I eat clean, well, mostly. I allow myself the occasional treat, but in truth, I just happen to like and enjoy healthy food and it tastes better than junk. My husband lost over 150 lbs just by eliminating processed and fast foods. Basically, if it didn't grow in the ground, on a tree or wasn't lean protein, he didn't eat it. He went from a lethargic, grey pallored, exhausted man of almost 400 lbs (373) to an energetic, youthful, healthier 216 lbs.

To me, shaming on either side is wrong. That being said, I have a huge problem with the body positivity movement when it extends in only 1 direction. This person's posts, which I haven't seen are akin to those stupid memes that were floating around a while back about women not being "real" if they were a size 0 or whatever other nonsense. I've been accused of being anorexic, obsessed, and on and on. I'm small. That's it. Always have been. I eat like a horse, but once I hit my 40s, I became more deliberate in my choices.

Obesity is not healthy. Full stop. It increases risk for all sorts of things. That doesn't mean a large person should be shamed or treated poorly. They're human and as deserving of love and respect as anyone else. And not all obesity is caused by eating, there are other factors and conditions that can be at play. But so do those of us who are smaller and who choose to take a differnet approach.

I applaud you for speaking your mind. It's difficult to do so in this climate. I got a lot of hate for a piece I wrote about the stupid memes I mentioned earlier., but like I said, positivity, to be truly positive has to go both ways.