Most embarrassing "fat" moment....

Before I started losing weight, I was at the hospital visiting my grandpa. A volunteer who drove the little shuttle thingy to the front door came to me as I was walking across the parking lot, and asked me if I needed a ride to the MATERNITY section of the hospital...I was so mortified I wanted to die!! I would say that was my defining moment...I will never be mistaken for pregnant again! Ok, your turn!!!

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I was looking at strollers with my 1 year old when older gentlemen (innocently) laughed as he pointed to a double stroller
and said "Your gonna need one of these soon!"
I didn't tell him I wasn't pregnant. That was my wake up call.

I was on a date (years ago) we went to a concert, we were late. We couldn't find ANY parking, so finally we found a spot we had to park real close to another car. He got out and walked around to my side. I couldn't fit out the door, I climbed into the back seat to try the back door, still wouldn't fit, we had to go find another parking spot, and that took like 15 minutes. I could tell he was irritated. I wanted to D I E E E E E E E E E E.


I still get embarrassed thinking about it, Omg! Depressing.

why didn't he just back out let you out then pull up into the same spot? It may have been your embarrassing "fat" moment but it wasn't a great moment for parking strategies either. I've had to do this not because of being fat but because sometime people can't stay between the lines and the only spot left just barely holds the car.

I suppose I should tell mine now... restaurant booths were my bane, I had to turn down the only seats left because I couldn't fit between the table and the booth seat and wait until a table opened up.

I thought the exact same thing about him just backing out!! You may have been the big one, but he was certainly not the brightest crayon in the box.

My son and daughter on the same day told me something..at different times. My son told me I had two butts ( and my daughter asked why I had two bellies.. Super heart breaking..and I know they said it so innocently..

The day I couldn't fit on the roller coaster and had to send my baby brother who was 8-9 years old at the time ALONE on it by himself.

This and add that I had to get off the roller coaster and everyone was staring!

This totally just happened to me at Knott's Berry Fram, one of the reasons I joined MFP

Sitting in an airline seat and desperately trying to reduce the size of my hips so the guy next to me wouldn't have to touch me. Of course, I failed. Poor guy. He was miserable the entire trip.

don't cry you're making such good progress!!

I was taking a walk around my neighborhood, and a guy driving past yelled out the window "Go on a f***ing diet fatso" at me

People can be so cruel Something like this happened to my sister

In 7th grade when one of the boys called me fat in front of the entire class. I ran to the bathroom and sobbed. I have also been asked many times if I was pregnant....when I wasn't. But people are STUPID. I was asked how far along I was after I finished teaching spin. I wore a size 6 jeans at the time. I always say, 'if the baby isn't crowning...DON'T ASK!"

Two really stick out:
1. Went to my cousin's swanky wedding, and sat down (as I usually do) on the edge of the rickety wood slat chairs. Yep, that chair broke, I fell to the ground, and as the sound echoed through the giant marble library, everyone turned to gasp and stare.
2. On a flight for work, I was booked in the middle seat and couldn't change it. sandwiched between a big (not fat) guy who was decent the entire flight, and a middle-aged business jerk who I saw out of the corner of my eye, texting his wife about how he was "stuck next to this woman who is so huge..."

I went to the doctor and the medical assistant was asking me about high blood pressure and diabetes and all that stuff. I answered no to all of them thinking that I was pretty healthy. She got down to a box that said obese and marked it. I always thought I was chunky, bigger, "curvy" but no, I was OBESE and I felt like crawling into a hole. :sad:

It wasn't really that embarrassing for me, because I was extremely drunk at the time, but a friend and I who is bigger than me were at a McDonalds next to a bar we had just come from. This man walks up to us and basically tells us to not eat here because we are fat. My response was to scream about how he was stupid because it has taken him over five years to finish his undergrad (as he told us before calling us fat) and to take a large bite out of the bacon cheeseburger I was eating. Apparently everyone was staring at us.

I know it's been said a few times. but... When I met my husband he looked likea real life Ken doll, (muscles on muscles!!) and I was at least 35 lbs over weight. (doesn't sound like much unless you're barely 5'1) Sex the first time was embarrasing for all the natural reasons, but I just was all over the place...
OR a year after having my daughter the only clothes I still (and barely) fit into were my maternity clothes...

I was at the park with my sister and I was wearing a green shirt. When some little kids yelled out RUN IT'S SHREK!! Lol haven't worn green since

Posted this back when I first joined MFP but here goes:

Nephew's wedding. Fancy place, 'delicate' chairs. My son comes up and pulls on the seat, chair breaks, we tumble to floor. I actually broke a chair! Some people looked, and some pretended they didn't see. My brother was so upset and trying to blame the chairs. We all knew better. I laughed it off on the outside, felt horrible on the inside.

I've lost 15lbs so far now and feel great. MFP is a terrific tool for so many reasons. I am walking daily, counting calories/fats and embarking on this quest to get healthy rather than setting intimidating goals that tend to discourage me. I am leaning on my Lord too, which was something I didn't really do in my past attempts to lose weight and it's making all the difference in the world. (For some terrific reading I recommend "Made to Crave" by Lisa Terquist).

Although this site is wonderful for providing insight and encouragement from people who are sharing a similar journey, it's also good sometimes to share about our tough times and embarrassing moments too. Threads like this one remind us all that we aren't alone. When our girlfriends want to shop for clothes, we can remember there are other girls all over the world coming up with excuses just like us! When an idiot yells something horrible at us, we can know that others have felt the same pain we are.

Sending encouragement to one and all!

I got a gift certificate from co-workers for Victoria Secret...there wasn't a damn thing in there that'd fit.

That was before my heaviest weight too - by about 30 pounds. :blushing:


All of these wedding ones reminded me:
I was a bridesmaid in a wedding and the groomsmen very loudly groaned and asked why he had to walk down the aisle with the fat one.

I used to hate walking into a store and have sales people come up and tell me their clothes only went up to a certain size, which I was not. My response was always "and how is it that you know I'm not shopping for someone else?" and then walk out, leaving a few red-faced and speechless. Embarrassing, nonetheless. :embarassed: