Why do we say we want to 'lose weight'

theJamesHey
theJamesHey Posts: 10
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Doesn't that imply that we want to recover it. I mean, when I lose my cell phone or car keys, I search endlessly to find them. I have worked hard to 'lose' the weight I have, and am very unhappy when I 'find' it again
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  • Lisa1971
    Lisa1971 Posts: 3,069 Member
    I want to get rid of mine permanently!:laugh:
  • sdickman
    sdickman Posts: 25 Member
    I've got a friend who calls it "releasing weight" or "weight release" for that very reason!
  • _noob_
    _noob_ Posts: 3,306 Member
    I want to look good naked. Weight is irrelevant
  • JustAboutDelicious_wechanged
    JustAboutDelicious_wechanged Posts: 2,486 Member
    I want to look good naked. Weight is irrelevant

    ****This....looking good naked is a great reason.
  • iWaffle
    iWaffle Posts: 2,208 Member
    Why do we say we want to 'lose weight'

    Obviously that's code for "be more healthy".
  • DontStopB_Leakin
    DontStopB_Leakin Posts: 3,863 Member
    And now we're nitpicking the phrasing. Great.
  • TheWiseCat
    TheWiseCat Posts: 297
    We say it because saying "we want to loose weight" would be grammatically incorrect. Duh.
  • pastryari
    pastryari Posts: 8,646 Member
    It's these types of things that keep me up at night.
  • TheWiseCat
    TheWiseCat Posts: 297
    It's these types of things that keep me up at night.

    Tragic. Your husband needs to step it up.
  • wolverine66
    wolverine66 Posts: 3,779 Member
    And now we're nitpicking the phrasing. Great.

    WE SHOULD CALL IT "THE JOURNEY TO WEIGHT RELEASE"


    actually, there things that are lost that aren't recovered, and have no possibility of recovery. Lost means "gone" regardless of ability or desire to recover it. I have lost my hair. Is it coming back? No. I'm not even certain I would want it to.

    The term is fine. Loss, losing, lose, lost - none imply or infer any capacity for return.
  • DontStopB_Leakin
    DontStopB_Leakin Posts: 3,863 Member
    It's these types of things that keep me up at night.

    Tragic. Your husband needs to step it up.
    Interesting that you assume she's married. She's not.
  • DontStopB_Leakin
    DontStopB_Leakin Posts: 3,863 Member
    And now we're nitpicking the phrasing. Great.

    WE SHOULD CALL IT "THE JOURNEY TO WEIGHT RELEASE"


    actually, there things that are lost that aren't recovered, and have no possibility of recovery. Lost means "gone" regardless of ability or desire to recover it. I have lost my hair. Is it coming back? No. I'm not even certain I would want it to.

    The term is fine. Loss, losing, lose, lost - none imply or infer any capacity for return.
    DON'T STOP BELIEVIN'. YOU'Z GONNA RELEEEEEEASE IT.
  • TheWiseCat
    TheWiseCat Posts: 297
    It's these types of things that keep me up at night.

    Tragic. Your husband needs to step it up.
    Interesting that you assume she's married. She's not.

    I just assumed someone would snatch her up quickly.
    Good sense of humor + strong attitude + hot = ideal wife

    My bad.
  • pastryari
    pastryari Posts: 8,646 Member
    It's these types of things that keep me up at night.

    Tragic. Your husband needs to step it up.
    Interesting that you assume she's married. She's not.


    DID OUR MARRIAGE VOWS MEAN NOTHING TO YOU, WOMAN?!!!!!!!!!!! YOU CUT ME. YOU CUT ME DEEP.
  • TheWiseCat
    TheWiseCat Posts: 297
    And now we're nitpicking the phrasing. Great.

    WE SHOULD CALL IT "THE JOURNEY TO WEIGHT RELEASE"


    actually, there things that are lost that aren't recovered, and have no possibility of recovery. Lost means "gone" regardless of ability or desire to recover it. I have lost my hair. Is it coming back? No. I'm not even certain I would want it to.

    The term is fine. Loss, losing, lose, lost - none imply or infer any capacity for return.
    DON'T STOP BELIEVIN'. YOU'Z GONNA RELEEEEEEASE IT.

    We're still talking about releasing fat right?
  • TheWiseCat
    TheWiseCat Posts: 297
    It's these types of things that keep me up at night.

    Tragic. Your husband needs to step it up.
    Interesting that you assume she's married. She's not.


    DID OUR MARRIAGE VOWS MEAN NOTHING TO YOU, WOMAN?!!!!!!!!!!! YOU CUT ME. YOU CUT ME DEEP.

    My state doesn't recognize same-sex marriage.
  • wolverine66
    wolverine66 Posts: 3,779 Member
    One thing I do want to find? my mittens.


    because unless i do, i shall have no pie.
  • wolverine66
    wolverine66 Posts: 3,779 Member
    And now we're nitpicking the phrasing. Great.

