Who's this Fitness_Chick

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  • Fitness_Chick
    Fitness_Chick Posts: 6,648 Member
    Yup tis true...I reported but no response:cry: Mike must be terribly busy with the new server issues perhaps.. but the damage had already been done, it hurt me to the core! Like I said I couldn't imagine anyone saying that to ANYONE here... in the world off of this board, well we know folks say all sorts of thoughtless things that's why we should feel so safe coming here to discuss fitness issues, least I was feeling safe..:blushing: :cry: :brokenheart: :flowerforyou:

    I'm trying really hard to let it go but something take a bit of time ya know? I need to consider the sources and leave it be.

    Thank you SO MUCH Kristi...I feel like you gave me the biggest warmest long hug with your words!!!:blushing: :cry: :flowerforyou: :happy:

    FC:heart:

    The nerve of some people!!! It makes me soooo MAD :explode: :explode: :explode: to know that someone could be so inconsiderate of another person's feelings. Please don't let someone as intellectually challenged as that make you feel like you have to change ANYTHING about yourself, not even your ticker!!! You have always tried to be uplifting and supportive of people, and I can't remember one time you have ever been negative towards anyone!!! Please know how much we treasure you on this site, and don't let anybody tell you any different...:drinker: :drinker: :drinker:
    [/quote] Thanks Resa:flowerforyou: :smooched:
  • benw
    benw Posts: 211 Member
    FC Please keep up the good, kind words of encourgement and the motavation. You obviously inspire so many on here. Its to bad there are some very shallow people that feel the need to tear others down. I say to hell with them. Lets keep it to helping others and keep on your path.
  • havingitall
    havingitall Posts: 3,728 Member
    This is Benw's better half. I came on to this site embarassed and intimidated by how much I had to lose. I didn't even tell Ben about MFP for the first week or so because I thought I was less of a person needing help to get to a healthy weight.

    After I saw people like you, FC, I was amazed at the success and commitment that you showed and I felt much better about the journey I was embarking on. You inspired me! To lose that much weight and stick to it made me feel that I was not alone ( Ben has a lot less to lose than I do)

    You have always been kind and encouraging to people. Any knothead that would put you down obviously has worse self esteem problems than I did. We can only feel sorry for their inadequacies and I hope you can follow your own thread on forgiveness for them and yourself.

    Good Luck ... Keep it up. You are amazing!
  • joann
    joann Posts: 624 Member
    FC...please dont ever let some simple minded people get you upset. We are all so proud of you and maybe even alittle jealous of your accomplishments.:wink: I know myself I read your post all the time, Ive tried many of the recipes that you have shared...You have done a wonderful job damm girl be proud and post your accomplishments you give everyone hope that it can be done...again thanks for everything:heart: Jo
  • chrissyh
    chrissyh Posts: 8,235 Member
    I am shocked as well that someone has seen something negative with your progress - if we only all had your drive - you are an inspiration. I feel that you are very genuine in your posts - you are very helpful with articles you've posted, you are an inspiration.

    Thank you for being here and being a great leader to us!
  • Thamber
    Thamber Posts: 194
    FC I actually sent Mike a report ( it wasnt on one of your threads but about something else) and also added that I would be taking a break from the forum because honestly I am quite sick of the nastyness and rudeness I have seen here. I have also seen people attacking others for what they eat if its not healthy to there standards. ( I am not talking about threads about healthy eating I am talking about specific comments on peoples threads when they mention what they eat)

    After reading what you have experienced though and the fact that you decided to change your ticker back to what you want..well that made me decide to stay. I am so sorry that people can be so mean but really its all about them and has nothing to do with you at all. I think its very brave of you to put your ticker back the way YOU want it!:glasses:

    I am quite sensative also to what people say about me and I am trying really hard to keep in mind that what they say really has nothing to do with me. It is hard but we can do it and be stronger in the end.

    ((Hugs))
  • marisol7649
    marisol7649 Posts: 484 Member
    You know we could always make ourselves a special FC ticker :blushing: considering all the nice sparkly things you always leave for others.....then when people message us and ask us who you are we can simply say....the person many of us look up to ...:drinker:

    That is a great Idea the ticker. When I joined she was the helpful,everyone was too, but she stood out because off the weight she has lost and she is an expert in my humble opinion.
  • douganl
    douganl Posts: 283 Member
    She is definitely an inspiration to all - WOW!!!!!
  • Thamber
    Thamber Posts: 194
    By the way I know what its like to be undermined for hard work and it really really hurts.

