“But there aren’t any calories in sour cream.”
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I get a conversation like this with some frequency.
Wannabee: I have started a diet and someone told me you have been on one and I should talk to you.
Me: Yes - I am on a diet.
Wannabee: I have a personal trainer and a dietitian I am working with. What are you doing?
Me: I have been following a very low carb diet, and I watch calories.
Wannabee: That will never work. You will just lose water weight.
Me: I have been doing it since 2016. I guess I have lost over 130 pounds of water weight.
Wannabee: You will never keep it off.
Me: I have been in maintenance since last July, but it could all come back any day I guess.
Wannabee: If you want to really lose weight you have to have a personal trainer and a dietitian.
Me: Thanks - I will remember that.49 -
I get a conversation like this with some frequency.
Wannabee: I have started a diet and someone told me you have been on one and I should talk to you.
Me: Yes - I am on a diet.
Wannabee: I have a personal trainer and a dietitian I am working with. What are you doing?
Me: I have been following a very low carb diet, and I watch calories.
Wannabee: That will never work. You will just lose water weight.
Me: I have been doing it since 2016. I guess I have lost over 130 pounds of water weight.
Wannabee: You will never keep it off.
Me: I have been in maintenance since last July, but it could all come back any day I guess.
Wannabee: If you want to really lose weight you have to have a personal trainer and a dietitian.
Me: Thanks - I will remember that.
Sounds like someone is unhappy they spent so much money.18 -
arilukaszewicz1 wrote: »When people say “Sucralose and other artificial sweeteners are fine for you” yea, no they aren’t lol
They aren't? Why not?34 -
I get a conversation like this with some frequency.
Wannabee: I have started a diet and someone told me you have been on one and I should talk to you.
Me: Yes - I am on a diet.
Wannabee: I have a personal trainer and a dietitian I am working with. What are you doing?
Me: I have been following a very low carb diet, and I watch calories.
Wannabee: That will never work. You will just lose water weight.
Me: I have been doing it since 2016. I guess I have lost over 130 pounds of water weight.
Wannabee: You will never keep it off.
Me: I have been in maintenance since last July, but it could all come back any day I guess.
Wannabee: If you want to really lose weight you have to have a personal trainer and a dietitian.
Me: Thanks - I will remember that.
This is annoying, and I just had to respond so that I could comment with 🙄.
A co-worker of mine regularly comments on how good I look and has repeatedly asked how I do it. I tell her I count calories, and explain that I go to the gym/walk/bike. She then seems disappointed, and the repetitive questioning suggests she’s waiting for me to reveal some easy magical part that I’ve previously omitted.
I then get to hear her list of current reasons why she’s as heavy as she is. the last time our boss brought treats (cookies: 165 calories each) same coworker pressured me to have more than one cookie “because I deserved it.” Erm, no.11 -
BAHAHAHA!!!!! There are so many gems in this thread, but so far this one is my favorite.My all-time favorite. A colleague of mine and his wife were on a fad diet (keto, Atkins, something?) and was bragging about some weight loss. I said I had lost 30 pounds fairly recently, too. How? I said, by counting calories and exercising.
"That's not how you're supposed to do it."
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I get a conversation like this with some frequency.
Wannabee: I have started a diet and someone told me you have been on one and I should talk to you.
Me: Yes - I am on a diet.
Wannabee: I have a personal trainer and a dietitian I am working with. What are you doing?
Me: I have been following a very low carb diet, and I watch calories.
Wannabee: That will never work. You will just lose water weight.
Me: I have been doing it since 2016. I guess I have lost over 130 pounds of water weight.
Wannabee: You will never keep it off.
Me: I have been in maintenance since last July, but it could all come back any day I guess.
Wannabee: If you want to really lose weight you have to have a personal trainer and a dietitian.
Me: Thanks - I will remember that.
Was the 130 pounds you already lost fake??
Congrats on losing 130 lbs. by the way!
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I used to work in an office of women and a few of them did multiple fad diets. In the middle of that I was doing an MFP like program but with a different app but basically CI/CO. When asked how I'm doing it I said easy, I eat less and move more. The cabbage soup diet, the egg diet, I don't remember all of them but they were all failures. Granted they had 15/20 pounds to lose and I had a lot more but but still: eat less - move more.5
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I have taken 67 lbs off in the past 8 months.
Someone told me that I lost my weight "the wrong way" because I eat too many calories, and nobody could lose weight eating that many calories (1600 a day).
Several people have told me that I "won't lose any weight eating more than 20 carbs a day." I eat about 75 to 120 carbs a day.18 -
RelCanonical wrote: »I'm only get the typical ones around these parts.
"I'm doing low-carb, so I only eat whole wheat bread." She also had a short period of "I'm eating no carbs" and ate roasted potatoes for lunch. I think she believes that only white bread and pasta contain carbs.
