Fat Shamers Never Went Away

Well said. I can't recall a time when ugly-hearted people didn't feel free to ridicule my weight issues. They frequently play on public prejudices against those fighting weight issues. Even kids who are actually tiny, can get fat-shaming verbal abuse. It really is bullying.

The assumption that people could just lose weight if they followed the usual advice on using diet foods, cutting their portions, and exercising a bit more is based on misinformation.

More exercise (with no other change) just makes you hungrier. Eat more floured grain products and you will get bigger. 'Low fat,' trendy 'diet' foods can mess up your body even more with hidden sugars and/or chemicals. Cutting out HFCS and cutting sugar way down IS good advice, and once you do that, it is so much easier to cut down portions. Not only do you need more veggies and meats, its necessary to find fresh food with fewer pesticides. Poverty does make all that harder.

I have lost a lot of weight but all my efforts over the years were always hurt by the fat-shamers. Now I know which foods I have to avoid and which supplements I need to help to boost my poverty-damaged metabolism. It had nothing to do with my determination, ethics, or personal value.