Jacob Riis Beach hosts the day of body positivity and fun, in the city at the heart of the fat acceptance movement

Fat Beach Day events are springing up across the US in an effort to fight back against fat-phobia, reclaim safe spaces for the community and honor plus-size culture. Today, one of these celebrations is being held to coincide with Pride month at Jacob Riis Beach in New York, a location deeply ensconced in the city’s activism space.

  • BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca
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    4 months ago

    Your situation is valid, but you’ve missed about a half dozen important components.

    First. You need to eat slower, 900 calories to feel full is more of a time thing than a volume thing.

    Second. You need to be eating more protein and fiber. Which also help with fullness.

    Third. You need to give your body time to reduce the size of what it thinks it needs. Your stomach actually gets used to a certain quantity of food, and it needs to re-adjust to a lower amount.

    Fourth. Hunger sucks. Drinking water helps. Especially before a meal it will help you with the first point here too.

    Fifth. Hunger is a mental thing, you can overcome it with practice, you’re not actually malnourished. As a child I used to participate in these 30 hour famine fundraisers where you didn’t eat anything between dinner on Thursday and lunch on Saturday, only clear fluids were allowed. You can just practice ignoring hunger and get better at it.