What's your biggest weight loss / fitness pet peeve?
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kailibertsch wrote: »Liftng4Lis wrote: »When they post they want to "loose" weight.
This drives me crazy and I see it more often than not.
Then one day, you type out "lose" and have to sit there, staring at it for 5 minutes and wondering WTF is wrong with it before you realize so many people are interchanging "loose" with "lose" that even you can't remember which is which.
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Don't get me started. My husband is the only person who knows that I am "dieting" and trying to genuinely lose some weight. (He's very supportive too and hid the 4 boxes of Thin Mint Girl Guide Cookies he bought.)
If I even get asked by a co-worker or friend "Have you lost weight?" I always reply with "No, maybe you should get your eyes checked." Usually shuts them up.0 -
*Food fear mongering (sugar, artificial sweeteners, carbs, etc)
*Pintrest and women's fitness magazines and their health and exercise tips that are obviously misleading. Ex: getting abs or amazing arms with these 5 simply moves!
*The word toning and many women's general fear of picking up some real weights
*Ask-holes: People who see your results and ask your secret and advice repeatedly, but don't actually use your advice.
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Don't get me started. My husband is the only person who knows that I am "dieting" and trying to genuinely lose some weight. (He's very supportive too and hid the 4 boxes of Thin Mint Girl Guide Cookies he bought.)
If I even get asked by a co-worker or friend "Have you lost weight?" I always reply with "No, maybe you should get your eyes checked." Usually shuts them up.
It's awesome to have a supportive husband! But, why do you get so angry at that question from your friends? I used to love it!0 -
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levitateme wrote: »when people show up on the internet talking about how they are 'new and don't know what to do and can you please do all the research for me (here's my stats<3;);)xoxox) and tell me exactly what program i have to do and exactly what i should eat cause i dont want to waste any of my own precious time teaching myself hahahahahaha no really do it all for me, i aint got time for this sht i jus' wanna look hott.'
This x 1,000,000
I'll go ahead and x your 1,000,000 by another 1,000,000
These also seem to be the same people who have 1,000 excuses for why whatever plan is suggested to them won't work, or how they don't have time, etc.0 -
The people who knock the people who eat ice cream and pizza and burgers and chocolate and cupcakes. Everybody works hard to eat what they want. Or not.0
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people who complain about us food police... just kidding:) But seriously, my pet peeve is sort of the opposite - people treating me like a freak because I eat things they have never heard of. I don't judge what they eat, but they automatically assume I'm some kind of snob because we make a good bit of our own food from scratch. Unfortunately, if I eat a lot of what they are eating it makes me sick (because of thyroid problems), but if I choose to bring/make some other food, they treat it like I am insulting them personally! They know about my health issues, but don't take them seriously (assuming I can get away with "cheating" every once in awhile, which I can't or it can send me into a spiral of inflammation, headaches, and other pain for days). This is especially a problem at holidays and other family get-togethers.... but I see comments on social media from other like-minded people too.0
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It's the word "journey" for me. We aren't going on a space expedition here. Also, people randomly picking on the word "diet". OMG it's just a different word to describe the same thing! Synonyms people. Synonyms. Chill.
ETA: Also the word "tone". A lot of women on this site DO know that means building muscle and losing weight. People assume they ALWAYS mean they think 3 lbs weights will do it for them alone.
So.. essentially, I hate word police. And yes... I realize I'm a hypocrite because I am very literal when I read words.0 -
lmao Katie too true.....
Im just waiting to LOOOVE exercise, I enjoy the way I feel after, but the actual act, no matter what I try, I dread it and just cant wait for it to be done.0 -
"If your building muscle from working out it's okay that the scale doesn't budge Muscle weighs more than fat" No it doesn't...a pound of fat weighs the same as a pound of muscles or a pound of bricks. It all weighs ONE POUND. Muscle is more dense and takes up less space.0
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"If your building muscle from working out it's okay that the scale doesn't budge Muscle weighs more than fat" No it doesn't...a pound of fat weighs the same as a pound of muscles or a pound of bricks. It all weighs ONE POUND. Muscle is more dense and takes up less space.
Never understood why people don't accept "muscle weighs more than fat". We all accept "helium is lighter than air", or "oil is lighter than water" .. the volume being constant is implied in all those. and most people know this. because otherwise, nothing weighs any more than anything else, since a pound of anything weighs the same as a pound of anything else.
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"If your building muscle from working out it's okay that the scale doesn't budge Muscle weighs more than fat" No it doesn't...a pound of fat weighs the same as a pound of muscles or a pound of bricks. It all weighs ONE POUND. Muscle is more dense and takes up less space.
Never understood why people don't accept "muscle weighs more than fat". We all accept "helium is lighter than air", or "oil is lighter than water" .. the volume being constant is implied in all those. and most people know this. because otherwise, nothing weighs any more than anything else, since a pound of anything weighs the same as a pound of anything else.
Agreed! Oh my goodness, if you KNOW what the person meant when they said muscle weighs more than fat, why do you correct them? Word police!!!
(Again I'm a hypocrite here - my nephews all know it's a "concrete truck" not a "cement truck". I'm always like "Well you don't call a cake "flour", now do you!).
