Stupid things people say when they hear you're dieting

serena569

I don't hear them but my sister does. She is about 100 pounds overweight. He job is part of HR for a large company. Anytime the discuss obesity/health programs/etc for employees, someone always starts off with, "No offense to you Michelle, but..."

LaMujerMasBonitaDelMundo

"You already said that many times"

caytee118

for me personally it's more of the looks I get from my friends and family.

my friends roll their eyes at me when they ask me if I wanna go out at 12 and I say "sure! I'll just have to wake up early and do my run and video." or when we go out to eat and they get the biggest cheeseburger and I grab a salad (not because I'm afraid of the burger making me fat but I have learned this year that my system doesn't digest meat well so I became a vegetarian) and both the server and my friends ALWAYS look at me and tell me that meat is an important part to a diet too! Well yes it is I'll admit that! However, a burger/or any meat from those restaurants will not be healthy because of the way they cook it! Also, if I get sick to my stomach every time I eat meat than it's not exactly the type of thing I want to order is it?!

Than my family looks at me funny when I pick up a roll or the occasional cookie like I'm a baby deer and they don't want to scare me away from the food so they stand really still!

Okay Okay the family one kind of makes me laugh sometimes but still! It use to make me feel like they were wondering why I was eating it because I was so fat now I've learned it's just because they want me to eat it and I think it makes them proud that I'm finally allowing myself the occasional treat.

duplicitous

back in the day when I was rail thin a friend of mine complained that she didn't ever want to hear another man tell her that she had a beautiful face. To her it indicated that the rest of her was unremarkable. One of the key significant days that awoke me to the reality that I was gaining too much weight was when a man told me that I had a beautiful face and that he was a "face man". I truly laughed out loud.

Dangerdat

I hear quite the opposite.

"Uh, you need to put on weight" or "You're so skinny I can play my favorite Black Eye Peas song on your ribs."

I diet simply because I have to control my fat intake - OMG I LOVE PEANUT BUTTER AND KLONDIKE HEATH BARS SO MUCH YEAH BOY!

heatherrose9

"We're ordering out for lunch BUT I BET YOU PACKED!!" -as if it's a bad thing?? I'm saving money AND eating healthier!

wantasmallbummum

A bit of chocolate isn't gonna make a difference is it????

sunshinedazed

back in the day when I was rail thin a friend of mine complained that she didn't ever want to hear another man tell her that she had a beautiful face. To her it indicated that the rest of her was unremarkable. One of the key significant days that awoke me to the reality that I was gaining too much weight was when a man told me that I had a beautiful face and that he was a "face man". I truly laughed out loud.

It really is a horrible compliment. You feel bad because you know they're trying to be nice, but on the inside, your fat girl just wants to punch them in their nose.

signgrrrl

I have a bin with some really cute summer clothes. Small summer clothes. I told my friend that I was sick of being over weight and unhealthy and showed her the cute clothes in my bin(my motivation) and she said really? Thats an awful big task! Are you sure you should shoot for such a high goal? REALLY! A little support would have been much better! OK maybe it fueled my FIRE..... So far since that conversation in January I have lost over 40 LBS. When I feel low or tired or un motivated I just look at my bin and remeber Why Im doing this.

cspong

I always get this wide-eyed look that looks like I'm joining a cult.

It usually means:

1) Like some fad diet?
2) Yeah, good LUCK with that....

And if I explain I'm just changing my eating habits, taking care of myself and exercising, it gets brushed off like "Oh, its just a phase." or "We'll see how long that lasts."

cspong

Honestly, reading all these motivated me even more than the Success Stories, lmao!

kit_katty

My parents haven't really noticed that I've lost weight. Over 20lbs. I've mentioned how I feel I look better and definitely feel better, but they still don't really notice that much. To be honest, they do see me often, so that's part of it.

So yesterday my Dad found a photo of us together not this past Christmas, but the year before, before I started doing anything, basically at my heaviest (162lbs). "Hey, you were heavier! I can see the difference!"

Thank you! Thank you for noticing... :laugh:

negative187

My boyfriend always says "but you're not fat!"
-facepalm- I KNOW I',m not fat, I am at a healthy weight. BUT I need to get my weight down to at least 9 stone, just so I have enough room for when my weight fluctuates. I want to attend the nine week foundation course at The British Racing School, for that, my weight cannot ever go above 9 stone 7lbs.

Another one is one I get from the people at work, even when they are talking to others about me.
"oh, she never eats."
Eh, I don't eat your butter and salt covered food at work, I can do without that.

TitanGM

Sometimes people with little or no knowledge on what word 'DIET' mean, think I am starving myself when I tell them I'm on a diet, when in fact is the opposite. I just shortly explain that diet is nothing else than an exercise routine combined with eating habits.

BeautyFromPain

So ... that means you like don't eat right?

Hahaha. Yeah. Right. I eat like 1500-2000 cals a day depending on exercise.

k2charmed4u

The one that annoyed me the most came from my parents:

(Before I started dieting)

"See I told you if you get fat you'd become diabetic!" (quite funny considering both of my parents are obese and my dad has advanced Type 2 diabetes).

Never had much weightloss support from them. When living at home they would always buy frozen crap and sweets. Moved out ate all fresh food and no sweets lost 56lbs! and as I was losing weight even when i was upto 30lbs lost they would come out with:

"Well I wouldn't get too excited you've still got a long way to shift that much fat" (cheers thanks just s**t on my success will you!)

Parents eh? :sad:

bathsheba_c

"Ugh, you're writing down everything you eat? There's no point in using a calorie counting website because, when you eat out, you don't know exactly what they are putting in the food."

Well, no, but at least I can get a sense of the nutritional value of what I'm eating, and see whether I am balancing my calorie sources correctly.

cass89

i hate it when you tell people you're trying to get heatlhy and hitting the gym ect but as soon as you skipped gym two nights in a row OR they see you eating a bit of chocolate (GOD FORBID) they're all like UGH! THAT'S NO GOOD FOR YOU'

then ok, i'm glad you hit the gym EVERY NIGHT after getting home late and NEVER eat sugar or chocolate!

*kitten* sorry but they get right up my goat.

tonilizzy88

mine are :-
"why are u eating so much in a day, ur suppose to be on a diet??" my answer. im eating a lot of fruit veg and protein unlike ur pasties pies and cakes

"ur fat lump on the back of ur kneck has finaly gone"" i get that one all the time.

"i think ur eating habbits are weird you write everything down, weigh everything and wont eat somethig u really want because it has to many calories.... ur weird."

nosila96

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

Omg that is all I hear

Aquaduckie

I get people telling me I look fine and don't need to lose weight. Um, yes, I do! I am 5'2" and weigh(ed) 200 pounds! I am very overweight and I DO need to diet.

vmessyness

my great grandma (who means well) always says, "eat more! you can eat as much watermelon as you want. watermelon doesn't have any calories." haha, if only.

similarly i've heard many folks insist that fruit and vegetables have no calories (i'm a vegetarian, so obviously this isn't true. i got fat off a plant-based diet, lol).

"wait, do you have to log that?" in reference to anything i put into my mouth. of course the answer is invariably "yes!"

"why are you taking pictures of your food?" i keep a photo-journal of my meals because i enjoy photography, and food blogs.

"so, how many calories is in THAT?" this is what folks tend to ask when they see me eating anything other than lettuce leafs.

"you shouldn't eat that! _____ is so fattening!" insert, avocado, nuts, seeds, nut butters, olives, etc. apparently people still don't understand that fat grams aren't what makes you fat...

TheVimFuego

Them: "Are you on a diet?"

Me: "No I'm just trying to eat healthily. And no, I would not like the bread and I can happily skip the rice, thanks."

Orient_Charm

When they see my food " Is that a hospital food " ?

torygirl79

"just don't put it in your calorie counter."

Because bad things in your body omly turn to fat if you count them, right?

woou

not stupid. i know they're just trying to be nice. "you're already tiny" or "oh, you don't need to lose any weight".

Jezzakins

"How long will it last this time?"

bozzalozza

When a friend of mine who lost 60lbs in about a year, got down to his goal weight in the middle of his BMI, had someone come up to him and ask if he had cancer.

bathsheba_c

Here's a great quote from an article about the 8 kinds of people who sabotage your weight loss:

"That's why when you succeed with changing one tiny habit, it can change your whole perspective. It's not this monstrous solid mountain you have to overcome, it's just a big pile of stones, and you just easily picked one up and moved it. It's not about heaving the whole thing aside with some supernatural effort, it's just about moving one stone at a time. And the first one wasn't so bad, so you're stoked to grab a couple more.

"That's why when a "friend" says, "Ha ha, you dip****, what good is that one stone going to do you?" you want to clock them. And maybe you should, that will burn a good five calories."

Source: http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-8-people-who-will-ruin-your-attempt-to-lose-weight/

kayleesays

My personal favorites:

"Don't lose anymore." (Uh, thanks, but EXCUSE ME?)
"How did you do it?" [I tell them about MFP] "That doesn't sound healthy..."
"You looked fine before."
"Why would you want to lose weight?" (Is it not obvious?)
"You looked BETTER before." (Made me rage. Like I care about your opinion on my body that made me unhappy)
"Aren't you miserable logging what you eat all the time? I could never do that. I like to enjoy my food." (Yeah, you go ahead and enjoy all twenty pieces of cake and then later talk about how fat you are -.-)
"I don't need a calorie counter. I'm just going to cut carbs out of my diet." (Okay, have fun. Come back to me when you're out of energy and aren't losing because you have no calorie deficit)