Why your friends don't want you to lose weight...

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  • kethry70
    kethry70 Posts: 404 Member
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    i don't have the attention span to read all of... SQUIRREL!
    ditto.
  • BekaBooluvsu
    BekaBooluvsu Posts: 470 Member
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    Nice read but I have one thing to say.

    :smile: I want to be healthy and I don't care who doesn't like it. :smile:
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
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    The people you work with, live with and socialise with can have a huge impact on your weight loss, because they have the power to inform everything from your diet and fitness regime to your self-esteem.

    That's BS. No one has that power unless you choose to give it to them. If you're giving other people the power to "inform" your self esteem, then you've got bigger problems than unsupportive friends.

    I had to learn early on in life that if I didn't find/create my own sense of worth within myself, I would never have any. Friends are nice. Friends that make us feel loved and appreciated are even better, but worth comes from within.

    ETA: When that is found, it's easy to grow a thicker skin, and to take some good-natured ribbing from friends, rather than to see them as "bullies" that you need to stop hanging around with.

    You can only be bullied if you *allow* it. The quickest way to stop "bullying" is to stand up to them. If they are beating you up for your lunch money, tattle to Human Resources.
  • DeadliftAddict
    DeadliftAddict Posts: 746 Member
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    Why would anyone give their peers the power to influence their weight loss. Seems a bit childish to me.
  • honsi
    honsi Posts: 210 Member
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    OP, I see you have placed a lot of thought into this. However, you have missed one key point... 1 out of 4 people aren't obese. National statistics show its more like 3-4 out of 5 people exhibit some level of obesity. So instead of your illusion that groups of people resemble the Goonies:
    Just to clarify :I didn't write this, It is an article from a newspaper that I thought people may find interesting.....
  • honsi
    honsi Posts: 210 Member
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    I always need a chubby friend so I can have sustenance if we get trapped somewhere.
    LOL! Maybe now we are getting to the truth of the matter..
  • The_Aly_Wei
    The_Aly_Wei Posts: 844 Member
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    If my friends didn’t have something d-bagish to say then we likely would not be friends very long.

    If you are over the age of six and still worried about "bullies" something is off.
  • AllonsYtotheTardis
    AllonsYtotheTardis Posts: 16,947 Member
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    Who GAF if someone else does or doesn't want me to lose weight? Seriously - it's not their business. I did this for MY health.

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