I have always tried to ignore the fact that I was bigger and liked it in a way that everyone called me big man. I always ignored people who made derogatory comments and probably managed to intimidate a lot of people who would have made comments because of my size.
It bothers me more now though when I cant do the things that I want to do, like go on theme park rides, keep up with my four yr old for any length of time and go into a clothes shop and actually look for clothes as opposed to just sizes.
It took me a while to get my head into the right place to realise the being big is no good for me, my confidence was shot to bits, i had no energy, it was starting to really effect my health and I just thought enough is enough.
This time I am losing the weight and that is the end of it. I still really dont care what people think, I am not doing this for anybody else other than me.