Abbey , I use to be 275lb at my heaviest as a teenager , I’m at 180lb and kept it off and in I’m in my forties . DO NOT deflect on what Blair is appropriating calling out which she is totally , 💯 correct . All these creators are using the visual ( bring fat ) in some sort of expressing who they are . Their weight is a catalyst to who they are and they are about . We ALL know fat is not healthy and being fit is in general. Being in great shape for most of my life now doesn’t mean I don’t have issues but as to say fat in-hanses a better way of life , you’re just lying to these kids . Call it what it is ! Everyone is so concern not to hurt peoples feelings but you’re doing an injustice rationalizing fat is okay . As a gay , ex vet . Dude , being real and telling me the truth for my health and in the military my survival was the best thing . People are too weak these days to accept and receive basic facts .

Yes! Thank you! Clearly a response to people saying those things unsolicited.

Honestly you never know...but I suspect so, yes 😅

I think I recognize that activist. If it's the person I'm thinking of, she has some odd FA views, but she's being sarcastic in this clip.

It’s 100% satire 😂😂😂

Yes, I figured that was pure satire.

You have zero idea what someone eats when overweight just by looking at them . Medicine can make you gain weight,hormones can make you gain weight. I had an ed and I still was considered “overweight” despite being a size small in clothes. Now I eat way more than I did when I was fat am considered a “healthy weight”

​@@MarissaSmith20Those are the exception, not the rule. Overeating is the #1 cause of obesity. Stop with the lies.

@@paarthurnax8519 I mean with a well thought out statement like that how could I possibly disagree 😂 ….. however I’m a scientist I’d love to discuss more. Overeating is clearly one reason someone might be overweight, it’s also not the only reason. You are confusing causation and correlation. If we look back at history in America when we saw obesity rates go up coincide with when America sold out food systems to factory farming and “convenience ” foods. Both things destroy a lot of the nutrients in foods so as we eat those foods our bodies are still not getting the nutrients our bodies need leading the signal to our brains to eat more, we also saw another uptake in obesity when they started putting sugar in everything. It also overfarmed our soil leaving even fruits and veggies less nutritious that it was…..We also know that mental health and stress are huge factors in overeating. America is literally one of the most stressed out countries in the world. Another thing and this is just my opinion is that Americans are shallow as hell and judge people’s morality by how they look, which adds to stress. Genetics are also a huge factor, I have several skinny friends who eat like garbage most of the time and no one judges them …why? Because it’s not about health it’s about being able to shit on a group of people that you view as immoral because of how they look… so YOU stop with the lies. And to ignore my actual personal account of being fat, is callous but from birth literally I born 9 pounds what could I have done at birth- 6 years to lose weight?? Because my parents fed me healthier than most kids…. No juice, lots of fruits and veggies, wasn’t allowed dessert or seconds…If you’d like to look at the cdc causes of death in America for 2021 which I think is the most up to date but i might be wrong, the number one cause is heart attack, which we know people who are not genetically obese have a higher incidence of heart attack but the number one group is actually female runners within the heart attack group, second is cancer, third was Covid and fourth was accidents soooo looking at that the number of heart attacks was 695,547 and cancer was 605,213 about even but do you blame cancer patients or judge them no cause again it’s not about health, it never was. It’s about thinking someone has the moral high ground because of looks.

@@MarissaSmith20 Blair specifically went after fat influencers who do eat massive amounts of unhealthy foods.

@@MarissaSmith20 You're right but that isn't the point. People PROMOTE obesity and it's a problem

Truly

That part got us also, everyone deserves respect regardless of body shape/color/size!

It's not disgusting. Blaire told no lies. She literally just said she was dead.

@@chuyistheshiz6811 oh I just know you would lose your shit if anyone would say something like that when your mom dies. It’s not about truth, it’s about being insensitive and disrespectful.

Just don't be surprised if you're insanely obese and you die young.@@WiseMindNutrition

I 100% agree with you!!! Thank you for posting this here. I would add to that genuinely loving yourself is what motivates you to want to be healthy. When people don’t love themselves they give up on their health because they don’t care what happens to them selves and trades loving themselves for temporary food related contentment.

