being looked down upon

People will look down on you for any reason they can perceive or imagine. For me, a "healthy" weight seems like an unattainable goal, but I'm more worried about how I feel than whether or not I make others uncomfortable.

Don't Worry Be Happy

Just focus on yourself and your goals. You do not wake up everyday to impress everyone else. The only persons thoughts that matter are yours. Keep your head up and carry it with confidence:)

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Show me a person without an imperfection and I will show you a living breathing fantasy. If you think someone is looking down at you, ignore them. Trust me, their "problem" may not be as visible as ours, but they have them. If someone says something about you should lose some weight, tell them you're working on it and move on. Like the posts above this one, your the only one that matters, let them think or say what they want. You're on this site, you're actively doing something about it, are they? Stay the course!

Absolutely. The reality of the world is that attractive people are treated better, and if you're overweight you would definitely be more attractive to be at a more healthy weight. Some people try to get lots of money or wear designer clothes try to become really funny or great at dancing or a good guitar player so that others will like them more... but fitness and health is so great because not only do you look better but you FEEL better so you no longer care so much what people think of you and you can get on with being who YOU want to be.

Statistically speaking, we are looked down upon.

Discrimination against overweight people - particularly women - is as common as racial discrimination, according to a study by the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity at Yale University.

http://www.news-medical.net/news/2008/03/31/36791.aspx

Yeah. And if i do feel good theres someone in my fam to remind me that im ugly or fat. Gotta put it to the side and try to ignorr haters and love yourself.

Bill Clinton was overweight....

I remember that feeling. Or u feel like people r staring. I'm 5 ft 6 I went from 145 lbs to 269 after my son waz born. I lost one hundred lbs in two yrs. Took me awhile. I've gained some of it back. Take it by dqy though. U cqn do it. What helped me was a total gym. I started an excercix on lowest setting and I ended up mqking it my hobby. I made a deal w myself. If I want to watch tv I have to workout. U can do it. I weigh 214 now because I gained some bqck. I wish I had that totql gym though. And like the things I did for working out was easy stuff . Like stretching or have a can of soup and lifting it. It was ackard at firat since I was paranoid of my roomies watching. But I just said shoot I can either jump into cold water or slowly get in and find out both ways that's its ok.

I totally know how you feel. When I was at my heaviest I was 356lbs. I totally felt non-human. I was embarrassed to be around extended family and sometimes friends when we went out. I felt as though people were looking at me because I was big.

The thing is, it's 99% about mental attitude. When I told my nephews and nieces that I was always embarrassed for them to have a fat uncle. Pretty much all of them said 'we never thought of you like that way' or 'thing was that you were always there for us'. We often feel ashamed that we get big and it makes things in life hard and then we probably comfort eat. People's perceptions are often quite different to our own.

I walk into a room now (having lost 100lbs) and people don't notice me as fat (I am still overweight and have got another 50lbs to go or so) but people just see me how I should see myself. Sometimes you just have to let go of that image of yourself. You are a nice person and at the end of the day you're working towards being physically better.

Please don't beat yourself up about your weight. I know so many people will empathise with your story. I certainly do. Have faith. You are at a point in your life where you are so able to do something about your weight. When I was your age, I never had MFP and I so wish I had. Just remember to take one day at a time and be grateful that you want to deal with your weight now. You will so do this - we're all here to support you and we know how hard it is. If someone told me I'd have lost 100lbs by Feb, last June I'd have laughed. Well done on making a great step forward. You will get there

YES.
I remember once a friend who was 115lbs telling me she wished she had my body (I was easily 165-170lbs, no muscle, pure fat). It felt like the biggest insult because she then proceeded to point out a girl smaller than me and comment on how much weight she had gained and how fat she was.

I felt like my friends would pity me in a way but then act like I wasn't bigger than them, which was infuriating because I knew that I was.

do you guys sometime feel looked down upon because of your weight? like people feel bad for you in a way.

I don't know. I'm too busy being awesome to notice if people are.

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this one for the win!!!! Love that!

Push through with self-confidence of what you are achieving - if you don't, it's just too hard to keep moving forward.

I try not to think this way, that people are looking down on me.

If a nasty thought like this Does manage to creep in, I remind myself that they are probably stupid, and I feel better. lol.

Seriously, anyone who would actually say something nasty to you about your weight, or give you looks, is just so not worth your time to even stress about it. Other posters are right, focus on yourself. I'm sure there are lots of things that are great about you that have nothing to do with your weight. Focus on that, and find some self esteem from within, and keep working on your health. For yourself.

Bill Clinton was overweight....

while being president or at the time he was elected? Also, really: Clinton? as compared to, say, Rush Limbaugh or Roger Moore?

Dude they were never presidents.