Losing 30 lbs in 3 months, who's in?

AnvilHead

Poisonedpawn78 wrote: »

This thread shows exactly why trashy magazines sell tons of copies by promising 10 lbs in a week on the newest fad garbage diet and people buy it up like its candy. Completely unrealistic goals and lack of understanding of what is healthy and achievable in a realistic environment.

Funniest thing is, the OP and most of the "I'm IN!!!!" responses haven't logged in here in months. Many of them not since last year, around when the thread started. Unrealistic goals rarely yield realistic results.

NovusDies

I am not sure how funny it is. If they haven't already I hope they learn how to be patient before their situations get worse.

AnvilHead

NovusDies wrote: »

I am not sure how funny it is. If they haven't already I hope they learn how to be patient before their situations get worse.

Plenty of people offered sound advice in this thread (and many others like it). I just figure it's the old saying - "you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make them drink". Some people learn from others' mistakes, some people have to learn from their own mistakes, and some people just never learn.

NovusDies

AnvilHead wrote: »

Plenty of people offered sound advice in this thread (and many others like it). I just figure it's the old saying - "you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make them drink". Some people learn from others' mistakes, some people have to learn from their own mistakes, and some people just never learn.

True but they hear big drops in short time periods are possible from so many misleading sources. People learn when they are ready assuming that day ever arrives. Advice on the internet that is contrary to what you really want and what you believe is possible is very easily ignored.

No real point here. I just hope anyone who has not figured it out does and they are not out there yo-yoing until 30 lbs turns into 130 lbs or more to lose.

hungrywombat

AnvilHead wrote: »

NovusDies wrote: »

I am not sure how funny it is. If they haven't already I hope they learn how to be patient before their situations get worse.

Plenty of people offered sound advice in this thread (and many others like it). I just figure it's the old saying - "you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make them drink". Some people learn from others' mistakes, some people have to learn from their own mistakes, and some people just never learn.

It's a pity, because most of the time the ones that wind up being called unsupportive or snarky are the ones offering actual common sense advice that people could actually learn from. But 0.5lbs a week just doesn't have the same appeal as being two dress sizes smaller in a month's time...so many people would rather bury their heads in the sand and ignore sensible advice plainly given...and so the cycle continues...