What I Hate About Watching My Weight/New Lifestyle/Dieting, etc. (A Place to Vent)
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Fours years later and my whole life revolves around eating and thinking about when I'm going to be able to eat again.
yup... nice delts btw
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I thought this is a thread where you could come and vent and now it has turned into a conversation on what is right or wrong to say to someone, can we start venting instead of arguing
1. I hate having to plan my calories to go out to eat
2. I hate having a panic attack when plans change and have to quickly adapt to other foods
3. I hate busting my *kitten* and still not losing weight
4. I miss having onion rings and have to big time plan for them or exercise like crazy for extra calories
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I hate that losing weight is painfully slow compared to the rate at which you can gain. I can just have one cheat day and gain 4 lb. that I worked 3 weeks to get off. That's one reason I've been staying away from cheat days. 😯14
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I hate that losing weight is painfully slow compared to the rate at which you can gain. I can just have one cheat day and gain 4 lb. that I worked 3 weeks to get off. That's one reason I've been staying away from cheat days. 😯
3 lbs on a cheat day? What's your surplus? 10000 cals? Only way to gain 3 lbs of fat.9 -
I do both and I highly recommend it..i also punch my husband and he punches me. He's a good person to punch because he's trained very well, very tall, very strong.. if I can get my moves through his guard then I could do it on anyone.
small print : admittedly its in a martial arts club and when I punch I expect the other person to defend and visa versa..theres a relationship of respect and learning ect.. and some punches I dont do with full force except with protective gear or I would get my *kitten* kicked very very bad by Sifu. But other than those provisos yep I punch people for fun.. I'm female and train mostly men twice my size.. and i hit people with sticks and swords as well and stab people **cough** rubber knives 🤣 and after 16yrs I'm getting good at it. And people still want me to hit them. Make no mistake, I'm not Bruce Lee, more of a Kung fu panda in both looks and humor and every injury he ever suffered 🤣 but hopefully I can look less like a panda very soon.
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I hate that losing weight is painfully slow compared to the rate at which you can gain. I can just have one cheat day and gain 4 lb. that I worked 3 weeks to get off. That's one reason I've been staying away from cheat days. 😯
If you have a big meal or a bad day, the scale may be a couple of pounds higher the next day because you'll likely have had a high sodium intake which would have caused you to store excess water. But it's not permanent fat gain and should mostly go away in a few days.14 -
It seems like no matter what's going on some people just have to be Judgey McJudgepants, or hijack a thread with side discussions instead of starting a new thread or sending messages.
That being said,
Cheese. I miss being able to eat as much cheese as I want without worrying about the calories.
The same with nuts. The days of just tossing back handfuls of nuts are over.23 -
If you have a big meal or a bad day, the scale may be a couple of pounds higher the next day because you'll likely have had a high sodium intake which would have caused you to store excess water. But it's not permanent fat gain and should mostly go away in a few days.
I've been weighing myself daily for a long time and use a weight tracking app and spreadsheet, so those scale fluctuations don't panic me (slightly annoyed though, lol). However, what *does* bother me is the resulting bathroom usage that gets rid of the water weight. If I'm very active and eat more carbs and high-sodium foods than usual, the day after, I will be running, no, sprinting, to the bathroom every hour or two. I normally only need to go every 3+ hours, so it's quite irritating.5 -
First off, if you are going to post that you have no hate towards anything in the title, have embraced it all with acceptance, yada yada, this is not the place for that. (Please start your own thread.)
This is where we get to let off some steam about the things that secretly make us roll our eyes, curse under our breath, think evil thoughts about...well, you get the picture.
I will start:
All of the fast food commercials I am subjected to if I want to watch television programming. Now, these aren't foods I would normally choose if I wasn't watching my calorie intake, but for some reason (because advertisers know what buttons to push) I start wanting them. It gets ridiculous when these commercials are crammed between shows about obesity, weight loss, etc.
Then there are the smells, those fatty, salty/sweet smells that waft through the air in any Walmart, Target, grocery store or in some parts of some cities, in the general area.
What's your beef?
Ya. Isn't it ironic that you don't see TV ads for Brussel sprouts or 3 bean salad? But you constantly see ads for artery hardening heart attack burgers loaded with cheese, bacon and beef! Oh Henry bars, Coca Cola, Honey nut Cheerios the list goes on....5 -
With family I don't talk about losing weight. I don't want their opinion.
- I hate that while I've started being more careful about what I eat I am very much still obese and so people don't understand that I refuse seconds, turn down takeaways, etc.
- I hate that I have to be creative about skipping meals or not eating in social situations involving foods.
- I hate how blind I feel staying with family for a few days without my scales, not cooking myself... Looking forward to going back home. OTOH there no food prep and planning for a few days, Yay
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Every once and a while I find sample packets in the locally owned, single store health food store. Sometimes these type of places have open houses or vendor days where you can sample a lot of items. Sometimes asking the employees at these places they will be able to assist you in sample items.Why do protein powders only come in huge tubs?! I’ve only found a couple brands online that sell sample sizes. Annoying!
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That I still don't fit clothes in stores. When I started because I was too big and the clothes too smaal Now that I am at my goals weight because I am too small and the clothes too big!9
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Well, there is one thing I want to rant about. It's actually one of the things that tends to make people who maintain natural weight loss the most successful. Many in society poo poo on people for cognitive restraint. Whether its calorie counting, macro tracking, carb counting, IF, OMAD. Many in society feel that's its messed up. We have disordered eating.15
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psychod787 wrote: »Well, there is one thing I want to rant about. It's actually one of the things that tends to make people who maintain natural weight loss the most successful. Many in society poo poo on people for cognitive restraint. Whether its calorie counting, macro tracking, carb counting, IF, OMAD. Many in society feel that's its messed up. We have disordered eating.
Many in society (the majority, at least in America) are also overweight or obese.8 -
I hate the fact that it's expected at my workplace to go out to a restaurant every day for lunch with the team and I have to "guesstimate" the calories since the local restaurants don't post counts.9
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Oh my gosh, SO much to vent about! Haha, but I'll keep it short!
Mainly, I hate that being healthy is culturally unacceptable. The norm is to be sleep deprived and jacked up on coffee, eating junk food all day then binging on Netflix after work before repeating. The moment you present something different, you're seen as weird, too controlling, or Miss Perfect.24 -
DoubleUbea wrote: »Every once and a while I find sample packets in the locally owned, single store health food store. Sometimes these type of places have open houses or vendor days where you can sample a lot of items. Sometimes asking the employees at these places they will be able to assist you in sample items.
Yes I have seen sample packs in small mom and pop health food stores3 -
Frankly I think maintenance is the hardest part - when I relax a bit I gain my weight back and have to start all over again
I'm like this too, with my "last 15". I relax a little and it comes back almost instantly. I honestly have a new view on people who aren't obese and struggle with their weight because of this. I used to think, really, you're "average" so why do you care if you gain 5 lb?! Now I get it. 5 lb on a small person is like a very large person gaining 30 lb.
For me the 100+ getting out of large plus sizes was relatively easy to lose and isn't too hard to maintain. It's that 15 lb between a tight size 8 and a comfy size 12 that is difficult to manage and I'm afraid if I let it go I'll gradually slide back up where I don't ever want to be.17 -
That_Hiker_Chick wrote: »Oh my gosh, SO much to vent about! Haha, but I'll keep it short!
Mainly, I hate that being healthy is culturally unacceptable. The norm is to be sleep deprived and jacked up on coffee, eating junk food all day then binging on Netflix after work before repeating. The moment you present something different, you're seen as weird, too controlling, or Miss Perfect.
I feel like it's a very American thing. In my country (Panama), people are actually pretty supportive of others watching what they eat and trying to lose weight. We have an obesity problem too here (a normal meal is accompanied by a million cups of rice), but everyone in their mind is on a diet, even if they are ordering Krispy Kremes everyday. So they tend to be pretty supportive of others who are doing it. I've generally gotten positive comments from friends, and not much peer pressure to try to misbehave.
Sorry you have to go through that though. It makes it much tougher.6 -
seltzermint555 wrote: »
I'm like this too, with my "last 15". I relax a little and it comes back almost instantly. I honestly have a new view on people who aren't obese and struggle with their weight because of this. I used to think, really, you're "average" so why do you care if you gain 5 lb?! Now I get it. 5 lb on a small person is like a very large person gaining 30 lb.
For me the 100+ getting out of large plus sizes was relatively easy to lose and isn't too hard to maintain. It's that 15 lb between a tight size 8 and a comfy size 12 that is difficult to manage and I'm afraid if I let it go I'll gradually slide back up where I don't ever want to be.
I feel like a lot of people don't understand it.
On me, 5 pounds is a clothing size. It's 5 percent of my weight. That's not a small figure.8 -
I feel like it's a very American thing. In my country (Panama), people are actually pretty supportive of others watching what they eat and trying to lose weight. We have an obesity problem too here (a normal meal is accompanied by a million cups of rice), but everyone in their mind is on a diet, even if they are ordering Krispy Kremes everyday. So they tend to be pretty supportive of others who are doing it. I've generally gotten positive comments from friends, and not much peer pressure to try to misbehave.
Sorry you have to go through that though. It makes it much tougher.
