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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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[-] 7bicycles@hexbear.net 3 points 1 week ago

As noted in this context I don't really care for the actual number. Knock it down to 50 for the fidgeting and you'd still end up at a ~500 calorie difference between two otherwise 100% identical and synchronized people, or a pound of fat up / down a week.

My point here is that any assessment about how many calories a person eats or burns, unless done with actual 24/7 tracking, is basically just guessing because the numbers of variables is so high and even a few of those can add up to quite a lot of difference over time.