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Going to the doctor as a fat person sucks (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 week ago by NotLuigi@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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I’m 370 lbs and today I had a doctor tell me that people who are skinnier than me are all like that because they work out and eat right. Can I get a roll call for the people who are less than 370 lbs and eat like shit or don’t work out? Because I’m pretty sure you exist.

Also, one time I had a doctor ask me “are you sure?” 4 times after I said I didn’t have any breathing problems. Like nah I’m just big.

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[-] barrbaric@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Can I get a roll call for the people who are less than 370 lbs and eat like shit or don’t work out? Because I’m pretty sure you exist.

Edit: I have been informed that I am probably off-base here and am not substantially outside the norm. Leaving the comment up for posterity.

Winner of the genetic lottery here, 200lbs and 6'. My diet consists primarily of different kinds of slop, and I'd wager I average around 3000cal/day (Edit: actually went back and did a rough count for yesterday and got 2900 so maybe a little lower). The extent of my physical activity is walking around at work for maybe an hour a day, occasionally taking the stairs in my apartment building, and riding a stationary bike for 20-40 minutes a few times a month. I have gone to the doctor once in the past because I was worried that I was sick after people kept asking if I'd lost weight when I hadn't changed my habits at all.

[-] Tomboymoder@hexbear.net 7 points 1 week ago

I feel like 200 isn’t that crazy for a 6 ft dude eating roughly 3k cals a day.

[-] barrbaric@hexbear.net 3 points 1 week ago

Honestly, it's entirely possible that it is normal and I just don't know what I'm talking about lol. Mostly going off of (potentially outdated) stuff like the 2000cal/day rule of thumb, and anecdotes like that my immediate family growing up were all heavier than me, and we all ate more or less the same things (if anything, I was famous for eating more than my siblings/cousins).

[-] Tomboymoder@hexbear.net 6 points 1 week ago

For a taller guy it’s probably closer to 2.5k sedentary and maybe up to 2.8-9 depending on what “moderate exercise means” but idk about that.
Either way, according to bmi at least, for your height it’s in the slightly overweight category which I think makes sense for someone slightly overeating.

I’m not a scientist tho, I’ve just been trying to get a better intuition about this kind of thing while losing weight.