Big Skinny Liars



Anyone who says, in response to someone saying they'd like to slim down, that they should focus on health is FULL OF SHIT. Because if it was about HEALTH, we'd NEVER talk about pounds and inches lost, EVER. Because the main health damaged by not fitting into a certain size is the MENTAL HEALTH. The minute one of these "health first" nuts starts telling you that, clock how long it takes until they talk about inches lost, "pudge" and "flab". That is not the talk of someone thinking health first. That's the talk of someone who a) wants to be the skinniest person in the room or b) hates the way they look or c) all of the above. It's also probably not the talk of someone who's fat.



Now, some people, like diabetics, change eating habits to get healthier. People who are slimming are slimming because we want to fit in a smaller size. Now, do we want to get this by barfing? No. Do we come to like how easy it is to get around again or for the first time? Yes. BUT.



THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH NOT WATING TO BE FAT there's NOTHING WRONG with wanting to look good because YOU aren't happy. (Fuck whether anyone else is happy. Their happiness is the extra sprinkles on the cupcake, it's not the damn cupcake.) as long as the approach is sensible. ie., eat LESS (but not starvation!), move MORE.



Let me repeat that: THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH WANTING TO LOOK GOOD if YOUR IDEA of looking good is dropping weight. Once I ditched this "I'm getting healthy shit" and admitted my real goal was "I WANT TO WEAR A SIZE 12 AGAIN" I saw progress. Health is a nebulous fucking goal when you're tired of looking at pictures of yourself and going "Who the hell is THAT?!" . A size smaller of pants is tangible.



Anyone who says "focus on healthy first" is full of more crap than ten bowling alley vending machines.