Do you call yourself fat

[christasha 0]

I HATE the size 9's who say they are fat . . . ugh .. . Byte me!

I don't say much about being fat .. . it's obvious .. . but everyone who asks where I shop gets "the fat store" for an answer. There used to be a store called Pretty and Plump . . .I called it Fat and Ugly . . . and had all my friends calling it that too. One day we were sitting somewhere talking about our errands for the day and one of us said we had to go to the Fat and Ugly store . . .and some man sitting at a table close to us sprayed his mouth full of soda all over the place because he burst out laughing so hard .. . hey truth is truth .. . that's why I'm on this journey!

Chris

[AmberWaves 0]

<p>Yeah, I call myself fat. I'd rather use the word fat than obese or morbidly obese, to me obese is a horrible word, I can deal with "fat" though. I don't want anybody else to call me fat though, I don't want anyone saying anything about my weight period!</p>

[tifferoni326 0]

I HATE the size 9's who say they are fat . . . ugh .. . Byte me!

I don't say much about being fat .. . it's obvious .. . but everyone who asks where I shop gets "the fat store" for an answer. There used to be a store called Pretty and Plump . . .I called it Fat and Ugly . . . and had all my friends calling it that too. One day we were sitting somewhere talking about our errands for the day and one of us said we had to go to the Fat and Ugly store . . .and some man sitting at a table close to us sprayed his mouth full of soda all over the place because he burst out laughing so hard .. . hey truth is truth .. . that's why I'm on this journey!

Chris

he might've sprayed soda, I sprayed Chinese Pepper beef all over my keyboard..I need a laugh..haha..My little bro asked once a fat people store was called "the Avenue" I told him it was because people who shopped there, including myself couln't fit on the sidewalk

[christasha 0]

Ok. . .now I have tears in my eyes from laughing . . . I needed that today too! I love The Avenue answer you had! Keep the chuckles coming!

Chris

[green 6]

Ditto on this.....

And definately in the cafeteria at work yesterday when a woman walked up to me, placed her hand on my stomach and asked me if I was expecting.

"Nah," I said, " I am just FAT."

Oh! I've done this, too. It is lotsa fun to watch them deal with the embarassment, eh. :bounce:

[Daisalana 33]

Well.. I am fat, but just like I don't tell people how tall I am.. I guess I figure they can see it, so I don't 'call' myself fat.. but I am what I am! :paranoid

[christasha 0]

Miss Laura .. .how do you get your picture on here? I've looked everywhere and can't figure it out . ..

Chris

[Daisalana 33]

Go to UserCP at the top leftish of this screen.. then on the left sidebar select 'avatar'.. then upload your picture from your computer..

I think it has to be 100x100 pixels.. I did it in photoshop (new document, 100x100 pixels, put picture there, shrink to fit, save).

But some places auto-adjust your picture if it's too big, so I'd try that first

[christasha 0]

Thank you! I like seeing everyone . . . and that reminds me I have to get pictures taken before Monday! I want to have before and after pics for SURE!

Chris

[bandster_1007 1]

I mean seriously even if you were pregnant, would you want her touching your stomach?! Unless you are Buddha and give people good luck for belly rubs a persons tummy is a weird place to put a hand..

off topic but i had to respond. when i was pregnant, i was single and in college (and 18), other students seemed to think that it was a necessity to touch my belly. omg, that drove me freakin' nuts. i used to complain about it, and i would always say, "i'm not buddha, i'm not going to give you good luck, keep your hands off!!!". funny.

i do refer to myself as fat, because i am. i've never been one to speak to myself positively. one thing that i have no tolerance for is saying you are stupid, which i never call myself. but....fat...i am fat. you can't be 5'2" and 225 lbs. and not be fat..however, if someone else calls me fat, i'm going to knock em' out (in my mind)...like one time, my brother in-law called my dh on our cell phone, which you can hear everything, and he said "what are you doing", and my dh for whatever reason said "fat people"-i guess because we were eating, and my brother in-law said "who-tabatha". i could have killed them both!!!!!!

[RedTulips3 0]

Now, what bothers me MORE than someone saying that "I" am fat....is for someone who's obviously WAY smaller than I am going on and on and on and on and on about how FAT THEY are.

I'm like, "If YOU'RE fat -- Miss Size 9 -- then I'm a freakin' BLUE WHALE!"

For some reason that's far more insulting!

Ugggh!! It also bothers me when my friends talk about how "fat" they are (translation: size 4) and that they are going on a diet. I'm used to it already because that's how it is, people like to talk about it. It doesn't hurt my self esteem because I learned to accept my body. What bothers me more is their lack of sensitivity that when they talk about such topics that maybe, just maybe it might hurt the real fat person. But they don't know how it feels to be fat....

To answer the question though. I do not usually refer to myself as fat, rather overweight. Yes fat=overweight and overweight=fat, but overweight seems like a gentler word. Even with my own family we don't like to use that word.

I have never gotten the pregnant comments but I think that might make me die inside if I did!

[pippinje 0]

Oh! I've done this, too. It is lotsa fun to watch them deal with the embarassment, eh. :bounce:

LOL funny you say that. After it happened I went back and told my colleagues that I wasn't too embarrassed because I am looking forward to my band January. So she was more horrified than me. Funny :clap2:

[NanaRenan 0]

There used to be a store called Pretty and Plump . . .I called it Fat and Ugly . . . and had all my friends calling it that too. One day we were sitting somewhere talking about our errands for the day and one of us said we had to go to the Fat and Ugly store . . .and some man sitting at a table close to us sprayed his mouth full of soda all over the place because he burst out laughing so hard .. . hey truth is truth .. . that's why I'm on this journey!

Chris

Hey, Welcome Chris!!

This made me LOL, too! My Son and DIL use "Lane GIANT" so often, I catch myself saying it, too!

But "Pretty and Plump" reminded me of when I was a kid, there was one called "The Stout Shop". My mother was a seamstress and many of her customers would buy things there and bring them to her to alter. Mama used it to refer to herself and my sister and other women who were overweight. They were either "a little STOUT", "STOUT" or "pretty STOUT".

I didn't give it any thought, THEN, being a skinny kid and teen, but now I HATE, HATE, HATE the word "STOUT".

[NanaRenan 0]

My mother was a seamstress...

I just reminded myself of this. I saw an add for that TV show about the couple who are dwarfs and have children...can't think of the name right now. But it made me think....growing up, I thought there were lots of dwarfs (dwarves?) everywhere (although we used the "m" word then!)....now I just realize we probably knew every female dwarf in a 100 mile radius, because they came to Mama to make them adult clothing instead of shopping in the children's department.

NanaRenandom today!!

[Chelle B 0]

So do you refer to yourself with the F- word?

--side note--that reminded me of Seasme Street, I can picture Elmo, Today kids the letter is Ff. As in fat. Flubber, freaking large, flab..haha--

Just curious? I mean everyone pretty much does on here, which is ok because if we werent all fat at one point then itd be a lil silly to be on here...

I mean like when talking to "normal" sized people, or anyone..

For ex: "I couldn't get my fat a** outta bed this morning"

I never did that..still cant..I might make references to being bigger, like I cant sit on your lap the chair would break..but never fat..just wondering and Im advoiding studing for two VERY important tests tomorrow

Nope, never have and never will. I hate that word.