What is your most embarrassing "fat" moment in your life?

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Not ONE particular incident- but SEVERAL SIMILAR ONES all happening within that same time frame-
ALL involving fitting rooms and trying on tops/bras
and getting STUCK in them- as in they went on OK, but couldn't get them OFF

I'm not much of a bawl baby, but I came real close.
The sheer humiliation of it EVENTUALLY became a catalyst for change,
but not that day.......it drove me to a binge.

I'm sure others can relate.

When I asked a fat girl when she was due when she wasnt even pregnant. Lesson learned.

Mine is similar - when someone asked ME if I was pregnant!

ditto!

when i was younger probably about 13/14 and i was chubby at school and very low in confidence. I had a crush on a girl in my Spanish class, and i told her friend that i liked her. And she went across the room to tell the girl i liked, to which she shouted out 'euuurgghh as if i would go out with you' in front of the whole class! really hurt me and stuck with me for years. Funny thing was i saw the same girl i had the crush on at my local gym a few months ago, and she almost didnt recognise me, she was quite complimentary and flirty with me, i thanked her for her advances and then said no thanks!

Also many times at school being bullied from about 13-16 years old, the constant jibes and name calling by certain kids.
Really sticks with you and still does today for me, even ten years later

When I was about 15-16 years old, I was late for a bus for a field trip, so I ran for the bus. When I got on the bus all I could hear were the older kids in back of the bus talking about how the bus was shaking when I ran by. It is over 10 years later, I still remember their remarks, and how I felt when I sat down with my friends. It hurts now, but it is a constant reminder to not let my future children have to deal with what i went through.

I went to Splish Splash with my boyfriend. I was about 220 and he was about 230. It was so embarassing when we couldn't go on the double tube rides. I ran off the ride crying. I was horrified. We made an agreement to not go back until we are under 400lbs combined.

If I think about that day too much I'll cry again He was so sweet about it though. He made fun of himself and told me I was beautiful at any weight.

When my ex and I took our kids to the farm fair and tried to get on an amusement ride....I didnt fit.

My worst one was when I was dress shopping for my brothers wedding at lane bryant. I refused to accept that I was really too big for their clothes anymore. I kept trying to squeeze myself into the size 28s. I actually got stuck IN a dress. I pulled it up over my head and it just wouldnt go any farther. I pulled it back down and tried going down over my hips.... even less of a chance. So back over my head it went. It just wouldnt budge. my arms stuck up in the air.... I just cried. I finally had to ask for help from the sales lady to get out.

Reminds me of

when I was walking through a store and thought I wasn't as big as I was and tried to squeeze in between the rack and a little kid and actually knocked the kid over with my hip. I repeatedly said sorry and the Mom gave me the dirtiest look I have ever had............ or when I was in high school and all the kids would grab the walls and yell earthquake when I was walking down the hall.

I've had it happen twice:

First time, I was in the Air Force, as a C-130 Crew Chief, so being one of the only females it was even more awkward.. One of my flight chiefs brought be into the office with the other flight chiefs and he sat me down, and looked at me and says "we don't want to make this awkward but we are very concerned, I'm going to ask you this because I had it happen in our squadron when I was an airman. We had a female crew chief get pregnant and kept it a secret until she had the baby in the bathroom and tried to hide it in the garbage. Are you pregnant? We notice you gaining a lot of weight....." ughh!! I gain most of my fat in the waist so if I get any heavier I look like I'm expecting, not just fat. To make it worse, I just had my depo shot and was a day after it was due so they do a mandatory preggo test so I was 100% sure I wasn't. I was about 170lbs.. but it sure kicked my butt in gear and I lost 20-25lbs...

Second time, I was a bar manager at a comedy club, bartending at the time, when a couple sitting on the end ordered some drinks, and the lady asks me "when are you due?" I said "I'm not.".. She turned bright red and tried to appologize but could barely say anything.. I told her it was okay.. not the first time (it's actually happened a few more times but these two are the most memorable). I weighed about 180 (gained a bunch after being kinda depressed after getting outta the military) at the time, this was in 2010.. Enough I told myself! I started running... In 2011, I got serious about weight lifting.. and currently I'm 133lbs!!

Wow, you guys seem to have nailed a few of my 'favorite embarassing fat moments'...

I've been asked if I was pregnant... I wasn't

I've been picked on at school... a LOT! One time an SUV full of high school boys pulled up next to me, I was only about 150 pounds at the time, and yelled that I should start Jenny Craig...

I've gotten stuck in clothes before...

Oh wait, I was just supposed to share one? LOL At some point you just have to let it go because otherwise, it'll tear you down! I choose to build myself up!

I went clothes shopping with a friend and stepped onto the podium and saw myself in the 3 way mirror. I only have chest or waist up mirrors in my house.
Hence my signature "who is that following me? Oh my God, its my @ss."

I'm so sorry that happened to you! When I was a little girl in line at Six Flags that happened to a lady. I can still remember the workers saying, "suck it in lady"! That haunts me when I want to go on a ride today. I can't tell you how many times I've been afraid to try rides because I didn't want that to happen to me. I love that you stuck it out and tried to do it. I think that's amazing! We're going to Fiesta Six Flags tomorrow. I'm 48 years old...maybe I'll try a new ride just because of your courage!! Thanks for sharing!! :noway:

Oh wait, I was just supposed to share one? LOL At some point you just have to let it go because otherwise, it'll tear you down! I choose to build myself up!

I think one of the hardest parts of starting the weight loss journey is learning that. I am still working on getting rid of the echoes of the past.

I'm glad I'm not the only one whose worst experience was on the roller coaster. Jeez... lol. I had to get off Apollo's Chariot at Busch Gardens because the hydraulic lap band wouldn't "click". After waiting in line for over an hour, on the busiest day the park had. So everrrrrybody was watching, along with 20 of my colleagues. It was so embarrassing.

Several years ago, my boys' scout troop went to a little amusement park nearby. I went to get on one of the rides, one of those spinning ones, I sat down and the worker pulled the overhead bar down and couldn't get it to latch. He didn't try to push on it, he just said, "You're not going to fit." I'd never been so humiliated in my life as I had to walk back around and off.

It gets worse... I saw another woman getting off the ride and I pointed her out to the other scout moms whom I was friends with and asked, "She's bigger than me, isn't she?" (The woman was quite heavy.) They didn't answer me, but hem-hawed because they didn't want to hurt my feelings. But I understood what they were saying. I was fat. That was my rock bottom moment. I lost and regained, though, so here I am again.

The upside to the story is I recently told my youngest that I wanted to go back to the amusement park next year when I've lost this weight and he looked at me and said, "Mom, you aren't nearly as big as you were then." What a sweetheart!