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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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[-] 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 Mostly going off of (potentially outdated) stuff like the 2000cal/day rule of thumb, and anecdotes like that my immediate family growing up were all heavier than me, and we all ate more or less the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.