Stupid things people say when they hear you're dieting
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"OMG! What diet are you on?" ME: "Oh just eating healthy and exercising"
i always get crickets or head tilts or eyes rolled like no on earth has ever lost weight just by being a healthy person. They think you have to have a gimmick to lose.
Same here. It's like they can't fathom that a fat girl would WANT to work out and eat healthy. :huh:0 -
Why aren't you losing weight faster? You should talk to your doctor about that.
This was said to me by my "friend" who's currently losing weight with the help of phentermine. She openly admits that she has no desire to change the way she eats and is proud of the fact that with the help of phentermine, she can go all day without eating anything and then binges on whole bags of pizza rolls at 10 pm or better yet, wakes up with empty chip bags in her bed. But she's still lost 11 lbs in a month compared to my 6 so obviously her diet is better and I should take pills with her. :huh:
Considering our society seems to reward the utmost display of laziness a person can muster I am not surprised your 'friend' is foolishly proud of her complete lack of self control.0 -
I was told recently, "we never understood why and how you let yourself get so big to start with. Don't you have a college education?". Ugh...this was said by a smoker/alcoholic.0
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I think the funniest thing I've ever heard on this is from a Kevin James standup special where he mentioned that when you tell people you're on a diet, you tend to get people who clearly need it more than you do offering you advice. It's like, umm, if you were in any position to be giving me advice on the matter, you wouldn't be in even worse shape than I am like you are.
Also, at my old church in Pembroke Pines, FL, we had a priest who was obese at 300+ lbs, a drinker, and a smoker. Something about hearing him talk about how your body is a temple unto God made the whole church seem hypocritical.0 -
My MIL to my husband, after not seeing us for over three months: "What, have you stopped feeding her?!"
Haha! No, I've just finally gotten into the healthy BMI range by eating right and exercising! 0 -
"You're getting too skinny"
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Some days I just don't have enough middle fingers0 -
My wonderful husband who cooks dinner every night promised me he'd make healthier dinners and that we'd do this together. The next day I come home to fried pork chops. He says, "but I fried them in olive oil and olive oil is healthy"
Me: *facepalm*
I love him so much for the effort he puts into making dinner every night and felt horrible saying something, but if thigns kept going that way, all of my daily effort would be screwed by dinner. Now he bakes everything. He's wonderful.
My mom: If I couldn't do it, you definitely cant do it.
Me: Watch me.0 -
"You're getting too skinny"
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Some days I just don't have enough middle fingers
We'll help!0 -
"I know you are on a diet so I brought you carrot cake"
Actually, NO, that doesn't count as one portion of vegetables!0 -
"You're getting too skinny"
You tend to start hearing this one when you're still a good 20-30 lbs off of your goal weight, based on my experience.0 -
Not totally what you were asking but a friend of mine that has always had issues with her weight has lost a lot on WW so it seems she's suddenly become a member of the "all you have to do is eat less exercise more"" brigade. I went out to dinner with her and our other friend who has never had problems with her weight (as far as I know) to Pizza Express. I was careful to order form the Leggara range but didn't mention anything about diets etc although apparently its explicite that I must be on one anyway because I am getting married!
I had told them about the wedding plans and that I got on really well with my Mother in law but she had shocked me when I last saw her when I had a few pieces of fruit before dinner and she said" i thought you were trying to lose weight for your wedding" (i'd not told her any such plans).
Then the friend of mine who's lost a lot of weight on WW suddenly started a convo about how her Mum has put on tons of weight then they continued to have a very cringy conversation about how disgusting she is for putting on so much weight but I also realised that they suddenly remembered that they are sitting opposite someone who is much larger. But they couldn't stop themselves going on and on about who needs to lose weight and why and how terrible they are blah blah.
They tried to change to subject but ended up talking about how much you need your mother when you're pregnant and when you have a baby (I'm trying for a baby soon after marriage and my Mum passed away 6 years ago), great subject changer.
Dessert menu came around. I tried to order the leggara dessert which they didn't have so ordered a coffee instead. To which they both turned on me (they had ordered desserts) "why you not ordering a dessert?" (really confrontational with disgust in their voices) "you on a diet or something? Don't tell me you took to heart what your Mother in Law said did you!"
Did they really expect me to order a dessert after all that?0 -
I have ten lbs to go but that wasn't always the case and over the weekend someone scoffed at me when I said I was on a diet program (see my diary) and that I had lost a lot but still had ten more to hit goal. All I got was an:
" Oh please! Shut up!"
Thanks B!tch, enjoy your pizza, was all I thought to myself.
SMH.0 -
"So what are you doing to lose weight?"
The same two things EVERYONE has done since EVER: changed eating habits and exercise regularly. HELLO!:noway:0 -
"So I guess when you're skinny you'll dress like a slut too, huh?"
