MFP New Years Resolutions (the lighter side)

brightsideofpink wrote: »

VintageFeline wrote: »

Oh! I guess we'll never be friends *cries*. I actually weigh in stones just because it's the most familiar but am happy with pounds and kilos too (and actually put pounds when noting a milestone for my international friends). I'm a multi-national multi-cultural multi-measurement sort!

Okay, quick sidebar if you'll permit what I'm sure is a very dumb question. What does your scale show? Kilos? Pounds? Or does it actually show stones? Sorry, I'm sure this is one of those questions half of you are laughing at, but least a few others are curious about as well, lol.

I can pick but it has stones and pounds, just pounds or kilos.

I got another one: I will try not to cringe at all the girls in the blogilates forum that say something like "I need to eat clean", or "eat clean this, eat clean that". Lol. I learned that imo, clean eating is overrated (And learned it the hard way. It worked for 6 months until I lost weight too quickly, then my hunger signals went out of whack and I regained all the weight and then some). It's only now that I know when I'm hungry or not, but it's still a bit hard not to overconsume desserts, pastas, white breads, and the like. Not saying it doesn't work for weight loss, but it's not the ONLY way to lose weight.

I will also laugh at Freelee the Banana Girl and any of her crooks and nannies.

dkingdom1 wrote: »

I got another one: I will try not to cringe at all the girls in the blogilates forum that say something like "I need to eat clean", or "eat clean this, eat clean that". Lol. I learned that imo, clean eating is overrated (And learned it the hard way. It worked for 6 months until I lost weight too quickly, then my hunger signals went out of whack and I regained all the weight and then some). It's only now that I know when I'm hungry or not, but it's still a bit hard not to overconsume desserts, pastas, white breads, and the like. Not saying it doesn't work for weight loss, but it's not the ONLY way to lose weight.

I will also laugh at Freelee the Banana Girl and any of her crooks and nannies.

Oh yeah... stay clear of clean eating threads too. And keto. But if you sent me a friend request then insist on switching to keto because it's apparently a miracle solution, it's fair game.

I resolve to continue to ignore those posters who enter a thread clearly aimed at vegans/vegetarians only to do their best to dismiss any validity of a vegan/vegetarian diet. This usually means they eventually resort to posting something along the lines of 'bacon tastes so good tho'. Also will ignore the way a person's decision not to financially support the cruelty involved in meat/dairy farming is apparently seen as a character weakness by some. On a lighter note, going to stop playing Soda Crush so much (poor little sweeties - sic) and will continue to weigh in stones/lbs because I prefer that and free to choose; stones/lbs display on my nearly-new digital UK bathroom scales with option for kg.

TrickyDisco wrote: »

I resolve to continue to ignore those posters who enter a thread clearly aimed at vegans/vegetarians only to do their best to dismiss any validity of a vegan/vegetarian diet. This usually means they eventually resort to posting something along the lines of 'bacon tastes so good tho'. Also will ignore the way a person's decision not to financially support the cruelty involved in meat/dairy farming is apparently seen as a character weakness by some.

I resolve to continue to support vegans/vegetarians even though I am an omnivore

tincanonastring wrote: »

It just sounds so onerous and mathful. However, having pledged to respect you weirdos, I won't judge. Out loud. Anymore.

No math (or maths to this Brit), the scale does it for me! Also on that, MFP shows stones but my Garmin app is in pounds, I like seeing both.

kshama2001 wrote: »

I resolve to continue to support vegans/vegetarians even though I am an omnivore

Aw, thanks!

I will NOT assume that since this is the first time I've seen you at the gym and you look like you are trying to lose ALL your weight in one session on the elliptical machine that you are a new years resolution-er and in four weeks you will be a distant memory.

Carlos_421 wrote: »

krdews wrote: »

I will NOT assume that since this is the first time I've seen you at the gym and you look like you are trying to lose ALL your weight in one session on the elliptical machine that you are a new years resolution-er and in four weeks you will be a distant memory.

I will.

