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I know I'm going to open up a hornet's nest here, but people should stop telling other people what to do about their health. No one tells the haters to stop being an asshole before they open up their mouths. Go Tess Holliday! Ok, so it's stretching it to call this a meme, but I'm trying to start one.

Full disclosure, one of my loved ones is about the same dress size as Holiday. That love one's weight came about as the result of medication that she must take so that she will not die. She also has Multiple Sclerosis which means that her immune system is attacking her mylin which connects her nerves. She is allergic to pain medications so to suggest that she exercise to get rid of the weight is medically impossible. Most medical professionals are surprised that she isn’t bedridden. She struggles through an immense amount of pain to do what the rest of us do. Since muscles burn fat, she has the weight even though she eats very little. She gets nauseous too. Medical marijuana is federally illegal so health insurance won’t pay for it. If you’ve got hundreds of dollars to spend on it, all power to you. She doesn’t. Once again, the rich get what they need and the poor don’t

Another loved one is also taking a medication required for her to live which also caused her to gain weight. She has Polymyositis which disproportionately affects young black women. This is an immune disease which attacks the muscles. So, suggesting an amount of exercise sufficient to reduce weight is ludicrous as she is weak and also pain. As I said above, less muscle, less muscle more fat. She eats healthy foods from Whole Foods, etc.

One woman lost hundreds of pounds only to gain them back again. The doctor asked her why and she said that she had been gang raped when young. At the new weight, a man showed an interest in her causing her to get the trauma again. So, she gained weight to prevent male interest. There are many women who have this issue as the victim is made to look like they “wanted it”, or torn down in some other way that the perpetrators get off free.

For the people who don’t have medical or psychological trauma issues, you are paying for these people to gain weight by having the companies that make people gain weight not pay their taxes. The food industry with its fattening high fructose corn syrup causes weight gain and diabetes. We don’t need all of that sugar. The diet industry is promoting bad diets which people can’t follow and then gaining more weight as they lose muscle on these diets. Why can’t the FDA approve these diets? Why can’t we learn realistic diets in public school? Why can’t there be a warning label on bad diets or overly sweet drinks that it can lead to diabetes? Why can’t your health care give you a dietitian to help you and follow up on you?

If someone is working 2, 3 jobs due to low wages do they have time to exercise or prepare a healthy meal?

So, these people who think that they know everything, are truly misinformed. You can also exercise at any weight assuming you’re not working yourself to death or other factors.

Tess Holliday is the first supersize supermodel. Her appearance on the cover of this magazine and another makes history.