Jazz Jennings was a victim of both his parents and the ideologically captured medical system. A feminine male is still male. A masculine female is still female. There's nothing wrong with either of these. Encouraging a person to be who they are without taking cross-sex hormones or having surgeries to remove healthy body parts is truly en…
Jazz Jennings was a victim of both his parents and the ideologically captured medical system. A feminine male is still male. A masculine female is still female. There's nothing wrong with either of these. Encouraging a person to be who they are without taking cross-sex hormones or having surgeries to remove healthy body parts is truly encouraging being one's authentic self. This idea that one needs to have extreme surgeries and take wrong-sex hormones to be their authentic self would be laughable if it weren't so damaging.
Another idea that needs to be gotten rid of by the medical community and everyone else actually has nothing directly to do with gender ideology. This is the idea that all fat people simply binge-ate themselves to their current weight. This isn't true, and the belief is extremely harmful, not only to heavy people but to people of all sizes.
I had a myriad of medical problems overlooked for decades because of my size. I wasn't a heavy kid, but I was so petrified of the idea of being fat that I became bulimic at 12 years old. My endocrine system is extremely vulnerable, and my thyroid took a flying leap into the hereafter when I hit puberty. It didn't help that I carry my weight in my butt, hips, and thighs, which are notoriously difficult areas to slim down. No matter how much I overexercised (and I did), I still had a big butt, hefty hips, and "thunder thighs."
I became obsessed with food. I was either hoarding food to eat secretly or I was avoiding eating, perhaps punishing myself for the crime of eating "too much." I was constantly dieting. By the way, for those of you who think fat people are constantly cramming our faces full of food, one thing you can know by looking at a fat person is they are well-versed in dieting.
Past the age of 40, it became impossible for me to lose weight, no matter how much I deprived myself. And no, I do not think stomach amputation, aka "weight loss surgery," is a viable option to force myself to become a socially acceptable size.
Jazz likely gained weight because of a genetic predisposition to being heavy and because of severe endocrine disruption. As for eating disorders, it wouldn't surprise me if he had an eating disorder. Many of us hefty folk do. What surprises other people is that fat people do not always have binge eating disorder. My default is extreme food restriction and orthorexia.
The food restriction doesn't work anymore because my endocrine system is completely jacked up, and I can no longer engage in orthorexic behaviors because of back and knee problems courtesy of always working physically demanding jobs. So much for the "lazy fatty always sitting around watching TV and stuffing their face" stereotype. I was the workaholic fatty who could never do enough and was filled with self-loathing and suicide ideation.
When I went to the doctor to ask for help, I was always told the same thing. Lose weight and everything will be fine. Eat less and exercise more.
The problem is, by assuming every fat person is a lazy hog who just needs to stop stuffing their face, doctors miss underlying problems. I was unsurprised when I was diagnosed with diabetes at 49 years old, since I already had a dead thyroid and PCOS, both issues of endocrine disruption.
People diagnosed with diabetes are usually told to lose weight. The thing is, type 2 diabetes can contribute to weight gain. Hypothyroidism and PCOS both certainly do. Weight cycling also contributes to triggering type 2 diabetes in people who are vulnerable, as does stress. Stress contributes to elevated cortisol levels, which contributes to, guess what, weight gain.
I have another underlying problem I think has been present for decades, and only now at nearly 60 years old am I finally being treated for it. That problem is obstructive sleep apnea.
I rarely snore unless I have a cold. But I stop breathing multiple times every hour. I never felt rested no matter how much sleep I got. And, guess what? Sleep apnea can contribute to weight gain, even though a large body type is often blamed as the cause of sleep apnea.
The truth is, people of all sizes can have obstructive sleep apnea. I've probably had it my entire life. The symptoms were there. But doctors didn't consider treating me for sleep apnea because of course fat people can reverse sleep apnea by losing weight. (News flash, they can't.) How do you lose weight? By dieting, of course. Dieting certainly doesn't lead to a lifetime of weight cycling and all the health problems that come with it.
My point is, we overlook health problems in people of all sizes because of the harmful belief that fat people are fat because we're constantly stuffing our faces and not exercising. Fat people tend not to seek care because they know they will be shamed and told to lose weight no matter what their presenting symptoms. Conversely, doctors miss health problems in thin people by assuming them to be healthy because of their size.
