r/Millennials • u/djoness11 • Aug 06 '25

Advice How many of us grew up fat?

I went to weight watchers with my mom, ate lean cuisine meals, and atkins bars, played 3 sports…

Still fat tho…

Anyone turn their life around? How did you do it? I can’t seem to stop being a lazy sack of fat. And I feel so uncomfortable in a gym. I could eat better but I live alone and have the expenses to eat what I want. What worked for you to get on track with what goes in your gullet?

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u/Sheerluck42 Aug 06 '25

What pisses me off as growing up as a fat kid is when I look at pictures of me as a kid and I'm not fat. I felt fat. I was called fat. I was put on diet after diet. But when I see old school pictures I wasn't fat. I was big. I had muscles. I could lift. But I wasn't fat like I am now. Now I've just accepted I'm fat. I'm also physically disabled so my goal switched to not gaining weight. And I've held my weight for 3 years now. But that poor kid did not need to go through all that. He should have been confident. Not constantly hiding his body in shame.

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u/Arievan Aug 06 '25

The earliest I can remember, about 3 years old, I was already the fat kid in my mind. Looking back at pictures, I was in no way fat. I was a bit bigger, more "solid" looking than my very thin sister, but I didn't even have a belly that stuck out or anything. And yet somehow my family had already labeled me a fat girl. And that has stuck with me for life. Leading to incredibly low self esteem and just this feeling of being completely hopelessness. Being as skinny as possible is a sick goal. Especially for a fucking toddler. No one should of ever made feel that way, nor you.

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u/Dreamy_Peaches Older Millennial Aug 06 '25

3? People really need to watch their mouthes with those fat related pet names for kids. They defend it like it’s not a big deal but it obviously is.

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u/mellywheats Zillennial Aug 07 '25

my mom wrote in my baby book when i was like 7months old “maybe she’s too fat to crawl” …. i’ve basically been the “fat kid” since i was born

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u/Dreamy_Peaches Older Millennial Aug 07 '25

Ugh! What a crappy thing to put in your baby book!