Do you know what grinds my gears?
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Sorry, but to be honest, you do look too skinny in your pic and IMHO you looked better in the before pic. I have a coworker who is the same way - she insists she feels great and is a perfect weight, but she eats practically nothing and exercises like a maniac. People are starting to worry about her. Of course, it's possible that we hjave just been conditioned to a new normal and it's actually healthy to be that skinny.0
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Co-workers who wave candy and donuts and cake infront of my face because they think me failing is funny. Haven't given in in over a month tho!
)...still grinds my gears!
Same here! They'll put my favorite crappy snacks in front of me and tell me how good they are ("they're homemade! u know u want one!"). Please just respect my decision to eat healthier and leave me be. Grrrrr0 -
People who are "naturally" skinny and ask me "what my problem is" and why I have a hard time keeping my weight down. "What is wrong? Do you just binge? Is that why you have to lose weight again?"0
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Just to play devils advocate, some people can be concerned.. and some women can look umm .. like Skeletor and feel that the lower number of the dress size means healthyier .. or even prettyier.. when most of the time .. it doesn't .. Like .. looks at Cameron Diaz, she is so skinny that you can see her spinal cord, hip bones, and entire rib cage .. bleh ... but if you look at her in "The Mask" She looks great! Just saying ..
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Grinds my gears??? When people who are in your life are suppose to support your efforts not bring home McDonalds and fried desserts, etc and ask if you want some. Or mock the healthy dishes you are making and telling you how gross diet food is!0
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People who tell me I don't need to lose weight drive me crazy. I KNOW I need to lose weight or else go out and buy new clothes in a size 10 or more. Why would they tell me I don't need to lose? How is it that they know? Ugh!0 -
Them "You look great, how much weight have you lost?"
Me "55 to 60 pounds"
Them " Wow, how did you do it?"
Me "A lot of hard work! I am at the gym and workout a lot and I focus and pay attention to what I eat"
Them "Really, that's all? Not Weight Watchers or something? Well you look great so keep up whatever you're doing."
Are you kidding me???????????????????? I just told you what I'm doing :huh:0 -
The lack of support I get from any of my friends until one of them goes on a health kick for a few weeks. For those few weeks I hear everything they eat and every move they make and we are "supporting each other", until they get bored. It's only ever about me supporting them as "I'm the expert" when they want to hear it, it never seems to occur to them how hard it is each and every day for me to make the right choices.0
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i noticed this one yesterday...the guy who is running on the treadmill...at a reasonable pace...and keeps clearing his throat! it's not just a little eh hem! it's a full out gargle, snarfle, cough spasm type thing. ohhh it's too hard to type but it was the worst sounding thing i had ever heard. and it was over and over and over! pretty soon he wiping his mouth with his shirt...catching his phlem? i don't know...but i was SO grossed out. so then later, same guy! i'm on a bike and i look up at the guy who is still running, gargling his mucus and i noticed he is wearing a white t-shirt...and is defnitely the winner of the wet t-shirt contest. he was dripped to the bone in sweat (which is fine...i sweat a great deal as well...but i don't wear white while doing so!) you could see everything clear as day. nipples, chest hair, you name it, there was nothing left to the imagination!0
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Sorry, but to be honest, you do look too skinny in your pic and IMHO you looked better in the before pic. I have a coworker who is the same way - she insists she feels great and is a perfect weight, but she eats practically nothing and exercises like a maniac. People are starting to worry about her. Of course, it's possible that we hjave just been conditioned to a new normal and it's actually healthy to be that skinny.
Except I exercise 4 days a week (mostly weight lifting) and love my food :bigsmile:0 -
That's another thing that grinds my gears.. when people assume because you are slim (and have lost weight) you hardly eat.
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The lack of support I get from any of my friends until one of them goes on a health kick for a few weeks. For those few weeks I hear everything they eat and every move they make and we are "supporting each other", until they get bored. It's only ever about me supporting them as "I'm the expert" when they want to hear it, it never seems to occur to them how hard it is each and every day for me to make the right choices.
UGH!! So totally my coworkers!! Until they're "dieting" they're constantly "Is that on your diet? Do you want to go to [insert fat-food place here]? Should you be eating that?"
FYI-It is a LIFESTYLE change for me, not a diet, and I am accounting for every morsel I put in my mouth. And losing weight. BACK OFF.
Sorry...Kinda used your soap box....*returns soap box*0 -
Sorry, but to be honest, you do look too skinny in your pic and IMHO you looked better in the before pic. I have a coworker who is the same way - she insists she feels great and is a perfect weight, but she eats practically nothing and exercises like a maniac. People are starting to worry about her. Of course, it's possible that we hjave just been conditioned to a new normal and it's actually healthy to be that skinny.