I think this is also influenced by what part of the US someone is in. My experience where I live is 100% different from my experience when I go to where my mother lives (1400 miles apart). Here, healthy is very trendy, and I have a huge variety of healthy places to eat where calorie counts are mandated almost everywhere. When I'm at my mom's, though, the type of food is much different, and the calorie count is a mystery in most places, though it's getting better. Not to say I can't eat healthy/healthier where my mom lives, but it's different. The expectation is different, the presentation is different, the attitude is different when it comes to the way food is approached.
ETA: Healthy is trendy, I should add, but healthy does not weight management make when healthy foods are consumed in volume. That is a hurdle that is similar in both places.11 -
I remember the first time I realized that 5 lbs on 5'9", not-very-overweight-at-185 me was a completely different story than 5 lbs on my 5'0", 110 lb. friend. It felt little bit shocking at the time, but now I wonder where I thought she was going to put it (...what, a knapsack, maybe?seltzermint555 wrote: »
I'm like this too, with my "last 15". I relax a little and it comes back almost instantly. I honestly have a new view on people who aren't obese and struggle with their weight because of this. I used to think, really, you're "average" so why do you care if you gain 5 lb?! Now I get it. 5 lb on a small person is like a very large person gaining 30 lb.
For me the 100+ getting out of large plus sizes was relatively easy to lose and isn't too hard to maintain. It's that 15 lb between a tight size 8 and a comfy size 12 that is difficult to manage and I'm afraid if I let it go I'll gradually slide back up where I don't ever want to be. ).
I'm still at the other end of that 100-lb + journey. As of this week I've lost 21 pounds (104 left to go), but it don't trust it. I feel like all that weight is still lurking somewhere nearby, just waiting to jump back on my body.
This doesn't bug me all the time - I'm not up late nights worrying about it - but it's hard to shake the feeling that the weight's like a paddle ball and I'm just hoping that its elastic string has 104 lbs more stretch in it. And that, whenever it starts snapping back again, I can catch that ball before it gets very far. Because I know that little stretchy string is never going to break.
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collectingblues wrote: »
I feel like a lot of people don't understand it.
On me, 5 pounds is a clothing size. It's 5 percent of my weight. That's not a small figure.
Exactly. I used to be annoyed when my coworker would complain that she'd put on 10 lb during the holidays. She was 5'2" and maybe around 120 lb. I thought she was nuts because at the time I weighed in the neighborhood of 260 and would probably not even notice it in my clothing if I was at 270 after the holidays. Now that I am smaller even though I am tall and curvy with more room to "carry" extra weight, I understand. When I am up by 5 lb, I feel larger and less comfortable in my skin and clothes don't fit as well.8 -
zwerchfell wrote: »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.
I noticed this recently! I can't turn it down - I avoid the break room a lot now, if there is a cookie or candy I will grab it even though I wasn't even going to have a snack, it's like a reflex. But getting better8 -
zwerchfell wrote: »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.
I'm guilty of doing this for my employees. When we get free food, it's almost always pizza and/or wings. It's because healthy food is expensive to buy for a group
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psychod787 wrote: »
Thanks! This picture is about 2 years old I think. I really should update my stuff on here.
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jdubois5351 wrote: »
So do I (only I go to watch rugby instead of football). I guess I'm lucky that my friends in general don't drink (a beer or a cocktail, sure, but rarely more). I never understood the need to get drunk to have fun.
Who said I needed alcohol to have fun? I love to drink. Can I have fun without it? Of course. My social life still takes a hit because my friends hang out in bars often. If I'm not drinking, I don't want to be hanging out in bars. Maybe you should start drinking more so you can be less uptight 8 -
I hate it when there’s a social gathering and I’m nervously eyeing all the food thinking what can I eat, what to avoid, how much to eat. Then theres the guilt if I have 1 drink or something not so healthy and the fear that the scale will tell the next day and I’ll be working very hard for the next 2-3 days to undo the bad. I have yet to figure out how NOT to put on weight the night after a meal of eating out. I realize its water weight mostly but it still takes 2-3 days to get it back to where it was. What do ppl do to manage this cycle? Pl share what works.5
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I hate it when there’s a social gathering and I’m nervously eyeing all the food thinking what can I eat, what to avoid, how much to eat. Then theres the guilt if I have 1 drink or something not so healthy and the fear that the scale will tell the next day and I’ll be working very hard for the next 2-3 days to undo the bad. I have yet to figure out how NOT to put on weight the night after a meal of eating out. I realize its water weight mostly but it still takes 2-3 days to get it back to where it was. What do ppl do to manage this cycle? Pl share what works.
They wait 2-3 days to shed the water weight. It’s your body doing what it’s supposed to do.
Do you use a weight trending app like Happy Scale or Libra? It evens out the daily fluctuations so you can see the overall trend.7
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