Embarrassing fat stories!

Mine is more heartbreaking than embarrassing... At the time, I was around 290-300 pounds. This was about 5-6 years ago. I had finally decided to take charge and lose the weight. So, that evening I decided to put on some comfortable clothes and walk through my neighborhood.

I was feeling so good about myself. I had walked the length of my neighborhood and was almost home. This was almost 2 miles of walking, so I was sweating and flushed but proud. A group of 3 teenage boys came walking by. As I met up with them, one of them decided it would be funny to call me a beached whale. They laughed and laughed.... well, needless to say, I went home and cried and cried. I let those little f***ers derail me. I did not want to leave the house for days. I did not walk again for another year or two. Never again!! I am in control. Since then I have lost almost 80 pounds.. and I am never looking back.

I have never been called fat in public by a stranger and have never seen it happen before. Hard to believe people like that really exist.

*edited to add I totally believe you, it's just shocking to me people have such audacity.

Bright red stretch marks all over my tummy. I was probably about 12 in the locker rooms and a girl turns around and goes, "What's that?" - I downright lied, "My cat scratched me." So, a few months later, and about 30 pounds heavier, I got them on my thighs. This little ***** goes, "Your cat scratched you there too...? What are you doing with your cat?"
Cue snappy replies and inevitable smacking.

Bright red stretch marks all over my tummy. I was probably about 12 in the locker rooms and a girl turns around and goes, "What's that?" - I downright lied, "My cat scratched me." So, a few months later, and about 30 pounds heavier, I got them on my thighs. This little ***** goes, "Your cat scratched you there too...? What are you doing with your cat?"
Cue snappy replies and inevitable smacking.

I got made fun of in the locker room for stretch marks too. But instead of answering I just burst into tears. So embarrassing! I would have slapped that b****.

Ill-mannered teenagers... I blame their parents really.. I doubt they were taught any manners growing up. It has never happened to me since. But it was pretty devastating. My son was their age, and I know he would have punched him in the face had he been with me. I know he would never disrespect an adult that way.

Cedar Point, super excited to ride the new Star Wars ride. At the entrance, there is a seat to ensure you fit. I got pulled and sadly, did not fit. I blamed it on the big meal including alcohol I had just consumed, but was mortified.

I WILL go back and ride that damn ride.

I think it would hurt too much when nursing, even if you fit into the rides.

I probably blocked out a lot of my stories but...

Despite being big I was always an athlete. And a pretty good one at that - especially softball. But I also played tennis through high school. Freshman year they didn't have a tennis skirt big enough for me. I got to wear my own, even though the coach said they coudl special order it. I played it off like I didn't care because I was a tomboy and those skirts were too short anyways.

I was walking with one of my best friends in high school in her kinda bad neighborhood. She was tiny - 5'2" and MAYBE 120 pounds. I was 5'10" and at least 250 at the time. One guy yelled from across the street "Why is she so skinny and the other one is so fat. Obviously she's eating all her food!" My friend actually stood up for me and yelled something back - I was shocked.

I used to be embarassed to shop at regular stores because I knew things wouldn't fit. ANd when I did have to buy clothes I was embarassed of the size. Truthfully, even now that I have been able to fit in to regular sizes for a while, I'm still embarassed and scared every time I go shopping.

2 Things

1. I was so sad the day that my MOM at 49, gave me all her clothes in a box labeled "fat clothes". She was an 12 and I was an 18. They were nice clothes but still!

2. I worked at a school and the kids always asked if I was having a baby ... one time I told the girl no, she said "then there is no reason for your belly to be that big". I was shocked! I wasn't even at my biggest!

I was a fat kid. I couldn't count the number of things that were said to me when I was young.

I do remember one time though. I was playing outside my house and a kid I went to school with rode his bike down my street. He never said a mean thing to me before. but as he approached me he screamed "You should go get liposuction!" and flew by.
I also got eggs thrown at me while I was running a couple years ago but I don't know if that was because I was fat. or- what. But it happened.

bump for later.

I used to peel the labels off to drink Slimfast at my driver's ed class in high school. One kid would always ask me what I was drinking, and I told him it was chocolate soda from a small independent company... and then he kept bugging me that he wanted to try it.

I avoid clothes shopping like the plague and whenever someone mentions I need to get new clothes, I get all embarrassed because I'm not willing to say, "Well, I've gained over 70 pounds in the last few years and now I'm okay living in baggy clothing because nothing else fits me!" Then I had to buy some new scrubs for work because I had gotten too big for the others and I grabbed a couple big sizes off the rack, didn't bother trying them on (they'll fit, they're a really big size), and later when I was getting ready for work, I got stuck in one of the tops and my boyfriend had to yank them off of me (at first I was too mortified to tell him that I was stuck, but I really needed to leave for my shift so I eventually had to get his help or that would have been an interesting call-in to work!).

My friend convinced me to go on a few rides at the amusement park with her. The bars barely fit over my lap. I could barely fit in the shared seats. The cage for the Zipper barely closed. And when I was on the rollercoaster (NEVER AGAIN!), my boobs were bouncing so much that my swimsuit starting FALLING OFF and my friend had to reach over to hold the straps or people were going to get an eyeful! There's also nothing more terrifying than being a ride that turns you upside down fifty feet in the air (Skymaster) and thinking the bar holding you in is going to snap under your weight.

Finally, my boyfriend's family is thin. His sisters are thin. His brother is thin. His parents gained a bunch of weight and then lost it this year and now they are TINY. Hugging his parents is mortifying for me because they are skin and bone. And one of their tables has a bench-style seat and it only starts making noises when I sit on it! JUST ME! So needless to say, I avoid sitting there!

When I was at my heaviest, the largest part of me was my butt.
I knocked things down regularly with my butt when squeezing through tight spaces. It's like my butt had a mind of its own.
Very embarrassing in stores and at restaurants. It even knocked little children down:-(
Now, I really delight in comfortably walking anywhere no matter how small the space or aisle.

This^^

Was mistaken for being pregnant and the person rubbed my belly, afterwards. Fortunately, it was someone I knew and liked. Sad day that was...

Why do people think that's okay? Ever? That irritates me, and I've never even been pregnant.

I think I've blocked out some of my most embarrassing stories. Thank you all for sharing though x