Except I exercise 4 days a week (mostly weight lifting) and love my food :bigsmile:
I think you look fantastic!!!0 -
The lack of support I get from any of my friends until one of them goes on a health kick for a few weeks. For those few weeks I hear everything they eat and every move they make and we are "supporting each other", until they get bored. It's only ever about me supporting them as "I'm the expert" when they want to hear it, it never seems to occur to them how hard it is each and every day for me to make the right choices.
UGH!! So totally my coworkers!! Until they're "dieting" they're constantly "Is that on your diet? Do you want to go to [insert fat-food place here]? Should you be eating that?"
FYI-It is a LIFESTYLE change for me, not a diet, and I am accounting for every morsel I put in my mouth. And losing weight. BACK OFF.
Sorry...Kinda used your soap box....*returns soap box*
I hate that too, not so much coworkers, but friends.0 -
Ever since losing weight, when people tell me
"You got to skinny, eat more!" "Girl, you need some meat on your bones!"
Or make jokes about me being anorexic or too small.
I'm not even that small, I'm 5'4 and around 121lbs. On a good day, I can fit into a size 3 if I'm lucky. There's plenty of girls smaller then me, and it's not like i'm just "skinny", I am actually pretty toned.
It's like, dude if you knew how hard I worked to get to this size, you would understand how offensive those comments are to me.
What grinds your gears?
I understand.
Greenville, SC huh? My favorite city in the area!
any particular reason? where are u from?0 -
Sorry, but to be honest, you do look too skinny in your pic and IMHO you looked better in the before pic. I have a coworker who is the same way - she insists she feels great and is a perfect weight, but she eats practically nothing and exercises like a maniac. People are starting to worry about her. Of course, it's possible that we have just been conditioned to a new normal and it's actually healthy to be that skinny.
Strongly disagree. In the before, the OP looks like your average person - decent weight, no muscle tone. In the after, she is trim and athletic. A big difference from skinny as you so crudely put it.0 -
Reading through this thread i kept reading. "how hard it is/was". I've lost 22 lbs since Christmas and it hasn't been hard at all. Another 13 to go.
Mtfitnesspal educated me regarding portions and choices. 1200 cals a day is quite easy. Once down, 1750 cals a day in winter and 2250 a day in summer will be a breeze. My problem was i had no idea of how many cals are in 2nds and 3rds. Or 2-3 cup cakes at a sitting. I've been taught what I need to eat for life.
Its all in the numbers of this great little app!0 -
OMG do you know my husband too? Well he doesn't bring home mcdonalds because he "hates" that place...but he wants brownies, cookies (and i have to make them because i make them better) and the other day he brought home Red Velvet Cake and says its for the both of us. When I tell him I don't want any he just stares at me...he's like your never going to touch cake again? I just repeated that I didn't want it...so he eats some while I went to work out and when I get home he enjoys telling me how sweat it is and *kitten* like that. It really grinds my gears...and to top it off, he does this and still loses weight!Grinds my gears??? When people who are in your life are suppose to support your efforts not bring home McDonalds and fried desserts, etc and ask if you want some. Or mock the healthy dishes you are making and telling you how gross diet food is!0 -
Reading through this thread i kept reading. "how hard it is/was". I've lost 22 lbs since Christmas and it hasn't been hard at all. Another 13 to go.
Mtfitnesspal educated me regarding portions and choices. 1200 cals a day is quite easy. Once down, 1750 cals a day in winter and 2250 a day in summer will be a breeze. My problem was i had no idea of how many cals are in 2nds and 3rds. Or 2-3 cup cakes at a sitting. I've been taught what I need to eat for life.
Its all in the numbers of this great little app!
In general, thats true, but I think honestly the hardest part is just trying to break bad habits and getting used a healthier lifestyle.0 -
When no one wants to join me on the weight loss journey but they will "secretley" be in competition on who can lose how much faster. This isnt a contest but a lifestyle change for me and if that is what it takes for them to lose weight, glad I could "inspire" them. It grindes my geers for people who ask me "what are you doing" and then proceed to tell me I should try something like....0
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what grinds my gears: People at the gym that set the treadmill to ludicrous speed and then hold on to the top or sides for dear life while the treadmill forces their legs to move and they look over at me like I'm not running fast enough
do they really think they're getting a workout when the machine is forcing their legs to move? How silly, they'd be better off walking under their own power then being pulled forward by the treadmill
:laugh: Mental picture is awseome right now!0 -
@ninakirr88 your photos look great you look healthy that's what's important. What grinds my gears frankly is when I hear size 4-6 women complain about how big their butts are or how they need to lose weight to women who are size 12-16! Really,..tell that to another woman size 4-6 or smaller at a size 2. A bigger woman sized 12+ doesn't want to hear how fat you think you are at size 4-6.0
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use the clutch dummies0
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The lack of support I get from any of my friends until one of them goes on a health kick for a few weeks. For those few weeks I hear everything they eat and every move they make and we are "supporting each other", until they get bored. It's only ever about me supporting them as "I'm the expert" when they want to hear it, it never seems to occur to them how hard it is each and every day for me to make the right choices.
