Most awkward weight comment

I gained A LOT of weight very rapidly after a death in my family years ago. I'm trying to remember/guess but it was probably 30 pounds in 2-3 months, somewhere around that. I had been married less than a year so my coworkers were sure I was pregnant and asked that me repeatedly. And I would tell them no, and they would think I was kidding! One offered to buy me a pregnancy test...:sad:

When my mother in law said that obviously one of our kids (who is in the 100th percentile for weight and height for his age) was taking after my side of the family. Way to pick on a kid to make your point, lady. I am only partly working on losing the weight as a big middle finger to her. I hope to have lost a big chunk of it (pun intended) before she gets back from her winter migration to the South.

I've had so many rude comments as I have battled with my weight my entire life. The most recent one being at work. Me and another co worker are about the same weight. She has PCOS and has been trying to have a child and really wants to lose weight, and I asked her if she would like to diet and exercise with me. We could go to the gym together, and hold each other accountable. We were talking about the different gyms and another co-worker who works out regularly caught us talking about the gym and said " Oh, I would wait about a week to hit the gym, It's whale week being the first of the year, but after that they'll return to the couch with their Twinkies." the whole room just kind of went quiet and he quickly realized what he said and high tailed it out of the room.

This one co-worker that I couldn't stand told me how she went to an abs class, and that I should go to so I could "lose my belly" and I told her I wasn't interested and she kept pushing. I had been riding my bike to and from work every day (besides the fact that you can't spot tone. She has a Ph.D. in some biology field). I left early and rode my bike home and cried, and I think I told my boss (this was a few years ago) or I was about to tell my boss, but one day I came to work and there was an apology card on my desk. She also tried to convert me to Christianity a few times. I just don't think she understood social cues from any angle.

That story makes me just sick!! I am so sorry you had to feel that way. I could almost feel your pain reading about riding your bike home and crying

I used to work at a nonprofit that was all about diversity and acceptance. It was a pretty good place for the most part, but they hired this RN on staff who was such a (insert horrible word). She was in her 60s and I'd say around a size 14, at least, so not a skinny woman...but she went on and on all of the time about how she "hated fat people" and they "grossed her out" and when she would do an intake with a new client who was obese she would make even worse comments. Within a few weeks of her working there, I disliked this woman more than I've really disliked just about anyone in my life.

The management of the organization would normally have spoken to and/or written up anyone for saying things like she did, they were fiercely protective of clients and anyone with a disability etc, but she was older and very wealthy, made it clear that she was basically doing the job "for fun", and somehow she had this mind control type power over them. It was odd and disturbing.

She started hanging out (outside of work) with my coworker-friend P who was very thin (and actually recovering from an ED) and P told me that she said some really hideous things about P's "bigger friends" which would have meant me and another coworker. P actually "broke up" with this woman friend-wise and told her she was not going to hang out with her and listen to that. But it hurt my feelings so much and really affected my confidence at work. I felt so embarrassed and ashamed all of the time. Finally that woman moved across the country. Good riddance.

At the same job, they took CONSTANT photos of us all. That was an issue for me. I felt extra nervous & uncomfortable knowing they could photograph me at any time, from any angle, and it would be splashed all over the internet, company publications, etc. I shudder at that even now. Interestingly, I went from my "usual" weight of 260-270 to my HW of 307 while working there. I seriously think it was because of the anxiety and unnecessary attention due to weight, as much as being sedentary!

Some of the comments here are just terrible. And mostly from family FFS

My recent awkward comment:
Co-worker told me "You look great, really thin, it must be the outfit you're wearing."
I responded "Either that, or the 23 lbs I've lost."
"But your clothes don't look big" <digging herself further>
"Because I have a full range of sizes in my closet and prefer to wear clothes that fit"

Seriously. If you feel that you absolutely MUST comment on someone's appearance, for whatever reason, say "You look great today" and end it there.

Another English as a second language one...

I got a deal on a body scrub treatment at a newer spa. It's awkward enough being in just your undergarments in front of strangers, but as i was sitting up to get off the bed, the woman reaches over, grabs my belly roll and asks me if I want to get a wrap done to get rid of the fat. :embarassed: I just mumbled "uh, no thanks". I didn't get mad, I laughed about it after, but it was pretty awkward.

As I still have belly fat, I do get teased a bit by family. Also everytime I gain a few pounds it goes to my face and my family pick up on it like anything, good thing I sorted it over Xmas holidays to not allow it to become a big deal. I've had lots of comments myself, mainly from my mother making me feel bad when I was deeply depressed as well as my Aunty calling me fat in front of my whole family on my birthday Things like this would hurt me before but motivate me now...to hit back when the tables turn.

When I first made goal, somebody who I hadn't seen in awhile greeted me excitedly, and said, "Oh, I see you had weight loss surgery!!!"

No f***-stick, I tracked my intake, and started eating better. Why would I need to cut my insides open to do that?

Silly idiots.

I've also heard a lot of the comments mentioned in this thread. One thing that really annoys me is when people ask me how much I weigh now. Even my husband doesn't know my weight! It happened today at my hair stylist. Every time I get my hair cut, she asks me that. I'm always evasive. You would think she'd get a clue. Good think she does a great job on my hair.

Recently, someone who sees me pretty regularly asked, via miming, if I was pregnant. I replied "no, just fat". Granted I don't think I'm "Fat". I'm normally 136. But at 43 y.o. my waistline is suffering more and more from my eating habits. I think I was only 138 when she asked me that. It was a wakeup call to get back on the healthy eating habit train AND get back to the gym. I'd like to hover around 130 instead of 136.

I am pear-shaped. In college, I was at a pretty low weight, but still had a good sized booty. I had to get an injection, and the nurse "politely" asked if she could inject my butt instead of my arm since there was a lot more cushion down below!

Today, 30 pounds lighter, one of my coworkers who, bless his heart, I suspect was raised in a closet and fed under the door due to his lack of social skills (or possibly raised by wild animals), sat down by my desk and leaned over and quietly asked me, "Have you lost weight, or are you just buying bigger clothes?" :noway: Really?
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Love it! "one of my coworkers who, bless his heart, I suspect was raised in a closet and fed under the door due to his lack of social skills (or possibly raised by wild animals)". Very witty!

Oh - for the most part the people in my life are kind and don't say anything when I have gained weight, and encourage me when they see that I have been losing.

I, on the other hand, made a terribly awkward comment to a coworker recently. We've worked together for a while, but now sit apart, we're friendly, and I attended his wedding a few years ago. He came over one day, and I politely commented that he was really looking great, and that the vegan diet must be agreeing with him. Then I joking added "don't you know you're supposed to get fat after you get married?!" To which he replied "I'm getting divorced". I felt so awful!

I haven't had awkward comments on my weight, just mean ones. But my grandma did tell my brother he was getting a buddah belly. And my uncles fiance (who has always been rail thin, except when pregnant with my cousin) was skinny all over but she was getting a tummy. We all kind of wondered if she was pregnent or just gained weight only in her stomach. So one day during a family get together (the same one at which my brother's comment came) my grandma asked in front of at least half a dozen people if she was pregnant or had just gained weight. She wasn't pregnant... So awkward for all of us!

"How do you eat so much and stay so skinny?!"


Lol.