❝marti❞Jan 3, 2023
Aleen

We have known for literal decades that 95% of people who lose weight will gain it back within a few years. We know that diets don't work.

This year, try to decouple your sense of worth from the size of your body. Exercise to move your body and improve your mood. Buy clothes you love in the size that fits your body as it is now.

Jan 2, 2023 at 7:54pmWeb
Show threadAleenJan 3, 2023
This was absolutely not a request for people to tell me about their how their weight loss journey is virtuous and good. If you feel uneasy because of my initial post, that's for you to figure out.
Show threadTomJan 2, 2023
@aleen trying! I just know that if I could break through a bit, I could maybe get past some of the worst of my arthritis pain. Bodies remain stupid and diets are The Worst.
Show threadAleenJan 2, 2023
@tbridge I really wish I didn't have to have a body because this one is 👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻
Show threadTomJan 2, 2023
@aleen amen, friend. Amen.
Show threadStevenJan 2, 2023

@aleen

There was a weight-loss reality TV show called "The Biggest Loser.'

At one point they were asked, "The show has gone on for years. Why don't you do a special showing how people are doing now?"

Their answer was, "Every single one of them has gained the weight back."

Show threadAleenJan 2, 2023
@yam655 and yet Jillian Michaels shit is trending for the new year 💀
Show threadJay Jan 2, 2023
@aleen I would say that you really need to go through learning to love yourself before weight loss really will work out. Love yourself enough to avoid fad diets and change the lifestyle that got you to being overweight. Having that self-worth is the only way you get to the right mindset you need to not just lose weight but keep it off.

I'm down 230 pounds in 9 months. I've changed just about everything about my life. I'm exercising 1-2 times a day on top of walks outside with my dogs. I'm 310 now.

You gotta want it for yourself not anyone else. You gotta do it through daily hard work, not whatever diet Dr. Oz is pushing on TV now. You gotta love who you are *now*.
Show threadElisabeth MJan 3, 2023

@aleen Hear, hear.

"I need you to try to learn to love the lush overgrowth of your body. Let it grow wild and untamed as a garden you loved as a child. Love it for the way it sustains you, keeps you warm, goes to such lengths not to let you get hurt. Its only job is to care for you."
–Aubrey Gordon

Source: https://www.yourfatfriend.com/home/2018/5/10/a-request-from-your-fat-friend-what-i-need-when-we-talk-about-bodies

A request from your fat friend: what I need when we talk about bodies. — Your Fat Friend

I need you to listen closely. I need you to believe me when I tell you what happens. I need you to say the word “fat.”  About me. Because I am. I’m a size 26 — fat enough that some stores for fat people don’t carry my size. Fat enough that some doctors will refuse to see me.&

Your Fat Friend
Show threadSageJourneyJan 3, 2023
@aleen I lost over 100 pounds, because I was physically suffering, but I didn't really diet. I switched to #vegan and it is a lifetime switch, for me. All fat free fruit and veggies are free foods, and I don't count those calories. Same for fat free salad dressing. I have other free foods, too. What it accomplished, was assuring I never feel deprived, which always led to binge eating.
I don't understand fat shaming anyone, for their weight. We can't know everyone's journey
Show threadSeitansbratenJan 3, 2023

@SageJourney @aleen Fat is not always bad...

Avoid bad fat (saturated & trans fat as coconut, palm), love the good one ((poly)unsaturated as safflower, linseed)

https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/the-truth-about-fats-bad-and-good

Happy #veganuary2023 🌻

(Sure you'd knew all this but some people still don't)

The truth about fats: the good, the bad, and the in-between - Harvard Health

Good fats include monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats, which come mainly from plants and fish. Bad fats include trans fats, which are generated by an industrial process to solidify vegetable o...

Harvard Health
Show threadSageJourneyJan 3, 2023
@Seitansbraten @aleen No, I don’t avoid fat. I eat plenty of healthy fats, but I DO count those calories. Fats are actually super important for many functions of the body. Also important for releasing extra nutrients from produce that have fat soluble nutrients. Thank you for saying this, because so many people do avoid fat, and don’t understand the role it plays in the brain and the rest of the body.
Show threadS. Z. Attwell ☕️💻Jan 3, 2023
@aleen I have always struggled with how I look. Society paints a pic of women looking a specific way build-wise/size-wise and I am just…not built like that. Even at my thinnest/strongest, I struggle. That said, I’ve always been very healthy thank God, at all sizes.
I feel weird writing this publicly but hope it helps someone. Ppl have different builds. It’s ok! And some people look better bigger, tbh. (Now to take my own advice…)
Also I ❤️ food. I really do. It’s great.