UGH!! So totally my coworkers!! Until they're "dieting" they're constantly "Is that on your diet? Do you want to go to [insert fat-food place here]? Should you be eating that?"
FYI-It is a LIFESTYLE change for me, not a diet, and I am accounting for every morsel I put in my mouth. And losing weight. BACK OFF.
Sorry...Kinda used your soap box....*returns soap box*
Yes, my coworkers are just like this, or they are on a "diet" and follow strict rules that they cant eat anything and try to convince me to join because they lose their weight faster than me. Been there done that and the slower I loose weight the longer it stays off. When I lost it fast at the beginning, it came back twice as much when I was "able to finally eat normally."0 -
I UNDERSTAND!!! I am 5'7 130lbs and some ppl are asking me if i eat...or why are you still dieting?! That gets my goat for sure..i am not on a diet...i eat plenty, but whats wrong with eating salad and veggies and fruits? I learned to completely change my eating for life, i am healthy and want to stay that way..its not a diet! It took my 2 yrs to get 83lbs off!! So i know exactly how you feel when ppl say that kind of stuff!0
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The lack of support I get from any of my friends until one of them goes on a health kick for a few weeks. For those few weeks I hear everything they eat and every move they make and we are "supporting each other", until they get bored. It's only ever about me supporting them as "I'm the expert" when they want to hear it, it never seems to occur to them how hard it is each and every day for me to make the right choices.
UGH!! So totally my coworkers!! Until they're "dieting" they're constantly "Is that on your diet? Do you want to go to [insert fat-food place here]? Should you be eating that?"
FYI-It is a LIFESTYLE change for me, not a diet, and I am accounting for every morsel I put in my mouth. And losing weight. BACK OFF.
Sorry...Kinda used your soap box....*returns soap box*
Yes, my coworkers are just like this, or they are on a "diet" and follow strict rules that they cant eat anything and try to convince me to join because they lose their weight faster than me. Been there done that and the slower I loose weight the longer it stays off. When I lost it fast at the beginning, it came back twice as much when I was "able to finally eat normally."
Exactly. And they look at you like you have a third eye sprouting on your forehead when you explain portions and veggies.
That's another thing that gets my goat: People that scream at the top of their lungs that they *hate* veggies or fruits or anything that is remotely good for them. And then cannot comprehend *why* they can't lose weight as they shove another over fried piece of chicken into their face.
THINK people. The good Lord gave you a brain for a reason.0 -
Sorry, but to be honest, you do look too skinny in your pic and IMHO you looked better in the before pic. I have a coworker who is the same way - she insists she feels great and is a perfect weight, but she eats practically nothing and exercises like a maniac. People are starting to worry about her. Of course, it's possible that we hjave just been conditioned to a new normal and it's actually healthy to be that skinny.
No she doesn't. She has better facial definition in the after picture.0 -
Reading through this thread i kept reading. "how hard it is/was". I've lost 22 lbs since Christmas and it hasn't been hard at all. Another 13 to go.
Mtfitnesspal educated me regarding portions and choices. 1200 cals a day is quite easy. Once down, 1750 cals a day in winter and 2250 a day in summer will be a breeze. My problem was i had no idea of how many cals are in 2nds and 3rds. Or 2-3 cup cakes at a sitting. I've been taught what I need to eat for life.
Its all in the numbers of this great little app!
I know what you mean! Now that I am actually paying attention to what I am eating, it is no wonder I got where I am now! Who would have thought pizza is really THAT bad for you? My sister said it perfectly the other day when she had an "off" day and didn't hit her goals at all, her response "And to think I was eating this way all the time and didn't think anything of it!"
I know one thing I will have to be care of is, when I hit my goal, thinking that just because I work out I "deserve that ____ (fill in the blank) from ____ (fill in the blank with favorite Fast Food restaurant). I certainly do not NEED it and can't fall back into that trap...0 -
The overweight co-worker telling me I need to watch my carbs or my weight loss will stop. WHILE she is shoveling a 12" Subway sandwich down her gullet. Lady, I am 8 pounds from my goal weight and you are 8 pounds away from a wide load sign. STFU.
Oh...that was mean. But it felt good to type it. LOL.0 -
@ninakirr88 your photos look great you look healthy that's what's important. What grinds my gears frankly is when I hear size 4-6 women complain about how big their butts are or how they need to lose weight to women who are size 12-16! Really,..tell that to another woman size 4-6 or smaller at a size 2. A bigger woman sized 12+ doesn't want to hear how fat you think you are at size 4-6.
AMEN! Preach it sista'!
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