The fantasy of being thin

[sqbr]

A quite good essay about the "When I'm thin everything will be better" thinking of a lot of dieters: The fantasy of being thin.

I must admit, I have pretty much literally thought "How dare they take my hope away?!" when reading fat acceptance blogs and their message that diets don't work. Because if that's true, then that sinks the only (fairly slim) chance I have of getting rid of my reflux, which is something I'm not ready to come to terms with. But if it's true then it's true, it's like debunking ineffective cancer cures etc. And as she says in the post, if you spend all your time pinning your hopes for bettering your life (in whatever way) on losing weight, and it never happens, then that's a waste of all the time and energy you could have spent pursuing those goals in other more effective ways.

I still think Weight watchers has been good for Cam and I even if we end up as fat at the end as we were at the start, since it's gotten us exercising and eating healthier. (I've seen one or two blogs which even argue against that, but them I don't take so seriously)

EDIT: the other thing I find annoying about fat acceptance blogs, which is totally not their fault, is all this talk about "eating whatever you want" when if I did that I would be seriously sick. Stupid allergies for all the foods I really like :(

Comments

[shehasathree]

dude, i was looking through your tags (hunting down fic recs atm, to avoid working!) and came across this post, and here, have my thinky related thoughts, if you like.

(i totally hear you on the reflux thing, btw!!)

[alias_sqbr]

*reads your post*

Ok, get out of my head :D I was nodding along to pretty much everything except the personal experiences with Crohns.

I hope you don't mind, but I think you may have inspired another thinky post...EDIT: wait, is locked. Well, I'll just have to try to express my opinions myself rather than saying "What she said" then :)