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[–]immersang 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

somehow they all eat 800 calories a day and they still gain weight

That was a co-worker of mine from a few years back. Kept loudly proclaiming how all she eats is salad and she's still gaining weight when everyone could see she was obviously lying - at least to us and possibly also to herself. (And not just in the "well, this obviously CAN'T be true" kind of way, but in the actual "everyone can see her eating chocolate and cookies every day" kind of way.)

I still wonder if she thought that claiming it as often as possible and as loudly as possible would somehow make it true.

[–]Realwoman 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah, there is an obvious mental health issue there, sadly. Binge eating disorder is the most prevalent eating disorder and it carries very serious risks. The fat acceptance movement is actively harming people like that.