What do/did you hate about being overweight?

frankiesgirlie

lulalacroix wrote: »

I love that I can run better lately.

I love that I am down a size.

I love that I lift heavy in the gym even if people stare.

I love that I am going to be in great shape.

I love that I'm gonna run my first marathon at 50!

I LOVE all your loves...especially the last one!!

Idle_Moon

Hated doing this:

Gallowmere1984

Double chin, round face in general, belt slipping below the gut, smelling bad (yes, all fat people stink unless they shower with relatively crazy frequency, and/or use a buttload of masking agents), not being able to properly fit into roller-coaster seats.

LisaKay91

yes, all fat people stink unless they shower with relatively crazy frequency

Such as once a day?

Panda_Poptarts

• My fat cheeks when I smiled in pictures (and so I never smiled)
• Constant self-consciousness about what I look like, from all angles, at this specific moment
• Intense self-hatred towards my reflection
• Needing accommodations, like large booths in restaurants and seatbelt extensions on airplanes
• Total inability to wear a skirt or shorts or tank tops or tight tops or light colored silky tops because my fat would show
• The inability to run after my children. Or run at all. Mom was not a fun mom.
• Fear of being judged. In a dress, in a swimsuit, at a restaurant, while shopping for food.
• The way the guy at the carnival looked at me when I went to get on the ferris wheel. I fit, but just.
• My health troubles

Edit to add: 85 pounds down and still "fat", I've overcome every single one of these hates. My only hate now? I'd like to be in clothing smaller than an XL.

jenilla1

Feeling sluggish and unhealthy.

tlflag1620

Bxqtie116 wrote: »

I hated shopping in the plus size section ( I'm now in the misses and hopefully by next year I'll be back in the petite section).

I hated taking pictures and always running from the camera. And if I did take a picture, I was always hiding in the back and holding my stomach in.

I hated seeing my face look so full.

I hated that guys stopped looking my way.

I hated that I lied about my weight on my drivers license.

Fortunately, this has changed or about to change and I'm beginning to feel more confident about myself.

Ooh! You reminded me I need to change the weight on my license - it says I weight 160 (I was lying, I really weighed 185). Now I'm 140-145.... Need to change that!

I hated clothes shopping. I hated feeling old and frumpy (I'm in my mid 30s). I hated huffing and puffing trying to keep up with my kids. Mostly I worried about my health (I didn't have any health problems, but knew that I was headed that way if something didn't change). I hated worrying about my health at such a young age!

mysticatgal1

I hate how much I let it affect me mentally and how much I hate clothes. I hate that I don't feel comfortable having sex with my husband. I hate feeling so tired and having the worst love hate relationship with food

JessicaMcB

I hate that I let my own excuses and negative self-talk hold me back from moving forward and losing the weight for so long. But I love that I turned that around, the I saw my own value and realized that my body would achieve what my mind believed. Push on OP, silence the negative voices in your head and push on

Gallowmere1984

LisaKay91 wrote: »

yes, all fat people stink unless they shower with relatively crazy frequency

Such as once a day?

I may have an overactive sense of smell, but try three to four.

lorrpb

Remember these things on the days you don't feel motivated to stick with your plan. You've gotta want it bad enough to stay committed and disciplined.

tomteboda

Gallowmere1984 wrote: »

LisaKay91 wrote: »

yes, all fat people stink unless they shower with relatively crazy frequency

Such as once a day?

I may have an overactive sense of smell, but try three to four.

Olfactory Reference Syndrome

Not exactly right but there may be something else going on there that isn't superior smell.

BigAnnieG

Wait you guys have to put your weight on your driving license?!? Talk about making extra work for everyone! The UK you replace your license every ten years and there is definitely no weight element there - it also means if, like me, you look nothing like that photo from two years ago, you get questioned every time you're ID'd! I could replace it but being without ID in a country where I still get queried for buying a lotto ticket (you have to be 16; I'm 29), is a pain!

I hate being tall and fat, I hear the "looking like a man" thing.

I hate knowing I have done this to myself, willingly.

I hate girls eyeing me up when I'm out with my boyfriend as they try to work out "what is HE doing with HER?!"

I hate always hurting.

I hate people looking at me sideways in the office when I eat salad, like they don't believe it'll last or I'll succeed.

I love knowing I'm in control of my future and that I can, will, and already am changing things.

jennifer_417

How invisible I felt.

BigAnnieG

Oh I have another thing! I used to hate hurting all the time... but now, I LOVE that serious ache you get the day after a workout. It's like 'god DARN I have muscles in these places?!?' and even if you're really stiff and quite sore there's something really satisfying about that. It's a good kind of pain, where you know it happened because you've challenged the norm to make a change.

LivingtheLeanDream

I hated the lack of energy I had.

I hated the rolls of fat over the waistband of my jeans.

I hated not liking what I saw in the mirror.


That was over 4 years ago, I took action and I'm a whole different person

Do what it takes, cos we are soooo worth it!

peanutcats

I hate not being able to wear what I want because I look and feel fat.
I hate being the fattest among my female friends and classmates.
I hate looking in the mirror.
I hate my pregnant looking stomach and sausage legs.
I hate feeling ashamed in the gym when all I see are beautiful skinny girls there.
I hate the jealousy I feel for others who are thin (writing this makes me feel ashamed too lol)
Most of all I hate the fact that my whole life depends on whether I feel fat or thin, how much I ate, calories....

neldabg

Hmmm.... let's see. I hated:
*Going on vacation to Disney with friends and realizing that while I fit into all the rides just fine, the bar that secured me into place was in a higher position than their bar due to my big belly.

*Being called curvy. It's true that my fat settled into areas that gave me a curvy shape, but I knew that was largely because I was overweight. Indeed, my proportions today are not the same at a healthy weight.

*Taking pictures at every angle and realizing that I looked huge no matter what.

*Always having to make a conscious effort to find flattering clothes because some outfits look horrible over a big waist. Today, the only clothes that truly look terrible on me are clothing that are too big or small.

*Going to the doctor year after year and hearing the same concerns over my blood pressure and weight.

*My weight always being a factor anytime I wasn't feeling well.

*A general overall feeling of poor health.

*Dragging around so much weight while running.

*Taking waist and weight measurements, because the saying "What you eat behind closed doors, you wear in public," is very true.

*Being the heaviest of my siblings and in my group of friends.

*The struggles of some yoga poses and in doing gymnastics.

*Shopping online for Asian fashions and realizing that I could barely fit into the largest sizes available or that my size wasn't available at all.

*The moments of pause/awareness that I was not just overweight, but also fat, and that I'd made the cut into obese territory, and yet I'd STILL eat a ton of food everyday.

*And most of all, falsely believing that I might be doomed to have poor eating and exercise habits forever.

WBB55

-Not being able to shop for clothes in "normal" stores.
-Not being able to cross my legs.
-Being squeezed into airline seats.
-Knee/ankle/hip/back pain.
-Doctors not taking any issues seriously.
-Difficulty running.
-Double chin.
-Lack of feeling in control.
-The sound of my thighs and calves rubbing against each other when I walked.
-Shoes never being "wide" enough to fit over my fat instep.
-Being steered away from compact cars.
-Being steered towards extra large/reinforced recliners.
-Exceeding the weight limit of mopeds/bikes.

RainaProske

. . . that even my shoes were fat.