I'm sick of hearing....

UltraTacks wrote: »

I'm sick of reading..... accountability buddy..... Be accountable to yourself....

I understand. I've had to learn to be accountable to myself, but it wasn't easy and the need for someone to hold you accountable can sometimes be felt when you feel out of control.

"You don't want to become too muscular. Women are supposed to have some cushion!"

"Your thighs are huge." Thanks, I couldn't tell when I try to pull my pants up over them

"Girl, why did you eat only the hot dogs I served you and not the beans?"
The hot dogs and beans are both good, thanks, but the two hot dogs themselves with their buns are 500+ calories altogether. That's about how much I can eat for dinner tonight. The beans can be eaten tomorrow. sorry
"Girl, why did you only eat half of this huge pancake I made and soaked with syrup?"
I'm trying to be careful of what I eat. Of course I don't say it aloud. I feel shy about my weight loss efforts and tracking my food. I really don't like talking about it, but feel as if food is often being pushed on me by my fam.

incisron wrote: »

"Girl, why did you eat only the hot dogs I served you and not the beans?"
The hot dogs and beans are both good, thanks, but the two hot dogs themselves with their buns are 500+ calories altogether. That's about how much I can eat for dinner tonight. The beans can be eaten tomorrow. sorry
"Girl, why did you only eat half of this huge pancake I made and soaked with syrup?"
I'm trying to be careful of what I eat. Of course I don't say it aloud. I feel shy about my weight loss efforts and tracking my food. I really don't like talking about it, but feel as if food is often being pushed on me by my fam.

I feel ya. I feel like if I don't eat what everyone else is having, I'll be offending somebody. But good on you for trying to watch portion sizes while still eating their food! It seems like that's basically the only thing to do in this sort of situation.

angelxsss wrote: »

incisron wrote: »

"Girl, why did you eat only the hot dogs I served you and not the beans?"
The hot dogs and beans are both good, thanks, but the two hot dogs themselves with their buns are 500+ calories altogether. That's about how much I can eat for dinner tonight. The beans can be eaten tomorrow. sorry
"Girl, why did you only eat half of this huge pancake I made and soaked with syrup?"
I'm trying to be careful of what I eat. Of course I don't say it aloud. I feel shy about my weight loss efforts and tracking my food. I really don't like talking about it, but feel as if food is often being pushed on me by my fam.

I feel ya. I feel like if I don't eat what everyone else is having, I'll be offending somebody. But good on you for trying to watch portion sizes while still eating their food! It seems like that's basically the only thing to do in this sort of situation.

Thx

Me ordering dinner: "I'll have the roasted salmon with veggies" or "No, I don't want a drink, iced tea is fine"
Dinner companion 1: "Oh, you're being good" (passes me the basket of cheese bread after I already ate a piece)
Me: "No thanks, I don't want any more"
Dinner companion 1: "I don't want you to feel deprived"

Waitress addressing dinner companion 2: "Dessert comes with your dinner"
Dinner companion 2: "No thank you"
Dinner companion 1 turns to me: "Do you want her dessert?"
Me later: "I'm surprised you didn't insist that she eat it. You would have with me"
Dinner companion 1: "She doesn't need it. You do."

Alrighty then...

RunningMom1038 wrote: »

Here are the things I hate hearing and the responses that go through my head. Sometimes they even come out of my mouth.

"You know diet sodas will make you gain weight, right?"
Actually, no. They won't.

"I wish it was that easy for me!"
I wish it was easy for me, too!

"I don't have time for all that!"
Because caring for my family and homeschooling four children leaves me with tons of free time on my hands.

"Girl, you need to eat more!"
You need to eat less. A lot less.

I rarely talk about weight loss if I can avoid it, but once I happened to mention happily to one of my parents that I'd lost two lbs. The response was, "That's nice. I have other things to worry about than losing weight, I don't have time."