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Step 1
Become educated about any health issues you may or may not have. Do not allow your health care practitioners to tell you to lose weight rather than provide tests, medications, and other treatments. Find out if a smaller person with your symptoms would receive treatment or medication or be told to lose weight.
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Step 2
Change health care practitioners if you feel like you're being discriminated against due to your weight and not getting proper care. Health issues may cause weight issues, and a prescription of simply losing weight may not be the answer.
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Step 3
Do not laugh at fat jokes, point out someone who is large or allow other larger people to do it.
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Step 4
Talk to your employers about accommodating larger people. Either your boss or your HR department should be able to help. Don't be shy about talking to an ergonomic manager or your HR department to get your work space accommodated so you can be comfortable.
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Step 5
Send letters of complaint to businesses with small restaurant booths, doorways and restrooms that you cannot use comfortably. Refuse to frequent these businesses and let them know why you're refusing. The more people that complain and take their business elsewhere, the more likely it is businesses will change.
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Step 6
Educate the public, especially children, that overweight people are not lazy, unmotivated and sloppy people. Never allow or encourage children to point out overweight people, make jokes about them or laugh at them.
