is there a DUH factor?

bynsky · February 2011

Y'all should be proud of me... I held my tongue.

Two women I work with were talking over lunch wishing there was a miracle cure besides starving yourself & exercising to lose weight. They brought up Slim-Fast, diet pills, Ex-Lax (REALLY?!?!) and a couple other things. There was even a comment about "I'm starving, I'm exercising & I'm *****y" and basically saying that was why they couldn't do this. :noway:

Here I am sitting there; I've lost over 30lbs and I KNOW it's noticable. Do they once ask me how I've done it? NO! Are they jealous? Maybe... but that's no excuse. They weren't talking to me, and I didn't feel like interjecting myself into their conversation. But when you've got a success in the making sitting right next to you, wouldn't common sense tell you to ask what that person has done? :grumble:

I had at least 3 people tell me on Friday night how awesome I look and ask me what I've been doing to lose the weight. Maybe it's because I see my co-workers daily that they have "blinders" on to what I look like.

Anyway, I needed to vent before I go up to them and say "Stop looking for a miracle cure, eat healthy stuff instead of starving yourself and then binging, and quit whining about having to exercise!" :explode:

Here endeth the lesson...

ZebraHead · February 2011

That's a great story.

I had relatives that had not seen me in 2 years, since I lost almost 40 pounds. We were together all weekend finally they looked at me and said: "Yeah, but does it really work?" I almost fell out of my chair.

kao708 · February 2011

I think sometimes your corworkers might be afraid to say anything because they think it might be awkward. In this situation, I think these might just have been shallow human beings based on their conversation! I would just ignore them. You can't help those that don't want to be helped.

CalorieNinja · February 2011

That just proves my theory more. If you really want to do something you will find any way to do, if you don't really want to do something you will find every excuse not to

erickirb · February 2011

They may have been jealous and wanted you to overhear as they were implying you did/do at least one of those things for weight loss.

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Samana06 · February 2011

I tried a slimfast today (I got called into work last minute) ... wasn't bad. But I refuse to make it a staple in my daily life. Isn't this supposed to be about changing your eating and exercising habits ... to make it a life long goal. Slimfast just is NOT maintainable long term. Although it did a darned good job of keeping me full while I was chasing those 3 year olds!

lindseyelyzabeth · February 2011

this happens to me ALL of the time. i'm a hair stylist, so i am always surrounded by women who are looking to improve themselves - and most women are looking for the fast cure, lazy AND full of excuses (i AM a women, so i feel i am the liberty to say this! ha!). just go home, proud of the fact that you have the DUH factor. i, also, know that we can easily lose the DUH factor from time to time. so, hopefully this experience will be a good reminded if we ever slip into bad habits. congrats on your weight loss!

bettertracie · February 2011

I have to admit I in the past was one of the 'whineys' too... But I am also a loudmouth, outspoken, and brutally honest person! And I happen to work for a large sports apparel retailer, so there's a fair amount of trash talking in what I do, and it's generally accepted, so yes, my conversations tend to be a little more in your face, but my customers have come to expect nothing less from me...

Anyway, I get at least 2 customers a day come in and ask, "So, how much weight have you actually lost!?" and it's usually in a sarcastic, almost accusitory tone. And when I tell them 75 pounds, they are shocked, then the "what are you doing" comes..

WHATEVER I WANT........ I JUST HAVE TO HOLD MYSELF ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE CRAP I DO TO MYSELF!!

I had an ex approach me at a bar and ask me if I went on the Jenny Crank Diet... And after I caught my breath from laughing at him so hard, I told him, I never even had the luxury of even a diet pill because he left me so high and dry!!

Bottom Line~ people are idiots, ignorance is bliss, and until these people actually want to be happy, they will keep being miserable.... AND FAT!!!!

Hope at least this helps you laugh it off.... The things people come up with, huh??

qtwells82 · February 2011

They want to hear that there is this miracle pill or something easy that will get them to where they want to be. They don’t want to hear exercise and eating healthy...why? Because it’s a mental and physical challenge every day. And it’s not easy. F them, strut your stuff, because you know they notice it

Mrs_McFadden · February 2011

They don't really want the answers then do they? They probably ALREADY KNOW. It's not as if we really required the cigarette companies to admit their product was unhealthy for all of us to know that people shouldn't smoke right? I think they're either Romy and Michele- or they aren't ready to face the reality that there is no magic method, it's just plain discipline and work and that isn't easy or glamorous enough for them.

jsecret · February 2011

I totally hear you there! I have people ask me how I lost weight and I tell them I try to count calories and stay under 1400 calories a day they... they reply "Oh, well I can't do that, I like food too much. What else do you do?" Well, I also try to get exercise in, if you don't want to cut your food intake then you need to workout more... again they reply "Oh, I don't want to workout... what else?" Uhm... nothing, there's nothing else. It's either one or the other (preferably both). Then I get the evil eye like I'm lying and hiding the miracle cure!

ObviousIndigo · February 2011

I had a friend ask me the other day how many calories I was eating a day (she's on the HGC which allows 500) because she can see me changing and reshaping my body. I told her between 1300 - 1800 a day depending on how much exercise I do that day. She came back with "Oh, my diet works the opposite. I can only eat 500/day and I usually don't even want that. I can't work out on it though!"

