Things people say that drive you nuts!

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  • Will_Lift_4_Shoes
    Will_Lift_4_Shoes Posts: 238 Member
    I love it when people tell me that after the 2nd baby your body will never go back to the lean body it was. I agree to a certain degree. And that's just cause my hips got wider after I had my second child. And I will NOT go back down to a size 7 that I was before because my hips just refuse on being anything smaller than a 11. lol But being lean...I totally disagree!! I know several moms that look great after 4 kids.

    On that note...I get so sick and tired of people saying ...hey you look great for having 5 kids. WTH does that mean? if I didn't have 5 kids then I have no excuse. What is wrong with not qualifying the statement...just leave it at you look great (or holy crap you are a fatty! which is what it feels like they are really saying). Kids did change my body, but it isn't impossible to get back a great body, I just have to work harder for it.
  • MinnieInMaine
    MinnieInMaine Posts: 6,400 Member
    When I first started up with WW last year, Mom would ask "can you have that" or "is that on the plan" and I had to gently explain that everything is on the plan as long as it fits with in my daily/weekly points budget (pretty much the same as daily calorie target here plus some extras for treats due to the severe daily deficit). Thankfully, I think she finally got it because she doesn't harp on me anymore about my choices. I get a look now and then but shut her down with my own look pretty quickly. :)

    The one other one I can remember was said by one of my Aunts. We were on vacation and since my cousin and I are both trying to lose weight, we were working out and trying to eat healthy, which meant skipping dessert or extra helpings. To her that meant we weren't having any "FUN". Seriously?! Would you say that to someone trying to quit drinking or doing drugs? I was completely floored....
  • CarliBez
    CarliBez Posts: 19
    Someone clears our their plate and when you have leftovers it's "wasting when someone in Africa is starving".

    Be my guest, send it to them please! However, if it's in my plate or down my throat, it will end up in the wastebox.
  • ket_the_jet
    ket_the_jet Posts: 1,257 Member
    On that note...I get so sick and tired of people saying ...hey you look great for having 5 kids. WTH does that mean? if I didn't have 5 kids then I have no excuse.

    This is my favorite addition (besides my own) to the conversation and I love the way you rationalize your anger.
    -wtk
  • TourThePast
    TourThePast Posts: 1,753 Member
    Oh here's a great one from today: "You don't have to diet or bother with the gym, friend "X" lost eight stone (112lb) by just cutting back a little, she didn't need to diet or do any exercise at all.

    What I said "Gosh, she has done well" :)

    What I wanted to say... "Okay, you go put a 112lb backpack on and walk round all day with it and then tell me she wasn't doing any exercise - me, I need to count calories and do lots of exercise."
  • bcpie
    bcpie Posts: 89
    So, here are some examples of my mom's awesome diet advice that made me want to jump up and strangle her.
    #1:
    Fried foods and frozen pizzas and hot pockets are healthy and good for you. So is fast food.
    #2:
    Mountain dew is ok to drink all day with no water.
    #3:
    No need to buy fruit or veggies. All I needed to do was cut chocolate out of my diet to lose weight. (I would argue that diet is about moderation and lifestyle change... I was always wrong)
    #4:
    Cigarettes aren't bad for you. Maybe this one isn't about diet, but it expressed how clearly insane my mother is...and why I had breathing/immune system issues for the majority of my childhood.

    Sigh. :/ I was an obese child.
  • Cbandelier
    Cbandelier Posts: 217 Member
    "You're just wasting away"......

    What am I supposed to say to that? Thanks?
  • SoFLYFireman
    SoFLYFireman Posts: 170 Member
    My three biggest peeves

    1. "muscle weighs more than fat"
    2. "dont eat anything before bed, ot turns into fat"

    And my favorite...

    3. "carbs in = carbs out"

    that was supposed to be calories not carbs.. sorry..

    new favorite.. Everything is okay in moderation hahahahahahaha yeah right, i wish steroids were okay in moderation, id be swole as heck
  • hjy319
    hjy319 Posts: 269 Member
    Things people say that drive me nuts?

    "Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels."

    Drives me ape *kitten* bananas.

    Ohh Me too!! I've neverknown skinny, and that is not my goal, it is to be healthy!!!
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