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FAT SHAMING BY
RICKY " WONDEROUS " GERVAIS !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4YZiKbklAE -
Yes I am sharing his video - because - even tho he was offensive -
THE MAN IS A LEGEND !! - AND I FIND HIM HYSTERICAL
AND HIS ANIMAL ADVOCACY STUFF IS NEXT TO NONE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOxyTHazQt0
MESSAGE TO RICKY GERVAIS ABOUT FAT PEOPLE
MY ISSUE - The following remarks ( Below ) was said by Ricky Gervais - and although I think he is UTTERLY WONDERFUL - AND HE MAKES ME LAUGH WHEN OTHERS CANT -
I cannot stand back and let this go unsaid ! -
YOU ARE WRONG !!!
The comedian declared that he has no sympathy for overweight people because it is their "own fault" for having such a poor diet.
Gervais told GQ: "Well, it's their fault they're fat. They ate too much. Those are the rules. I got fat because I ate too much. I knew why I was getting fat. I didn't think I had a tumour up my backside. I thought it was because I ate cheese and pizza every f**king night."
"It's not the same thing though, is it? Gay people are born that way. They didn't work at becoming gay. Fat people became fat because they would rather be that way than stop eating so much. They had to eat and eat to get fat. Then, when they were fat they had to keep up the eating to stay fat" -
"They have bits sliced off and tied up and sucked out. I want to say to them, 'You lazy f**king fat pig. Just go for a run and stop eating burgers. You might fucking die'." Ricky Gervais
OK OK _ These are just THREE remarks he has made - he has made many many more - and ALTHOUGH the guy is a FANTASTIC ANIMAL ACTIVIST - and his Series DEREK is utterly WONDERFUL - and has helped People with Mental Illness -
These comments about fat people - are too Judgemental and far too shameful -
ALOT OF PEOPLE ARE FAT BECAUSE OF MEDICAL ISSUES AND STARVE THEMSELVES AND ARE STILL OVERWEIGHT - AND I HATE THIS AS A MEDICAL FACT .......
Talking from experience - I am 20 odd stone - a size 30 - and used to go to the gym 5 x a week for two hours a time - 1 hour in the gym and 1 hour aqua aerobics - AND OMG - I LOVED IT - The people were Helpful, Although my PT couldn't understand in the two Years I had been there - why I hadn't lost an inch - or even a few pounds - he was CONVINCED I was eating behind closed doors- and even told me to get medical help for my comfort eating !! - He was Just " Trying to help " - BUT _ Telling someone who doesn't ' comfort eat ' that they do - makes life almost unbearable - I didn't feel I was being stared at - and I loved every minute of it in the Gym - Untill my Brain Shut Down and I fell off a treadmill - yeah yeah - something out of a Ricky Sketch - BUT - Since then I was told I wasn't allowed to workout = or even swim ( Even with the ex husband and kids present ) as I was a Insurance risk - They were NOT covered for my particular Illness : Being :
PITUITARY BRAIN TUMOUR AND AND ENLARGED PITUITARY GLAND / PTSD & HYPOTHYROIDISM - DIAGNOSED BY MRI SCANS -
I didn't think I had a tumour up my backside - I KNEW I HAD ONE IN MY HEAD !
In 2006, I was diagnosed with a rare condition called Pituitary disease, caused by a benign pituitary tumor. I also have a Very Enlarged Pituitary Gland - pressing on various parts of my brain ( Causing many many different symptoms ) BUT One of the hallmarks of a Pituitary Condition is massive weight gain. FACT ... I don't stuff my face with super-size burgers and fries and sit eating cream cakes - although I am partial to cheesecake !! - I'm sick !!
That mixed with a thyroid gland that is not active enough, and you not create enough hormones, People with HYPOTHYROIDISM condition gain weight easily, often feel fatigue, making it hard to excersise .... - Basically Im buggered - I cant excersise cause im too tired - NOT AN EXCUSE - Medical EXHAUSTION - and even if I could - I don't have the metabolism to regulate the fats and nutrients in my body anymore - Once again - No - excuses - FACT - I used to go to Canine Agility WITH MY DOG !! = and walk her miles every day = Now I cant even go out alone for fear of going giddy - or my brain shutting down - or 'storming' where the pain gets so bad in my head that I stutter - and cant find words and I look like a Tourettes patient as I am so frustrated all I can do is swear - loudly - and then there is the confidence - because I have so much adrenaline - I am Like the HULK and fear I can take ANYONE ON .... So - Best I don't just go out with anyone - But just people who can keep me calm - tell me to medicate - and ARE NOT EMBARRASSED BY MY CONDITION - If = I do get ill !!
