Stuff Fat People Do

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  • sarah_ep
    sarah_ep Posts: 580 Member
    I used to fold in a pair of work pants because I didn't want to face the fact that I went up on size. Geez.

    I can at least button them now but they fold down under my muffin top....
  • brneydgrlie
    brneydgrlie Posts: 464 Member
    I hate when you do the squat pant stretch thingie, and then you do the pant waist pull thingie. And you do it soo much that your button falls off. =[

    Anyone ever have pants too small where you couldn't even button them? So you just unzip em, and fold in the flaps and wear a big shirt?? LOL

    Not quite. But I have looped a rubber band through my pants buttonhole, so I could use the band to reach and fasten the button.
  • dragonflydi
    dragonflydi Posts: 665 Member
    Always making sure I was the one with the camera so I didn't have to be in the picture.
    Tie a hoodie around my waist as if that really hides anything.
    Wear oversized shirts in hopes of looking thinner, when they really do the opposite.
    There are so many others, I just need some time to think of them.

    I did the camera thing too. If you look at the first decade of my kids lives, you'd think they were raised by a single father ...
  • BamBam1113
    BamBam1113 Posts: 542 Member
    I used to get cravings for a meal of different fast food items. I would get a Bacon & Cheddar sandwich from Arby's, a mexican pizza from Taco Bell, a Big Mac or 2 from McDonalds, and a Frostee from Wendy's. Then go home, wolf it down, and pass out from carb rush! Ugh. I can't believe I used to do that to myself.
  • dragonflydi
    dragonflydi Posts: 665 Member
    Here's one more that non fat people have no clue about.....

    How about the arm/ tummy flab/ or breast flop noise that happens when the Chubbly folks exercise. The music could be pounding and I swear everyone in the room has to be able to hear my chubby tummy flopping around while I Zumba.

    Sigh.

    Deodorant for chaffing huh? :happy:

    totally works! the solid kind...not the liquid-y roll ons or the sprays

    You can also use lube ... yes, as in KY Jelly, etc. It's a tip I learned from some of my cycling friends. Odd, but true :)
  • newmeat30
    newmeat30 Posts: 766 Member
    once the person at the drive thru started making comments about me being a "regular" i'd stop going there and start going to a newer place.

    up until recently I always wore bike shorts under skirts and never left the house without a tank top under my shirt.

    I'm still guilty of wearing the "belly bands" that I used while I was pregnant to hide skin that might show. Now I'm not hiding the fast so much...I'm hiding the loose skin.
  • abbyko
    abbyko Posts: 108
    Doing the "pants dance" to pull up my too-loose jeans that have fallen underneath my roll.
    Also, having the thigh area on my pants wear out before the rest of the pant! So many good jeans have gone to the trash because of this!

    I've just ruined two pairs of pants that way!!!!! My sister and I call it "blowing the crotch out" although really it is just the inner thigh.....
  • CanToGirl
    CanToGirl Posts: 474 Member
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  • Lleldiranne
    Lleldiranne Posts: 5,516 Member

    Anyone ever have pants too small where you couldn't even button them? So you just unzip em, and fold in the flaps and wear a big shirt?? LOL

    I've done that!
  • adougherty10
    adougherty10 Posts: 50
    I've made up a date when people have asked me when I'm "due". I figure that's more polite than saying, "I'm not pregnant, I'm just fat you stupid, insensitive *kitten*." :explode:
  • ratkins811
    ratkins811 Posts: 190 Member
    Wear bicycle shorts under my skirts to avoid chub rub

    Only fly if I am traveling with my husband or one of my sisters since I only want to squish the people I love and not some poor innocent stranger.

    I make my husband carry double weight in his backpack when we're hiking since I already have 150 extra pounds to carry around.

    Never ever put my clothes in the dryer

    Hide behind people in pictures so I look like a floating head in the background.

    Check the weight capacity for EVERYTHING before using it, and then use it anyway but oh so gingerly

    float without trying in any position

    "Discreetly" adjust my clothes every time I stand up to make sure that they're not stuck in some fat roll or ridden up over my fat butt.

    Yeah, I could go on and on but I've already given away too many of my fat secrets.


