--- description: She told her weight loss story on 'Skin Tight' title: This Woman's Husband Fat-shamed Her After She Lost 173 Pounds image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # This Woman's Husband Fat-shamed Her After She Lost 173 Pounds by [Julie Mazziotta / People](/author/people/) ## Julie Mazziotta / People Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 10, 2016 7:48 PM CUT by [Julie Mazziotta / People](/author/people/) ## Julie Mazziotta / People Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 10, 2016 7:48 PM CUT Bullied [for her weight](http://www.people.com/article/writing-body-shaming-skin-removal-surgery "undefined") for years, Chantae Alexander was thrilled to finally meet someone who loved her and all of her 400-plus lbs. So Alexander was shocked when her husband started calling her ‘fat’ after she dropped close to 200 lbs. to save her health. “As I lost weight, insecurity built in my marriage,” Alexander explains in this exclusive clip from Wednesday’s episode of [_Skin Tight_](http://www.people.com/article/skin-tight-skin-removal-surgery "undefined"). “My husband would say mean things, and the smaller I got, the more he would say, ‘I think you’re going to leave me.’ ” “But it wasn’t until I lost 173 lbs. that he was like, ‘You’re fat.’ But he never called me fat when I was plus-size.” Alexander, 26, knew she couldn’t keep the [negative weight](http://www.people.com/article/simone-anderson-skin-removal-surgery-194-lb-weight-loss "undefined") of her husband around. Keep up with your favorite celebs in the pages of PEOPLE Magazine [by subscribing now](https://adclick.g.doubleclick.net/aclk%253Fsa%253DL%2526ai%253DBj%5FnAwpG7Vr3yNZWRMIbyioAPloHU8wMAAAAQASAAOABYvpjkysoBYMnGqYvApNgPggEXY2EtcHViLTk0MjkzMzM5MzkwOTMyNTWyAQ53d3cucGVvcGxlLmNvbboBCWdmcF9pbWFnZcgBCdoBR2h0dHA6Ly93d3cucGVvcGxlLmNvbS9hcnRpY2xlL3NraW4tdGlnaHQtY2hhbnRhZS1hbGV4YW5kZXItc2tpbi1yZW1vdmFswAIC4AIA6gIRLzg0ODQvY20ucGVvL25ld3P4AvDRHpADpAOYA6QDqAMB0ASQTuAEAZAGAaAGINgHAA%2526num%253D0%2526cid%253D5GhRwkCitnF6nLYFKG8OINb0%2526sig%253DAOD64%5F0BIdvQZU6Rp4NFgJ812XQQTw2PGg%2526client%253Dca-pub-9429333939093255%2526adurl%253Dhttps%3a%2f%2fsubscription.people.com/storefront/subscribe-to-people/link/1016757.html?fpa%5Fadid=39791654&fpa%5Fcrid=54380792894&fpa%5Fch=news&fpa%5Fsubch=null&fpa%5FdartPosition=articlecontext&fpa%5FdartType=text&fpa%5FsiteName=cm.peo "undefined"). “After that, I made a decision that this was for me, this was for my health, so I got a divorce, and I started working out even harder,” she says. “I got married to my husband at age 22, and he liked plus-size women, and I kept gaining weight that I didn’t really want,” she explains. “My weight was starting to affect my health, and my body hurt all the time. I had to do something, I had to make a change.” Hitting 422 lbs. was Alexander’s breaking point, and she decided to get gastric bypass surgery to finally get her [weight under control](http://www.people.com/article/skin-tight-brian-flemming-skin-removal "undefined"). “Gastric bypass pushed me to workout five to six days a week, three hours a day. I was like, ‘I’m going to workout til I fall out.’ ” Over 11 months of intense exercise and strength training, Alexander dropped a whopping 222 lbs., and regained the energy to start dating again. But now, a total of 242 lbs. down, she’s embarrassed by her excess skin, and it’s stopping her from fully opening up to a new relationship. She’s ready to get [skin removal surgery](http://www.people.com/article/kaitlyn-smith-third-skin-surgery "undefined") and find the confident woman inside. Skin Tight _airs Wednesday nights at 10/9c on TLC._ _This_ [_article_](http://www.people.com/article/skin-tight-chantae-alexander-skin-removal "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_People.com_](http://people.com "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4216034/fat-shame-lose-weight/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4216034/fat-shame-lose-weight/"},"headline":"This Woman's Husband Fat-shamed Her After She Lost 173 Pounds","datePublished":"2016-02-10T19:48:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:29:56.799Z","description":"Even though he was supportive when she was over 400 pounds","url":"https://time.com/4216034/fat-shame-lose-weight/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","viral","Body Image","Weight loss","health"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Julie Mazziotta / People"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4216034/fat-shame-lose-weight/","name":"This Woman's Husband Fat-shamed Her After She Lost 173 Pounds"}}]}] ```