Agreed!!!!! Well said!! The whole "offended" trend is just outrageously obvious for victim-mind set, constantly being "personally affected" by another's outlook. Insanely prioritized. Blaire kicks ass.

Blair is never coming from a good place. Empathy, understanding, and good faith criticism are not things she is capable of. She's a reactionary grifter who doesn't two figs if ANY fat people live or die, are healthy or unhealthy.

As someone who was fat from birth and is now, after 36 years of being fat, skinny, I can tell you this is bs. One of the things I always felt as kid who was fat in the 90’s is that adults especially were way meaner to me because of my size but I talked myself out it. Turns out people are soooo much nicer to me now that I’m small and I hate it. The reason why I bring this up is because A. I was fat from birth, since we “blame people” for being fat what could I have done as a baby to lose weight? B. There is a massive correlation between depression and anxiety and weight. Being treated like crap as a kid because of my outside definitely made me depressed and anxious. C Most people truly are genetically predisposed to be heavier or not. On my dna test it says genetically I have the gene that makes people 6-10% heavier than most people. If you look at the cdc stats which I will try to link, that while yes heart attack is the number one killer in America, most heart attacks are actually from stress not being fat. The next two highest mortality cancer and Covid for (2021). To be honest as a scientist I look at the data and it’s very clear that stress is the actual killer in America and Americans are very stressed all the time. Stress also leads to weight gain. I will tell you and I hope you hear me….. I am not healthier at 138 pounds than I was at 220. In fact I will tell you I eat more sugar and less salads….. I also have several super skinny friends who eat like crap but nobody is bugging them. My biggest point is the us has a stress issue and a god awful food system, even the “healthiest” of foods have issues here due to soil issues. Also Blair is trolling you, me and everyone. She is a trans lady who hates trans people and says these very inflammatory things for attention. You don’t make change by hating yourself you make true change by love and loving yourself which I think is what yall are trying to say anyways. I’m on your side. I just want to say that maybe the depression and anxiety fatigue people feel is because of being hated for their outside which is shallow and doesn’t speak to who they are. www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/deaths.htm

exactly!

100% ❤

And? A fat person hating themselves does not lead to weight loss, the opposite is the more likely result and people like you hating fat people doesn't make them lose weight either.

@@tabbyreed8925 When I was at my heaviest, only after starting hating my fat body and all of the bad effects it caused for my health did I finally start to eat healthier and exercised more regularly. Do you know what brought me to my heaviest weight? "Loving myself" and believing that HAES was possible. When given the choice, negative motivation works far better than positive reinforcement.

​@@tabbyreed8925 Nobody's asking them to hate themselves. Love yourself enough to get out of that cycle or atleast stop trying to promote obesity as beautiful or healthy

Agreed we all have vices that we make excuses for and try to justify or times we are lazy or procrastinate. We all have underlying reasons for our behaviour. Having studied psychology I agree body positivity should solely be about inclusivity not karma farming narcississm and glorification of unhealthy behaviours. There is an underlying denial of scientific reality due to suvjective emotions at the very origins of body positivity that has turned into a cult mindset of emotional sensitivity and reactivity. It is all a distraction from reality of medical health issues and risks.

I love this reasoned, balanced take. ❤

Why methotrexate auto immune disease?

I have the opposite story. I'm fat from childhood, I'm extremely unhappy about it since 6 year old, but actually my health is ok, even despine decade of yo-yo dieting and still being fat. So yes, as you said - no one single person's body reacts the same way

Psoriasis is an auto immune disease if that's what you're trying to ask ​@@leighleigh747

I was gonna comment this!! Since it's so over the top, that first video clip is definitely satire.

ok thanks for the context!

she posts some really funny satirical tik toks very funny

Cats will love you as much as they want to at any given time

Ashleyh ... And that is your interpretation. You aren't the content creator, and from having watched the clip, it seemed genuine. That she felt power in causing a different species of sentient being to be fat and experience higher risks of ailments... Essentially, do you have peer reviewed receipts of what you're saying, or are you just speaking anecdotally?