    We have GOT to be related. I feel like someone just read a page from my diary... I only fly with my sis... adjust the clothes... hide in photos... to funny
  • fridayjustleft04
    fridayjustleft04 Posts: 851 Member
    What about buying a bunch of whatever you are craving at the moment.......eat it all in the car.......find a garbage can to throw away the garbage so nobody knows what you did???? Now, I know I am not the only one who has done this! :frown:

    Lol..my motto was always "if no one sees me eat it, the calories don't count"..that's probably how I got so fat. Also, if I wanted any sort of junk food that we didn't have at the house, I would make my (now ex) boyfriend go out and buy it so the cashiers wouldn't judge me..at stores or fast food. If I ever eat with friends, I make sure to control how fast I eat and never eat all my food, so they don't think I'm a pig. Sigh..I think fat people work harder than anyone else at everything. lol
  • ronda_gettinghealthy
    ronda_gettinghealthy Posts: 777 Member
    laying down and using pliers to pull up the zipper in your jeans and then having to roll to a standing position--then do tons of squats and other exotic yoga moves so you could breath. how about wearing the bottom of your cardigan unbuttoned so no one knows it wont button absolutely be the floating head and if you stand at an angle with a baby or other small child-you dont look near your normal size also make sure you look up a bit--hides the double chin
  • aippolito1
    aippolito1 Posts: 4,894 Member
    When I was 16 and had gained 35 lbs, I started to grow out my hair to hide my 2 sizes bigger boobs. Once I lost the weight, I felt better about my boobs and cut it off! lol
  • ratkins811
    ratkins811 Posts: 190 Member
    This is the best post ever.... I'm not sure how to explain my on going laughter to my co workers lol :laugh:
  • naturallykat
    naturallykat Posts: 118 Member
    2 words...... BATHTUB DAM (i'm sure plenty of people will understand this statement)

    lol this is great it reminds me how much i WON'T miss having to do this stuff anymore!

    YES!

    Ripping loops off jeans because I was busy pulling them up - they never fitted properly because I needed the waist bigger to get it around my hips & thighs!
  • Clonekuh
    Clonekuh Posts: 92 Member
    Love this thread. I do so many of these!

    Biggest one is the year-round jacket to hide my arms and stomach. I even buy winter coats big enough to wear a jacket under so if I take my coat off, I can still hide my love handles under the jacket. :embarassed:
  • mbvenske
    mbvenske Posts: 239 Member
    I've done these ALL plus pulling my chin down into my sweatshirt or coat so that people couldn't see my double, triple, chin.
  • skinnyjeanzbound
    skinnyjeanzbound Posts: 3,932 Member
    Haha awesome. Very similar to my jeans-stretching: Put on jeans, then do some squats and lunges to loosen them up. Though I haven't had to do that in a while!! :D Something must be working, hahah.

    ahaha! some friends and I were just discussing doing aquats in our too tight jeans--we are all "in-between" sizes at the moment...
  • SJSharksChick
    SJSharksChick Posts: 83 Member
    These are all SO true! I really thought I was the only person that did this kind of stuff! When I was 200lbs, I lived by the following:

    I used to take a jacket with me everywhere, even if it was 100 degrees out, so when I sat down, I could cover my roll(s)

    I had one pair of jeans that I ALWAYS wore, that fit SO comfortably & weren't too tight. They eventually got so worn out, they had holes on the inside of the thighs from rubbing together too much

    SPANX, SPANX & more SPANX!

    Constantly checking out how my body looked in a mirror to see if my clothes need any adjustment (muffin top, etc.) ..I still do this

    I always wanted to eat alone out of fear that people would judge me while I ate

    I'd buy pants/shorts too big so I could avoid the dreaded muffin top. & then feel like poop once those "fat" shorts became too tight

    :blushing:
  • hankhanna
    hankhanna Posts: 72 Member
    Sort of surprised no one has mentioned this one:
    McDs: May I take your order?
    FatPerson: I'll have two double cheese burgers, a large fries, two apple pies, a 20 count chicken nuggets, and...Oh yeah. A DIET coke...
    McDs: Uh Yeah, diet coke. Right.


    Now I have never actually done that, because I would order all of that AND a Dr Pepper or Mt Dew! (I have totally done the ordering two drinks though to make it look like I was ordering for two)

    Keep it coming guys! This might just end up being the most popular post on this site!
  • brocksmom
    brocksmom Posts: 103 Member
    I guess I am not as clever as I thought:wink: I have done about 96% of the things mentioned. I am so glad that we have made a
    commitment to a healthy lifestyle and to ourselves {{hugs}} to all of you:smile:

    take care, Karen
  • canadian_cristal
    canadian_cristal Posts: 14 Member
    I've made up a date when people have asked me when I'm "due". I figure that's more polite than saying, "I'm not pregnant, I'm just fat you stupid, insensitive *kitten*." :explode:

