Worst negative comment about your weight?
buckystars
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So, hanging out with my sister last night and she brings up something she thought I remembered but I can’t:
At a recent family event, one of our cousins comes up to her to chat. They haven’t seen each other in awhile and she reminds him that she is Rebecca. He says, “Oh, yeah. The thin one.”
This made me really depressed at first but then I remembered that I'm losing weight and that I won't be "the fat one" for much longer. It totally gave me the burst of motivation I needed to destroy the treadmill at the gym today.
What is the worst thing someone has said to you or to others about your weight? I think this is a perfect opportunity to take a negative and turn it into a positive!
At a recent family event, one of our cousins comes up to her to chat. They haven’t seen each other in awhile and she reminds him that she is Rebecca. He says, “Oh, yeah. The thin one.”
This made me really depressed at first but then I remembered that I'm losing weight and that I won't be "the fat one" for much longer. It totally gave me the burst of motivation I needed to destroy the treadmill at the gym today.
What is the worst thing someone has said to you or to others about your weight? I think this is a perfect opportunity to take a negative and turn it into a positive!
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Before I remember my male classmate would say things to me like I have a coca-cola body.... THE COKE IN CAN. Because I was short & fat.0
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You're a good looking girl but if you lost weight you'd be beautiful.... Thanks (mother)
You're too fat for sex (ex boyfriend trying to "motivate" me to lose weight)
You're skin on your face is stretching so your pores look huge!! (mother again)0 -
"When are you due?"
My favorite! Now that my stomach is shrinking, I shouldn't have that question asked ever again!0 -
Oh! I have a lot of these! Once in college, we had to do presentations about the food of Mexico. The first presentation was 'pan dulce' a sweet bread. We were all given a little piece on a napkin. I don't like 'pan dulce' but to be polite, I was going to take the bite and the guy next to me says, "Oh, you shouldn't eat that! You're super fat!"
btw--at the time I had just given birth to my second child, I was 5'5 and weighed 170 pounds--definitely overweight, but not 'super fat'.0 -
You're a good looking girl but if you lost weight you'd be beautiful.... Thanks (mother)
You're too fat for sex (ex boyfriend trying to "motivate" me to lose weight)
You're skin on your face is stretching so your pores look huge!! (mother again)
I get comments like that from my mom, too. And I'm glad you said he's your ex-boyfriend! What a jerk!
It's terrible the things that come out of people's mouths trying to "helpful."0 -
I used to play a lot of sport so was in good shape and various injuries / ageing (!) have slowed me down, and when I see people I haven't seen in a while they used to always say "****, you've put on the weight!"!! Duh!! Way to state the obvious!! It used to really depress me and get me down, and I'd want to smack them!
I'd often reply with a "yeah, but I can lose the weight but you'll always have that face" or something along those lines! haha
The interesting thing will be whether I get comments now that I'm having some success shredding the kilos again....0 -
"When are you due?"
My favorite! Now that my stomach is shrinking, I shouldn't have that question asked ever again!
I got asked this at my largest, and when I told her I was not pregnant, she looked me up and down and said "come on, yes you are!"..........yeah, that's right, she argued with me, for I swear several minutes. I cried a lot that day, but it was a turning point for me....but I will never forget it.0 -
"When are you due?"
My favorite! Now that my stomach is shrinking, I shouldn't have that question asked ever again!
I got asked this at my largest, and when I told her I was not pregnant, she looked me up and down and said "come on, yes you are!"..........yeah, that's right, she argued with me, for I swear several minutes. I cried a lot that day, but it was a turning point for me....but I will never forget it.
I carry the majority of my extra weight in my stomach so its been the same question for me. I've had several people argue with me when I've said I'm not pregnant....2 were men! The worst is when they see how upset you are and say "Oh, I was just kidding", or something to that effect, instead of apologizing.:noway: It happened again recently and I've been trying to lose the weight, so it hit me especially hard. I just keep telling myself in a few months no one will ever say it again ( unless I actually am pregnant :laugh: )0 -
Just people telling me I am too skinny or I need to eat a burger. It's nice that no one said anything when I was overweight and had blood pressure and cholesterol problems! LOL
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Wow, I' m reading the above posts and some people are so rude! Death stares to anyone who feels the need to say something negative about my weight.0
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"When are you due?"
My favorite! Now that my stomach is shrinking, I shouldn't have that question asked ever again!
I got asked this at my largest, and when I told her I was not pregnant, she looked me up and down and said "come on, yes you are!"..........yeah, that's right, she argued with me, for I swear several minutes. I cried a lot that day, but it was a turning point for me....but I will never forget it.
Yeah, I was carrying 75-80% of my weight in my abdomen. So I guess I did look pregnant, but when people ARGUE when you tell them their mistake! That is what really gets me! Good luck to you on your weight loss!
I carry the majority of my extra weight in my stomach so its been the same question for me. I've had several people argue with me when I've said I'm not pregnant....2 were men! The worst is when they see how upset you are and say "Oh, I was just kidding", or something to that effect, instead of apologizing.:noway: It happened again recently and I've been trying to lose the weight, so it hit me especially hard. I just keep telling myself in a few months no one will ever say it again ( unless I actually am pregnant :laugh: )0 -
I grew up with neighborhood kids and kids from schools who teased me my whole life. I was called turbo tank, and a whale, thunder thighs.