Amazing!!

That's really cool and tour comment was so sweet. Congratulations and well done for putting your health before being skinny for the sake of it!

People stating facts are shaming now? Grow a pair.

@@noneya1238 You must be a lot of fun at parties.

@@725Kellybean Probably not at yours. You all like things kandi coated, grow a pair.

Yes. I did a comment analysis once and it was shocking

Mukbang videos promote binge eating​. They are rubbish

Well thin person is not a food addict, like a morbidly obese one, so clearly no one will say anything about them doing mukbangs.

People do say things about thin people, usually accusations of purging

Actually I hate all mukbang videos, regardless of who’s doing it. They’re obnoxious, noisy, cringey, and the creators don’t even eat everything on their plate (they throw it up or hide the food whenever the screen is cut lol). And I especially hate the ones where Koreans are in it, because they’re just doing them to show off how awesome their new nose job or facial plastic surgery procedure looks.

I will say my grandmother is 91 and was obese her whole adult life. However I would say her quality of life was not good. There was so much she missed out on because her weight. So it can be done but she missed out on A LOT. And it’s just sad. Walking with us doing things she wanted to do with her grandchildren was stopped because she wasn’t physically able. So I will say it’s hard I’ve had a front row seat

Very important

Yes and no. I am 100% going to first trust someone with credentials than anyone who said they did their own research.

Gee….. appeal to authority fallacy. ..

Just because some doctors don't further their knowledge doesn't mean the average Joe is more knowledgeable

Fauci was the doctor for Covid and he failed miserably/ -and tried to ruin reputable doctors reputations

The empathy is strong when somebody dies from undereating, the conversation and comments are gentle and carry a sense that this person had a disease and mental health issues they could not conquer. The same genuine sadness about the demise of someone morbidly obese who dies from health problems brought on from being morbidly obese. These people are just not given that grace even though their obesity could easily be caused by mental health issues that brought on the health problems linked to consumption of far too much food of an unhealthy variety or even healthier choices in unwise quantity. How is that so very different that the person who starves themselves to death despite the intervention of specialists and supportive family who do their best to get them the care that will save their lives. Who mocks them? I have seen nobody mock them and am sick of fat people still being fair game to target when so many marginalized communities have been recognized as deserving of our empathy.

So well put!! ​@@libraryminnie5908

​​@@libraryminnie5908 Oh I see it happen every once in a while when a vegan or a raw foodist dies. Theres always a few people who are like "haha gotcha!!". It's so weird. I'm not sure if you understood my comment. Because I also meant to say that it is awful and heartless that people mock obese people who die. Like my point is that it's the same thing. It is both just as sad

Why is everyone on here debating?? Oh that’s right…everyone’s is entitled to their opinion. It’s funny how everyone throws hands in the comment section. What are you going to accomplish by doing so?

These influencers are lying to their followers and giving them dangerous advice that will kill them. I think pointing out that the influencers are dying from following this advice is absolutely necessary to combat this dangerous movement. It’s not bullying - it’s a public service announcement.

Controversy - innate opposition- is what fuels these videos, obv.

Everyone dies even skinny people, nothing new

Blaire has been a butt pimple on the transgender community for a long, long time. In her opinion everyone should be like her or they shouldn't be allowed oxygen.

I caught that, too!

u could be fat and happy, but i never encountered person who lost weight but genuinely reminiscing about old days when they were fat wishing they wouldn’t do it. ability to do normal things like basic exercising and walking up the stairs, better body image, improved hormonal function, ability to have control over life and health - these definitely improve the mental state of a person. i would say that u can be “fat” and happy, but u can’t be obese and happy unless there’s some delusion going on

​@@rinvfxI have met people who lost weight and are obsessed with every morsel they eat. They spend hours in gym and their personality is centered around weight loss.

@@rinvfxthat’s not true actually. Some folks lose weight in such a way that really ruins their life. I know many folks who were happier fat than with an ED

It’s interesting to me, as a fat person living in the world, that the ONLY time I hear about this minority of fat activist extremists that have this alleged massive huge influence is when thin fat-shaming social media “influencers” are peddling their sack of BS making videos about them to make money complaining about how they are “glorifying obesity”. I’m not talking about Abby, obviously, but rather trash like Blaire.

