When someone asks for your 'secret'
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Yupp,sunnysunny88 wrote: »I just limit my calorie intake and exercise more, and then I get the glazed looks
that about covers my experience.
Thing seems to be that the people asking already knew what the answer would be but somehow hoped that there was a less obvious but almost impossible to achieve one.
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My go to response when people ask anything about health/fitness/lifting/diet;
"I do yoga once a week and stick to a raw vegan diet"12 -
nutmegoreo wrote: »Ditto to the others' replues - most people are either looking for some magic they can adopt without actual effort, or a story so extreme that they know they can't achieve it (so they have an excuse).
As an alternative, you could just mess with 'em: "I drink a quart of apple cider vinegar every morning, then eat whatever I want"; "I learned to do headstands, and that made all the difference", "Eat only apples on Mondays, berries on Tuesdays, Cabbage on Wednesdays, . . . .", etc. (I'm joking! Joking!)
Pine cones from my yard. They were a challenge to get used to them, but If I coat them in peanut butter they slide right down. Also, if you are going to tell people this, please make sure they know you are joking, because no doubt someone will try it.
Good job Nutmegoreo....now we're going to be overwhelmed with questions about the miraculous peanutbutter-pinecone diet come next January.
I suggest you develop your branding, communications/article placement strategy, packaging, accessorizing and merchandising, book, book tour, warehouse packaging facility, and $40 starter kit (12 ounce jar of cleansing/detoxing peanut butter and 10 ounces of organic, sustainable, free-range pinecones!) now so you can get ahead of the curve. You are going to make a freakin' kitten-load of money!28 -
"Eat less; move more."7
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They want to hear something other than "eat healthy and exercise." Like "I added an extra 2 tubs of ice cream per day to ramp up my metabolism and stopped working out entirely and watch more TV" would probably be the ideal answer.
Like Ronnie Coleman said... everybody wants to be a bodybuilder, but no one wants to lift no heavy-*kitten* weights.13 -
I tell 'em it's apple cider vinegar and a waist trainer
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Yeah. Any time people find out that they'll actually have to do something other than take a pill or something magic/easy, they tune out.5
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My secret is pretty observable...nobody really asks...they see what I'm doing...I've been doing it for years, so nobody really thinks much about it...
I'm the guy who rolls up to work with my bike on the back of the car and strolls into the office with a small cooler full of food pretty much every day. I'm the guy that doesn't go out for lunch with everyone save for on occasion because I'm out on my bike. I'm the guy that comes into the office with a gym bag most days. I'm the guy that leaves the office wearing workout shorts because I'm on my way to the gym before heading home. I'm the guy who walks past the cake and doughnuts in the break room most of the time and I'm the guy that doesn't give a rats *kitten* that there's a bowl of candy sitting there. I'm the guy who walks around with a water bottle all day instead of a Coke. I'm also the guy who illustrates to his co-workers how to properly perform a snatch and rips the *kitten* out of his dress pants and has to make an emergency run to Wall-Mart for some slacks and who's administrative assistant still jokes about his blue underpants...
The vast majority of people are just looking for a magic solution...doing stuff is too hard.
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Unicorn sweat gathered under the darkness of a new moon...
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Well, that took a turn.
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I only eat healthy when there is full moon, like the haircut theory
... the rest of the days ... calorie deficit ... but this is irrelevant 5 -
sunnysunny88 wrote: »Hi Guys! So I've lost close to 12 kg around 26 lbs, and at a point where everyone is noticing! I've had a few people ask me what my 'secret' is and I don't know why but it makes me a little uncomfortable? One girl asked if I am on a very strict diet and I told her that I don't find it strict I just limit my calorie intake and exercise more, and then I get the glazed looks lol I dunno anyone else feels the same way?
People don't really get that it's all about CICO and changing their habits, they want a magic pill. Think of it as your chance to do your civic duty and educate others.2 -
People want an easy 'fix'. There's nothing 'easy' about this. I've been in maintenance for over 3 years. It's a lot of hard work and dedication. As they say, pick your 'hard'. It's 'hard' to be overweight and miserable. It's hard to be dedicated and log your food and keep a consistent workout schedule. I'd much rather track my food and be consistent about my workouts than be overweight.12
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French_Peasant wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »Ditto to the others' replues - most people are either looking for some magic they can adopt without actual effort, or a story so extreme that they know they can't achieve it (so they have an excuse).
As an alternative, you could just mess with 'em: "I drink a quart of apple cider vinegar every morning, then eat whatever I want"; "I learned to do headstands, and that made all the difference", "Eat only apples on Mondays, berries on Tuesdays, Cabbage on Wednesdays, . . . .", etc. (I'm joking! Joking!)
Pine cones from my yard. They were a challenge to get used to them, but If I coat them in peanut butter they slide right down. Also, if you are going to tell people this, please make sure they know you are joking, because no doubt someone will try it.
Good job Nutmegoreo....now we're going to be overwhelmed with questions about the miraculous peanutbutter-pinecone diet come next January.
I suggest you develop your branding, communications/article placement strategy, packaging, accessorizing and merchandising, book, book tour, warehouse packaging facility, and $40 starter kit (12 ounce jar of cleansing/detoxing peanut butter and 10 ounces of organic, sustainable, free-range pinecones!) now so you can get ahead of the curve. You are going to make a freakin' kitten-load of money!
Good plan! I have several I didn't catch before winter, so those could be "aged cones" and if any are moldy those could be "antibacterial cleanse cones." I'mma be rich!12 -
I always tell people who seem interested about MFP. They rarely listen
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I never get asked this lol. WHY!? I wanna be asked. It seems fun.
I think I'd go with the "portion control and some exercise" answer.2 -
I lost around 9 stone (126 lb) during 2016, something a lot of people noticed since I'm literally half the man I used to be.
But my "secret" starts with... "At first all I did was quit drinking."
I could say just about anything after that, because nobody is listening...25 -
MontyMuttland wrote: »I lost around 9 stone (126 lb) during 2016, something a lot of people noticed since I'm literally half the man I used to be.
But my "secret" starts with... "At first all I did was quit drinking."
I could say just about anything after that, because nobody is listening...
"At first all I did was quit drinking....then I sacrificed a white rabbit under each full moon for a year, drank fairy tears, and stood on one foot for at least 5 minutes every day while pondering the meaning of life."
This could be fun!13 -
I wouldn't have listened either. It was ingrained in my head that losing weight HAD to be restrictive in some way. I had to "go on a diet".
Here was my thought process...
Counting calories isn't a diet/plan/program so there's no way it could work, I must stop eating x,y & z.
It has to be a lifestyle change (which in my mind was a complete and total overhaul of everything I was eating).
I have to work out 7 days a week and push myself.
It won't be fun when I'm on the "diet" and everyone around me will need to be miserable because I am.
I had to be rock bottom so to speak. I knew I wanted to eat the foods I like to eat. My thought was I'd just eat 1200 calories for the rest of my life to maintain so I signed up for mfp. Whew what a relief to learn about so much stuff but especially about my TDEE:).4 -
nutmegoreo wrote: »Pine cones from my yard. They were a challenge to get used to them, but If I coat them in peanut butter they slide right down. Also, if you are going to tell people this, please make sure they know you are joking, because no doubt someone will try it.
What's the fibre content on those puppies?3
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