What terms/phrases wind you up about losing weight?
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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: »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.
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 -
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.
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 -
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.
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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@stanmann571 yes I bet that's it that makes much more sense!!stanmann571 wrote: »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.
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@tomteboda every days a school day I've learned something new. Still a dog to me though1
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Alatariel75 wrote: »MarissaCVT wrote: »This may not fit, but I am really tired of hearing people I work with say "Look at you eating all healthy."
Or, someone saying, "Are you on a diet?" because I'm eating healthy, or don't eat certain things. Ugh.
I have to say it makes me sad when someone asks if I'm on a diet because I'm eating something with salad/veggies. EErm... even if I wasn't trying to lose weight, is a salad so unusual?
I take a salad to work every day (and have doen for the last 2 years) and still get those comments. My answer tends to be something like Healty? You mean tasty and very yummie
I have to admit though they also often adrmire the sheer size of my salad and the fact that it takes me nearly the whole break to get through it5 -
This isn't really a specific phrase, but I hate when someone joins an internet forum, spends zero time reading old posts to understand the culture of the place, than asks some dumb question that would have been answered in 5 minutes of reading. Ad infinitum.27
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quiksylver296 wrote: »My personal #1 is "How do I find motivation?" or anything along those lines...
Really? That's a legit question.0 -
This isn't really a specific phrase, but I hate when someone joins an internet forum, spends zero time reading old posts to understand the culture of the place, than asks some dumb question that would have been answered in 5 minutes of reading. Ad infinitum.
This totally yes x 1 000 0000 -
STLBADGIRL wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »My personal #1 is "How do I find motivation?" or anything along those lines...
Really? That's a legit question.
It's hard to answer because if someone isn't motivated to lose weight, what can a stranger possibly say that will infuse them with motivation?
You can't *want* something for someone else enough to make them want it.10 -
janejellyroll wrote: »STLBADGIRL wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »My personal #1 is "How do I find motivation?" or anything along those lines...
Really? That's a legit question.
It's hard to answer because if someone isn't motivated to lose weight, what can a stranger possibly say that will infuse them with motivation?
You can't *want* something for someone else enough to make them want it.
Exactly! What could I possibly say on an internet forum to infuse them with enough motivation to propel them all the way through to their goal. They gotta figure that out for themselves. And the fact that they are reaching outward instead of inward for "motivation" indicates to me that they won't get it.7 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »"Tummy"
Ugh. What are we, three years old?
14 pages in, here is mine. I've even heard someone at work say it. Yikes.
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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.
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.
I work in pharma now and find this especially insulting to the researchers dedicating their lives to finding solutions. My wife is a molecular biologist and has identified monoclonal antibodies with specific affinity for pancreatic cancer cells. Does anyone really think that we have identified cures and hiding these from the public?
Simply looking at the logistics this would involve a massive conspiracy with hundreds of thousands of people knowing about this and remaining silent. Never leaking to media, never leaking to their significant others, never leaking to another person at a bar....
Much of the price of drugs is due to government regulations and lack of competition (also due to government and lack of tort reform). It would be very simple for a competitor to develop a product that does the same thing as Epipen, but try getting it approved through the regulatory channels ~90 Million USD for medical device, ~2.6 Billion USD.14
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