Children have always had type 2 diabetes. The difference is that we have easy access to research and the data and medical intervention. And we don’t even know how many children had type two diabetes before they were being tested because people weren’t going to the Dr regularly. My parents are boomers. My brother was at risk of diabetes when he was 11. And those of us who are children of boomers are probably some of the first people who are actually tested for those things regularly. My parents did not go to the doctor regularly and I don’t know very many boomers who did. There was specific social and financial groups that went to the Dr. You’re also ignoring all of the changes that have happened. You’re kind of accidentally glorifying starvation. The silent generation grew up during the Great Depression and a lot of them did not have access to food, so is it less likely that people who are starving and bartering in order to survive had children type two diabetes? Yes, it is. It’s also more likely that children who had type one diabetes never reached adulthood. In the greatest generation and every generation before, it’s also most likely that any child who had type two diabetes never reached adulthood because they didn’t have access to the tools they needed to survive. It’s also less likely that boomers who were children with type two diabetes survived to adults since easy medical access was not the standard. Even the comment about the obesity epidemic that is about the access to food and, more than that, capitalism. As inflation, rises fresh foods are harder to purchase. When minimum wage cannot pay for an apartment, in any city in the US Many parents work multiple jobs and therefore they do not have time to cook real food and they still can’t afford a lot of the actual vegetables and fruits because those have risen in price more inflation than they are canned counterparts. This means more children get a larger amount of salt in a lot of amount of sugar, because they are buying more prepackaged food. Of course, as a mental health crisis part of this as well so if you are parent who is severely depressed, your children are going to eat more prepackaged food because you do not have the spoons (I’m taking a leap and hoping you know spoon theory) to cook some thing more than that. Now, on the other hand in previous generations, those children would starve in both of those situations. I’m in a free food group in my city. People are on that group every single day needing food for their children. The food that gets given away is prepackaged food because those families are living off of the little bit they get in our state for food stamps what is given to food banks, and what they can get for free in that group some people can’t even get the food banks because they don’t have a vehicle. Things are all prepackaged, and typically have a higher risk of causing diabetes, but that’s the risk of parent takes when they need to feed their children and they live in an end-stage capitalist society that does not pay them enough for the work they do and does not raise the rate of pay to be in line with inflation. If you want to fix the obesity epidemic, you need to fix healthcare access, stigmatize, mental illness, and raise the rate of the minimum wage in line with inflation so people can work a job and afford to feed their families the food that they want to feed them. Comments like these are not flippant, and when you say them in a flippant manner, you are creating harm. Please stop and think about all of the things that impact our society have changed over years before making comments like these.

@@Cbbartelt yes, obese children have had type 2 diabetes, but if you look at the statistics, you can see how the rates have skyrocketed. You personal experience has nothing to do with it, my comment is based on statistical research and facts. (:

@@Cbbartelt oh and I don’t mean that things haven’t changed in society or that reasons of obesity epidemic aren’t multifactoral. But the reasons behind the issue don’t diminish the issue itself or make it less harmful. Answer isn’t simple either.

@@nellivilhelmiina Do you know what it’s like to grow up food insecure? To come home and hope you have something to eat, to only be able to eat lunch at school because you work in the lunch room? If you want to talk Research you should look at the link between growing up food insecure and Type 2 Diabetes www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10465985/#:~:text=Individuals%20who%20experience%20food%20insecurity,adults%20without%20diabetes%20(9).

How are you sure? People are legally entitled to 'identify' as anything, from a cat to a half person one hour, full person the next.

@@laurenelizabeth2505❤

I mean true haha. You gotta be really careful who you’re with on both ends!

They both would have to have issues to like either.

​@@noneya1238 I think you're the only one who has issues here buddy, keep your transphobia to yourself

@@noneya1238 You are so full of hate, you are obviously an empty shell of a person.

I don't think these are equivalent examples though.

They are disgusting now. Was neutral about them early on but now, just flat out disgusted.

