1 stone to loose by Feb the 1st.
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Carlos_421 wrote: »queenliz99 wrote: »Carlos_421 wrote: »http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1088600/dear-mean-people-of-mfp#latest
Seems that someone in this thread needs to read this.
Yes, you. You know who you are. The ones that told me I was doing it wrong. The ones who called me a “special snowflake”, and said that my diet plan was crap. Well, I have something I want to say.
THANK YOU.
Seriously, thank you. I came in here a year and a half ago not having all that much to lose. Still, I was eating 1200 cals (at 5’9 and running marathons). You called this stupid. I was restricting what I ate. No wine, no ice cream, nothing that wasn't 'healthy'. You called this unnecessary. I did an acai berry cleanse. You rolled your eyes so hard you almost broke something.
I was so mad at you. How dare you not respect that I know what is best for me? I was working so hard, why didn’t you see that? I cried over those 10 pounds that I wanted to lose so badly. Why couldn’t you sympathize with me?
Then I started to listen to you. After all, what did I have to lose, except those 10lbs? Everything I was doing wasn’t working anyway, so I gave what you had to say a shot. I picked up some weights. I upped my calories. I got over myself.
And you know what? It worked. My god, it worked so well. I look better now than at any point before in my life. I have PRed ever race I ran in the last year. I WON a race yesterday. I didn't win my age group, I won the whole thing. I am strong, I am healthy, and most importantly, I am happy. I am not constantly on a diet. I eat things that give me pleasure. I don’t waste my money on bullsh*t.
You didn’t say it nicely. You didn’t gift-wrap advice in a pretty bow. You didn’t tell me what I wanted to hear, but you told me what I needed to hear, and I thank you. I’m sorry I didn’t believe you sooner.
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juggernaut1974 wrote: »Carlos_421 wrote: »queenliz99 wrote: »Carlos_421 wrote: »http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1088600/dear-mean-people-of-mfp#latest
Seems that someone in this thread needs to read this.
Yes, you. You know who you are. The ones that told me I was doing it wrong. The ones who called me a “special snowflake”, and said that my diet plan was crap. Well, I have something I want to say.
THANK YOU.
Seriously, thank you. I came in here a year and a half ago not having all that much to lose. Still, I was eating 1200 cals (at 5’9 and running marathons). You called this stupid. I was restricting what I ate. No wine, no ice cream, nothing that wasn't 'healthy'. You called this unnecessary. I did an acai berry cleanse. You rolled your eyes so hard you almost broke something.
I was so mad at you. How dare you not respect that I know what is best for me? I was working so hard, why didn’t you see that? I cried over those 10 pounds that I wanted to lose so badly. Why couldn’t you sympathize with me?
Then I started to listen to you. After all, what did I have to lose, except those 10lbs? Everything I was doing wasn’t working anyway, so I gave what you had to say a shot. I picked up some weights. I upped my calories. I got over myself.
And you know what? It worked. My god, it worked so well. I look better now than at any point before in my life. I have PRed ever race I ran in the last year. I WON a race yesterday. I didn't win my age group, I won the whole thing. I am strong, I am healthy, and most importantly, I am happy. I am not constantly on a diet. I eat things that give me pleasure. I don’t waste my money on bullsh*t.
You didn’t say it nicely. You didn’t gift-wrap advice in a pretty bow. You didn’t tell me what I wanted to hear, but you told me what I needed to hear, and I thank you. I’m sorry I didn’t believe you sooner.
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juggernaut1974 wrote: »Carlos_421 wrote: »queenliz99 wrote: »Carlos_421 wrote: »http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1088600/dear-mean-people-of-mfp#latest
Seems that someone in this thread needs to read this.
Yes, you. You know who you are. The ones that told me I was doing it wrong. The ones who called me a “special snowflake”, and said that my diet plan was crap. Well, I have something I want to say.
THANK YOU.
Seriously, thank you. I came in here a year and a half ago not having all that much to lose. Still, I was eating 1200 cals (at 5’9 and running marathons). You called this stupid. I was restricting what I ate. No wine, no ice cream, nothing that wasn't 'healthy'. You called this unnecessary. I did an acai berry cleanse. You rolled your eyes so hard you almost broke something.
I was so mad at you. How dare you not respect that I know what is best for me? I was working so hard, why didn’t you see that? I cried over those 10 pounds that I wanted to lose so badly. Why couldn’t you sympathize with me?
Then I started to listen to you. After all, what did I have to lose, except those 10lbs? Everything I was doing wasn’t working anyway, so I gave what you had to say a shot. I picked up some weights. I upped my calories. I got over myself.
And you know what? It worked. My god, it worked so well. I look better now than at any point before in my life. I have PRed ever race I ran in the last year. I WON a race yesterday. I didn't win my age group, I won the whole thing. I am strong, I am healthy, and most importantly, I am happy. I am not constantly on a diet. I eat things that give me pleasure. I don’t waste my money on bullsh*t.