The bias out there against heavy fat people is incredible. Having an illness doesn’t matter. In people’s eyes, fat is fat.
People’s perception of those MANY extra STONE that I have gained, can be as tough to deal with as any disease or treatment that causes the weight gain.
Its just good that I am Positive ( MOST OF THE TIME ) and TRY to be an Advocate for those who cant and wont speak up for themselves ....... YEAH YEAH - I AM FAT - BECAUSE I AM ILL - AND YES - I DO USE THE FAT WORD - BECUASE I AM - I DONT LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND THINK - OHHHHH DOES MY BUM LOOK BIG IN THIS - - OF COURSE IT BLOODY DOES - ITS HUGE - !!
BUT - IM ALSO BEAUTIFUL, SEXY, FUNNY, INTELLIGENT 100% HONEST ( because I cant remember lies !!! ) AND HAVE A FANTASTIC HEART - Surely that's more important THAN BEING FAT ???
There’s a feeling out there of why COMMUNITIES have to pay for them (the fat people), if they can do something about their weight, As a society we have a strong, pull-yourself-up-by-the-bootstrap mentality, and the overweight are the targets ... Unless you have experienced it, you can't imagine the prejudice and shame associated with being fat, even if it isn't your fault, I have been shouted at and screamed at in the street - by adults and children alike - AND WITH MY CHILDREN PRESENT ...
LOSE WEIGHT
PARK FURTHER AWAY AND WALK FAT SLAG ( OK - Im Fat - But Im definatly NOT a slag !! )
DONT EAT SO MUCH
MAKE MINE A SUPERSIZE
FATTY
FAT BITCH
FFS - WHAT ARE YOU SHOWING YOUR KIDS .... LOOSE WEIGHT
People also assume I’m stupid and have no willpower, why should I have to explain I’m not a moron and I’m fat for medical reasons .... But - Fact is, I always DO Try to explain -
To name just a few things that have been SHOUTED at me - I have even had a guy - When I told him I had a Brain Tumour - Say " Good - You'll be dead soon then and then we wont have to waste our money on you " - I mean - please - IS THIS ACCEPTABLE ??
Ricky - Please re-think your comments - ok - you don't need to re-tract them - as - I AGREE - There ARE people out there that DO OVEREAT = and that IS THEIR PROBLEM - BUT = Just - At the back of your mind - have a thought for those that can do NOTHING ABOUT IT ......
There’s one big problem with all this shaming of fat people: it’s wrong. Not just morally, but scientifically. Research published by University College London suggests that people who felt discriminated against because of their spare tyres – who had been the butt of jokes, patronised or hassled or given worse service in shops and restaurants – were actually more likely to gain weight.
WHY DO YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO THAT TO SOMEONE ??
People ate more to comfort themselves; became too ashamed to go to the gym and risk ridicule from the honed and toned. Those treated kindly, meanwhile, tended actually to shed pounds. Or to put it another way, Dear Ricky will probably send more viewers running to the biscuit tin than to Weight Watchers –
The extra weight gain the researchers found among the fat-shamed wasn’t insignificant: nearly a kilo in four years. Give it long enough, and it’s not hard to see how a plump but sensitive teenage girl or boy grows up into an obese woman or man...
Allowing fat to become the last socially acceptable grounds for discrimination would be not just cruel but counterproductive.
Thinking back to a day in McDonalds, I was about a size 10 = and a BIG girl squeezed into a tiny seat - I’m faintly ashamed to say that much as I sympathised with that girl, I did wonder if getting stuck might not be a turning point for her, the moment she realised something had to change. But perhaps it was a turning point all right, and one that would lead her in quite the opposite direction. Perhaps it’s not her who should have flushed with shame, but those of us who looked and judged.... Because yes - I am one to I guess .... ( Its easy to Judge when you are not Fat - !! )
I don't understand how this is acceptable behavior in our society. No matter what people's shape or size or how they got there, every man and woman should feel confident in their own skin.
Body diversity isn't about promoting unhealthy lifestyles;
it's about loving yourself and others.
I hope that by sharing my DAILY struggle, I can help promote a society that encourages kindness and positivity instead of judgment and hatred....
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