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I believe it's inspiring, but I think our society is fighting to have balance. I think what she is saying is in order to accomplish anything you have to accept yourself as is. However, the work doesn't stop there. However, more and more people are becoming meaner. Like you said, there is no need for all the negative comments!

I know you want to pat yourself on the back for being such a nonjudgemental hero, but you have to put your dreams aside for a second and apply common sense. This girl has decided to let a camera follow her around and collect a big check, all based on her being fat. She is not at all happy in her own skin so it is pretty ridiculous that she expects everyone else to be comfortable with her in her own skin. Being fat does not make her a bad person but it also does not make her a good person....shitty people come in all shapes and sizes. She makes excuse after excuse, justifies all of her failures and blames everyone else....she is a bad person before she is a fat bad person. She wants to collect the check for being fat and then not being so fat and now fat again...but the public is not suppose to comment on her being fat??? She signed up for it and does not leave a whole lot of room for compassion from people when she acts like a fingerpointing victim all the time.

+Miles Teddy In her Ted talk she mentions the show once...she speaks about life experience and personal feelings...me saying That I'm proud of her is not because I want to be a "non-judgemental hero" . I watched the show and am watching season two and it's NOT PERFECT at all...she cries her,struggles and is often not even worth helping at times but isn't that what most people are like? we live in a society where we are fed the definition of "normal" but the truth is we don't know what's normal anymore... I don't like the negative comments because THEY DO NOT FOCUS AT ALL ON WHAT SHE SAID ---instead people see a fat girl talking about loving herself but look at her size and think she can't possibly do it...she says that once we get rid of shame we can live happier lives this doesn't apply to fat people only...Gay and trans people, people with disabilities and me! can all learn from it. I'm a fan and I've watched her journey and I'm proud of how far she's come...I'm proud of the fact that she's confident enough to share her story front of a crowd and to thousands and not just judge behind cellphones and computer screens

+Miles Teddy also she does not expect everyone to be comfortable with HER...she wants us to be comfortable with ourselves that's the whole point of the talk...she gets a cheque because she has a reality tv show that's hardly a crime in 2016 ...

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Berlin Wall sometimes being nice to people is telling them it’s unhealthy and you want to help

@@nickmartin6116 sometimes being nice to people is listening to them when they take the time to try to talk to you

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Clayton amen!

Yas

Clayton good for you!! And same here. Xx

Works for me

Yessss exactly

Amen

So confident at eating, that is.

What action? Sits and eats????

The action being consuming more calories than you burn

Her brilliance? She's allowed herself to balloon up to the size of a whale and all the while making excuses - "oh, my PCOS". Yeah, she's a real genius.

@@connorbannion5899 You didn't get the message, right? 🤷‍♀️🙈🤬

shes killing herself

@@Imrightyourwrong Each day that we live, we are one day closer to our death.

@@shawnee1895 Id rather live untill 80 than die before 60 from heart failure 🤷‍♂️

@@Imrightyourwrong My question to you is, Why did you even watch this, so you can be critical. Regardless of her size OR health, she has a message to share and it is about shaming people aka making them feel bad about themselves.

She’s entitled, annoying, and attention seeking. Getting bullied for glory weight sucks, but her behavior on the show isn’t ok

the issue isnt that per se. when young people think of being fat im sure they are more likely associating it with shame and ridicule and being bullied. That is the problem. Fat people are still people and body shaming isnt good a really think the emphasis shouldn't be on ridiculing fat people but to educate everyone and be inclusive promoting healthy lifestlyle with no shame and positivity. people are not going to have a healthy mindset if they are forced to lose weight out of ridicule it will lead to resentment.

I agree ridiculing fat kids is wrong but so is bringing up a generation to think it's fine to be overweight when it's not. Health at any size is a bunch of bullshit pushed to justify what (in most cases) is a combination of greed, laziness and self entitlement, we don't accept drug addiction or alcoholism as acceptable lifestyles because they're proven to be bad, unhealthy lifestyles so why are we being forced to accept obesity as the norm?

someone missed the whole point of this talk

+Arya2611 I think it's very sad that so many young girls are scared of being fat, but really that fear usually translates to they don't want a curvier body or a slightly bigger butt than the images plastered throughout their magazines. They want perfection, and that is sad, but fear of being obese like Whitney is a very good thing. We should encourage this 100% in society because personal accountability is the only way we'll stop this epidemic.

