• captainlezbian@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Idk “I’d rather you exercise and focus on a more nutritious diet than focus on a number on a scale or your pants. Let’s focus on getting you healthy so we aren’t just trading one eating disorder for another” is both the original meaning of that concept and probably the best approach for a doctor to take

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        2 months ago

        No they’re telling you to exercise because it’s necessary to maintain cardiovascular and muscular health as well as playing a role in endocrine regulation. Because it’s critical to a healthy lifestyle and it’s difficult to do.

        The point of my comment was that there are elements of heath that are vital and associated with weight loss that are better separated from it because if you think of exercise as a “weight loss thing” instead of a “important element of a healthy lifestyle no matter your weight” you will be less healthy

        The plus side is exercise does help regulate the endocrine system which can help you lose weight

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          2 months ago

          Yet the doctor is fat, they explicitly say the exercise is for weight loss, the knowledge hasn’t helped them.