Me too. I did. Well, the 500 people that suddenly appeared in the park in shiny new kit, trying to run or cycle, on 2nd January. I almost want to wear a big badge saying I'm not new, I do this all the time!

kshama2001 wrote: »

brightsideofpink wrote: »

I resolve to stop being a stubborn American and work a bit more in the metric system, such that I can stop skipping over all threads written in the latter because I have no idea if losing 15 kg is a big deal or not. I'll also someday remember what a stone is and better support those across the pond.

A stone is 14 pounds...I sometimes do the math and post it in the thread.

When I think of stones, I think of pebbles. 14 pounds isn't a pebble; it's a boulder (to me)!

crb426 wrote: »

I am defianetly going to loose wait by eating less calories. I hope to not go threw it alone. I can ketch up to all my MFP friends who are already loosing alot of wait.

No? ha ha ha. Sorry, I had to.

Actually, I probably could have written the OP myself because the "loose" has been really bugging me lately.

I will continue to resist the urge to correct people who say they "fell off" or got back on "the bandwagon."

No, no, no. You fall off the wagon when you "resume any previously stopped behavior including smoking, drug use, overeating, or any other disavowed behavior."

You "jump on" the bandwagon when you "support something that is popular."

You cannot combine the two. Can. Not.

I find myself SMH (pronounced smuhuh, in my head at least) whenever I see this, and console myself with the thought that I've gotten almost, almost, immune to loose/lose.

Heartisalonelyhunter wrote: »

MondayJune22nd2015 wrote: »

kshama2001 wrote: »

brightsideofpink wrote: »

I resolve to stop being a stubborn American and work a bit more in the metric system, such that I can stop skipping over all threads written in the latter because I have no idea if losing 15 kg is a big deal or not. I'll also someday remember what a stone is and better support those across the pond.

A stone is 14 pounds...I sometimes do the math and post it in the thread.

When I think of stones, I think of pebbles. 14 pounds isn't a pebble; it's a boulder (to me)!

I will never understand why Anericans use feet and inches for height, yards and miles for distance but use pounds alone for weight (these are all the British Imperial system - maybe you dropped the stones so you could call them 'American' measurements?) Anyway I find it much easier to say I'm 5ft 9 and 9 stone 2 rather than giving the numbers in inches or pounds alone

Beats me. I guess eventually I will remember how many inches are in one foot too, but it's like stones... it just doesn't register. Nevermind that I've been living in the US for over 13 years.

Metric system > all.

Heartisalonelyhunter wrote: »

MondayJune22nd2015 wrote: »

kshama2001 wrote: »

brightsideofpink wrote: »

I resolve to stop being a stubborn American and work a bit more in the metric system, such that I can stop skipping over all threads written in the latter because I have no idea if losing 15 kg is a big deal or not. I'll also someday remember what a stone is and better support those across the pond.

A stone is 14 pounds...I sometimes do the math and post it in the thread.

When I think of stones, I think of pebbles. 14 pounds isn't a pebble; it's a boulder (to me)!

I will never understand why Anericans use feet and inches for height, yards and miles for distance but use pounds alone for weight (these are all the British Imperial system - maybe you dropped the stones so you could call them 'American' measurements?) Anyway I find it much easier to say I'm 5ft 9 and 9 stone 2 rather than giving the numbers in inches or pounds alone

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avoirdupois

Here you go, if you can figure it out.

I don't like stones, though, although I'm sure it's just custom. I like grams vs. oz, but like that lbs are a smaller unit than kg, and stones are just too big to make sense for me for weight.

Orphia wrote: »

I will probably still think less of people if they reply to an OP without reading the other replies.

Sorry, not sorry.

You, know, what's; even worse? Not reading. The whole, original post, before; jumping in and, bashing prospective, commenters.

I got. real mad the other day when; i saw that in one thread.

"The blog of unnecessary quotation marks"....I'm a communications major, English minor, and i have thought about starting a blog like that, only with horrible grammar and not just quotes.