So much for people NOT watching.

Tell them to kick rocks.....remeber the can't fix the ugly in them

This! Some people just suck! Have a rockin Friday and a fab weekend!!!!

Please take the motivation and support you find HERE and use that to fuel you mentally instead of the "rest" of them who will try to bring you down. We all fight our own battles whether we weigh 100 pounds or 400 pounds!! Most of the time when people have to talk bad about others, or criticize them or try to bring them down, it is because they are trying to make THEMSELVES feel better. I know it's hard to tell you to brush it off when this happens, but you CAN'T let people like that keep you from going!! You are becoming a better person and I commend you for it! CONGRATS on the running!!

One thing to remember is that you don't always have to be overweight and you are working on it. The person who yelled out for you to hear is always going to be an *kitten*.

The other thing is to just use those kinds of moments as motivation. Getting away from that feeling is a big reason for you to keep working. You already know that but embrace it.

Finally, the truth of the matter is that you will judge others once you get down to your goal weight. You will hopefully have the grace to keep it to yourself, but once you get down, you'll be frustrated with the people who have let themselves go. You'll get angry at the ones who make excuses about why they can't change things. I will say that I'm pulling for every overweight person that I see at the gym who is trying to make a difference.

People can be extremely rude and mean; especially for some reason men in their late teens to early 20's-ish and even more so when you have a group of them together "hanging out".

I remember one time I was at the local Target with my mother who has several medical issues which have limited her motility and hence she has a disabled/ handicap placard. I parked the car in a handicap parking spot after circling a few times since parking was so limited as the store was very busy that day. I pulled into the spot; helped my mother out of the car (it was a particularly bad day for her as far a pain) and we where crossing the walkway to go into the store when a group of 20-ish men drove through the crosswalk and the driver rolled down the window to yell at my mother and I that he, "didn't realize being fat was a disability" and then continued on looking for a parking spot himself (with a temporary disabled placard hanging from his rearview mirror). I was so upset I didn't even know how to respond... All I could think was how dare he assume that just because my mother and I are fat we had to have a disabled placard. If anything, my mother's disabilities have resulted in weight gain; her weight gain DID NOT cause her disabilities. Of course about 5 minutes to late I thought of the perfect comeback to deal with these idiots. What I should have down was yell back that "I didn't realize that being a rude idiot qualified as a disablity either" and kept on walking.

Anyway, the moral of the story is that yes, people suck sometimes. And no, you shouldn't let it bother you--even if you do just want to go punch the idiot in his face, or waddle back to your car and eat an entire tub of ice cream (don't recommend that one). Hang in there and keep up the good work.

I think it's easy to think you can ignore them, and discount their opinion, but it's a lot harder to make it stop hurting when faced with that kind of hostile rejection. In the end you can only be responsible for you. There will always be people who love and accept you, and there will always be people who hate and reject you. There is nothing you can do to change that, no matter who you are or who you pretend to be, those two groups will still exist. The only thing you can control is yourself. Will you be who you really are and continue to improve against all odds, including catty stranger criticism? You will be an example for others around you who observe or face the same kind of situation. The question is will it be a positive example? I hope you will go back to that park alone, especially if they are there. I hope you will keep walking and running. And I hope one day some or all of those girls will see your progress and have the decency to be ashamed of themselves.

Best quote ever...don't listen to the critic.. keep daring greatly!
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; . . . who at best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly.” —Theodore Roosevelt

you are NOT alone! i have had incidents (plural!) of being called fat *kitten* and one time a guy hung out the window and mooed at me. You can't help peoples ignorance

Man this sucks.
I walk past a museum everyday where I walk on my lunch breaks. All the adults are awesome, either they are just doing their own things or just say hi.
The school groups are murder. Guaranteed the group of kids sitting on the grass will always say 'Hey look at the fat lady' followed by evil giggles.
If they were my kids they would be punished for a very long time. Thankfully my step kids wouldn't dare.

I'm glad the adults are nice and realise that losing weight doesn't happen just because you walked once and ate a salad instead of a pizza.

The best revenge is to just do it.....if you quit, if you do not go back there.....they won.

Making comments like that to cover their own insecurities and "impress" others. People who need to belittle others to do this are not worth allowing them to get to you. By everything you are doing, you will achieve your goals, they will always be the idiot they are. Focus on that.

This!

Other peoples comments can get in your head, but only if you let it! Remember you were the one running while they were only running their mouths! Just keep going! I cannot tell you haw many times I've had hecklers around my neighborhood yell "Run Forest, Run" Once, I yelled back "Stupid is as stupid does!"

Keep doing your best, and then when you've reached your goals you can be like "LOOK AT ME NOW"

Lots of great support here! Just goes to show most of us at some time have had to suffer unwarented abuse at the hands of a stranger.

One of the things that really helps me is to write down any bad experiences and to write down how I felt ie 'I feel that no-one loves me' and then rationalize it out by writing things like 'thats no true my partner/family/friends love me' and as many reasons why it's not true as I can think of. You have to write it down as soon as you can after you had the thought and it takes a while to get into the habit but long term this approach has really helped me feel better about myself.

If your interested in running, see if you can find a local running club where you can run in a group. People are more reluctant to say things when your with others (cowards) and the group will be able to help you build up your running and teach you techniques to use. When I started running in Dec 2010, I couldn't run a quater of a mile. I stuck with running with my group and in March 2012 I ran my first half marathon.

I'm sorry you had to endure that. It was probably some punk *kitten* teenager who doesn't even have respect for his own mother. You know you're doing something wonderful for your body and you need to keep persevering. There are people like that jerk everywhere and we have to be stronger then that. Don't let these people hurt you. This journey is not only about making our bodies stronger but about making our minds stronger as well. Although we shouldn't have to deal with *kitten* like them, they're out there waiting to destroy us. We have to be stronger then them. Also, he's probably dealing with issues of his own considering he's such a disrespectful, immature *kitten*. Stay strong and keep going. You're doing wonderful!

THIS.

people these days don't care for other peoples feelings... it's sad... I live in a small town.. (there is no store, bank, post office ect) and you pretty much know everyone here.... and I walk a ton alone.. or with my kids... I've had ONE person make a rude comment... it was someone who is not local.... and that ONE comment hurt.... someone I didn't know Judging me... people are hateful.... but you are doing great... take that hateful thing they say and remember it every time you want to give up... prove you can do this... and if you need another friend on here... go ahead and add me!