Dealing with people making fun of overweight people - like me???????????

[Guest guest]

I read a post, but can't find it now about how some person's kids

were making fun of them.

I would like to know how everyone deals with this. If it is a small

kid who says " wow, you are so big. " It doesn't bother me as much

as a little older kid.

Kids don't bother me as much as adults who make comments. There

have been several times that I was on diets and quit because someone

would make a comment about my weight and I would get depressed and

eat.

I have had people yell at me when riding a bike, walking on the

track, comments at the beach were horrible and in front of my niece

and nephew, etc. That is part of the reason I quit exercising in

public, because someone would make comments. I used to be very

athletic, but I let these jerks turn me into a hermit. The less

exercise I got, the more I gained.

So what does everyone do in these situations? Part of the reason I

am so sensitive about my weight is because my mother always wanted

me to lose and made me go for a while exercising in front of my

skinny brother and dad while they watched tv. I was also made fun

of from kindergarden through 12th grade, partly because of my weight

(which I wasn't overweight in 9-12, but they made me think I was)

and partly because I was poor and shy.

Coping strategies- what do you do? How do I and maybe- we -break

the cycle?

This may be a serious problem for some of us.

Thanks and God Bless,

Rhonda