VENTING!!!

Yeah they think they are helping. It is hard to take it as help though. My mother, who is the one most likely to do this kind of thing, knows better...lol. My fuse can be quite short with hooey like this and she knows it. ;-)

That being said, sometimes a good answer is just "Okay." The point, as you know, isn't that you are dieting or depriving yourself, but that you are changing your life. That doesn't mean you have to always say no.

That is the worst!! Happens to me too....especially at work!! Don't you want to just say "If I wanted your advice I would ask, and since you are sitting there eating a doughnut, I really don't need advice from you!" Keep it up!!

I get the opposite. Because I am thin...they try to push everything on me. I just want to yell 'I'm this size and I want to stay this way. I am not working out 5 days a week for at least an hour to cram junk in my mouth!'. While I do have my days where I beinge on the bad stuff...it's because I want to, not having say 'oh, but you're tiny...you can eat this peice of cake and not have to think twice about it'. People can be so annoying.

Been there, done that, and still use my magic cooler! LOL Years ago, I worked in an office where everyone was on a diet. I had some issues with PCOS, Fibroids, and Endometrosis so I was on a lot of meds to try and get my hormones straightened out. The meds and hormone issues had made me gain weight, and long story short, I needed to lose a lot too. Well, I finally took a certification on special populations (specifically female hormone issues) and learned what I needed to know to regulate my systems naturally and went off the medications. When I started doing the steps necessary to lose body fat but retain my muscle, I started carrying a cooler to work with me with all my food. I was eating every 3 hours and in the gym every night. (At the time I was working as an accountant and only doing personal training part time, so my evenings were split between training others and doing my own workouts.) Anyway, as my co-workers scolded me for eating all that food and how I would never lose weight that way, I smiled and told them I would be just fine because it came from my magic cooler. As they invited me to their various weight loss meetings, I smiled and told them no thanks. Three months into my program I had lost 35 pounds on the scale and several sizes, while most of them still looked the same. Suddenly, they all wanted to know what was in my magic cooler. So, just smile and let them think what they want, but in a few months, they will want to know what is in your magic snacks. :laugh:

That is the worst!! Happens to me too....especially at work!! Don't you want to just say "If I wanted your advice I would ask, and since you are sitting there eating a doughnut, I really don't need advice from you!" Keep it up!!

I like that. But my favorite response is and always will be, "If I wanted your opinion, I'd give it to you."

I hear you loud and clear on that one. There is nothing more frustrating than trying to lose weight and constantly have people criticize you. I have a aunt that is almost 400 lbs and after ive lost about 30lbs tells me i will always look like a linebacker. How inconsiderate and insensitive. Ive been busting my *kitten* since september and she does nothing but tell me to eat out with her at restaraunts like olive garden and chinese food places and then has the nerve to tell me i look like a football player. sometimes people are just so dumb:explode:

You know that bothers me too but in my case it's the opposite. They say 'oh just have one', 'you can treat yourself to more than one', 'it's not that bad, go ahead, come on, go ahead' and my worst one yet, 'you're obsessed with counting calories..just eat!'

I mean I don't say anything to them! But I choose to be the bigger person and say 'I may be obsessed but it's working', or 'no thanks one is plenty I enjoy every bite'.

So as long as what you're doing is working...keep it up with a great big smile :happy:

I hear ya! My Mom is a health nut. Her idea of a "treat" is unsalted pretzels...blech! So at Christmas she was shredding some cheese...yes cheese for some thing and I pinched some, like between three fingers. And she replied "oh I have some 75% fat free cheese if you want it? I know she's trying to help but seriously Low fat cheese is horrific! and It's cheese!! Not a chocolate cake! Prior to me watching what I was eating I would have been rummaging for cookies!

So I just told her, listen I'm counting calories, I eat what I want and I work out. Its in versus out. And you can keep your crappy cheese :P

I know how you feel....I have lost over 30 pounds in less than two months....and get told that I am doing it all wrong and that a little of this or that will not hurt me.....I just tried to avoid the family as much as possible during the holidays.....my husband and kids don't care what I eat.....as a matter of fact.....one of my daughters had decided that she could eat a little healthier.....

I hate those kinds of comments, but as another commenter stated I also hate the 'come on treat yourself, you've lost weight you desire it' people too. I just try and ignore that and it they keep it up, punch them in the thoart. Just say you have an involuntary punching problem because of all the kickboxing classes you have gone to.