fat people, and the "pro-fat" movement (aka, not body shaming people)

So, while there may not be a magical disease that makes you take in calories that you don't actually eat, there is such a thing as genetics, that makes you not burn calories at the same rate as someone else. 

Some people will, in fact, be overweight regardless of how much they work out or how little they eat. Some people don't burn fat very well. If some people can burn fat and calories at an alarming rate despite being sedentary, who no matter what they do can't seem to increase their body weight or gain sizeable muscle, then why the fuck is it so hard to believe that the same can be true about overweight people? (oh yeah, because thin people are hot and fat people are gross).

This can't be the first time I've bitched about this.  

Personally? I gain muscle bulk really quickly when I work out. I never seam to burn much fat, though. Even with cardio. Even with the proper diet.

My ex used to tell me that if I did cardio I'd get thinner. He used his ex as "proof" that this will work for me. His very thin ex who didn't eat very healthy foods but who's body weight barely fluctuated and probably never actually got fatter. She was probably just a little bloated. I tried explaining to him that I know my body, I know it's functions and I know what it takes for me to actually lose fat. "just doing some cardio" is not what it takes. He still doesn't believe me.

I won't say I'm talking about obese people. Just overweight. You know that I haven't gained a pound in almost 2 years? I'm overweight. I work out a little. I try to eat fruits and veggies. If I worked out, I'd lose maybe 10lbs before gaining weight from muscle. That fat would still mostly be there.

I work with a girl who's had 4 kids that's thinner than I am. She eats Wendy's twice a day, and I don't mean our salads. flat out burgers and fries type deal twice a day. 

And you know what? Even if those obese people don't suffer from some sort of disease that makes them gain weight, a lot of them suffer from physical pain that makes working out often times not worth it. Almost everyone who overeats has a form of an eating disorder, or they wouldn't eat enough food to become 300+ pounds. People just don't care because their disorder makes them fat and sad instead of thin and sad. Fat people bad. Thin people good.

Stop fat blaming and fat shaming if you're going to acknowledge that thin people can be naturally that way and that eating disorders hurt anorexic and bulimic people.