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<blockquote data-quote="luceeloo" data-source="post: 2393572" data-attributes="member: 78468"><p>Not one of us were given the diabetes diagnosis and jumped for joy. Being scared is part of the deal. </p><p></p><p>The reason why I was with you on your original post is that I genuinely thought that you were being unjustly challenged by fat activists, and I think it's unfair for anyone to dismiss others' lifestyle choices, especially when they are just trying to improve their own situation. I lift weights, I can swim long distances, and I walk hills. I am more affiliated with health culture because that means far more to me than fat activism. But being 5ft 1 and 18 stone, I am morbidly obese and only just out of the super-morbidly obese category. Getting out of that category has taken 8 years of hard work. Imagine 8 years of diet and exercise, and not losing enough for anyone to actually notice? </p><p>The blanket statements put a slightly different slant on your original argument. If this is the type of stuff that you are putting on your social media, then it may explain why people are getting a bit annoyed. It's marvellous that you have lost all of that weight, but the "if I can do it anyone can" and the "I'm stubborn so don't give up" comes off as arrogance... and that may be where you are attracting the negative responses.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="luceeloo, post: 2393572, member: 78468"] Not one of us were given the diabetes diagnosis and jumped for joy. Being scared is part of the deal. The reason why I was with you on your original post is that I genuinely thought that you were being unjustly challenged by fat activists, and I think it's unfair for anyone to dismiss others' lifestyle choices, especially when they are just trying to improve their own situation. I lift weights, I can swim long distances, and I walk hills. I am more affiliated with health culture because that means far more to me than fat activism. But being 5ft 1 and 18 stone, I am morbidly obese and only just out of the super-morbidly obese category. Getting out of that category has taken 8 years of hard work. Imagine 8 years of diet and exercise, and not losing enough for anyone to actually notice? The blanket statements put a slightly different slant on your original argument. If this is the type of stuff that you are putting on your social media, then it may explain why people are getting a bit annoyed. It's marvellous that you have lost all of that weight, but the "if I can do it anyone can" and the "I'm stubborn so don't give up" comes off as arrogance... and that may be where you are attracting the negative responses. [/QUOTE]
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