Thing's you have heard from others about your diet that are false or just tick you off.

JaydenLindsey420 wrote: »

For example: my mom is about 300 pounds and she always makes meals that are not healthy. Most of the time, not to offend her cooking in anyway, I pick an alternative but then she goes on about how what she is making is not even unhealthy and i should eat it anyways. And how "one time won't hurt me"
it irritates me because i wish she would support me with my health and understand that although one time indeed won't make an everlasting affect, but it does backtrack me and sends me in the opposite ways of my goals.

What are some things you have heard from others about dieting/weightloss/general health that really get on your nerves?

Literally the opposite of this is what irks me. Anytime we're out for supper with the family, my MIL (who lost her motivation in her own weight loss) consistently comments throughout the entire meal about how the food were eating isn't healthy and how will I ever survive? Also that I should have brought my own meal so I don't sabotage myself, oh? you're having a bun with your supper? I wish i could eat whatever and lose weight...and so on...Literally, a comment for every food item I take.

Everytime I feel like a broken record:
No, I didn't bring my own food.
Yes, I'm going to eat and enjoy your meal.
Yes, I'm going to have dessert.
No, I'm not going to gain everything back from one meal.
No, I can't eat anything I want/in any quantity and lose weight.

Almost the same as yours. My grandmother is 350 and "watches her sugars and carbs" because she's diabetic. I was eating a nutrigrain bar and she went on and on how to many sugar and carbs and im like, don't you think healthier than the 2 fried eggs, bacon, and 2 rye bread dripping in butter that you eat every morning? Her answer was no.

My mom always asks me how I lost the weight and when I give the simple calories in and out answer she immediately finishes with "how much do you think nutrisystem costs? I know people lose weight with that".

ARE YOU LISTENING?

You're losing too much weight.
You're going to change once you lose all of that.
You're making yourself sick.
You look terrible.

Heard them all. Will never get over any of them.

Here's an example of just one annoying conversation I had this week with a coworker:

Dude: would you like something from the vending machine?
Me: no thanks, just finished a delicious Coke Zero (immediately regretting my decision to inform them of what I was drinking)
Dude: you know, it's actually HEALTHIER to drink regular Coke than diet.
Me: Not really.
Dude #2 randomly chimes in: OH YES IT IS!
Dude: It really is! Do you know how many CHEMICALS are in that? You're way better off having natural sugar in regular soda.
Me: I really love it when people who have no concern for their own health, suddenly want to judge everyone else's. Do you have any idea how much sucralose a person would have to ingest for it to have a negative affect on their body?
Dude: Well I get your point, but you could just drink water!
Me: and I do, for the majority of my liquid intake. And this is one of two "diet" drinks I've had in a month. So you have no idea what is "healthy" for me.

Both dudes mentioned are slightly overweight and regularly indulge in chips, candy, cookies, fast food, soda, etc.

TheLegendaryBrandonHarris wrote: »

I don't get 'irked' but it is amusing when people tell me how I'm wrong.
My general response is,
"Right on... Hey, raise your hand if you've lost over 80 pounds!" *I raise my own hand.* "Oh, just me? No one else here has lost over 80 pounds? Huh...that's SO odd!"

You... you I like, LOL!

TheLegendaryBrandonHarris wrote: »

I don't get 'irked' but it is amusing when people tell me how I'm wrong.
My general response is,
"Right on... Hey, raise your hand if you've lost over 80 pounds!" *I raise my own hand.* "Oh, just me? No one else here has lost over 80 pounds? Huh...that's SO odd!"

Here's the perfect response!

"You don't need to lose any weight" - Ummm...I was over 300 lbs at the time, and I think in no world, unless I was a literal giant, would that be in a good range. I know I'm tall and usually look less than what I weigh, but seriously?

Constant "Have you tried X?" "I've heard X is good for weight loss" "You're not supposed to do X or Y or Z after this time" - that's nice, but I've lost 65 pounds on my own just logging what I eat and going for long walks, thanks.

Also got a snarky comment from a waitress once when I went out to eat and it was unplanned so I had my phone checking for calories real quick. Stuff about dependency on technology. Welllll...if you'd rather list your calories on your menu, I wouldn't have to.

TheLegendaryBrandonHarris wrote: »

I don't get 'irked' but it is amusing when people tell me how I'm wrong.
My general response is,
"Right on... Hey, raise your hand if you've lost over 80 pounds!" *I raise my own hand.* "Oh, just me? No one else here has lost over 80 pounds? Huh...that's SO odd!"

Cute. Though I wouldn't be able to raise my hand. It's not bad to have never needed to lose 80 lbs. But I would never tell you you're doing it wrong.

My mother tells me she thinks CICO is too restrictive - though she regularly does the South Beach Diet - I'm like you don't eat bread or fruit or sugar. That's restrictive.

When people ask me about my weight loss, I just pull up the app on my phone and show it to them. I take less than a minute to explain the counting calories philosophy. After that I don't really care if they agree or not. I just say it works for me.

What really irks me though, is a lot of posts in the forums here pushing to lose weight you have to "eat clean", cut out processed foods, no alcohol,,,,,blah blah blah. Nope, calories in / calories out.

These are hilarious! Thank you so much for posting. I'm fortunate that I don't have too many of these comments - other than the occasional untactful comment that comes out of DH's mouth before he thinks better of it.

caprice721 wrote: »

I AM NOT ON A DIET! I can't stand it when my husband announces to his family that I won't eat something because I'm "on a diet."

I can eat what ever I want to eat! And I do!

So true!!!!!!

CooCooPuff wrote: »

Another thing that really annoyed me was someone asking how I lost weight. I brought up calorie counting, but they were only interested in exercise. As soon as I said I did run, they insisted that was the primary reason I lost.

AlciaMode wrote: »

Aaaaah, I hate this. I have one girlfriend who insists that the only reason I lost weight is because I started running. I only would run once or twice a week (I should start again), my weightloss happened because I stopped eating so much junk. But that would be too boring, and she does not want to give up her chips and soda.

I get the "must be the running" conclusion, too. For some reason, they never seen to register the eat less part. I try to tell them I didn't lose weight by running, I run *because* I lost weight, but that never registers. I guess since everybody sees me running around our tiny town but never sees me weighing and logging my food they don't make the connection.

It's even more frustrating to see a girlfriend of mine spend hours every day at the gym, trudging away on the elliptical, getting shin splints on the treadmill and beating herself up in boot camp, but not tracking her food. I'll log every day of my life if it means I never have to do a single burpee. Thanks to MFP, I can do workouts because I like them, and eat the foods I love and still be healthy!

caprice721 wrote: »

I AM NOT ON A DIET! I can't stand it when my husband announces to his family that I won't eat something because I'm "on a diet."

I can eat what ever I want to eat! And I do!

And AMEN!!!! One GUARANTEED way to get me to eat something is to tell me I can't lose weight if I eat it! I've chomped down many office treats and family potluck dishes simply because someone said "you probably can't eat this".