are you overweight/obese? (anonymous pls be honest)

[liskuntreat]

Nothing inherently bad about it, this is a safe zone, I'm just curious about this, this is an anonymous vote

 

[FoxSauce]

I still think I am even tho people tell me I'm not.

 

[RoseGirl]

So difficult to have the energy to eat food. Plus there's basically nothing in the house to eat anyways.

 

[PrismHon]

Yep, gradually gotten fatter over time as I give less and less of a fuck lol. Binge eating/junk food always been one of my big coping mechanisms.

 

[Unbearable Mr. Bear]

I'm not really fit, but not overweight either. Kinda sorta chubby and flabby but I still can see my feet when standing so I guess I'm okay.

 

[Dejected 55]

I am... but also, I'm 6' and when I was down to 180lbs back in my 30s I still had a BMI that classified me as "overweight" which was BS. I feel like 180 is underweight for me because I legitimately have large skeletal structure and I have decent arm and leg muscles naturally even when not working out... so I feel like 200 lbs is a healthy weight for me.

I'm about 315 right now. I was down to 285 last year and dropping at a good pace until my world imploded and I decided I didn't care.

 

[Apathy79]

BMI 27 so technically overweight but isn't it pretty much entirely discredited these days given males and females of the same height and weight are the same BMI? I can guarantee all women my height and weight look a lot fatter than I do despite that number being the same. I'm pretty normal looking size where I live.

 

[Dejected 55]

BMI 27 so technically overweight but isn't it pretty much entirely discredited these days given males and females of the same height and weight are the same BMI? I can guarantee all women my height and weight look a lot fatter than I do despite that number being the same. I'm pretty normal looking size where I live.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure BMI is discredited but it somehow still gets referenced and even if not directly referenced, people still use the relative weights to classify people as overweight anyway.

I also hate how doctors use weight as an automatic jump-off point to various diagnoses without considering other factors first. Like, I won't argue being extremely overweight is healthy... but it isn't necessarily the cause of lots of things it gets blamed for automatically.

My mother tried for years to get her thyroid tested and diagnosed for what she expected was a thyroid problem. She was overweight and they always wanted to go for other things and she had to really push them to test and ultimately they determined she did have an overactive thyroid, and once they got her on that medication her other symptoms started disappearing and she also began losing weight.

 

[Dr Iron Arc]

I'm fat as fuck but whatever. It's mostly all in my stomach and other really difficult parts to actually burn off.

 

[2messdup]

In my case BMI doesn't lie. I'm obese. When I'm more depressed my appetite goes and I lose some weight but after a couple of months the anxiety/BPD mood swings take over and I comfort eat/ sometimes binge and I gain it back and more. I've gained nearly 2 stone in 18 months. I rarely have the mental strength to go for a short walk, never mind any other form of exercise.

 

[Apathy79]

Yeah mine fluctuates wildly too. Just since the start of last year I went from 84kg to 108kg before the treks in 8 months, back to 82kg after the 3 months of treks, and now 92kg in the 5 months since coming back. Wild. I've done that my whole life though. I think I've lost more than 20kg in less than 6 months at least 10 times now, all through either extended treks or water fasts, but it always comes back.