No Tolerance for Ignorance

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OPEN FORUM FOR DISCUSSION

stupidityinmyhead wrote in saying the following:

”Women do not need to be SKINNY. But we DO need to be healthy. Articles, media etc. encouraging unhealthy people to stay overweight and unhealthy in order to “be comfortable with themselves” annoy me just as much as the media encouraging weight loss.

Eating healthy does NOT equal a diet where you have to starve yourselves and live on carrots and lettuce and work out for 8 hours a day. It means staying active, resting and eating what you want without completely living on McDonald’s.

Why is it that people only see the two extremes (skinny, ED’s vs fat, unhealthy etc.) and not the middle position of this argument? “

I personally will not comment on this one. The only reason being because I want to make this an open forum for you to voice your own opinion on what was said. If I say more I’ll muddle the begining opinion. Ready… GO!

Okay, I kind of agree with this. I’m totally body positive. I eat healthy so that I feel healthy, not so that I lose weight. When I give myself permission to eat whatever I want, I usually end up gravitating towards fruits and veggies anyways, with touches of yummy indulgences. I’ve been getting healthier since I gave up on dieting, because I have no need to binge: I can eat it whenever.