"I only lose weight when I cut out carbs." Different lady. She is on a constant cycle of water weight loss and gain. Same five pounds over and over.
I'm allergic to wheat and you wouldn't believe how many people tell me that I should be able to eat whole wheat! And I've also heard, "This isn't wheat. It's white bread." What do these people think white bread is made out of, anyway? Ground white? It's all wheat in one form or another!25 -
Co worker recently bought in a fruit tray and 4 boxes of cookies after complaining about her weight. Because she needed to balance out the cookies with fruit.
Hubby once said we need to stop eating fruit and drink juices and smoothies instead because liquid is better than solid.7 -
seltzermint555 wrote: »I told a friend that I don't do a whole lot of smoothies (referring to restaurant smoothies mainly) because I'm a fast drinker and feel like I don't even enjoy it, just slurp it down...so I'm more satisfied with regular food than a smoothie. She said, "But with smoothies, it's not actually the calories of food, it's just the calories of juice because it's all compressed".
Wha?! In talking further I realized she truly believed this to be true. She regularly gets this smoothie with nut butter and protein powder in it (along with her sandwich) and she's not a calorie counter but she is trying to lose weight. Sometimes I just have to exit those conversations.
I'd so much rather eat real meals. Give me a steak, roasted potatoes, mushrooms and a salad any day rather than a smoothie.6 -
Celery juice has magical healing powers.16
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I get a conversation like this with some frequency.
A co-worker of mine regularly comments on how good I look and has repeatedly asked how I do it. I tell her I count calories, and explain that I go to the gym/walk/bike. She then seems disappointed, and the repetitive questioning suggests she’s waiting for me to reveal some easy magical part that I’ve previously omitted.
I then get to hear her list of current reasons why she’s as heavy as she is. the last time our boss brought treats (cookies: 165 calories each) same coworker pressured me to have more than one cookie “because I deserved it.” Erm, no.
I get the same response! People ask me how I took off my weight (67 lbs in 8 month so far), and when I say I use MFP to count my calories, they are disappointed, and want to know what else I am doing. I tell them that is it. Just counting calories. And they keep asking more questions, hoping I will tell them some magic formula or trendy diet. They all want some easy, trendy plan that will just shake that weight off. And then they will respond that they are going to try the cabbage soup diet or only eating 10 carbs a day or whatever.8 -
My mother 55 years ago: "If you eat something out of the fridge and you don't sit down, it doesn't count. If you keep the fridge door open whilst eating, even more so."12
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Oh, I have another one! Not directly “diet” related, but my aunt was very proud one Christmas because she made me a “vegetarian” version of her baked beans, which usually contained canned pork and beans.
Aunt: I left off the bacon on top of your beans!
Me: Did you make them with pork and beans?
Aunt: Yes.
Me: The *pork* and beans?
Aunt: Yes.
Me: In the vegetarian beans?
Aunt: Yes, they’re just like the other beans but yours don’t have bacon on top.24 -
I’ve heard quite a few jaw-droppers lately, including:
“I put sour cream on pretty much everything because it doesn’t have any calories.”
“It’s been proven that calorie counting doesn’t work.”
“Why are you putting whole milk in your coffee? I thought you were trying to lose weight. Whole milk has fat in it.”
Anybody else hear some great misconceptions lately? Please share!
I ABSOLUTELY hate when someone says “aren’t you on a diet? You’re suppose to stay away from foods high in fat.”
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I always get comments from family, friends and colleagues whenever they see me eating something 'unhealthy' (like a doughnut or cookie) along the lines of "*exaggerated surprise* you're eating a doughnut!" and "guess you're off your diet". I used to try and explain how calorie counting and macros work but I don't bother anymore.
This! My family is always on a fad diet kick like no sugar and just eat salads and I’m like you don’t have to eat like that to lose weight. I’ve explained calorie counting to my family so much and they still don’t understand.1 -
rickiimarieee wrote: »
I'm sure it started before I saw it, but I first saw that on a show where they pitted different diets against each other. The keto guy was kinda crazy with some of his suggestions kinda like that. Put like 2 tablespoons in the coffee... blech!
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seltzermint555 wrote: »stricklee11 wrote: »
"You should try herbalife! I've lost 8 pounds in a week."
I used to get this all the freakin' time when I was down about 80 lb from my heaviest & losing actively with MFP - and usually from women who had always been thin, or women who had always been very overweight and still were.
Also, they always say this like it would be better to lose 8 lb in a week than in four or six or however many weeks. I don't get it.
There's something about reaching that point in weight loss where the loss shows, but one still has some pounds to lose, that seems to bring out the silly suggestions from others! It can be anything, but it's always posed as The Thing one needs to do to keep losing weight . . . and IME it often comes from friends who are still heavy, wanting to lose, and sadly just not ever quite getting there.
Partly sad, partly funny.6
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