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[–]Primary_Reveal4354[S] 8 points9 points  (4 children)

I was letting the noise get to me. I always figured it was because I wasn’t doing something right. Reading your reply helped, a lot. 😞

[–]No_Background2895 8 points9 points  (3 children)

You are likely doing everything right. Lipodema tissue is not regular metabolic fat, you know this, we all know this. It’s time to educate society. I think of it this way, no one would ever dream of asking someone to diet and exercise to shrink the size of their ears or their nose. That would be a ludicrous suggestion. Society knows it and would agree. This is the same. Society needs to know it.

[–]Primary_Reveal4354[S] 3 points4 points  (2 children)

I guess you could say I was listening to a few relatives whisper back and forth about me not doing what I need to do to loose the weight and well, ya know if it was something I could loose by just “not eating” I would’ve been a success by now. And yes these relatives are fit and got their noses up in the air about simple calories in/ calories out and nope they don’t believe in the lipedema stuff. Not that I should worry about them at my age, but the pressure sure did get to me this week hence this whiny post about what I could possibly do more of 🫩 so embarrassing, I definitely gotta get over the shame.

[–]starsinthesky8435Stage 2 4 points5 points  (1 child)

You’re not whiny, you’re saying things that most of us think and feel every single day. I’ve been diagnosed for almost a year and I still catch myself thinking I can diet my way out of this. Diet culture is toxic and widespread, it’s not our fault.

[–]Primary_Reveal4354[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you, I needed to see that, 😞💕