I absolutly hate weight prejudice!*bah!* lol, sorry. My little cousin is slightly 'chubby' and people bug her about it and it drives me effin nuts. I beat the **** outta some chick who kept callin her fat but that's just how I deal with it. You shouldn't have to put up with **** like that, stand up for yourself!

It works both ways. People treated me rudely when I was severely underweight. They stared, laughed, pointed, whispered... the typical narrow-mindedness.

and forget what others say. the fact that everyone is unique is what's beautiful of the human! Wear a bikini, walked around in a mini-skirt, whatever! When you feel gorgeous (no matter how your body is), your confidence will show and then you're beautiful!

im not fat, nor rail-thin. But even though, I get prejudiced and laughed at because I look very muscular for a girl who's only 5'2. I have witnessed many violents acts towards overweight people because on of my best friends is overweight and it's not uncommon for her to be crying because someone hit her or called "big, fat, ****in lazy *****". It gets on my nerves. But I've come to believe that people who say stuff like that (as in laughing at overweight people, etc) are like that because in truth, they dont feel good about themselves and need to feel better somehow. Hopefully stupid teens like that will mature someday and feel worse about themselves for being idiots because of judging like that.

I've been called 'cow' and 'fat hoe' '****' ect. I'm not fat, I'm not ugly and people can say whatever they want.

When I was 12 I was about 115, now I'm about 140. (Yeah! I'm fat! Go me!)

That is a lot of weight to gain. I know that.

I eat healthy (pretty much) and I exercise, but the pounds keep coming on, I can't control that.

Hell, if I could go back to my old weight I would.

People make fun of other people to make themselves feel better about their low self-esteem.

It makes them feel better to see someone else in pain.

It's sad. This society today is all about looks. It's bull.

You all need to know, it isn't your fault. You're all beautiful. Don't listen to them. They're losers.

My friend Krista said this today: 'Us fat people (talking about her, my friend Allison and myself) need to sitck together! We have advantages; We kick ***''If you don't like my big booty you can go and **** yourself.' ect.

Just tell people you're big, you're beautiful, and you don't give a damn!
-Sunset

I know what that's like. I'm 30 pounds over-weight. I feel so ugly. But at least I'm dating a great guy and I have friends that love me for me, not how I look on the outside. I just wish I could do the same.

I know what it's like to be discriminated because of my weight. People won't talk to me. Guys tend not to like me. People think I'm a subhuman being with no feelings and treat me horribly sometimes. But you know what? I DO NOT CARE!! To any other girls like that who are made to feel inferior because of the way they look, listen up. I've been through it. I've heard the comments. And I really don't care what these people are saying. I do not respect them. I do not like them. And I am DEFINETELY NOT wasting my time crying over them simply because they have a problem with the way I look. These people don't know me. They don't know what it's like. If they knew me they'd stop, cause I'm a wonderful person . And to all of you out there struggling with weight discrimination, I want you to think this whenever someone makes fun of you: "I am beautiful. Their comments do not matter. They obviously don't know me because I'm a wonderful person." Belive me. You'll feel better, and with that new smile on your face and flowing confidence, you'll look better too.

Most people seem to be too nervous to say anything critical or vilifying to my face, I suppose. But I get called a sarcastic b!tch often, though that doesn't offend me. It's simply the truth. I've gotten into a few confrontations with ignorant people who want to prove that they're better than me somehow, and a few of those confrontations (although not many) have been physical. I've been called a "cracker" before, but whenever I explain where the word originates from, they seem to hush fairly quickly. Other than that, people either talk to me or stay away from me.

Anyway, don't take anyone's crap. I don't, and no one else should have to be subjected to the senselessness of others.

I had some problems like name callings before but then again...not a lot of people should do that...especially to me. I am not the perfect size...but one thing I am is tall and being a lil chunky on the side gives me the edge. People like us...shouldn't be harressed in that way, it lowers are self-esteem...and it damages us emotionally and mentally. Abuse is always hard...but these days we all have to stick together and love our self the way we are...and to stop the name calling...maybe you should be a lil aggressive and mean. You should maybe give them some of their own medicine...fine their hurt spots. I know that may not be the best help and to be honest it isn't always the right way but it is efficient. Have faith in yourself...there is always..but remeber to be strong and confident because when you show that their words don't hurt they stop. Good Luck

You see. Last year, I just moved to a knew town called Denver. In Iowa. It's really small and it's like..almost everyone knows you. And if your the new kid who may be a little chubby, you'll get name called. Oh my gosh, I never wanted to go to school again after I started getting called names like "Ho-Ho" (I didn't even know what those were! Until I found out that there was a different name for them - Swiss Cake Rolls) "Twinkie". And "Hostess Queen" I couldn't take it anymore. And I don't want to go back to school on August 20th..because..I'm afraid I'll get called names again. What do I do? How can I prove that calling someone name's is so last year?

