this is gonna be my most controversial take, but here we go.

tw / weight

the body positivity movement is more damaging than helpful and has got it all wrong in my opinion.
hear me out.
i'm a fat person myself. i'm 159cm and weight, as of now, 83kg. that's bad. +

the body positivity movement has hurt me more than it has helped me.
for once, it's too much about positivity and don't giving a fuck rather than about coming to terms with your body. it's ok to not feel good about your body, it's ok no never reach that "i love myself to the +

moon and back", it's ok and it's valid.
the body positivity movement also spreads the message that being fat is okay when it's not*. the goal should be shifted towards achieving comfort with your body and coming to terms with who you are while also being your own +

coach and pointing out what's wrong and what exactly do you need to change. the body positivity movement should encourage you to reach a healthy weight for your own good rather than for aesthetics and accepting that that healthy weight could very possibly not be a skinny body +

but rather a chubby one, and that's ok, and that's valid, and you're still beautiful.
the body positivity movement also spreads the message about eating whatever you want without a care when that's not ok. you can't eat whatever you want bc the reality is that, in the end, +

whether you like it or not, it's gonna get you killed.
the body positivity movement has triggered my binge eating disorder so many times. i've reached that healthy weight like 2 times now and i've been able to develop a healthy diet various times, but then, always, the +

body positivity movement gets to me once again, i overeat bc i feel encouraged, my binge eating disorder goes crazy, and, once again, i'm obese and with a fucked up diet. it's an obsessive cicle that's difficult to leave once you are in it. because of this and other reasons +

i consider myself a body neutralist.
i encourage people to feel comfortable in their own skin while also understanding that being fat takes a toll in everything about and around you, to lose weight because of health and only for yourself, and to remind yourself that it's ok to +

not like you, because it happens to everyone, it's a human feeling that's valid. i've been average when i lost weight and i still didn't like my body and that's ok, i've come to terms with that.

i hope you guys understood what i meant. thank you for listening to me

**** this thread doesn't include people with chronic diseases that causes them to have overweight as much as they try to stay healthy like thyroids.