"You're still fat"

This summer I took my friend hiking. I had recently lost a bunch of weight and she is about 100 pounds overweight. However, she was doing her best to do what she could and it was a big deal for her to get out there and try.

While we were hiking, a late 50's-early 60's aged couple came a long while we were taking a little break. The lady (skinny) was like "Hurry up, chop chop, no resting." My friend said, "Yeah, she's trying to kill me" and pointed at me. The woman then said, "I don't think she would have chosen the easiest trail on the whole mountain if she was trying to kill you." I could just see how defeated this immediately made my friend.

In retrospect, I wish I would have said, "Lady, there's just the two of us and the two of you up here. I am pretty sure I could throw you down the mountain and it would just be he said/she said. Now get going while you can and have a nice day. "

People suck. My friend has never tried again.

I hope you won't be deterred by idiots. People always yell at me when I am running no matter what size I am. :grumble:

People like that are unhappy with themselves! So they decide to take it out on other people. Keep up the good work! This is just going to make you a stronger person!!

Great job going four miles, and it is so awesome that you didn't just use that stoplight as a break!! Those girls don't know what they are talking about. You are beautiful!!

I'm still fat too. I know what you mean about negative remarks. Teens are kids, clueless, inexperienced, power hungry little sheep trying to find their way in this world. They are stuck between the world of childhood and adulthood and angry about it. So they get power by putting other people down to make them feel big and strong. Unfortunately, I have met adults who weren't much better than these teen girls.

Recently I saw a woman larger than myself jogging down the road, on a cold rainy day. I was riding in the car while my eldest son was driving so I rolled down my window and shouted out "You go, girl! Woo, Hoo!" My boys laughed. But I think they understood since I like to cheer them on when they are doing good. I sure wish I could have been there for you. Since I wasn't I'll just say now, "Keep up the good work, honey! You go, girl!"

For what it's worth, while I have been overweight my whole life, I certainly haven't always been the kindest person...and I've also been hurt a lot.

Guess which one keeps me up at night? The people I've hurt, not those who have hurt me. The morons did it to impress each other and a lot of people have mentioned karma. This is just my 2 cents to reinforce it.

You're awesome, and I'm sorry that you had to hear that.

I know you probably won't see this now but ... That's the kind of stuff that you should get your motivation from !! A similar thing happened to me a while back when i was at college. I was playing football and i fouled someone and he called me a "fat Sh#t". I wasn't even that fat!! But I felt really horrible about myself, but that was what led me to lose 30lbs of fat and completely change the way that i eat and exercise. Haters make you stronger!

I love that I keep seeing more and more heavy people exercising. It tells me why we are going to turn this obesity epidemic around.

Congrats on your progress and success!!!

wow OP. i'm so sorry that happened to you. what a bunch of jerks! :mad:


and you're better than me. my crazy can come out very quickly, and it would have started with me taking down the license plate number..... :devil:

If those girls are laughing at you and saying those things, they probably have really sad lives. They likely have no close friendships and don't know what it's like to truly be loved for who they are. They may have mothers who tell them to stop eating or boyfriends who will leave them the moment someone more 'attractive' comes along.

Just feel sorry for them and keep going Nobody who acts like that is happy - but you can be happy.