The one thing that will stick with me the rest of my life though, and he passed away last March and we only started getting close the few months before he died, was my dad telling me I was a cow for eating so much at dinner. I think I was around 9 or 10. I started to cry and he told me to go to my room. My mom came in a bit after and she split her meal with me and calmed me down.0 -
My older brother taunted me all through high school in front of his friends (and my friends) non-stop for years.
One a slightly funnier side, my little brother who is now nine smacked me on the butt one day and upon seeing the juggle after said "eww ripple".0 -
"you kinda look like lauren conrad....only the overweight version"0
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People used to call me tomato face, chubby, even comparing me to a pregnant woman. Hey, look at me now.0
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oh here is one, I was at the grocery store with my 4day old daughter (she was in the carseat in the cart that I was pushing" and a lady happens to start conversation with me about how lucky I am that I don't have much longer until I give birth (cause it was hot outside). I was like" I'm not pregnant! This is my baby right here" I mean how pathetic is that! lol0
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My brother was afraid if I borrowed his mid-calf high Nike socks I would stretch them out with my massive calves.
My mom would remind me every day that my clothes were too tight, too small and unflattering on me.
My male best friend said I needed to lose that little belly of mine, and I'd be beautiful if I was thinner and taller.
My female best friend always rubbed it in that she was thinner. So. Many. Times.0 -
I got "Oh! are you pregnant?" from a girl working the drive-thru window at Wendys. that one stung0
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A few years ago when I was at my heaviest (about 215 lbs) some people that I didn't know slowed down their car & opened the window so that they could yell "fat b***h" at me as I was walking down the street. Ouch.0
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Your hot now but if you lost weight you would be bangin' (exboyfriend, daughters dad)0
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John Pinnette, the comic, said he would mention he lost 100 lbs, and be told "ya, I can really see it in your face".
"what was I before, walking around with a head the size of a manhole cover, was I Mr Koolaid!"0 -
"Eat something, your as thin as a stick" - Dad (I come from a heavy family)0
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I was cycling around downtown Houston one weekend by myself. It's not very crowded on weekends at all, and I stopped at a light and what looked to be a homeless man walked across the street in front of me said, "You tryin to lose weight? You need to be tryin to lose weight!." (I was like !@#$@ you *kitten*)0
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I've been called Blubber, and also asked when the (biologically impossible) triplets were due.
Beluga whales are smaller than you.0 -
Do you have to pay for more than 1 airplane seat? (mother)0
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I kept getting told I look like an actress...i forget her name but she has piercings up her ear and is on a cop shop law and order or something. mind you she was 2 x the size of me...so it was insulting.
I get you walk like a baby elephant, you fat pig, in high school it was shim the big fat dim sim.
I was asked if I was pregnant, when i was due and Im like June...mind u that was 11 months away at he time! I wasnt but yeah degrading!
My friend called me fat.
The whole i am ashamed to been seen in public with you.
You have more rolls then a bakery.
Eww look at that who would find that attractive.
Yu dont have ankles you have kankles....mind you I HAD ANKLES!
These have been since i was 13, but i cop elephant and fat pig daily....inconsiderate *kitten* hole and he wonders why i call him a c word :explode:
By compliment :flowerforyou: a guy that likes me said I am not fat I am just curvy
:drinker: :bigsmile: booster for me much, makes me more keen to succeed for that !!
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I had a child come up to me and ask me if there was a baby in my tummy - little kids are pretty honest though. That helped kick my butt in gear0
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I have three sisters that are model thin. Two of them are actually models. One of them is nice and supports my weight loss but the other is cruel. She likes to say things like "you should buy bigger pants cause your such a fat *kitten*" or "look at the elephant (or whale)." She has also told me that I should go walk and continue walking until I get rid of all the blubber under my skin. These are only some of the recent things she has said to me. Just this morning I was talking to my mom about taking a pregnancy test due to the advice of my Planned Parenthood doctor, she said she would kick me again and make sure I couldn't keep the baby if I was pregnant. Turns out I am not, which happened to be ok with me. My mother says things like, you are lovely but you would be even more beautiful if you just lost weight. Or my mother telling me that men will be more attracted to me once I stop eating so much and lose enough weight to have a waist. She also *****es at me that I got large breasts when she did not. Another time, someone I thought was my friend caused my breakup with my boyfriend and then told me that I would never keep a guy because I was just some dumb fat *****.0
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ive got quite a few too
-you've got such a cute face...blah blah blah ugh we know how that one goes
-(feeling ok in a halter top for once) "you look like a fat cow"-mom, when i was 16
-"you've got to lose some weight or you're going to die"-dad (after he lost 180 lbs from wls and still hasn't changed a d**m thing about what he eats and lives a mile from home but bought a new truck to drive there and stiiillllll doesn't exercise a f****n bit, also im 5'6 and 201...clearly not going to die, hefty i admit but thats why im here ) 0 -
oh here is one, I was at the grocery store with my 4day old daughter (she was in the carseat in the cart that I was pushing" and a lady happens to start conversation with me about how lucky I am that I don't have much longer until I give birth (cause it was hot outside). I was like" I'm not pregnant! This is my baby right here" I mean how pathetic is that! lol
I had the EXACT same thing happen to me about a week after having my daughter!
Even a few months after having her a woman in Walmart came up to me and said I was such a cute pregnant woman and asked when I was due. Me: "Ummm, I'm not pregnant..." She apologized but it was still devastating..
Last one I can think of is when I was around 14-15. I was 5'10" and around 170 lbs. I was bigger than the average skinny minnie girls at my school, but not really overweight. I was happy with my size then, but as I was getting off the school bus another girl started moo'ing and oink'ing just to be a *****! =/0
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