    I maintained my weight throughout my life. ( and i did put on weight a few times due to illness and injury) I used to get up at 4 or 5 every morning and go for a run then when I got back I would do a workout video. In the evenings I would go dancing or if i watched TV I would do pushups, crunches, leg lifts or stretches during the commercials. i also have a little trampoline and would bounce on it through a whole show. All my hobbies were also active. I have never had a SAD diet consistantly ( yes i ate these foods on occasion) ALL that and I still got told i was LUCKY that I was thin....really thats just insulting ummm no its not luck that i was jogging in the morning while you slept,..its a decision I made.

    I also had to deal with jealousy and pettyness..I have to say how sad this is ...but woman have been nicer to me since I put on 60 lbs....how odd??? and how sad.

    You have worked really hard and people can choose the way they intepret your ticker. to most it is an inspiration and for some it will reveal that they feel bad about themselfs.....I have absolutly no problem with people showing off there sucess it makes me feel good to see others succed but I did have a jealoes friend ( no more) and whenever i had a sucess and was so excited I wanted to share she said i was bragging and for a long time I withdrew into myself and stopped being so outgoing and excited when my life was going good because I thought wow maybe i am bragging. I had a lot of self doubt then.

    I am trying to get my confidence back now.. and I keep telling myself that its about them and not me.

    sry for the long posts...
  • stillkristi
    stillkristi Posts: 1,135 Member
    Now there's a ticker!
    Don't let yesterday use up too much of today


    Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass... it's about learning to dance in the rain.


    Suldrun, FC wos. I am so sorry. It hurts my heart that you have been hurt like that. Its so frustrating that so many of us (women, humans, ??) are petty, mean and spiteful. However! If enough of us work at kindness, compassion and supporting each other, I believe we are much stronger than those who do nothing creative, but only cause pain, destruction and decay.

    Apparently I am in a three descriptor mood today. Sorry to be unnecessarily wordy. Suldrun, on the other hand, all of your words were significant. Thanks for being so open.:flowerforyou:
  • stillkristi
    stillkristi Posts: 1,135 Member
    Rats! Tried that quote thing and missed. My posts are a work in progress!
  • heal4444
    heal4444 Posts: 709
    FC,

    You said it yourself, "I am who I am and your approval is not needed."

    Glad you changed your ticker back. What others say that is insensitive and hurtful is just nonsense noise, "la la la la la la la" you can't even hear it. Good for you. You're always upbeat, kind, generous ot all posters alike. MFP would not be the same without you. So, just ignore those who treat you with unkindness and I hope you'll have it in your heart to forgive them.
  • jessmomof3
    jessmomof3 Posts: 4,590 Member
    Are you kidding me??? You are AWESOME, FC!!! We love you! :heart:
  • sunflower8926
    sunflower8926 Posts: 485 Member
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  • Pocketangel
    Pocketangel Posts: 27
    I am pretty new to the site and have not had the opportunity to meet FC... but this site is a support site for all who need and want the help to better their life. We are all here for different reasons and how we got here ( being overweight) is sometimes just as important as the support we are getting to get our lives back on track.

    I was married for 15 years to a very abusive ( emotionally) man.. He degraded me every chance he got, he controlled me in every way possible and he made me feel i was not pretty enough, smart enough for any other man to want to be with me. Because of that, I hid my feelings through food, it then became a way of life for me.. eat when your sad, eat when your stressed, eat when your hurt or even when your happy.. I finally was able to break away from the abuse and we divorced... Now.. i am working on breaking away from the addiction of food...

    I have read alot of comments supporting FC and how she is an inspiration to us all. I do not even know her , yet I admire the fact that she is someone people on here feel like they can go to for support.. and WOW.. Look at her accomplishments!! I know its hard FC.. the hurt does take so long to repair especially when they are talking about your weight.. but just Let God take over and KNOW ... HE pulls us through everything....So take the attitude of who gives a ***** what they think or say.. You have been and will be an inspiration to all that need it.. Maybe God put you on MFP for a reason... So.. keep on doing what you do best.. Give great support....
  • AmyNVegas
    AmyNVegas Posts: 2,215 Member
    FC, you know we love you:heart: and respect you :bigsmile: as a person we can go to for help when we need it but I am sure we all want you to know that even though we look up to you for your weightloss and for showing us it really can be done, that we are also here for you.:flowerforyou: We realize that losing weight is one of the hardest things that anyone can do and that you face the same challenges and difficulties we do along the way so please use us when you need us. :heart: We love you and need your support, but we are also here for you when you need us!:flowerforyou: :heart: Don't worry about the mean ones stick with us we're here for you!:flowerforyou:
  • alapointe
    alapointe Posts: 369 Member
    Okay for those of us who are pretty new to this, WE NEED YOU FC, just as you are!!!! I love your posts and I get some much from them. Almost all of us know how it feels to be on the receiving end of those nasty comments, but please don't let them scare you off.