+Mike Dee when you're 400lbs like Whitney, the issues of health and stigmatisation are synonymous with each other. She should ask herself what's more important; losing weight so she can live a long, mobile, healthy life, or remaining obese and wasting all her energy on making this ridiculous, repetitive point she keeps trying to make about making people feel guilt for being obese is wrong.

God is speaking to me via you...how blessed you are

@Edwina Hatcher, you are exemplifying the problem. You are assuming that a large person must be eating bad food and being lazy. You did not listen. You do not understand. If it is not your issue, please don't assume that you have the answer. Her size is not a result of her insufficiency. She is more than sufficient.

@@117johnpar, i respectfully disagree. I am a mental health nurse and i can tell you that in my opinion she is not displaying anything i would regard as mental illness. She is positive, realistic, future oriented, with healthy self esteem and despite incidents of severe provocation from thoughtless cruel troglodytes, she is determined to live a full, rich, exciting, and happy life. Sounds like excellent mental health to me

Especially when she said the "nose" thing....the snoze! This! And point to her tiny little nose...you'd see how ridiculous it all seems!

Empathy is apparently a really hard thing for some people to grasp. I don’t know her struggles even remotely, because I’m on the opposite end of the spectrum. My own family has made fun of me my whole life for “looking like Jar Jar Binks” or “Smeagol”. I lightly exercise or miss ONE meal and shed so many pounds. I’ve been told for years that I just “need to eat a cheeseburger”...If I could just eat friggin a cheeseburger and have the perfect body type, I would’ve done so already. Some people just don’t think before they speak.

Coder boi You’re missing the point. If it were that easy to gain weight, I would. I eat pretty traditional American and Hispanic (Puerto Rican) food often. Everyone’s metabolism is different.

A more powerfull message would be hitting the gym

@YourBakaSenpai you can be skinny and unhealthy. I don’t remember the last time I ate a vegetable or fruit and all I eat is fast food and my weight is stuck at 130 for the past 3 years. I’m the lucky one

If you adopt, please learn the child's background (was the child wrongfully taken from their family, what about their culture, health history, etc), research separation and attachment trauma and ptsd, don't think adoption is always clean cut, learn all you can. I am adopted and I have Pcos btw.

Aw you’re the sweetest for wanting to adopt! Don’t worry girl you’re beautiful and can do anything❤️

you're young and still had your life ahead of you. i hope your life will be fulfilled with what you always hoped for ❤

@@ferretsnax I'm 14 and even though I could have kids that are biologically mine, I want to adopt. I find it strange that adoption is seen as a less good option because the idea of people showing their children love and compassion while changing their lives is beautiful :)

Check out Sarah Armide pcos videos here on youtube, compassion and love to you on your healing path. Hugs

Miss. Shrewd anmalas

Respect is something you earn, it's not something you get because you're just here. In my opinion, and it is only my opinion, this woman has done nothing worthy of respect.

best comment

haha..i nearly screamed and thought i had a spider on my laptop!!!!

I agree. I never see comments full of senseless hate for all the other people that do unhealthy things & live unhealthy lifestyles. People love to judge to feel better about themselves.

Don't accuse everyone who is worried about her as just being jerks. Some people have experienced and seen the bad affects if obesity.

Steven Miller The best comment! Love it, thank you!

Yes this!

Sorry you're incorrect the heirachy decides we all live in it no exceptions

Steven Miller CALVIN AND HOBBES❤️❤️❤️

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I'm sorry for your mom. Groups of society pressure us human beings to be perfect when we will never be.

It's difficult for everyone. Get a grip

Yeah. We can do this💪💪

I hope she encouraged you to eat well and lose weight so you won't look like her ( hugs)

Lauren Sciba ...shut up...you are one more person who not only missed the point of this young woman’s talk, but is perpetuating the problem with her comment. You have zero info about Noreen or what she needs encouragement about. Just shut up.

same here :)

There are a lot of senseless people that want to spew hate. However without trolls this wouldn't be the internet. Good for her for inspiring other people in some way with her life & being able to touch people & connect with them on another level.

Yeah that obesity is an extremely costly, serious and very preventable problem that is second in mortality rates only to tobacco use. We need to take serious interest in our children and how they treat themselves, help them understand portions and the deadly affects of poor lifestyle. Bullying is never acceptable but encouraging you to stay unhealthy is just as abusive. The only difference is the words don't hurt but the operations to try to save them will. Almost half of us are obese, it is the reason life expectancy has fallen. One of the reasons my son never met his grandfather. We've all been affected by it, lost loved ones and friends, missing limbs and digits, organs that slowly died. All preventable in the general population. You don't encourage a meth addict to ignore their scars, depression, irregular eating habits and tachycardia, you encourage rehab. Why would you encourage it in anyone?

