Biggest nutrition/weight loss/fitness pet peeves?

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!!!!!!

WORDDDDDD!

When the people I'm around look at me like I'm insane or roll their eyes for counting calories before I eat...

Edit: -cough- the parents -cough-

"I don't sugar coat *kitten*...it's not all unicorns farting rainbows/fairy dust." Etc.

There are dozens, no hundreds, of experienced MFPers capable of giving out sound, science based, compassionate, educated advice without being obnoxious, rude, critical or judgemental. But when some are, in fact, obnoxious, rude, critical, judgemental and sometimes downright offensive, they wheel out this tired, overused excuse. Being "blunt" and "telling it like it is" is fine if you never learnt/can't be ar$ed to adopt the art of diplomacy or develop the gift of empathy, but don't defend it by using that smug, pre-school unicorn analogy. If you really don't care about how others interpret or react to what you have to say, why bother to justify it at all? Why do you even need to roll out the unicorn????

Other than that, my gears don't often grind. Just the farting unicorn thing.

^^^^^^THIS!!!!!!!! I sent an apology to an OP a while back, in behalf of all of the decent people on here that genuinely want to welcome and help new members. Her original opener could have been interpreted a few different ways. I saw an open invitation to new friends, and an enthusiasm to start taking care of her health. Several people came on and ripped her up, cut her down, and told her she was too sensitive and should get off if she couldn't handle it. I was stunned they could be so rude. So called "my way or the highway experts" but really egotistical self-ascribed know-it-alls with no compassion or empathy. I see she deactivated her account and left this site. Way to go people. Everyone that comes to this site (or really anywhere!) should be treated with equal status, and if they ask for help or show misinformed ideas, they should be responded to with caring and decency, not blunt judgemental rudeness. Don't we wish success for everyone that joins us here?

Agreed.

So many people have replied to me and given me the 'unicorn' statement. I have no regrets of showing compassion when someone needs it. People have no idea how much their environment affects their thoughts, there are a very small amount of people who are well educated about nutrition and exercise. Some people are completely off the map when it comes to the right direction, and it does not mean you should be rude and inconsiderate. Always give a friendly nudge in the right direction. If they dismiss your advice, then just proceed with your life. One day they'll understand, but that still does not warrant attitude.

Dear God how could I have forgotten my biggest pet peeve of all of them.

People who seem to believe that they won't effectively gain weight unless they supplement their workout by tagging themselves at the gym on Facebook and posting a picture while they are there, and also believe that their meal is unhealthy unless they take a picture of it first and then list all of the ingredients to their status.

You don't need to flood my news feed to be healthy. I have lost 50 lbs and never have I ever, even once, mentioned weight loss, health, nutrition, working out, or anything of the sort. STOP IT!

OMG I absolutely agree with this. People who post their statuses on Facebook drive me nuts! I don't care if you are at the gym working out or what you had for dinner!

I post on Facebook because people ask me to.... People ask me for advice and ask about my progress and request pictures and want to know what I am eating... But I put a full disclaimer that if you don't wanna know then delete me now because if I can inspire one person to better their life than it is completely worth the few people getting aggravated about what I post on my own page .. I also post a bit of it to my blog and if they want to see then the can click the link and go read

I love being inspired, Al Noog. And is that your dog on your pounds lost bar? Cute dog! (still trying to get the hang of this site, learning how Reply works)

Dear God how could I have forgotten my biggest pet peeve of all of them.

People who seem to believe that they won't effectively gain weight unless they supplement their workout by tagging themselves at the gym on Facebook and posting a picture while they are there, and also believe that their meal is unhealthy unless they take a picture of it first and then list all of the ingredients to their status.

You don't need to flood my news feed to be healthy. I have lost 50 lbs and never have I ever, even once, mentioned weight loss, health, nutrition, working out, or anything of the sort. STOP IT!

OMG I absolutely agree with this. People who post their statuses on Facebook drive me nuts! I don't care if you are at the gym working out or what you had for dinner!

I post on Facebook because people ask me to.... People ask me for advice and ask about my progress and request pictures and want to know what I am eating... But I put a full disclaimer that if you don't wanna know then delete me now because if I can inspire one person to better their life than it is completely worth the few people getting aggravated about what I post on my own page .. I also post a bit of it to my blog and if they want to see then the can click the link and go read

I love being inspired, Al Noog. And is that your dog on your pounds lost bar? Cute dog! (still trying to get the hang of this site, learning how Reply works)

Thank you!
yes that is my baby girl Lulu she's a yorkie. I have a baby boy named Remy that is half yorkie and half chihuahua.

You'll get the hang of the site soon and be a pro in no time!