Family gathering weight loss cliche bingo!

Tillyecl1
Tillyecl1 Posts: 189 Member
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The reason this made me laugh so much is because people often comment on the boards about someone saying one or another of these phrases to them and no one has EVER said any of these things to me before (even when I lost the original 35kg nearly 5 years ago). Given I am at a BMI of 21ish, 23% body fat and do half Ironman distance triathlons as my activity of choice I would put myself at reasonably fit and healthy, definitely not underweight \ starving myself \ ill etc.

But I got a new haircut and was wearing skinny jeans (rather than baggy jeans and a hoody like I normally do) and for some reason this flipped the switch and I got a FULL HOUSE! I was almost wetting myself laughing as one person after another came up to me and said one of the phrases below, it was a cliche avalanche!

So here we go:

"Lifting weights will make you look like a man"
"Don't go getting all muscley - men don't like it"
"Carbs are soo... bad for you, I don't eat them anymore" - two people said this to me and both said it, with no irony at all, whilst eating cake
"Fruit isn't good for you, it has too much sugar" - the Dundee fruit cake they were eating had glace cherries on the top
"Don't lose any more, you'll be too skinny"
"What diet are you on?" - I tried to explain about the whole healthy eating and exercise thing that I've been doing for the last 5 years to lose and then maintain and then lose a bit more, but they weren't really interested in that.
"Have you tried XYZ diet pill"
"Have you tried XYZ diet"
"Writing down all your food is a bit weird isn't it?"
"You can trust me, just tell me, do you have an eating disorder?"
"Are you a "normal" BMI or are you underweight now?"
"You must be starving" - in fairness to the person who made that comment, I was pretty hungry, because I'd just cycled 40 miles and hadn't had my lunch yet.
"Why are you eating a cake? You can't do that on a diet" - Just to prove the point I made a complete mess sitting there with crumbs all down me eating my slice of delicious, sugary, buttery, carby goodness with a massive grin on my face ;-)

Please add some more for me to listen out for next time :-)

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  • AdaVanderlyle
    AdaVanderlyle Posts: 113 Member
    This was hilarious :laugh:
  • Grumpsandwich
    Grumpsandwich Posts: 368 Member
    I get the " I thought you were on a diet" comment quite a bit when they see me eating other than "rabbit foot" they cant understand healthier choices and lifestyle isnt really a diet and you can eat real food

    the one that got me the most after getting PICKED on for losing weight, this comment was directed at me
    "bahaha , she's a barfer" ( that comment was the only barfing in the vicinity, verbal barfing)

    How long you gonna keep it off though?

    You lost it too fast, thats why you got all that skin! Work out more it tightens the skin! ( I didnt know skin was a muscle?) Its disgusting! (Ah thank you loving family)

    Everyone now complains that now matter how much they diet they cant lose weight ( eating a salad for lunch once a week and the extent of exercise is getting up from the sofa to get said salad really isnt gonna work but i smile and apologize and say nothing more)

    I get the dont lose anymore comment quite often as well, and i do have quite a bit of fluff in the midsection left.. Its just hidden by my boobs in comparison. I hear the your starting to look anorexic comments or will look disgusting, or chicken legs (really annoying isnt it!)

    God your legs are too muscular! They look like a dudes! ( my leg muscles are strictly from belly dancing, yoga and squats) :/ I dont do weights other than 5 lb dumbells
  • nilbogger
    nilbogger Posts: 870 Member
    This could definitely be a game. I think you need something in there about muscle turning to fat, the Cabbage Soup diet and possibly running being bad for you.
  • runningforicecream
    runningforicecream Posts: 89
    "Why are you eating a cake? You can't do that on a diet" - Just to prove the point I made a complete mess sitting there with crumbs all down me eating my slice of delicious, sugary, buttery, carby goodness with a massive grin on my face ;-)

    Did this happen today? As in you ate cake today? Because if you did and didn't send me any, I don't think we can be friends. Especially when I need them so badly today.

    My friends and family are like that, too. My mum tries to talk to me about all the weight loss 'ways' she saw on TV and my friends...SMH. They are a fountain of misinformation. Then when I try to explain to them all you need is calories out > calories in, that's when the pandemonium starts. And they don't ever listen. EVER.
  • Tillyecl1
    Tillyecl1 Posts: 189 Member
    This could definitely be a game. I think you need something in there about muscle turning to fat, the Cabbage Soup diet and possibly running being bad for you.

    I will await the running being bad for me one with baited breath because I'm pretty sure that'll be rolled out next time :-D
    Did this happen today? As in you ate cake today? Because if you did and didn't send me any, I don't think we can be friends. Especially when I need them so badly today.

    Don't panic! This was yesterday and all the cake is gone now :-( sad times I think you'll agree, but I will remember to mail you a piece next time :-)
  • runningforicecream
    runningforicecream Posts: 89
    Did this happen today? As in you ate cake today? Because if you did and didn't send me any, I don't think we can be friends. Especially when I need them so badly today.

    Don't panic! This was yesterday and all the cake is gone now :-( sad times I think you'll agree, but I will remember to mail you a piece next time :-)
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    No more cake? Fine, I am going to go eat my ice cream instead.


    ETA: One of my friends , a guy, also like to tell me this "god, you're more muscular than me. Maybe consider stopping the weight lifting?" I feel like like flinging my bag into his face and reply "maybe YOU should consider weight lifting, instead". But he's a friend, so all I did was fling my bag into his face.
  • cardbucfan
    cardbucfan Posts: 10,571 Member
    Op, those are hilarious!

    The ones I've gotten recently or often are
    "Don't forget to log that" in a smarmy voice.
    "I can't believe with all the exercise you do you'd still eat that" staring at my 1/2 cup of ice cream.

    Smh-they just don't get it.
  • Tillyecl1
    Tillyecl1 Posts: 189 Member
    ETA: One of my friends , a guy, also like to tell me this "god, you're more muscular than me. Maybe consider stopping the weight lifting?" I feel like like flinging my bag into his face and reply "maybe YOU should consider weight lifting, instead". But he's a friend, so all I did was fling my bag into his face.

    Bwahahaha! :-D
  • njitaliana
    njitaliana Posts: 813 Member
    How about this one: "My God, you have lost weight! Have you been sick?"
  • shmulyeng
    shmulyeng Posts: 472 Member
    I could have written this myself! I get almost all these comments. I had someone try to convince me to try some diet that costs $2,200 just to get started. I was thinking I didn't spend that much in the last 8 months including all my running and biking gear.

    I also find that as soon as you say you don't have some special diet, they just tune out. I keep it simple: "I eat less and exercise more". If they're interested in more they'll ask.

    Some more quotes:

    So are you grouchy all the time?
    Did you do the band or the sleeve?
    It's impossible that you eat all that stuff!
    How do you know your calorie counts are accurate? (the answer to that is that I don't care. If what I'm doing works, I don't care if it's really 3000 calories).

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