Everybody descrimnates and if you're not aware of this then you are not living a well examined life your just as much part of the problem and hipocracy.

Knee Grows I guess you missed the part about PCOS (polycystic ovary syndrome) you know, something men can’t experience.

@@sweetsambra the only thing she's inspiring is an early grave

Amen.

She is living her life without caring that you think she is unhealthy or beautiful. That is the point! It shouldn’t matter what you think, it matters what she thinks.

with the amount of reality denial that floats around these "positivity" movements. I'm sure you could convince yourself of anything if you put some floury words behind it. Good luck with that.

AGNES I wish there was a LOVE ❤️ button on here for you!

AGNES this is the best comment i have read in a reaaaaaaally long time

Public speaking puts bread on the table or probably more cake in her case

qmasoud, I see what you did there 😂

I think it took alot of stupidity, not courage hahaha

You didn't watch the talk at all. The action gives you the confidence, it's not the confidence that produces the action. She states that herself

@@dandetande288 you need help.

Here's the bottom line. Whitney has an eating disorder, and most of the people on here saying how brave and inspirational Whitney is are either not aware of this or are in denial about this. They are essentially applauding a food addict which is no different to applauding a meth addict who spouts the same bs that Whitney does. I certainly don't agree with any of the mean comments on here and no one deserves to be degraded or abused because of who they are or how they look. However, the reason I keep commenting on this post is because I'm trying to correct this attitude of Whitney being a role model. I'm not mean about it, but this no body shame bs she plugs is diverting from the real issue facing the world right now which is enabling obesity to continue. So far, not a single person I have confronted with the truth has even bothered to try and argue with me.

+Kate Steventon I have one question.why do you have 8 subscribers??

+Megan Parker I dunno. I didn't even notice I had any

LOL you want a fucking safe space? Saying people are "Negative and mean" is not an argument.

Trisha Biswas I'm sorry but life isn't nice and encouraging we have to do tough things and that includes throwing away junk food for the better of your life.

this is lovely katy, hope you are doing well.

winterwolf211 took me less to lose respect from her

Merlene Maruyama it’s happening regardless

Isis extremists should. Islam does it to women every day, only they use stones.

Rapists should be

Ironic Mistaeks omg u need to educate urself

Some should. But not for being over weight.

me too 😭 Especially that kid in Lebanon. I feel him.

Beautiful! ❤️

yes maria!

She's pushing a fat acceptance agenda-hence she *is* promoting obesity.

You are comparing losing a limb to being fat? Or any disability to being fat?

Being fat comes from being lazy and scarfing down cakes and pizzas. Don't compare actual body issues with being a fat lazy fuck. Fat =/= healthy.

Have you watched her show at all? Three season in now and she's still not lost a pound. Her trainer that she's been working with for a matter of weeks, FIRED her, because she continued to eat fast food (she got busted when he looked inside her car and saw a shit ton of fast food boxes). She can't get into her boyfriends car, she can't put on her own shoes, and she has to ask for special seats when she goes out. On the health side of things, she's pre diabetic, became virtually immobile when she put her back out due to her weight, and she had a heart scare recently too. There is literally nothing at present which is positive about this girls body. I'm not saying this coz I'm mean or a shamed. I like the show, I like her and I love her mom, but she has to change because this show is actually starting to feel like a prequel to my 600lb life.

Well said, SMF813. Compassion, not shaming.

Look, I ain't hating on her, but you are being completely duped if you're buying into this idea that this is who she is. No one weighs 400lb because "that's who they are". Her current physical condition cannot be likened to being gay, disabled or a minority race. Her obesity is completely self inflicted, and for that, she has more in common with an alcoholic or drug addict (which makes sense since clearly she has an active eating disorder). You wouldn't applaud an addict or someone with very destructive behaviours would you? If you had a friend with anorexia you wouldn't be patting them on the back for living "shame free". You'd be begging them to stop and get well. People offering this women support instead of applause is what's needed, as all this "Whitney your an inspiration" bullshit is just enabling her, and thousands of others like her, towards a whole range of undesirable health issues.

