@bdccarpenter: Replying to @Tik Toker “How did you get so fat?” On one hand, I hate videos like this. I can’t imagine a stranger on social media randomly asking someone that. On the other hand, I actually really love hearing people talk openly about things they struggle with. For example, there is a pervasive myth that obesity is an easy thing to get away from. Anyone who struggles is simply “lacking willpower” and told to “eat less, move more”. But people are silly sausages, and they often overlook the *reasons why* people eat more food in the first place. In this video, @599.to.damnshesfine talks about comfort eating from a young age, hiding and eating food in secret, and how her “addictive personality” often turned to things like shopping, gambling, drugs, or in this case, food. Now, the science of food addiction is a complicated beast, and that’s ok. What we can say with certainty is that many people feel addicted to food. They feel like it’s something they want to keep turning to even when they know it feels like it’s a slippery slope. When someone is struggling like this, imagine how patronising it can be for someone to come along and casually say “just eat less and move more”. Because if it was that easy to implement, everyone would be doing it already, right? P.S. My best-selling book, ‘Everything Fat Loss’ is currently on sale as a brand-new audiobook, plus digital/print versions from Barnes and Noble, Apple, Kobo, Google, and Amazon with an extra 7% off in the UK, an extra 8% off in Canada and an extra 10% off in the USA. Feel free to grab it before the price goes up (Iink in profile). #addiction #addictionawareness #food #foodaddict #foodaddiction #weightloss #fatloss #weightlosstips #weightlossmyths #fatlosstips #fatlossmyths #obesity #weightstigma #caloriedeficit #exercise #gym #GymTok #FitTok #caloriesincaloriesout #foryou #fyp #fypシ

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Friday 05 April 2024 21:40:58 GMT