What terms/phrases wind you up about losing weight?

Ironandwine69

kommodevaran wrote: »

Ironandwine69 wrote: »

kommodevaran wrote: »

Way too many. Trying to lose weight (and loose weight, even), intermittent fasting. Not so much journeys, as tracks, horses and wagons (even bandwagons). The last X pounds, healthy food is expensive, healthy recipes, cheating, confusing CICO with calorie counting, motivation, willpower, foods to make you feel full, healthy snacks. I'm not full of hate, but I'm bitter and enthusiastic - because believing in these kinds of myths and confusion made it impossible for me to reach my goals, and exposing them to daylight made it virtually effortless. I don't want others to go through the same as me, but I can't do anything to stop a person who has made up their mind, and that makes me frustrated. I usually burn out after a few years, so I hope I some day can just roll my eyes

How is IF a myth?

IF is confusion, and the confusion is mythical. IF just not eating all the time, which can be good for adherance for those who prefer it. But lots of people are already not eating all the time, and thriving, without calling it IF. IF is sourrounded with ideas that you burn more fat by not eating, that it makes you live longer, that it is "skipping breakfast", but just skipping breakfast won't have the same effect (you have to call it IF), that certain foods and drinks magically breaks your fast, or not, and that it has any special meaning, which it has not, and that you have to eat a certain number of meals, which you don't.

IF is a tool to help with one goals. There's many tools, IF is just one. You can't say tools are confusion or myths, because they are not. They work for some, don't work for others. Some people use them sometimes, some people go a little nuts with it.
And just for the record, IF doesn't have any rules about how many meals to have.
I understand how some people see it as an magic tool to lose weight, which is not. But nothing is. Exercise is a tool in weight loss, yet some people gain weight even with exercise. Because the rest of the plan is not "on point". You can't say exercise is a myth.

lilolilo920

"Toning"
"Muscle weighs more than fat"
Ugh just thinking about this makes me angry.

Muscleflex79

"toning" ("I don't want to build any muscles, I just want to tone them")
"starvation mode"
"loose" weight
and the worst - something like this: "I've gained 5 lbs this week, but I know not to worry because it's all muscle"

Alatariel75

When people are surprised when they "gain" weight right after eating or drinking something. I mean... it's IN you now. Of course it shows on the scale.

mskimee

guesstimate. just that word. As soon as i see it i'm like "nah"

Chef_Barbell

TONE!!
and "I don't wanna get too bulky."
:grumble:

moonstroller

"You should...x...y...z..."

"You shouldn't...x...y...z."

TavistockToad

Alatariel75 wrote: »

When people are surprised when they "gain" weight right after eating or drinking something. I mean... it's IN you now. Of course it shows on the scale.

women who are surprised when they gain weight on their period even though they say they are bloated... what do they think the bloat is!? air!?

BruinsGal_91

Alatariel75 wrote: »

TavistockToad wrote: »

"nothing tastes as good as skinny feels".... :huh: :noway:

Oh, I really hate that one too.

Nails down a blackboard for me, that one. Makes me want to immediately start cramming pizza into my cakehole.

schuster_US

"Humans weren't made to eat that stuff". Why stop with caveman food? Humans evolved from bacteria; let's just use photosynthesis and really get back to our "natural state"!

Sharon_C

Detox/toxins
good food/bad food
lose/loose (It's LOSE weight, people. Your pants are loose)
Toning
"I don't want to get bulky" (from women)
Starvation mode

I'm sure there are more but it's early and my brain isn't fully functioning

SuzySunshine99

I agree with the OP...."journey".
You're not going anywhere....stop making it more grandiose than it is.

Morgaen73

lilolilo920 wrote: »

"Muscle weighs more than fat"
Ugh just thinking about this makes me angry.

Mine is "muscle doesn't way more than fat because 1kg of muscle weighs exactly the same as 1kg of fat".

However in future I will simply say "Due to the difference in density, the volume of muscle required to achieve a specific weight is much less than the volume of fat required to achieve the same weight and therefore when your body loses volume while retaining it's weight it is likely that your muscle volume has increased proportionality to a decrease in fat volume".

MUCH simpler than simply saying "muscle weighs more than fat".

HeliumIsNoble

"I'm ordering my wedding dress a couple of sizes smaller to give myself something to aim for".

Just... Look, we all make mistakes. But what is the point of being sapient, social creatures with written and spoken language, if we're not going to communicate and learn from each others' mistakes and resolve to make our own, unique ones? Enough women have spun the "will I get into this dress in time?" wheel and either lost, or 'won' and looked deathly ill on the day.

Can people please stop doing this to themselves? Please?

If you are planning a wedding, look for a design of dress that fits now and could be easily taken in, if necessary. Talk to a seamstress about it. They'll thank you for consulting them before you purchase the damn thing, rather than bringing it in at short notice because it's still too small.

elizabethmcopeland

Everytime someone says, "I just want to tone," god kills a kitten.

Ironandwine69

Know it alls wind me up. People that make fun of people that use the "wrong terms", or say the "wrong things".

TavistockToad

Ironandwine69 wrote: »

Know it alls wind me up. People that make fun of people that use the "wrong terms", or say the "wrong things".

:laugh:

__TMac__

"Transformation"

"Journey"

Not weight related, but it happens here more often than anywhere else I go: Mothers who refer to themselves as "mommies" or other baby talk names when talking to other adults.

But, to each their own. It's convenient when the words are in the subject line, because then I can just skip those threads.

Poisonedpawn78

not a singular word but a common phrase/excuse

"I lost XXX pounds before, but then life happened and i gained it all back. "

It bothers me because they are making excuses, STILL. Life doesnt force say 100lbs of cheeseburgers down your throat. Take some responsibility and accept your role in your situation. THEN Maybe you will keep it off this time for GOOD.

Morgaen73

Ok serious question - what is wrong with transformation or journey?