I'm in this boat. It wasn't easy but now that I look back it also wasn't all that hard either. It's unbelievable how much better I feel and I'm still technically at the edge of "obese" but I've also put on a ton of muscle. I would rather just die then loose the progress I've made and go back to being like that. It's a terrible way to exist regardless of social stigma. No one ever said anything negative to me about it either. I just felt bad living like that.