You're not wrong about Blaire having Ana-Mia vibes bc she has talked before about taking laxatives to make her stomach flat

Glad you liked it!!

And check if you are in perimenopause if your are a woman, this can start in your 30s.

​@@razia6046The problem is how exactly do you know you are in peri though?

Being obsese can often be the reason for health issues, though, in many cases you just have to accept that that’s the diagnosis.

​@@Diana-qp2rwthat's true, but it doesn't change the fact that people who are overweight or obese have other health issues that get ignored - and that those other health issues can contribute to difficulty losing weight or cause unexplained weight gain, which was the point that the comment you're replying to was trying to make. I have a chronic illness and I'm in multiple online support groups and almost every woman with a chronic illness was initially told to lose weight, even when they weren't obese or overweight. Myself included, when I got sick initially I gained 20 lbs suddenly, which was very weird for me and it should have been taken more seriously. Instead it took years to get a doctor to take me seriously and my disease caused irreversible damage to my spine and SI joints that will put me in a wheelchair before I'm 40. I'm on proper medication now and working on getting my life back, but I will never believe I should have been ignored just because of a 20 lb weight gain.

It's not the medicine that's making you gain almost 30 lbs. You can't pull calories from air. It may mess up your hormones making it harder, but it's not impossible. If you're gaining a substantial amount of weight, you're eating more than you realize. No one is immune to the laws of thermodynamics.

that’s how you know it’s a good one haha

Hahahaha

Fun fact- if I was a boy I was gonna be named Neal apparently lol

That's where I've seen it before!!

Lol

Yay, thank you!

That's really cool. I have a psychology degree and I volunteer with people with eating disorders. We were also trained on HAES and intuitive eating principles. I would love to study further in this field but I am not sure if there are options that combine both psychology and dietetics.

The gut brain axis is fascinating! The more we learn, the more we realize how limited our current assumptions are. This field is about to blow up!

​@@prairiehorse6168 orthomolecular psychiatry is a newer friend but it's growing! There's a great program in Eugene, OR that's been gaining traction. I'm also interested in both, starting out with psychology and then building my degrees from there to include nutrition and eventually ortho-molecular psychiatry, including medical school. There are options but there will be more in the next ten years.

This constant misinterpretation of HAES by people like Blair is upsetting to the point I'm feeling unhinged about it. God I just want to live and make health-enhancing choices without thinking about weight and fat every second of every day.

I'm really interested in the gut/brain connection. I'm autistic and I have always had GI issues. I currently struggle with binge eating (over 10 years) but because I'm not overweight my doctor didn't take me seriously. I'm working with my psychologist to see if we can figure out what's causing it. My psychologist and nutritionist have completely different views on this.

That explains her repulsion towards fat people. The thought of being fat is completely triggering even when recovered.

That’s crazy because I lost weight naturally and I have the same body type as she does. Idk why they go so far by starving themselves when they can lose weight slowly and healthily.

@@Prismalpinkmaybe because eating disorders are deadly mental disorders and not weight disorders? Such a stupid and blunt thing to say please educate yourself

@@lynncrfI’m going to be honest as someone who spent 16 years of their life being fat, the idea of going back to that and having so many limitations due to my weight and knowingly putting more pressure on my organs and joints everyday, waking up with heart pain ect ect absolutely terrifies me. As it should with anyone. I disagree with treating fat people poorly it’s their life they can do whatever they want, but individuals should actively try avoid becoming fat because we know the health issues that come with it. Health is wealth

@@lynncrfthat’s me!!!! It’s genuinely one of my biggest fears and I used to be scared of obese people. I had to go to therapy! It’s a real thing

I think you may be presenting a false dichotomy or maybe I am misunderstanding your point. You say "the" problem, as though there is only one problem. It sounds like you could be suggesting that people watching harmful content and supporting it isn't a problem, but later your edit says you don't watch or endorse that content. Perhaps I am misunderstanding, but do you mean that our economic/social system is the cause of this issue (people watching problematic content), or do you mean that people cant watch whatever and it's not a problem? I am trying to be charitable and not misrepresent what you're saying. In my view, it can be both true that we live in a terrible economic/social system and that we are responsible for the things we choose to consume (choose is the key word because ofc our terrible economic system forces the consumption of some unethical products- but no one needs to watch mukbangs there is an absolute wealth other entertaining and informative content like Abbey here). Anyways, I agree with your points- capitalism sucks, but I don't think we're absolved of our choice to be complicit in watching that content.