yeah, snoops... thanks alot, cho. weight issues may be tough to deal with, but i've learned that you can live with it. i've been large for years... and i just don't worry about it now. i have other assets, which have nothing to do whatsoever with my appearance... i have some intelligence, i have a large amount of quality friends, i can be quite personable... when you show your other qualities, people sometimes are more accepting of you then if you sit grumbling about your appearance... just face it, if you're fat, you're fat. show your other qualities to people, and they will look beyond your looks into your self... and if they can't, then they're not worth dealing with anyhow.
Word to the fat brothas,
bing

that's truly the only way to lose weight safely... and that's if you want to. it's better for you health if you do, but if people treat you differently or insult you because of your weight they are the ugly ones, not you. be proud of yourself for one reason or another. some of us are big, some of us are small, we all have different bodies and everyone needs to deal with that fact. some people appear more flawless than others. it's what's on the inside that counts though. i've got big friends, ahem, bryan... haha... sorry man... aanyways... he's just about the smartest person i know, very athletically talented, and popular. remember this, quality, not quantity. many large people have acheived great things. take taft for instance. he became the president of the u.s.a., and he was by far the largest political figure we've seen so far. then again, he also got stuck in the presidential bathtub and had to be removed by the aid of butter and a two by four, and had a new bathtub brought in to the whitehouse. it was so large, it could fit five full grown men in there. haha... oh jeeez... maybe that wasn't the best example to use, but the point is, you can acheive anything if you set your mind to it.
god bless,
~snoopyD~

Okay lets see want a quick way to be skinny?! Gastric bypass surgery cost a hell of a lot- but what the hell least those fat cells of your won't be so damn huge!

plan 2- Only eat when you're really hungry- just cause it there doesn't mean you take action and don't share- just stare and maybe dream. But if the hunger pangs occur eat your *** off.

Oh well, that's all I got- unless you want something illegally...........

I must snicker at some of the replies to this post. They tell you that you're fine just the way you are, but just in case...

I'm not going to pretend that I weigh 98 pounds or anything, but I agree with the inner beauty stuff and the diet advice is trivial. I really don't like being told what works and what doesn't. The carbs thing doesn't for me and the eating less doesn't work for me because I already don't eat much. Therefore, concluding my slight hypocrisy, dealing with myself is what goes down. I find myself numb to the sight of thin people now so I guess it's a big step.

So, yeah, don't let comments bother. Ignore it or make sure you have the last word. I always try to have the last word. More fun that way.

I'm gonna just say this. If you love yourself and who you are, you wouldn't give a d@man about all those others ignorant fools out there. I still don't understand why people are ragging down on Snatch though. Ummmm.....I'm all about being big and beautiful, I'm a big girl myself. But Being obese has serious health issues with your body, and I'm striving to correct that problem. Make a healthy diet plan with plenty of exercise. I promise you'll see results, and you'll feel loads better. Don't invest in those so called magic pills like Metabolife. It's all bull.

Based on the fact that you cant control other peoples actions i think you have two choices on how to deal with this.
1. You could not let it bother you
(when someone says "why don't you try eating less, you big fat whore?" you should realize that is the most unoriginal uninventive insult ever)
2. You could let it motivate you to lose weight (try reducing your carbohydrates for about 2 weeks and you will be amazed by the results)

I would have to agree that a lot of people have a slightly fat body type and that it isn't all diet and excercise. I feel real lucky to be the kind I am - able to eat large amounts of junk food and not gain any weight.

(Maybe my comments don't matter, since I'm a guy, and guys aren't held to the same weight standards. If I were truly overweight, I would probably be just considered a "big guy" and not "fat.")

Don't feel guilty if you truly can't control your weight - neither can I. It's the fault of America's values. If America's values suddenly changed, and being fat was the popular image to have, I'd be the one who'd be desparately trying to gain weight but couldn't.

(Did I mention I can dodge bullets and leap tall buildings in a single bound?)

Sure the overweight are discriminated against, anyone who doesn't look the ideal is. It's something that can be picked out about a person, to categorize them, make them less than human so that people can live in their comfortable lives. Discrimination is a part of human nature it's built in, but so are alot of other things that we view as wrong, and we don't allow them to go unchecked...yeah that could go on for a while. Anyway, those that are small are also looked down on too. I went from being rather overweight, to kinda small, and I'm not sure whose evil glares are worse. Although I must admit that no matter what people say life is easier for most when you're closest to average, then you're not challenged and discriminated against...just looked over.

JAJAJJAA IM 17 AND I DO LOOK GREAT! (NO MATTER WHAT OTHER PEOPLE SAYS)
LOOK AT MY "IM SO WORRIED - FACE"
I THINK WEIGHT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE OF YOUR HEALTH, BUT IF YOU FEEL OK WITH YOUR BODY, WHY DO YOU COMPLAIN ABOUT IT?
FEEL GREAT, WEAR WHATEVER YOU WANT AS LONG AS YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE,
AND IF THOSE ****** YELL AT YOU SOMEDAY AGAIN, THEN YELL THEM BACK - MIND YOUR OWN WEIGHT!!!

I'm so sorry people do this to you. If you were truly obese, your doc would have told you. But you are just a bit chubby. It isn't affecting your health. If you listen to the, and starve yourself, you'll become anorexic and might even die. So when you look in the mirror, be happy!null