Sexy in Six **Closed Group!** Week 3 Chit-Chat

Tuesday's QoTD: We've had a lot of questions about food, but what about exercise....what is your favorite type of exercise? Have you tried something new since you've started the weight loss journey? Do you have a routine/schedule that you follow or just do whatever?



LOVE the full sit down stationary bike! it's like I'm not even doing anything:)~

Tuesday's QoTD: We've had a lot of questions about food, but what about exercise....what is your favorite type of exercise? Have you tried something new since you've started the weight loss journey? Do you have a routine/schedule that you follow or just do whatever?

My favourite type of exercise would have to be exercise videos because I can do the exercise and watch something at the same time haha. I've always been into ellipticals too. Ever since I started this weight loss journey at MFP, I have been introduced to various exercise videos such as JM and TH. I have to have a schedule, otherwise I will not get off my *kitten* to do it! haha. Usually though I just follow the schedule provided by the video. On days that I dont feel like doing exercise, I usually just dont T_T

I am going through knee issues right now so all I can do are crunches because my PT have told me to go off all forms of exercise. SIGHHHHHH

Tuesday's QoTD: We've had a lot of questions about food, but what about exercise....what is your favorite type of exercise? Have you tried something new since you've started the weight loss journey? Do you have a routine/schedule that you follow or just do whatever?

My favorite exercise is running. I haven't really created a exercise routine and this sometimes throws me behind. I think I would do better if I were a little more organized. I have added in different exercises since I joined mfp. My latest fav thing is squats. They were so hard at first but now I can see the benefits.

I have a membership to a nearby gym and I love it! It's only for women, so I've fallen in love with the ellipticals and arc trainers they have there. I really need to start working out more, but it's easier for me if I don't work out at home. Whenever I try to, I get distracted.

Wednesday QoTD: Has anyone experienced different treatment by others as you have lost or gained weight? , and if not how do you think our society treats "overweight" people in general ?

Yes, I have experienced different treatment. From guys. People who see you. The truth is for the most part, in my experience, pretty, thin, and healthier people get treated better by the general public. And it is not just looks and weight. Like I said, even the sick or those who are considered unhealthy in anyway are looked down on or pitied or, in my opinion, underestimated.

I think society pity's overweight people, underestimates them, and the general public treats them with less respect and regard for their human dignity.

For instance, when I walk in a store I used to shop in all the time as a thinner person (and the clothes are super nice/expensive) as an "overweight" person I feel looked upon. Like, they are saying "Why are you in here?" But then I tell the clerk that I am just looking and I am losing weight and so excited to get back to shopping at this store that I love so much and her whole demeanor changes and she is much more pleasant to me. Idk. it is not just that. That was one instance today. I do experience it and I see it in life.

Wednesday QoTD: Has anyone experienced different treatment by others as you have lost or gained weight? , and if not how do you think our society treats "overweight" people in general ?

Well, I haven't lost enough weight to be treated differently at the moment. But when I started putting on, I had alot of people making fun of my bum, my size and all that. It's still happening, and is very unpleasant.

I feel like overweight people in society have to put in more effort to prove themselves in jobs especially, as alot think that just cos someone is overweight, they're lazy or greedy. It's unfortunate. But of course, once they prove themselves, everything's ok. I also think it's got to do with age group and the maturity of the people you're working with.

Wednesday QoTD: Has anyone experienced different treatment by others as you have lost or gained weight? , and if not how do you think our society treats "overweight" people in general ?

As I have gained weight, my friends have been wondering as to what it is that I've been doing to myself. Also, my ex and I broke up after I gained a lot of weight and when he saw me, he would always have that "smirk" on his face (makes me want to punch him)

Now as I am losing weight, I havent been treated differently at all. My friends havent said anything (possibility because they worry about hurting my feelings haha). My parents are the one that constantly talk about me losing weight and how I have a waistline now where as I used to just be droopy everywhere:huh:

I think our society treats overweight people in a very negative way. My school especially. For a very academic university, you'd think that people are a bit less focused on appearance and more on school but that is definitely not the case! Most girls on campus will give you the once over when they walk by and they all react fairly poorly to the heavier girls. However, I've noticed that it also depends on how the person feels. I have seen some beautiful overweight girls who hold their heads high and do not let any judgmental looks bother them. They are my hero!!

Tuesday:
By far my favorite type of exercise is swimming laps. It makes me feel fantastic all over, stretched and not tight, and I dont get all sweaty and miserable. Unfortunately I dont have access to a pool until I go back to school in January, so I'm making do with running, an eliptical and a bike that are at our apartment complex. I'm okay with running, but I'm getting shin splints again

Wednesday:

I havent personally been heavy enough to get treated badly, but I've definitely seen it happen, and I hate it. I try to discourage that behaviour when I see it.

Wednesday QoTD: Has anyone experienced different treatment by others as you have lost or gained weight? , and if not how do you think our society treats "overweight" people in general ?

The main person who is treating me differently since I have started losing weight is ME lol. I find I am standing and walking more confidently and actually feeling rather good when I see myself in the mirror. That is a huge change for me as I have not been too excited by what I saw in the mirror for several years now, regardless of how nice an outfit might have been.

