Embarrassing fat stories!

KellyR72

Had to ask for an airplane seatbelt extender on a business trip while surrounded by co-workers. I was absolutely mortified!

cassiar67

Going to a meeting where the only chair left was a captains chair so I squeezed myself in to it afraid that at any moment the chair would break. Half way through the meeting my legs started to go numb. I was suppose to stand up and speak in front of everyone at one point but decided not to because I knew my numb legs wouldn't hold me and when it was time to leave I managed to stand but the chair was still attached! :blushing: I felt so aweful that day that I have been working on my weight loss ever since. It's been one month and I'm now down 15 Ibs.

Angie80281

After my first child was born, I joined a gym and hired a personal trainer to help me lose the extra 10 lbs I was carrying. I lost the weight and was starting to show some nice muscle definition. As time went on, I got pregnant again and continued to work out and would often pass my trainer at the gym and say hello. I quit going during my third trimester and lost touch with my trainer until the day I ran into him at Walmart about a year later. I had my two kids with me, along with 40 extra pounds. He told me I had beautiful kids... and then asked me when the third one was due. He was mortified when I told him it was just my gut, poor guy!

starchile

COME ON!!! THAT WAS JUST RUDE, DISRESPECTFUL AND INSENSITIVE!!! I HATE that that happened to you!!!! UGH!!

starchile

Last year when I started this journey I couldn't even walk 50 yards without severe back pain. I had let it go and kind of gave up on everything, including mobility. The first step to this process was obviously getting my back looked at, I went to the Doctor and they scheduled an MRI. I got the courage up to go have it done... and didn't fit into the machine. They offered me to go to the zoo and have an MRI done, or drive to another city and use a bigger machine.. obviously I went and used the other machine.. not at the zoo.

COME ON!!! THAT WAS JUST RUDE, DISRESPECTFUL AND INSENSITIVE!!! I HATE that that happened to you!!!! UGH!!

rosemary98

asked if i was pregnant twice. once by a starbucks worker that I was friendly with, the other by a co-worker. when i replied no to the co-worker, she said "oh, it just looks like you have a little belly there." WTF?

ViktoryaC

asked if i was pregnant twice. once by a starbucks worker that I was friendly with, the other by a co-worker. when i replied no to the co-worker, she said "oh, it just looks like you have a little belly there." WTF?

There's no shortage of rudeness out there.....I get comments at work about my "food baby", or "donut baby" all the time.....

smarionette

Last year when I started this journey I couldn't even walk 50 yards without severe back pain. I had let it go and kind of gave up on everything, including mobility. The first step to this process was obviously getting my back looked at, I went to the Doctor and they scheduled an MRI. I got the courage up to go have it done... and didn't fit into the machine. They offered me to go to the zoo and have an MRI done, or drive to another city and use a bigger machine.. obviously I went and used the other machine.. not at the zoo.

COME ON!!! THAT WAS JUST RUDE, DISRESPECTFUL AND INSENSITIVE!!! I HATE that that happened to you!!!! UGH!!

It is not as uncommon as you think. Places with older MRIs often have a weight limit around 250lbs, and if there isn't a hospital around with a newer/larger MRI then a zoo is sometimes brought up as an option. Its awful, but they can't just refit MRI's as the population grows wider, and that is a pricey piece of equipment to buy.

mapenguinkeeper

MIL had not seen me in 2 years and I had put on 30-40lbs. In a giant restaurant w/huge party of friends and family and she walks straight to me, holds my face in her hands and says "you've gained weight, but you're still pretty." WTF - i must mention that she NEVER had any filters in the 30 yrs. I've been married to her son.

NDHHolloway

I was at a friend of the families, and sat down on one of those folding chairs and it busted. They told me it was already broken but it didn't exactly help much, only good that came out of it is that I didn't eat hardly anything while there, I was to embarrassed that I feared anything I ate would come back up.

tedrickp

Grade ten English.

As soon as I sat down on the chair at my desk, I knew it was already broken because it was rocking back and forth. I figured it would be embarrassing switching chairs, so I decided to stay as still as possible. At one point, the teacher said "It will be a sninch" instead of "cinch" and as I bellowed in laughter at his innocent mistake chair crumbled, sending me to ground with it.

I was DEATHLY embarrassed. But the only people who laughed were my friends, one of which yelled out "get that guy a crate". He was only dude fatter than me in class so I let him get away with it.

Josalinn

Not my own story, but 3 incidents with my mom.

1) I was about 5 and mom was on the ski machine. I said, "Mommy you're fat." I got a slap on the behind for that, but really I was only repeating what she said about her self. Ironically, she would love to get back to that weight.

