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What terms/phrases wind you up about losing weight?
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schuster_US wrote: »"Humans weren't made to eat that stuff". Why stop with caveman food? Humans evolved from bacteria; let's just use photosynthesis and really get back to our "natural state"!
Hey! Didn't I see that Photosynthesis Diet on Dr. Oz?!;)4 -
I was annoyed with lots of terms before that I use often now
One of terms is "healthy meal"...I am 100% aware that neither do I nor scientific community know what exactly is a healthy meal..but, sometimes it's just easier to write a healthy meal, then to write non-proven to be pretty unhealthy, highly processed, low fiber, high caloric meal.
I was also annoyed with the term "journey" that I use often now because some journey metaphors really fit nicely into all this loosing weight thing.
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MarissaCVT wrote: »This may not fit, but I am really tired of hearing people I work with say "Look at you eating all healthy."
I think a vein popped out of my forehead when I read this.This is a huge irritation for me too, and my sisters say this bs to me a lot.
I can never win. When I eat something high in calories, people ask me how I manage to stay slim, but when I say no to offers of food sometimes or have some protein and greens, I get the good ol' "Wow. What healthy eating! It's no wonder you're so skinny." And no, I don't think skinny is a compliment. I'll accept slim, slender, and strong.
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I think a vein popped out of my forehead when I read this.This is a huge irritation for me too, and my sisters say this bs to me a lot.
I can never win. When I eat something high in calories, people ask me how I manage to stay slim, but when I say no to offers of food sometimes or have some protein and greens, I get the good ol' "Wow. What healthy eating! It's no wonder you're so skinny." And no, I don't think skinny is a compliment. I'll accept slim, slender, and strong.
Ugh, I've totally said this to people before. Sorry all past people I've said this to!2 -
RaeBeeBaby wrote: »
Sorry, but I must disagree to a point. SOME people may be using it as shorthand implying equal volume, but I don't know why they would say that in the first place. I know plenty of people who actually do believe it as stated. They haven't stopped to really think about weights and measurements, heard that phrase from someone else and therefore think it applies somehow to the dynamics of weight loss in their favor. Last time a friend of mine said it (meaning it quite literally), I gently used the feathers vs. bricks analogy and actually watched the realization dawning on her face. I think it was a "doh" moment and we both had a chuckle over it.
EVERYBODY is using it as shorthand assuming equal density. I promise.
Your friend is the only one in the universe that didn't understand.11 -
MarissaCVT wrote: »This may not fit, but I am really tired of hearing people I work with say "Look at you eating all healthy."
And the corollary: "You can't eat that <pie/cake/ice cream>! You're on a diet!"
Am I only childish one that then ate whatever it was 'I wasn't supposed to have' very slowly and with many a 'MMMmmmmMMM' sound?8 -
I didn't go through all 17 pages, so someone may have already said this, but it kills me when people talk about the need for alkaline water.
I'm just like...
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All the above, but more than anything, when people say "I wish I could lose weight" - or "How do you stay slim when you're always eating". When I explain HOW I lose weight and keep it off (eat less, move more, tracking everything I eat) the excuses start coming "I don't have time, I'm not technological, I had measles when I was 3....) (But not the last one often!0
Wait! So I can use having had the measles as an excuse?? Sweet!! jk lol2 -
Or, someone saying, "Are you on a diet?" because I'm eating healthy, or don't eat certain things. Ugh.
Yes, me too. I have celiac disease and have to avoid any office treats that aren't packaged and labeled "gluten free", and I find myself turning down bagels or pizza by saying "I have food allergies" rather than leaving it at "No thanks", because somewhere in the irrational back of my head I don't want people thinking I'm on a diet because it's rude.
I feel like it's becoming more and more socially unacceptable to diet in public, and wonder if this is related to the population in general getting larger. I just started thinking about this recently.
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Using words like clean, junk, naughty, guilty, bad about eating.
Saying you aren't losing weight when you have lost weight.
Saying you can't lose weight.
Wanting to pick and choose how your body will change as you lose. "I want slim thighs and stomach but a big butt and big breasts"
Claiming people around them are sabotaging them.
Wanting to drink tea or vinegar to lose weight.
Being vague and not providing information and then getting mad about advice.
Saying calorie counting or using a food scale is obsessive or damaging behavior.9 -
^ This is a good one.Saying calorie counting or using a food scale is obsessive or damaging behavior.
The number of "out-of-shape", overweight, unhealthy, etc. people who have implied or outright told me that I am "obsessive" because I take the time to log my food in MFP while eating is ...telling.
