Things people say when you lose weight

"You're skinny!"

"No! You're fat!"

Shuts them up every time.

springlering62 wrote: »

A neighbor told me all about her most recent detoxes and various diets, and said, “I wish you’d be my weight coach. You’ve done so well!”

I told her I use an app that’s philosophy is calorie counting. She looked terribly disappointed.

“Oh. You must use My Fitness Pal. I was on that for a little while. It doesn’t work”.

Usually "a little while" means like a week or two and because they didn't immediately lose 10 pounds they think it's a failure.

costaricavacation wrote: »

I am losing weight by eating right-size servings of healthy foods. It's working. But everyone seems intent on telling me what I should be doing. For example, "You've got to be eating steel cut oats, not that other kind." "Go on a vegan diet. Trust me, just do it for a month and you will be sold." "You've got to eat lots of nuts and avocado. Those are good fats. Eat as much of those as you want. They make you feel fuller." Ok, I've just lost 45 pounds. What I am doing is working, so please leave me alone.

I haven't had this happen to me, but I've seen so many stories like it just on this thread. This is such a weird phenomenon! Why do they choose to tell someone who is successfully losing weight how to lose weight? Are they just looking for validation for their ideas?

nighthawk584 wrote: »

Cavallaro65 wrote: »

Here is something that annoys me. You are losing weight, you could have lost 30 pounds already. You have a plan on place that you comfortable with and it's working. And someone still tries to tell you how to lose weight? They tell you you to do this or that. Eat this or that. I don't know that just annoys me.

That's funny because it has happened to me too. I used to be a fitness addict in my 30s/....gained 100 lbs and am now down 69 lbs with 31 to go and some people are telling me how to lose it. HELLO, I think I am doing ok here! haha

Same. Actually my mom was kinda bad about this. She was recommending me to try coconut oil and apple cider vinegar. I had already lost 60 lbs. I know what I'm doing...

bobsburgersfan wrote: »

Are they just looking for validation for their ideas?

Aren't we all?

I see the Disagree reaction is being used wisely in this thread. How can you disagree with someone's experience?

shunggie wrote: »

I see the Disagree reaction is being used wisely in this thread. How can you disagree with someone's experience?

I thought that. Perhaps they are disagreeing with the negative comments that people have received? Either way I regret posting as I had 0 disagrees and now I have 2 😒

@ghudson92 Don't regret it. Those aren't real anyway. I have 7 because of a discussion on Woo. Ironically if you go back many people now agree with me... OH well. It's the internet. Haters gonna hate

I'm getting a little annoyed with a lady from my grocery store.

Not only is she attention seekingly loud about how I'm looking, how much I might have lost and what I'm wearing, she also has started with the advice.

For example, telling me how to cook vegetables. Not a particular method, just how, full stop; as if I wouldn't know. Today's lesson was how to cook mashed potatoes and I get a full critique of everything in my basket on whether I should be eating it or not. Not to mention the continuous pushing towards various diet schemes.

This would be exhausting from a friend but this is a complete stranger who works on the till. It's making me want to shop elsewhere, despite the convenience.

Why are people so darn intrusive?

Also, has anyone else experienced people assuming that because you're overweight, you are stupid?

AmethystEFC wrote: »

I'm getting a little annoyed with a lady from my grocery store.

Not only is she attention seekingly loud about how I'm looking, how much I might have lost and what I'm wearing, she also has started with the advice.

For example, telling me how to cook vegetables. Not a particular method, just how, full stop; as if I wouldn't know. Today's lesson was how to cook mashed potatoes and I get a full critique of everything in my basket on whether I should be eating it or not. Not to mention the continuous pushing towards various diet schemes.

This would be exhausting from a friend but this is a complete stranger who works on the till. It's making me want to shop elsewhere, despite the convenience.

Why are people so darn intrusive?

Also, has anyone else experienced people assuming that because you're overweight, you are stupid?

Funnily enough it is often the most overweight people who often know the most about dieting. It is putting it into practice that is the difficult part. She may never have had to diet in her life - possibly she is a picky eater and has a restrictive diet without knowingly counting calories.

Last time I lost a lot of weight I would somehow manage to attract people who would give me bad diet advice. Including from one lady who kept trying to get me to try her carrot diet. Yep, carrots. Carrots for every meal and only carrots. Apparently it makes you slim, cures cancer, cures diabetes and you pop out babies like nobody's business (she was looking at me because I don't have children and I'm single). lol. Didn't take her advice.