I went off on a tangent because I tire of seeing people assume that weight gain is always due to binge eating. It isn't. Size is complex. Jazz Jennings' weight gain is likely a symptom of severe endocrine disruption. It is unhelpful to speculate about what he or anyone else is eating.
It is sad to hear Jazz say something about binge eating as well; it’s as if he just believes whatever critique and label his mom and others say about him. Your experience reminds us there are so many factors to weight, and with all of the medications, hormones, and surgeries his body has been through, it would seem obvious that those are the culprits. Thank you sharing; I’m sorry you’ve had such a long battle. I wish someone would share with Jazz that it’s not all his fault. None of it, including he wasn’t born in the wrong body.
Weight is a very important point in transgender issue. The girls, who are eager to take testosterone, want to become slim boys. Weightgain on testosterone can and often is very heavy. This weight is then one more issue for self loathing and self hatred.
Testosterone is also known to promote type 2 diabetes.
Yes! And likewise, gender dysphoria is likely abetted by endocrine disruption. In my son's case, I was vegan, lots of organic soy, while pregnant and breastfeeding. Many GD children are on the autism spectrum. Autism is overwhelmingly caused by vac sin injuries, which include gut & neurological damage. Mercury in vac sins is an endocrine disruptor. These toxins cross the blood brain barrier when injected. The eugenist serpent scientists know exactly what they're doing.
They might look into the effect of anti depressants in utero, which has caused genital malformations. The numbing effect of antidepressants mimics the symptoms of autism albeit more extreme in the latter, as the dose far outweighs the fetal recipient.
Definitely! I never took any pharmaceuticals, and son took no vac sins, so soy is my only guess if he was predisposed. My son was highly sensitive & a very protective big brother, so I lean more towards trauma/mind control & video games, in his case.
When I was on Zoloft for 15 months, I ballooned up to 230 pounds. I lost the muscles I had cultivated for over 20 years. Then I quit the stuff, I could not stand being fat, and dieted off somewhere between 100 and 120 pounds in nine months. The uncertainty comes from not knowing how much muscle I put on as as I dropped the fat, but I had six-pack abdominal muscles at 42 and approaching 70 now I still have a 32" waist and I am still lifting weights.
Jazz Jennings was a victim of both his parents and the ideologically captured medical system. A feminine male is still male. A masculine female is still female. There's nothing wrong with either of these. Encouraging a person to be who they are without taking cross-sex hormones or having surgeries to remove healthy body parts is truly encouraging being one's authentic self. This idea that one needs to have extreme surgeries and take wrong-sex hormones to be their authentic self would be laughable if it weren't so damaging.
Another idea that needs to be gotten rid of by the medical community and everyone else actually has nothing directly to do with gender ideology. This is the idea that all fat people simply binge-ate themselves to their current weight. This isn't true, and the belief is extremely harmful, not only to heavy people but to people of all sizes.
I had a myriad of medical problems overlooked for decades because of my size. I wasn't a heavy kid, but I was so petrified of the idea of being fat that I became bulimic at 12 years old. My endocrine system is extremely vulnerable, and my thyroid took a flying leap into the hereafter when I hit puberty. It didn't help that I carry my weight in my butt, hips, and thighs, which are notoriously difficult areas to slim down. No matter how much I overexercised (and I did), I still had a big butt, hefty hips, and "thunder thighs."
I became obsessed with food. I was either hoarding food to eat secretly or I was avoiding eating, perhaps punishing myself for the crime of eating "too much." I was constantly dieting. By the way, for those of you who think fat people are constantly cramming our faces full of food, one thing you can know by looking at a fat person is they are well-versed in dieting.
Past the age of 40, it became impossible for me to lose weight, no matter how much I deprived myself. And no, I do not think stomach amputation, aka "weight loss surgery," is a viable option to force myself to become a socially acceptable size.
Jazz likely gained weight because of a genetic predisposition to being heavy and because of severe endocrine disruption. As for eating disorders, it wouldn't surprise me if he had an eating disorder. Many of us hefty folk do. What surprises other people is that fat people do not always have binge eating disorder. My default is extreme food restriction and orthorexia.
The food restriction doesn't work anymore because my endocrine system is completely jacked up, and I can no longer engage in orthorexic behaviors because of back and knee problems courtesy of always working physically demanding jobs. So much for the "lazy fatty always sitting around watching TV and stuffing their face" stereotype. I was the workaholic fatty who could never do enough and was filled with self-loathing and suicide ideation.
