As a mentally ill person that takes antidepressants and antipsychotics, if you take them. How do you feel about fat acceptance and the weight gain of these meds? Do you accept the fat or do you try to work it off? For me, I’m still considered over weight, but I try to exercise and eat well. Do you care about your weight or is it something you accept?
I don’t mean any offense btw. Just curious.
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I am accepting of my chubbiness, but I struggle to try to loose some of it to try to remain healthy
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Definitely care about my weight, although I’m more accepting of the fact that I’m about 25lbs heavier than I’d like to be. Been keeping the calories at 1200/daily and exercising 3-4 times a week to shed these pounds.
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I’ve put on 30lbs since I got back on invega sustania. I actually lost 100 lbs on invega sustania before though. I’m planning to get back on my program tomorrow.
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I’m very aware of my extra 50-60 pounds. I just can’t do strenuous exercise until I figure out how to stop my arthritis, with an elimination diet.
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im a healthy weight, but have a bit of a belly. I’ve been running in the morning and eating one meal a day plus a smoothie after my run. I haven’t been doing targeted ab exercises though. the extra 30 lbs I put on used to bother me, but I don’t give it much thought anymore.
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I’m about a hundred pounds overweight, but I don’t worry about it so long as Walmart have clothes that fit. After developing arthritis in my knee, I worry about the stress put on my joints and the pain. I really want to lose the fat, but can’t seem to be able to lose weight.
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I just told my psychiatrist I wouldn’t like to gain weight and he always prescribes me medications that don’t cause weight gain. He told me he doesn’t want me to gain weight.
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I don’t accept it. It’s so dangerous obesity, so many diseases related to being obese, including not obvious ones, like eye issues.
Also I wanna look slim for my bf and feel more confident
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I feel ya. I’ve surprisingly been able to stay pretty in shape, not a model but I’m doing good. I asked because I watched an obese woman’s autopsy and it was just so much fat. She died at a young age from heart failure. I vowed to not let myself get that way. I just wanted to know everyone else’s opinions on fat acceptance culture seeing as how meds can cause weight gain.
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I don’t care about my weight anymore. And I’m really fat.
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I’m definitely insecure about my weight. I used to be stuck in the 180 range but now I’m down in the 170 range and I have no idea why because my diet is the exact opposite of what anyone should be eating. I’m still fat though some people have pointed out that I’ve lost weight.
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I used to be underweight before I was on meds but since then my weight is normal. I eat healthy vegan diet as far as possible and walk to shops a three times a week and carry heavy shopping bags home (7 minute walk home).
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I’ve never been fat, but I’d be considered chubby in certain countries. Never topped 200 lbs, would probably stop eating anything but salads if I did. Got up to 195 once, too much ice cream and granola bars during Seroquel. I think I’m about 182 right now, almost 6 feet tall.
I feel pretty crappy because I can’t stop pacing and voices in my head chatter a lot lately.
Other than that things are great I guess. Lots of cool stuff happening for me and around me, it’s just hard to focus on those things while I feel like crap.
I really wouldn’t want to have to deal with extra weight on top of that. The list of things I have going for me is pretty short and I don’t like to let anything fall off of it. I eat pretty small portions even though the stuff I eat is all fatty comfort food, but I refuse to sacrifice enjoyable meals. They make me feel good.
In jail I was down to 135 lbs, a family member complained and they started fattening me up with ensure. I wish they hadn’t, I looked like Bruce Lee and felt fantastic.
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I gained about 20 pounds on Zyprexa and now by eating smaller portions I have lost 10 of those pounds. All of my weight is in my belly and I know it looks bad. But hardly anyone mentions it, and I have come to accept it.
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oh no sir ten pounds over weight is not a problem. you look mature and it is expected. don’t worry about it @Here4You. you are one of the lucky/blessed ones.
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I am also accepting my chubbiness.
I used to be pretty slim but I put on weight.
I am probably pretty normal weight still if a bit chubby.
I exercise a lot and eat pretty good and I don’t want to eat less.
I said to my dog we will both be fat n fit but I’m not fat just chubby I think but not obese and possibly on the outer scale of a normal bmi I i could still be normal bmi but only just if I do.
My taste has changed.
There are some really big people at the gym that are gorgeous and fit n healthy but might be considered fat.
I am the fittest and healthiest I have ever been.
Despite the weight gain.
I have never exercised this much before or eaten so well.
You can be slim and very unhealthy .
I love 
my body as it is and a must proud of it as it is.
I go to the gym four times a week and walk dogs and more.
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