Kathy Bates Shares How Working Is ‘Easier’ After 100-Lb. Weight Loss: ‘Ashamed to Have Put Myself Through That’

https://people.com/kathy-bates-shares-how-weight-loss-made-working-easier-exclusive-11702011

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  1. > “When I was so heavy in Harry’s Law, I had to sit down in between every take, and it was awful,” Bates, 76, said of her 2011 drama series during the Los Angeles outing. “I’m ashamed to have put myself through that, to be honest.”

    > “But now that I’ve been able to get really healthy, I can move, I can breathe, I can have fun, I’m not sore,” she added. “I get tired and realize I’m like an old lady, but even the kids get tired. But it’s been a magnificent experience.”

  2. She looks absolutely fantastic. Glad she’s feeling well, too.

  3. I’ve lost 80 pounds and so many little things are easier that I would have never guessed before.

    And I was 240 pounds before and not limited in my mobility.

  4. Perhaps now with her losing weight and Lizzos recent weight loss success and the viability it brings we can stop listening to fat advocacy people.

    I’m not saying it’s ok to discriminate against the obese, but there is nothing healthy about it. The long term impact of obesity is increased heart disease and cancer to just name a few.

    I am all for the GLP1 and their benefits to help manage weight loss for people that have had historical problems with it.

  6. I’m down 60 as of this morning and counting. Good shit. I like seeing myself in the mirror again.

  7. I love how stories like hers bring out all the trolls. In with the calories in/out BS which doctors has said is not fucking true. There are SO many people on here that outright fucking hate fat people. It’s so pathetic.

    Some people have more fucking problems than eating too much, not moving enough.

    I’m glad she got healthy and I get the feeling of wishing they would have done it sooner. Life sucks when you are fat. You find out the true nature of humanity.

  8. Good for her. Maybe the rest of the country can take her advice.

  10. Happy for her! I’m down 42lbs on glp1s so far and it’s been life changing. Sitting on a plane and not being smothered by the seatbelt or being able to walk around all day without knee pain has been amazing.

  11. I’m so happy for her and I love that she’s talking about it.

  12. I can definitely relate. Losing 100lbs makes life A LOT better

  13. For me personally, getting sober from alcohol brought on the unexpected change of weight loss. Been sober for over a year and I’ve lost over 100lbs in that time. Something I was not expecting at all.

  14. who would have known that not being overweight is easier life to live

  15. I was 100+ lbs overweight for 20+ years, depending on what you think I should weigh. It took me 5 years to reach a size in the “normal range” that I feel comfortable with. Some people will still call it fat. ¯\_( ͡❛ ͜ʖ ͡❛)_/¯

    I feel the same way Bates does. I could literally not tell you what I ate and drank during all that time to keep me at those high weights. It’s all a blur, because I was in a blur. I distinctly remember just a permanent sense settling in on me of, “this is just the way I’ve turned out, I’m a heavy person.” And I never understood why it was such a capital crime among my family and friends. I even had a former SIL who used to always deliver me food gifts. Do I look like I need a gift of fudge? But then there was also the time she gave me that black and yellow book “weight loss for dummies” at Christmas in front of everyone.

    Good for Kathy Bates, it’s always nice to see a person come into their own in different ways, even ones they themselves might not have expected to ever see.

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