I have chronic heartburn and am about 20 lbs overweight. My doctor told me to lose weight to treat it, but I'm generally a little skeptical of medical advice that supports weight loss as the first line of defense against a variety of illnesses. I was wondering what your take was on this (especially in relation to your "don't diet" tag) or if you could direct me to another tumblr resource that supports health at every size/ is fat posi?
I think your Doctor is being an asshole. They are refusing to look at any other options and is focusing only on your weight. Which is some real bullshit. Also, let's get real; the BMI scale is utter bullshit. It is an extremely faulty and inaccurate system. For me personally, if was to be my ideal weight on the BMI scale, I would have to lose a leg to get to there. There is no way that weight is feasible or attainable for me. So please don't pay too much attention to the BMI scale.
In terms of body positivity blogs, I would definitely go and follow bustysaintclair, throughshadow-to-the-edgeofnight, queer-trash, mussinga, iridessence tessmunster and femifeisty They are all great people and great blogs.
Your weight is not the issue. Your doctor's laziness is. Sorry you have to put up with them *hug*