dumb questions people that don't workout ask you

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  • Lofteren
    Lofteren Posts: 960 Member
    Is [random food item] good for me to eat? No, you should stop all eating immediately.

    Do you lift weights? No, I was born with 21" biceps and they've been that size ever since.

    Why do you eat like that? To make you look even worse.
  • yopeeps025
    yopeeps025 Posts: 8,680 Member
    How can you jump rope that fast and still be fat?

    OK, I know this is a rude thing for someone to say to you, but I have to admit it really struck me as funny. Keep up the jumping!! :flowerforyou:

    He through one of those "I don't mean to offend you then quote above". I told him my diet is trash. We had a good laugh together. It the truth though. If there was a way to outrun a poor diet I would of done it years ago.

    I think it's easier for guys to talk like this to each other. We would never say that to a woman. lol

    It has to do with me being more accepting to the fact that I was fat then and still am. So what. Time to keep pushing
  • smantha32
    smantha32 Posts: 6,990 Member


    Why do you eat like that? To make you look even worse.


    lol
  • FitFitzy331
    FitFitzy331 Posts: 308 Member
    "Women shouldn't be drinking protein powder"

    I've gotten this one. My favorite was that I ordered a low cal whey protein, had it delivered to my office since it would get there faster than my house, and one girl asked "really? you're going to use that?" and another girl told her (in front of me) "she shouldn't, women shouldn't take protein supplements unless they are trying to bulk up. Don't do that." :huh: Yep that was entertaining for me. I looked at them both and said it doesn't matter what I eat or drink if i'm on a deficit and walked away for them to ponder what I meant
  • MasterBroshi
    MasterBroshi Posts: 108 Member
    "Women shouldn't be drinking protein powder"

    I've gotten this one. My favorite was that I ordered a low cal whey protein, had it delivered to my office since it would get there faster than my house, and one girl asked "really? you're going to use that?" and another girl told her (in front of me) "she shouldn't, women shouldn't take protein supplements unless they are trying to bulk up. Don't do that." :huh: Yep that was entertaining for me. I looked at them both and said it doesn't matter what I eat or drink if i'm on a deficit and walked away for them to ponder what I meant

    Their heads exploded trying to figure that one out.
  • du6157
    du6157 Posts: 14 Member
    Don't give up on running! It took me six months to get to a point where I didn't feel like I was dying, but now I look forward to running. I will probably never love running, but I'm glad I run because it makes me feel good when I'm done. It's hard some days to get out of bed and lace up those shoes, but it gives me a huge mental boost throughout out my day to remember that I've already clocked in those miles. I eat less because I think about how hard I ran this morning and I don't want to undo all that hard work. I'll never be fast but I know I'm burning calories as I chug along.
  • CipherZero
    CipherZero Posts: 1,418 Member
    how did you lose all the weight?

    "Well, it's a little more complex than this, but at the core of it it comes down to a pair of simple things..." I then lean in conspiratorally as if I'm about to tell the secrets of the universe and whisper after looking around to make sure no one's listening in.

    "Eat less, move more."

    The look of utter disappointment on their faces is delicious.
  • pigiaki
    pigiaki Posts: 40 Member
    ''Why are you eating,you supposed to diet...''
    and i'm like Whaaat?!:tongue:
  • HunterKiller
    HunterKiller Posts: 361 Member
    Why don't you eat normally?!
  • euronorris
    euronorris Posts: 211 Member
    Not a gym related question, but I rode my bicycle into work today. It was 10C outside when I did it. Every co-worker walked past me, say my helmet, and asked "you rode in today?" as if anyone who had attempted to do so would die from the cold. -.-'

    I power walk to work each morning. I don't wear a jacket, and even then I'm sweating. And people still look at me as I am crazy for not having a jacket on. It's still 15C here in the mornings at the moment! If I wear a jacket for that walk, I'll cook!
  • TravelsWithHuckleberry
    TravelsWithHuckleberry Posts: 955 Member
    I really give up trying to explain anything. I had a coworker say I don't look like I lift because she can't see my definition through my uniform. Ummm...it isn't made of spandex.

    OMG people are ridiculous. Your response is hilarious -- please tell me you actually said that!
  • haildodger
    haildodger Posts: 181 Member
    "So when are you going to be done working out and going to the gym?"

    Um...never?

    And

    "When are you going to start eating 'normal' again?"

    as soon as I want to look like you, I'll eat like you. :laugh:

    Lol.. I get the: "When are you going to start eating 'normal' again?", and I don't even work out yet. I usually say:"This is my normal", but I like your response better. :)

    At work when the boss buys cheese cake/donuts/popsicles I get the "Take a day off from your diet." I didn't like that crap even when I was fat. And if I did eat it back then, it was just to be "polite".
  • meshashesha2012
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,329 Member
    after a workou with my gym bag, wearing workout leggings and a tee that's all sweaty and i'm all sweaty even in the winter. i jog home the few blocks from the gym and sometimes i stop in the corner store for a cold coke zero.

    the guy behind the counter asks "did you just come from the gym?" :laugh:
  • DenDweller
    DenDweller Posts: 1,438 Member
    Humph.If a person tries to talk to me but doesn't look like they work out I just hold out my open hand, turn up my nose, and walk away.
  • fluffyasacat
    fluffyasacat Posts: 242 Member
    Humph.If a person tries to talk to me but doesn't look like they work out I just hold out my open hand, turn up my nose, and walk away.
    :laugh:

    "Why are people who get strung out by people who DON'T EVEN LIFT always thinking of what they really should have said two days later and then posting it in a forum?"
  • stumblinthrulife
    stumblinthrulife Posts: 2,558 Member
    I guess I'm lucky. Mostly I just get compliments on the progress I've made. Though I've had a few "I wish I could have the discipline you do", to which I answer something along the lines of "It's easier than you imagine. You just have to decide to start, and then decide to not stop."

    I try not to criticize people that don't workout or that over eat, or that know less than I do now. Because let's face it, a little over two years ago, I was one of them. That I made the decision to change before they did doesn't make me better than them. And I could still fail tomorrow, or in two years, or five or ten.

    And any 'dumb question' they ask me is probably relatively no dumber than the lifting questions I might ask Mark Rippetoe or Dave Tate given the opportunity.
  • R1ss4n1
    R1ss4n1 Posts: 35 Member
    My favorite.. "How do you run?!"

    My answer.. "Well, i put one foot in front of the other, kind of like walkng..but a lot faster"

    Hey, running ain't easy. Before I learned how I genuinely asked that question!

    I haven't really been asked any dumb questions other than the general "How do you find the time."

    Time machine - i totally have a time machine.

    My time machine is an alarm clock. ;)

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