some foods are marked scary or unhealthy? And there's an obsession with slowly getting off that weight, even if sick. Or as the case with my coworkers, to the point of having seizures but still going because 'its working'

As my dietitians say: all foods fit

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