Hi All!

I'm due to be banded October 4th and I couldn't be happier! I work with a bunch of skinny college girls, so I've always felt pretty out of place. I've also had my weight brought up to me many times by insensitive (male) jerks I work with. I just had my last baby on Christmas Day 2006, and for a long time I guess my co-workers were trying to guess if I was pregnant or just really fat (I guess it was both). Luckily one of them had to come tell me what everyone was talking about.

ANYWAY! I get a call from one of my coworkers yesterday wanting to know what size I wore because they were getting ready to order some polo shirts for us. When I asked what sizes they come in she said "I don't know, they do have men sizes". So I said I guess I would take a 2x, and she says "Ok, I'll order that in mens then".

Ok, now I fear that the mens shirts will look different than the womens and everyone will know they had to order mine in mens sizes (and we have to wear them everyday). I told my husband if it was that humiliating I was just going to quit. I'm WAY over qualified for this job anyway, I just like that it conforms to my schedule. He doesn't think it's that big of a deal though. I know I have no one to blame for being in this position but myself. However, that doesn't stop it from being humiliating! Hopefully I won't have to worry about crap like this much longer!

Thanks for listening:)

Yeah, I hated Junior High. My gym teacher made all of us line up and get weighed (guys and girls together). Then they would yell out our weight to the other gym teacher in the back of the room so they could record it in their notes. This was only slightly more embarressing than when my high school gym teacher used the fat calipers on our lower stomach to see what our fat percentage was. Yep. Fun fun! I'll never forget the feeling of her hands grabbing all my fat in that strangely aggressive manner.

Honestly, that kind of behavior should be reported to Child Protection Services. I don't know why parents allowed that to happen. I guess it was just the way things were then.

How stupid are teachers sometimes??

OMG fat calipers? It's almost as if they strive to make it as humiliating as possible. You have to wonder about these teachers, they should know better. I didn't worry about fat calipers, they weren't even invented when I was in junior high! It doesn't seem as if they are as bad in school these days, at least I didn't hear that from my kids. Other kids, that's another story. My poor daughter had kids in the neighborhood harassing her about her weight, they even spray painted in the road in our neighborhood that she was a cow. I think I was more infuriated and devastated than she was. Thank goodness that is over now and she is starting college! Deb

Other kids, that's another story. My poor daughter had kids in the neighborhood harassing her about her weight, they even spray painted in the road in our neighborhood that she was a cow. I think I was more infuriated and devastated than she was. Thank goodness that is over now and she is starting college! Deb

That's AWFUL! Kids can be so cruel. I got some crap for being overweight in high school, but it wasn't too bad from the kids I went to school with. I was friends with "popular" kids. I guess that kept me safe. I do remember standing on a street with a bunch of my friends once and some older girls drove by and yelled out the window "Hey girl in the brown coat (me), YOU'RE FAT!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA". That bothered me, and my friends had to stand there and act like it didn't happen. My weight was something we didn't talk about. And not to mention, it was a completely pointless statment. Kind of like I said about the guys I work with. It's like they have to tell me I'm fat or I wouldn't have known.

Yes, the fat calipers were humiliating. I think they partially did stuff like that to shame us into losing weight. I guess kids aren't the only ones who can be cruel.