They aren't being forced to make these videos or be homeless. They can switch careers. Regular people do it all the time. Nikocado Avocado has likely made 100s of thousands if not at least a million dollars off KZfaq. If he can't afford to take a break to look for a new job while he works on his health, than that is horrible money mismanagement on his part. A lot of times with big KZfaqrs, when you learn that they are struggling with bills, it's usually something like they bought a house that's way bigger than anyone needs and they don't want to downsize or simplify their lifestyle.

@@corbinbishop7097 I'm not suggesting that watching harmful content isn't a problem. And I'm DEFINITELY not saying "the problem is bigger than us so we should just keep watching the slow motion trainwreck without feeling any remorse." Our entertainment is not more important than the welfare of humanbeings. All I said is that to boil it down to "we just need to stop watching them!" is a 0 nuance take and not actually addressing the root problem, which is that people are choosing to hurt themselves for fiancial stability. So you have to ask yourself, how much does someone have to be struggling to basically choose death over fitting the mould?

@@ShannonAlexis96 Ah okay, that makes sense. I though that may have been what you meant. Just from the initial statement it was unclear if you thought it was or wasn't a problem. Thanks for clarifying. Edit: also I agree with your take, definitely capitalism the underlying issue causing, well, a lot of problems really.

I don't like bullying, it's just dumb but there are ways to tell people certain things without offending them. I'm pro fitness and i'm also pro freedom so i always with all my heart say being overweight is a huge obstacle to someone's life in general and being fit should always be prioritised coz it helps you not just with society being random and your quality of life since you are more comfortable moving around all the way to health "less reasons to see the doctor" and mental health since your body runs better and generally have a long life free of the burdens of being overweight coz i was overweight and i wore the shoes so i know how bad the quality of life being overweight gives you. It makes me sad that overweight people are dying left and right when it can be dealt with and i am aware it's a slippery slope and it's close to kicking off and addiction but it has to be done and people saying being fat is OK is not cool for me and i hate people like that coz you are pretty much saying it's OK for them to suffer when they shouldn't coz they are suffering like joint problems is just one add the mental health issues jeez list goes on.

Great recommendation!!

@@BaconManBruh what are people like me "saying to them?" Nobody is justifying obesity, but the questions like "how do you wipe your butt?", look at yourself you "f.t l.ser", etc. with intention to humiliate ( we all know when something that happen, from the contex), or someone physically assaulting that person will likely have opposite affeect, it will destroy their poor mental health even more, that got them into obesity in the first place. You can say the facts in assertive, not aggressive, humiliating way. Thinking in extremes is dangerous. Plus, you are saying like, if I am asking for people not to be treated cruelly, that must mean I advocate for obesity, which is not the case. That's not what I said, you should practice reading more carefully. And yes, bullies don't care abour anyone's health, that's and an exuse, always has been. I say this like someone who experienced bullying for being "thinner" although healthy swimmer. Bullies love excuses and alibis, their behavior is all about power dominance, abuse and stroking bullies' fragile egos.

@@BaconManBruh you can say facts in assertive, not aggressive way. Sentences like " how do you wipe your. bu.., physical asaults in schools etc. will only firm them in poor mental health and hopelessness that brought them into obesity in the first place. Bullying is all about power domination and ego, it never has anyone's best interests at heart. I can confirm as someone who was bullied for being thin, excuses for that were various, health was one them. That wasn't the case: I was and still am a healthy swimmer. Being assertive doesn't mean saying obesity is awesome. Bloke, that's not what I said, please.

