Biggest nutrition/weight loss/fitness pet peeves?

I have a couple.

-The first one. Everyone and their mother has become gluten intolerant. I don't know how many people say they have a gluten allergy and by cutting it out was a sudden miracle worker and all their problems were solved. I get it that some people do have this allergy, but I just can't wrap my head around how many people actually say they have it. If a doctor hasn't diagnosed you with it, than how can you for sure say you have it? Maybe they all have PHD's though.

Also the gluten intolerance people that wear a gas mask in the air port, won't come to the "gluten" side of the camping site, or visit friends/families homes that eat gluten. Maybe I'm wrong.. but people like this I just have to roll my eyes at. Gluten is not an air born disease you can catch!

-Second. People that discourage you to become healthy because they are obese and are jealous that they don't care enough about themselves to get help or do something about it. How about instead of making negative comments about my plate filled with normal and healthy portions and how much I work-out .. you pass on your fourth plate of grease and go for a walk.

That felt good to get that out!

All those 'lose belly fat fast' ads on MFP and facebook. Ugh.

On facebook there was an ad talking about Beyonce's personal trainer leaking her secrets with a picture of her crying. Really? I wonder if people really buy into that BS.

fat binders? really? they make u poop out fat?

NEVER have I heard of this!

Sounds scary and gross!

I like veggies and fiber to make me poop

yep, if you eat a healthy meal they do nothing, but eat anything with fat in and your rushing to the toilet, you can buy some over the counter ones and some doctors are prescribing them, aside from the whole they sound extremely unpleasant side of it, i personally no people who have ended up having to buy adult nappies after a couple of little accidents, who in their right mind would want that lol

people posting the just can't eat up to 1200 calories because they are so full...then how did you get 80lbs overweight

They aren't used to eating healthy, filling foods, so when they initially go on a 1200 calorie diet it is a shock. They are used to eating empty calories and that's how they got to be overweight. 1200 calories is filling for a while, but once their body gets used to the fullness of the fiber and protein, they get hungrier and want more calories.

This!! When you go from eating a half Totinos pizza and a burger you grabbed from fastfood on the way to or from driving the kids around to eating a day full of high protein foods for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks you are FULL! You are eating less calories, but eating them all day long. The first couple weeks I never thought I'd get those healthy calories in, but I did. I still have days like that on occasion, but since I started lifting weights I am magically hungry!

When the banner ad on MFP is for junk food.

There's ads on MFP? I've never seen any. You do know there are ways to enjoy the internet ad free, don't you?

Simply use an ad blocker like Adblock Plus to effectively block out ads :laugh:



Please enlighten us.

My biggest pet peeve, like you said, is eating at 1200 calories. Some women eat even less and hang around 900-1100 per day! Very few people actually need to eat 1200 per day to lose 1 lb per week, unless its a little old lady who doesn't move much, or a very short, skinny woman. And even the short, skinny woman probably doesn't even need to lose weight anyway, and should be eating around 1700-1800 per day to maintain.

I'm a short, petite woman ( but not the shortest ). I'm 113 lbs and 5'3.5". I am still losing on 1500 per day. I do not have much more to lose.

Ahhh, but your opinion will change in about 25 years! And that won't make you a little old lady!

If you are short, skinny, and over 45, just get ready to be hungry! Or fat, or exercise constantly. Yes I am exaggerating a bit, but not much.

One of my pet peeves is people telling me I need to eat _____ calories to maintain/lose without knowing my stats and personal health history.

And being hungry! (Actually not really being hungry, just wanting to eat more--there is a difference and learning the difference is hard!)

Threads like this are an interesting window into the weight loss/dieter psyche.

My biggest pet peeve is a closed mind.

Agreed!

I think my biggest pet peeve is having contradictory advice all the time. My doctor told me to not eat more than 1200 calories a day and I have no idea why because clearly that's terrible advice. Then people say carbs are bad, some say carbs are good. Ect ect.

I learned to go with my gut feeling, do trial and error, and not get unmotivated but to feel more enlightened about how my body works if I don't get the results I want.

Edit: Maybe 1200 calorie works for some people but my doctor knows i'm one beast of a woman lol if I only ate 1200 calories i'd probably just fall over and wilt away

the pushing of pills, gimicks, wraps, etc to help weight loss. I've tried the pills and I coundn't take them because half of a pill made me shake. I only took them when I was sick and needed the extra energy to get through high school and work.

My biggest pet peeve is probably just all of the fads and miracle products. I am sure that SOME of them do have merit, but I have always zoned out on them because they just really annoy me. I won't name specific ones and risk starting a huge fight in your thread but generally if it's a pill or a shake and promises huge results, it can be considered my pet peeve ;-)

Personally, what bugs me is some of my acquaintances who ask me how I've lost over 100 lb and when I tell them they instantly make excuses and/or argue with me about counting calories "not working" or "won't work for them". Meanwhile they are working out constantly and eating huge meals from Five Guys and Outback and drinking mochas from Starbucks and weighing the same they have always weighed with no discernible fitness improvements from all of their workouts. I feel like they're just wasting their time honestly even though exercise is great, these are generally people who have 50-100+ lb to lose and are continually frustrated but won't try anything except various pricey fitness machines for their homes and/or workout programs on DVD.

