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    What is the worst thing about being fat?

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    • Posts: 2,244 Member
      Being tired all the time!!
    • Posts: 36 Member
      Also don't like to be naked in front of my boyfriend. Lights have to be off. I can't just walk around naked Bc I am so embarrassed :(.
    • Posts: 56 Member
      StarlaTheTempAtKZUG wrote: »
      - That feeling of dread just before you go to sit in a restaurant booth. quote]

      This is the one I really hate. There's nothing more humiliating than having to squeeze into a booth or having to push the table away from you (if it moves) to make room for yourself. It's also horrible to request a table instead of a booth because most times the table are in the center of the room where it feels like you're on display.
    • Posts: 8,423 Member
      Pain and health concerns
      Not being able to keep up or people having to slow down
      Not being able to do normal things easily
      Not fitting clothes you have or difficulty shopping for clothes you like that fit
      Snoring... Really embarrasingly loud snoring. I've been told that it is getting better since I've lost some weight.
    • Posts: 1,326 Member
      Not being able to fit into cute cheap Asian clothes... or cute clothes in general. Being a lot bigger than my older sister. Seeing girls my age (19) who look gorgeous in anything. Being an obese 18-year-old sucked too, especially being weighed at the doctors. I was back into the overweight category by the time I turned 19 though :smile:
    • Posts: 1,492 Member
      I felt unfeminine. And that anything I tried to do to be feminine was a farce since I wasn't accentuating femininity, I was tacking on feminine-seeming things on a massive unfeminine body. Which made me feel stupid.

      I feel more feminine the smaller I get.
    • Posts: 186 Member
      Photos, underwear being too tight around the tops of my legs (no matter if I go up a size), and thighs rubbing together which makes shorts roll up.
    • Posts: 730 Member
      I think, apart from possibly having an obesity-related disease, the worst thing is missing out on so many joys of daily life and often not even knowing it. I can live with my ugly photos because they're just photos. The part where I suddenly discovered I couldn't keep up with my kid in a game of tag for 2 minutes is the really sad one for me.
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      edited February 2015
      Being alone and not having anyone want to be close to you. I got divorced a long time ago and have been trying to lose weight, but haven't had a date since. I am clean, try to look decent when I leave the house but people look like they're going to puke when they look at me. I'm so lonely. I have no friends or partner. :(
    • Posts: 481 Member
      For me, I just hated being so much bigger than my husband. He is naturally thin, so I just looked like a fat blob next to him. And my kids are average height, but quite thin, and I always had to say "Well , they get it from their dad" " They take after their Daddy!". I want people to think that they could have gotten their thinness from me. Stupid really
    • Posts: 170 Member
      I haven't worn shorts, a bathing suit, or tank tops in a decade.
      I'll wear a sweater over my short-sleeved shirts, even in the summer ("oh, I'm just always cold").
      I avoid pictures.
    • Posts: 82 Member
      Ok this might be silly, but it's how the fat of my stomach makes it hard to do things. Like clip and paint my toesnails, or when I'm driving in the car and my stomach goes over my pants and seat belt. And the fact that when I spoon with my fiance, I can't stand him putting his arm around my waist. Just makes me squirm just thinking of that.

    • Posts: 1,094 Member
      I've never really been "fat" but the things I notice the most when I put on some weight are the love handles. I HATE them. And no matter what you do, they are still there, hanging over your pants. And bra bulge, even when the bra fits.
    • Posts: 251 Member
      The way I stopped taking care of myself or caring about the way I looked because I thought I didn't deserve it. Now that I'm taking positive action I had a manicure today and it felt great!
    • Posts: 7 Member
      People's comments:

      "Alright, Slim?"
      "Christ! You're fat!"
      "Are you pregnant or something?"
      "Sweating a bit aren't you, mate?"
      "I swear you're getting wider"
      "Jesus! What have you been eating?!"

      Those are just some from family and colleagues.

