TL;DR I lost a ton of weight over two years, and now I get much faster and more attentive shop service, more overall around friendliness from strangers... and men checking me out in public.
Actually that will do, you don't need the long version. Except that given where I live, I actually get a fair few women attracted to me too. It's... it's really good for my self esteem. But I'm kind of angry at how invisible fat people are. How differently we (they?) are treated.