Body positivity as a word is a lot like climate change.” The climate is always changing, and at certain times in Earth’s four-billion-ish history, it was more or less hostile to life, including ours.
These days are no different. I woke up to a sunny forecast and mild temps with no rain predicted, only to find myself in a rather persistent downpour before lunchtime. The predictors can’t get it right today, and most of the climate cult refuses to consider all of our climate history when pulling a Chicken Little. Body positivity can also mean anything.
You just have to feel positive about your anorexia, your 12-pack abs, being small, large, thin, fat, whatever it is. Or, maybe, you’re positive you need to lose a few pounds but don’t want to do the work. Thanks to GLP-1s, you can probably drop a few pounds and have positivity about both your slimmer look and that you will quickly regain the weight if you don’t change how you eat.
I know of some slightly older-than-middle-aged women who all work together and got on the GLP-1 bandwagon when the only option was the jabby version, which insurance covered. They lost weight, but then the insurance didn’t cover it, and they all gained it back. A GLP-1 will not keep you from downing three or four mixed drinks at 1100 calories each (that’s like eating four Big Macs, by the way). It doesn’t tell you to skip the larger portion, eat half and save the rest for later when you know you’ll be hungry again, or to skip dessert.
It is worth noting that some people find themselves in economic circumstances where good food isn’t as affordable as cheap crap that spikes your insulin and makes you hungry an hour later. To you, I suggest eggs. You can get them for close to a buck a dozen, and you can eat lots of them, and they are loaded with just about everything your body needs except vitamin C (take a supplement). Drink water, not juice or soda. Do this whether you need, took, or plan to try a GLP-1 (Lemin Peel extract triggers it naturally if you want to try that after dinner to limit late-night cravings).
I speak from (some small) experience. Health issues forced me to change how I think about food (I had nearly 20 pounds that wasn’t doing me any favors), and then reality forced me to realize that the people pretending to care about my health had it wrong too. The same can be said for the culture. Being Fat was never healthy. Body positivity was a lie.
And I’m not saying don’t try GLP-1s, but if you don’t change your diet, eating habits, and schedule (just like before they appeared on the scene), all the new clothes you bought won’t fit you for very long, and no, you do not need a gym membership or the latest exercise fad. Walking, air squats, stretching, yoga for flexibility, and a good diet, and your body will try to do what’s right for you.
Not everyone can do that; certain biological situations can make weight a lifelong problem, but culture, behavior, bad advice from so-called experts, and a food industry left to run wild can account for much of the obesity epidemic. In the 70s, we might have had a fat kid or three in a school of thousands and a few chunky kids who were destined to grow out of that before they graduated. It didn’t use to be like this.
But it is. MAHA is working on the food side, and GLP-1s represent a significant public health benefit that I suspect the science will only improve, but only if the users accept responsibility for the new body they find themselves in when it arrives.
Having a positive attitude about your body is good. It is not about ignoring health risks, or blaming someone else. You have to assume responsibility for the deck of cards you were dealt or the ones you picked up on your own. And that applies to everything in life, not just how heavy you might be.
Take elections, for example. They have consequences, especially when you don’t show up or pretend they don’t matter. The commies do show up, and if you keep electing socialists dressed as Democrats or progressives, there is a point at which you can’t go back without guns and violence and maybe not even then.
You will never have to do that if you vote for Republicans, even just to keep Democrats out of office. You might have to take more responsibility for yourself, your family, your community, but odds are good you’ll have both more personal resources and more individual liberty to decide what that means. For you. For your neighborhood, your town, county, and maybe even state.
Losing the budding Marxists and losing weight are choices, not always easy ones, but in both cases, less or fewer of both can mean more for everyone. And you can still eat Twinkies by the box, but I don’t recommend it.
