I've been lurking this subreddit for a few months now, it really has helped me to find useful tips on how to better lose weight and not to lose hope when I can't keep up with counting my calories or working out. I find true solice in some of the posts, knowing that there are other people out there who struggle just as much as I do if not more, and seeing other people succeed is what's keeping me going.
But there is one thing that has always bothered me. I'm sure many, if not most of us have experienced other people around us, who were either not overweight at all or maybe just a little pudgy talking about "how fat they are", how much they "look like a whale" and need to lose weight to get rid of their "huge ass/thighs/stomach" etc.
Of course, any person of any size can and most likely will be struggling with their body image at some point, due to the media surrounding them, society as a whole etc., and in no way do I want to discredit anyone's feelings or perception of themselves, especially since they could very well be suffering from body dismorphia, which is something I myself and I'm sure a lot of other people here are experiencing as well.
That doesn't mean though that those kinds of comments can't be hurtful to those who are overweight, struggling to lose weight etc., and I thought I wouldn't encounter posts with this kind of mentality on this sub.
However, I have encountered posts of people talking about their weight-loss in one way or another, who were, when checking their bmi, overweight at most, calling themselves "morbidly obese", and talking about themselves in a similar fashion as mentioned above, on multiple occasions.
To me, as someone with a bmi of 64 at 172kg/379 pounds, it is really disheartening to read these sorts of posts, knowing that if these people see themselves in this sort of way, just how are they, or even other people perceiving me..?
I really hope I'm not the only one when it comes to this, I haven't seen any posts about this topic yet so I thought I'd share my thoughts.
Edit: spelling (English isn't my first language, please have mercy)
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