2) I'm a little older, maybe 10? and mom got a new cream linen suit and paired it with a cream top. She asked what I thought, and I said "You look like a cream puff." Suit went right back. I didn't have a filter as a kid.

3) I was in a show choir, and at one of the functions a mom of another kid asked her "When's the baby due?" Mom was mortified when she had to explain she wasn't. She never wore that dress again. I feel like I should say that the woman who asked her was not exactly skinny herself and if my mom were a mean person could have asked the question right back at her.

For my own story, the worst I felt was at a sleep away camp when the girls I roomed with talked about how I should " give them some of my butt because it was so big." I had no self esteem back then, so it was very hurtful. As I look back today, I think they were giving a backward compliment because a lot of my friends from that time say I was very pretty, I just didn't think so or see it.

seltzermint555

Really the only thing I've ever had a horrible time with is seat belts, when I was close to 300 lb I still fit into most seat belts but my ex husband had a Jeep, and he and one of his friends were both bigger than I was so they wanted me and his thin friend to sit in the back seat because the seat belts up front were bigger. I got in the back and nope. The seat belt did not fit me. I pretended like it did, though. I didn't even want my then-husband to know it didn't fit so I just kinda held it down with my arm against my hip. Miserable.

Also I felt a moment of awkwardness and/or embarrassment any time I'd go to a restaurant with booths. I never knew if I would fit nicely in the booth or be totally wedged up against it with my breasts practically on the table and belly pinched. I have had many uncomfortable meals due to that. With some friends, I'd just ask for a table, but some people like my mother INSIST on a booth and I actually lied a couple of times and said that certain restaurants "didn't sound good" just because I knew that we would have to sit in a small booth.

This is actually one of my biggest NSVs after losing a total of 90 lb from my all-time largest. It is so nice to know that I fit into all seat belts and booths and don't have to think about that stuff anymore. I have not been on an amusement park ride in years and partly because I was worried about not fitting. However, the last time I went on the rides at my local park I was in the neighborhood of 230-240 lb and fit and now know that I'll fit easily at 212.

Katey911

These stories all make me sad. I have some of my own, and the internal scars that come with, but I don't want to share them and relive them.

I'm just going to work my butt off at my training session tonight and hopefully never have another such story happen to me again!

TheGymGypsy

When I was almost 200 pounds I didn't realize that I was fat. I thought I was slender and fit like the rest of my friends. 3 of us went to Forever 21 together and found this dress that was super cute. We were all going to get one and walk around in our matching super adorable outfits. I tried on the same size as they did and it literally ripped. Turns out even the biggest size in the store didn't fit me. My friends were probably more embarrassed then I was, since I sat down naked in the dressing room for about 20 minutes and cried my eyes out.

seltzermint555

For the past few years I've had to lie to everyone and tell them I hate the beach because I will not get into a bathing suit. I actually really love the beach. I missed out on my Senior party in high school because it was at the beach. Next year I plan on being at the beach all of the time.

I LOVE to swim. As a kid ages 1-14 I was all about swimming. At 15 is when I went from "plump" at 180-ish to "fat" and over 200...I did not swim or don a swimsuit for years, from age 15-22, all the way through high school and college. I went swimming twice at motels in a t-shirt, bra, panties, and shorts. Not fun.

However, at 23 even though I weighed 299 lb I said "eff it"! I'd gone through a brown recluse spider bite ordeal that had me hospitalized and almost losing my leg...no way was I gonna let life pass by without swimming just because I was embarrassed about my body. That year, I bought a size 24 swimsuit and rocked my housing complex pool. I got a nice tan and made some new friends. Yes even fat :-)

Josalinn

When I was almost 200 pounds I didn't realize that I was fat. I thought I was slender and fit like the rest of my friends. 3 of us went to Forever 21 together and found this dress that was super cute. We were all going to get one and walk around in our matching super adorable outfits. I tried on the same size as they did and it literally ripped. Turns out even the biggest size in the store didn't fit me. My friends were probably more embarrassed then I was, since I sat down naked in the dressing room for about 20 minutes and cried my eyes out.

You totally reminded me of the time I went bathing suit shopping with my boyfriend that I had removed from my memory. And I'm sorry that we have had similar experiences

When I was coming out of the fitting room, he started calling in after me. He then called in to see if any other ladies were in there, which there weren't. IT then took him about 10 mins to coax me to unlock the door so he could give me a hug and get me to stop crying.

Being an absolute gem of a boyfriend, he took me to get a make over and bought me my first real make up. This was in college and I had never owned make up before.

