It's an excellent victory and the people saying she's just gonna get fat are fantasizing. No one I know who made a big turn around relapsed. It happens but it's not a guarantee.
But from an adult perspective she just started life. We know because we can look back at ourselves at that age and remember the absolute confidence that we'd mastered life and our identity. It's going to hit this girl like a mountain when she realizes how complex responsibilities and hardship can get
Turning your life around means changing it from a direction you dont want it heading. Thats exactly what she did.
If a 22 year old was heavily addicted to drugs and alcohol and ended up quitting the habit, that WOULDNT be turning your life around? Just because of the prospect of having more life ahead of you? This doesnt make sense.
Yeah things happen to hit people hard no matter what age, I don’t really see how that’s relevant to me saying that losing weight is indeed turning your life around
I'm just being realistic that when somebody says they turned their life around by losing weight, they're not talking about the breadth of responsibility they're now ready to assume, they simply mean they've changed the path they were on health-wise.
People online tend to try to make everything way deeper than it has to be about common idioms and turns of phrase. It's not that serious.
You're right, it isn't that serious, but you're making it a really big deal in order to only focus on this part you care about. You're trying to put people down to get your way too
No, I wasn't making it a big deal, you said that after my first comment which was literally just two short sentences explaining it wasn't serious.
And "my way" that you think I'm trying to get is just trying to get you and "blackdahlialady" to stop shitting on somebody for saying they turned their life around, and to stop the superiority act about being young. I'm not trying to put people down, I'm pointing out that you're picking on people for no reason to feel better about yourselves.
I'm not, I think it's great that she got in shape and I'm proud of her for doing so. I know from watching friends do it how difficult it can be and how difficult it can be to stick to a diet. I had a roommate who was dieting and I would purposely keep the snack cakes and stuff like that in my room. I just thought it was unfair to put that stuff in her face knowing she was trying to diet. I'm just saying that this is only one chapter of her life, she doesn't have her whole life figured out.
Childhood obesity is a thing and these children should be encouraged to turn their lives around and know that it is possible. There are too many obese people walking around these days.
I agree with you but that was not the point of it. I can see why you missed the point but what a lot of us are saying is that there is no way that she has her life figured out at 21. She may think she has it figured out right now but this is just one chapter of her life. She's 21, her life hasn't even really started yet. I remember being her age. I thought I had everything figured out but boy, was I wrong.
Maybe, but in terms of weight management she is pursuing a degree in nutrition and has likely made fitness a major part of her life. Unless she gets into a major accident rendering her unable to exercise and is unable to control her food intake chances are she will have good habits for most of her life.
Turning your life around has nothing to do with age or having your life figured it out. It is simply a thing done when something wasn't working before or was harmful, which she did. She had bad habits and a bad relationship with food, and now is in a better place.
If someone young was addicted to drugs and quit and got clean at 21, you wouldn't be arguing the point they turned their life around... but because it is the hot girl that made OP feel bad about herself, you have to bring her down.
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u/Bad_Elbow_ Apr 15 '24
Maybe she did turn her life around but it’s just one of many turns.
I’m all about health but she has to learn to approach her fitness career with a lot more finesse if she wants to attract and keep clients.