I agree but I think it's okay to be not healthy and still dress up as a princess :)

@Daria: absolutely. Being obese might also just be the consequence of not being healthy; feeling beautiful is what everyone deserves. Yet influencers thrive on telling everyone that what they do is ideal, or probably even normal. Obesity shouldn't be normalized. Being positive about one's own experience and not promoting obesity is healthy are no contradicitions in my opinion.

About 5 years ago I started gaining weight. I went to the doc and I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism, which slows your metabolism, makes you sweat, screws your hormones up, and causes weight gain. They put me on medicine. A side effect if the medicine is weight gain. So I'm kind of in a damned if you do damned if you don't situation.

I agree

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Becca Gizmo the Squirrel this is bullshit, I would imagine you are on thyroxine, like me, and it does not make you gain weight. Quite the opposite. Stop looking for excuses. I've got the same thing as you and I lost 15kg over 2 years without diet, without exercise, just by reducing processed and junk food.

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@Becca Gizmo the Squirrel screws with your metabolism? that shows a complete and fundamental lack of understanding of metabolism. Maybe you should actually learn what affects metabolism - it's your lean muscles. An average human will need anything from 1800 - 2,200 kcals a day. anything from 60%-80% of that is your base metabolic rate. BMR is the absolute minimum your body needs to maintain its current mass. That means if the subject goes into a coma it would still need anything from 1,400kcal - 1,800kcal for their bodies to not lose or gain wieght. What screws with your weight is excessive eating. Put the fork down.

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Size does not equate to health. There are tons of nutritional and health studies as well as Nutritionists and Dietitians dedicated to the principle of Health At Every Size. Look it up.

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You can be thin and unhealthy. You can be heavy and healthy. The idea that you can judge any of these women's health by these pictures is wrong.