I lost 83 lbs and people started treating me differently – even doctors became nicer but I’m still not happy
AFTER losing 83 lbs, a mom-of-three confirmed that skinny privilege is a harsh reality.
Even doctors began to treat her differently, leading others to say that “medical gaslighting” exists.
While Kelsey (@itsmekelsc) reached her goal weight and is now considered thin, she said she isn’t as happy as she imagined she’d be.
In the TikTok video, she pretended to talk to her past self, enthusiastically telling her that they achieved their dream: “We finally lost the weight!”
She then flashed photos of her old body, in which she was significantly fuller and her face less chiseled.
“We lost 80 pounds, and everything is different.”
As for how exactly things changed once she shed the extra pounds?
“People are SO nice to us.
“Doctors don’t blame everything on our weight.
“We feel confident in our skin.”
She looked proudly at the camera, proclaiming, “We MADE it,” as photos and videos of her new, slimmed down physique appeared on the screen.
The exuberant tone quickly turned somber, however, when she asked: “Then why are we sad?”
Kelsey revealed she still wasn’t happy because her heavier self “deserved this kind of love too.”
In the caption, the blonde beauty, who suffers from PCOS, said she feels for those who are struggling with their body image.
“Weight bias is real. It makes me so sad thinking about what people in bigger bodies have to live through. It’s not okay. We HAVE to make a change.”
Viewers appreciated her honesty and expanded on the topic.
“FINALLY SOMEONE WHO GETS IT!! I’ve said it a million times. The world is not kind if you’re overweight, and overweight medical gaslighting is REAL,” one person commented.
“This is so true. I went from 225 to 140 and people will literally offer to let me cut them in lines and even give me coffees etc. for free for no reason,” another shared.
