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What I Hate About Watching My Weight/New Lifestyle/Dieting, etc. (A Place to Vent)
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Fitnessgirl0913 wrote: »Something frustrating me today is I developed IBS-D with occasional bouts of constipation in late high school and it followed me through college. I was obese in college and saw a gastroenterologist who said losing weight would definitely help. Welp, the weight has been since 2014 and the IBS has gotten worse, like way worse to the point where I will have to abandon my shopping cart in the grocery store to make a break for the bathroom. I saw my gastro yesterday and she is completely baffled as to why it is getting worse. So I guess my point of this rant is when you are promised losing weight will help with a medical condition and then it doesn't and the condition in fact gets worse.
I agree with this. My weight was supposedly the cause for my migraines, fibromyalgia, joint pains, female problems. Well 70 lbs later I still have all of the above and the fibro is getting worse, along with increasing hormonal issues.14 -
My biggest issue is that at a normal height and weight I am a minority, especially at 46 years old. Co-workers ask if I'm sick, family says I'm too thin. Society's perception of acceptable and healthy is skewed.
I'm smack in the middle of my BMI. I am fit. I run. I lift. I plank. I do pushups. I sprint bleachers for fun. I eat balanced meals by choice to fuel my body.
Society wants us to be overweight, to eat the junk, to watch tv, to take gym out of schools, to work at a desk instead of a farm, to lead a convenient life with minimal activity, to finance a very lucrative health care system. What a shame.25 -
Packerjohn wrote: »
I am truly sorry you've had such bad life experiences that what was mostly delivered as a well meant greeting is taken as you being ordered/forced to do something.
Hope things get better.
It is never a well meant greeting and your continued defense of it is condescending and ignorant. Maybe you should just accept that you have no idea what you are talking about.
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It is never a well meant greeting and your continued defense of it is condescending and ignorant. Maybe you should just accept that you have no idea what you are talking about.
Me thinks this arguement is over.... beating the proverbial dead horse. Oops hope I did not offend any horse lovers. Know what I hate about this new lifestyle... hard to find a good cave for rent... lol j/k12 -
funjen1972 wrote: »My biggest issue is that at a normal height and weight I am a minority, especially at 46 years old. Co-workers ask if I'm sick, family says I'm too thin. Society's perception of acceptable and healthy is skewed.
I'm smack in the middle of my BMI. I am fit. I run. I lift. I plank. I do pushups. I sprint bleachers for fun. I eat balanced meals by choice to fuel my body.
Society wants us to be overweight, to eat the junk, to watch tv, to take gym out of schools, to work at a desk instead of a farm, to lead a convenient life with minimal activity, to finance a very lucrative health care system. What a shame.
Yeah, now that I am normal weight it kind of freaks me out sometimes when I look around and I am the only non-obese person in sight. I was at the park running the other day and repeatedly passed a gaggle of high school kids slowly waddling while drinking large slurpees, and all of them were obese. About the fourth time we lapped them they started laughing because we were going so much faster than they were, and I wanted to scream, "PUT THE SODA DOWN AND MOVE FASTER! YOU HAVE YOUR WHOLE LIFE AHEAD OF YOU!"
Of course yelling at obese people does not inspire them to lose weight. But it's still sad to watch such young people who are so unfit.15 -
Fitnessgirl0913 wrote: »Something frustrating me today is I developed IBS-D with occasional bouts of constipation in late high school and it followed me through college. I was obese in college and saw a gastroenterologist who said losing weight would definitely help. Welp, the weight has been since 2014 and the IBS has gotten worse, like way worse to the point where I will have to abandon my shopping cart in the grocery store to make a break for the bathroom. I saw my gastro yesterday and she is completely baffled as to why it is getting worse. So I guess my point of this rant is when you are promised losing weight will help with a medical condition and then it doesn't and the condition in fact gets worse.
@Fitnessgirl0913 have you tried doing the Low FODMAP diet? It’s a pain in the rear; however, not as much a pain in the rear as IBS. I found out that bananas & onions were my biggest culprits for digestion issues. And I was eating them all the time!! Now that I concentrate on eating foods lower in fodmap I am doing much better. I use an app to quickly tell me which foods are high/medium/low fodmap.4 -
Well, I'm willing to accept that no one's going to be able to change you. Not until you're old enough to need diapers, anyway.psychod787 wrote: »
Me thinks this arguement is over.... beating the proverbial dead horse. Oops hope I did not offend any horse lovers. Know what I hate about this new lifestyle... hard to find a good cave for rent... lol j/k
Have fun in your cave.
(Oh, and - SMILE!)
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Yikes! Losing weight is supposed to help with my fibro, and I really don't want to find out it doesn't. I suppose at least the doctors will take me more seriously once I achieve a "proper" BMI, because then I won't just be a "fat chick who brought all her health problems on herself." (Sorry - I'm feeling really cynical today.)New_Heavens_Earth wrote: »
I agree with this. My weight was supposedly the cause for my migraines, fibromyalgia, joint pains, female problems. Well 70 lbs later I still have all of the above and the fibro is getting worse, along with increasing hormonal issues.
(I'm kind of reminded of when I was having terrible troubles with endometriosis. One of the actual recommended treatments was - pregnancy. But it was only said to be effective for about two years. My reaction was: "You mean that within three years, I could expect to be back to experiencing this much pain and having IBS this bad - and I'd have a two-year old?!?!"
Not that I don't love kids, and might have be delighted to be the parent of a two-year-old child under other circumstances, but - sheesh!)
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Evelyn_Gorfram wrote: »Well, I'm willing to accept that no one's going to be able to change you. Not until you're old enough to need diapers, anyway.
Have fun in your cave.
(Oh, and - SMILE!)
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Looking at food as numbers now even when I don’t want to it just happens11
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rheddmobile wrote: »
Yeah, now that I am normal weight it kind of freaks me out sometimes when I look around and I am the only non-obese person in sight. I was at the park running the other day and repeatedly passed a gaggle of high school kids slowly waddling while drinking large slurpees, and all of them were obese. About the fourth time we lapped them they started laughing because we were going so much faster than they were, and I wanted to scream, "PUT THE SODA DOWN AND MOVE FASTER! YOU HAVE YOUR WHOLE LIFE AHEAD OF YOU!"
Of course yelling at obese people does not inspire them to lose weight. But it's still sad to watch such young people who are so unfit.
There are several under 25s in my work group that are obese. There is a candy dish near me, I see them making 10+ trips a day to the dish for fun sized candy bars. HELLO???6 -
@Fitnessgirl0913 have you tried doing the Low FODMAP diet? It’s a pain in the rear; however, not as much a pain in the rear as IBS. I found out that bananas & onions were my biggest culprits for digestion issues. And I was eating them all the time!! Now that I concentrate on eating foods lower in fodmap I am doing much better. I use an app to quickly tell me which foods are high/medium/low fodmap.
@CCgal2018 Yes I have tried that. I have tried FODMAP, Gluten free, vegan, organic, dairy free, low fiber and nothing has helped *sigh* I have also tried about 6 different probiotics, Digestive enzymes, peppermint oil, aloe juice. I have had 3 colonoscopy's, 1 endoscopy, a glucose breath test, and an abdominal ultrasound, all were normal so there is no real reason unfortunately and nothing really seems to get it under control.9 -
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Packerjohn wrote: »
There are several under 25s in my work group that are obese. There is a candy dish near me, I see them making 10+ trips a day to the dish for fun sized candy bars. HELLO???
I hate how easy it is to forget how difficult it was and still is to identify and break the habits that made and kept me over weight. I hate moments when my feeling of superiority to people still struggling with obesity, or are somehow simply happy the way they are, shows, and I hate when I judge them for eating more or differently than I would, or walk, I’m sorry, “waddle slowly,” unlike myself.12 -
When I was heavier, I looked proportionally big all over. Now that I have lost the excess weight, and as I become more fit and leaner, the last stubborn pockets of fat are very evident. These visible bulges - ugh!7
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I hate free food. For some reason I have a super hard time resisting. At my last job about half of the year we worked over time and got free dinner. In addition they always ordered Pizza. Oh I hate eating so much delicious free Pizza. I don’t want to talk about the weight gain during that period.16
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I hate that I can't nibble. I enjoyed drinking that last bit of milk directly from the container without worrying about logging it, grabbing that last bit of lunchmeat and popping it into my mouth, randomly eating an olive when I pass by the kitchen sometimes...etc. Although I don't mind logging my food, logging these bits and bites annoys me for some reason, so I just don't nibble.15
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I hate that i cant eat copious amounts of cheese. Whenever i made pasta souce or a homemade pizza or a freaking sandwich i always used to stack the cheese like a freaking mountain on top, no more of that unless i have had a lot of training that day.12
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When you get a sudden craving for a certain food, but if you eat it, it would put you over your calorie limit for the day.11
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Going out to eat and trying to find something that is "safe" to eat but also satisfying.8
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VanVanDiane wrote: »
Or when you fit it into your day, eat it and it's not as great as you thought it'd be...
RIGHT?!? I hate wasting the delicious points (calories) on non-delicious foods! :mad:14 -
Nvm. Seems I commented on a comment chain that was over.1
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VanVanDiane wrote: »
Or when you fit it into your day, eat it and it's not as great as you thought it'd be...
That is something we can agree on!4 -
There was a comment in another thread today where a woman found her friends were getting a bit snarky over her food habits while she was watching what she ate. One poster made good sense but in the midst of it said to find a way to work those meals with those friends into the overall scheme and that rubbed me the wrong way. The food I put into my mouth and body will be only and entirely governed by me. I can't stop thinking about how NOPE that is for me.8
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VanVanDiane wrote: »
Or when you fit it into your day, eat it and it's not as great as you thought it'd be...
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quiksylver296 wrote: »
RIGHT?!? I hate wasting the delicious points (calories) on non-delicious foods! :mad:
Gluten-free bakeries catch me out every time! On the rare occasions I'm in the vicinity of one I'm absolutely fine with spending calories on something fresh and delicious. I hate it when I pick something that doesn't taste any better than something I can get packaged at Safeway. And no, there's no way I'm saving calories by just not eating more than a bite. Just no way.
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What's kinda sad/happy?... I actually look forward to my uh hum... high veggie intake. Lol2 -
psychod787 wrote: »
What's kinda sad/happy?... I actually look forward to my uh hum... high veggie intake. Lol
Neutral panda just doesn't have the same ring to it.
Your veggies. And chicken... and quinoa... and ice cream...
(Yes, I'm still jealous)
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