Things that suck about losing weight...

The seats in waiting rooms are even harder these days, now I don't bring my own 'cushioning' :laugh:

^^^^ ROTFLMAO!!! :drinker: love it and so can relate!!

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*By unwanted advice, I mean things of this nature: "you are looking great! How much have you lost?" "About 55 pounds." "That's awesome! Hey, have you tried South Beach/Aitkins/cabbage soup/diet pill/etc? I hear you can lose crazy amounts of weight without trying!" And all I can think is, you just said I look great, I've lost 50+ pounds, so why on earth would I want to try something else that may be unhealthy at best and dangerous at worst?

THIS! This is my exact issue.. I lost 18 lbs and inspired a friend to start watching what she ate ( the woman eats burgers and fries daily) and now she is the biggest critic.. It drives me nuts that she's only worked out for 1.5 months, lost 8 inches and 3 lbs and is the queen of fitness/health.. Just one of my pet peaves..

Anyways..I hate spending the money on new clothes.. but I WOULDN'T change any of it! ( weight loss that is .. not critics!)

okay. I used to be in great shape and then I hit a stressful patch and lost control of my wieght. So, now I am getting back in shape and I find myself actaully dredding the way people treat me when I am an appropriate weight.

For some reason it is not okay to comment on being overweight but then why is it on loosing weight. Comments on being sick or comments on you are loosing to much, or eating disorder comments, or comments on your lunch, or even name calling. In my office coworkers (who were clearly jealous because they were always concerned about loosing their own wieght) felt it was okay to call me boney as a nickname.

And I know maybe this is rude, but I am kinda a private person. I don't feel comfortable talking about anything personal and people keep asking "how much have you lost?" And they will not take no for an answer.

Also all of a sudden it is okay for strangers to be rude to me. I was checking my make up in a restaurant bathroom and a woman came in and made some kind of comment about how I look great stop primping, but the way she said it and the tone were not nice. And I have noticed that people in public are generally ruder and make faces.

Even freinds would make comments. They said I had a fat mirror in my house that always made me look fat no matter what I weighed. They still tell people that today and laugh.

And may I add I have never been under weight at all. The smallest I was when referred to as boney was 120 lb and I am 5' 4".

Why is okay to treat thin people anyway you want?

okay. I used to be in great shape and then I hit a stressful patch and lost control of my wieght. So, now I am getting back in shape and I find myself actaully dredding the way people treat me when I am an appropriate weight.

For some reason it is not okay to comment on being overweight but then why is it on loosing weight. Comments on being sick or comments on you are loosing to much, or eating disorder comments, or comments on your lunch, or even name calling. In my office coworkers (who were clearly jealous because they were always concerned about loosing their own wieght) felt it was okay to call me boney as a nickname.

And I know maybe this is rude, but I am kinda a private person. I don't feel comfortable talking about anything personal and people keep asking "how much have you lost?" And they will not take no for an answer.

Also all of a sudden it is okay for strangers to be rude to me. I was checking my make up in a restaurant bathroom and a woman came in and made some kind of comment about how I look great stop primping, but the way she said it and the tone were not nice. And I have noticed that people in public are generally ruder and make faces.

Even freinds would make comments. They said I had a fat mirror in my house that always made me look fat no matter what I weighed. They still tell people that today and laugh.

And may I add I have never been under weight at all. The smallest I was when referred to as boney was 120 lb and I am 5' 4".

Why is okay to treat thin people anyway you want?

Not to sound rude here but it looks like you're taking things too negatively that are otherwise not a big deal. Unless people especially strangers give you outright rude comments like calling you names, you will never know exactly if they are really meant to be rude to you. Tone of voice and "wordings" alone aren't enough to make us think people aren't being nice. We really never know what's on their minds unless we directly ask them.

As for people you know like your friends & co-workers, tell them straight that their comments aren't helping you. If they listen then great but if not then just leave it and think of it as their own issues to deal with.

Also I hate the guilt. I can't eat a damn cookie with out knowing just how bad it is for me... I want the damn cookie... I crave the damn cookie but the moment I put it in my mouth i feel guilty... Then I have to talk myself through the guilt saying its ok to eat a cookie once in a while... cookies are a part of real life... i need to stop living in diet land and learn to maintain in real life... its ok to eat a 100 calorie effing cookie... i'm not going to baloon back up instantainiously... ugh... all that drama over a cookie...

Rant over..

This, I swear I have to seriously talk myself down sometimes, like I am contemplating robbing a bank... I have to remind myself it is just a cookie!

Here's mine- people telling me that I "don't need to lose any more weight."

I get this all the time and it drives me crazy.

I had two ladies at work tell me I needed to stop because it was making my legs hurt.

It drives me crazy too. And if one more person asks me if I've been ill (because clearly I don't look like someone who has the self-control to take charge of their eating habits and lose weight, apparently),or have an eating disorder, etc., I'm gonna scream. I also hate it when people see my size now, assume I've always been this size and say I don't understand the difficulties of losing/maintaining weight because I'm thin.

The other one that's started to frustrate me is "how'd you lose the weight", implying I took a magic pill or got shots or whatever else they're imagining (as opposed to those showing a genuine interest in how I did it, which I'll reference below). My response has become more snippy as time has gone on. These days usually goes something like this. "I finally accepted the reality that I was either going to have to eat less, move more, or both. And so I did. Both."

Now, there are people who are sincere in asking how I did it, and of course they don't get the smart aleck answer. I'm sincere and explain food pairing because of my reactive hypoglycemia, calorie reduction, BMR, TDEE, etc.

Not having Jalopeano poppers wrapped in bacon

I concur with the expense of a new wardrobe, but I use charity shops, freecycle ads and trade with my friends.
My biggest problem is that I have the biggest wardrobe of shoes ever (40+ pairs) and my damn feet have shrunk!!
I put heel grips in the ones that I absolutely cant live without and trade the others on Ebay.

Things flap now.
Arms flap. Thigh meat flaps. Stomach flap flaps.

I do Jillian's 30 day shred and it sounds like I have an audience clapping for me. loudly. :blushing:

Some clothes don't fit, others do. Some things are waaaaaay too big and fall off me, others fit weird, buy new clothes and they fit weird...Not sure of my size, just dont want to find out...somewhere between 18-20 (19.5, maybe?)

People ask me "oh, youre trying to lose weight? why?" hello, you dont see this 282lb im carrying around? it aint for fashion!

People see I'm losing and say: "oh, what pill are you on?" this new one called "diet and exercise" man, its working like a charm!

Fellow fat people see me working out or eating right and they say: "oh, I cant do that. Im just gonna cut back and ill lose" while biting burger or inhaling fries. Yeah. Let me know how that works out.

People who make stupid comments about my goal. i tell them that I want to be 165, or a size 6-8, whichever one comes first (I was a solid 10 at 185) and they say "oh thats too small, you will be good at about a 14" yeah, thats still overweight and unhealthy. thats not what I want.

I just want to wear a tshirt that says: "yes, im losing weight. No, you cant comment. Have a great day!"

I need that shirt!

Getting used to your new body;adjusting to your new image in the mirror. It does scare me sometimes and I have to take a step or two back.
Comments from others-- some are good, some are bad (ie. But you didn't have to lose weight!)