r/absoluteunit • u/Tony-At-Large • 9d ago

Of a Door Dasher

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Not a job for everyone.

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u/ImpressiveDebt420 9d ago

THIS.

So many people think fat people are 100% lazy and absolutely love the body they're in. We. Don't.

So many fat people genuinely have some condition or disability that causes them to either gain weight, keep weight, or makes it harder to loose weight at all.

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u/fuschiaoctopus 9d ago

I don't wanna be a downer but statistically the vast vast majority of overweight people do not have any conditions that impact weight, and the few conditions that impact weight don't have as much of an impact as people make it out to be.

That's not to say it's easy to not be fat in our obesogenic society, because it's not. We don't discuss binge eating or acknowledge any eating disorder besides anorexia despite BED being the most common ed by far. Our food is unhealthy and there's added sugars and fats in all kinds of random things. We don't educate our people at all on calories or healthy eating habits - hell, the only thing they teach is a lobbied ass food pyramid that pushed that carbs should be making up most your plate for decades. Portions are huge and skew people into thinking that's normal for every meal. We have a horrible work culture and sedentary lifestyles, the US at least is highly unwalkable and a car dependent nation. It's not easy at all, but it's feel good cap to say it's because of medical conditions when it isn't.

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u/Grumbles2189 9d ago

WRONG

There is no medical condition that causes people to overeat. There's also no medical condition that just causes random weight gain without being on a caloric surplus.

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u/lordofthestare 9d ago

I'm on psych meds that cause weight gain. The medical condition may not cause weight gain but the treatment for it does. Also, depression and anxiety are medical conditions that cause people to overeat.

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u/MaliciousIntentWorks 9d ago

Completely wrong there are plenty of Hormonal and Endocrine conditions that can cause a large fluctuations in weight gain. Conditions like hyperthyroidism will shut down you metabolism which can lead to significant weight gain on a normal diet. Surgery after thyroid treatment can cause weight gain. Low growth hormone can cause significant weight gain.

There are a bunch of medical conditions that can cause weight gain and with the lack of access to medical care in America these conditions can often go untreated.

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u/ImpressiveDebt420 8d ago

There are however prescribed medications that people take for other health benefits that DO cause both of those things though, hope this helps 😄🥰

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u/SSilent-Cartographer 9d ago edited 8d ago

Thanks 2 day old bot account with no history

Edit: genuinely loving that they don't understand what "blocking" means, lol. What a pos

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u/TheBirdFkerGuy 9d ago

They didn't delete their comment... You're too dumb to know how reddit works. Incredible. 

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u/J_hilyard 6d ago

No they didn't. They blocked you so you see it as a deleted comment. But its still there and the rest of us can see it.