:noway: No. way. A complete stranger actually said that to you? In the South? I do believe that's adequate cause for pistols at dawn. Or just taking the tea she obviously doesn't like and dumping it on her head.0 -
"Oh go ahead, it's just one brownie." An hour or two later, they say the same thing.
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"What do you need to lose weight for"?
GET THE EFF OUT OF HERE....I am obviously fat....sheesh!!!
Ummmm cause my clothes don't fit, my tummy jiggles, the room goes silent when I enter... shall I continue?
and because when I get on a bus or train people get very uncomfortable that I may choose the seat next to them.......0 -
"I love your big *kitten*!"
Oh I'm so glad you do...I'd love to give it to you if you'd like, because I'm working on getting rid of it.
Or...my all-time favorite is from my grandma. "You know, if you lost some weight, you'd have a good job and a husband."
:sad:
(I actually have a good job, I just don't enjoy it...and I'd rather have a guy who loves me *regardless* of what I look like as opposed to only wanting a skinny girl.)0 -
"You're seriously going to drink water with dinner AGAIN?"
Yes... I like it and I don't want a billion sugary, fizzy crap drinks in my system right now so that I'm wasting my appetite on crap and not food. :grumble:0 -
"Are you going to eat rabbit food for the rest of your life?"
Being told by one of my coworkers that she's beginning to hate carrots now because she sees/hears me eating them everyday.
"What's your secret?" There is no secret! I just don't expect to lose 30lbs over night and when it doesn't happen I don't get disappointed. Working with a department full of women has driven me to the point of insanity. Haha. I think they've tried just about every new diet out there and when they don't see big results real fast they give up and move onto the next one.0 -
"Where do you want to eat since you're the picky one?"
I'm not picky, I just choose not to eat food that makes me look and feel like ****!0 -
"But men like women with curves!"
Going to shoot that one down right now....
Real men, like a woman, who is happy.
Curves means nothing if there isn't a smile on her face....0 -
This was said to me by my "friend" who's currently losing weight with the help of phentermine. She openly admits that she has no desire to change the way she eats and is proud of the fact that with the help of phentermine, she can go all day without eating anything and then binges on whole bags of pizza rolls at 10 pm or better yet, wakes up with empty chip bags in her bed. But she's still lost 11 lbs in a month compared to my 6 so obviously her diet is better and I should take pills with her. :huh:
*urp!* This makes me barf. I am really sorry your friend disparages you for your obviously better and more healthy way of losing weight. Cheap and fast isn't good. ("Cheap" meaning without exercise investment, not necessarily that phentermine is cheap in dollars.)
"Yeah, I have no idea how I got fat - I eat nothing but greasy food and chemically laden processed 'foods,' but only 4000 calories per day. Just give me some meds to make the fat go away. I have a glandular problem." (Obviously this is not to disparage anyone who truly has a glandular problem. There are just people (and I used to be one of them!) with super-unhealthy habits who have "no idea" how they got fat.)0 -
This one actually cracks me up:
"Oh you're lifting weights? Not me, I don't want to bulk up!"
LOL! Yeah I am really about to bust out of my clothes over here because I look like the Hulk!
I love lifting weights because it allows me to eat more (yay) and maintain my goal weight, thank you very much!!0 -
"You're going to die some day, either way, you might as well enjoy life [and eating all that crap]"
(yeah, but I'd like to be healthy and able to move around and enjoy my grandkids)0 -
"you don't need to watch what you eat, look at you!"
****** I look this way BECAUSE I watch what I eat
Exactly!0 -
Or...my all-time favorite is from my grandma. "You know, if you lost some weight, you'd have a good job and a husband."
:sad:
(I actually have a good job, I just don't enjoy it...and I'd rather have a guy who loves me *regardless* of what I look like as opposed to only wanting a skinny girl.)
Oh, my dad said something similar to me the other day. I'm currently in a transition period, and my job is ending. I've been on a few interviews and haven't been hired yet. My dad said, "Once you lose weight, they'll be knocking things over to hire you because you'll be so pretty."
Okay.. maybe he meant it as a compliment... maybe it's true... but I still didn't want to hear him say that.
And I agree... I want a man that likes me for me... not just what I look like0 -
You don't need to lose anymore weight (followed by a panicked look)!0
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I'm not that easily offended, but this one made me laugh: "You're measuring your food? That isn't healthy, Sweetie. That's an obsession."0
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This is an annoying one:
"You looked better BEFORE you lost all this weight, you boobs and *kitten* are a lot smaller now".
Yup, that's true, they are.. but so is my stomach, arms, and thighs, but lets not pay attention to those parts..0 -
Why are you on a diet? You dont need to lose weight....."You cute for a BIG girl"0
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