What is the worst thing about being fat?

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  • acmanna
    acmanna Posts: 200 Member
    Feeling energetic, living in a country FULL of skinny people and being the largest, not being able to find clothes that fit, oh...my wedding pictures were a disappointment...because I don't look very pretty. But now I'm at a healthy weight so those things are in the past. =)
  • mhook760
    mhook760 Posts: 42 Member
    uncomfortable clothes

    no jeans fit right no matter what type you buy

    everything hurts - kness, ankles, back, pelvis

    photos... the horror and self hate

    sitting at the hairdressers with all the mirrors

    having to order clothes online because the high street doesn't stock your size, even though most of them go up to size 20 now
  • 47Jacqueline
    47Jacqueline Posts: 6,993 Member
    Lack of confidence in myself.

    Need for a "fat" wardrobe
  • MaggieLoo79
    MaggieLoo79 Posts: 288 Member
    When I was thin, I could pick anything off a clothing rack and look great in it. I didn't even have to try on bathing suits! Sigh...now I have to search for clothing that hides my fat rolls.
  • DawnieB1977
    DawnieB1977 Posts: 4,248 Member
    LizN63 wrote: »
    imabeevampire wrote: »
    Having your three year old tell you that you have a fat tummy.
    Kids say it as it is.

    They do. My son (aged 3) asked if I had a baby in my tummy, because it was 'quite big'. Now living in dread of him saying it to someone else!

    My 5 year old pointed at a man recently and said 'oh no, what happened? Why is that man so fat?'. I really hope the man didn't hear. My son actually sounded quite distressed by it.

    I'm not huge, a UK14/US10 but I gained weight in my third pregnancy, and she's now 9 months and I'm still not back to pre-pregnancy size and I don't feel like myself. I hate having a muffin top in jeans and I hate that I could be the fattest person in some exercise classes and I don't want to be judged for being bigger than I should be, and I hate that people could look at me and feel sorry for me being bigger than I used to be.
  • Laurend224
    Laurend224 Posts: 1,748 Member
    Tinker_and_Bash wrote: »
    I've got a belly apron (pannus) and the chafing underneath my belly and on my thighs ]is hands down the worst.

    This for me also.
    Not being fit enough to go on the long hikes we plan. Not Bing comfortable enough in a bathing suit to play with my kids at the beach.
    Not being able to wear the cute summer dresses because my thighs rub together and I hate that feeling.
  • JustSomeEm
    JustSomeEm Posts: 20,271 MFP Moderator
    For me, the worst thing about being over-weight was something I didn't realize was due to weight until it stopped. (TMI to follow) I had 9 pound 7 ounce babies (both of them), and I thought it messed a few things up down there, like my ability to have a full bladder. I used to 'leak' when my bladder got more than half full, which was absolutely disgusting and something I was considering surgery for. Once I dropped the weight, it stopped. Magically, no more issues. Apparently my excess weight was putting pressure on my bladder and causing issues.

    Other things were not being able to keep up with my children, not being able to do stairs without breathing heavily (which sucked because I have a 2 story house with basement 'bat-cave' - so 2 flights of stairs which I was going up and down ALL THE TIME), not even WANTING to go hiking or swimming with my family because I didn't have the energy, and sweating all the time.

    I was definitely NOT a graceful overweight person. Some people carry their weight well. I did not.
  • sunman00
    sunman00 Posts: 872 Member
    knowing that you are
  • Change1992
    Change1992 Posts: 40 Member
    I think for me, like other people have said, its the dropping out of fun, social events because of how embarrassed I am of my size. Plus, there's normally always someone with a camera!
  • AmazonMayan
    AmazonMayan Posts: 1,168 Member
    Not being able to fit into anything comfortably : clothes, chairs, pictures, avoiding theme parks because I can't ride any coasters. I want to take my kids to the Harry Potter one in Florida so bad but I've worried I would be left standing around a lot. Also,the looks and comments from strangers. Especially when looking at clothes to buy or about to sit down. I felt like all eyes were on me waiting for something they could laugh at. The comments people make are shocking. Weight is one thing that is still openly mocked. I grew up skinny so I'm not used to so much cruelty at all.




  • Laurend224
    Laurend224 Posts: 1,748 Member
    AmazonMayan wrote: »
    Not being able to fit into anything comfortably : clothes, chairs, I grew up skinny so I'm not used to so much cruelty at all.





    It's not something you ever get used to
  • mrihel6615
    mrihel6615 Posts: 37 Member
    Hmmm...
    I would say that my least favorite thing is having gone from being very small (4'10- 105 pounds)
    To around 142 pounds and running into old friends from high school, ex-boyfriends, etc.
    I have lost 20 pounds and only have about 10 more to get to my goal.
    I ran into my ex two days ago and couldn't stop thinking about what he would say once I left.
    Definitely that, and seeing pictures from before. yikes.
  • mrihel6615
    mrihel6615 Posts: 37 Member
    sugaraddict4321 wrote: »
    As a former skinny person (I was not a fat child or teen), looking back at what I did to myself and feeling sad I let it happen. Yes, there were a few medical issues and a freak accident along the way, but for the most part this is the result of my choices. It was so easy to make bad decisions. Now it's hard to make good ones and I'm older with even more health issues.

