To Be Fat Like Me

I just watched this movie, and i liked it ok, but something about it bothered me. For the fat people they were not into exercise, and the jock..the main Character kept saying, when asked about school, she said she just was not into it. Why is it ok for a jock to not be into school but not be ok for a fat person to be into exercise...isnt that hipocritical?

This movie was really good. However, I did not like the way it ended. When her and her boyfriend identified themselves as jock and he stated that he would not be romantically attracted to her if she were fat was disappointing. To some degree I think that it confirmed a point that the movie was not supposed to be trying to make.

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I agree, putting on a fat suit will never let a thin person experience the disgust someone feels when looking in the mirror at that not so perfect body, after waking up to it daily and comparing it to so many others repeatedly.
On the flip side, being overweight since 3rd grade has taught me inner strength, compassion, and fully developing other aspects of myself. While as an adult, I have lost over 80 lbs, (with 50 to go) I can tell you all, that if given the opportunity to switch spots with a thin woman, IF I HAD TO GIVE UP WHAT I HAVE LEARNED AS A RESULT OF BEING OVERWEIGHT, I WOULD CHOOSE TO STAY FAT! In other words, skinny does not equal pain free! I am so thankful for being able to reach inside myself and recognize the other strengths I've been blessed with. Inner beauty will always enhance outer beauty. Take that to heart!

does anybody know the song at the beginning of this movie

This movie really caught my attention, growing up I was a healthy thin girl. All of a sudden i began gaining weight, I ate healthy and worked out, but I gained. Thats when I began my problem. This movie portrayed Aly's friend as a fat girl who just ate candy bars. Well not all "fat girls" are fat because of their eating habits or laziness, I KNOW BECAUSE I AM ONE OF THEM! Its hard when you are in your teen years, working your butt off and eating right and instead of losing weight you gain, I have a medical condition that prevents me from losing weight, no matter how much i workout or how healthy i eat! I have to constanlty have medication to control my body. I guess what bugs me is the way people treat big girls, they don't care if its a medical condition, they just see fat as lazy. Its so easy to judge and say, " WELL ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS WORKOUT!" THATS NOT TRUE, NOT EVERY PERSON IS DESIGND THE SAME WAY!!!! When they diagnosed me with my problem I took my medication, i continued the way i ate and worked out & I lost 50lbs. People were much nicer & i loved the attention, however, the medication harmed me so much that i had to stop and gained the weight 3years later. What i hope this movie can accomplish is for teens to think twice before they judge "a fat person" but to be honest with you, I'm sure they will not since it doesn't affect them and they don't know what its like to be Big.

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Okay, I am aware of what this girl was trying to accomplish. In a small sense I might admire it, but what she did and how this movie was portrayed, well it's shameless. I could tell endless stories about the blantant and insidious discriminations I've faced, especially since entering the Nutrition Program for a master's degree. However, the point I want to make is solely that this movie and the undercover young lady (I use this word in it's loosest possible interpretation) are twisted and cruel. I agree with user kmm4465 on this. Putting on a suit does not mean you understand what I feel or who I am. As I said, the sentiment is all well and good, but the road to Hell is paved with good intentions. Frankly, one of the most insulting and gratifying moments in this farce of a film, was in the closing scenes when the main character asked if her boyfriend would still like her if she was not skinny. Here is the only time I thought she might have gained the minutest glimpse into the life she was trying to put on display. He flat out tells her no, but tries to justify it, and in my opinion failed miserably. Also, points to Lifetime for making a movie with the most bigoted and hateful heroine I've ever seen. Maybe if she tried a little harder she could actually have cut out her mother's heart with only callousness and cruelty, if not that maybe a dull rusty spoon.

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No one knows what it's like to be fat unless you really are fat. It doesn't take a costume on a skinny person to make them fat. You have to get fat to be fat. And you have to have the genes to become fat. I don't think it's a lifestyle choice for anyone. This movie and all like it are an insult to the majority of us struggling everyday to lose weight. So you put on a fat suit and you know what it's like to be fat? I don't think so. That's like putting a halloween costume on of a vampire and all of sudden, you're a real life vampire, or any other costume for that matter. My point is that these people don't know anything about the ups and downs of weight. It's just plain stupid and ignorant.

I missed the last 15 minutes of the movie and can't find it online. It tells about it on itunes, but I can't figure out how to get it.

This is a terrific movie. I would really love a copy to utilize in my obesity sensitivity training. Being a former obese person myself, I train health care workers in being sensitive in the needs of our obese patient population as part of my responsibility as a Bariatric Program Coordinator in Houston, Texas. I'm always looking for new ways of getting the message across that obesity is a chronic disease similar to diabetes or heart disease. It is also one of the last socially acceptable areas of discrimination in the media, restaurants, airplanes, etc. We would never consider telling a racial joke or a joke regarding a religious preference as being appropriate, so why is telling an obesity related joke okay? I think the girl found out more about herself than she planned while filming this, and I applaud her for completing it although it was painful to do so.
Again, a very terrific and moving movie!

its find to be fat

she will big

I know how's it's like to be picked on your whole life because your overweight; by friends, family, strangers. It's hard because you want to change your appeareance so bad. You hate yourself for letting people down. This movie almost made me cry, or did rather, because this is real life. You can't be happy, wealthy, smart, or beautiful or famous like you want because others put guilt and shame on you and make you feel worthless. I went through severe depression, suicidal thoughts and attempts, self-harm and neglect, and withdraws from everyone and everything. Eating was my addiction. I couldn't and can't stop. I eat when I'm happy, sad, mad, in love, hated. Everything. It's like being an alcoholic, but worse, because food is everywhere. I wanted to be a singer, but so afraid to go onto shows or tryouts because of the fear of being tossed out and not wanted. I truly relate to this movie and story and others out there like me. Most of us can't change it. Diets, and exercise don't work. If they do we have loose skin. We can't have surgery because a lot of us don't have money. We were made this way and will always be this way. This movie is the cold reality of truth.

I learned a great deal about myself, others' perceptions, and I now think I understand my daughter a lot more. I was "the jock" and then was treated for cancer about 15 years ago. Self-pity and prednisone caused me to gain about 80 lbs. very quickly. I would lose the weight, but the new habit of emotional eating after my mom passed away, teamed with menopause and inactivity, caused me to gain 80 more. Before I viewed this movie, I was beginning to recover and have changed many habits. But somehow this movie opened some new doors that needed to be opened, and closed some doors that needed to be closed. Thank you for this thought-provoking, eye-opening story, that is beneficial for healthy people, overweight people, and mothers/daughters. I believe my daughter's hostility WAS really fear, that I would die. Love can be strange like that.

super movie