"Obsessive is a word the Lazy often use to describe the Dedicated."
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Yes, me too. I have celiac disease and have to avoid any office treats that aren't packaged and labeled "gluten free", and I find myself turning down bagels or pizza by saying "I have food allergies" rather than leaving it at "No thanks", because somewhere in the irrational back of my head I don't want people thinking I'm on a diet because it's rude.
I feel like it's becoming more and more socially unacceptable to diet in public, and wonder if this is related to the population in general getting larger. I just started thinking about this recently.
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Hmm.... I think there could be something to that theory. I also think those of us who make a concerted effort to take care of ourselves (watch our weight, work out, eat healthier) make those who don't feel guilty. Not because we try to, but just by simply doing what we do. Know what I mean?5 -
Hmm.... I think there could be something to that theory. I also think those of us who make a concerted effort to take care of ourselves (watch our weight, work out, eat healthier) make those who don't feel guilty. Not because we try to, but just by simply doing what we do. Know what I mean?
Yup - I completely agree.2 -
Yes, me too. I have celiac disease and have to avoid any office treats that aren't packaged and labeled "gluten free", and I find myself turning down bagels or pizza by saying "I have food allergies" rather than leaving it at "No thanks", because somewhere in the irrational back of my head I don't want people thinking I'm on a diet because it's rude.
I feel like it's becoming more and more socially unacceptable to diet in public, and wonder if this is related to the population in general getting larger. I just started thinking about this recently.
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That actually reminds me of another pet peeve of mine - 'I avoid gluten'.
99% of the people I know don't actually need gluten free food, they just think it's 'healthier' for you, heck a friend's doctor told her to go gluten free to help with inflammation... another one said to feed her kid gluten free to help with her attention issues or something... Ridiculous.
And the issue with that if that people don't take food allergies seriously as a result
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I'm tired of the plethora of "food is evil and the government is trying to kill you with it" documentaries. Almost every week another one of my relatives is calling me about how they found "The Solution" after watching another one of these movies. Usually involving raw veganism or juicing. These things usually present a bunch of hype and an oversimplified solution to a complex problem.19
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newheavensearth wrote: »I'm tired of the plethora of "food is evil and the government is trying to kill you with it" documentaries. Almost every week another one of my relatives is calling me about how they found "The Solution" after watching another one of these movies. Usually involving raw veganism or juicing. These things usually present a bunch of hype and an oversimplified solution to a complex problem.
Speaking as a former government employee. The government is not competent enough to pull off simple plans, let alone these massive conspiracies.46 -
"Stomach" instead of abs, core muscles, torso, or any other word to describe this bodily region! I can't help but think of an actual stomach organ.
Btw this also applies to the occasions when someone says "stomach" instead of "uterus" or "belly" for a pregnant woman.3 -
MarissaCVT wrote: »This may not fit, but I am really tired of hearing people I work with say "Look at you eating all healthy."
ugh yeah. My family sometimes makes me feel bad about eating healthy around them like it takes away their joy.0 -
"Stomach" instead of abs, core muscles, torso, or any other word to describe this bodily region! I can't help but think of an actual stomach organ.
Btw this also applies to the occasions when someone says "stomach" instead of "uterus" or "belly" for a pregnant woman.
It's still better than "tummy".12 -
"I haven't read past page one of this (17 page) thread but..."
Continues on to give OP completely inappropriate advice considering the information that was revealed on page 2. I want to jump through the interwebs and shake them by the throat when they tell someone who's admitted to eating 900 calories a day (and isn't asking for weight loss advice) to "just eat a couple of hundred calories a day less - the weight will come off " 9 -
juliegilburd wrote: »It's not so much on here (although, yes, sometimes by commenters on success threads) but mostly on weight loss success stories throughout the internet, when the headline will say someone 'now looks like a completely different person.' I just looked at one where the woman lost 100+ lbs., which is freakin' awesome of course, but clearly looks like the same person. Same facial structure, same eyes, forehead, hair, even smile...no, she does not look like a completely different person. She looks like the same person, albeit 100+ lbs. lighter and happier. Quit with the false statements just to get people to click on a link. Grrr. And "Grrr" to me for clicking on the dang link. Will I ever learn? (Probably not.)
Ah yes.
Or even worse - Clickbait: I did such and such miraculous weight loss thing and now even my friends dont recognise me!
Hey, I actually want my friends to recognise me - seems absurd to want otherwise.
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paperpudding wrote: »
Ah yes.
Or even worse - Clickbait: I did such and such miraculous weight loss thing and now even my friends dont recognise me!
