chperplt
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Unlike real disabilities like MS, mental illness, severe injuries, fat is totally controllable.
Photopilot,
For you, being fat was totally controllable. For others, it is not totally controllable. There are quite a few medical problems that can cause obesity. Hypothyroidism for one... People with severe thyroid disfunction can have uncontrollable weight gain. It can takes up to a year or two before medication can properly control it.
I know all about hypothyroidism. I went from 190lbs to near 300lbs before I was on the correct medication and correct amount of it. It took another 2 years to lose most of it.
Before you jump to a conclusion and call all overweight people lazy and fat, you might want to get your facts straight. It's not all about not being able to push away from the table.