I had also never walked in heels before I started dating him....he bought me my first pair of those too, a pair of 1 inch square healed shoe...my feet hurt so bad. Now I wear 5 inch heels like its nothing:laugh:

PriceK01

I had been doing the Slim Fast thing to try and get rid of the weight I had gained with my youngest son. I was embarrassed by it and would bury can of it in the middle of my cart and make sure I had an female cashier (the older the better). One day I was shopping, both boys in tow, and spotted an old friend on the aisle where the Slim Fast was. I came to a screeching halt and turned around to make a quick getaway before she could see me, but my 4 year old son jumped in front me, arms spread wide, and yelled, "STOP! You need Slim Fast!"

I wanted to die.

matchbox_girl

I don't have terribly embarrassing ones.....just eye-opening moments like seeing my wedding pictures as of 3 weeks ago..... I had 11 months to prepare and if anything I gained weight instead of lost it. My dress was stunning but my chubby cheeks and fat arms made it terrible to see. (Of course I had to go with strapless, too.) In the pictures where I am dancing with my dad I look 3x bigger than him. (Granted, he's a smaller man, but a daughter should never look that much bigger than her father!!)

My hubby and I went to an amusement park for a fun little road trip a few days after our wedding and I was appalled that my *kitten* almost didn't squeeze into the seat on the roller coaster. I have always been bigger but it dawned on me that if I kept gaining like I had been since I'd been in a relationship then I wouldn't fit on the rides next year.

That was sad. I'm only 22.

I must add: we are trying for children, and I am having a hell of a time having luck. Must assume it's because of the weight. Very disappointing.

Josalinn

I had been doing the Slim Fast thing to try and get rid of the weight I had gained with my youngest son. I was embarrassed by it and would bury can of it in the middle of my cart and make sure I had an female cashier (the older the better). One day I was shopping, both boys in tow, and spotted an old friend on the aisle where the Slim Fast was. I came to a screeching halt and turned around to make a quick getaway before she could see me, but my 4 year old son jumped in front me, arms spread wide, and yelled, "STOP! You need Slim Fast!"

I wanted to die.

When I did slimfast a sa bank teller, I would peel the cellophane off to store it in the fridge....

MondayMaybe

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I was maid of honour for my sister but she let me pick the design because not everything looks good on a bigger person and the other 4 were skinny so they could pull off anything. Once we had the design she refused to buy the dresses from anywhere that didn't have my size.


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This is so touching that your sister did it for you! Often brides like to think that the world revolves around them and don't care who look/feel how in which outfit... (or maybe i've watched "bridezillas" too much... LOL) Anyway, it seems like a very sweet gesture of her

ldrosophila

I habitually had plumber's crack while I was overweight, all throughout middle school and high school- even with wearing a belt, it wasn't till I lost 20 lbs that my pants started sitting higher.

Quite a few people have seen my butt crack...

Oh this happened to me and it was when I had to wear scrubs all the time. Let me tell you they make scrubs too damn short for my rolly-polliness

AllTehBeers

I was fat.

No, I'm still fat, just less fat.

Ad141274

So I set up the pool this summer for the kids for the first time in years. Ummi get into my two piece thinking I still have it in my thirties and proceeded to go outside. Well my.friends decided to come over and they brought young healthy inversely.fit kids over to hang out . I realized that umm ineeded to cover up. I was so self conscious . It was horrible

FirecrackerJess

I have not gotten on a ride in over 15 years because of fear of not fitting. I also have not learned to swim being embarrassed about my size.

levicrouch

Went to an amusement park and the overhead bar barely got 1 click. Took quite a bit of force for that 1 click.

Wanted to go to Catalina Island for our anniversary, but decided against it because the zip line that we wanted to go on had a max weight of 230 or 250. I was 268.

MysteriousMerlin

Both the roller coaster thing and the restaurant booth. With the roller coaster, the crushing blow was that I had fit into other rides at this particular park (after a 40 lbs loss), but the one I finally built up courage to ride on I still couldn't fit in. Had to get back out and walk back down by myself, red as a beet. Ruined my mood for the rest of the day.

cbmae

What size boobs do you guys have with roller coaster issues? I'm nursing my 10 week old and I don't want to get stuck in anything with my new found boobs :indifferent:
I couldn't get in a booth while I was pregnant with my daughter, not because of the pregnancy but because I gained way too much weight. Some old lady said to me at 29 weeks that I was about to pop at any second. I'm still knocking stuff over with my butt. A lot of people made comments about my weight because I was pregnant, but it still really sucked and embarrassed me. And to top it off, I was on bed rest for 6 months yet they still opened their mouths :grumble:

prettyface55

Love this post!!! Bumping to read the rest tomorrow!!

pjammer10

tonight at dinner my 4 year old was squeezing my arms asking why they are so fat. she was trying to be discreet about her questions, but she wouldn't drop the subject no matter what answer i gave her. big arms run in my family to begin with, extra weight makes them even bigger.