    As you can see you have helped so many of us on our journey's and to do that is awesome. You are a true inspiration to those of us on this site. Don't change for anyone else, only yourself to what you desire to be.

    Just know that you are helping more people than you know.:love:
  • ivykivy
    ivykivy Posts: 2,970 Member
    I wanted to say you are an encouragement to people who need to loose a significant amount of weight. I was thinking I can't loose 100lbs now I know I can. I see your ticker. We probably started about the same time and you have been on the ball. I have been slack as all get out but I still have managed to lose the weight.

    It is sad to hear that some people have the unmitigated gall to question your progress. That really made me pimp-slapping mad.:mad: If they don't believe you then they need not read your posts or take your advise/comments into consideration. I don't know you but I can tell from you comments that you are a thoughtful, compassionate person.

    I am happy you have not let ignorant folk run you off! :flowerforyou:
    Are you serious? People were saying WHAT??!!@$^%(# :explode:

    I am sooooooo sorry. I hope someone reported those posts. Seriously, there is no place here for that kind of stuff. As I have said many times before, you are my hero. I came to this site needing to lose 266 lbs. I have been just sick at the thought of embarking on that kind of a journey. I KNOW it will take a long time and a lot of work. Then, I came to this site and one of the first things I saw was your comments in so many places - thoughtful, wise, supportive and wonderful. THEN, I noticed the ticker with 233 lbs lost. WOW. I was and am so encouraged by that. As I have said before, you are my hero! :flowerforyou:
  • Marla64
    Marla64 Posts: 23,120 Member
    Hey........ So happy CeFit started this thread. Way to go, my good man--

    Elizabeth has put up with significant garbage here-- it's amazing.

    We all have joined this site for ourselves, plain and simple. We want to get healthy, feel good, look better. I didn't join for Elizabeth, CeFit, or anybody else-- I joined for three people and three people only-- me, myself and I-- :wink:

    While I here I look to have some chit-chat fun and dabble now and then in a "topic" if it presents itself, that would be fun to jump into. I get support from a lot of you, and hope now and then that I may have something to offer which may lend some glimmer of support to someone else.

    However, if that happens, that's icing on the cake. I'm here for me.

    The absolute gall of people insisting for some "proof" shown so they can "trust" that my dear friend, Miss Chick's weight loss is on the up and up is truly staggering. Where do people get off? Were no manners taught? (oops...got in trouble once by questioning someone's upbringing.....my bad)

    Anyway-- glad to see so many good ones here, free with the positive and kind words, and condemning bad behavior. Nice to see--

    :heart: to all.
  • chipper15173
    chipper15173 Posts: 3,981 Member
    be proud of what you have done and how far you have come. it is the hardest road ever traveled. i meet with "ruby" (pic in aviator) this morning and she is just the sweetest person. what a journey she has come. but, it had to have been a big decision to be on a tv show where the world gets to judge you on your weight loss. but, today there were tears from people who worship her. it showed how proud she was to use her stuggles and wisdom to help others. you are worshiped here. i look up to you and a few others. i learn from you. you have been where i am going. you have proved to me it can be done.

