Ranting/Venting Thread

bree2012
bree2012 Posts: 179
edited October 1 in Health and Weight Loss
Hello! I want to start a Ranting/Venting thread so people can express any frustrations they have concerning diet and health.
I feel frustrated very often and I would like to start this so we can help and support eachother and offer advice and solutions!

So...feel free to express your concerns here!

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  • RachelSRoach1
    RachelSRoach1 Posts: 435 Member
    I am going to a gym and seeing a personal trainer. My biggest irritation is when people accuse me of starving myself or saying I'm setting myself up for failure by trying to lose too much at once. I'm doing this with a medical professional! I wish people would accept I know full well what I'm doing!

    Also... It irritates me when I have to go to someone's house and they change their menu. I'm very good about recording my daily calories before the day happens so I'm confident about what I eat and I don't feel like I'm starving all the time.. but when that happens suddenly I don't have enough calories to eat very much. There is a reason I clarify what you're cooking ahead of time.
  • bree2012
    bree2012 Posts: 179
    I have a problem with binging. I do not even LIKE junk food anymore, yet, I keep on shoving it into my mouth. Also, nobody I know understands this problem. Unhealthy food is everywhere at my house. I tell my family to NOT buy unhealthy food, but they do, nonetheless. And only I eat the junk food. They eat healthily. I'm not blaming it on them, it is mainly my problem.
  • Queen_Christine
    Queen_Christine Posts: 342 Member
    It REALLY ticks me off that my hubby and I can take the same walk at the same pace for the same amount of time and he get a million more burned calories than I do! And to make matters worse, even if he doesn't exercise, he gets to eat more calories than me from the minute he gets up in the morning. AND he loses weight TWICE as fast as me!

    I'm done now.

    Thanks, I feel better.
  • bree2012
    bree2012 Posts: 179
    I am going to a gym and seeing a personal trainer. My biggest irritation is when people accuse me of starving myself or saying I'm setting myself up for failure by trying to lose too much at once. I'm doing this with a medical professional! I wish people would accept I know full well what I'm doing!

    Also... It irritates me when I have to go to someone's house and they change their menu. I'm very good about recording my daily calories before the day happens so I'm confident about what I eat and I don't feel like I'm starving all the time.. but when that happens suddenly I don't have enough calories to eat very much. There is a reason I clarify what you're cooking ahead of time.

    Just ignore them. It may be difficult, but you have to do what is the best for yourself. They may be jealous.
  • skinnylove00
    skinnylove00 Posts: 662 Member
    I have a problem with binge eating!! i cant go to bed without having either chocolate or peanut butter and i usually cant stop myself until i feel very, very sick. then i go to bed feeling like crap. i dont know why i do it. either self sabotage or i am just really hungry (although i graze alllllllll day). tomorrow my goal is to eat normally..three meals and lil snacks in between not huge binges.
  • RachelSRoach1
    RachelSRoach1 Posts: 435 Member
    I am going to a gym and seeing a personal trainer. My biggest irritation is when people accuse me of starving myself or saying I'm setting myself up for failure by trying to lose too much at once. I'm doing this with a medical professional! I wish people would accept I know full well what I'm doing!

    Also... It irritates me when I have to go to someone's house and they change their menu. I'm very good about recording my daily calories before the day happens so I'm confident about what I eat and I don't feel like I'm starving all the time.. but when that happens suddenly I don't have enough calories to eat very much. There is a reason I clarify what you're cooking ahead of time.

    Just ignore them. It may be difficult, but you have to do what is the best for yourself. They may be jealous.

    lol.. I love you :D Be my pal
  • lpeacock06
    lpeacock06 Posts: 212 Member
    It REALLY ticks me off that my hubby and I can take the same walk at the same pace for the same amount of time and he get a million more burned calories than I do! And to make matters worse, even if he doesn't exercise, he gets to eat more calories than me from the minute he gets up in the morning. AND he loses weight TWICE as fast as me!

    I'm done now.

    Thanks, I feel better.

    Ditto!!!!!
  • EvaJanes
    EvaJanes Posts: 37 Member
    It REALLY ticks me off that my hubby and I can take the same walk at the same pace for the same amount of time and he get a million more burned calories than I do! And to make matters worse, even if he doesn't exercise, he gets to eat more calories than me from the minute he gets up in the morning. AND he loses weight TWICE as fast as me!

    I'm done now.

    Thanks, I feel better.

    You should be in my house some days when hubby steps on the scales...words to make you ears bleed. We have been eating the same meals pretty much so for my 10lbs lost he has lost more then 15 AND IS STILL SNACKING all the time
  • RachelSRoach1
    RachelSRoach1 Posts: 435 Member
    It REALLY ticks me off that my hubby and I can take the same walk at the same pace for the same amount of time and he get a million more burned calories than I do! And to make matters worse, even if he doesn't exercise, he gets to eat more calories than me from the minute he gets up in the morning. AND he loses weight TWICE as fast as me!

    I'm done now.

    Thanks, I feel better.

    Ditto!!!!!

    Me too!!
  • bree2012
    bree2012 Posts: 179
    I have a problem with binge eating!! i cant go to bed without having either chocolate or peanut butter and i usually cant stop myself until i feel very, very sick. then i go to bed feeling like crap. i dont know why i do it. either self sabotage or i am just really hungry (although i graze alllllllll day). tomorrow my goal is to eat normally..three meals and lil snacks in between not huge binges.