When I went to the doctor to ask for help, I was always told the same thing. Lose weight and everything will be fine. Eat less and exercise more.
The problem is, by assuming every fat person is a lazy hog who just needs to stop stuffing their face, doctors miss underlying problems. I was unsurprised when I was diagnosed with diabetes at 49 years old, since I already had a dead thyroid and PCOS, both issues of endocrine disruption.
People diagnosed with diabetes are usually told to lose weight. The thing is, type 2 diabetes can contribute to weight gain. Hypothyroidism and PCOS both certainly do. Weight cycling also contributes to triggering type 2 diabetes in people who are vulnerable, as does stress. Stress contributes to elevated cortisol levels, which contributes to, guess what, weight gain.
I have another underlying problem I think has been present for decades, and only now at nearly 60 years old am I finally being treated for it. That problem is obstructive sleep apnea.
I rarely snore unless I have a cold. But I stop breathing multiple times every hour. I never felt rested no matter how much sleep I got. And, guess what? Sleep apnea can contribute to weight gain, even though a large body type is often blamed as the cause of sleep apnea.
The truth is, people of all sizes can have obstructive sleep apnea. I've probably had it my entire life. The symptoms were there. But doctors didn't consider treating me for sleep apnea because of course fat people can reverse sleep apnea by losing weight. (News flash, they can't.) How do you lose weight? By dieting, of course. Dieting certainly doesn't lead to a lifetime of weight cycling and all the health problems that come with it.
My point is, we overlook health problems in people of all sizes because of the harmful belief that fat people are fat because we're constantly stuffing our faces and not exercising. Fat people tend not to seek care because they know they will be shamed and told to lose weight no matter what their presenting symptoms. Conversely, doctors miss health problems in thin people by assuming them to be healthy because of their size.
I went off on a tangent because I tire of seeing people assume that weight gain is always due to binge eating. It isn't. Size is complex. Jazz Jennings' weight gain is likely a symptom of severe endocrine disruption. It is unhelpful to speculate about what he or anyone else is eating.
Your situation notwithstanding (and I empathize).
I myself am a recovering bulimic so I am very familiar with the complexities of this issue.
With this particular young man...Jaron/Jazz has openly admitted and shown his binge eating episodes.
It's hard to know whether it's chicken or egg at this point but he clearly is struggling with an eating disorder.
It is sad to hear Jazz say something about binge eating as well; it’s as if he just believes whatever critique and label his mom and others say about him. Your experience reminds us there are so many factors to weight, and with all of the medications, hormones, and surgeries his body has been through, it would seem obvious that those are the culprits. Thank you sharing; I’m sorry you’ve had such a long battle. I wish someone would share with Jazz that it’s not all his fault. None of it, including he wasn’t born in the wrong body.
Agree with you 100%
Weight is a very important point in transgender issue. The girls, who are eager to take testosterone, want to become slim boys. Weightgain on testosterone can and often is very heavy. This weight is then one more issue for self loathing and self hatred.
Testosterone is also known to promote type 2 diabetes.
I don't know how estrogen works in boys.
Yes! And likewise, gender dysphoria is likely abetted by endocrine disruption. In my son's case, I was vegan, lots of organic soy, while pregnant and breastfeeding. Many GD children are on the autism spectrum. Autism is overwhelmingly caused by vac sin injuries, which include gut & neurological damage. Mercury in vac sins is an endocrine disruptor. These toxins cross the blood brain barrier when injected. The eugenist serpent scientists know exactly what they're doing.
They might look into the effect of anti depressants in utero, which has caused genital malformations. The numbing effect of antidepressants mimics the symptoms of autism albeit more extreme in the latter, as the dose far outweighs the fetal recipient.
Definitely! I never took any pharmaceuticals, and son took no vac sins, so soy is my only guess if he was predisposed. My son was highly sensitive & a very protective big brother, so I lean more towards trauma/mind control & video games, in his case.
When I was on Zoloft for 15 months, I ballooned up to 230 pounds. I lost the muscles I had cultivated for over 20 years. Then I quit the stuff, I could not stand being fat, and dieted off somewhere between 100 and 120 pounds in nine months. The uncertainty comes from not knowing how much muscle I put on as as I dropped the fat, but I had six-pack abdominal muscles at 42 and approaching 70 now I still have a 32" waist and I am still lifting weights.
It can be done. You can do it too.