Fat people are discriminated against..

When I got pregnant, I was sorely tempted to write a book titled "Fat people don't get pregnant" and each chapter was going to be me talking about a different thing that fat people apparently don't do (judging by the lack of suitable attire/facilities for larger people). As a fat pregnant woman, I couldn't find maternity clothes, so I had to buy bigger clothes. It took forever to find nursing bras (and the ones I found the first time around didn't actually fit, but they were better than nothing. Never did find nursing shirts though.

I am still morbidly obese, but I'm a heck of a lot closer to just obese than I was September 30th of last year, when I began changing my life. I have some time to go before I get things where I want them to be, but I look forward to, one day, being able to do the things I have not been able to do because of my size. (Amusement park rides this October, here I come.)

Awesome job in your progress.

My weight gain and loss of 80 lbs +/- over the years never affected me in anyway with friends and co-workers. I have to admit I got luckier when I was heavier, what’s up with that? lol

Absolutely! I've found that when you're overweight+, you are practically invisible. You don't matter. Very disheartening! Luckily, there is something we can do about it - diet.

I don't think it's all down to confidence. I remember when I was younger, I was sitting in a college class, waiting for everyone else. It was just me and another (overweight) student. Another student walks in, I said "hi" and smiled and he responded with, "Ugh, I'm surrounded by fat people. Sorry, girl, but you are." Or I'd walk through the supermarket, acting just like everyone else, focused on my shopping, and someone would follow me around oinking and saying, "Soooooey, here pig!" Or when my husband and I were walking home from a pub, guy drives by and yells to my husband that he shouldn't take me home because I'm fat. That type of thing happened all. the. time. It had nothing to do with my confidence, it was purely because the people who did those things were a**holes.

Funnily enough, nothing like that happens to me now.

Right on! ...And good for you!

I totally agree. my friends and I used to joke about there being a "skinny B club." ...turns out there is one. they're everywhere, just waiting to talk bad about someone for the way they look or live their life. I usually have to change the subject, because it's just too awkward to listen to.

I get made fun of more for trying to be healthy

Then again, I remember getting a queasy feeling in my stomach every time I saw Twiggy in a photo or on television.

I'll admit to not reading every word of every post so I might have miseed something, but how does saying that a very skinny person makes you physically ill balance the inequity towards fat people?

People used to not be as kind to me when i was fat. Some people would stare at me or make fun of me.

People also like to stare at me and my daughter who is biracial and try to figure it out.

People also like to stare at me and my husband who is 15 years older and try to figure it out. We're both white. When he, my daughter and I are out people stare a lot. Some people make comments.

My point is that everyone has stereotypes or discrinimations of one kind of another. fat is definitely one of them. I didn't notice it when I was fat though - not usually. It wasn't until people started going out of their way to help me or talk to me when I was a normal weight that I remembered nobody did it when I was fat.

And like another poster said - I also get made fun of for being healthy

I do think society is very fat phobic and there are a**holes out there. There are also a**holes who are fat and obnoxious. Nothing in modern society when it deals with individuals can be defined in simplistic terms. We do love to classify and judge people...hmmm come to think about it all of society is pretty much filled with a**holes myself included. Feels like I'm channeling Denis Leary