    WE SHOULD CALL IT "THE JOURNEY TO WEIGHT RELEASE"


    actually, there things that are lost that aren't recovered, and have no possibility of recovery. Lost means "gone" regardless of ability or desire to recover it. I have lost my hair. Is it coming back? No. I'm not even certain I would want it to.

    The term is fine. Loss, losing, lose, lost - none imply or infer any capacity for return.
    DON'T STOP BELIEVIN'. YOU'Z GONNA RELEEEEEEASE IT.

    We're still talking about releasing fat right?

    tenuously
  • DontStopB_Leakin
    DontStopB_Leakin Posts: 3,863 Member
    It's these types of things that keep me up at night.

    Tragic. Your husband needs to step it up.
    Interesting that you assume she's married. She's not.


    DID OUR MARRIAGE VOWS MEAN NOTHING TO YOU, WOMAN?!!!!!!!!!!! YOU CUT ME. YOU CUT ME DEEP.
    IT'S NOT LEGAL DAMMIT. And I'm not your husband. I TOLD YOU I WASN'T PLAYING THE BUTCH.
  • TheWiseCat
    TheWiseCat Posts: 297
    One thing I do want to find? my mittens.


    because unless i do, i shall have no pie.

    The only mittens that I have are kitten mittens. Will they suffice?

    1248951765_kitten-mittens.gif
  • pastryari
    pastryari Posts: 8,646 Member
    It's these types of things that keep me up at night.

    Tragic. Your husband needs to step it up.
    Interesting that you assume she's married. She's not.


    DID OUR MARRIAGE VOWS MEAN NOTHING TO YOU, WOMAN?!!!!!!!!!!! YOU CUT ME. YOU CUT ME DEEP.

    My state doesn't recognize same-sex marriage.

    Your state sucks.
  • Missjulesdid
    Missjulesdid Posts: 1,444 Member
    From now on I'm BANISHING weight!

    Someone who lost a great deal of weight was telling me that whenever someone would ask him how much weight he lost.. he'd say "two pounds" If pressed further, he'd say "yeah, I can't figure out where those two pounds went... the other xx number of pounds I intentionally left at the gym, but those danged two pounds, I have no idea what happened to them"
  • randjonw
    randjonw Posts: 9
    Well said. I try to rephrase what I say in my head to... I want to be fit and slim. I am on my way to being fit and slim, etc...
  • pastryari
    pastryari Posts: 8,646 Member
    It's these types of things that keep me up at night.

    Tragic. Your husband needs to step it up.
    Interesting that you assume she's married. She's not.


    DID OUR MARRIAGE VOWS MEAN NOTHING TO YOU, WOMAN?!!!!!!!!!!! YOU CUT ME. YOU CUT ME DEEP.
    IT'S NOT LEGAL DAMMIT. And I'm not your husband. I TOLD YOU I WASN'T PLAYING THE BUTCH.

    FINE. We'll keep your husband around for the butch needed in our relationship. He already sleeps on the couch anyway.
  • TheWiseCat
    TheWiseCat Posts: 297
    It's these types of things that keep me up at night.

    Tragic. Your husband needs to step it up.
    Interesting that you assume she's married. She's not.


    DID OUR MARRIAGE VOWS MEAN NOTHING TO YOU, WOMAN?!!!!!!!!!!! YOU CUT ME. YOU CUT ME DEEP.

    My state doesn't recognize same-sex marriage.

    Your state sucks.

    Well that's why I'm in it. To change it from the inside out.
    We already have a gay mecca. We're getting there. It's just a matter of time.
  • TheWiseCat
    TheWiseCat Posts: 297
    And now we're nitpicking the phrasing. Great.

    WE SHOULD CALL IT "THE JOURNEY TO WEIGHT RELEASE"


    actually, there things that are lost that aren't recovered, and have no possibility of recovery. Lost means "gone" regardless of ability or desire to recover it. I have lost my hair. Is it coming back? No. I'm not even certain I would want it to.

    The term is fine. Loss, losing, lose, lost - none imply or infer any capacity for return.
    DON'T STOP BELIEVIN'. YOU'Z GONNA RELEEEEEEASE IT.

    We're still talking about releasing fat right?

    tenuously
    ... or strenuously...
  • wolverine66
    wolverine66 Posts: 3,779 Member
    One thing I do want to find? my mittens.


    because unless i do, i shall have no pie.

    The only mittens that I have are kitten mittens. Will they suffice?

    1248951765_kitten-mittens.gif

    perfect.


    i lol'd
  • _crafty_
    _crafty_ Posts: 1,682 Member
    It's these types of things that keep me up at night.

    Tragic. Your husband needs to step it up.
    Interesting that you assume she's married. She's not.

    I just assumed someone would snatch her up quickly.
    Good sense of humor + strong attitude + hot = ideal wife

    My bad.

    You said snatch
  • sam308lbs
    sam308lbs Posts: 1,936 Member
    I am cutting..this sounds better right? It doesnt necessarily mean i want to attach/paste something back i guess
  • Mr_Bad_Example
    Mr_Bad_Example Posts: 2,403 Member
    Doesn't that imply that we want to recover it.

    Um... no.

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