What's your biggest weight loss / fitness pet peeve?

One that hasn't been mentioned yet (maybe it only bugs me) is the stereotypes of fitness on TV/advertising, ie everyone who exercises is either:

a) a smug mung bean munching bore, or
b) kitted out in loud colours with sweatbands circa 1986 like Mr Motivator, prancing around like an idiot.

Gym memberships are always expensive (as in "no more expensive gym memberships"), counting (as in calories or points) is always "tedious" and anybody shown eating anything deemed healthy is picking at a salad with a massively p*ssed off expression.

I know the diet industry is out to sell products just the same as any other industry, but the lazy cliches they use just set my teeth on edge!

Didn't read all replies, so it may have already been said; but the people who say you have to be extremely restrictive with what you eat. The "i can't lose weight because I don't know what to eat". the "cut everything out of your diet" people. I have lost 34lbs and I have continued to eat what I want and like. No restrictions here.

amcook4 wrote: »

Most of the conversations I've had with extended family over Thanksgiving, oh goodness they were annoying

"Are you sure you can eat that? You are on a diet!"
I've lost 59 pounds, I think I've figured out how this works, and I still manage to eat delicious things. Weight loss doesn't have to mean sad food, now hand over the damn pie

I imagine that everyone in the building I'm in is wondering where that miserable guffawing is coming from. That was great!

I cant eat enough food. Well how did you get fat then? Also thanks for saying people complain about gaining weight and eating over, that has been me here lately.

yellowlemoned wrote: »

2.) the "I guess your off your diet?" questioning remarks because I had a piece of pizza for lunch one day.

^^^That. Or, "hey , we're going out to eat at the Mexican restaurant today, but ohhhhh, I guess there isn't anything you can eat there."

How many times can I say, I eat whatever I want. Most of the time lately, I WANT things that are healthier and that I can fill up on and stay filled up, but I eat every kind of food I love, because I would be miserable otherwise. I just stay (for the most part) within my calorie goals.

Just because I've lost/am losing weight, please don't assume that I starve myself or only eat carrot slivers. Or that the food I eat is boring or bland. I am an awesome flipping cook and can make things that are filling and delish that are reasonable calorie wise.

All of the arguing about what is best/worst, true/false, etc on MFP. It seems like we are adults and should just be able to agree to disagree. You can look at health/weight loss with many different points of view.

I haven't read all of the pages, but I'm on page 6 and haven't seen a few of my pet peeves yet.

- Women who are all "I celebrate my curves" "Big girls do it better", but then are always dieting and trying to lose weight to get down to some ridiculously low number so they can 'look cute in their clothes'. Pick one.

- Posts that say "REAL women have curves" or "REAL women look like this" (insert picture of size 16 minimum model *must be ridiculously airbrushed*). What makes a large woman any more real than a small woman? What about women who are naturally thinner?

- Large women who use the term "skinny b*tches" to refer to anyone more than 2 dress sizes smaller than them. Or call anyone who is below a size 4 "anorexic". I was bullied a LOT for my being XXXL while growing up, so I know how hard it is - why would I want to put that same hurt on someone else and bully someone else for being XXXS?

From this site.. the myth that ´ you cannot gain muscle mass if you have a calorie deficit´.. Which is only true for people with low body fat.

400lbs guy, never lifted weights before. Starts lifting weight 2 hours a day and has a 1 calorie deficit. You think that guy isn´t going to be putting on muscle mass? Even if he has a 500 calorie deficit he is going to be building muscle mass for many many weeks.

What bugs me is that people find ´rules´ that are specific to one group of people ( ie, in this case bodybuilders) and try to apply it as a universal rule they can put on a bumper sticker, swear by, and then pass along to everyone they see, without realizing it was a niche rule for a small group of people.

Yes, the deficit you can't build muscle thing.