yes you get a bit sick of the paint by number approach to so many things.
I think someone who is a little “overweight” but exercises and doesn’t over indulge is probably just the right size for them. I think the ultra thin image can be just as unhealthy and our young girls (and boys) have enough in their lives without have image problems and we need to be careful of that.
However I think it is going too far when people who could control their weight seem to think it is Ok to be obese and they shouldn’t be fat shamed. The number of obese people in Australia is spiralling and I don’t think we have had a sudden influx of people with genetic inability to not be obese.
I have an obese friend - got up to 150 kg at one point. When the GFC hit his financial affairs crumbled and he decided he couldn’t control that, but he could do something about his weight and maybe live long enough to see things improve. He started a massive exercise regime with some calorie control. He got down to 90kg and was able to go off all his medications - just wonderful.
Unfortunately his current job doesn’t allow him much time for exercise and a lot of it has gone back on. I get quite cross with him and say he has to control what he eats, but he is totally indulgent. He will scoff down 200g of chocolate at a sitting and then say it’s not what he eats, he just needs to exercise more.
I have always had a sluggish metabolism and have had to control what I eat. Mr FM can eat three times what I do and not put on a gram (or at least he could until he got to 60, when it changed
). There are definitely variations in what people can achieve, but people still need to eat healthily and moderately and exercise and if they are doing that, then whatever shape they end up with is probably the right one for them.