You didn’t say it nicely. You didn’t gift-wrap advice in a pretty bow. You didn’t tell me what I wanted to hear, but you told me what I needed to hear, and I thank you. I’m sorry I didn’t believe you sooner.
Hugs and cat gifs…
This needs a huge Like button.
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queenliz99 wrote: »Carlos_421 wrote: »http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1088600/dear-mean-people-of-mfp#latest
Seems that someone in this thread needs to read this.
Yes, you. You know who you are. The ones that told me I was doing it wrong. The ones who called me a “special snowflake”, and said that my diet plan was crap. Well, I have something I want to say.
THANK YOU.
Seriously, thank you. I came in here a year and a half ago not having all that much to lose. Still, I was eating 1200 cals (at 5’9 and running marathons). You called this stupid. I was restricting what I ate. No wine, no ice cream, nothing that wasn't 'healthy'. You called this unnecessary. I did an acai berry cleanse. You rolled your eyes so hard you almost broke something.
I was so mad at you. How dare you not respect that I know what is best for me? I was working so hard, why didn’t you see that? I cried over those 10 pounds that I wanted to lose so badly. Why couldn’t you sympathize with me?
Then I started to listen to you. After all, what did I have to lose, except those 10lbs? Everything I was doing wasn’t working anyway, so I gave what you had to say a shot. I picked up some weights. I upped my calories. I got over myself.
And you know what? It worked. My god, it worked so well. I look better now than at any point before in my life. I have PRed ever race I ran in the last year. I WON a race yesterday. I didn't win my age group, I won the whole thing. I am strong, I am healthy, and most importantly, I am happy. I am not constantly on a diet. I eat things that give me pleasure. I don’t waste my money on bullsh*t.
You didn’t say it nicely. You didn’t gift-wrap advice in a pretty bow. You didn’t tell me what I wanted to hear, but you told me what I needed to hear, and I thank you. I’m sorry I didn’t believe you sooner.
Hugs and cat gifs…
This needs a huge Like button.
And in case anyone doesn't realize, that is the original post from the Dear Mean People thread by @ThickMcRunFast0 -
Putting deadlines and pressure on yourself doesn't get you too far. Goals are great but hard deadlines are usually a motivation killer.
It takes as long as it takes
just do your best and keep on track. 0 -
I believe a lot of misunderstanding is going on in this thread.
OP if you want to be on a 1300 calorie diet temporarily, it's fine. Bigger people can handle to go lower than many.
If having an aggressive goal motivates you, it's fine. It doesn't mean you will be able to achieve it though.
You seem to be a little bit unaware how much weight loss a certain amount of calories can produce, which is why people are getting worried about you. At 1300 calories you would be losing 2.2-2.5 pounds a week, to a maximum of 10 in a month. There would be some water loss making 14 lb in the first month possible, but not guaranteed, especially if you introduced exercise which tends to make your body hold onto the water.
When your goal is 14 lb in 3 weeks people are going to worry that you would start eating only 500-600 calories a day, which is the amount needed to achieve it. This is not the case. You are simply unaware that eating 1300 calories will not produce a loss of 14 lb in 3 weeks. People are just worried about you, they aren't trying to discourage you or upset you. Unrealistic expectations and being unable to reach them can be frustrating and may cause you to quit.
If you are unable to reach your mini goal in 3 weeks (and you likely won't), what will happen? Would it frustrate you? Discourage you? Push you to lower your calories even further? Or is it just a "shoot for the stars if you want to reach the moon" kind of scenario where you will feel like you've had a bit of fun for a while, pushed yourself, reached a reasonable loss within that time frame and continue on happy and proud of yourself despite not hitting your goal number?
From one big person to another:
This is a long ride for us, followed by an even longer ride to maintain our loss. From experience, you will want to make the ride as comfortable as possible. It's fine to dabble in this or that diet every once in awhile to break routine, but you will want to learn as much as you can about yourself to develop strategies that will help you lose weight and maintain it. Sustainable strategies.
What things will you be able to continue doing for at least 2 years? What things will you be able to continue doing for life? This is what you need to think about once your mini challenge is over. Your life and surroundings will not change just because you decided to go on a diet. You will still be faced with all kinds of foods, distractions, social situations, lack of support, personal mental hurdles, loss of motivation...etc. Learning how to navigate around these situations with the least amount of stress and resistance will be very important long term. Foods are not evil. Carbs are not evil. You are not evil if you have a less than perfect day.
I will say what I always keep saying: it's okay to dabble and experiment, but in the long run the best diet for you is the easiest diet to follow long term. So learn more about yourself, what satisfies you, what foods you like, what foods you don't, what habits are attainable, what habits are not, what foods are just not worth the calories, what foods are worth every single calorie despite not being traditionally "healthy"...etc. It's a mental game. Caring for your mental health is just as important as caring for your physical health when you are on a diet.0 -
I think you missed the bit where she's already lost close to 40lbs and this was a 3 week goal
Other than that great post amusedmonkey0 -
how did you go , OP?0
I take it you are of the vocal variety too !! 
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