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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't know what it is, but a lot of my coworkers seem nasty towards me or constantly give me churlish attitudes over simple things.  I am not a talkative person and am quite introverted. I mind my own business 99.9% of the time and simply go about doing my work.  The only thing I can think of is that they're angry at the fact that I'm very fit.  You can absolutely tell. When I wear a short sleeved shirt you can see all of my vascularity, and for lack for better terms - my shredded arms. I am very trim and have nice shapely legs and a sculpted derriere because I do tons of leg workouts. My body fat % is below 13%.

Is it just a thing this day in age to discriminate against fit people given that the majority of adults and coworkers are now overweight or obese?  Half of it too could be the negative mindset and low self-esteem many people have that has reuslted in their obesity in the first place, which they try to dump onto other people around them.

Fit shaming at work  feels like it is getting more and more out of hand as the population gets more overweight. [/quote]

I was fit for the first 40 years of my life, then serious health issues drove a huge weight gain into obesity.

Not once in 40 years did I get fit shamed, and that included a decade or more when some of my colleagues were overweight/obese.

The only negative experience I’ve ever had related to being fit was the sexual harassment I endured from age 10 to age 45 due to my shapely figure, which included C cup breasts that stood out on a fit figure even when I chose loose cut blouses to minimize their prominence. I was sexually harassed in school, university, workplaces and public spaces - like most women in America endure at some point or another.

I’ve never seen any fit shaming. I’ve seen fitness envy, and I have it presently myself.[/quote]

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