    I totally know what you mean. I've once had a lady at the bus station pat my belly and ask if the baby is kicking. totally one of the saddest day of my life
  • _SusieQ_
    _SusieQ_ Posts: 2,964 Member
    One of the last times I flew I had to ask for a seat belt extender. Luckily the flight attendant was very discreet, but it was still humiliating. My resolution for NOT having to go through that again? I stole the damn thing. Yep, after the flight, I stuck it in my carry on so that on the flight home I would already have one and not have to ask again, risking everyone hearing me ask and looking at me funny. After my last flight, touching down at home, I left it in the seat though I seriously wanted to take it home with me for next time.
  • hankhanna
    hankhanna Posts: 72 Member
    One of the last times I flew I had to ask for a seat belt extender. Luckily the flight attendant was very discreet, but it was still humiliating. My resolution for NOT having to go through that again? I stole the damn thing. Yep, after the flight, I stuck it in my carry on so that on the flight home I would already have one and not have to ask again, risking everyone hearing me ask and looking at me funny. After my last flight, touching down at home, I left it in the seat though I seriously wanted to take it home with me for next time.

    I was actually getting ready to make a blog post about that. Stay tuned!
  • t1981
    t1981 Posts: 54 Member
    love this post! I used to do the 'secret fast food run' too, but I would suck on a cough drop before I got home so no one would smell it on my breath. I also made sure not to go through the same drive through each time so it wouldn't look like I ate fast food a few times a week! So sad- and glad that's not me anymore!

    I also did the rubber band through the button hole thing too!
  • ash12783
    ash12783 Posts: 82 Member
    Wearing pantihose and having the waist instantly roll down over your stomach and butt to the top of your thighs. Just TRY to adjust your way out of that one in public.

    I actually go the other way and get them too big and pull them way up so the tuck under my bra (or safety pin them to it).. thus avoiding that spot where they dig in and double my love handles..

    i get them too big also and pull them way up! kinda holds everything in instead creating new bulges like you said....
  • Shawnarose
    Shawnarose Posts: 74 Member
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  • ash12783
    ash12783 Posts: 82 Member
    One of the last times I flew I had to ask for a seat belt extender. Luckily the flight attendant was very discreet, but it was still humiliating. My resolution for NOT having to go through that again? I stole the damn thing. Yep, after the flight, I stuck it in my carry on so that on the flight home I would already have one and not have to ask again, risking everyone hearing me ask and looking at me funny. After my last flight, touching down at home, I left it in the seat though I seriously wanted to take it home with me for next time.

    um yeah....totally been there....except with me, i was not about to ask for an extender so i draped the seat belt across from each side (didn't meet in the middle) and laid a jacket in my lap to hide that i was NOT REALLY buckled in lol....flew that whole trip with no seatbelt...can't believe i risked my life to spare myself the embarrassment of asking for that extender!
  • ash12783
    ash12783 Posts: 82 Member
    This post has given me so many laughs! I can't believe so many of the things i've done thinking i was the only one..now hearing so many other people have done it too.....

    -I've totally ordered a small coke to "trick" the drive thru staff into thinking the meal was for 2 -only did it once though but still...i couldn't believe i actually ordered enough food to feel the NEED to order a coke for an imaginary person lol

    I always stretch my shirts because i can't stand for my clothes to feel clingy

    I wore my jeans 2-3 times between washing bc i hated that the dryer made them tight after you just got them all comfy!

    Make my boyfriend switch sides with me in one of the dreaded "one skinny sided booth with a non-moving table)

    avoid any amusement park rides or go carts for fear of being to big to get buckled in (this happened to my SIL once and i was mortified FOR her!)

    Look for a weight limit sign on things just to make sure

    Powder inner thighs with gold bond powder...it gives a tingling fresh feel...kinda minty that baby powder doesn't have

    wear leggings all the time....so i'm always trying to buy cute short dresses that go with leggings...so i look fashionable but don't have to worry about "chub rub" as someone mentioned lol

    Not dare put on something I haven't worn in months bc i didn't wanna be slapped in the face by reality that it's much tighter than i remember it being

    Do that whole "look behind you" move while walking so that you are able to spread your legs a little farther without being noticeable so that your shorts that are bunched up between your thighs can get free.... or the move i see a lot of other big ppl do where they are walking and kinda do this weird quick little squat thing mid stride to let the bunch of shorts out from the inner thighs...my sis and i call it the "squat 'n drop" lol

    I have actually bought some clothes too small for me and that way if a friend was over and needed something to wear, i'd have something to fit them and then they'd think i could fit it too! lol

    -been jealous of someone that you lent a pair of pants or a top that it totally fit them but you always thought that person was so much bigger than you! that's an eye opener lol

    taken about 25 pictures in one sitting just to find that ONE magic pic that makes you look thinner than you really are!
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