Sarcastic Heifer

I didn't see OP making any excuses.... I just saw someone telling us her situation and how she felt about it...if she was making excuses she wouldn't have lifted her fingers to the keyboard....

And you show me a woman who claims she never felt a pregnancy trashed her body, I will show you a liar or someone on too many happy pills....

She blamed her husband eating doritos. Her kids for trashing her body. Her friend taking a pill is getting the easy way out. Those are excuses.

I've had 3 kids and having them didn't trash my body, my being lazy, yo yo dieting for years trashed my body.. and now I'm fixing it. No happy pills needed I prefer being cranky

I agree to your point - she used excuses. But to pounce on her .... Looks like people are waiting for the school bell to ring to start partying. Until then they have to do something so why not throw some gifs.

Stop hatin' on gifs. They are funny and meant to bring in some levity.

What's goin on in hurr?

I enjoyed the OP. And don't worry OP, my kids wrecked my body too. Just in a different way that isn't readily apparent.

Srlsy, kids wreck every woman's body. What do you think will happens when you spend 9 months growing a human being inside of you and then you have to push this 7 lb thing out of your vagayjay. Extra weight, saggy skin, and stretch marks are inevitable. It's what you do afterwards that counts. I don't know why some people got so butthurt about the OP's comment on that one.

I didn't see OP making any excuses.... I just saw someone telling us her situation and how she felt about it...if she was making excuses she wouldn't have lifted her fingers to the keyboard....

And you show me a woman who claims she never felt a pregnancy trashed her body, I will show you a liar or someone on too many happy pills....

She blamed her husband eating doritos. Her kids for trashing her body. Her friend taking a pill is getting the easy way out. Those are excuses.

I've had 3 kids and having them didn't trash my body, my being lazy, yo yo dieting for years trashed my body.. and now I'm fixing it. No happy pills needed I prefer being cranky

I agree to your point - she used excuses. But to pounce on her .... Looks like people are waiting for the school bell to ring to start partying. Until then they have to do something so why not throw some gifs.

Stop hatin' on gifs. They are funny and meant to bring in some levity.

Fine. Find your next victim.

This thread is like some kind of Rorschach test for people's insecurities.

Did anyone read the topic of this thread as Sarcastic Hitler?

I did.

Good Luck on your Gurney

SO, let me ask an honest question: Is it common to just gang up on the newbs and 1.) get all self-righteous and preachy 2.) gif 3.) be pricks? And are there like set groups on MFP? Like on Mean Girls?

Here's the thing...

I didn't really see where anyone ganged up on you. Tell you everything you said was excuses? Yes. Do you know why? Because we all had those very same (or similar) excuses at one point or another. It's all about personal responsibility, and yes, you've said you know you're fat because you eat ________...but in your OP, it's your husband's doritos, it was your kids, etc. Everything came off as an excuse and again, every single one of us has been there. I think a lot of people are just trying to get you to see that. To try to save you some time. Because the truth is, you'll never lose the weight until you take full responsibility, don't post about it being x, y, z why you're over weight, and really own it and want to make changes. Until then you'll just be treading water.

Whether you liked what people said or not, that's the truth. People aren't being self righteous, if you take a step back, take emotion out of the equation, open yourself up to honest criticism - which I know is hard - and maybe go back thru the thread and see what people were really actually trying to say to you.

Gifs...yes. Because gifs can be cute and funny. Losing weight can get way too serious and sometimes, we all need a laugh. They are also used to try to lighten the mood.

Just an FYI - calling people pricks and such is against the TOS of the site. So is all the F bombs you dropped. I'm not offended, I'm just letting you know...some people may report you for that.

I can see your point, and I appreciate your honesty. But if you read my entire post, both of them, I wasn't making any excuses. I was being blunt. Also, I didn't ask for or invite criticism. All I was after was a few people to add to my friend list to keep in contact with to joke around with and keep in touch with to check in with once in a while. The fact that people brought my children into it on a different level than I did was low, cruel, and disgusting. Frankly, anyone who does that is worthless.

Sorry (not really) about the swearing, I have the mouth of a trucker.

