I hate rude comments!

This morning I woke up, and was feeling realitivly good about myself, I weighed one pound less than the week before and I was excited to start my day.

Around lunch time I got up to go get my brown paper lunch sack and sit down and eat the sandwich I had packed. As I was walking towards a table to sit down at I couldn't help but over hear two men talking behind me, and I felt extremely discouraged as I heard one say, "Haven't you noticed all the fat people have brown lunch sacks?"

I feel as though this was a very rude comment to say, especially since he said it loud enough for me to hear. I usually don't care what other people say, or think for that matter, but I've been feeling especially hurt by this. Ugh, I'm so angry at the moment I just want to punch him! Has a similar expereince ever happened to you guys?

i've definitely been there!

This past summer I went on a road trip with 3 of my closest friends before we all headed off to college. At one point I had been snacking on some Tostidos Chips with Lime before i noticed that I had eaten half the bag. A little while later I was trying to take a nap in the backseat, and my friends all thought I was asleep... not quite... I overheard this conversation between my two (very fit) best friends:

FRIEND 1: "Did you see Allison down that bag of chips?" FRIEND 2: "Well I was eating some too, and those chips are amazing, I can easily down half a bag myself! I've eaten a whole bag before!" FRIEND 1: "Yeah, but you can afford to!"

Ouch. I wanted to break down into tears right there in the back of the car, but I held it together. I was really hurt, but at the same time I think it was a good thing. I let myself go even more for awhile after that and gained even more weight, but the comment stuck with me, and it turned out to be exactly the kick in the butt that I needed! These two girls and I used to run cross country together, so part of my motivation for losing the weight is to get back in shape so that we can run together this summer like we used to. It's been a slower process than I'd hoped (college isn't the ideal atmosphere for weight loss, grrrr...), but I want to go about it healthily and I'm going to reach my goal if it takes all year!!

I definitely feel ya though... those kinds of comments suck :( Don't let it get you down... turn it into motivation to keep up the hard work! Congrats on losing a pound this week! That's awesome :)

honestly though... what kind of dumbass correlates brown paper lunch bags to a person's weight or size? This guy obviously has way too much time on his hands. What a moron!

it happened to me in high school. very long ago but it upset me alot. actually, i was made fun of every single day of my life... but at this point, i had already lost alot of weight and i remember my friend coming over to me and telling me that my 'crush' asked why i was so fat. i stopped eating lunch everyday and it turned into breakfast and dinner... and thats how i developed anorexia heh.

i cannot believe how rude that guy was though. he shouldnt have said anything at all but just to say it outloud so you can hear it is even worse =/  you are doing your best though... so yeah, i know its easier said than done but dont worry about it and keep on doing what you are doing.

That really pisses me off. He had no right to say anything. Freakin morons! I have had things like that happen to me all the time. I get called fat on a daily basis by my siblings. It doesn't always bother me, but it really sucks when they say it in front of my boyfriend. I've lost 61 pounds, and it's still not good enough for people to shut their mouths. Thing about it is that my whole family is obese/overweight. I've been called names by so many people. When I was younger, my grandma would always tell me that I shouldn't eat that or I'll get really fat and have moles. I have been called a whale by this one girl when I was swimming. I can't wait until the day that she sees me at my goal weight. : ) I have been called just about every name in the book, but in a way, I'm thankful for it. After hearing those words constantly, it pushes me harder. I use it as motivation. I mean, how good is it going to feel to be at your goal weight, and end up seeing someone who called you fat before. I can't wait until that day. I've got so many people I want to strut my stuff in front of! Hehehe! : )

Several years ago, I worked at an endangered species research center outside of New Orleans.  We spent most of the day stomping out in the woods and carrying bales of hay and doing EXTREMELY hard physical work (at least compared to what I was used to), so even though I always brought a healthy lunch, I was usually starving at the end of work (not to mention covered in all kinds of disgusting stuff) and so wouldn't mind getting something small on the way home at a fast food place.  Anyway, on Father's Day, I was driving home through the toll bridge, hunched over and scarfing down some Taco Bell.  There was a man in the toll booth (I'd only ever seen women), and as he takes my money he says, "Awww, is it Mother's Day, too?"  I looked at him for a second like, what the hell are you talking about?  Then it dawned on both of us.  I just shook my head with a sneer, and he kindof mumbled, "Oh."  Anyway, I couldn't be mad because he wasn't trying to be rude, but I don't think I'll ever forget that comment for the rest of my life. 

I'm sorry you not only had to deal with a hurtful comment, but that it came from someone intentionally trying to be hurtful.  There's no excuse.