    This is too true
  • rachylouise87
    rachylouise87 Posts: 367 Member
    A few things really, looking at body image in the mirror. no sexual confidence, walking up stairs was hard, clothes looked awful on me and health reasons my skin was bad etc being comfortable in clothes not having underwear chaffing etc
  • Sugarbeat
    Sugarbeat Posts: 824 Member
    It changes. Today it's the seats at church. They're theater seats rather than pews and are not made for the plus sized crowd. I like the church otherwise.
  • DrWhoIsYerDad
    DrWhoIsYerDad Posts: 263 Member
    Getting dressed in the morning
  • prettigirl01
    prettigirl01 Posts: 548 Member
    edited February 2015
    for me its clothes. I have not yet accepted the fact that I cant fit into a size 8 anymore so I still try to squeeze myself into an 8 which makes me feel and look miserable. I don't want to buy bigger sizes because I don't want to accept that I am a bigger person. its hard and it saddens me that I have allowed myself to get this way
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    I always seem to sound like I'm in denial about how many years of excess weight affected me but I really did not experience most of the stuff named so far - and for that I feel lucky, in a way.

    For me it was photos and the booths/seats/hotel bath tub not being a comfy fit. If it weren't for those things I probably would not have changed until I started having some type of medical issue related to my (then) morbid obesity.
  • leahle0004
    leahle0004 Posts: 5 Member
    StarlaTheTempAtKZUG wrote: »
    Thanks for your responses, guys. I want to add some more things that really bother me:
    - Not being able to fit in seats properly at old theatres and old cinemas, and on public transport.
    - The fear of cheap plastic chairs.
    - That feeling of dread just before you go to sit in a restaurant booth.
    - Being the one that no one wants to sit next to, because they don't want to feel your thigh fat.
    - Not being able to climb stairs or walk more than a hundred metres or so without huffing and puffing.
    - Not wanting to sit on the floor because it's too hard (and embarrassing) to get up.
    - Not being able to shave your legs, cut your toenails, or tie your shoelaces without feeling suffocated.
    - Not being able to see your privates in the shower without pushing your belly out of the way.
    - Having a closet full of clothes, but not fitting into any of them.
    - Being the fat friend, and not being able to keep up with your skinny friends.
    - Being self-conscious when going to the beach, the public pools, or water parks.
    - Being afraid of going on rides at theme parks, in case you don't fit.
    - Feeling hot and sweaty whenever it's over 24 degrees (75 degrees fahrenheit).
    - Being the fattest person (by far) in your family.
    - Having to shop in plus-size stores.

    And the list goes on and on.[/quote

    All of this.
  • Mycophilia
    Mycophilia Posts: 1,225 Member
    My jiggly body is causing a disturbance in the force. I'm pretty sure Luke is mad at me.
  • newki
    newki Posts: 30 Member
    The fact that I have to think about thin privilege. Or that "you have a pretty face" comment
  • kenpocop174
    kenpocop174 Posts: 8 Member
    My he worst thing is the high blood pressure and low sex drive
  • emdeesea
    emdeesea Posts: 1,823 Member
    Being treated like a second-class human being.
  • cmeher527
    cmeher527 Posts: 3 Member
    I try to remember these words: "Losing weight is hard...being fat is hard...pick your hard"
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  • smr09012
    smr09012 Posts: 42 Member
    edited February 2015
    Hands down, it's airplane seats. And the look that someone gives you when they're walking down the aisle and they realize they have to sit next to you.
  • briannarios60
    briannarios60 Posts: 237 Member
    For me it is walking into a store and thinkin how cute something it but thinking to myself " thats for skinny girls it will not look good on me" and also thinking how am I going to feel in the summer when my son wants to go to the beach and I will feel like a beached whale.
  • JPW1990
    JPW1990 Posts: 2,424 Member
    Pain. The more I weigh, the more things hurt, to the point I just start to accept them as normal. That's not ok.
  • steffer20
    steffer20 Posts: 65 Member
    The worst thing about being fat, it just doesn't feel good lol. And your old clothes that you used to be able to fit into don't fit, and ur like ugh really. Being fit feels amazing.
  • Joelley1007
    Joelley1007 Posts: 36 Member
    I hate pictures of myself. I always look so huge in them!!! Shopping is another downer. I'll bring all this stuff into the dressing room just to leave with nothing. Everything looks so cute, but either doesn't fit me or look right or shows my fat. I love to exercise and I do it 5 times a week just to eat mad junk food back. Finally changing my ways, Sick of being over weight. I went to the doctors last week and because Of my weight and height I am considered obese. My boyfriend always tells me I look fine and I don't need to lose weight , but I know he's just being nice. He's supportive , but tells me I'm fine the way I am.
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