I have been attacked in people calling me a health freak, gym rat, that I eat "rabbit food", that I am lame/boring because I don't eat fast food or enjoy bbqed flesh. I get attacked constantly, but I have learned most everyone will get attacked at several points in their lives because people are always looking to pick on others.

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I've been fat, fit, skinny and everything in between. The most "attacked" I ever felt was when I was at my heaviest (well over 200 lbs) and experiencing a disagreement or some other conflict that had absolutely nothing to do with weight, body type or diet....yet the other person felt compelled to call me a "fat bitch" or some other insulting and inappropriate name. I recognized it as a sign of insecurity on their part, and I think when fat people insult thinner/fitter people, it's also based on insecurity.

Based on my experience, I think fat people are attacked far more often than thinner people are. So, anytime I hear somebody whining about being hated for their great body, I just roll my eyes. But I know it happens. I've witnessed it a few times.
Sometimes it's just cruel and totally uncalled for. Other times, even though it's not justified, I think it might be triggered by the fit person's obsession with diet and weight. Not every fit person is obsessed, of course. Most of them are not. But it seems like the whiners often are.

It's one thing to lead a healthy, active, balanced life. We should all strive for that.

But the people who impose extremely restrictive diets upon themselves when it's not medically necessary, and who seem to base their entire self-esteem upon what they see in the mirror tend to get hyper-defensive. That's sad. And it can be annoying too.

Personally, I have always tried to avoid references to a person's weight, no matter what shape they're in or what shape I'm in....or how much they annoy me.

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Yes I actually have. I have friends criticize me for shopping at health food stores and going to work out on Friday night instead of Chili's to get stuffed with fatty food and also get drunk. Sorry Charlie but that just isn't for me.

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I have been on both sides of the fence. I was a very overweight child, and got picked on endlessly! Then I got extremely fit, and never did I ever have an issue from a overweight person, or anyone else! Now, ever since I had my son, I have wonderful curves, that I'm very, very proud of. And think I look better than I ever have before!

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I've never felt that I was, "attacked", for being thin.

My parents were both thin and I DO think genetics have a lot to do with it and I've been a runner most of my life.

The military kind of, "encourages", that, however, my nickname in Jr. High was, "Bones", and it was a little embarrassing but not nearly as embarrassing as being a heavy kid.

At times - especially while living in The South where -let's face it- people tend to be heavy I'd sometimes hear snide remarks in regard to my weight from heavier women and I sometimes heard the word whispered, "Anorexic."

I'm not Anorexic and never have been.
I EAT.
I've always eaten well but I've also always been active and I've never had a Thyroid problem or been on meds that caused me to gain weight.

Even now, friends and family notice if my weight drops by even 7 or 8 lbs. I don't, but they do.

What's that song by Ga-Ga? "I was BORN this way", but I do feel badly for men and women who have a hard time keeping their weight down.
It's unhealthy and SOME people do make fun of them and it has to be a constant struggle and probably not one I would do well with but just because someone is thin isn't a reason isn't a reason to hate on them.

Of course, if they really are Anorexic, Bulimic, starving,
starving themselves and their hair and teeth are falling out and their cracked-out...that's a reason to be concerned.

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You guys better watch out I will attack you for your twinkies and brownies! And my teeth are very sharp...

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I've snarked on anorexic models, at morbidly obese people carting their bulk around Wally World in those electric scooters, but I've never been fit enough to be razzed.

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Yes, she was pretty nasty about it too.

I was and am relatively thin, due to health reasons sometimes too thin for my own comfort but what many stereotypically consider to fit an ideal, at which time I actually actively made an effort to gain back weight as I felt better a bit heavier.

This nasty girl who had struggled with her weight, who by the way looked perfectly fine and should have just accepted herself, used to always make snide, nasty remarks. It was pretty rotten and ended up with us just not talking anymore.

She used to first compliment me for my figure, then later in a backhanded way say I must eat nothing, be anorexic, make fun of my rowing as "an obsession to stay thin, torture she could never endure", while I actually rowed to regain strength and feel better. The thing is, she was looking at my being thin and eating well as something to be jealous of and catty about, when I ate healthy food because I like it and it was easier on my stomach, thus more likely to stay down, and I was the one having negative body issues about being too thin (as it reminded me of being ill) and actively making an effort to keep a high enough weight for strength and energy.

This catty bitch could only see the thinness as something to be jealous of and pounce on though, not thinking how hypocritical it was as all of us were too polite to ever mention someones excess pounds.

Post pregnancy, about a year after, I'd also lost a lot of weight (nursing and carrying a little baby around took a lot out of me) and people did mention I was getting too thin, some jealous as it took them longer to lose the pregnancy weight, but more out of concern if they knew it wasn't a result of an effort but more because I just didn't have time to care for me, and they were also all really positive when I got back up to a good weight.

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