While I dig the anti-ableism/classism of these posts, I don’t dig the fallacy that healthy and otherwise privileged fat people can just “lose the weight.” Study after study have shown that something upwards of 90% of people can’t lose any weight long-term (post 5 years), and the vast majority of people who do lose weight long-term lose a modest amount (like 10 kgs or so).

From here:

Assumption: Anyone who is determined can lose weight and keep it off through appropriate diet and exercise

Evidence: Long-term follow-up studies document that the majority of individuals regain virtually all of the weight that was lost during treatment, regardless of whether they maintain their diet or exercise program[5,27]. Consider the Women’s Health Initiative, the largest and longest randomized, controlled dietary intervention clinical trial, designed to test the current recommendations. More than 20,000 women maintained a low-fat diet, reportedly reducing their calorie intake by an average of 360 calories per day[102] and significantly increasing their activity[103]. After almost eight years on this diet, there was almost no change in weight from starting point (a loss of 0.1 kg), and average waist circumference, which is a measure of abdominal fat, had increased (0.3 cm)[102].

A panel of experts convened by the National Institutes of Health determined that “one third to two thirds of the weight is regained within one year [after weight loss], and almost all is regained within five years.”[28] More recent review finds one-third to two-thirds of dieters regain more weight than was lost on their diets; “In sum,” the authors report, “there is little support for the notion that diets lead to lasting weight loss or health benefits[5].” Other reviews demonstrate the unreliability of conventional claims of sustained weight loss[104,105]. There is a paucity of long term data regarding surgical studies, but emerging data indicates gradual post-surgery weight regain as well[106,107]. Weight loss peaks about one year postoperative, after which gradual weight regain is the norm.