    :flowerforyou: ((((((((HUGS)))))))):heart:
  • age1389
    age1389 Posts: 1,160 Member
    I am truley shocked about this FC. I had no idea this was going on:noway: The nerve:angry: It's honestly none of anybodies bussiness what you look like or anything personal for that matter it's a privelage when someone shares there personal stories here. Ugh :grumble:

    Keep up the great job and never change anything about you...your fantastic:flowerforyou:
  • age1389
    age1389 Posts: 1,160 Member
    oops sorry about the spelling errors... I was mad:blushing:
  • Heather125
    Heather125 Posts: 433 Member
    Every post you have ever witten, that I have read, has been thoughtful and kind it breaks my heart that people would say things like that about you. You have alot of fans on this site and you've probally only talked to half of them :laugh: to all the negitive peole out there send them to this thread




    GO FITNESS CHICK:drinker:
  • stillkristi
    stillkristi Posts: 1,135 Member
    oops sorry about the spelling errors... I was mad:blushing:


    It does make you mad, doesn't it? :grumble: :explode: :grumble: :explode:

    Glad to see I am not the only one with anger errors!
  • alf1163
    alf1163 Posts: 3,143 Member
    FC ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And she is a drinker like me!!!! :drinker: :drinker: Water that is...:laugh: :laugh:

    :flowerforyou: :heart:
  • sassyredgirl
    sassyredgirl Posts: 162 Member
    FC Get over it! You know we all :love: you :tongue:
  • sassyredgirl
    sassyredgirl Posts: 162 Member
    Oh yea almost forgot MEAN PEOPLE SUCK!!
  • LisaZaugg1976
    LisaZaugg1976 Posts: 1,144 Member
    oh wow some people can be so hurtful sorry that happened to you!!!!
  • wilted6orchid
    wilted6orchid Posts: 423 Member
    I imagine that has a few people's attention!!! :laugh:

    FC I have enjoyed your support of others, your thoughtfull subjects and responses and most importantly the motivation that you have given me through my knowlege of your successes. That knowlege will be with me because I have been here for a while.

    I noticed that you have changed your ticker to just 75lbs to loose. For those of us who have followed your success I think it is awesome that you have made that change. For the Newbies who join when they see that ticker they may not give you the respect or your responses the respect that they deserve because they will not realize how much you have lost in total. Perhaps you could add a second ticker showing your total weight loss from the beginning?

    Once again thank-you. :flowerforyou:

    Ah what nice things you've said Ce-fit... I changed it for a couple reasons...one of the main ones is I was receivnig some very negative, very unkind :cry: remarks on having weighed so much in the first place, then some ppl were asking if I was bogus and only came on this site to show off my weightloss and if I had made it up:noway: , ah why would anyone join a fitness site if they weren't serious about it? Those comments had me bewildered big time....:frown: .

    I could never see myself saying such cruel things to folks that are on a sight like this, we all work so hard whether we have 9 lbs. to lose or 300lbs...there's simply no place for cruelty here on MFP, I don't think anyone of us deserves that... I cheer folks on because I'm proud of them for working hard toward their goals.:drinker: :bigsmile:

    So I changed it:blushing: ...and backed off the boards a bit hoping maybe that would save me the some of the negative attention... :ohwell:

    I didn't really do it for ME though:ohwell: , I began to think about it and realized I had done it for the thoughtless, which was not the right reason at all:blushing: ..so after reading all of your kind remarks...all of you that posted I might just change it back:wink::laugh: .Or add another one like you suggested. :wink:

    I am PROUD of all my hard work (and that was something I was always able to say) and was so hurt by all the remarks lately still has me a bit sad & perplexed that it would occur on a fitness site of all places.:ohwell:

    Oh well:bigsmile: it's in the past now in my mind after reading you guys' posts here, so time to move on from here you all sure helped me with that!!!.
    :drinker: :tongue:

    We're all on a tough journey and some days we might just not be thinking before we speak it can happen to all of us, guess as always we should give others the benefit of the doubt!:flowerforyou:

    You all simply made me night!:cry::flowerforyou: :heart:
    :heart: Thank YOU:heart:

    FC:heart:

    Wow, I read this thread early this morning. Fitness Chick hadn't seen it yet and her ticker was reading 75 to loose still. I knew she was in the know about losing weight and that she occassionally helped people out. I am still new and just like the man said, I had no idea she had been at this so long.

    Don't ever let the negativity of others decide how you live your life, Girl. And Kudos to the guy that started the thread!!:flowerforyou: It's so great to see you looking out for someone so special that has touched so many people.

    I'm tearing up. You guys are GREAT!!:sad: :laugh:
  • nwfamilygal
    nwfamilygal Posts: 635
    Fitness_Chick you are awsome. I'm so proud of you :flowerforyou: Those that are not nice to you are just jealous that you are where you are and they haven't gotten their yet. I for one know that you are an inspiration to a lot of folks and I am one of them so you keep up the great work and know that we are here for you.:flowerforyou: :drinker: :drinker:
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