Dont tell me your dieting while eating a snickers.....

tropikanagirl

Okay, so I am sitting with someone that just worked out at the park, where I did a short walk. I stop at a bench to drink some water. This lady was having someone help her walk and encouraging her. Even I said she was doing a great job. When her trainer left, She pulls out three snicker bars from her purse, proceeds to eat all of them and downs it with a coke on a bench I was sitting at, all while telling me she is on a diet.I was grossed out. Needless to say I went home and had a salad and did another workout.

I guess what bothered me was how hard she worked and did that. Its like having a screen door to prevent flies from coming in the house, but you leave the screen door wide open. I would have been fine with one snickers. *Yes we can treat ourselves) but that was too much for me.

stephparee

ahh i completely agree. theres no point in doing a workout if your just going to wash it out by eating something bad. I feel horrible if i eat something naughty after doing a workout. best feeling comes after a day where you have done a hard workout and kept up the healthy eating.

davidrt

she thinks shes being fit then she will wonder why her diet isnt working

AmBeRLyNnGETTINThIN

Wowsers....but u know what...I know I use to be that girl....one day her eyes will open wide....I know mine did! Boy am I glad!

AmBeRLyNnGETTINThIN

Wowsers....but u know what...I know I use to be that girl....one day her eyes will open wide....I know mine did! Boy am I glad!

withchaco

Three snicker bars? The big ones, and not the tiny bite-sized ones? I can see why that was too much for you. I wonder if she's counting calories...

darrcn5

Wow, 3 full sized ones?! Goodness. I do treat myself to something yummy every day, but three candy bars is a little much!

jersey0725

Ah, I see. I guess she was absent the day they taught about calories in high school biology class.

davidrt

my brother worked out 3 times didnt change his eating , then was mad because he didnt lose weight, he just sent me an email about fat but fit and he thinks thats him, he couldnt walk to my truck without giving out of breath, but hes fat and fit lol

cgottel

That's awful! I could understand one too. I even had a snickers ice cream bar myself. It's not too bad if you budget you calories correctly. But she basically undid all her hard work. It's a shame really....

Erindipitous

I'd be the one who couldn't keep her mouth shut and just ignore it and then casually say, "You did really well with your walk. It will get easier and dieting will become more natural. The biggest thing to help: Counting Calories. Do you count yours? There's an awesome website called MyFitnessPal.com, and it's very supportive!" :bigsmile:

cupotee

Maybe she's not as educated as you guys all are about nutrition. She just needs to spend some time on her diet. Until then, like you said, her hard work will all be for nothing.

BTW I found it hilarious you went home and exercised for her :laugh:

petchonka82

3!! Holy hell! You were nicer than I may have been.

ebgbjo

Well, to be fair, you don't know what her eating habits were before. It isn't easy to just cut out everything bad for you at once- Hell, I am "dieting" but will still have bad moments where I will easily scarf down 2-3 warm glazed Krispy Kreme donuts. I am not perfect and I am sure not going to worry about others judging me for not being perfect either

withchaco

I'd be the one who couldn't keep her mouth shut and just ignore it and then casually say, "You did really well with your walk. It will get easier and dieting will become more natural. The biggest thing to help: Counting Calories. Do you count yours? There's an awesome website called MyFitnessPal.com, and it's very supportive!" :bigsmile:

Sounds like a productive response.

marchegt

Let's try not to judge others. We don't know her whole story. And I'm sure many of us were once right where she is.

JessesGirl05

Maybe she worked out harder or longer so she could "afford" those snickers. who knows. but to each their own.

enlarsh

Maybe it was some kind of covert Biggest Loser Challenge and there were secret cameras all around recording her?

brndygrl98

Well, to be fair, you don't know what her eating habits were before. It isn't easy to just cut out everything bad for you at once- Hell, I am "dieting" but will still have bad moments where I will easily scarf down 2-3 warm glazed Krispy Kreme donuts. I am not perfect and I am sure not going to worry about others judging me for not being perfect either

OMG....Krisy Kreme....now I want one...or two...:bigsmile:

JessesGirl05

Let's try not to judge others. We don't know her whole story. And I'm sure many of us were once right where she is.

^^This.
No one is perfect. And its not your place, or ours to judge her choices

elishakranz

There is a big problem with the idea of diets these days. It's more about portion size and eating good foods then completely cutting yourself off. My girlfriend and I give ourselves one day to eat something 'bad' (Usually a small flurry or something like that). And even with that promise, we still go out with friends and such, but try to eat well. (She's helping me, but it's mostly me who needs to lose the weight. Such a support.)

If you cut yourself off completely, you do what that woman did! You wait until the people who are helping you stay on track turn their back and BAM! Chocolate and soda as fast as you can. She needs to instead say "You know what, Friday night, I'm going to have some ice cream...but no sweets until then". It helps

AshDHart

Well, to be fair, you don't know what her eating habits were before. It isn't easy to just cut out everything bad for you at once- Hell, I am "dieting" but will still have bad moments where I will easily scarf down 2-3 warm glazed Krispy Kreme donuts. I am not perfect and I am sure not going to worry about others judging me for not being perfect either

This! We don't know if this is a major improvement or not for her. I started MFP eating 12 cookies and a chocolate pudding every day. Is this good? No. Was it better than the 1lb+ of chocolate I was eating before? Hell yes! Almost 20 lbs down the first month. And now only 4 cookies and the pudding. Small changes can equal huge results.

elliecolorado

I honestly came to this topic prepared to say "there is nothing wrong with eating a snickers" but 3 is a lot whether you are trying to lose weight or not, don't think I could have eaten 3 at once even before I was counting calories.

