I don't understand (goal weight rant)

[Wheetsin 714]

It's an interesting topic. I hear (and have probably said) "I'm fat, but healthy."

Obviously this is a bit of an oxymoron.

When I say it, I use it as "I'm fat, but I don't have manifested health problems yet."

But there are certainly people out there who think they can be morbidly obese & healthy.

I kind of have to call BS and point to the whole denial thing, just like I do when I hear "fat and happy" or "fat and proud of it." That's a protective wall and serves its purpose, but I know of no morbidly obese people who don't wish they were thinner. I also don't know many overweight people who don't suffer from at least situational - if not clinical - depression.

[Jachut 487]

Yes, they werent talking about obesity, they were talking about a few extra pounds. Obesity is a different matter entirely.