please get this to the other fats. you know how Hello everyone. My name is D and I'm 22 years old. I wanted to make this post so that hopefully, I can reach someone before it is too late. If I can effectively warn at least one person who is being fed this lie, then I will consider my post a success. I was obese for all of my teenage life. I have to admit to myself, and to everyone else, that I was not without people telling me that I needed to start eating healthier and be more active. My older brother and sister were both very into sports, both encouraged me to get outside more so that I could lose some weight, but I just didn't care. I tried to stifle all of my emotions with food but that only made me more miserable because on top of being sad, I was incredibly fat. Now to the lie: Healthy at every size. It is THE BIGGEST lie I have ever heard in my entire life, right up there with 'you look beautiful at any size',  and 'weight is just a number'. This fat acceptance movement is BULLSHIT. My highest weight when I was 17 years old was 235 pounds at 5'3. I was always overweight but that is the heaviest I ever got. I felt absolutely horrible when I was at 235. I could barely go up 3-4 stairs without getting winded. My knees hurt all the time. I couldn't get up and down off of the floor easily. I got my gallbladder removed at 19 because I had developed gallstones from such a fatty diet. I couldn't chase around my niece and nephews, and those are just all of the PHYSICAL side effects. I had a horrible self-esteem, and my body disgusted me. I was made fun of in school all the time. And for good reason. You SHOULD NOT love your body in that state. That is NOT how we are supposed to be. I don't care what the fat activists or fat acceptance people tell you, don't listen to them. Because when you are 22 years old and your knees hurt constantly, you are going to regret it. When you die at age 40 from a heart attack, you will regret it. When you have someone washing underneath your folds so that you don't get sores at 30, YOU WILL REGRET IT. Your body can do wonderful things if you take care of it and eat properly, but it can only do so much if you eat like shit and never exercise. People who are obese have higher risks for heart attacks, strokes, diabetes, high blood pressure, and SO much more. There is NO such thing is healthy at every size. I have lost 55 pounds, still have a ways to go. Even though 55 pounds of pressure has been relieved from my knees, they still ache. At this point, I wonder if I have permanently damaged them. Your body is not meant to carry so much excess weight. I'm speaking for myself when I say that I feel so much better now that I have lost some weight. I can breathe easier, my self-esteem is a lot better, I dont get so tired carrying around my own weight. Do not let the miserable fat acceptance people fool you. There is nothing glorious in that lifestyle. All you will find there is destroyed joints, heart disease and a family that has to take care of you because you cannot reach all of your folds to wash them. Take some responsibility with your health. My siblings tried to save me when I was younger and I wouldn't listen to them. Now, I have to worry about whether I will be able to play with my future children like they deserve because of how much damage I've done to my knees. It is my fault and I now have to live with the consequence of the poor decisions I made. Nobody stuffed a cheeseburger down my throat. Don't be like me. If you are still young, try to research all you can on proper nutrition and exercise, your body and your self-esteem will thank you for it later. Please let this go viral, so I can save at least one person. PLEASE, PLEASE do not be fooled by this lie. This is coming FROM A FATTIE. I regret ever having let it get so bad and you will too. Plugging this because it's a good resource: https://github.com/CarsandSarcasm/Your-One-Stop-Shop-for-Anti-Obesity-Science