Oh my goodness. I am shocked I didn't fall doing this but at my worst mentally and physically I used to turn my head everytime I caught my reflection, like a glass reflection or something. My head was constantly turning for at least a few months!!

I always thought it was just me as well... makes me feel a little better. I'm looking forward to not having that anymore also

This happened to me for the first time this year and it is the true reason that I finally sat down and made a pact with myself to never have this happen again. I have one good pair of nice fitting jeans at the moment. I refuse to purchase anymore until I am down another pants size. I wear under-armor and colored tights underneath my jeans with thigh holes.

When you tell your friends you're busy when they ask you to go to an amusment park with them, because you won't fit on the rides.

Same here, and same for cinema :(

When you go jogging in shorter shorts and your legs rub together making an awesomely painful and annoying red spot on both legs. :tantrum:

When you get in the car it registers as a 6.2 on the Richter scale.

I had a really awkward experience at the movies when I went to see Dark Shadows with some friends.. It wasn't fun at all. I was stuck in the middle and I had to suck in so my side fat woudnt hit the guy(A friend of a friend) next to me.

The ripping of the jeans, and the girl whos friends are getting him on :( Even when you think you look cute guys dont even glance...and i just turn into the cool, funny girl grrrr

-When you can only fit sweatpants.

-When you buy leggings because none of your pants fit.

-When you dread the summer because you hate showing your big arms or the cellulite on your legs.

-When you have lines on your stomach and legs from wearing tight or ill-fitting pants.

-When you think a stranger is flirting with you but he's actually flirting with the skinny woman behind you.

-When people refer to you as "the big girl."

-When skinny/thin people feel the need to discuss how unhealthy it is to be fat while smoking cigarettes in your presence. (But they claim they're not talking about you. *rollseyes.*)


I can definitely relate to the torn jeans. I have two jeans ripped in the crotch area. I didn't even notice the gaping hole until I went to pick up a pen from the ground (in school). If I would have leaned down a bit more more the class would have seen my underwear.

When your nursling tries to latch to your stomach instead of boob because your stomach is so much bigger...

When you get "the look" from the hubby once you've finally squeezed yourself into your fat pants that tells you he doesn't think the button / zipper will hold...

When you've bought the biggest bra band size they sale for the cute bras and you still need an extender...

When normal elastic bra straps no longer are enough support...

And I can also completely relate to the jeans wearing out at the inner thigh...

When you start convincing yourself that yoga pants & sweatshirts can be "dressed up."

Someone said it before, but I'll say it again: when you cringe at seeing photos of yourself. A few years ago, I attended a book launch for an amazing woman (who also happened to be my professor), and somehow I ended up as the designated photographer. Which was great - better to be behind the camera than in front of it, right? At the end of the night, the author/professor requested a group shot of the event planners, a few friends, and me. Not a huge deal, since I did feel honoured to be part of such a great night. When the photos were developed, I digitized them and sent copies to my professor (this was pre-digital camera). Recently I stumbled upon a blog post by this professor, about that book launch, and cringed when I saw the group photo at the end of the post :( Everyone else looked so nice and thin and dressed up, and then there I was, in my sweats, easily twice as big as anyone else. Definitely a big cringe moment on my part... Which leads me to:

When you either evade the camera at all costs, or you make a stupid face/strike a silly pose to take attention away from the rolls of fat!

Ladyhawke-The yoga pants thing? I confess, I wear them to work. I hardly make money and the NYC rent is just BAH, and the designer jeans lure me - so I am trying to scrap up what I can. No one has noticed yet because they are black but they are sure aren't cute! hahaha

I got another one -
When the thought of bikini shopping isn't "ohhh that one looks cute, lemme try that one on" its more like you are preparing to perform an operation - What kind of cut? What kind of support? What angles are best/worst?

When jeans shopping is an upper arm work out - I'm sure many of us know the "scrunch up the lower part of the jeans as far as you can, please please please go UP!"

The thighs of jeans/workpants is the worst for me. I always wear them out. I also have the rainboot/any boot issue, so cute yet can't even remotely get them on.

When you can't borrow any of your friends'/relatives' clothes (except the guys') because they're several sizes too small. Doesn't help that my gal pals are all small pear shapes and I'm a straight-bodied girl.

When you get back boobs (dear god, I hate those things). Or, lord forbid, your back rolls rub painfully (that was me at 207).

When all compliments on your appearance stop, even from those closest to you (and instead there's just silence or polite, distant smiles). That hit me around my high weight - no one told me I looked nice anymore. Ever. They weren't mean about it or anything.