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I honestly think the opposite, or maybe both are possible at once, people have gotten so used to fat people that they seem to think people at perfectly healthy

I honestly think the opposite, or maybe both are possible at once, people have gotten so used to fat people that they seem to think people at perfectly healthy weights are underweight.

baxuz 4y ago
Exactly this. In most of the western world, more than half of people are overweight. Being fat is something that is starting to get normalized, which is horrible. And it's not all about the fat. People have become horribly weak because of their sedentary lifestyle. Sit at a desk for 8h, sleep 8h, sit on the couch for 2h for entertainment, sit while eating for 1h. And it's perfectly understandable that people want to take care of their body more than they care about other things. It's the only thing that is truly theirs and no amount of money can fix it if you don't take care of it.
anothernewdude 4y ago
Until recently I was morbidly obese. I didn't even think of myself as being fat.
- workingon 4y ago
  How?
  - wccrawford 4y ago
    My pet theory? We all see ourselves as an idealized version of ourselves that was set a long time ago. In my case, I was well past the "obese" point on the BMI scale, but not "morbidly obese" yet. I thought I was overweight, but not badly so. Then I stopped and took a good look at my BMI and where it should be, and decided to diet. I lost some weight myself, and then went to a doctor who prescribed a drug to help me. I ended up losing almost 70 lbs. I've gained about 20 of that back now, but I've been holding (or slowly slipping) for quite a few years now, and still want to lose again. I look at old pictures of myself and I'm horrified at how fat I was. But at the time, I didn't see a problem.
  - anothernewdude 4y ago
    It just wasn't that big of a stomach. I knew many people who were much much bigger than I was.