      I guess I should use it as motivation but really it just depresses me.
    • Posts: 1,520 Member
      Hard to have good sex when we're both obese. Although I have lost enough where it's a little easier for me. :wink: Hubby isn't trying but he has still lost some. I also don't like the lights on but... I cave for him.
    • Posts: 730 Member
      veganstarchivore wrote: »
      Being alone and not having anyone want to be close to you. I got divorced a long time ago and have been trying to lose weight, but haven't had a date since. I am clean, try to look decent when I leave the house but people look like they're going to puke when they look at me. I'm so lonely. I have no friends or partner. :(

      Reading this makes me so very sad. I am quite sure that nobody feels that way about you in reality. Perhaps you should seek help? You deserve to be happy again, and whatever it takes to nurture your body and soul, do it. Some form of counseling perhaps to help you work through those feelings? You don't have to suffer in silence.

    • Posts: 20,316 MFP Moderator
      JPW1990 wrote: »
      Pain. The more I weigh, the more things hurt, to the point I just start to accept them as normal. That's not ok.

      Ah - I had forgotten about this. My feet used to HURT. All. The. Time. And waking up and using them first thing in the morning.... ouch. I hobbled to where ever I needed to get to for the first couple of steps. Now I can run (7 miles today), hike, play, whatever, and the feet give me no trouble. :)
    • Posts: 394 Member
      Lefty1290 wrote: »
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      Yes, photos is a big one.

      "Outgrowing" clothes that you love, feeling judged when out in public, having no energy which makes doing anything such a chore, self-loathing.

      Yes, yes, yes and yes. Hate pics.. Never in a picture, I'm always the picture taker. Our daughter is getting married in 4 months and I don't want to be embarrassed to have my photo taken.
    • Posts: 33 Member
      The worst part is thinking about it.
      Get out of your head first and you will realise that you are much more than your body.
      If you do that it will be much easier to go on the path of a healthy body.
      Learn to enjoy the journey and the goal will come.
    • Posts: 135 Member
      People judging you negatively just because of your looks. I've lost about thirty pounds and the difference in the way people treat me is amazing.

      Also, clothes shopping taking up so much time for so little reward. Again, this has changed so much with the loss of weight, I actually love to shop now.
    • Posts: 1,520 Member
      rhysmondo wrote: »
      People's comments:

      "Alright, Slim?"
      "Christ! You're fat!"
      "Are you pregnant or something?"
      "Sweating a bit aren't you, mate?"
      "I swear you're getting wider"
      "Jesus! What have you been eating?!"

      Those are just some from family and colleagues.

      I guess I should use it as motivation but really it just depresses me.

      Your family and friends are VERY mean people. I'd flip them off and tell them to shove it.

    • Posts: 31 Member
      edited February 2015
      I've been obese all my life.

      I hate pictures.
      I hate looking in the mirror when I'm naked.
      I hate that my husband thinks I'm sexy when I can't see myself as that way.

      I want am going to change all of that. I just don't want to be embarrassed by myself anymore.
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      blackcoffeeandcherrypie wrote: »
      Not being comfortable in my underwear - my bra rolls up and digs in, my knickers inch off and get stuck under my belly and then I'm trying to discretely hoik them back up in public. I remember when I was thinner, I never had to adjust my underwear, or worry that when I bent over, my knickers would roll down off my belly. My bra strap stayed in position on the side, and I never had to pull it back up over the blob of flat underneath my armpit. Being comfortable in your underwear has got to be the best thing ever.

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      for me the worst things about being overweight are the restrictions it puts on you !
      I don't like being restricted and this includes clothing, activities, not wanted my picture taken all that stuff.its just annoying and unnecessary and I'm doing something about it
    • Posts: 37 Member
      So many things... But I think the one that bothered me the most was the feeling that people were always looking at me. I mean I already have anxiety issues, so being overweight was just adding to that.

    • Posts: 63 Member
      isn't being fat the worst thing about being fat?
    • Posts: 317 Member
      MOOBS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

      Fknnnn hate them
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    • Posts: 951 Member
      Clothes. I used to be a size 26 about 15 years ago and that was my aha moment, when the size 26 jeans were too tight. I got down to a size 12 and loved buying clothes. Now I'm a size 18 again and look at those size 12 & 14's and am amazed at how small they look.

      Since this recent weight gain, I have pain in my knees when I go up the stairs. At first I thought, oh just getting older. Nope - it's the weight.

      And frankly, I'm not feeling too sexy or confidant these days, so I avoid going to singles outings. First because I have nothing to wear, second because I think no one will give me a 2nd look.

      I have also noticed that I take less pictures of myself.
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