People will lie to you about your weight

I totally concur with it being an excuse. I can recognize one easily 'cause I was one who made them ... a lot. It's why after years and years of being obese and yo-yo dieting; I've finally been making it happen - for REAL. I'm on my 114th day of log-in, down 40 lbs, and don't give one single damn what anyone says. The absolute single one thing that has made the difference is stopping with the excuses and taking MY life back - not what others want, expect, or need from me. People can say what they want. Doesn't matter. You can have a bad week and not lose any weight. Doesn't matter; you've still made yourself healthier - you don't get to quit and the scale will move again. You can say oh, it's too hard to cook for just one person. B.S. It's so easy and requires nothing but a few adjustments to make it happen. I could go on and on with excuses people make. While the excuses are different they will all have one thing in common - they all came from man's opinion. Someone said something to someone and it stuck in their head and then they passed it on and then that person passed it on and down the telephone line it goews. Every diet/fitness excuse to not make it happen wouldn't exist if we'd stop putting each other down and being jealous of one another. The only reason anyone is telling you you're too skinny when you know you still weigh too much is because they're jealous that you're doing it and they're not. Simple.They want to stop you so they can continue to do nothing but still feel good about themselves. You can either let someone else's jealousy stop you and allow yourself to remain fat and unhealthy just so they can feel good about themselves or you can tell them it's none of their damn business and carry on with your business. People like that are not friends, they're not helpful, they're nothing and therefore it's of no consequence to you to tell them to shove it.

I've had the full gamut of people; one told me I was getting "puny as hell" even though I still weighed over 200 lbs. Ha. Puny I was not! Clearly, I knew that being over 200 was not OK and his words meant nothing as he sat on his fat *kitten* eating a cheeseburger. I've had others who haven't said a word. They act like they don't notice. They don't even acknowledge what is a very obvious weight loss. For some people, that can be an excuse as well - they think oh, well, no one even notices so what's the point? The point is the same; omission can be a jealous factor just as much as comission - if they don't acknowledge that you're rockin' the hell out of a new, fit life, they can still pretend that theirs is OK. But the point remains the same - it's another human's jealous factor trying to destroy you because they're too weak to do anything for themselves. Some have asked me how I'm doing it but then argue with me over my methods.They try and break down my methods; I'm eating too little and it's not good for me or eating too much of one thing and not another and it's not good for me and on and on - again, all while sitting there eating their fast food or packaged food and doing the exact opposite of their own advice. If they didn't want to hear it, why did they ask in the first place? It's a passive-aggressive tactic. They just want to look friendly while tearing you down but it's still rooted in jealousy. Most people have a sick need to be superior but not actually BE superior. They want it but don't want to EARN it. They get it by cutting down and stealing it from others and saying that you can't do something because of such stupid opinions is nothing more than an excuse because, when you really break it down and look at it logically - it means nothing to you and should not be stopping you.

The fact is people DO NOT LIKE CHANGE. I don't get it since life is all about change but it's how you adapt to it all that makes a difference.

I was nearly 200 pounds and I remember declining pizza from people and having them get upset with me because I "didn't need to lose weight." I had major PCOS bleeding and knew losing weight could help but more people kept telling me "but you look GREAT!". I'm like seriously, do you not see these pants are tight on me? My huffing and puffing to do activity?

When you are overweight you are just like them. The reality of it all is people who are healthy and are at a healthy weight for their body type are not common. It is more common to eat poorly and be overweight and to do the opposite is a form of standing out.

I'm so glad my husband is supportive of this now. It makes it easier to tell everyone else to STFU.