Emily McCombs at The Frisky discusses how a 100 lb weight loss got her better treatment and that how maintain a weight loss for 6 years causes her to sometimes diss fat people.
Emily makes some great points, but I think her experience is not typical. Just because you fit in department store sizes doesn't mean you stop having problems with people being mean. As a black woman, I know if I lose the remaining 70 lbs to get height/weight chart dimensions. I will still be treated "separate than". Losing weight does rid you of some assumptions, but thinner woman get stuck with different labels such as:
1. Thin people can wear anything.
2. Thin people are not sensitive about their size.
3. Life is easier for thin people.
4. Thin people eat very small portions.
5. Thin people don't have to worry about their health.
6. But thin people don't need to exercise, right?
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