I am still early in my weight loss journey so I am still in the obese category so I can't say that I have noticed any big difference in how I am treated. However I have learned to celebrate who I am and that God gave me the curvy body that I live in regardless of how much I weigh, I can't say that I have felt mistreated or looked at with disdain. I haven't had any nasty comments even at my heaviest (I had enough of them for myself!) Being heavy actually gave me a level of comfort as I used to get all sorts of uninvited sexual comments when I was thin!

I do however feel that generally people with weight issues are unfairly judged overall.

Tuesday: I had never done stationary bike before, and now I love it. It's my favorite type of cardio and has really tightened up my legs. The elliptical is okay, but I absolutely hate running, especially on a treadmill. If I could afford it, ballet would be my daily cardio. My favorite of all is lifting weights. Before I started on MPF, all I had done is lift weights and ballet. So bike and elliptical are new to me. Super happy I found them.

Wednesday QoTD: Has anyone experienced different treatment by others as you have lost or gained weight? , and if not how do you think our society treats "overweight" people in general ?

You bet your butt. People are nicer, it was easier to get a job, everyone is more talkative... It's a sad sad thing that our society is still so focused on outer appearances. I have lost friends tho as well simply because they aren't interested in being friends with a "skinny B!tch". Sad sad sad.

Wednesday QoTD: Has anyone experienced different treatment by others as you have lost or gained weight? , and if not how do you think our society treats "overweight" people in general ?

I haven't really noticed much difference. There is a lot of support. With the exception of my one friend who told me I need to stop dieting and eat healthier. WTH did she think I was doing. Besides I think she is the last person I know to give anyone healthy eating advice. So anything that comes out her mouth in regards to healthy living I take with a grain of salt. Unless big macs and 12 hours of tv watching per day is healthy if and on that day I will take her advice. Most people I know though are very supportive, are motivating and very nice. I was never treated anyway by society but always carried my weight well. I do think society in general finds overweight/obese people lazy but I have never seen someone be treated like crap for it. It's not healthy to be overwr deight, it's not healthy to be under weight. At the end of the day the size we are thin or not is a direct reflection of how we live and what we do or do not do to remain that way. People make the conscious decision everyday to be the size they are (even if they are unhappy) so I really think no one is in the position to make someone else feel bad about themselves. After all it's not they're body, people need to just focus themselves. My mother always told me if people go out of their way to make someone else feel bad the problem isn't the other person but solely the one who is speaking. After growing and maturing she couldn't be more right. Now when I find myself getting a little catty I give myself a reality check and focus on me. I'm the only one I can change.

Wednesday QoTD: Has anyone experienced different treatment by others as you have lost or gained weight? , and if not how do you think our society treats "overweight" people in general ?

YES! When I was 30 pounds heavier no one really noticed me that much, I was pretty much invisible.:grumble: Growing up as a chubby kid I had a neighborhood "friend" that was really just a bully to me and made fun of the way I looked all the time and told me how me and my family were all fat, lazy people! :explode: Hehehe well guess who's the fatty now! :devil: (I'm sorry I shouldn't feel happy that my childhood bully is now fatter than me...) ANYWAY! 30 pounds lighter I had more attention (it was my senior year of high school) and more guys were noticing me..**correction**..more CREEPERS were noticing me!!! :sad: Two guys followed me home from the bus stop (one asked if he could come INSIDE the house when my parents weren't even home!), one guy I never met before followed me to class :noway: ...it was just not the attention I was looking for UNTIL I met Santiago and we've been together for 2 years now!

As society goes I will just quote Fat *kitten* from Austin Powers: Goldmember..... "When you're an overweight child, in a society that demands perfection, your sense of right and wrong, fair and unfair will always be tragically skewed..."

I think what he is saying is true and relates to what everyone is saying about this topic. Society continues to focus on the importance of appearances rather than health! It doesn't matter if she has to be put on medication for the rest of her life, look at her arm jiggle! Yes it's not good to be overweight, but it's also not good to punish people for being overweight by being mean and making fun of how they LOOK. And it is WRONG to not give someone a job because of their appearance and NOT because they lack experience! Society does not try to help overweight children become healthy adults, they teach them to hate themselves and hate the way they look, giving them a low self-esteem and low confidence in themselves. I read somewhere that overweight girls in high school were less likely to go to college because they feared they would be judged by their appearance. That just makes me sad.
This was a great question to ask everyone.

Tuesday's QoTD: We've had a lot of questions about food, but what about exercise....what is your favorite type of exercise? Have you tried something new since you've started the weight loss journey? Do you have a routine/schedule that you follow or just do whatever?

I am seriously a zumba addict!!! I go to at least 3 1 hr classes a week.

Wednesday QoTD: Has anyone experienced different treatment by others as you have lost or gained weight? , and if not how do you think our society treats "overweight" people in general ?

As I gained the weight my future in laws would constanly discuss it. I.E. are you exercising yet, you need to watch out your blood pressure is going to go up and then you'll end up with diabetes and a heart attack. Those kinda things. I have been steadily losing inches and not necessarily lbs and on Monday they saw me and for the first time ever they said wow you're looking good, losing some weight there. It was kind of bittersweet in the fact that they made rude comments previously.