The Little Idiot That Could

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lacigreen:

Talking about my fitness, exercise, nutrition, and my own body journey doesn’t magically imply in any way shape or form that there is anything wrong with fat, with eating what you want, and living however you damn well please.  There is not a single shouldin that entire post and talking about diet/weight loss/whatever does not instantly equate to fat shame. 

Seriously, sit the fuck down.  

Sigh. This is always the excuse people use. “I’m only talkin about ME!”

Except, you aren’t. You’re perpetuating the idea (to a MASSIVE audience) that if people learn to love their body it can change and then they’ll love it even more, and for most people, that’s an impossibility. I know you didn’tsay that, but it’s implied. People want their results to match yours, and they’re asking all sorts of questions to that effect, in the comments. And that’s dangerous. And problematic.

You’re also equating certain foods and certain weights with loving yourself, and that’s bad for everyone. I don’t think you intended to be shaming or harmful in any way, but I do hope you’ll try to understand why so many fatties are reading it that way. I don’t speak for all of them, but as I see it, this is why it’s causing a stir:

“I learned that loving my body means giving it what it needs.” Not everyone has that privilege. Some people have to choose between groceries and the light bill, so they eat that $1 cheeseburger not because they don’t want to give their body “what it needs” but because they don’t have any other option. And not everyone’s body needs the same things. I’m have Hypoglycemia, I need sugar in my diet, eliminating it would be very harmful to me and others with this condition.

“I changed my diet to include mostly plants, I cut out soda and fought hard against my addiction to sugary/fatty foods.” I cut out sodas a year ago when I got dentures, I also changed my diet to include more natural foods and less processed things, and guess what? I lost 0 pounds. Changing your habits to be healthy is AWESOME, but only if you accept that you might not lose weight (which I did.) A lot of people think if they make changes and don’t slim down, they’ve failed at becoming healthier, which is a dangerous misconception. This also goes back to privilege; not everyone can afford to go from hamburger helper to a fresh salad. Also addiction is a heavy word; people can’t just walk away from addictions, and the way you used the word makes it seem otherwise, perpetuating the idea that addicts deserve their lot in life/could get better if they tried harder, etc, etc.

“I also made sure my body was in motion for at least 1 hour everyday, and these days I am even working on becoming physically stronger.” Again, not everyone has that privilege. Some of us are disabled, some have no place to work out because of stigma and/or finances, some simply don’t like exercise.

I’m glad you love yourself, Laci, truly. As someone who’s gone from self-loathing to self-love I congratulate you from the bottom of my heart. I just hope that your weight loss post doesn’t create an, “If I can do it so can you!” vibe among your followers. That’s certainly the vibe I got, and perhaps the biggest reason the FA community is coming down on you so hard.

Reblogging all the fabulous responses to the awful original post.

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lacigreen:

Talking about my fitness, exercise, nutrition, and my own body journey doesn’t magically imply in any way shape or form that there is anything wrong with fat, with eating what you want, and living however you damn well…

Really sad that was the way she handled an opportunity for more open dialogue on the topic…

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lacigreen:

2 years ago, I weighed 162 pounds.  Today I weigh 126.

I didn’t lose the weight by hating myself down to a size 4.  Not through dieting, not through crazy amounts of exercise, not through calorie counting, or purging.

I lost 35 pounds by learning to love and take care of my body.  I realized that part of loving myself is giving my body what it needs.  I changed my diet to include mostly plants, I cut out soda and fought hard against my addiction to sugary/fatty foods.  I began to see food as fuel and to use it as such.  I also made sure my body was in motion for at least 1 hour everyday, and these days I am even working on becoming physically stronger.  I knew that my old eating/exercise habits would not suit me as I began to age.  I knew that I wasn’t treating my body well.

When I truly began to love it, it took a new shape.  I loved my old shape.  I love my new shape.  I love it all because I love me! x)

This doesn’t sit well with me and I wish I could pinpoint all of the reasons why it doesn’t. I think a major one is how shaming it is for people who are fat and genuinely enjoy both their bodies AND fatty foods. It seems to equate eating certain things with not actually loving yourself. This is problematic.

This is SUPER problematic. Especially RIGHT on the heels of her fat shaming video last week.

So she changed her habits and her body changed. GREAT. Some people don’t want to change their habits. Some people don’t have the means (money time resources etc.) to change their habits. Some people do change their habits, but their body still looks the same. And ALL of that is okay. 

With a viewership like Laci has, she really needs to consider that this post is probably going to do a lot more harm than good. The gung-ho ‘I did it and so can you!’ approach is really off-putting. She even used the word ‘addiction’ when it came to sugary and fatty foods—and you know what, addictions aren’t just that easy to break, especially when it comes to food, which is necessary to live, and especially when the bad foods are the cheapest and most accessible to get.

Very disappointed. Love her sex positive stuff, but she’s got a lot to learn about body positivity.

Thank you Amber for articulating everything I felt and then some!