Stuff Fat People Do

seasonalvoodoo

Do that whole "look behind you" move while walking so that you are able to spread your legs a little farther without being noticeable so that your shorts that are bunched up between your thighs can get free.... or the move i see a lot of other big ppl do where they are walking and kinda do this weird quick little squat thing mid stride to let the bunch of shorts out from the inner thighs...my sis and i call it the "squat 'n drop" lol

Guilty...still do it, though...my running shorts bunch up! Haha

cownancy

Wear bicycle shorts under my skirts to avoid chub rub

Only fly if I am traveling with my husband or one of my sisters since I only want to squish the people I love and not some poor innocent stranger.

I make my husband carry double weight in his backpack when we're hiking since I already have 150 extra pounds to carry around.

Never ever put my clothes in the dryer

Hide behind people in pictures so I look like a floating head in the background.

Check the weight capacity for EVERYTHING before using it, and then use it anyway but oh so gingerly

float without trying in any position

"Discreetly" adjust my clothes every time I stand up to make sure that they're not stuck in some fat roll or ridden up over my fat butt.

Yeah, I could go on and on but I've already given away too many of my fat secrets.

I just want to say that I love you and I think that you might be my "pig sister", like I call my fat best friend. LOL. I have to always pull my pants and underwear out of my butt crack.

PlunderBunneh

I'm pretty glad this got bumped...I'm amused and somewhat more comfortable with the little things I find myself doing. The clothes is a big one for me. ALWAYS adjusting clothes to make sure nothing is showing. I wouldn't mind so much, but I have stretch marks everywhere from gaining weight so fast with my first pregnancy. I even have a stretch mark across the top of my shoulder, so I don't wear tank tops.
Lols.

Bluestar083

Ha its not just fat people who pretend to be buying chocolate for other people. My slim friend LOVES chocolate but pretends to buy it for her husband as she thinks the people at the corner store think 'oh there's that women who buys chocolate everyday-does she throw it all up?'

kendrafallon

I don't know whether to laugh out loud or cry a bucket full! So many things people do, that I can say, hand on heart, I still do or have done!

My biggie still is making sure I'm wearing a light cardigan or jacket over whatever top I'm wearing just to make sure the rolls are covered!!

Oh, and I've been single a very long time, partly because any time I've shown any interest in a guy, he's made it obvious it's the weight that's an issue and partly because i've not had the confidence in myself.

Things are changing slowly and posts like these, really help - so thank you to the OP for starting it and the blog has been bookmarked!! :drinker:

uhoh_billy

Man, I did so MANY of these things! Deoderant between the thighs, the pants dance (Kicking my feet around ridiculously to get my calves to fit into skinny jeans!), crossing my arms all the time to hide my belly!

Here's one I'm not proud of.. I used to have to grab my leg and PUT it across the other in order to cross my legs! I couldn't manouver my legs to cross without lifting them with my hands! So annoying!

Bluestar083

Got to love the cushion in front of tummy action! I think anyone unless they have abs of steels is guilty of that one!!

Ichbinceiling

Wear bicycle shorts under my skirts to avoid chub rub

Only fly if I am traveling with my husband or one of my sisters since I only want to squish the people I love and not some poor innocent stranger.

I make my husband carry double weight in his backpack when we're hiking since I already have 150 extra pounds to carry around.

Never ever put my clothes in the dryer

Hide behind people in pictures so I look like a floating head in the background.

Check the weight capacity for EVERYTHING before using it, and then use it anyway but oh so gingerly

float without trying in any position

"Discreetly" adjust my clothes every time I stand up to make sure that they're not stuck in some fat roll or ridden up over my fat butt.

Yeah, I could go on and on but I've already given away too many of my fat secrets.

I respect your honesty. We've all been there!

GrammyWhammy

Asking for a seatbelt extension on the plane.
Apologizing to seatmate for protruding into her space.
Begging seatmate to put armrest in up postition.
Always volunteering to drive because my friends' cars have short seatbelts.
Choosing the uncomfortable chair that looks sturdiest.
Requesting a folding chair or handicap seating at the theater.
Having to sit on the steps in the stadium at games (and my kids' graduations).
Pretend I don't hear people talking about my weight.
Always acknowledging my obesity before someone mentions it.
Being lectured by an obese healthcare professional.
My spouse at kids' sporting events standing as far away as he can get so people don't think we're married.
Breaking a chair in a public place and pretending to think it's funny.

Edit: I'm sorry. None of the above is humorous. In fact, it makes me want to cry. Hope this isn't a major downer to you folks. Now you know my motivation though, and that's a good thing.