Does this not make others go ...WTF

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Kityngirl · February 2011

That just proves my theory more. If you really want to do something you will find any way to do, if you don't really want to do something you will find every excuse not to

So true. I hear people complain all the time about their weight but never actually do anything about it. Until you decide to change, there are a million excuses why you can't.

ObviousIndigo · February 2011

I had a friend ask me the other day how many calories I was eating a day (she's on the HGC which allows 500) because she can see me changing and reshaping my body. I told her between 1300 - 1800 a day depending on how much exercise I do that day. She came back with "Oh, my diet works the opposite. I can only eat 500/day and I usually don't even want that. I can't work out on it though!"

Does this not make others go ...WTF

That is just frightening! She has got to feel physically horrible!

Yep and she doesn't look very good either:( Don't get me wrong... she has lost like 60lbs and in that way she looks better but you can tell it was a very unnatural and rushed weight loss. her skin hangs off her and her coloring is very grey. The lack of nutrition there is just frightening. It terrifies me, really.

scagneti · February 2011

I had a friend ask me the other day how many calories I was eating a day (she's on the HGC which allows 500) because she can see me changing and reshaping my body. I told her between 1300 - 1800 a day depending on how much exercise I do that day. She came back with "Oh, my diet works the opposite. I can only eat 500/day and I usually don't even want that. I can't work out on it though!"

Does this not make others go ...WTF

That is just frightening! She has got to feel physically horrible!

How can she even able to get out of bed? That is horrible! Her metabolism is going to screetch to a halt.

I know I can live the rest of my life on 1300-1800 calories -- how do you live on 500??

edorice · February 2011

I had a friend ask me the other day how many calories I was eating a day (she's on the HGC which allows 500) because she can see me changing and reshaping my body. I told her between 1300 - 1800 a day depending on how much exercise I do that day. She came back with "Oh, my diet works the opposite. I can only eat 500/day and I usually don't even want that. I can't work out on it though!"

Does this not make others go ...WTF

That makes me go WTF on the message board. My coworkers know better than to talk to me about some HCG crap.

jsecret · February 2011

I had a friend ask me the other day how many calories I was eating a day (she's on the HGC which allows 500) because she can see me changing and reshaping my body. I told her between 1300 - 1800 a day depending on how much exercise I do that day. She came back with "Oh, my diet works the opposite. I can only eat 500/day and I usually don't even want that. I can't work out on it though!"

Does this not make others go ...WTF

That is just frightening! She has got to feel physically horrible!

How can she even able to get out of bed? That is horrible! Her metabolism is going to screetch to a halt.

I know I can live the rest of my life on 1300-1800 calories -- how do you live on 500??

If you use the search function on the message boards you'll find many MANY threads containing HCG users who are happy to explain how the process works and their adventure through weightloss with this method. I'm not saying whether it's wrong or right, just that it's not right for me. But it is a "diet" that is used by a lot of people both in the outside world and right here on MFP!

ObviousIndigo · February 2011

I had a friend ask me the other day how many calories I was eating a day (she's on the HGC which allows 500) because she can see me changing and reshaping my body. I told her between 1300 - 1800 a day depending on how much exercise I do that day. She came back with "Oh, my diet works the opposite. I can only eat 500/day and I usually don't even want that. I can't work out on it though!"

Does this not make others go ...WTF

That is just frightening! She has got to feel physically horrible!

How can she even able to get out of bed? That is horrible! Her metabolism is going to screetch to a halt.

I know I can live the rest of my life on 1300-1800 calories -- how do you live on 500??

If you use the search function on the message boards you'll find many MANY threads containing HCG users who are happy to explain how the process works and their adventure through weightloss with this method. I'm not saying whether it's wrong or right, just that it's not right for me. But it is a "diet" that is used by a lot of people both in the outside world and right here on MFP!

All I can say is that I am sure there is a right way to do it and a wrong way to do it. She has been on it since the begining of October and has refused to do the phases. She has stayed on it all the way through all the while breast feeding a baby and planning to get pregnant at the end of this month and she looks terrible. It is truly sad to me that people will do anything, stick anything in their bodies to lose weight. I dont think this is as much a personal issue as a obvious problem with our society and what it drives people to do.
It is FRIGHTENING! And she can see the results that I am getting from eating properly and exercising.
Anytime there is a label to it or a number of days or calories or limit to foods people will do it but you tell them to eat and exercise and it is "no way!!! I can't do that! I can't commit to THAT!!" But you can commit to injecting yourself or drinking crap?

mlb929 · February 2011

I had a client off me an anexoria support group phone number last week. I was shocked. I'm very fit and fairly athletic in build. I'm more bulky muscle than lean. I just offered to let him run my next marathon with me. It's amazing what people say and don't say about weight loss.

When I first started losing weight I had a lot of people ask if I'd changed my hairstyle - weight was just too taboo to approach.

ShrinkinMel · February 2011

Probably awkward or they are that shallow to 1. notice your difference 2. assume you lost that way.

I actually really like some of the Slim Fast bars as snacks and they boost your vitamins/minerals. The shakes can be okay and used to be very portable options for lunches that were cheaper than looking for something healthy in fast food. I had tried the proportioned frozen meals but they are pretty gross to me but the meal bars were a nice lunch when I had really short lunches. Its easy to tote saved me money and fast food. In a pinch they can work into a healthy whole foods diet but not a daily thing where you eat 2 a day and a dinner and then go off to eating normal. It will come back if we don't exercise and learn to eat right to begin with.

is there a DUH factor?

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