I totally agree. I'm so glad to help people if they want advice. I have a friend that recently told me she's serious about losing weight and asked for my help. I sent her an obnoxiously long email with anything I thought would help her. I'm no nutritionist, and I told her that, but I'll do what I can to help her out. She thanked me profusely for the email and has asked for some recipes. That's great. However, I have other friends that constantly ask me "What are you doing to lose weight?" and, when I tell them, they either make excuses or act as if I'm lying or that it would be some huge hassle just to find a TDEE calculator and punch in some numbers. If you're not willing to work hard, why ask me at all? It's as if they're expecting me to have some super easy and quick way to lose weight. No such thing exists! I eat better and exercise - that's it! If you're not willing to do that, don't ask me for advice.

I used to make a lot of excuses as to why I couldn't lose weight, and I'm also guilty of relying on 1200 calorie diets, so I'm not saying I'm better than these people. It's just frustrating to see it over and over again and they just never listen!

these. I hate the gimmicks and the ploys with trying to lose weight - there's no miracle pill, or wrap, or even workout. 30 days of jillian michaels won't last a lifetime unless you continue working out regularly. change it up, keep going - it's all proper nutrition and regular exercise. People will always make excuses if they just don't really want to workout or eat right in the end and that's on them. It bothers me when people ask for help and then turn it down or make excuses, though.

i will show my thigh gap when i see a penis that shoots out money, because THAT is hot to me

This is the best post I've ever seen on any Internet forum. :-)

when people hate on skinny or wanting to be skinny.

I have three.

1- Dr Oz!!!! As so many other's have stated.

2- When my friends or co-workers offer me food like brownies and pizza and I say "No Thank You" They always say some sort of snide comment. I literally had one person call me self righteous and stuck up when I declined.. Seriously??

3- When people ask me how I am losing all this weight and I tell them "eating less and moving more." when I explain counting calories and not "dieting" they start telling me how wrong I am and I am not doing it right. Really?? Because you are the one who is telling me how whatever I am doing it's paying off so... The worst is when I tell people I eat whatever I want as long as it fits in my calories and macros for the day and they go off on how its not good for my body and I need to eat clean.

Ugh. I could go on.

"Eating clean", paleo, low carb, so on and so forth.

When people won't take no for an answer - I live in a part of the country known for our crappy eating habits. If I say no to pizza, believe me the first time. Don't come after me about it.

Maybe a weird pet peeve, but still - I struggle with counting calories because I feel like I have to pace my eating juuuust right so I can reach the end of the day without going to bed hungry.

People who lose their mind when they see someone's fitness post on social media - at one point I was making it out to run once a week. Once. I'd have a mileage tweet hit my Twitter account on Saturday mornings, and that's it. To be honest, for awhile I just couldn't be bothered to figure out how to turn the auto-update off. And I still had people harassing me about it with a self-righteous fervor of how it was SOOOOOO annoying. Is it possible for people to make it to the gym without talking about it on Facebook? Sure, absolutely. But if it helps keep that person motivated, hide their posts or unfollow them and move on with your life.

The Maria Kang spectacle has me really irritated as of late... people are accusing her of "fat shaming" because of her no nonsense attitude toward weight loss/healthy lifestyle. Well... don't go to her Facebook page, then. It's not like she's printing off copies of her articles and shoving them under your windshield wiper. Again, ignore it and move on with your life.

"How did you lose weight?"
"I ate less and moved more."
And then I get an upset reaction that it wasn't a quick gimmick.

I have also been asked if I had surgery to lose weight. Not that it's any of your business, but no.

"I, for one, hate the word "skinny." I hate when girls on here say, "I just want to be skinny!" Why? There's nothing sexy about being skinny. There's nothing hot about a thigh gap. Fit is the new skinny! Being healthy is more important than looking like Jessica Alba."

I kind of feel like there's some animosity towards those that are skinny in this statement. Thigh gaps are nice, but so are full thighs. Thighs with muscles are nice, too. I have always wanted a thigh gap, but I'm dealing with the fact that I may never have one. Meh. I don't hate those who do, and my legs don't woosh together when I walk so that's nice. I guess that's all I really wanted. Also, being skinny isn't a bad thing either. To each their own. It's not like being skinny is unhealthy, as long as you maintain a healthy lifestyle, then what's the problem? There are many shapes and many features many girls can't obtain unless they pay for it, it's no reason to shame those who have it.

I agree.

The skinny word is one. "skinny" is skin and bones. Anyone who claims to want to be skinny had not a clue in their head about what they really want. Be healthy, be real, stop buying those stupid fashion magazines and read a fitness book.

The "Thigh gap." AS IF they have a choice in the matter. The gap between your thighs comes from your bone placement on your hips. You can't control it. If you have wide hips and you're not "fat", you may have a thigh gap. People like me, people with regular, not wide hips, rather straight hipped and waisted do not have thigh gaps. Oh, wait, I'm wrong. If you are malnourished, you may be able to see between your thighs becasue you only weigh 90 lbs. Not a good look and not a healthy style.

Another peeve is the "I want to lose weight for this and that event." It's not like dyeing your hair, you know. It should be a way of life, being fit and healthy. Not something you achieve for a weekend and then throw away to go back to your bad habits.

Lets promote good habits and good choices!!!!!!