What's the worst thing anyone has ever said to you about your weight, and what did you do about it?

Fivefarthings

I've enjoyed starting a couple of threads on here and seeing everyone sharing their stories to inspire others so thought I'd start a new one! What's the worst thing anyone (strangers, friends, family?) has said to you and what did you do about it?

My former fiancé used to call me 'jiggles', 'chunky butt', 'tree trunk thighs' and my personal favorite 'chunky monkey two chins'. Even though he said it in a jokey way, it always used to hurt my feelings but somehow I always used to say it was okay for him to tease me because we had a 'fun' relationship where we had a 'laugh' and didn't get up tight about things. When we first met I was skinny and super fit, but a knee injury at work (which has required years of injections, physio and surgery) caused me to stop working out and put on weight. Even when my knee was better and I started going to the gym again, he always used to tell me I wasn't working hard enough, even though I was pretty much dying through effort. So of course I felt like rubbish, stopped going back to the gym and ate more! God knows why I said yes when he asked me to marry him! And the worst thing about it was that he was no Adonis so he had no right to critique me!

In the end, I met someone else who treated me with dignity and respect and told me I was beautiful even though I was at the heaviest I have ever been, so I dumped my former fiancé's sorry *kitten*! And am now with my boyfriend's support I am slowly starting to lose weight and feel better about myself!

shadow2soul

My aunt on my mom's side is always critical of everyone's weight (except her own). When I was in high school, I was a "stick" and she tried to force me to eat more. Mind you, I was about 125-135 lbs at the time which is healthy for someone who is 5'4. Not even close to underweight. Then when I got to my heaviest I was a "blimp" and should really lose weight. Now I'm too thin (just recently got to 135lbs again) and she has apparently been trying to get the family together to do some sort of intervention b/c I must be anorexic (my mom and brother are getting annoyed with her). By the way, I'm not. I love food and lots of it.
There was a point in time where my mom was following Body for Life. She was looking great, but she let my aunt talk her out of pursuing her fitness goals further and she still regrets it.
I honestly think my aunt is really insecure about her own weight and takes it out on others.