FAT SHAMING WORKS: Obese woman, 25, told she was ‘disgusting’ by a stranger as he threw a drink over her says the shame drove her to lose 10st… and if she met him now she’d shake his hand.

‘He walked right up to me, turned round and said, ‘Look at the state of you. You’re disgusting,’ and threw his drink at me.

‘Nobody should be made to feel the way that man made me feel, but it finally gave me the push I needed to do something about my weight.

‘If I met him now I’d shake his hand because without him I never would have done anything about my size.’ . . .

The incident forced Steph to look at the risks associated with her unhealthy lifestyle and she started researching diet plans and which one would be right for her.

Where were her friends and family when she needed to start losing fat?

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