MrsJax11

baby powder on thighs to prevent chub rub? amateurs! everyone knows you use deodorant on your inner thighs to prevent chub rub. LOL

I do this...however, friends that rub have mentioned glide stick.
I think the inner thigh rub gets better, but will always happen to some degree -- especially if athletic, trim, runners still get it.

wildestian

Lie about not having a bath suit, or about hating the swimming pool "oh! gross", for obvious reasons.
Always sitting with my bag/purse on my stomach.
The constant fixing my clothes when getting up, or sitting down.
when using a tank top: keeping my arms thight to my body so noone can see my wings and 'bunnies'.

sl1mmy

wearing jeans unable to zip with a long shirt to conceal it.

cptnjck0209

I LOVE this topic just sayin'

lovelee79

baby powder on thighs to prevent chub rub? amateurs! everyone knows you use deodorant on your inner thighs to prevent chub rub. LOL

I do this...however, friends that rub have mentioned glide stick.
I think the inner thigh rub gets better, but will always happen to some degree -- especially if athletic, trim, runners still get it.

Baby powder for sure !! When ever I wear a dress, baby powder saves my poor thighs, and I'll keep it in my purse to re-apply in the restroom throughout the night. lol ! I wish I would have known about it years ago!
I can't wait for the day that my thighs don't rub together ! Then bye bye baby powder !! :drinker:

missjoci

Pulling all pants up a lil too far just to cover up the muffin top. But then of course you have a relentless wedgie. Never seemed to work so well. Lol Annoying!

That and jumping up and down about 20 times just to get into the jeans that fit last week! Then sucking in and much as possible just to button them.

Extra shirts to cover up the muffin top.

Oh yes thigh rubbing in the summer. Nothing like sweaty sticky legs sticking together! Ha. Sure made me hate skirts.

DawnJanette

I really thought everyone adjusted their clothes when they stood up??

I'm going to watch other people now!

mrrad

Done just about all these things......lots of this makes me so sad.......all the effort is so exhausting.

I have now lost 40 kgs probably want to lose another 30 kgs but the last time I was on a plane I didn't need a seltbelt extender and it was f*****g amazing but was too embarrassed to celebrate.

This is the best thread I have read on here for sheer motivation .

cptnjck0209

"chub rub" is my new favourite term ever!

Also:
Refusing to mention that I'm fat in the hopes the person I'm talking to hasn't noticed
Saying 'I never weigh myself any more' to avoid admitting my weight
Looking like you work in a funeral home because all you wear is black (it's slimming you know? :P)
Wondering if people think you're too big to shop in certain stores...
Refusing to jump into pools in case the water jumps out!
Trying to hide the clothes labels from the check out guy in case he sees =P

reserge

So when I wanted to look my best, I'd wear support hose with a support panty. Now I liked wearing a support brief that is a size or two too small since it will make me smaller, right??? Getting that on took not only a lot of time, but I sprained a thumb once, and put my shoulder out another time. Almost always I was sore, anyway. And since I wear a (minimizing) bra, there would be a roll of fat under my bra strap above the support hose/briefs, so I would also wear what is called a belt waist cincher... to help flatten that out. Finally I was ready to put on my dress... but the buttoned area across the chest pulled just a bit, possibly revealing my layers of cinching... so I'd have to safety pin that together. Ah ready to go, but wait, I forgot to pee! Then once I'm there I wouldn't dare take a sip of anything and be stuck in line for the bathroom where I'd have to wriggle like a contortionist just to get it all back on... And heaven forbid the waist cincher fall an inch and pinch a minuscule 1/8 inch fat roll every time I moved. I had forgotten all that!

I have the BEST pair of sucky in undies. I can so relate to the effort putting them on, in fact my husband has to help me into mine at the back as they come right up to my bra line. Then (oh the shame) I have to ask my husband to safety pin my pants waist band to my bra so it doesn't roll back down making a fat roll.

"But how do you pee??" I hear you ask.......that is why they are the BEST sucky in undies in the world!!! They have a wee hole!!! Yup, a hole which is covered by (oh my god) flaps of fabric that you pull aside to go to the bathroom. AMAZING invention.

Until I no longer need them that is!

Other tricks.....

- I wear singlets underneath my tops to try and cover the back fat. In fact I wear singlets 1-2 sizes too small in the hope they will flatten the rolls out, but then they ride up and sit very uncomfortably.
- I used to wear out the inner thighs of my work trousers all the time, but because we had a uniform provided by work, I was too embarrassed to tell the manager I needed a new pair again so I just put up with the holes and hope no one noticed.
- when I got too big for my work skirts, again I was too embarrassed to ask for another size so I just left it undone and wore a long top
- sometimes when I ordered new work stuff I would order a smaller size out of embarrassment. I have a drawer of uniform that is too small due to this. I guess I thought I would shrink into it, but I didn't. (Now I don't work as I am on maternity leave but I just tried on the small stuff and it now fits!)
- when I wear skirts that are too small I pull them up to around my ribs, which of course makes them too short but that is the lesser of two evils and thankfully my legs aren't too hideous.
- on occasion I went to weddings or similar dress up functions and half way through the night I would get a terrible stomach ache and felt like I needed to pass wind. Then I would realise it was because my sucky in undies were too tight and I would have to go and take them off. Thankfully everyone was too drunk to notice I had grown by 2 dress sizes in one toilet stop!! LOL.