Your biggest fat secret.

There are mocking sticky notes all over my kitchen. They are from my 15 year old daughter, who leaves me a note every time she finds my new hiding place for my peanut butter M&Ms. I think I'm going to have to start hiding them where she'll never look...near the cleaning supplies.

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We had a fundraiser when I was in the 8th grade selling candy bars to help fund a trip to D.C. I was my best customer.

When I was really poor and out on my own for the first time, rather than learning how to cook, I would just buy those cheap cartons of ice cream from Wal-Mart and eat that for dinner with a big wooden spoon, straight out of the carton. I'd been living with other people my whole life up to that point so I would always try to hide what I ate, but my first apartment alone and that's what I did.

Family sized bag of Doritos..... That's a meal right???

At my heaviest when I was 17 and 300+ pounds I was kicked off a roller coaster for being so large that the safety latches wouldn't hitch. Totally had to do the walk of shame off the roller coaster while all the other riders watched.

this happened to me last year when i had to ride with my son...he wasn't tall enough to go alone, and i got kicked off because i was too fat....we both had to leave....sooooooooooo embarrassing! yet, a year later, and i'm JUST starting to do something about it :-(

When I was really poor and out on my own for the first time, rather than learning how to cook, I would just buy those cheap cartons of ice cream from Wal-Mart and eat that for dinner with a big wooden spoon, straight out of the carton. I'd been living with other people my whole life up to that point so I would always try to hide what I ate, but my first apartment alone and that's what I did.

I actually did lose a little bit of weight when I was in college and living alone by eating ONLY scrambled eggs with mushrooms and bell pepper and cheddar cheese, chocolate bars, and Diet Pepsi. No it wasn't the healthiest diet around...2 or 3 chocolate bars daily...but I realize now that it wasn't quite as horrible as I thought it was. I basically thought I was binging every day and now I realize...I was probably eating a pretty decent level of calories and protein, even if the sugar and fat would have been pretty high.

In fact, I was better off with that than when my best friend moved in and we started cooking "regular meals" (one casserole is particularly memorable as it involved chicken, 3 different kinds of cream soup, celery -- healthy!!!!! -- and a whole CAN of cashews) and going out to eat a lot. The weight came right back.

I worked at the mall when I was 16 and on lunch i would go to two or three fast food restaurants...one I would have lunch and then I may head to the next one right after for a snack...sometimes I third for dessert.

Oh god...this is going back to high school. My ex bf lived on the other side of town, and every night when I'd leave his house to go home I'd swing by Burger King and grab a snack (usually a bacon cheeseburger and a large order of french fries) for the way home, just because I was near it. Of course did the whole eating as fast as I could, hiding the wrappers in the bottom of the trash thing so my family wouldn't see!


ETA: thinking about it, now when my bf and I order chinese food they give us enough utensils and fortune cookies for a small army-now it's just a once in a while treat though, and we think its hilarious!

Fazoli's.. me and a buddy of mine would go there after working out.. eat a full pizza and of course a dozen or so of their breadsticks that were complimentary.. Haven't done this in a long time and I heard they tried to go healthy with their food.. so this was before that when they were dripping in butter and the pizza was awesome...

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What's everyone's fat secret?
I had a few. One of them was, I had a draw full of the same underwear. They are black and same brand and style.
They were the only underwear that would stay up over my fat stomach and they were the only underwear that I could find that fit without looking like I was wearing a bog catcher haha!

I bet everyone has a secret like that. When I think of my others I will post them!

OMG....you could go skydiving with my old underwear they were so big!!

One hot day I was at the store and felt so exhausted and dizzy I seriously considered using one of those motorized sit down carts. Really surprised that day wasn't my turning point, actually, but it wasn't.

I refused to have sex with the hubs - especially since he was big on public shaming me for my size, what I ate, dressed, etc. Best decision ever to cut him off! Such an a-hole...nevermind he was over 50 pounds overweight - ugh, idiot.

It's nice to know that I'm not the only one that has done these things (and still struggling with these things)! Def have had a few chuckles and some OMG, I do the same thing moments!

1) Have taken my childrens' Halloween candies (the ones that I have liked at least...mostly chocolate bars and chips)
2) Have purchased 2-3 drinks at fast food places to make it look like it was for more than just myself
3) Have gone to fast food places picking up something for the entire family to take home but would order a couple of cheeseburgers to eat in the car on my way home, hide the wrappers under the seat for the time being and then eating my regular meal with the fam
4) Eat an entire family-sized bag of chips and then going out the the store late to replace the bag so no one would notice
5) Hide wrappers and "evidence" of my binge eating at the bottom of the trash can so no one would know
6) I made excuses to not bring my daughter to a big amusement park that is about 45 mins away from here and talked her into another mini vacation elsewhere doing something else in fear that I won't be allowed on the coasters due to my weight
7) Have packed in an entire pizza to myself
8) Have worn baggy sweaters in the most awful kind of summer heat because I don't feel comfortable otherwise
9) Sadly have done this as well....feel so much better when I'm around others that are more overweight than I am. I feel like the attention isn't on me as much...so pathetic
10) If all the goodies and such are noticed missing, I sometimes say that the kids must have eaten some or that I dropped it on the floor and had to throw it out....

Oh I could go on and on.....still trying to deal with all of the above.....I could really go for a triple cheese meaty dominos pizza with cheesy bread and lots of it....mmmmmm....but I guess I'll get ready to hit the gym instead!

I eat like crazy before my monthly,
I eat chocolate whenever it's in front of me to keep me zen...
I LIKE CHEESE!!!
I can't really say no when a good friend wants to go for lunch or supper.

I am afraid to sit on anything. I just KNOW I will break it. It may not have happened yet, but it's a huge fear. A house party? You can bet your *kitten* I'm standing in a corner to avoid smashing the world with my *kitten*... One piece of furniture at a time.

Gawd, the struggle is real. Once, when I was an art student, we had to break into groups and make functional chairs fully out of cardboard for a 3D Design class. During the critique, groups were taking turns testing their chairs and sure enough my professor looks at me and asks if I'm going to sit down on ours. I got dangerously near telling him to go 'eff himself. Like, "Dude, do you have the gift of sight? There's no way this *kitten* is sitting on a cardboard chair without disastrous results." *sigh*

i didn't even think about this. Especially wooden chairs with small-ish legs. I'm always terrified to sit on them and will avoid it at all costs.

so. i went to algeria to meet my husband and his family. the very first day i got there everyone in his family was in his living room and i was pretty much the center of attention. the first thing i did. sit down on their chair and break it.

yep. the first day i met my husband in person. surrounded by very very curious people who couldnt speak a lick of english. by the end of the night i was bawling in the salon. i would like to say it got better after the chair incident. still married my husband though.