I'll take "Things everyone except Reddit Science have known forever" for 200, Alex.

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[–]Mazurro 10 insightful - 5 fun10 insightful - 4 fun11 insightful - 5 fun -  (0 children)

In actuality they just love digestible pop-sci tidbits from regurgitated reddit posts and overrated shows like Rick and Morty, that's their perception of science.

Biological gender? Health problems from obesity? "That's not science, too low n"

[–][deleted] 7 insightful - 4 fun7 insightful - 3 fun8 insightful - 4 fun -  (8 children)

They did not say this to people back in the day. Like they still don’t say it. They never tell us to be healthy.

I’m at the doctors office today doing cholesterol. I was told I had to go on medication. I’m hoping a little change in diet and a bit of working out over the last year has helped me. Lost 30 pounds but I still have like 50 to loose.

[–]jet199 10 insightful - 4 fun10 insightful - 3 fun11 insightful - 4 fun -  (1 child)

One quote from one of the vids I saw recently was something like

"When you take a sick animal to the vets the first thing they ask you is "how have they been eating". If you take yourself to the doctor that's the last thing they will ask."

[–]portace 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

animals can't sue you for fat shaming

[–]JasonCarswell 4 insightful - 4 fun4 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

Sounds like me too.

[–]wendyokoopa1 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

This isn't workout or dietary advice don't give it and won't. But practical advice. Do not listen to friends or family on how to work out unless they have degrees. Any advice given by non pros despite what they want to tell you could kill you. They don't know or understand your limits or any past health problems. Seriously I've had people try to shove their advice like exert yourself make yourself collapse. DON'T. Then I had one punk telling me he was starving himself practically while whinging he wasn't "cutting" Yeah dude ok. Tell people recipes are always welcomed the more healthy the better. Workout advice however isn't sadly welcomed unless it's as simple as walk.

[–]wendyokoopa1 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

You can do it. It's hard I know. Trying myself have over 1 or so but I believe in you.

[–]Objecting_Sphere 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I think a lot of doctors are worn down... they don't believe that their patients will do anything harder than pop a pill, so they just skip to the drugs instead of trying to have the weight loss conversation. And I can't really blame them, it's incredibly rare that a fat person makes a meaningful change.

That said, congratulations on your weight loss and being one of the rare few who do the work!

[–]hfxB0oyA[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Keep at it, dude. Mine was up a few years back and I was feeling panicky and terrible. Swapped most of the pop and canned / boxed shit food out of my diet in favour of soda water and meat & produce and I've never felt so good. Plus, no cholesterol pills!

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That’s exactly what I’m doing! I hope the blood tests come back good.

I drink spendrift carbonated water. It’s pretty good.

[–]SoCo 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

The moderators of /r/science are absolute morons. They may all be teenagers from my interactions with them. I'm surprised they didn't sensor that "misinformation," like they did my comment citing John Hopkins University's dumbed down version of well known things Reddit's political activist moderators refuse to accept.

[–]portace 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

not political activists, but government astroturfs

[–]Objecting_Sphere 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Hey, at least it's not "social science" Sticking to STEM is all I ask of /r/science these days.