I eventually lost over 20 kg without exercise or fasting (or surgery obviously) by the way. So I believe in it from an experience point of view as well.

[–] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well done; your achievement must be so satisfying.

As someone who has never struggled with this burden; I realize that it must be very difficult for those that do. The social aspects of being heavy are also addressed in the book, a lot of blaming the person when there are so many factors at play.

[–] liv@lemmy.nz 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Nah it was honestly just a relief. I'd never been overweight before in my life, and suddenly went through a 50% increase in body weight over about 11 months and it was terrifying.

As well as barely recognising yourself (doesn't help that you can't fit any of your own clothes) and getting the sudden social stigma and blame of being fat, there's also a host of health risks.

So I was super motivated to learn about it.

Took me years to get back down below the "obese" threshold because of the methods available to me, and it was such a relief to have all those risk percentages going down again.

It's crazy to me how mean people are to obese people. Surely no one wants to be at risk for strokes and heart disease and diabetes. There have got to be factors at play, like you say.