Why is it OK to be fat?

for many people who have struggled with their weight for most of their life it is just not that easy.

Actually some overweight people can in fact be more healthy than regular weight and underweight people. Being over weight does not always have to do with being unhealthy. Why is being a tooth pick a trend? Do you not know that is it not normal to be 5 ft 7 and weight 100 lbs? It goes both ways. Why attack only one? You don't know what is wrong with another person. My grandmother is overweight, has diabetes and back issues AND she does NOT eat junk at all. It just happened with her old age. My grandmother is like me and would rather throw up than see a bag of chips. Oh and the cheeseburger thing, skinny people don't need that garbage either. You do know that you can be very thin and the " ideal weight and STILL have heart disease? Try learning about what you want to rant about. You just sound like an ignorant person.

It has become acceptable because it's become the norm!  So many people are fat these days, because of fast food, processed food at the grocery stores, the television, video games and the internet..  These companies have to convince us that it's okay to keep eating their CRAP.

Also, big people have to get their self-esteem somehow!  Telling themselves it's fine to be bigger is easy because they can look around and see 5 more people who are as big or bigger than them...much easier than changing what they eat and how they exercise.

being stick skinny is just as bad as being morbidly obese

I don't care what anyone says, being fat is not better than being a healthy size. I highly doubt a fat person could run for their lives if they had to, or quickly get their child/ren and themselves out of a burning house...

I have been my "ideal" weight according to the charts once in my life

I got there by working out 2 hours a day and eating I'll say 800 calories daily

so yep, I wasn't "fat", but I sure the hell wasn't healthy

anon: but being stick skinny is not being a "healthy size"

The same can be asked about those who smoke, drink or do drugs. And anyone can die at any moment, many obese people just have the attitude of: I love myself, no matter my size. Doesn't mean they won't lose weight or take steps to be healthy, but loving oneself as they are is healthier than being miserable and depressed.

"anon: but being stick skinny is not being a "healthy size" "

Where did I say that it was?

Well I for one prefer being 5'6" and 170lbs over being 5'6" and 120lbs. I would rather have some meat/fat on me than be so skinny my bones stick out. Being that small is gross no matter who you are. I would like to get down to 140lbs but if I had to choose 170lbs or 120lbs I would go with 170lbs. I have been both.