A WOMAN who’s lost five and a half stone has explained she learnt the hard way about the so-called “thin privilege”.
Liv Ralph opened up about how her life has changed since her impressive weight loss, which she kicked off with a gastric band back in 2018.
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And in a video on her TikTok page, she explained how attitudes towards her have changed now she’s slimmer – especially from men.
“This one is a little bit sad to admit but it’s very true,” she said.
“Men are a lot nicer to me.
“Men just take me more seriously and have more time to talk to me.”
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Liv also went on to urge people to steer clear of a “restrictive diet” if they’re trying to lose weight.
“Every single restrictive diet I have tried over the years has been a waste of time,” she sighed.
“Absolute waste of time.
“If you go too restrictive with it, one day you’re gonna wake up and go, ‘F**k this, I’m eating what I want!’
“Sustainability leads to consistency and consistency is key.”
Another side effect she’s experienced from her weight loss is the amount of loose skin she’s been left with.
“You’re gonna get loose skin and also if you lose weight too fast your hair will fall out,” she warned.
“See this?
“She’s bald!”
While her life has become “a lot easier” since losing the weight, Liv also admitted that she has struggled to separate from her former self, and will “ever forget how it feels to be the fat ugly friend”.
“I will avoid anything that reminds me of my old self,” she continued.
“Hair colour… style. I just try and avoid being that girl.
“Sadly I feel like now my worth is tied to my appearance and I just obsess with the way I look.
“Even filming this video I’m looking at myself thinking, ‘What does my hair look like? What does my make-up look like?
‘There’s wrinkles there and oh there’s flab there.’
“It is absolutely exhausting.
“I almost feel like the old me, the old Liv, was a little bit more free.
“She didn’t care as much.”
“I love this video so much,” one person commented on the video.
“It’s so relatable as someone who has lost a lot of weight too…I feel like its not just men though…mostly men….but lots of women too!”
“Amazing and honest!” another added.
“I’ve always felt like people who have never been fat a lot of their life just don’t get it, people never get it, and that’s fine but everything you said is true.”
“I have lost so much weight,” a third wrote.
“And in my workout class the instructor needed me to demonstrate the technique.
“I was BEAMING!”
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