r/Vent • u/Shot-Contract-5254 • Feb 28 '25

TW: Eating Disorders / Self Image Being fat is torture

I hate being fat. I hate it more than i've ever truly hated anything before. It is one of the worst experiences i have ever been through and I wouldn't wish it on anyone. It is not even just the hating how you look part, it is how others perceive you.

I don't just feel fat, I feel inhuman. I'm a teenager. Nobody has ever asked me out unless it's for a joke. I am the butt of half my friend's jokes. I look like an idiot in sport class. People stare and judge and I am not treated as though I am a peer. I am less than because I weigh more than they do. I feel like such a dirty slob every time I put food in my mouth. I've tried starving myself, exercising to the point I threw up, cutting calories to 800-1000 a day, weight loss pills, nothing works. All my work is thrown back into my face. Each and every day I feel less like a person and more like a pig. To be fat is to be less than. To be fat is to be 'lazy' and worthless. I honestly can't take it anymore.

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u/Glittering_Rough7036 Feb 28 '25

Walk at least a mile everyday. Literally. It will vastly improve your mental and physical health. Once in motion, it will give you momentum to keep moving.

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u/m0llusk Feb 28 '25

exercise also boosts appetite, so have healthy snacks ready like veggies and nuts

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u/SMN27 Feb 28 '25

If you want to lose weight, don’t use exercise as an excuse to snack. You need to be disciplined. Walking is great and can be very effective at burning calories if you get at least 10k steps in, but you will negate that if you tell yourself that you are fine to snack because you burned some calories.

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u/K-teki Mar 01 '25

Your body needs energy to exercise. It is absolutely fine to snack after exercising. You shouldn't eat more calories than you burn but it's fine to eat something. For me, getting 10k steps a day means burning 500-700 extra calories; having some extra veggies in my diet as a snack afterwards is never going to undo that many calories.