Biggest Pet Peeve

A_Fit_Mom

That people think it is a quick fix. After watching biggest loser and seeing them losing weight fast. People think they can lose 5 pounds a week.


Also, thinking it is a diet and not a lifestyle change. If you don't change your way of thinking, you are going to gain some back, after you are done with the diet.

acrego

oh yeah I get that ALL the time. Because I am very obese people (family especially) expect me to drop 10 lbs a week. Hell biggest loser contestants do it. So "only 1 lb!" or "2 lbs" something must have gone wrong. I must not be eating healthy or exercising.

Has your family ever actually watched The Biggest Loser? Do they not realize that those contestants work out each and every day for HOURS??? Forgive me for being presumptuous, but if you're like an average person here, you probably have a job or something that prevents you from keeping that level of workout schedule.

Congratulations on your 1 or 2 pounds a week! Keep it up!

Chester_1

I say "muscle weighes more than fat" alllll the time. I don't like that people pick at that. Obviously when you say that, and you're talking about on a specific person's body, the "per a unit of volume" is kind of implied. No one would ever actually think that a pound of muscle is more than a pound of fat. If you had a backpack filled with feathers and another filled with rocks, you wouldn't say that the one with rocks is "more dense" than the one with feathers (you'd just sound snooty - and that's coming from a science nerd), you'd just say it' weighs less, the "per a unit of volume" is implied!!

Thank you. Thank you thank you thank you.

My second biggest pet peeve are people who say a pound of muscle weighs the same as a pound of fat. Well yes, yes it does. A cubic inch of fat, however, does not weigh the same as a cubic inch of fat and you knew darn well what I meant!

My biggest pet peeve is when I proudly announce to my family (because I like to share my minor victories) "I've lost X pounds!" and my irritating, overweight aunt says "Well it's just because you're not eating." It is possible that I've started eating better and moving around more! :explode:

A minor irritant is my boyfriend's response to my minor victories. I'll tell him my progress, and he'll say "That's great! Let's go get <insert diet-unfriendly restaurant> to celebrate!" I know he means well, but come on :ohwell:

Chester_1

Oh, I thought of another one As you can tell, I'm easily irritated lol

. I don't think I've come across it on here, but I have a couple friends who tell me you HAVE to eat within a certain number of hours of waking up and CANNOT eat after a certain hour. Not, "don't skip meals" or "don't start snacking on junk after dinner" and not even "eat breakfast" and "don't eat right before bed" but that my first meal absolutely must be within a couple hours of getting out of bed and the last thing I eat absolutely must be before a certain time in the evening.

Eating all of my calories during the day AND snacking on chips and candy before bed? Probably not going to help. But saving some calories so I can eat in the evening isn't going to make me gain weight.

bluecal822

My size 4 roommates who start fishing for compliments in front of me. Sometimes I just want to agree with their "I'm so fat" discussions so that they realize how offensive and ridiculous their discussions are. My brother did that to me once when I was fishing for complements in front of him and I haven't done it since.

MisterTEZ

mine is when you have 30 pounds to lose, you lose say 7 pounds and someone says:
"you don't need to lose weight you look thin enough to me"

noogie98

1) A pound of muscle weighs the same as a pound of fat. A pound is a pound. However, muscle is leaner than fat. So if you really did, miraculously and against all logic, exchange 3 lbs of fat for 3 lbs of muscle you would look leaner. But it would not reflect on the scale.

I ♥ this reply to that comment!! I am going to use this one from now on!! That is one of my pet peeves, too, by the way!!

TheresaIrene

Keep up the good work

Brittany3914

It's not a health or fitness-related pet peeve by any means. But... my biggest pet peeve? People who don't understand (or perhaps are too lazy) to use the correct version of your or you're. 2 words taught in elementary school still confusing adults? Baffling. I'm also bothered by words like hubby, prego, wifey, and other unnecessary abbreviations

MisterTEZ

Another one:

"I can tell by your face you have lost weight!"

Somehow they can't tell I have just lost 3 inches off my belly!

naomi8888

Another one:

"Is it OK to eat 800 calories a day? I am really struggling to eat more than that."

Riiiiight...

They are just begging you to throw them down and force feed them!

^^^ This. If they can't eat more than 800 calories a day then they must have had a hard time stockpiling the extra 100 lbs of fat they are carrying around.

naomi8888

It's not a health or fitness-related pet peeve by any means. But... my biggest pet peeve? People who don't understand (or perhaps are too lazy) to use the correct version of your or you're. 2 words taught in elementary school still confusing adults? Baffling. I'm also bothered by words like hubby, prego, wifey, and other unnecessary abbreviations

This too. I think it's almost acceptable now which kind of makes me cringe.

Bmontgomery613

My two biggest pet peeves right now are:

1. Them: "what are you goals?" Me: "To weigh around 175lbs" Them: "No, I mean what are your short term goals. You have to have a short term goal." I just don't get it. My short term goal is to lose weight and change my eating habits enough so that I can weigh less than I currently weigh now. What's so wrong with that? Do I really need this whole plan mapped out right this minute? It drives me crazy!

And 2. When they say "Oh, I would have never guessed that you weigh xxx pounds. You really carry your weight well." What, you couldn't tell that I was fat? Seriously? Don't be fake nice to me, I can take the truth. I might not like it, but I can take it. I see the before picture and I know how bad I looked. Hence the reason I'm working my bum off (literally, lol) to change it.

ryanherbert

"You're looking skinny, you need to eat more"

Then they watch me eat. and eat. and eat.

"You're always eating. How can you eat so much? I wish I had your body type"

It's not my body type. It's because I'm not a couch potato and I actually get out and do some exercise.

lsapphire

I think when friends and family make comments like "that would be to skinny" they think deep down that it will make it easier for us. We won't have as much stress since we won't have as much to lose?

lkcuts

Ya the muslce thing is their only reply cause they really don't know. With you on that one. Mine is hearing and reading all the controversies on what foods are better for you.LIke some say eat whole wheat bread and pasta, other say they contain too much sugar that is the real culprit of your weight gain to go to rice products no potatoes except sweet.Then I see anot:her thing saying no bananas too high in fat yet nutrishionist say you can have a half of one and the good qualities of it. one says eat less fat one says no its the sugars not the fat. NO WONDER I WAS CONFUSED. What the heck could I eat?MFP has helped me realize just a healthy balance, excerise and stay within my calorie limit no matter WHAT I eat. LOVE THIS SITE!!