I love myself, I love myself, I love myself :-/ lol.0 -
"If your building muscle from working out it's okay that the scale doesn't budge Muscle weighs more than fat" No it doesn't...a pound of fat weighs the same as a pound of muscles or a pound of bricks. It all weighs ONE POUND. Muscle is more dense and takes up less space.
Never understood why people don't accept "muscle weighs more than fat". We all accept "helium is lighter than air", or "oil is lighter than water" .. the volume being constant is implied in all those. and most people know this. because otherwise, nothing weighs any more than anything else, since a pound of anything weighs the same as a pound of anything else.
Agreed! Oh my goodness, if you KNOW what the person meant when they said muscle weighs more than fat, why do you correct them? Word police!!!
(Again I'm a hypocrite here - my nephews all know it's a "concrete truck" not a "cement truck". I'm always like "Well you don't call a cake "flour", now do you!).
I love myself, I love myself, I love myself :-/ lol.
HA. Just like my kids know it's not a Zamboni. It's a Zamboni BRAND ice resurfacing machine.
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"If your building muscle from working out it's okay that the scale doesn't budge Muscle weighs more than fat" No it doesn't...a pound of fat weighs the same as a pound of muscles or a pound of bricks. It all weighs ONE POUND. Muscle is more dense and takes up less space.
Never understood why people don't accept "muscle weighs more than fat". We all accept "helium is lighter than air", or "oil is lighter than water" .. the volume being constant is implied in all those. and most people know this. because otherwise, nothing weighs any more than anything else, since a pound of anything weighs the same as a pound of anything else.
Agreed! Oh my goodness, if you KNOW what the person meant when they said muscle weighs more than fat, why do you correct them? Word police!!!
(Again I'm a hypocrite here - my nephews all know it's a "concrete truck" not a "cement truck". I'm always like "Well you don't call a cake "flour", now do you!).
I love myself, I love myself, I love myself :-/ lol.
HA. Just like my kids know it's not a Zamboni. It's a Zamboni BRAND ice resurfacing machine.
Ah. But sometimes things like that make it into our accepted, even if technically incorrect, lexicon, like how many people use Kleenex to refer to all tissues. We all have our nuances that annoy us.
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I hate when people who are the exception to the rule, get all mad about the rule not taking exceptions into consideration.
one person reassures another that they dont have to live on organic salad to lose weight and get fit. random person passing by gets super angry because they can't live by that rule, because they personally can't stick to it, or because their doctor won't let them.
well.. ok, but that's you. they weren't rubbing it in your face, just discussing their own plans, when you walked by.
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1jenandtonic wrote: »My pet peeve is when people who are not on a weightloss journey or who don't eat healthy criticize or comment on the healthy choices you make... Dude, just keep it to yourself or tell me I'm doing great, don't try and bring me down!
This exactly!
I have some serious GI issues and health problems and what works for me is eating a primarily vegan or strict vegetarian diet. It's just not worth it to me to eat a primarily omnivore diet if I'm going to end up in the ER getting pumped full of morphine because whatever I've eaten didn't agree with my body. I also don't need to deal with frequent debilitating migraines on a mostly plant based diet. I hate when people criticize, lash out, or go out of their way to tell me they could never go without meat/cheese , and ask me why "I'm doing this to myself." I don't pick apart what other people eat or harass them about it. I would like the same in return.
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levitateme wrote: »when people show up on the internet talking about how they are 'new and don't know what to do and can you please do all the research for me (here's my stats<3;);)xoxox) and tell me exactly what program i have to do and exactly what i should eat cause i dont want to waste any of my own precious time teaching myself hahahahahaha no really do it all for me, i aint got time for this sht i jus' wanna look hott.'
This x 1,000,000
I'll go ahead and x your 1,000,000 by another 1,000,000
These also seem to be the same people who have 1,000 excuses for why whatever plan is suggested to them won't work, or how they don't have time, etc.
we got a problem for every answer!
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"If your building muscle from working out it's okay that the scale doesn't budge Muscle weighs more than fat" No it doesn't...a pound of fat weighs the same as a pound of muscles or a pound of bricks. It all weighs ONE POUND. Muscle is more dense and takes up less space.
Never understood why people don't accept "muscle weighs more than fat". We all accept "helium is lighter than air", or "oil is lighter than water" .. the volume being constant is implied in all those. and most people know this. because otherwise, nothing weighs any more than anything else, since a pound of anything weighs the same as a pound of anything else.
Agreed! Oh my goodness, if you KNOW what the person meant when they said muscle weighs more than fat, why do you correct them? Word police!!!
(Again I'm a hypocrite here - my nephews all know it's a "concrete truck" not a "cement truck". I'm always like "Well you don't call a cake "flour", now do you!).
I love myself, I love myself, I love myself :-/ lol.
HA. Just like my kids know it's not a Zamboni. It's a Zamboni BRAND ice resurfacing machine.
Ah. But sometimes things like that make it into our accepted, even if technically incorrect, lexicon, like how many people use Kleenex to refer to all tissues. We all have our nuances that annoy us.
This is the truth. It's impossible to either not annoy someone or not become annoyed yourself at something. I know I'm guilty of both at times!0
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