Fed up with people who hurl abuse

I completely agree. I walk to university everyday and am not even that overweight (my BMI is 25.2) and people still feel the need to hurl abuse at me telling me I should diet. I have always struggled with my weight and have suffered from bulimia, which is just exacerbated by these cruel people's words. Stay strong. I know often it seems that these people hurt you with their comments more than if they physically abused you, but you're doing a wonderful, positive thing for your body. Never let them take that from you.

Hi Nick. Don't let them win, I'm a 6ft2 tall female, fat and broad shouldered. So when people aren't hurling abuse about my weight, they yell abuse about my height and when it's not that, i'm constantly asked if a man, or crossdresser, I have also had half eaten food and eggs thrown at me AHHHH. Who the hell do these people think they are, what right do they have. We are supposed to just take the abuse, but if I chucked a brick through thier car window, (which quite honestly i'm getting to that stage after 25 years of it), i'd be arrested. Yet they are free to constantly make others feel worthless. You are doing something positive to change your life, because you want to, you have as much right to that, as the pond life that multiplies too fast on this planet.........Keep going.

Hello Nick. Take no notice of these braindead idiots! Can I just say that these people are just out looking for people who they think look vunerable so they can shout abuse & make themselves feel better. I am a size 8 & every single time I go out I get shouted at, I get told I walk like i'm on acid or my hair's a mess & that i'm ugly.They are just sad people with sad little lives. Keep up the good work & take care. x

It's now ceased to amaze me that whenever the topic of weight discrimination comes up, people feel the need to post their genius ways of losing weight. Whether or not someone is actively trying to lose weight they deserve to be treated like every other human being: with common courtesy and respect. I can hear it now, "b-b-b-but my wallet!" If americans need to be chastised for anything it's their insatiable greed that surpasses any modicum of compassion.

I completely agree. as a 20 year-old woman who cycles to college to get fitter, the abuse I put up with is appauling.

Yes I might be red in the face and puffing by the time I get to the traffic lights, but then so is the person next to me becuase they have just come up the same hill! So why, may I ask, do the snot nosed school kids have to abuse me?

I have been reduced to tears on this one far to many times. as someone who was bullied relentlessly at school, the sound of school kids shouting abuse is far too familiar.

One thing you're bound to find is that those often hurling the abuse have either miserable lives themselves, hence they need to interfere with everyone else’s, or they are just morons; brainless, ill-educated, never studied, never learned, never will, pointless wastes of air and food, morons.

These people are usually best left ignored, but if all else fails just holler back "Yes, but I can lose weight, whereas you'll remain an ugly, brainless tossbag for the rest of your life! If you spent your abuse-time learning to read, you'd have finished the Spot series by now and moved onto the Tweenies!" Another one to try is “I am now weightlifting to lose weight. Was your mother a weightlifter by any chance? Suppose she’d have to be to raise a f**king dumbbell like you!” Just watch for the occasional flying fist and you’ll be fine. Thick people love fighting; they have little brain to lose, but they don’t like being reminded of their flagrant idiocy. And like most intelligent people, I would rather be fat than outright stupid. Good luck with the weight loss, but one tip; don’t do too much too soon! Take your time, enjoy your exercise and take pride in knowing that big is beautiful, but stupid isn’t appealing to anyone of any intellect. Let the pack animals fester and rise above them.

I think its disgusting that people can be so rude to someone on how they look, at the end of the day im sure those who comment on those overweight are not so perfect themselves.

my younger sister used to make fun of me because im fat... but now shes 21 shes got fat too hahaha

I completely understand. I am overweight also. I haven't always been, but in the past 5 years I began slowly "enlarging". I have been trying many different diets and such, with no big noticable effect. I have heard many times mean remarks about my weight as I walk into a store. Sometimes I try to pretend I didn't hear, and other times I turn and look at them with a mean stare, but what good does it do? None. I know I am overweight, and I am embarressed at times, (especially when I had to ride on the ferris wheel at the carnival by myself, because they wouldn't let anyone else ride with me, even though there was room for my son, but that doesn't give anyone the right to call me nasty names! I just saw earlier on TV a woman from france (or some place like that) who said she came to visit the United States, but after being over here she wanted to hurry up and get back home before she caught "THE FAT VIRUS"! I am sick of hearing other countries talk about how fat americans are! And I am sick of people gawking at me, saying nasty things, and hurting my feelings! I am a person, I am alive, I do feel pain, and I do have feelings!

I can sympathise with you, my son is very overweight for his age. We don't seem to be able to go anywhere without hurtful and rude comments made towards my son. He has problems within any group he joins and at school. We have changed schools for this reason, but it is always the same, he can't get any peace from the cruel remarks. I know how it must feel, as obviously I am most offended by these nasty people who are continually upsetting my son. Best of luck and try to rise above it.

Have just read your gripe and all I have to say is, 'good on you'. Keep up what you,re doing and know while these idiots hurl their abuse, that you are a much stronger person than they,ll ever be. Don,t let them make you waver in your determination. Good luck.

you're right - this is a horrible thing for people to do to a fellow human being. It must be impossible to ignore - so try and use it to your benefit. Use the anger it makes you feel to push yourself to walk faster, thus raising your heart rate and increasing the rate at which you burn calories during your daily walk.

Also remember - you may be fat, but you can lose weight, and are doing so already - but they are ignorant, rude morons, and there's no weightwatchers programme for getting rid of that so they're stuck that way for life :D

Keep smiling