We agree with this! Suggesting all people deserve dignity and respect regardless size/shape doesn't seem like it should be such a controversial opinion

Absolutely

A lot of the fat shaming I get are from my parents. "We're just worried about you!" Yeah! I'm worried about me too! But growing up with finishing your plate, pcos, and an eating disorder, I just felt so defeated. Finding out I had PCOS and BED was a game changer!! Suddenly, the weight I could never lose is sloughing off with diet and exercise. I've lost 60 lbs, and it's still not enough for them. Getting older is doing things for yourself 😅

When I was overweight, I felt bad not because of any discrimination but because I wasn’t feeling well physically. I think blaming others is just projection for one’s failings.

@@Sarahlee358 Psychology has a bit to do with it! She goes over it in her video! 🥰

@@Sarahlee358generalizing your experience is dangerous in this situation. Not all people feel physically bad or ill because they’re fat and people can be perfectly healthy and fat. Your experience (per your comment ) also ignores that many times the fat people are uncomfortable in their bodies because of fat phobia in medical offices. You could have a chronic illness, you could have cancer, you could have a plethora of different actual illnesses and never be diagnosed because your doctor just says you’re having problems because you’re fat. So being fat and being uncomfortable or in pain or feeling crappy in your body are not necessarily even related, except to the extent of medical professionals hating you because you’re fat and not caring if you live or die enough to do any testing. So, by generalizing your own experience of ‘I was fat and I did not feel good so it must be your fault if you don’t feel good and you’re fat’, you are justifying doctors killing people by medical neglect. This is why generalizing your experience with no context and no greater understanding of how the world is working is very dangerous and actually turns into eugenics and this is only one example of why it’s dangerous.

Glad it was helpful!

Yep!

@@Daniel_Meyers thank you!! I was wondering why I found nothing when googling. The typo explains. Ah! Sneaky blood brain barrier at it again :p

Me either I'm wondering if chronic constipation can mess up this relationship with the gut and dopamine etc

This is false. Check out any Eugenia Cooney video. People definitely talk about how unhealthy it is to be underweight. Of course, like with being overweight there will always be some who fetishize it or ignore it.

Not true. People who are underweight too are constantly criticised and judged.

i completely agree with your sentiment. there's no legitimate concern for folks on either extreme end of the weight spectrum. we cannot even talk about our own experiences without being told we are wrong! i'm also struggling HEAVILY with successfully gaining and maintaining weight, watching Abbey's videos has been so helpful for me getting neutral advice on how to adequately nourish the body. idk i guess i just wanted you to know, you're not alone and this journey is hard (so, so hard) but important

Like another commenter mentioned, people do talk about how unhealthy it is to be underweight which is why Eugenia Cooney is one of the most controversial KZfaqrs. You may just see the conversation around obesity more often because it's just statistically a larger (no pun intended) problem in Western countries than the reverse.

@gowrinandana8999 (Trigger warning, in depth weight discussion) .... I mean, I am underweight, and have been my entire life & now, severely underweight. So, while it is true that people criticize it sometimes or definitely judge or make assumptions about me based on that- It's definitely not to the same degree, it's a very different experience than it seems to be overweight. A lot of people have talked about me & assumed I had anorexia (I have ARFID & health problems)- very few people have ever said it makes me look bad or criticized what I ate. A lot of people give very unsolicited (and bad) advise, about how I should "just eat whatever I want" although I have a lot of food sensitivities & eat a ton of candy already. (People say just eat sweets.) It definitely isn't constant. What made me personally see fatphobia was what people said to me about my weight. "You're lucky, you can eat whatever you want bc you aren't fat"- ignoring how I literally cannot because my stomach hates a lot of foods & I have allergies. "Your stomach hurts all the time, but it keeps you from eating too much so you stay attractive." 🙃😅 My doctor when I was 20lbs underweight & throwing up regularly: "your weight is fine." This with too many people to count: Me: I'm underweight & my stomach hurts all the time People: you look really healthy tho I no longer look healthy. I'm now a walking skeleton ugh 😑 People have finally started acknowledging that I don't "look healthy". 30+lbs underweight. I've been sick for like 12 years. Sadly, our society often puts thinness on a pedestal, so it is treated very differently than being overweight. I think it's harder to be larger in society. Although to be fair if I was a tiny man, that probably would be a very different experience too. I've gotten criticized & judged for being thin, but I've also gotten a lot of praise & dismissal that it's a problem at all. Being praised for being sick is a very odd experience.

