I'm a male grad student 215lb, 6'0" at an American University, and I had been losing weight slowly. Recently I had been stuck on a plateau at 220. I was okay with it and knew if I kept improving it would pass.
However, one day a group of people were hanging out with a flat mate. They assumed I was gone and were talking about me. The girls all agreed that I had a "cute face", and that it was easily a 9/10. But..... because I was fat, I was a 3/10.
I'll admit it sucked to hear that, and it really crushed me. I had always known that my weight created biases against me. I fought those biases to get into grad school, and I fight them when I assist in teaching classes. But to hear people talk so brutally and honestly stung.
After really thinking about this, I realized that what hurt the most is that internally i felt the same way, and hearing someone say that really sucked. I decided to kick my weight loss into high gear and eat cleaner and workout more.
All in all though, it showed me who I can and can't trust within that group, and I'm glad I found some more motivation during a hard plateau.
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from loseit - Lose the Fat https://www.reddit.com/r/loseit/comments/daq2t1/an_backhanded_insult_that_kicked_me_into_high_gear/
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