In more health hoax news, Jennifer Sey notes that, now that medications can end obesity -- at least for those wealthy enough to afford it-- celebrities are no longer championing "body positivity" and "Healthy At Any Size."

Unfunny formerly-fat "comedian" Amy Schumer has deleted all of her previous Instagram photos showing her as overweight, and now only shows pictures of her being, well, skinny. Over-skinny if you ask me.

But she insists that this has nothing, nothing to do with wanting to eliminate her fat pictures. It just kinda worked out thsi way.

Comedian Amy Schumer has deleted all of her old Instagram photos and all that remains are these post weight loss pics:

Schumer captioned the post as follows: "Back on my staircase bullshit again. Who's proud? I'm feeling good and happy. Deleted my old pics for no reason!"

Right, no reason. Because that's what people do. They go back and delete all posts from the last decade. Hundreds if not thousands of posts. Totally normal and no reason at all to do that!

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Though the pics are all gone, the comments live on (in the New York Post)!

In response to the pic on the left above, Schumer's comedian friends wrote:

Chelsea Handler: "Yes!!!!! Look at this pic!!!!"

Lee Daniels chimed in: "Skinnnnnnnny mommmmma."

Kathy Griffen added: "I'm so pissed about your legs, I can barely talk to you."

Amy Sedaris complimented her fellow Amy: "You look incredible. Look at those pins!!!"

And Schumer basked: "Loving the love. My legs thank you!"

Not only does Amy like being skinny, her friends like skinny Amy too.

Schumer has had her share of weight gain woes. She wasn't obese but certainly chubby. Relatable! Fine. She's not a super model, she's a comedian. Round cheeks, a little belly, who cares! (Schumer, apparently.)

Her jam has been all about body positivity, up until dropping 40 pounds or so.

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Here's the thing: No one wants to be fat. No one.

All the body positivity bullshit was just that: bullshit.

No one wants to be obese. No one even wants to be chubby with arm dangles. No one wants their belly hanging over their pants. No one wants to have trouble chasing their kids around. No one wants to have 3 chins. And I can assure you -- no one in Hollywood who has to spend all day around size 0s who eat nothing but lettuce leaves wants to be fat next to those people. No one.

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But erasing every photo she ever put up on Instagram is just a bridge too far.

Now she's mad that the internet caught on to her shenanigans -- that she's trying to erase fat Amy -- and she's big mad. She posted this on Instagram in response to the internet calling it the end of body positivity:

"Hey media outlets I didn't delete my old photos because they were pre me losing weight. That's a narrative you created. I'm proud of how I've looked always. I have been working to be pain free and I finally am. My endometriosis is better. My back is healing. I no longer have Cushing syndrome so my face went back to normal. I am grateful to be strong and healthy especially for my son. But your Instagram is not your identity it's a curation of what you want the world to see and I feel great strong and beautiful and it's been fun sharing that. I didn't purposely go on a 'weight loss journey' that's a fine thing to go on. But my focus has been on health. I'm sure my weight will always fluctuate. I'm a perimenopausal woman on hrt meds. Wishing you strength and self love on whatever path you're on as long as it's kind and respectful to all people. No matter their weight race or religion peace!"

See, it's not about deleting the photos of herself when she was fat. It's about deleting the photos of herself when she was unhealthy.

It just turns out, you know, that despite her Healthy At Any Size claims, she was less healthy when she was obese.

And of course she very deliberately went on a "weight loss journey." She stuck herself in the belly with a shot every week for a year, didn't she? What did she think was in the shot, vitamins? Midol?

I don't mind the "Healthy at Any Size"/"Fat Positivity" thing as an internal cope. We all have copes. We all have little lies we have to tell ourselves to keep the bad thoughts at bay. It's a survival mechanism and there's nothing wrong with surviving.

What got really annoying was the demand that everyone repeat, out loud, other people's copes and affirm those copes as 100% true. What got insufferable was pressuring every corporation to proclaim what should have been an internal, just you-and-your-reflection-talking-in-the-mirror cope as a Truth we must all recognize and Affirm.

We've seen a lot of this lately, with sad or even mentally-sick people demanding we all affirm their mentally-ill copes as the Revealed Truth of God Shimself.

Enough. Enough of the bullshit. Enough parroting the scripts that mentally-unwell, physically-sick people demanding we profess as God's Truth.

Anecdotally, I think this is true: eating earlier at night results in better sleep and better health. Real Clear Science:

For instance, one study found that healthy adults who ate dinner at 10pm experienced 20% higher blood sugar peaks and burned 10% less fat compared to those who ate dinner at 6pm. This was despite both groups eating identical meals and having similar bedtimes.

Broader analyses support the same trends, with a meta-analysis of 29 trials reporting that earlier eating windows, fewer meals and eating the bulk of one's calories earlier in the day were linked to greater weight loss and improved metabolic markers (such as better blood pressure and lower blood sugar and cholesterol levels).

Other research links consistent late-night eating -- especially close to bedtime -- with poorer health outcomes and a greater risk of obesity and metabolic disorders such as type 2 diabetes.

Earlier dinners may better align with the body's natural metabolic rhythms, particularly when the last meal occurs well before the body enters its "rest" phase. This might explain why eating earlier has health benefits.

Many chronobiologists conclude that aligning food intake with circadian biology represents a promising, low-cost method of improving metabolic outcomes -- especially when combined with other lifestyle factors such as physical activity and healthy eating.

In winter, especially in northern latitudes, shorter days and longer nights can disrupt circadian rhythms.

Reduced sunlight can lower serotonin levels, contributing to low mood or seasonal affective disorder (SAD). When paired with longer evenings indoors, it's common for people to snack more often or delay eating dinner until later at night.

But digestion, hormone release (including those that help with sleep and digestion) and even the amount of calories you burn throughout the day all follow circadian rhythms. When meals are pushed too close to sleep, these processes overlap in ways that can affect both metabolism and rest -- potentially increasing risks of poor sleep and metabolic ill health.

So this is a GAINZZZ post now. Got any GAINZZZ? In my own Weight Loss Journey, I expended 25 unnecessary calories thinking about Amy Schumer for the first time in a year. Every little bit helps!

I keep finding that trying to get in 20 grams of creatine a day is giving me GI problems so I'm thinking about switching from creatine monohydride (the common, cheap version you're probably familiar with) to creatine HCl. The latter supposedly doesn't cause GI issues, but, here's the fun part, it's way more expensive than creatine monohydride. Anyone else having this problem, or seeing GAINZZZ in their BRAINZZZ from creatine?

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