SMF813 who gonna promote shamu the whale..be real

If you watched all three seasons of her show in addition to this and see the numerous times her poor lifestyle choices are exposed (not to mention all the ailments and limitations her size puts on her), you might feel differently. Her delusion is vast.

Kate Steventon oh, I see :o could you elaborate a bit, please?

I mean, she's not the worst, this person makes it sound like she thinks that being fat is healthy (which she openly states she does not) and is not actively trying to lose weight. I mean, shes a person who doesn't necessarily understand how to be healthy, but I think we can give her props for trying and not blaiming her PCOS on everything.

+CrazyDrawer247 watch her show. I don't believe a car filled with empty food containers constitutes "trying"

I have watched her show thank you. I know she is failing, but again, that doesn't take away from any message she is trying to spread. I am slightly offended that you think the only way anyone could disagree with you is because they are less educated than you.

Jessica Lea Verheyden You're forgetting one thing. Unfortunately, this is society.

@@Fluffadoodle we live in one

Funny enough.

Unless your 5 foot and 80 lbs then you get treated differently. Makes no sense why I'm not getting any response from good people. I hate society

What is the meaning of yolk

how is it courageous to be morbidly obese

+theawesomeness983 can you not see ?to stand there and know ppl are judging you and pigeon holing you but standing there nonetheless. .that is brave ..and courageous. .coild you do it ?? If your 'coping mechanism' was so obvious to the world..could you stand up and be so vulnerable? we all have coping mechanisms ..some (like eating) are visible but most others are not. You have one.. we all do .. you get to judge because you get to hide yours.

courage is change.. staying the same is safe.. life is constant change.. the weak stand still. the brave move forward

she also gets paid a heck of a lot more money for it than we do

busTedOaS how do you know how much anyone makes lol big big world out there jeez

tacsmoker heave you ever been on the internet? Everyone has seen it

Especially when your own husband says during a photo shoot..Don't show your body! WTF!?

Yes it is

Being assaulted in general is never ok.

eating yourself to this size and blaming society and trying to justify it is never okay either.

Health, though...

You mean live in your delusion.

uh.. yes it does lol

@@connorbannion5899 it is not a delusion to live.

@Connor Bannon, I understand where u r coming from. Everybody wants to live a good life, but if they choose to live a part of their life in delusion, then they are living on dangerous edge. Obesity will in this case erode her quality of life as she ages. Mentally & physically she seemed to be addicted to food & that’s a poor indicator of a good life.

Yes she speaks very well

Yes!

what caused your eating disorder?

Anuja Shah cause she a whale

wow aaron you are so edgy

I found that the most powerful as well!

You shouldn't because they were the ones who got themselves into that situation in the first place. Can't congratulate people on doing things they should have already been doing.

mrtp haha harsh man.. its kinda true though- "oh you have given up crack cocaine! good for you, you are a hero"

how about skinny people?

Jay p, I think this ultra liberal feminist propagated perspective that no one should be judged in any concrete way and that everything people do is justifiable because we're all unique snow flakes and truth is subjective can become very problematic. I assume you're trying to say that she has a legitimate excuse for being obese. She does not. No condition/disease justifies being obese. Must I quote the very speaker in this video..." I had grown tired of calorie counting, of the weight loss, of the obsession with food and exercise. I wanted something more to live for." - 11:45 Being fit and healthy is hard work, just like everything else that's good in life. You can't have your cake and eat it too, no pun intended, based on an appeal to pity and manipulation of the idea of justice.

mrtp did you miss the part where she said she was NOT eating a healthy amount of calories and was also throwing up in order to continue her weight loss? Her calorie counting, fitness and weight loss were NOT HEALTHY! That's the point- she was judged for being fat even before she was fat and when she began losing weight people said they were proud of her for being healthy when in reality she was starving herself and throwing up but her OUTWARD appearance was deemed as healthier. I'm not saying that people shouldn't take care of themselves and try and be as healthy as possible, but hating yourself and throwing up and starving yourself for the approval of people who don't know you is not healthy. So it's not being "snowflakey" for her to tell people to love themselves- it's a lot easier to have a healthy lifestyle when you do. But being told your fat and lazy and being body shamed does not create healthy people and does not push people to suddenly live healthy lifestyles, it often makes the problem worse and/or creates new unhealthy habits in the individual. It's so weird to me that people would rather someone hate themselves then to see them do good.

