Stupid things people say when they hear you're dieting

saintspoon

Or the ever present "have you tried the kiwi and cumquat diet? It says you can lose that 20 pounds in .000034 nanoseconds and it's only $129.95 a week!"

LOL THIS THIS THIS!!!!

When you start losing the pounds you're obviously doing something right! When i was 260 nobody suggested specific diets to me... now that I've lost almost 50 1st I get asked "what have you been doing?" I then answer with healthy diet, exercise blah blah blah & the reponse is almost always. "Oh wow... I've heard you can lose really fast if you cut out gluten or carbs or wheat or meat or dairy or red-colored food or all solid food.... ever tried that?"


geesh man.. thanks for the suggestion but why would I go on an "eliminate this" diet when i can eat anything I want & it works?!

megalin9

"But you're so proportionate."

"You carry your weight well."

ShaSimone

My mom goes "I can't make changes to this recipe for you. I'm an old woman (53) so I NEED meat on my bones."

Then she added 2 FREAKING CUPS of full fat parmesan cheese. I was adding her recipe to the MFP database because I wanted some of her Tortellini. I NEVER knew she put 1550 calories of cheese in it. Her recipe doubled in calories when she did that.

Now the joke around my house is:

I'm not sure this salad is gonna bind properly. I should add 2 cups of parmesan cheese.
OR
Something is missing in this breaded chicken breast. It's a little bland. I should add 2 cups of parmesan cheese.
Or
You know what would go really well with this low-fat chocolate pudding? 2 cups of parmesan cheese.

:laugh:

this made me LOL

Myslissa

"It's about time. I was wondering how big your *kitten* would get this time before you finally decided to stop stuffing your face"

"I'm happy you've been losing some weight but you're not done yet, right? I mean you're still pretty big"

That is pretty much verbal abuse. I am sorry that anyone would talk to you like that.

amoffatt

oh, well then you should try this diet out...

How long will you last on it...

How long will you keep the weight off...

**LIFESTYLE CHANGE**:bigsmile:

JimmyfromNYC

Can you eat Muffins?

Srmmelson

I was in a Nutrition 1020 class and the teacher said "Men don't count calories"...I understand that normally we don't...but there are a lot of guys that do!

also "Is that all you're going to eat?"
"Do you know how many carbs are in that?" -As they chomped down on a Chocolate chip muffin..

helloiloveukitty

"don't lose too much weight!!!" / "don't lose anymore weight!!!"

why? then I'd make you look even worse? or am I too stupid to choose a proper goal weight on my own?

and another most hated comment that I will say something about..."you only have time to work out and eat well because you don't have kids....I'm a mother of blah blah blah and going to the gym or jogging would be taking time away from my kids and I just can't do that!"

umm yeah, I chose not to have kids. So sure I probably do have more free time than you but you are choosing to be out of shape and making excuses about it and it has nada to do with me or your kids. I know moms who work or go to school and parent and put time into being fit and look amazing, because they want it and make an actual effort.

I just really dislike when people pour their excuses for being fat onto me like I have something to do with it?

Qatsi

bump

chersheppard

'I wasnt going to say but.... you looked very bloated'

NICE

My sister said that to me in the summer, I said, did you just call me fat?

Luckily we had a good laugh over it.

ahsongbird

"That's all you're eating?? You just paid 11 bucks for a salad! Go get more food that's a waste of money!" Said by all three of my very over weight sisters when we went to a buffet together.

spartangirl79

"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.

I am *so* tired of raw baby carrots... LOLZ :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

stacydt1

I have an inspiration board in my room which says at the bottom "1.5 pounds a week" to help me remind myself of my weekly goal. A friend was in my room and said, sounding shocked, "You want to lose 1.5 pounds a week?!" I responded calmly, "I am losing 1.5 pounds a week." She replied, "Oh...." and scoffed.

With supportive friends like these, it's no wonder I have to turn to a board for inspiration.

spartangirl79

"But you're so proportionate."

"You carry your weight well."

*facepalm* those two are the worst!

jonnyb62

I have a few:

1.) A lady at work, not long after I started losing - "Well, whatever you're doing it's working - that pillow you've been carrying around is almost gone." First, what pillow - you mean my gut?, and second, I had lost like 5 pounds - could there really have been that big a difference?

2.) "Wow you look great - what are you doing?"
I explain that I'm eating at a deficit, exercising, and eating back my exercise cals.
The response - "Wow, I could never do that!" - I have gotten this one from a LOT of people.

3.) And of course - "When are you going to stop dieting?" First, I'm not "dieting," and second - NEVER!

capricorn0120

not sure if its stupid, but it was frustrating to hear:

"you'd think the weight would be just dropping off with all this running you're doing"

I know what you mean. I exercise almost every day and watch what I eat and can't seem to lose. I get comments like that all the time. Really ticks me off especially when your friends should be supporting you.

Kennkaru

I started a new job a few years ago and the people that worked near me were always jokingly criticizing me for snacking all the time. I told them I was doing it intentionally, and it was going to make me LOSE weight. They thought that was even funnier. I spent the next 4 months snacking all day long, watching them look at each other and roll their eyes. Mid-morning if someone was running an errand for the office, they'd offer to get us all McDonalds breakfast (even though we'd all already had breakfast). I always politely refused, then immediately looked up the nutrition information online to remind myself I had made the right decision. My boss would actually sneer at me. "You need to learn to live in moderation," she'd say. She'd eat her McDonalds breakfast and spend the rest of the day whining about being too old to lose any weight (she was 55). Meanwhile, I lost 30 pounds. Then I quit that job.

