"Lost 100lbs & found out what the world thinks of fat ppl"

Thats amazing. I really enjoyed reading that.

This was a great story...I on the other hand was found "too skinny" and people joked about me all the time in highschool. It to this day sticks with me and I always am reminded about how cruel people can be. I was one who was friends with anyone no matter their size.

Amazing story told beautifully.

Wow....very well written!!! Good Job.

I have a couple lady friends who basically fight over who is skinnier, like it's the end all be all to being pretty. I am not obese, but I have been called "thick" and "curvy" all too often. Even after losing 20+ pounds I am still somewhat overweight. Even though these girls are my friends, I know they don't think of me as an attractive woman because I am not super skinny like they are. My favorite thing ever was showing them a picture of my incredibly hot boyfriend. Not to brag, but he is the most attractive guy I have ever dated or even known. I am super lucky he likes voluptuous women. Of course he is a great guy all around, but dang is he sexy! Everyone agrees. When I showed them a few pictures of him when we first started dating, they were upset. Shut the front door kind of reaction. They couldn't believe that a girl like me could land a guy like him. They talked about how it's not fair and one even asked if I just pulled a hot guy off the internet, etc... It was pretty insulting, but I also felt a bit vindicated. People with bad personalities who are superficial and only care about looks would never land a guy like him. They wonder why they can't keep a guy or even get a decent one to seriously date them. Just because you are skinny, does not make you pretty. It's what inside that matters most. Keep your good hearted nature alive.

I don't think there is anything moral or immoral about what we're attracted to. It's hard-wired into us. If my husband gained 100 lbs I would not be as attracted to him. I would still love him deeply. But sexually? No, not really. And I'm sure he feels the same. (And that's okay with me). It's not love, it's sex. And that's a totally different part of the brain.

Now, the fact that society sees the fat as "invisible" or "less human"? That's disgusting! We are all deserving of respect and human compassion.

I think our society does that to more than just the fat, however. Older people, short people, women who are not "made up"... etc. And that's a shame.

But we have a right to be attracted to whomever we are attracted to IMO. I just is what it is.

What an amazing article. Thanks for sharing!!!

And sometimes it's not about fat at all.
I weighed 120- 125 ( five foot five) in high school and college. Looking back, I was beautiful, though at the time I only saw the flaws. The long legs, I loved that, but the flat stomach and beautiful eyes meant nothing because I thought my boobs wern't big enough. I had long hair, was intelligent and creative, led an active lifestyle. I had ONE boy ask me out in high school, the guy I later married . I didn't date at all in college. In my lifetime I have had two men interested in me. Two. It wasn't my looks or my weight. It's because I have been hearing impaired since early childhood. You wouldn't think that would matter (didn't to my husband) but it did.

People are judgmental shallow a-hole makes me hate them more.

Poignant and revealing.

More on this topic...

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/937117-was-fat-now-average-thin-book-excerpt-long-post

and

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/934561-seriously-topic-fat-girls-are-a-men-s-best-friend