_CowgirlUp_

If she was eating the full sized ones, which you didn't specify, she is likely sabotaging her new way of life but we don't know. If they were bite sized, who cares.,..she worked out and we're not sure if she counted the calories or not...no, it's not clean eating but she may be weaning herself off the sweets which may be like an addiction that many of us are working on. I burn about 600-1200 calories a day in exercise per day to allow myself 3-4 alcoholic drinks every few days which used to be DAILY, so in my opinion and the opinion of my FRIENDS here on MFP, I'm doing great...weaning myself...don't judge until you know this lady's story. My guess is she needs to loose a bunch and if 3 snickers & a coke is less than she's used too...she's making good progress & weaning herself..you don't know, so you have no authority to judge her. Shame on you. You don't know her story. What's yours? It's probably not hers.

Spayrroe

Well, to be fair, you don't know what her eating habits were before. It isn't easy to just cut out everything bad for you at once- Hell, I am "dieting" but will still have bad moments where I will easily scarf down 2-3 warm glazed Krispy Kreme donuts. I am not perfect and I am sure not going to worry about others judging me for not being perfect either

I agree here. It's kinda like when one of my friends quit smoking and I did not. He was constantly telling me about how bad it is for me, and how much the smoke bothered him (though, we don't smoke in our home, only out on the balcony which he chose to come out on with us when we went out to smoke).

It's great that you're working so hard for you, but I kinda think it's a bit judgmental to go criticizing someone else. When I first started going to the gym, I still wasn't doing so great at eating right. I got to the point where I didn't want to eat bad things anymore because I started tracking how long it took me on the eliptical to work them off (that is a real eye opener!). I still eat ice cream sometimes (though stick to one portion and feel satisfied) and tonight I had wine and sugar cookies with a friend of mine. I busted my butt at the gym today, so I still managed to stay under my calories, but I had two glasses of wine and five sugar cookies! I was disappointed with myself for eating five of them, but so happy when I found I was still under my calorie limit!

wsheaf82

I am so pissed at this thread.




All I can think about now is snickers.


Candy Bars http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8CmvbZBM8Y Starting at :14

blh_1010

If she was eating the full sized ones, which you didn't specify, she is likely sabotaging her new way of life but we don't know. If they were bite sized, who cares.,..she worked out and we're not sure if she counted the calories or not...no, it's not clean eating but she may be weaning herself off the sweets which may be like an addiction that many of us are working on. I burn about 600-1200 calories a day in exercise per day to allow myself 3-4 alcoholic drinks every few days which used to be DAILY, so in my opinion and the opinion of my FRIENDS here on MFP, I'm doing great...weaning myself...don't judge until you know this lady's story. My guess is she needs to loose a bunch and if 3 snickers & a coke is less than she's used too...she's making good progress & weaning herself..you don't know, so you have no authority to judge her. Shame on you. You don't know her story. What's yours? It's probably not hers.

This is exactly how I feel. I still go out to eat, a lot, but not as much as I use to. I still eat candy and cake and all that, I just allow myself to have the time to workout and the cals to eat it with. I am trying to eat cleaner but it has taken me a year and a lot of hard work to get to this point. Don't judge others, just encourage. I know it might be "funny" when someone orders a big mac super sized and then orders a diet coke...haha...but we also might say that diet coke is a step in the right direction. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you...if maybe at one point in your new "diet" (which I would call MFP a lifestyle change and not a diet...wrong website if that is what you are looking for) you decide to have a piece of cake you are going to hope no one judges you for it. Encourage her to make better choices and to keep up the good work with her walking...don't be a hater.

withchaco

It's true that we don't know her story and her behavior could be an immense improvement. But the criticism here doesn't have to be ad hominem. We can make something productive out of this and talk about self-sabotaging *in general*, reminding ourselves to be aware of what we're eating. Or we can talk about how to encourage people to get out of their bad habits in a friendly manner. etc etc.

It's definitely a fine line, however... I guess it's safer to use examples of people that we personally know, e.g. a sibling or a roommate who works out but eats junk food every day. One would still have to make sure the conversation remains productive and doesn't turn into an attack on the individual, though.

TaneeisFitforLife

Weight loss is a big mental game....you don't know what's going on in her head & to criticize her on here is a bit mean spirited

tweety170

WOW! Three?! That's way too much.

CynthiaS

I understand where the other's are going with not judging hell I myself can eat about 4 snickerdoodles when I make them but still if It was full size candy bar's that a bit much for anyone & then to top it off with a soda I really hope she open's her eye's soon to what she is doing to her body ! btw good for you fitting in more exercise after lol