Why do Americans praise fat people that lose weight?

[DonFerrari]

soudon'ty666 said:

d21lewis said:

We're all  much born on the same level playing field aside from birth defects, etc.  Why is a guy that starts off thin, becomes incredibly obese, and then loses a lot of weight (and is still kinda overweight) considered somewhat of a hero and a role model and the guy that showed discipline their entire life and is in great shape kinda ignored?

And yes, this is about the PS4 and Xbox One.

Just kidding.  Discuss.

Just because some asshole made a tv show or sat on his news show and spouts off stories of this nature, and a few 10's of thousands of stay at home moms cry about said fat peoples' hero status while they eat bonbons and online shop at 2PM every day, does not mean that "Americans praise fat people that lose weight."  TV shows and TV news does not = real life.  That is like saying "Why do British people only care about soccer and awkward sitcom humor" and "South American people only care about scantily clad women with huge breasts, drug wars, and decapitations."

We don't have a lot of shows for those in brazil.