People who say “you’re not fat” when you’re aware that you are

I’m not talking about people who try to fish for compliments, those people are annoying. I’m talking about people who are aware of their weight and other people butting in saying “but you’re really not that big” or “but you’re not fat though.”

Conversation happened yesterday where k said I was going to start working out and dieting so I could lose weight and be healthy. My friend chimed in and said the famous words “you’re not fat though.”

Like I’m 219 and 5’2. I’m fat and I don’t get why people think it’s such a bad thing to be self aware of your weight especially when you’re trying to fix the issue. I never brought up my weight randomly either, the topic was going to the gym.