    I share the exact same problem!
    It is easier said then done, but just exercise self-control. If you have a craving, ask yourself, "Do I really need this?"
  • lisablueeyes
    lisablueeyes Posts: 213 Member
    My problem is I can't stay on track................. I've once done so well!! I hate the fact I can't seem to find the drive again!!!
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,026 Member
    That when people who choose to eat "healthier" and "clean" act as if people who DON'T are doomed to bad health and regaining weight. Especially when many of us can eat junk with no ramifications.
  • bree2012
    bree2012 Posts: 179
    My problem is I can't stay on track................. I've once done so well!! I hate the fact I can't seem to find the drive again!!!

    Remember that you've done it before; you can certainly do so again.
    The end result of healthiness is worth every bit of the effort you put into it.
  • Awkward30
    Awkward30 Posts: 1,927 Member
    It REALLY ticks me off that my hubby and I can take the same walk at the same pace for the same amount of time and he get a million more burned calories than I do! And to make matters worse, even if he doesn't exercise, he gets to eat more calories than me from the minute he gets up in the morning. AND he loses weight TWICE as fast as me!

    I'm done now.

    Thanks, I feel better.

    My fave quote, I think it was from a magazine: eating with guys is like shopping with a friend who makes way more than you. You dont have nearly the same budget, but still can enjoy the experience
  • Booboo78
    Booboo78 Posts: 169
    I don't get why, when I'm starting to lose weight and edging closer to my goal, I end up sabotaging it - which inevitably leads to weight gain. Back to Square One, so I have to go through the whole rigmorale of the losing weight process. Sighs.

    It's usually after people comment on how I've lost weight, so I think I'm in 'safe' territory to indulge in that lovely Chinese takeaway and bottle of wine.

    My brain can be really silly at times.

    I'm determined to get past that hurdle this time round.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,026 Member
    I don't get why, when I'm starting to lose weight and edging closer to my goal, I end up sabotaging it - which inevitably leads to weight gain. Back to Square One, so I have to go through the whole rigmorale of the losing weight process. Sighs.

    It's usually after people comment on how I've lost weight, so I think I'm in 'safe' territory to indulge in that lovely Chinese takeaway and bottle of wine.

    My brain can be really silly at times.

    I'm determined to get past that hurdle this time round.
    People "fear" success sometimes because once you get there, the expectation is to stay there. When people sabotage, it's a legitimate way of avoiding success if they aren't ready for it.
  • Booboo78
    Booboo78 Posts: 169
    I don't get why, when I'm starting to lose weight and edging closer to my goal, I end up sabotaging it - which inevitably leads to weight gain. Back to Square One, so I have to go through the whole rigmorale of the losing weight process. Sighs.

    It's usually after people comment on how I've lost weight, so I think I'm in 'safe' territory to indulge in that lovely Chinese takeaway and bottle of wine.

    My brain can be really silly at times.

    I'm determined to get past that hurdle this time round.
    People "fear" success sometimes because once you get there, the expectation is to stay there. When people sabotage, it's a legitimate way of avoiding success if they aren't ready for it.

    That makes sense.

    Maybe it's kind of like a sense of that I'm getting a positive reaction from people, subconsciously it freaks me out.

    I'm one of these people that doesn't really like drawing attention to themselves, quite shy and very self-conscious really. Which is a contradiction because the bigger you are, the MORE noticeable you are, because there's "more" of you! A literal "elephant in the room" lol

    Also it could stem from when I was in my late teens to mid 20s, and a slim size 8, I got much more negative attention than positive, name calling, nasty comments - even from complete strangers! Someone I didn't even know poured a drink on me! :-O I found the bigger I got, the more 'invisible' I became.

    Odd huh?
  • Booboo78
    Booboo78 Posts: 169
    To add, and here's the rant....the joke of it was, even only last year I was nicely losing weight and well back on track.

    Walking on the street on my way home from work, some guy in a car drives past, beeps at me and calls me a sl*t! WTF?! I wasn't even dressed provocatively in any way either, black COAT, knee high skirt, knee high (practical) boots, with black tights? I might as well have added a burkha!

    Thinking about it, the weight creeped back on since that incident, now a stone heavier.

    Maybe I should be less sensitive and get a thicker skin (no pun intended)
  • bree2012
    bree2012 Posts: 179
    I don't get why, when I'm starting to lose weight and edging closer to my goal, I end up sabotaging it - which inevitably leads to weight gain. Back to Square One, so I have to go through the whole rigmorale of the losing weight process. Sighs.

    It's usually after people comment on how I've lost weight, so I think I'm in 'safe' territory to indulge in that lovely Chinese takeaway and bottle of wine.

    My brain can be really silly at times.

    I'm determined to get past that hurdle this time round.

    Well, think about it this way: You have managed to lose weight before. So you can certainly do it again. All you need to do is to learn how to maintain the weight! And it's good that you have the determination.
  • bree2012
    bree2012 Posts: 179
    Bump. Anyone else?
  • i_love_vinegar
    i_love_vinegar Posts: 2,092 Member
    I lost around 25 pounds, but hardly notice the difference. Arghhh... (lost weight before joining this site btw, just noticed my thing says 11 pounds)
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