smart comebacks needed

I never have smart comebacks. I'm afflicted with "l'esprit d'escalier" where you come up with the perfect response three days later.

But I wanted to tell you that you're doing GREAT and you should keep on keeping on.

Haha wow first time I have ever heard someone other than me use that idiom, nicely done madam.

Ask them what qualifies them to judge you. Or you could just walk away from them/ignore them/change the subject. It's got bugger all to do with them; nosy know-it-alls...

Derpes thats just brilliant! Lol

Congrats on your steady weight loss- that's fantastic! Sounds like you've ready found what works for you to be losing consistently every week.

I'm in the South right now and I'm learning from the Southern belles in my community. What I've heard them say is something along the lines of, "Thanks for your advice. I feel great about what I'm doing." (followed by a sweet, if somewhat inauthentic, smile and eye contact) Or, similarly if folks say that you've lost too much weight and should stop trying to get healthier, "Thanks for your concern. I feel great." Again, with the big smile.

It's a little passive-aggressive, but it ends the conversation.

I've heard from a couple people that I'm not losing fast enough. I'm averaging 1.5 pounds a week, and have lost almost 20 in the last 3 months. It makes me so angry to hear that I should have lost more for all the effort I'm putting in, or I eat too much or should eat 1200 max, cut everything out and go cardio crazy. I think my favorite is when someone they know lost 20 pounds in the first month doing xyz, I should try it. I'm not hangry, I eat min 1500 calories, usually more like 1800-2000. Workout 4 or 5 days a week. Why are people such know-it-all @ssholes?

What should I say to them except to quote the dude " Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man."

Were it me, I would say something like "I've got to tell you I couldn't be happier with these results and this new lifestyle in general. I don't want to change a thing."

Meh, just tell them it's your own secret recipe that you're trying to patent as the next miracle weight loss drug so you can make a million dollars and quit working and that it's even better than Raspberry keytones, Garcinia Cambogia, and green coffee bean extract; it just doesn't work as fast but you won't regain the weight when you quit taking it. You just haven't thought of a catchy name yet so you can't tell them what it is.

Then they will be more baffled than anything else.

And you are doing fabulous so don't let them get you down.

I've heard from a couple people that I'm not losing fast enough. I'm averaging 1.5 pounds a week, and have lost almost 20 in the last 3 months. It makes me so angry to hear that I should have lost more for all the effort I'm putting in, or I eat too much or should eat 1200 max, cut everything out and go cardio crazy. I think my favorite is when someone they know lost 20 pounds in the first month doing xyz, I should try it. I'm not hangry, I eat min 1500 calories, usually more like 1800-2000. Workout 4 or 5 days a week. Why are people such know-it-all @ssholes?

What should I say to them except to quote the dude " Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man."

Nice quote! Check out my ticker :drinker:

But anyway, I don't discuss this kind of stuff with coworkers and I only talk about weight loss or fitness with friends if they ask. Honestly, it never ends well. For whatever reason, the second I tell anyone I am trying to lose weight or going to the gym, they immediately know more than me about nutrition/fitness/everything and tell me what I should or shouldn't do. It's easier to just not discuss it, especially with the sedentary, overweight, "do as I say not as I do" crowd I'm referring to.

I'm a smarta$$ so I'd say "so I've lost 20 pounds in 3 months, so how much have you lost?" and give them a big smile. That should shut them up. Since I'm sure it's not the people that are losing weight themselves that are making the comments.

Why do you need to come back? What do you really gain in the end? Would it make you feel better to retaliate?

well.... yes actually. I'm not looking to put them down, just get them to leave me alone with their advice.

I agree with her, I am not of the "turn the other cheek" mentality in situations like this.

Well, I'd never start a fight with a cowboy. Y'all are tough!

Tell them the garbage that is coming out of their mouths is spilling into your mouth and that is why you are not losing the weight fast enough so if they really want to help you they need to shut the phuck up :happy:

your doing great w2g!!!! :flowerforyou:

OR, get all excited and say

"Why, do you want to take me bikini shopping this afternoon? LET'S GO!"

My usual response is "When i want your opinion i will beat it out of you", thats short and to the point

"Oh, I see it's working for you! Oh wait, it's not, is it?!"

I've heard from a couple people that I'm not losing fast enough. I'm averaging 1.5 pounds a week, and have lost almost 20 in the last 3 months. It makes me so angry to hear that I should have lost more for all the effort I'm putting in, or I eat too much or should eat 1200 max, cut everything out and go cardio crazy. I think my favorite is when someone they know lost 20 pounds in the first month doing xyz, I should try it. I'm not hangry, I eat min 1500 calories, usually more like 1800-2000. Workout 4 or 5 days a week. Why are people such know-it-all @ssholes?

What should I say to them except to quote the dude " Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man."

why? because they're only eating 1200 calories max which is making them hangry HANGRY i tell you! keep up the great work - slow and steady keeps the weight off.

edited to add comback line: thank you for sharing your opinion about MY weight loss now please pass the butter