Hi All - just back from Vegas! Went with oh and his family (8 in total) endured a very shameful embarrassing moment which stayed with me all holiday! The family attempted to book a trip to the Grand Canyon which I didn't want to do due to helicopter fear! To cut a long story short the family went ahead and booked and as a large group a nice discount was applied! Once deposits was paid the agent took names and then went back round and asked each of us our weights so that you could be positioned correctly on the helicopter!!!!!!
Omg panic was instant! I have recently lost 22lbs with WW and although my husband knows this I never divulged my actual weight (he is 11st making me 2 stone heavier) my husband's family are very small varying from 8st to 12st including the men folk! So basically I was the biggest of the group, bigger than the men and most likely going to be used as an anchor to hold the helicopter in place!
I was humiliated and felt shame I could feel eyes on me and read thoughts! My husband's family are nice people but don't like anything fat and always assume you must eat burgers and fries all the time - also none of them noticed my 22lb loss which I will never be able to speak off as they will do their calculations!!!! It spoilt my holiday and made me stress and to rub salt into my wounds the trip got cancelled!!!! Home now safe and sound but the shame of everyone knowing my secret makes me depressed.......
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bevy2603 · 24/04/2014 14:42
Oh dear.
If it was me I would have lied and let us all plunge to our deaths 
I have no advice other than fuck 'em- you've achieved a brilliant weight loss.
I'd have just told them they didn't need to know as I'd already told them that I wasn't going on the helicopter.
They are more than welcome to go on the helicopter if they want to - but I am a grown up and if I tell them that I really don't want to go on it, then they need to respect that. Not treat me like a child and buy the ticket and force me to go on it anyway.
Weight thing is an added horror on top 
(speaking as somebody who hasn't flown for the last 20+ years and doesn't intend to in the near future, I hate it when people think they are being helpful and trying to persuade me to fly - I am quite happy not flying, they are the ones that have a problem with it! So I do empathise about 'nice' people doing things that are very 'not nice' for you because they think they know best and actually they're just making things a whole lot worse.)
Oh bevy sounds like my idea of hell too! Like tethersend I too would have lied but been contented as we plummeted into a ravine cos of my big backside. I'm a 12/14 so 'over 10 stone' doh but would NEVER discuss my weight with anyone - will probably NEVER go ski-ing as I dont want to wear a padded onesie 
and won't go on any trip/flight where they need to know my weight. The only time I'll ever be thin is when I'm decomposing 
"The only time I'll ever be thin is when I'm decomposing"
That might be the next craze diet: "Tried everything and keep piling on the pounds? Try decomposing. It's fast, it's effortless - no need for exercise or calorie counting!"
spatchcock you might be onto something there! Have heard some crazy ideas in me time
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