Well, I can say this as a former obese person. I love Blair, but not her fat phobia. The things she says can be harmful. I had people call me fat thinking in their sick mind that insulting me was going to motivate me when it did the exact opposite it made me more self conscious. Their is a way to go about it because there are usually deeper issues to why people get this obese like in the video, and Blair saying stuff like your dead, etc, is not how to go about it.

@@missjo2036 1. Βlair said that certain fatfluencers died. And it's FACTUALLY CORRECT. If you heard "your dead" then check your ears. 2. You accuse Blair for what OTHER people called you? Check YOUR issues. 3. Do you think that before Blair people didn't insult others? Do you think that no one else gets insulted but you? You can't change 100% of people around you - despite what fatfluencers tell you- but you can always change how you react to that. It's 1000 times easier and more productive. Btw fake compliments, especially for people who make money out of these compliments disgust me. I don't keep them around my life and that's why I get better and better instead of staying the way I am and always feel victimized. When someone says "the Emperor has no clothes" my reaction is to get dressed. Your reaction is to blame the messenger. Well, you choose the life you want to live.I choose to have control over my own life instead of blaming everyone else but me.

I think you hit the mark perfectly, the second I started seeing all this increase in predatory cherry picked content on fat people I've been dodging it like the plague, the level of fat phobia each one manages to sneak into their videos is insane. People will literally line up excuses for calling someone a whale or a big back by saying "I'm just helping them" instead of taking the care to handle an eating disorder the way it should be.

Awesome! Thank you!

Blair is a super offensive person who makes context like to get clicks and make money

I stumbled across this video like a week go and had to stop watching half way through because the lack of empathy she had towards the people who died made me so upset, especially when the tiktok was like "just because I'm fat doesn't invalidate the things I say" and then she went "she died". Like, I am overweight and fully aware of the potential health effects that can cause, I don't need some heartless woman practically gloating over people's deaths from obesity to know that. It doesn't help people want to lose weight as abby mentions in the vid, and is just insensitive to the loved ones of those who passed away.

Blair said that her being trans is most likely a response to childhood trauma

Haha thanks

Thanks

If you mean eating carbs last won't spike your blood sugar as much, it's nothing new

This. I came here to share that. It was clearly sarcasm

Oh thank you!

She kinda looks exactly like Sid from ice age, if Sid was 50. Cuz she’s like 30 but looks 49

Thank you 🙏🏻

It's the deserving respect and love part she doesn't grasp. If you are different than her ideals you don't deserve either. That goes even to herself, she is trans so she doesn't deserve same respect that cis people. Or that at least is the way she behaves. It is sad, I would feel very sorry for her, if she wasn't so eager to be so cruel. She has spread misinformation for years now and only seems to get worse

It’s sad really

Yes. Especially since she is trans and I am sure has been discriminated against as a result.

Or all the people who died during plastic surgery procedures since she seems to be a fan of those 🤷🏼‍♀️

@@Taromnom The difference is that no one would call you "plastophobe" and that speaks volumes about how childish your group behaves. Keep crying about the "cruel world out there" while everyone else just shrugs and moves on with their lives.

@@hamlet557 “your group” okay bro

As a thin person, I definitely have less struggles that fat people have - that definitely contributes to happiness and makes many things easier. I can’t imagine not being able to move my body like I can because of excess weight and I’m happier with my body (not just looks, also health and what it’s able to do) than I would be if I was overweight. That being said, happiness is much more complex and it doesn’t come from weight. I have happy moments and unhappy moments, just as everyone.

BA&SH

Thank you 😊

She knows exactly what she’s doing. She’s pandering to an unintelligent audience

Agree! I used to watch Blair a lot when I had just finished high school and wasn’t studying yet. It made me too angry, so while I still think she has some good takes, I don’t watch Blair anymore. I usually prefer more positive videos now.