#fatconsequence

[haes-revisionist]

Half of the examples of “thin privilege” out there are just examples of class privilege combined with fat consequence

Of course, all of these automatically include the privilege of living in an environment and having the wealth necessary to overeat so much for so long it negatively impacts your daily life.

Real examples of “fat discrimination” I’ve seen:

“I need a seatbelt extender for the airplane”, “I need to buy a second seat for the airplane”

You have the privilege of being able to go on vacation/travel to meet family/ whatever. Point is: you have the privilege of being able to afford to travel by air and presumably take off work for several days at a time with little to no financial worries since this is a regular occurrence (I’ve seen one person say they stole an extender so they wouldn’t have to ask every time). I could never travel by air even once unless I wanted to be in the hole for the next several months as I financially recover.

“The seats at my favorite salon are too small for me” “The booths at the restaurants I regularly visit are too small for me” 

Who has the money to go to salons and restaurants regularly? Defiantly not someone like me. The last time I went out to eat was when my mom visited me last may and that’s only because she offered to pay. I could not afford to go out to eat every other day or even once a week. I have tuition to pay back, I can’t go around spending more than $3 on a single meal several times a week!

“Carnival rides are too small for me to ride safely”

Carnivals are infamous for being money holes and are usually held on weekends, when people like me work. Even if I did happen to have the day off, I still wouldn’t go because I know I wouldn’t be able to have much fun without spending a week’s worth of grocery money.

“Only a few name brands carry my size.” “This person’s merch doesn’t come in my size” “This really cute outfit only goes up to size 3xL”

Why people buy name brand clothes will always be a mystery to me.  Even new clothes are a rarity in my life. I get all my clothes at Goodwill (or if I feel like treating myself: Walmart so long as it is no more than $11 or I can find underwear on clearance). And let me just say, shopping for medium sized clothes at Goodwill is so fucking limiting. 80% of the clothes there are size L or bigger. And almost all the clothes I like :(. Also, I have never been able to afford a person’s merch, even if I really wanted to support them I could not.

“I have been to several different doctors, but they all just mention weight loss!”

This is gonna show my American perspective, but good God who can afford to go to several different doctors for one thing? And then not listen to them?? I am covered under the best insurance available to me (thanks to my mom who works for the state) and I still can hardly afford to go to the doctor once every blue moon for my testosterone follow ups.

I’m sure I’ve made my point.  You are not experiencing discrimination.  You are experiencing consequences of your poor life choices and this slightly inconveniences you. And since you are used to privilege, it feels like discrimination.

[hamplanetshitlord-blog]

Q/A Time

From the blog of a self described "Food enthusiast"  "Oh, another fun fact: my dad also went out and bought the family — and by the family I mean everyone but me — Baskin Robins quarts of ice cream. HE DIDN’T EVEN ASK ME. Didn’t even consider me. I’m not pissed because I don’t have ice cream, I’m pissed because he thinks I’m too fat to ha e ice cream.

I’m so frustrated. I don’t know what else to do. I consume approximately 1500 calories and burn 2300+. Why aren’t I losing weight? Why am I gaining weight faster than ever? I’ve gained 20 lbs in the last 5ish months."

Because you're lying about what you're doing.

You're gaining four pounds per month, or an extra pound per week. That means that each day you're eating about a thousand extra calories above and beyond what you're supposed to eat to simply maintain your weight.  It's simple math. It's not magical. If you really are ending each day in a deficit of 800 calories then you would be LOSING about a pound or two (depending on your weight) per week with no questions asked. The fact that you're gaining it? Well... like I said. You're lying.  And if you're not, then you need to go to the doctor, stat, because even the most narcissistic parents would notice that you're restricting your diet, exercising for two to three hours a day suddenly from sedentary lifestyle and still gaining weight.  Once you stop lying to yourself and start doing what you say you're doing, you'll find out that dun dun duuuuuuuuuuuun, the weight will fall off. How do I know? Because I'm currently doing that.  Stop lying to yourself, and to everyone else.