[–] Sarcastatron_9000 ago
How much money went into your healthy body?
A few thousand dollars in fitness gear and membership costs, spread out over the last decade. Also all the money I haven't spent on junk food.
How much time did you not have to work and were able to focus on and prioritize your health?
I've been a homemaker for 15 years...but for the first five or so years of that I didn't have a lot of time to focus on my health. I was having babies and chasing toddlers. Unsurprisingly, I ended up in shitty shape - I lost most of the baby weight but not as much as I wanted, and my muscles were weak as shit because I wasn't getting proper exercise. My diet wasn't great either. When I realized I was unhappy with my body, guess what - I did something about it. I took up running. Running is free; all you need is shoes. Then I took up belly dancing. Then weight lifting. Then yoga. You prioritize the things you care about most. If you want it you can find the time to make it happen.
How long have you gone without significant medical injury or change in access and ability status? How much money did that save you?
Four months, bitch. At the end of April a routine gynecology procedure nearly ended my life - I lost a third of my blood volume, enough that I lost consciousness and ended up in the OR to stitch me back up. It fucking sucked. It was two full months before I could exercise again, and even then I had to be careful because I was still weak. Before then, it was a few years - I destroyed my left foot in a barefoot running incident (my toes folded under my foot and I severely strained all my tendons) and it was a year and a half before it was healed. Not sure what she means by "how much money did that save you?" - how the fuck does getting hurt save me money?
Did your parents have time to exercise? Is that how you learned?
My mom never exercised. She still doesn't very often. My dad was an intermittent exerciser; he doesn't do as much now but his job is very physical. But they always insisted that we spend time playing outside every day. I grew up on a bike, or out in the backyard running around, or tobogganing at the hill around the corner in winter. As I got older I was the motivating factor behind my choice to exercise. What I now know about fitness is what I've learned either by trial and error or by asking other people with experience.
Did you go to the doctor when you were sick, and find out in time to treat an illness before it progressed?
Sometimes yes. Sometimes no. I had to learn about my asthma by having an attack out of the blue and spending a day sure I was having a heart attack and was going to pass out and die. It fucking sucked. No warning there. So what? Being thin doesn't mean I have only ever had wonderful healthcare experiences.
Did you have health insurance?
Sometimes yes. Sometimes no.
Did they believe you when it hurt, or did they just tell you to lose weight?
I've never been fat enough to have a doctor tell me to lose weight. I have, however, been told to gain muscle because of how thin my arms are. And I have had doctors completely drop the ball with my healthcare. Being thin isn't a magic talisman that makes doctors give a shit about you. I have spent many years with some female health problems that have made an impact on my quality of life, and yet my family doctor has been mostly useless in treating it, as has the gynecologist he referred me to (she is the reason I almost bled to death too - pretty sure she nicked a blood vessel when she was in there!). I went repeatedly with serious and difficult symptoms only to be told to just take birth control. And yet I am thin. Go figure. It's almost like the problem is not whether a patient is fat or thin, but rather whether or not your doctor gives a damn about his/her patients, or whether they're actually good doctors in the first place - or even whether they're qualified to address your specific problems! Qualification is huge. When I went to the ER bleeding heavily they pissed around and didn't treat me fast enough. I should've been sent to a bigger hospital in an ambulance immediately. I was not. And the reason I was not is because our ER is mostly staffed by my town's family doctors, none of whom are thoroughly trained in emergency medicine. Fat or thin didn't make a difference. The problem was the doctors.
You know what though? At the end of the day, whether you are fat or thin has nothing to do with whether your parents exercised, or how much money you have to spend on your health (though you'd for sure have more if you ate less...the amount of food required to pack 70 extra pounds of fat onto a frame and maintain it is substantial and not at all cheap!). It's all down to how much and what you eat, and whether you move your body. It costs nothing to go for a walk or a run every day. It costs less to eat less food than it does to eat more - and it costs less to eat smaller amounts of healthy food than to eat large quantities of shitty food, too, especially if most of what you drink is water and tea.
[–] Carsandsarcasm ago
LOL. I bet a spend a fraction of what you do on being healthy. Eating less is fundamentally cheaper, eating less takes fundamentally less time, and walking is free. Honestly, if I were to get fat, I would have to put myself on a regimented lifestyle to force myself to eat all the time and I would probably need a sponsor to afford it. It would not come naturally at all. It takes a lot of constant choices to maintain that kind of lard.
[–] Rialed 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
All said as if losing weight was not a good idea for anyone who’s overweight regardless of current health status. What else takes no time, no money and improves your health? What makes it hypocrisy is the fat fuck who wrote it and attends an elite university with healthcare and exercise programs. What’s your excuse Caleb?
[–] ChocoRainVanillaIce 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
I could ask a similar line of questions.
How much money went into your disgusting addiction? How much time have you spent loafing around stuffing your degenerate face? Why do you keep developing injuries and medical problems? Are your parents such failures that they couldn't instill any sort of work ethic in you? Why the fuck do you need to haul your fat ass to the doctor so often? Have you ever tried taking your doctor's advice?
[–] mmmmdonuts ago
Damn I had to read that like 4 times before I understood what the pig was trying to say. Reads very v/iamverysmart.
[–] Elke_Schmidt 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Ok, so I registered just to make this comment. Fuck these people who think that I have unlimited amounts of time. I go to school (taking a full course load) and work 40 hours a week. That means when I'm not at school or work, I'm doing homework or sleeping. This also means that I'm doing things for 60 fucking hours a week. And guess what? I manage to stay at 125 pounds. I manage to walk for an hour everyday. I manage to not eat 10,000 calories a day. If it's your priority, IT'S NOT FUCKING HARD YOU LAZY TUB OF LARD.