Mikes Daily Rant 10/16/2012 Topic: The Stairs are fun

Some people can jump off the high dive and some people need to be pushed off.

It comes off as cold-hearted, but you're not being mean and cruel. She obviously can't start losing weight without someone to push her. She'll be back.

I'm enjoying the Daily Rants.

She made it up the stairs but it took her about 5 minutes. This task after losing the weight takes me all of 15 seconds. she tells me that she cant do it because her knee hurts. I tell her that her knees hurt because of all the weight pressing down on them. I stress to her that I know all the feelings because I weighed 100 pounds more than her. She is still upset with me and I say effort=results. I will help if she wants it but will not listen to the constant excuses. Now she is sitting here not talking to me because I was "mean" to her. At this point I want to see how serious she is. Will she come back? Will she continue to complain? Will she stop making excuses? Either way I will be fine but I like for people to prove what they say they are about. If you cant, please dont waste my time. I could go on and on about how wrong her approach is but I wont. Im just a bit bothered why she hates the stairs. In all fairness I think the stairs are fun.

I have someone like that in my life. She complains so much, yet doesn't do anything about it. My favorite part about her, is that she naps constantly through out the day. -__-

. Everyday we get to the building and she goes towards the elevator and I go towards the stairs. I tell her no elevator. She says, "What?" I said elevator is a part of the problem. These stairs are a part of the solution. She looks at me crazy and follows me to the stairs. I would beat her to the 3rd floor everyday and she would be on the elevator. She made it up the stairs but it took her about 5 minutes. This task after losing the weight takes me all of 15 seconds. she tells me that she cant do it because her knee hurts. I tell her that her knees hurt because of all the weight pressing down on them.

Here is something I learned at work. {it shook my brother up when I told him. He is now 30lbs lighter}

For every extra pound of weight we carry, it adds 4 extra lbs of pressure on weight bearing joints, such as knee, ankle, feet, and hips.
So for 100 extra lbs of weight = 400 extra lbs of pressure on joints.

For every extra pound of abdominal fat carried, is 10 extra pounds of pressure on the spinal column.

Dude! You're an HR nightmare! Just stop talking to people!

"I'm just a bit bothered why she hates the stairs. In all fairness I think the stairs are fun."


I hated stairs too...because my hip hurt and I wasn't THAT overweight. Guess what? That pain was a medical condition that required surgery four weeks ago. I pushed through the pain and made it worse.

I also dislike running, some of my biggest supporters are runners...they think it is fun. Glad they don't ridicule me because I don't see it.

I think someone has gotten an inflated view of self importance and needs to learn some tact.

Why don't you start a blog instead of ranting on a message board?

Because he gets more attention this way!

Where's that attention-*kitten* jpg when I need it??

Love it when folks like that have some misconception that you've done something extreme to lose the weight, and therefore no way could they do that.
But often won't ask enough to really find out what was required, usually nothing extreme at all. Mental adjustment was the most extreme thing.

And something as simple as parking far out all the time and always taking the stairs and eating smaller portions can have a hug effect.

Talk to her about something else though, emphasis the point that you just aren't going to hear about the complaining by fact other stuff is alright to talk about. And any time she slips up on that walk in, away you go!

Very valid points.

Honestly... I looked at your diary. 2000 calorie burns with 900 calorie nets is NOT something EVERYONE can do to lose weight.

Maybe you should stop giving out advice to your co-workers and people at the gym because you obviously do NOT have a clue!

This occured at work? Oh hell, you do know your behavior can be considered harassment and you could lose your job over that?

This is going to come off rude but truly, I know of no other way to speak most days.


So she whined to you about being fat and out of shape etc. So you gave (most likely) unwanted advice and chastised her for using the stairs? And when she said her knee hurt, you chastised her again. Yes, chances are the knee was an excuse, but you basically took her from the Couch to the 5k without any walking in between. How about showing her that while it's difficult, you can take small steps to change your habits versus overwhelming her with your plethora of crap? Not everybody wants a cheerleader.

And if you don't want to listen to her, be honest about it. "When you're ready to come and make a life change, I'm here for you. Until then, I can't support you." That's better than telling her "You hurt because you're fat. You're out of shape because you're fat."

I'm all for being rude and insensitive, but damn. I wouldn't have gone that far if I wanted someone to succeed. If I wanted someone to fail, I would've done exactly what you did.