I have the mouth of a sailor...it was hard for me at first here too...

You were making excuses, whether you think they are or not. That's what they were.

Actually YOU brought your children into it by saying they trashed your body. I know you didn't mean it that way, but this is the interwebz with lots of people...and posting on an open forum, opens up whatever you say to other people's opinions.

I didn't see OP making any excuses.... I just saw someone telling us her situation and how she felt about it...if she was making excuses she wouldn't have lifted her fingers to the keyboard....

And you show me a woman who claims she never felt a pregnancy trashed her body, I will show you a liar or someone on too many happy pills....

Didn't trash my body. Not for one second did I think it did.
Now......old habits of much fast fast food and pans of brownies at a time.. THAT wrecked my body.

Tough love: showing you that eventually, you'll realize it's time to stop wallowing in your own *kitten* excuses and do the work.

IMHO Tough Love is total BS.

It's bullying. It's a cover-up to bully someone that's when people use that "tough love" excuse.

ETA: Also surprising same people end up showing "tough love" ... agian and again ... only the victim is different to shower that tough love on.

uh oh....the B word :embarassed:
mean people thread in 3...2.....

SO, let me ask an honest question: Is it common to just gang up on the newbs and 1.) get all self-righteous and preachy 2.) gif 3.) be pricks? And are there like set groups on MFP? Like on Mean Girls?

Here's the thing...

I didn't really see where anyone ganged up on you. Tell you everything you said was excuses? Yes. Do you know why? Because we all had those very same (or similar) excuses at one point or another. It's all about personal responsibility, and yes, you've said you know you're fat because you eat ________...but in your OP, it's your husband's doritos, it was your kids, etc. Everything came off as an excuse and again, every single one of us has been there. I think a lot of people are just trying to get you to see that. To try to save you some time. Because the truth is, you'll never lose the weight until you take full responsibility, don't post about it being x, y, z why you're over weight, and really own it and want to make changes. Until then you'll just be treading water.

Whether you liked what people said or not, that's the truth. People aren't being self righteous, if you take a step back, take emotion out of the equation, open yourself up to honest criticism - which I know is hard - and maybe go back thru the thread and see what people were really actually trying to say to you.

Gifs...yes. Because gifs can be cute and funny. Losing weight can get way too serious and sometimes, we all need a laugh. They are also used to try to lighten the mood.

Just an FYI - calling people pricks and such is against the TOS of the site. So is all the F bombs you dropped. I'm not offended, I'm just letting you know...some people may report you for that.

I can see your point, and I appreciate your honesty. But if you read my entire post, both of them, I wasn't making any excuses. I was being blunt. Also, I didn't ask for or invite criticism. All I was after was a few people to add to my friend list to keep in contact with to joke around with and keep in touch with to check in with once in a while. The fact that people brought my children into it on a different level than I did was low, cruel, and disgusting. Frankly, anyone who does that is worthless.

Sorry (not really) about the swearing, I have the mouth of a trucker.

I have the mouth of a sailor...it was hard for me at first here too...

You were making excuses, whether you think they are or not. That's what they were.

Actually YOU brought your children into it by saying they trashed your body. I know you didn't mean it that way, but this is the interwebz with lots of people...and posting on an open forum, opens up whatever you say to other people's opinions.

I saw it less as excuses and more as her venting about the obstacles she faces. We've all seen people post why they CANT lose weight, but she was simply pointing out what she has to overcome. No need for a gang bang. We' all have obstacles and we all vent about them on ocassion.

The title of her thread is Sarcastic Heifer. People brought the sarcasm and the Heifer couldn't take it.
I don't get it.

**shrug**

The title of her thread is Sarcastic Heifer. People brought the sarcasm and the Heifer couldn't take it.
I don't get it.

**shrug**

The title of her thread is Sarcastic Heifer. People brought the sarcasm and the Heifer couldn't take it.
I don't get it.

**shrug**

I think the OP Did a hell of a Job playing a hell of a lot of people on this whole post.:laugh:

yeah right.
That's why we're all pricks & f-bomb this and f-bomb that.