People to keep their mouths shut!

[Freeandsinglewater]

To the lady who said;
"Oh, hell"
as I ran passed while you cycled with your family. I do NOT need comments like that!
Yes, I'm over weight. I'm trying to become fitter some of us aren't graced with a loving husband, or nice body.

Fat cunt yelled at you is pretty clear I'd say (and horrendous btw )

oh hell could mean anything and unless I am in a totally different bit of the country, doesn't mean you're too fat

I think people are just trying to be helpful in pointing out that it may not have been about op, that's all! No-one's suggesting that op is absolutely, categorically wrong - just that things aren't always what they seem.

And if it was directed at her, well I wouldn't waste head space on worrying about someone so bloody rude! It says more about the woman on bike than it does about op, that's for suresies.

Quite, it could mean anything depending on the intonation, facial expressions and so on.

If I was running and someone looked right at me with a revolted expression and said 'oh hell' pointedly I'd assume it was about me. Yes, she could have just happened to look right at me at the same moment she smelled something disgusting and then remembered she left her cooker on but id still reckon the same as OP.

If however someone vaguely said 'oh hell' I probably would not think that.

Op was there, so I'm assuming she knows best!

Perhaps the woman was saying it in a mocking tone, or laughing. Suggesting the OP needs to 'get a grip' when presumably none of us were there is a bit much.

I was at the gym ages ago and was enjoying a bit of Marvin Gaye on my ipod. So carried away was I that I forgot where I was, and sang along. Except I didn't sing a whole line, I just said the word Sexual. The bloke next to me gave me the funniest look. I bet he thought I was a right dick/letch/bighead. People say weird shit sometimes!

I have a habit of saying 'knickers' instead of 'oh dear'. I also had a habit of saying 'bloody...'. That was NOT a good combination in the office one day. Embarrassing beyond anything I've ever come out with. I might have to name change now.

I'm struggling with this account because "oh hell" sounds like the kind of exclamation people make to THEMSELVES. It's just not something usually uttered to other people or AT other people?

"Oh hell" sounds like "oh shit!" or "fuck me!". Who sees a fat person running down a lane and thinks/says "oh shit!" It doesn't make sense.

Even "good god" feels more conversational. And the OP has spun SUCH a story about how well off and happy the woman was, I would guess she is oversensitive.

See when a guy rode passed me and shouted 'fucking hell, look at the state of that' I knew he was referring to me so I called him a cunt.
I almost get men doing it, it's like 'cheer up love'. But for a woman to do it assuming she did what a bitch.

^I'm struggling with this account because "oh hell" sounds like the kind of exclamation people make to THEMSELVES. It's just not something usually uttered to other people or AT other people?

"Oh hell" sounds like "oh shit!" or "fuck me!". Who sees a fat person running down a lane and thinks/says "oh shit!" It doesn't make sense^

Absolutely this

Echo ApplePaltrow.

I'm always muttering "oh bugger" or similar out loud as I remember something I've forgotten to do. It's always directed at myself, never at those around me.

I'm sorry you felt upset, OP, but take heart from the fact it's unlikely to have been aimed at you personally and keep on running.

Whenever I see overweight people out exercising I always admire them for being proactive.

Being inherently lazy I know how difficult it is to get yourself motivated.

I think the OP should ignore it and persevere. It will be worth it in the end.

Good luck OP.

Even someone as thin skinned and paranoid as I can be would struggle to see how ""oh, hell" could in any way be directed at me as I ran past...

What a weird thread.

The fact is she may have been directing it at you. But you don't know she was. In these situations, personally I choose to come down on the positive side. No point getting upset over something someone possibly didn't direct at me.

The comments about her clothes, your clothes and a lack of loving husband, suggests to me that this is more about how you feel about yourself.

You are the one that took note of her clothes, body, husband and formed a negative opinion of her and the type of person she is.

You ran past her so got to see/hear 20 seconds of what was going on, at most. But are assuming she even took note of you, never mind had time to make an opinion and verbalise it.

Regardless, keep at it. You are doing something that is good for you and your body. Keep going.

"Oh hello" ?

YABU.

On the other hand, every time I see someone of a larger size running I am very impressed, and will normally comment to my DH. As in, "Look at her having the gumption to make the effort, and here we both are still doing bugger all".

Skinny fit people running really intimidate me. A larger person makes me feel I need to get off the couch.

Think of all the positive comments you didn't hear and the other people you might motivate. Well done and keep going!

Dear posters,
Thank you for all the support. I didn't think it could be her it was aimed at. As a beginner runner, I am conscious and I think I over reacted, a bit.

You ran past her and she said 'Oh Hell' dressed in her new kit.
I tend to say 'Shit' if I'm startled by something happening that I wasn't expecting, and she may be new to the cycling lark as well.
So I think you are a bit over-sensitive; old kit tends to mean experienced to me, new stuff means newbie and unsure

I look ok, good even, but the only thing I think when I see a woman running is 'why aren't you doing that?' Without exception any runner is doing better than me.

some of us aren't graced with a loving husband

I'm really baffled by this comment?! What has it got to do with anything?