SecondChance2012

OMG! I SO feel your post! Here are some of the little tid bits I've been treated to over the course of my dieting life:

"You'd be a lot prettier if you could lose some weight. I just baked a tunnel of fudge cake. Here's a slab."

"I think size 8 should be a plus size but you look great at any weight."

"I am sooo faaaat (said by a very thin person). You're luck because you have such a pretty face."

The following was said to me by a guy trying to grab a midnight kiss from me on New Year's Eve:

"You're lucky you have a pretty face because you're fat and if you didn't have a pretty face, nobody at this party would be talking to you."

Then, this man actually became insulted when I refused to "kiss" in the new year with him. AS IF!!! He's lucky I didn't make any comments about him but not only do I have a "pretty face" but I'm considerate of other peole's feelings, too.

I'm sure there are more but that's enough negativity for one day for me.

KEEP ON YOUR DIETS.........WE ARE WORTH IT!

ahsongbird

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 like

Personally I prefer for people to tell me the truth, my husband and family didn't say a negative word towards me when I was gaining all that weight so I didn't notice until I could barely walk. Now if I hear someone say I've gained a few lbs, yes I get a bit embarrassed but I thank them for letting me know and let them know I'm working on it

capricorn0120

"It's about time. I was wondering how big your *kitten* would get this time before you finally decided to stop stuffing your face"

"I'm happy you've been losing some weight but you're not done yet, right? I mean you're still pretty big"

That is pretty much verbal abuse. I am sorry that anyone would talk to you like that.

Who on earth has the balls to say something like that??? That's just plain insulting and I can tell you they wouldn't be a friend for long.

CShepherd91

I'm engaged to an italian man, and I'm forever hearing stuff from his family like "you look better with some meat on you.", or, "this recipe is from slimming world..." (maybe it was before you added 6tbsp of oil into it!), or when asked how much I weigh telling them nearly 13stone, and them saying "oh well its distributed well then, because you wouldn't know to look at you!"

But I think the absolute stupidest thing was, after losing 3lbs, my fiance's mother warning me to be "careful because you're wasting away."

Seriously.

kalyy

My aunts:
"why are you keeping those size 4 jeans? You don't think you can wear them again, right?" (hmmm....yeah?)
"You'll always have chubby arms no matter how much weight you lose" (jeez, I know that but thanks for the reminder)
"oh you've been losing weight too? A little right? A little.. *looks at me up and down*" (no comment lol)
"It's good to see you've lost all that weight, your *kitten* was getting pretty big, now it looks normal" (haha she used other word for *kitten* and big, that one actually made me lol and I know it's true haha)

Absidey

My favorite is actually about exercising, but that's part of this "diet" thing we do at MFP, right?

My mom, upon joining my gym following a annual well visit that freaked her out. (High BP and cholesterol, obese BMI)
"Oh, I don't need to swim anymore, my Rzr [dune buggy meets 4-wheeler] goes in the water just fine."

"Why would I want to go hiking with you? It's so much more fun to go ride! ...Think I could take my Rzr up there?"

I got fed up one day and actually told her the Rzr isn't doing *kitten* for her blood pressure and maybe she should dig deep and remember what she used to love about swimming. She cancelled her gym membership the next week. >.<

creech6317

Mine isn't so much about dieting, it is about exercise. I have a friend who has P90X and I asked to borrow it (he tried it and only made it a week) He told me no, I would hurt myself with it. :grumble:
I mean really? Does he think I am a complete idiot who wouldn't know to only work at my level. Just because he couldn't do doesn't mean that I will give up on it.

siobhano_

"Oh so if we get you a gluten free pizza is that okay?" Um no, gluten free =/= healthy.
"Doesn't doing weights make you all manly looking?" No, um, i'm a girl, I will not look like a bodybuilder for going to a pump class.
"Why do you eat so much tuna and eggs?" Because protein is important...
"Why are you trying to lose weight??" I'm not, i'm trying to get healthy and toned.

jpuderbaugh

I've dealt with comments about my weight for years from my family. They would tell me "you need to lose weight" and then not teach me how and continue to shove fried chicken down their throats (I was young and knew nothing about eating right or losing weight, and obviously had nobody to teach me because they themselves knew nothing). When seeing my gram the other day, the first thing out of her mouth was "have you lost weight?" she is obsessed with weight, and btw, I hadn't. I am restarting my journey, with some help from a program here in my town, so I had actually gained weight since she last saw me. I have decided not to talk about eating or exercise or weight at all anymore with my family. They don't know how to keep their mouths shut, and when they open them, it derails me. So I will continue to tell them "I'm not talking about it. It's my life, shut up and let me do what I need to do without your little remarks and non-helpful advice. You should follow your own advice some time."

mtaylor33557

My (very healthy weight) husband, last night when I showed him my happy dance for finally making it past 20 lbs...

"Great Sweetie!! And now you weigh less than me! Good Job!"

Why, yes, I do weigh less than you now (barely). But I am also 6 inches shorter than you. So that's not saying much!


Oh well, he thought he was being supportive since I've been self consious since having our son, that I weighed more than my husband.

bathsheba_c

"You're not going to become one of those obsessed calorie-counters, are you?"

atrjohnson

The worst thing about a beauty obsessed culture is that everyone feels they have the right to comment on everyone's face or body. It's ridiculous. I hear fat jokes at work all the time.

sweetpea7441

Haha - in a nice way CSheperd. I'm married to an Italian man and always get comments about my weight - wanting me to put on more. No ways do I want to be a "big mama". Sorry... ;-)