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rudest thing anyone has ever said about your weight?

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  • traceywoody
    traceywoody Posts: 233 Member
    An old man walked past me and said "Every time you see a n*gger, they are big and fat". Racism and fat shaming all in one sentence!

    OH MY GOD!!! This is awful...just awful. I have no words....
  • MsDellyssa
    MsDellyssa Posts: 66 Member
    Just eat less - well to loose weight I have to eat under 800 calories and exercise.

    Yeah I love that.. Eat less and Exercise more.. Yup doing that.. Yes I am losing weight. BUT.... I have to actually eat more in my case. I have my daily calorie goal at... drum roll please.... 1500.. yes that's right.. 1500.... why because if I try to do more that that,(my supposed deficit limit is like 1800+ something which I can't do) it makes me sick.

    I think it's rude when people and doctors assume I'm lying about how much I eat. I don't know why people think it's okay to "motivate" you by telling you something you already know, or shaming you because they don't believe you.
  • PrincessEliNa
    PrincessEliNa Posts: 524 Member
    I have a funny one (made me laugh but it's genuinely WRONG and terrible)
    So I was complaining about feeling stuffed after dinner, and my uncle says,

    "It's cause you're fat"
    Me- "I'm not fat!"
    My uncle-"All women are fat!"

    Lol, ridiculous.
  • SwallowInTheOcean
    SwallowInTheOcean Posts: 10 Member
    "I'm just not attracted to you anymore"
  • alfonsinarosinsky
    alfonsinarosinsky Posts: 198 Member
    I was in a Haagen Dazs and a stranger (an elderly man) said "you don't need to eat that, you're heavy" ouchie
  • qstneverything
    qstneverything Posts: 125 Member
    When I was in high school I was really chubby, one time a guy was trying to swap trading cards with another kid and asked me to say something in a high voice. I obliged, and he said to the other kid "the fat lady sang, deal is over, I'm not swapping with you"

    I lost all the weight but put it back on unfortunately, lucky these days I don't encounter much rudeness and I'm still at a point where I can (and do) hide the fact I'm chubby with flattering clothes.
  • MinimalistShoeAddict
    MinimalistShoeAddict Posts: 1,946 Member
    I don't receive negative comments much anymore but here are a few I received back in the day:

    "Don't let the wind blow you away"

    "Can I buy you a sandwich?" (funny because I often ate more than the person making the comment, I just exercised much more)

    Starting to lift weights eliminated most of these types comments. As a runner, I have no intention of gaining a ton of weight, but adding a little muscle certainly helps.

    I never paid much attention to these comments because my weight was always healthy. I think with such a large percentage of the American population overweight/obese some people view those with a healthy weight to be underweight.
  • HaibaneReki
    HaibaneReki Posts: 373 Member
    that was rude!

    Congrats on your transformation

    family's the worst..
  • snaps27
    snaps27 Posts: 960 Member
    I live in London, does anyone remember seeing that advert from weight watchers where all these people were commenting on this lady losing weight and her beautician was saying, "I used to wax her legs, but now it takes half the time". I always thought that was so bad!
  • hilbertraum
    hilbertraum Posts: 4 Member
    One evening, when I was 18 and a *very* geeky dateless girl, I was getting ready for the student awards ceremony for my high school graduation where I was class valedictorian with a 4.0+ GPA (+ because I got As in the 4 AP classes I took that year), and also won several scholarships to universities for things like science, German, and music.

    My mom came in while I was getting ready and I thought she was going to say something nice (for once) about how proud they were of me and my accomplishments. Instead she looked me up and down while I was putting on my dress and only said "All the boys would like you if you would just lose 10 pounds." and walked out.
  • Skinny4ballet
    Skinny4ballet Posts: 5
    "the fat *****"
    "Oh, ignore her, she won't fit it"
    "Thunder thighs"
    So much more


    I hear negative criticism about my body everyday!
  • wagglesworth
    wagglesworth Posts: 53 Member
    After not seeing my ex-husband in years, the first thing out of his mouth was "Since when did you become a sumo wrestler". Wow, did that hurt!
  • stillhere1981
    stillhere1981 Posts: 119 Member
    My beer bellied grandfather told me I was getting thick, across a crowded room at a party for people in my home town after my wedding (a lot of them couldn't make it to my wedding because it was out of town).
  • stillhere1981
    stillhere1981 Posts: 119 Member
    Oh and being called "big *my name*" in dance classes as a teenager (when I was actually 15lbs lighter than I am now).
  • lizzybathory
    lizzybathory Posts: 229
    I was in a Haagen Dazs and a stranger (an elderly man) said "you don't need to eat that, you're heavy" ouchie

    WTF? Nobody "needs" Haagen Dazs. We're not there because it's a nutritional requirement; we're there because it's damn delicious, lol.
  • Yurippe
    Yurippe Posts: 850 Member
    I was in a Haagen Dazs and a stranger (an elderly man) said "you don't need to eat that, you're heavy" ouchie
    "You don't need to open your mouth, you're a ****."

    edited to fix quote mistake
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,037 Member
    I was in a Haagen Dazs and a stranger (an elderly man) said "you don't need to eat that, you're heavy" ouchie
    "You don't need to open your mouth, you're a ****."

    edited to fix quote mistake

    wow.. that was just wrong! i'm sorry
  • bermudamel
    bermudamel Posts: 212
    when are you due? I've gotten this a few times in the past. I can't have kids at all either. So thanks for making it that much better.
  • DanZiehm
    DanZiehm Posts: 152 Member
    About 6 years ago, I was dating a woman that was my coworker. We were on vacation walking on the beach and she stopped, looked at me and said "I just don't think I can deal with your weight issue". While she said this, she was poking me in the chest and stomach. That was about the lowest I have ever felt in my life!
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,037 Member
    well, I wouldn't call what family says as rude, just not thinking.. family can be the meanest people. mom said that I was too skinny and I needed to eat more. but then on the other hand when she's talking to other siblings (in front of me) she says that they should learn from me, and exercise like I do... so am I "too skinny" or a role model for you... I have told her (i'm Hispanic), "no mom, i'm not too skinny, this is what healthy looks like, you're just don't know what it looks like" (everyone in my family could loose a few pounds).

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