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Whitney Way Thore Wants Fans To Stop Congratulating Her On Weight Loss — ‘I Guarantee You That I’m Still Fat As S**t’

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July 26 2019, Updated 8:01 p.m. ET

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Whitney Way Thore got real about her weight loss. The reality star told fans she doesn’t want to be anyone’s inspiration for lowering the numbers on the scale.

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The My Big Fat Fabulous Life star, 35, took to Instagram on July 25 and shared a video where she spoke candidly to her followers.

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“I’ve been reading my comments, and a large majority of them are people congratulating me for losing some amount of weight that you have perceived that I have lost, but I guarantee you that I’m still fat as s**t, and this hasn’t changed from day 1,” she revealed to her followers. “I’m just not out here to be anybody’s weight loss inspiration.”

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She said that although she is flattered by the praise, she has a lot of other things to focus on that don’t have to do with weight loss.

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Whitney also isn’t thrilled about the unwanted attention and confessed that, “it’s just not something I will ever feel comfortable saying thank you for.”

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The reality star closed her video with, “If you’re inspired by me that’s wonderful, I’m glad, but I hope it’s because I’m a woman who learned to love herself no matter what size she is.” Whitney wants fans to understand that the root of happiness is self-love and not how much you weigh.

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The TLC series My Big Fat Fabulous Life follows Whitney after she received a shocking diagnosis of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and overcomes adversity through dance.

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