05-07-2025
I shed 170 pounds and learned that ‘skinny privilege' is real — here are the things I couldn't get away with when I was fat
Here's the skinny on what a former overweight woman's life is like now that she's skinny.
Shrinking down from 298 pounds to 130 pounds is a massive change, says Krista, a 30-something from Colorado, who's dropped 170 hunks of excess chunk sans anti-obesity shots, as the Daily Mail previously reported.
But, according to the newly slimmed siren, an even more massive change since losing the weight has been the lifestyle habits she can now 'get away with,' which were previously impermissible when she was plump.
It's much like pretty privilege — when the world becomes one's oyster owing to their hotness. However, when that favor comes only after fat loss, it also comes with a bit of a sting, per Krista.
'Three things that skinny people can get away with that fat people cannot,' she began in her TikTok countdown.
'No. 1, now that I'm skinny, I could literally not workout another day in my life and nobody would care,' said the brunette. 'But the second you're fat, everybody has an opinion about what you're doing and how you're moving your body.'
'And if you're not actively moving it, you're just a lazy disgusting person.'
Krista went on to say that acting like a jerk is a slender person's perk.
'No. 2,' she listed, 'now that I'm skinny, I can get away with being a b- -ch more than I could when I was fat.'
'When you're fat, people automatically respect you less because of your size,' she surmised. 'So the second you have an attitude or you're not nice or you're too opinionated, the [derogatory] names start coming out and people just don't like you.'
But much to the millennial's shock, her tremendous weight loss came with the green light to be mean whenever she liked.
'When you're skinny,' continued Krista, 'you have these same opinions you maybe had when you were fat…but now they respect you.'
'And it's okay for you to say those things now because you're skinny.'
But Krista says the most fab side effect that's come with her new physique is the freedom to dress how she pleases.
'I can wear whatever I want whenever I want,' she stated as the No. 3 benefit of being fit. 'I can wear baggy clothes, tight clothes — literally anything, and look put together.'
'Being skinny is the outfit.'
'When you're fat and you wear tight clothes, you feel like you look disgusting,' she continued. 'You feel like you just can't win. Getting dressed when you're fat is just super hard.'
'Moral of the story,' Krista said with a smirk, 'being skinny is superior to being fat.'
And her virtual viewers agreed.
'Skinny privilege is insane,' a commenter crowed.
'Also eating whatever I want in public without fear of being judged,' another onlooker added to Krista's list, prompting her to concur, writing in response: 'Omg yes this one!!!.'
'It's so cute and quirky if a skinny girl eats a lot of food — like whoa what a big appetite,' noted a separate supporter. 'But a big person having a normal meal is like, 'Hmm should you be eating that?.''
'Brutal,' another remarked, 'but true.'
