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How to respond if someone says you're overweight!

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  • CrazyAnne
    CrazyAnne Posts: 217 Member
    Totally agree!
  • CallMeCupcakeDammit
    CallMeCupcakeDammit Posts: 9,377 Member
    I tell them I got like that by eating a**holes.....and they are next.

    Haha! That's awesome. :drinker:

    I was shopping for a guy at work who had throat cancer, and was closer to my heaviest weight. I was looking at the puddings, and an old man looked at me and said "those are fattening." I wanted to make him feel like crap, but I just smiled and ignored it. Damn my niceness!!!
  • c_tap77
    c_tap77 Posts: 189 Member
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  • Gearjammer71
    Gearjammer71 Posts: 151 Member
    If I didn't know the person I wouldn't respond. If I did then they'd get some sort of a response:

    1. Coworker - This would warrant a sharpie attack. I can dual wield sharpies like an apache and definitely scribble all over a mofo.

    2. Friend or extended family - Either a biting insult, or I would apply my overweight *kitten* to them and shout "Prove it"

    3. My Kids - Well, the ole' man may be overweight but I've proven to them over and over again that I can run them down in short order.
  • joyincincy
    joyincincy Posts: 228 Member
    No s#!% sherlock! - That is what I would like to say, but honestly, I think I would be so shocked by their clear lack of upbringing that I would say nothing.
  • TheRoadDog
    TheRoadDog Posts: 11,788 Member
    I know you are, but what am I?

    or



    I'm rubber, you're glue; whatever you say bounces off me and sticks to you.

    or



    Sticks and stones may break my bones, but you're a big butthead.
  • Monkey_Business
    Monkey_Business Posts: 1,800 Member
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  • blah2989
    blah2989 Posts: 338 Member
    I like to sit on people that state the obvious LOL.
  • Sarag78
    Sarag78 Posts: 84 Member
    Them: You are overwieght!......Me: WHAT????? No way!, Really?!?! Cause I don't own a mirror, and had no idea!... Thanks Captain Obvious, your work here is done!
  • BattleTaxi
    BattleTaxi Posts: 752 Member
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    +1
  • CookNLift
    CookNLift Posts: 3,660 Member
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  • Tony_Brewski
    Tony_Brewski Posts: 1,376 Member
    Best response - "Why thank you for noticing, now ask me if I give a *edit* on your thoughts about it?"
  • HeavierThan_Heaven
    HeavierThan_Heaven Posts: 246 Member
    Kick them in the nuts.
  • retirehappy
    retirehappy Posts: 3,514 Member
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    Get in my belly, NOW.
  • retirehappy
    retirehappy Posts: 3,514 Member
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    ^^^^ this
  • elispeli
    elispeli Posts: 96 Member
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  • kellyskitties
    kellyskitties Posts: 475 Member
    I don't have time to read through all the replies - but I tend to be sarcastic. I'd just reply "thank you, until this moment, I was totally unaware. You may have changed my life."

    The ones that don't get it - well that becomes my joke to tell later to those who do.
  • vtmoon
    vtmoon Posts: 3,436 Member
    I once hugged a lady after she said it to me, and softly whispered into her ear "Thank you! I've been working at it all my life".
  • PhoenixFitLife
    PhoenixFitLife Posts: 229 Member
    Take a deep deeeep breath
  • Pother1974
    Pother1974 Posts: 5
    One of the reasons I started on this 'journey' is because two people where I volunteer (rehab/hospice) asked if i was pregnant. On each occasion I looked at them laughed loud and proud and responded with, "Nah, I am not pregnant I am just fat." While laughing still, I walked away. One of the women (yes both were women) looked like she could consume me and still be hungry!

    After a month of working on my weight issue and losing almost 10 lbs. I went back and they couldn't believe I was the same person.
  • NomadicFlame
    NomadicFlame Posts: 74
    Sit on them :)
  • OddballExtreme
    OddballExtreme Posts: 296 Member
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    What anime is this from? I like this!

    In all seriousness, when I used to be overweight, I would respond by saying, "Yeah, I know. I'm struggling." After getting the swift kick in the butt by the diabetes diagnosis last year, I did lose the weight, and a lot of people at work can't believe it's me. From 181 last year to 132 now. However, I have enough respect to hold my tongue about others being overweight because everyone's different. It could be hereditary, medications, anything.
  • jen_zz
    jen_zz Posts: 1,011 Member
    Say "thanks!!" and look super happy from this "compliment" . Who says "fat" has to be an insulting comment? :tongue:
  • melb_alex
    melb_alex Posts: 1,154 Member
    At least I'm not a f****witt


    Good luck.
  • melb_alex
    melb_alex Posts: 1,154 Member
    "Well I may be overweight, but you're ugly. And at least I can lose weight." ;)

    Was going to say this but mixed it up haha
  • jen_zz
    jen_zz Posts: 1,011 Member
    Or say "yeah I'm sooo fat. I REALLY wanna by super skinny like you! Look at you! No *kitten* no nothing, please teach me how to achieve this!!"
  • bushidowoman
    bushidowoman Posts: 1,599 Member
    My scale (and BMI) say that I am in the overweight category. I call it a liar. Nobody else believes it, either. :laugh: :wink:
  • Tigermum9
    Tigermum9 Posts: 546 Member
    even though I am, its not for a stranger to say so my reply is...sod off
  • leebesstoad
    leebesstoad Posts: 1,186 Member
    I'm not overweight. I'm just under-height.

    Of course at my height, no matter what I weigh, I'm under height.
  • smudgekat
    smudgekat Posts: 45
    Say nothing and sit on them.....
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