Doctor calls 14-month-old 72nd percentile weight baby ‘obese’ based on appearance on his medical forms, stuns his mother: ‘He is 23lbs’

Infancy is the only time in your life when being fat is considered a good thing. If you’re a fat baby, everyone and their mother is obsessed with how chunky and cute you are, but if you’re fat at any other stage of life, you’re a scourge to humanity and must be punished to the …
Seguir leyendo Doctor calls 14-month-old 72nd percentile weight baby ‘obese’ based on appearance on his medical forms, stuns his mother: ‘He is 23lbs’

29-year-old boyfriend tells 24-year-old girlfriend she looks like she’s 4 months pregnant, freaks out when she retorts that he looks 8 months pregnant: ‘He said he will starve himself for 2 weeks now because of that comment’

It’s widely believed that you shouldn’t dish what you can’t take. That doesn’t apply to lactose intolerant folks serving a cheesy meal to their loved ones, but rather for jokes and playful insults. If you’re going to have an edgy sense of humor that casts aside political correctness, you shouldn’t be crying when someone throws …
Seguir leyendo 29-year-old boyfriend tells 24-year-old girlfriend she looks like she’s 4 months pregnant, freaks out when she retorts that he looks 8 months pregnant: ‘He said he will starve himself for 2 weeks now because of that comment’

400 lb grandma buys her grandkids fast food for the 3rd time in a week, health-conscious dad throws away the meals in anger: ‘I’m not having her bring this lifestyle into my home around my children’

We can all be a little extreme about food. There was a time in my life when I ate six packs of mochi ice cream for breakfast every morning, which certainly wasn’t setting me up for success. For some people who are definitely not me, being overly controlling about food is their vice, spending every …
Seguir leyendo 400 lb grandma buys her grandkids fast food for the 3rd time in a week, health-conscious dad throws away the meals in anger: ‘I’m not having her bring this lifestyle into my home around my children’

Cruel lady asks coworker if she’s gained weight after she lost 70 pounds, gets offended when she calls that comment snarky: ‘I’m sorry if your fishing for compliments strategy didn’t work on me’

There are a lot of social rules in place about when, where, and how you can comment on somebody’s weight. A general rule of thumb is that it’s impolite to point out if someone has gained weight, but it’s usually acceptable to compliment someone on losing it. Even positively mentioning weight loss can be a …
Seguir leyendo Cruel lady asks coworker if she’s gained weight after she lost 70 pounds, gets offended when she calls that comment snarky: ‘I’m sorry if your fishing for compliments strategy didn’t work on me’

‘She said I probably look really good underneath the fat’: Aunt buys 18-year-old niece a subscription to Weight Watchers for her birthday after making fun of her weight, parents tell her to just accept it

The motivation to lose weight can’t come from somebody else; it has to come from within. It can be frustrating to know that you’re overweight and to be constantly reminded of it by the people around you. They act as if you don’t know that you’re overweight like you don’t feel the social and somatic …
Seguir leyendo ‘She said I probably look really good underneath the fat’: Aunt buys 18-year-old niece a subscription to Weight Watchers for her birthday after making fun of her weight, parents tell her to just accept it

‘She’s going to end up obese’: Stepdad pressures wife to control his 5’4 150 lb 15-year-old stepdaughter’s weight, mom claims it’s unnecessary because she exercises 100 hours a week

Weight is an extremely sensitive issue with teenagers. They already have so much pressure and responsibility at such a young age, and they shouldn’t have to worry about counting calories or being the perfect weight.  The population as a whole feels very conflicted about how we should «deal with» overweight children. Sending your kid to …
Seguir leyendo ‘She’s going to end up obese’: Stepdad pressures wife to control his 5’4 150 lb 15-year-old stepdaughter’s weight, mom claims it’s unnecessary because she exercises 100 hours a week