Winston G - Thank you. Your comment has best captured the essence of Whitney has said in her talk - be happy with yourself based on your own opinion, not on those of others. The only problem is that obesity is not a healthy situation, especially as one gets older. I feel that Whitney is probably in denial about her health issues and tries to downplay them. As an "elderly" person, I know that obesity contributes to early death through diabetes and heart disease. Losing weight is not an easy thing to do if you don't know how. I have found a solution for myself and hope that Whitney does too. Shaming has no place anywhere in our lives - just my opinion.

So what if it is unhealthy, she is doing what SHE wants and she is happy. She deserves to be happy whether she is the picture of health or not. AND she doesn't deserve judgement from other people.. No one deserves to be judged in a manner that puts negative labels that affects their life and feelings in our society.

Yeah, I'm really glad about her speech also. I told the Dr. to stop fat shaming me, and asked my type 2 diabetes to stop fat shaming me, and I was cured from all my obesity related issues just by being happy for my 300lb body!! Thanks fat acceptance!

YES!

REEE REE said the fatty. MUH CUNDISHUNZ

What do you get out of it? Go call someone a cripple. Go call a black man black. Do you look in the mirror?

Tina Pug I don't get anything out of it. Just being objective. Why is being objective so insulting to people these days?

people can't handle criticism very well

Yes, she is fat, and she refers to herself as fat many times. It depends on the context. If you are having a respectful conversation and call her fat, she would probably not get upset. If you say, "I am really attracted to fat girls," and then refer to her as fat, she would probably not get upset. If you say, "you're fat and disgusting," most people would have a hard time not getting upset--that's just human. If you say "fat" as you walk by her or say "you're fat" and nothing else--well then, that's not respectful conversation and it's hard to imagine why you would do that with good intention. I think most people would find that sort of behavior as upsetting.

+Tina Pug Lady, you don`t realla put cripples on a par with fat people. Trust me disabled people would say a lot of things aginst your argument. I`m not gonna ad what it is. Think at least for a little

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Kezzo Kav good for you for acknowledging you had a responsibility , and could take control of your health.

Kezzo Kav : we’re you actually able to cure your pcos completely?

Kezzo Kav i had pco too and now i had my period regulary you know what ive done? exercising by exercise, i drop my insulin resistance and got my hormone right

@paperback writer i have pcos and i'm really struggling to find a diet that works for me and is sustainable and makes me lose weight.. do you mind me asking what your diet consists of? maybe it's something i haven't tried. sorry if i'm overstepping, i just really want to change lol.

Speak for yourself ...not we're ! Nothing wrong with what she said at all,don't end up like the lgbtyuesafhjkkll community....People get resentful! How rude!

Me too! I wish I had even just a fraction of her strength.

so much courage do die at a young age. so beautiful and powerful of her to take a stand on the social standards of life expectancy.

@SillyU why are you so obsessed with when shes going to die? why are you so judgemental? shes really brave for coming out on such a big stage in front of so many people and talking about all these things, because so many other people in her place hide themselves from society and let other people decide their self worth.

Arwens child yes!

@renewer More of a all you can eat buffet (unfortunately)

*tight awkward stranger hung* No more disorders. You can do this. And in a month or two if you meausre you can eyeball portion size. You've got this. Keep it in prespective. Eat everything your body needs to keep you around for as long as possible. It's not a punishment to feed yourself what you need and you don't deserve any punishment that takes away your nutrients or your ability to chase and beat down a bully for spitting at you. Keep yourself healthy. Keep yourself here. I never imagined how long I would miss the people I've lost. People I've never met, but keep coming back to mind. *one last squeeze* take care of yourself. Noone else can.

this isn't helping.

@@colorbar.s isn’t helping who?

Seeded

Katie Ahronson @ yes she is

At least when she’s speaking she’s not shoveling Twinkies down her gullet.

Katie Ahronson and a better eater

deborah renee it's a sow

@@toomanybears_ you are what she speaks about.

Timothy Fish Can't agree more!!

Yeah I've been both sides too. Much happier when skinny

I prefer to be fatter than thinner. I also think fatter people look more beautiful too.

Never wanted to be skinny. Average. Not fat, not skinny. The best part was the health change. Once again, I threw it out the window.

Timothy Fish, you most likely felt better when you were thinner as well.

Shes playing the victim card, another excuse to remain obese and unhealthy. This "love your body" movement is leaving people sick!

You want to be a 400 pound werepig?

But she is occupying all the space.