I've been hearing people say stuff like "I have a lot of fats to lose", "omg can you see my stomach fats?" a lot recently and my friends use it very often too. But I am not used to it because to me, the plural "fats" is only used when talking about different types of fats and not when you are referring to a large amount of fat or the subcutaneous fat in a person's body. So, to me, it would be “I have a lot of fat to lose” or “I need to lose my belly fat”.
So here's an example I got off my friend's Facebook and names have been removed to protect the (not so) innocent.
To check if using "fats" to refer to having a lot of excess flab is unique to Singapore, I did a search on google.com.sg and google.com and it appears to be so! (although mostly used in the more informal colloquial situations such as forums, there's one entry from Asiaone which was taken from The Sunday Times.)
Google.com
I also did a check on dictionary.com and OED and “fats” is not used in the plural form because it’s an uncountable noun although they have an entry on “fats” which is used to describe fat cattle or sheep:
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