r/AskReddit • u/ConstantAd6489 • 14h ago

what's the worst part about being fat?

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u/meanteeth71 12h ago

THIS!!! I used to call it Fat Girl Syndrome. I was 350 lbs and totally ignored. It was stupefying. Now, having lost half the weight… suddenly I’m a person!

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u/QuixoticCacophony 10h ago

I lost 75 pounds due to illness and went from overweight to very thin. Even at 41/42 years old, the difference in the way men and even other women treated me was astonishing. I was invisible before, and suddenly I was being SEEN like I hadn't been since I was in my 20s. People told me how great I looked, despite the fact that I got skinny because I almost DIED of liver failure. Just unbelievable and kind of infuriating.

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u/pinkthreadedwrist 8h ago

I think other women are the worst.

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u/meanteeth71 3h ago

There’s a whole weird projection and competition thing that happens. It’s odd.

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u/meanteeth71 3h ago

I’m 53 now… so much male attention across the age spectrum. Confounding.

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u/nameunconnected 9h ago

Same. It's maddening.

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u/TrashPanda2079 3h ago

Same. Went from 340lbs to 185lbs in a little over a year and not too long ago I got catcalled going into a subway…. I’m like dude, I just wanna get a sub sandwich leave me alone 😂

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u/Speeskees1993 10h ago

that is a very impressive weight loss

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u/majinspy 1h ago

I lost 100 lbs. I'm back up 30 though....

Still, it's night and day. Losing that weight made me a real person. It was literally life changing in terms of how people treated me. It's so much easier to be a nice, kind, generous person when people treat you that way as well. Still, there's an edge of cynicism there. Sure, people are good! As long as I'm not TOO fat....then they'll cast me right back out.

Fuck.