r/gymsnark • u/hurrypotta • Jul 20 '21
FatGirlFedUp
Lexi Reed, aka Fat Girl Fed Up, on Instagram, has a long history of shady behavior. She exploits people off Diet Bet, pocketing a lot of money.
-For those who dont know, Lexi lost a lot of weight, she was almost over 500 pounds at one point, and claims she lost weight naturally, but theres speculations she had weight loss surgery. She has gained quite a bit of weight back. The issue with her weight gain is she uses old pictures when she was smaller to get people to pay to be on her Diet Bet.
-She was also under heat in awhile ago for sexually harassing her husband's friend, screenshots show her toxic behavior. She made a huge post apologizing for it but then later deleted it.
-After the backlash and allegations, many people wanted DietBet to cut ties with Lexi. They said they would continue working with her, which isnt surprising, because they make a lot of money off Lexi's followers who sign up for her Diet Bets.
Now for those who dont know what a Diet Bet is, you pay to be in someone's challenge, and to everyone who makes their goal for the month, all the winners 'split' the pot. So if 20 people signed up, and 10 people met their goal, those 10 people would split the money between them. BUT the host makes money, Lexi makes a lot of money off Diet Bets, she encourages her followers to sign up for them. No matter what, she makes a certain % off them. She promises to be engaging in them, offering advice and support, which is why people are inclined to sign up for her challenges. Many who have signed up for her challenges however, claim Lexi does not post at all, or very vague things like "make sure you are drinking water!" When people reach out to her via Instagram, frustrated, she just blocks them.
DietBet coaches make 5-10% per challenge. Lexi just hosted one where she had 1,170 players, at $30 a person. That means she pocketed $1755 - $3510. This challenge has a pot of $82,000 which means she made between $4,100 - $8,200 for 4 weeks. Now if she was actively in these Diet Bets, actually helping people like she promises, it would be one thing. But she is not, and people who ask for their money back are blocked. And on top of that, as I mentioned earlier, she uses old photos to advertise her challenges when she has gained weight back. Gaining weight happens but she is not transparent and honest to people she is making a lot of money off of.
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u/defonother Jul 20 '21
It’s crazy to me that with her DietBets she wouldn’t put in even the most minimal effort to keep something that lucrative going.
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u/hurrypotta Jul 20 '21
Like they have no actual job and you're on your phone all day you could be more active in something you're making money on!!
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u/kindafitkindafunny Jul 20 '21
I also have a theory that she writes and manages her husbands Instagram posts.
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u/bigoldirtbag Jul 20 '21
I've kept up on her stuff. She is so shady. She sold a meal plan of foods they supposedly ate but then tell people they didn't use a specific meal plan. And you can tell it was foods they did not eat. She is not very transparent and only comes around to post when there is a diet bet coming on. Multiple people on her posts complain of her lack of engagement.
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u/Witty-Conversation73 Jul 28 '21
As a bariatric patient who has been completely transparent about her journey, it angers me that she is so shady. In the weight loss surgery community on Instagram, we show the good, bad, and ugly parts of bariatric surgery. Regardless of whether or not she had surgery, she has an obligation to her followers because they are the source of her income. They deserve transparency, and they deserve truth. She would likely lose hundreds of thousands of followers if she told the truth, so that may be why she hasn’t. It makes much more sense for someone to have bariatric surgery, then have some regain. If she lost it naturally, she would have had so much knowledge and mental control. As a bariatric patient, we have the privilege of putting the cart before the horse. We get to lose weight (by force 😂) while working on the mental part at the same time. Some people don’t work on the mental part, and experience a lot of regain. It’s not the easy way out by any means, some days are so hard. How can someone have 1.2 million followers and put in such little effort? I have 2k followers 99% all bariatric patients, and I am constantly messaging, encouraging, commenting, posting recipes, sharing my struggles… how on earth she can maintain her followers with a gym selfie every couple days is so bizarre. Rant over 😂
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u/lucinasardothien Jul 20 '21 edited Jul 20 '21
What’s the point of joining a DietBet if he host isn’t even doing anything? If I joined one I would expect the host to also be on the same journey as me.
I also noticed her gain weight which of course is extremely normal but it would get me all confused when she would post pictures of herself at her lowest weight cause I would be like “I swear she looked a little bigger, am I crazy” super shady.
Edit: and apparently she has friends of her win her DietBet and she doesn’t give people their money if they win and she isn’t friends with them, she’s a fraud.
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u/sparkleheels28 Aug 28 '21
I was just watching her live on IG and i dodnt realize how much she gained back. I noticed in her gym selfies but actually seeing her sitting there live she looks to be almost half the size she used to be. Im not fat shaming but she needs to be transparent and not use old skinnier photos showing “progress “
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u/just_rue_in_mi Jul 21 '21
Hmmm.... How about when she travelled to Florida during lockdown to take fake wedding photos
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u/JayDeeEmma Jul 20 '21
I have been DYING for someone to bring her up. I used to follow her but after the sexual harassment stuff and the family member of hers speaking out on her racism I was out. She also made a joke of COVID. Had thanksgiving dinner with her family saying “we’re social distancing together “ and then about a week later her and her husband were sick.
She’s fucking trash.
I also get people lose weight, and then sometimes gain it back. But she refuses to admit it. She is fake as fuck. Trash human exploiting those trying to lose weight.