Pet Peeve...

rfarinha
rfarinha Posts: 388 Member
edited October 4 in Health and Weight Loss
Not to diminish everyone's hard work, and my intent is not to offend anyone, but...

If your highest/start/before weight is pre-delivery during a pregnancy, that it doesn't count! You are pregnant... not fat. You have another human being growing inside your body!

You may have been 200+ before you delivered, but the weight that is your highest/start/before weight is whatever you weighed AFTER you delivered you precious bundle of joy!

Thanks for allowing me to vent... I feel a little better. :smile:
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  • alyssa92982
    alyssa92982 Posts: 1,093 Member
    Agreed!!
  • KMSForLife
    KMSForLife Posts: 577 Member
    Absolutely!
  • savismommy
    savismommy Posts: 56
    Definitely agree!!
  • rockstarginaa
    rockstarginaa Posts: 1,529 Member
    I concur.
  • asyouseefit
    asyouseefit Posts: 1,265 Member
    yes!
  • jrich1
    jrich1 Posts: 2,408 Member
    My wife and I were talking about this last night.. someones before pic was in the hospital about to deliver :laugh:
  • Qarol
    Qarol Posts: 6,171 Member
    What do you care?
  • kim_mc
    kim_mc Posts: 321 Member
    Yes!
  • bry_all01
    bry_all01 Posts: 3,100 Member
    oh. Well, hmm. I guess I need to change my highest weight on my profile, then.
  • SunshineKisses_2012
    SunshineKisses_2012 Posts: 471 Member
    I agree. If I were to put my highest weight in...305...at the height of my pregnancy.....that's not fair or accurate considering I had something infesting my body.

    I go based off the weight I was when I started and I have a benchmark of when I got pregnant. That benchmark has been blown out of the water and I am 20 lbs below where I was when I got pregnant with my son 6 years ago!
  • missikay1970
    missikay1970 Posts: 588 Member
    well, i am not counting my pregnancy weight as my start weight, however, after i lose all the weight i want, i WILL be figuring how much i lost total from the time i gave birth. reason being: i started pre-pregnancy at 125 and went up to 188. post-partum, i was 159. that is what i am now considering my "starting weight" for losing. but after i get back down to 125, trust me, i AM going to say that i lost 63 pounds! it is WAAAYYYYYYY harder to lose at age 40 and post partum than it was when i was 23 post-partum and i am going to take credit for every single pound! esp since my daughter only weighed 7 pounds of it! LOL :smile: i am working so hard, i want credit!
  • BSero1982
    BSero1982 Posts: 45
    I still have a baby in me.. Oy.. hehehhe :) Ok but I agree with the original post! lol.
  • xonashwaox
    xonashwaox Posts: 108
    I am in agreeance! =)
  • Soccer_chick916
    Soccer_chick916 Posts: 159 Member
    *Like*
  • Drunkadelic
    Drunkadelic Posts: 948 Member
    hmm... didn't realize this was a competition.
  • chocolateandvodka
    chocolateandvodka Posts: 1,850 Member
    I agree. If I were to put my highest weight in...305...at the height of my pregnancy.....that's not fair or accurate considering I had something infesting my body.

    lol @ "infesting"
  • MrsCon40
    MrsCon40 Posts: 2,351 Member
    Why does this bother you so much?
  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
    If it makes someone feel better about themselves and thus more motivated, I don't have a problem with it.
  • bry_all01
    bry_all01 Posts: 3,100 Member
    hmm... didn't realize this was a competition.

    Life is a competition, Ang, lol. :wink:
  • sassylilmama
    sassylilmama Posts: 1,493 Member
    I see your point but really if its not your profile why does it matter to you?
  • Gigi_licious
    Gigi_licious Posts: 1,185 Member
    Congratulations! This is the only post that I have read today that I have no smart *kitten* comment for and am in complete agreement with. I have no gift for you, so you'll have to settle for this
    >:flowerforyou:
  • McFatterton
    McFatterton Posts: 1,358 Member
    While I personally do use my weight after my baby was born (because it took me 2 months to actually get back on the weight loss wagon), I don't understand why this is a pet peeve of yours. Why does it bother you? Weight loss is weight loss and everyone should be proud of themselves for losing any amount of weight. We all know how hard it is to do.
  • Qarol
    Qarol Posts: 6,171 Member
    hmm... didn't realize this was a competition.
    Life is a competition, Ang, lol.
    And everyone is jealous...
    :yawn:
  • ereyna426
    ereyna426 Posts: 3
    Agree! Vent on!
  • mallorybriann
    mallorybriann Posts: 1,380 Member
    Why do you all care that she cares?
  • Beezil
    Beezil Posts: 1,677 Member
    Eh I gained way more weight AFTER I had my son than I did while I was pregnant... so... yeah. lol.
  • rfarinha
    rfarinha Posts: 388 Member
    A pet peeve by definition is something that someone finds annoying that my not particularly bother others.... So to those asking "why", it just bothers me. It's not a "competition"... it just bothers me.

    missikay1970 - you are right... however much "you" weighed after you delivered, would be your starting point - and congratulations on working on getting back down... don't do like me and wait till your "baby" is about to graduate High School...

    What are some other Pet Peeves out there?
  • mynameiscarrie
    mynameiscarrie Posts: 963 Member
    Why do you all care that she cares?

    this...
    she was venting... i swear next time one of you who ask "why does it matter to you" vents, i'm gonna tell you the same thing. who care's why she cares, she just does and a lot of people agree. everyone has pet peeves so go somewhere with your "holier than thou" attitude.
  • prdough
    prdough Posts: 76 Member
    It matters to some I know because the amount you have lost shows that what you are doing is working! And if you are giving advice, and people think that you lost 15 more lbs than you actually have, it can be misleading.

    Who are you more likely to take advice from, someone who has lost 25 lbs by doing what they are preaching or someone who lost 15 lbs in one day of child birth, but inflates their stats. lol

    It just trivializes what those who have lost all the weight through this system. (not saying giving childbirth isn't work lol, i would never want to have something that large come out of me)

    :)
  • k2quiere
    k2quiere Posts: 4,151 Member
    So to throw my worthless two cents into this useless convo, what about me? I actually lost 30lbs during pregnancy and after delivery of my TWINS...can I not count my pre-pregnancy weight in that loss if I continued losing? I mean, I did weigh 30lbs more without the "infestation" (as someone else said). According to your theory, though, I can't count those 30lbs in my weight loss because I lost them while I was carrying two children. Nope, I think I deserve them because I certainly ate more healthily during that time than I had pre-pregnancy.
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