Name calling stops my motivation to get fit.

I'm so sorry that there are ignorant people in this world!! However, wouldn't you like to be able to reply, "Yes, but I'm doing something about my weight issues. Sadly, there's nothing you can do about your stupidity issues!" :bigsmile:

Doesn't a part of you want to prove all these people wrong? Doesn't a part of you want to say, "Look at me now!" :drinker:

Find your "WHY"....Why do you want to lose the weight? Why do you want to look good? Why do you want to get healthy? Why do you want to be able to move without pain? WHY? This will give you your motivation to take baby steps everyday for the rest of your life.

YOU CAN DO THIS FOR YOU!! YOU MUST DO THIS FOR YOU!! IF NOT FOR YOU THAN WHO?? :flowerforyou:

Try to ignore the opinions of those who insult you. Remember, God doesn't make junk!

I start to lose then I stop
You know why?
Its because strangers make insulting comments about my weight.
This is anywhere. At work, church, mall you name it.
Anywhere public people will call me fat.
Already I'm self conscious about my face. I've been called ugly by family, people at work, etc for years.
So then I say well let me concentrate on my weight since I can't do anything about my hidious face.
But at work one day a visitor walked up to my desk (at hospital) and just said "you're fat".
I didn't even respond. I was insulted.
Then today I walked to my car in church parking lot only to hear two young boys 13 or 15 yrs old say "she sure is big"
This makes me want to quit.
I just I just don't know.:brokenheart:

You need to take these negative comments and turn them into positive. Start by exercising for 30 minutes a day.. Otherwise you will stay "fat". Use this as revenge on all those, especially those close to you to show that you have will power and are determined to lose weight. I was 192.4 February 2013, I have since lost 24 pounds, very slowly. This has made a big difference to my life: I am not walking around my bedroom in my underwear, wearing dresses and other clothes that I were not able to wear for over 10 years, feeling really good about myself and more confident. For my birthday in April 2014, my goal is to be 150 towards 140. Even though I have lost 24 pounds, I still see myself as overweight, and still have some way to go, but I have started my journey and this is for me.

You have to make this work for yourself, no one else can do it for you. People will talk and say nasty things, but just look at yourself and say yes I am fat, but guess what come summer of 2014, I plan to lose xxxxx number of pounds. Take one day at a time and trust me if you stick with it by this time next year, you will in a better position. Just remember beauty is in the eyes of the beholder and what is in your heart.

One of things I have learn is that you cannot say I love you to someone, unless you love yourself, and in order to do do you have to make peace with yourself.

Girl, you don't look ugly OR fat in your profile pic? Some people are just unbelievable!!! I had a woman who weighed like 400lb's try to put me down! It was a co-worker, and I wanted to call her out so bad, but I bit my tongue 'cuz I knew she was speaking out of jealousy. Don't let anyone steal your joy! I've been picked on since I was a little kid, been called fat, and pretty much stupid by both family and so called friends. I've proved EVERY single one of them wrong by losing all the weight, (I'm no longer considered overweight, woot woot!) and I managed to get straight A's in some pretty rough classes, like chemistry, anatomy and physiology, math, and so on. I also managed go get my nursing degree, and I'm now a registered nurse, so guess what? I'm not fat OR stupid, and all those people can kiss it!!! :happy: :happy: :happy: You look pretty in your pic. Don't let those mannerless, rude, and big mouthed people sabotage you, and keep you from your dreams!!! Sometimes when people are down, they want to drag others down with them. Don't let them!!! You're better than them!!! :happy: :flowerforyou:

I start to lose then I stop
You know why?
Its because strangers make insulting comments about my weight.

I'm sorry people have been so impolite towards you. But you need to be honest with yourself - that's not why you stop - that's how you justify stopping.

Words cannot stop you from pursuing any goal you truly want to pursue.

Oh dear, you are at a very low point, its by no fault of your own.

You work in a caring environment and are there to give support/guidance/greet helping in one way or other. The teenagers have so much to learn, life will deal them some hard blows too. You go to a local church and are given grief by people who consider themselves better than you and, probably the rest of the world, these people should revisit the Gospels. I would say the same of any congregation of which ever theology. Is the paster, minister, leader of the community the same? I would hope this person would be appalled.

My feeling is you try to live your belief and are making a better job of it than many others. Trying to live ones belief is all anyone can do, we are human, self critical, and have short comings these are what need to be worked on. You have started to work on your own. Take stock of your priorities. Remember you have the will to work on your health, they are in ignorance of their shortcomings.

Think back to the people over the course of your career with whom you have had a deep connection, when all you have done is be yourself, gave them the smile and the pointer to the right direction, selflessly.

Bless you

added, turn the other cheek. don't lower yourself

People insult others to make themselves feel better, as warped as that is. Whether it is someone else's weight, religion, race, sexual orientation or nationality. Don't let yourself be that person for them and their ignorance. You can't cure stupid, but you can let yourself not be dragged into it.

No matter how you look, pushing yourself, exercising, eating right in spite of other people projecting their own insecurity onto you, will make you awesome. You will feel awesome and you will look awesome because you are awesome.

That said, judging from your picture, you're definitely not ugly.

That's heartbreaking. You're not ugly so don't for a second believe that you are. It's the idiots hurling abuse that are ugly to the core.
Don't let the bullies win. Use the pain you feel, galvanise your inner strength and achieve your weight loss goal by sticking to your calorie allowance each day, no excuses! :flowerforyou: