The crazy things people say when you are losing weight...
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My favorite is........
"how are things with your new diet?
"going well, I have lost 3.9lbs in two weeks"
"Oh! That's just water"
Really? I have been on a diuretic since I was 21 years old and weighed 135lbs. I don't think so but if it is, I'm happy it's gone and hope more goes with it. lol0 -
The best backhanded compliment I ever got has to be...Hey r u losing weight your *kitten* looks narrower!! I mean really you couldn't have chosen something a little nicer to say a-hole!!0
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people say this to me too and I hate it. It is a lifestyle change and I plan on sticking with it. I eat mostly what I want but watch the portion sizes.
People should think before they speak!
"When are you going to stop?"
Seriously...why would I stop?0 -
"Right here ... right now ... you and me."0
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People have asked me if I was sick, others have told me not to lose so much weight, and some people tell me that they can't picture me being over-weight!!!!! All I did was download the "myfitnesspal" app and I learned how to control my portions. I then started running and exercising. I have lost over 45 pounds in about 4 months0
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Years ago I lost 60 lbs and I saw a friend I hadn't seen since before I started losing... the first thing out of her mouth was, "Holy *kitten*, you must have had to buy all new bras!"
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Most everyone has been very supportive. But, back in 2004, I had lost about 80 pounds (before I was put on medication and gained a million pounds while pregnant). My sister-in-law, who was about 11-12 years old at the time tells me, "Dad (aka my father-in-law) doesn't hate you so much now since you aren't fat anymore." I told her that she could go back and tell him to hate me just as much because I am still the same person I have always been.
There are 4 kids in my husband's family. I married my husband in 2002. His younger brother married his first wife in 2003. Both brides were on the heavier side. My husband's next oldest sibling (sister) got engaged and my father-in-law was not happy. Younger sister-in-law informs us again that "Dad says that it looks like all his kids are gonna end up marrying fat people."
Yep, he is a jerk. I do have a hard time making myself take my son over there to visit. Don't want him to end up being a jerk too!0 -
My absolute pet peeve:
"Wow, you are loosing weight, that is great! because you were sooo fat"
Ahhhh, it makes me want to scream at that moment!!0 -
"I liked you better when you were fatter than me." -very good friend
Um... Thanks? If our friendship hinges on that, I think we should see other people.
Ouch. People are stupid.0 -
You know I hate it when they do thist to me a I have one person always asking "so hows the weight loss going?" Then i get all confused because i think i'm loosing it but if your asking i guess its not showing.0
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I don't like people asking me:
-"When are you going to stop? you look good as u are".... I look good cuz I have been dedicated to working out/eating healthy0 -
"Wow! You must have been really big!" ...um...yeah, thanks0
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I work weekends in a large company so you don't always see everyone you know every weekend - but every weekend I get people saying the exact same things:
"I bet you feel better now"
"you must be noticing a difference"
"wow missus I never realised how short you are, you seem to be shrinking"
I get wolf whistles at work too (every weekend) and people asking me all the time how much I have lost now and how I have done it.
I know that people are happy for me and want to share my success and say something positive but it's not that there is a defined ettiquette for it so people say it a bit awkwardly but the thought is there so I just smile and take it for the compliment that's meant - but it does make me smile that its the same phrases that people use all the time.0 -
I cant get over how JEALOUS ppl get! Women and men!!! Gosh, be happy for someone! Yea, co-workers for me are the worst. They say the most terrible things sometimes. Tired of being called "skinny", or "hey you're gonna waste away".....pahleeeeese. I told one older woman here "I'll stop when I look good naked!" LOL She shut up right there LOL!0
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This week a work colleague congratulated me on my weight loss and told me I had a really nice neck :indifferent:0
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...The craziest thing said to me was, after I had lost 25 lbs, three people came up to me on the same day and said, "Did you get a haircut?"
I was asked the same thing, twice in one day by two different people. (The answer was, "No.") I guess they noticed a change, but they couldn't quite put their fingers on it. Silly people.
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The most frequent (and also the most frustrating) thing that people ask is, "What kind of diet are you on?" Well, umm, I'm not on a diet. I just started making better choices and getting some exercise. Apparently, that just doesn't compute for most people. Most will continue with, "Well, are you eating low carbs or low fat or what?" I eat what I was eating. I just eat less of it. And, I do sorta watch my sugar intake. Most folks don't want to hear that you're just eating less and exercising. They're looking for a magic bullet that doesn't involve much sacrifice.
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This!
Some people just don't understand the basic concept of calories in vs. calories burned. As you said, everyone wants that magic bullet.0 -
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eople say Whoa you look so effin s e x y now i say HMPFf...i was always S e x y.
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when people say Whoa you look so effin s e x y now i say HMPFf...i was always S e x y.
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FIZZGIGG!!that's my dogs name lol I love your pic...freaking awesome0 -
"Wow, how skinny are you trying to get??" I'm not trying to get skinny, I'm trying to get fit. Idiots.
I get this whenever I am foolish enough to mention working out, "Oh you don't want to lose anymore weight" That's right I don't, I want to get some muscle definition and shrink my belly!0 -
My favorite is " Wow you lost so much weight...I mean I'm not saying you were big in the first place but you've lost a lot of weight"
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Don't be embarrassed by your accomplishments. Also, people ask me what I do and I just tell them, good old fashioned hard work, I work out 6 days a week and count every morsel that goes in my mouth. If they proclaim that's too much work, I just say, well it's the only way that has worked for me so I'm going to keep on doing it.0
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I am in the middle of losing a lot of weight that I have carried all my life. It's noticeable. Most people say something along the lines of, "Wow, you look great!" which is a wonderful boost for me. Plus it has the added benefit of allowing me to either say "thank you" and move on, or to open up a discussion about it if I so choose.
It's amazing to me what some people have said to me though! Many people will come up to me in the hall at work, and instead of saying "hi" will say, "So how much weight have you lost?" I am not comfortable giving my number out to everyone, because I still have a long way to go, and frankly, it's still embarrassing to me that I had so much to lose in the first place. I had one person who could not let it go (and this was someone I can NOT stand under the best of circumstances!). When he asked how much I had lost, I just replied "a lot." He kept on asking "so how much is a lot?" Seriously! Why does it matter!?
When I first started losing weight, people would ask me if I was losing weight. I learned to answer, "Yes, I am certainly trying to!" because if I just said "yes" it was following with something like "have you been sick?"
Many people want to know what I am doing. I have started making stuff up, because no one believes that I could just change my eating habits and exercise routine and have any success. I told someone once that I had been hypnotized. Haha!
My favorite is the woman who said "I didn't know you had weight loss surgery!" Yeah...I didn't. How uncomfortable.
What is the craziest thing that someone has said to you while you were losing weight?
I just spread my own rumors and would love to hear them get back to me. I would tell people i had an internal flesh eating disease. That was my favorite. That flesh eating disease was called excercise but non of them knew until I reached my goal that is when I told the truth about how I lost it. When you start rumors like that people were to affraid to ask about it.0 -
I am in the middle of losing a lot of weight that I have carried all my life. It's noticeable. Most people say something along the lines of, "Wow, you look great!" which is a wonderful boost for me. Plus it has the added benefit of allowing me to either say "thank you" and move on, or to open up a discussion about it if I so choose.
It's amazing to me what some people have said to me though! Many people will come up to me in the hall at work, and instead of saying "hi" will say, "So how much weight have you lost?" I am not comfortable giving my number out to everyone, because I still have a long way to go, and frankly, it's still embarrassing to me that I had so much to lose in the first place. I had one person who could not let it go (and this was someone I can NOT stand under the best of circumstances!). When he asked how much I had lost, I just replied "a lot." He kept on asking "so how much is a lot?" Seriously! Why does it matter!?
When I first started losing weight, people would ask me if I was losing weight. I learned to answer, "Yes, I am certainly trying to!" because if I just said "yes" it was following with something like "have you been sick?"
Many people want to know what I am doing. I have started making stuff up, because no one believes that I could just change my eating habits and exercise routine and have any success. I told someone once that I had been hypnotized. Haha!
My favorite is the woman who said "I didn't know you had weight loss surgery!" Yeah...I didn't. How uncomfortable.
What is the craziest thing that someone has said to you while you were losing weight?
Another one was that I was smoking crack.0 -
everything people say to me i take it as a compliment, either rude or not (thank God i havent gotten any rude comment .. yet), means im doing good and ppl notice im not fat anymore.
So its motivating to me.0 -
"So how are you losing weight? What's the secret?"
"Well... I eat better and I exercise." :indifferent:
"Hahahaha!!! No, really, what diet are you on? " :laugh:
...I wanted to flipdesk right there... :noway:
The other one: "Well, if I starved myself like you, I'd be skinny too."
...I can't help it if I get full off of not that much food. I also eat EVERY FREAKING THREE HOURS. I'm also not skinny. I can't help it if I live in a town where most of the people are obese, and I eat berries when other people are downing three helpings of pulled pork. =.=
...although I still love pulled pork...0 -
My mom thinks I'm turning anorexic by skipping 1 or 2 meals -.- I get a lot of negativity from my family and noone else notices right now because I buy my clothes bigger than me anyways...and I really haven't lost much yet...0
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I get "You're getting too skinny!". This from friends who are in an unhealthy BMI and body fat % range. Yet I am now within a completely healthy BMI and body fat % range (no desire to lose more weight; perfectly happy at a size 6) and I get hassled. I never ever in a thousand years would point out the opposite to them. How rude and obnoxious would that be?! I respect them for exactly where they are 'cause that's where they are and seemingly happy there. I'm just learning to shrug it off knowing I feel awesome in my body.
OK. While we're on pet peeves, I also hate the "You're so lucky that you're in such great shape." No, I'm not lucky. Hitting the lottery is lucky. I have worked HARD to get in shape, and at my age (pushing 50), it's way harder than it ever was. I've never worked this hard in my life. But I'm doing it anyway because it's worth it.0 -
I politely tell my mom to give me less pasta "What are you... on a DIET?" with the worst emphasis on "diet" that I've ever heard. Um no.. unlike a diet, which is a fad and isn't meant to last, this is a LIFESTYLE CHANGE.
Or my friend "I'm worried about you"... or are you worried because you realize that my healthy eating makes you look bad?...
People are super annoying!0 -
My favorite one happened last week. "I'm gonna stop eating and chain your bike to the fence because your making us all look fat." I took it as a back handed compliment.0
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