It's nothing special..just working out and eating healthy

Yeah, people keep asking me what "program" I'm on...and I reply..."the eating healthy and exercising program, it's a new fad. " Haha.

it amazes me how many people ask me what it is i do to lose weight, and it is just so simple.... they just can't believe it. or they say that i'm already thin and don't need to be watching what i eat or that i don't need to lose any more weight. first of all, i'm not necessarily trying to lose much more, for the most part, just maintain. i didn't work my *kitten* off to reach my goal weight to celebrate by eating like a pig and gaining it all back? does that remotely make any sense to anyone? didn't think so! Just because other people don't care about their health, weight, etc, why criticize those of us who do?

I agree I had a person from this site actually make a comment about how I lost too much weight for this to be my first month. She accused me of not making a lifestyle change and doing "fad diets". I was angry. She made a comment about me using a meal replacement shake for breakfast. I NEVER eat breakfast EVER. So for me to put something in my body is a big change to me. And I have just made better food decisions. Of course I'm going to lose quite a bit of weight when I go from eating close to 3,000 calories a day and not working out, to eating under 2,000 and working out everyday. It really chafes my butt when people just add there 2 cents worth when they have no idea what they are talking about.

CONGRATS....

AWESOME POST! i have people at work who have hardly ever spoken to me before asking me if i'm 'okay', if i'm sick or something. they tell me that i'm too skinny, have lost too much weight. funny thing, my doctor didn't tell me that, so how is it that these other folks can judge me?? i eat healthy and i work out, and it is very difficult. it makes me feel stronger to know that there are others out there fighting this same battle every day. STAY STRONG!

CONGRATS !! YOU LOOK GREAT !! AND I AGREE 100% as i have been asked how what do i take ? etc

I know exactly what you mean. I have dealt with that a lot. People making comments that "Oh, Tami is here..we can't eat!!"....insinuating that I starved myself. It annoys me. I worked very hard to lose the weight I did. I did it with exercise and eating right.

Don't let it get to you long. There will always be those who will try to rain on your parade. By being nasty, petty, catty...and you may even have so called "friends" turn on you...and throw you under the bus. It happens when you're successful sometimes. It's their issue though.

Just feel good about what you've accomplished and are accomplishing...and you will have the last laugh in the end when you are successful and not suffering to get there!

-Tam

Yeah, I get this one all the time. One coworker who hadn't seen me for a while actually came up and told me how sorry he was that I was sick. He thought I had cancer! Um, no, but thanks. And when people ask me what "program" I'm doing and I tell them nothing - just good old healthy eating and exercise, they look disappointed and quickly lose interest. See, they want to lose weight, too, but don't want to hear that it takes hard work and discipline. It would be sooo much easier if I just told them what they wanted to hear - that I found a miracle pill on some obscure Chinese herbal web site, and I suppose I might be able to part with 30 of them for $100. I could easily fund my retirement selling bogus multi-vitamins this way! And believe me, I've been tempted.

Oh, and the comment that I'm too thin really chaps my *kitten* too. Um, I'm 5'4" and weigh 135 pounds - I AM NOT too thin. In fact, I'm on the high end of normal for my height, but since I do a lot of weight lifting, it doesn't look it. Several of my coworkers have jumped on the lifestyle bandwagon and are doing P90X, C25K, etc. Sometimes, I'll bring in healthy recipes I've gotten off this site for them to sample. Like the brownies from Jillian Michaels' show, for example. I explain how to make the meals better by using healthy substitutions since they're always complaining about having trouble finding stuff to eat that keeps them within their MFP goals. So now they call me the "Food Nazi" and laugh at my lunch. Whatever. You can't out-train a bad diet. Enjoy your meatloaf and potatoes with gravy, buddy.

You can only give people the information - you can't make them use it. Best of luck!

I'm always curious what exercise people do when they have lost a lot of weight because i am always trying to liven up my own exercise plans.

I know there was a lady at work that lost a lot of weight recently and everyone assumed she was ill, but she had just eaten healthily and moved a lot more and in the process lost a whole lot of weight.

well a big thing that people don't do is switch it up..If you switch it up alot and do more than one thing you'll be surprised how much you'll lose

I do about 1 hr of cardio and 20-30 mins of strength training..and on mondays I just do zumba

this is where i go wrong i get into a comfort exercise zone and don't switch it up a gear. This time round I am looking to keep changing my exercise so that i can push myself harder. You train more than I do, so i maybe need to haul my *kitten* to the gym a lot more frequently. thanks for sharing your exercise.

There will always be someone that wants to put you down when you are successful. I would take it as " at least they are noticing a change" . That is the most important thing. Congratulations on your weight loss and keep up the hard work.

I guess doing it the hard way is what makes the weight loss for good...
Amazing job you're doing, I'm following you

Then there's the people who won't say anything - but they're looking you up and down like they can't believe their eyes. Jealousy and ignorance - not a good combination. Why can't we all just get along?

Ugh, people suck sometimes. I've lost nearly 50 lbs in the past 4 1/2 months but no one in my family knows because I live 2,000 miles away. But I know that when I finally get down to goal weight and come to see them they are going to assume that I did it the wrong way. I'm trying to prepare myself mentally for people treating me the same way they are treating you, but I know it will be tough. My biggest fear is that people in my family will assume I had weight loss surgery and not believe me when I tell them that I did it "the old fashioned way".