Hey, I actually want my friends to recognise me - seems absurd to want otherwise.
Best that your enemies don't recognize you. If your friends don't recognize you, I suspect they are pretty crappy friends.3 -
"guilty". this one bugs me because yeah. i'm a word nerd, and 'guilty' implies i feel accountable to someone or something. which when it comes to food i do not.
and here's one i hate: 'makes me'. as in, 'my trainer makes me'. along with 'my trainer's a sadist' and all that whole bunch. it's coy and passive-aggressive, is why i hate it. it makes me want to say 'you're a grown-*kitten* adult. you're not being made to do anything. knock this cutesy *kitten* off.'1 -
Pooch. Used to describe belly overhang from having children via cs or otherwise. I don't know about elsewhere and I know this site is pretty global but In the U.K. A pooch is a dog. I assume they actually mean pouch as in where marsupials keep their offspring. I don't know why I'm not usually a spelling stickler but pooch really really gets to me9
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Pooch. Used to describe belly overhang from having children via cs or otherwise. I don't know about elsewhere and I know this site is pretty global but In the U.K. A pooch is a dog. I assume they actually mean pouch as in where marsupials keep their offspring. I don't know why I'm not usually a spelling stickler but pooch really really gets to me
Haaha in the same vein, when someone calls it a mother's apron. I've got one of those, and have had no offspring.2 -
Pooch. Used to describe belly overhang from having children via cs or otherwise. I don't know about elsewhere and I know this site is pretty global but In the U.K. A pooch is a dog. I assume they actually mean pouch as in where marsupials keep their offspring. I don't know why I'm not usually a spelling stickler but pooch really really gets to me
Pretty sure it's Paunch.0 -
Pooch. Used to describe belly overhang from having children via cs or otherwise. I don't know about elsewhere and I know this site is pretty global but In the U.K. A pooch is a dog. I assume they actually mean pouch as in where marsupials keep their offspring. I don't know why I'm not usually a spelling stickler but pooch really really gets to me
It's legit.Definition of pooch
chiefly dialectal
: bulge
Examples of pooch in a Sentence
his lower lip pooched out in disappointment
Origin and Etymology of pooch
alteration of 1pouch
First Known Use: circa 1923
(Merriam-Webster online dictionary ©2017)9 -
Speaking as a former government employee. The government is not competent enough to pull off simple plans, let alone these massive conspiracies.
Speaking as someone who has worked on research projects that try to match data across government databases? SO MUCH THIS. SO MUCH. There is no overarching database that allows the government to put together everything on you. It took us TWO YEARS to even match two databases collected by the same agency well enough to run any stats on it.
BY THE SAME TOKEN: There is no "conspiracy" to hide inexpensive or free treatments for cancer, diabetes, etc from "the people." IF THERE WAS A CHEAP EFFECTIVE CANCER TREATMENT? EVERYONE WOULD BE DOING IT BECAUSE IT WORKED. "They" are not "hiding it from you so they can sell their expensive 'pHARMa' to you. SERIOUSLY.17 -
Speaking as someone who has worked on research projects that try to match data across government databases? SO MUCH THIS. SO MUCH. There is no overarching database that allows the government to put together everything on you. It took us TWO YEARS to even match two databases collected by the same agency well enough to run any stats on it.
BY THE SAME TOKEN: There is no "conspiracy" to hide inexpensive or free treatments for cancer, diabetes, etc from "the people." IF THERE WAS A CHEAP EFFECTIVE CANCER TREATMENT? EVERYONE WOULD BE DOING IT BECAUSE IT WORKED. "They" are not "hiding it from you so they can sell their expensive 'pHARMa' to you. SERIOUSLY.
Oh My God thank you!! Every time I see someone on facebook post a link about someone who "cured" cancer with dandelions I die a little bit inside!!6 -
Hi All,
What bothers me is when people tell me, you are so LUCKY to have lost so much weight... Luck doesn't come into it. After being practically immobile for decades due to the excruciating agony of fibromyalgia, I got on some medication which helped with pain relief and I got off my (rather large) backside and started to MOVE after years of inactivity. I thought this would kill me at first, but gradually I was able to do more. I combined this with eating less, cooking practically everything myself (peeling a carrot was agony some years ago), logging everything on MFP, and so far I am doing pretty well. I am proud to announce that I did a 75-km bike ride yesterday with practically no effort at all (OK so it was a flat one yesterday) but a few years ago I couldn't walk to the shop at the end of my street without being in pain.
Luck? I don't think so...
"Good luck" to fellow MFP-ers (joke)
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