"Fight" "War" and "Battles"...Why?

dayzeerock
dayzeerock Posts: 918 Member
edited October 2024 in Chit-Chat
I see so many people on the forums refer to their weight loss path as these things. My question is why? I've never quite understood this...why losing weight has to be associated with such negative terminology...
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  • Qarol
    Qarol Posts: 6,159 Member
    I can handle those...it's "journey" that makes me cringe
  • ♥Faerie♥
    ♥Faerie♥ Posts: 14,053 Member
    Hard to say why others say it, but I know for me its more of a disease, and I have to "fight" myself everyday to not make the wrong decisions, which is my battle, with my mind....
  • MrsCon40
    MrsCon40 Posts: 2,351 Member
    It does give the impression that it's something that can be lost - and that may not be the healthiest way to view things. This is about improving our lives - making positive changes. Losing weight is a happy side effect of being healthier.

    There's no battle to wage. :smile:
  • CakeFit21
    CakeFit21 Posts: 2,521 Member
    I can handle those...it's "journey" that makes me cringe

    I'm with you.
  • SergeantSunshine_reused
    SergeantSunshine_reused Posts: 5,382 Member
    I can handle those...it's "journey" that makes me cringe

    I'm with you.

    same! I thought i was the only one :p lol
  • HOSED49
    HOSED49 Posts: 642 Member
    I equate those terms to the fight or flight syndrome, the context of all three of those words deem that a challenge is in order, you either fight or flight as its our bodies natural response. Most here choose to fight because its an internal fight,war,battle with our minds and our bodies to accomplish our weight loss goals..
  • jgic2009
    jgic2009 Posts: 531 Member
    Not everyone is a pacifist, so not everyone sees these terms as negative.
  • jamk1446
    jamk1446 Posts: 5,577 Member
    I can handle those...it's "journey" that makes me cringe

    I'm with you.

    same! I thought i was the only one :p lol

    +4
  • koosdel
    koosdel Posts: 3,316 Member
    It's because we are winners.

    I've never heard of anyone winning a journey...
  • dayzeerock
    dayzeerock Posts: 918 Member
    I can handle those...it's "journey" that makes me cringe

    LOL, I see that one a lot...especially in regards to one's "journey" on a fad diet. I guess it's just always seemed odd to me that something so positive like getting healthy and losing weight would be looked at as a "fight"...something negative. I dunno, maybe it's just me!
  • jedi9393
    jedi9393 Posts: 121 Member
    Not everyone is a pacifist, so not everyone sees these terms as negative.

    amen to that! I prefer fight or battle to journey. War means action. I am a pacifist though! lol
  • Thomasm198
    Thomasm198 Posts: 3,187 Member
    I equate those terms to the fight or flight syndrome, the context of all three of those words deem that a challenge is in order, you either fight or flight as its our bodies natural response. Most here choose to fight because its an internal fight,war,battle with our minds and our bodies to accomplish our weight loss goals..

    I agree with this.

    I see it as fighting against my old bad habits. If I don't fight against my old bad habits I will lose the war and go back to being obese. :smile:
  • ilookthetype
    ilookthetype Posts: 3,021 Member
    I can handle those...it's "journey" that makes me cringe

    See, that just makes me start singing....

    "Just a small town girl
    Livin' in a lonely world
    She took the midnight train goin' anywhere"
  • dayzeerock
    dayzeerock Posts: 918 Member
    I can handle those...it's "journey" that makes me cringe

    See, that just makes me start singing....

    "Just a small town girl
    Livin' in a lonely world
    She took the midnight train goin' anywhere"

    You just made me cringe.
  • ilookthetype
    ilookthetype Posts: 3,021 Member
    I can handle those...it's "journey" that makes me cringe

    See, that just makes me start singing....

    "Just a small town girl
    Livin' in a lonely world
    She took the midnight train goin' anywhere"

    You just made me cringe.

    YOU LOVE ME
  • penrbrown
    penrbrown Posts: 2,685 Member
    "It's because we are winners.

    I've never heard of anyone winning a journey... " -> Hee.

    I don't know... I never really thought about it. I don't use the words journey, or fight, or war or battle in reference to my weight loss attempts.

    I don't have an issue with fight, war or battle. I think it's an internal battle... it's a struggle to overcome those parts of ourselves that we might not like (laziness, over indulgence, unhealthy food choices) so I can understand why that terminology is used and I don't think it's necessarily negative.

    I agree with others who've said journey is an annoying term. But I have a personal issue with the word journey. Last year I heard it all the freaking time from my RCIA group and they drove me CRAZY! Argh. I get irritated just remembering it now. Hahahaha.
  • ilookthetype
    ilookthetype Posts: 3,021 Member
    Not everyone is a pacifist, so not everyone sees these terms as negative.

    What does pacifism have to do with it?
  • dayzeerock
    dayzeerock Posts: 918 Member
    I can handle those...it's "journey" that makes me cringe

    See, that just makes me start singing....

    "Just a small town girl
    Livin' in a lonely world
    She took the midnight train goin' anywhere"

    You just made me cringe.

    YOU LOVE ME

    It's over. I'm breaking up with you.
  • jkestens63
    jkestens63 Posts: 1,164 Member
    For me personally - every day seems to be a battle or a war because I'm constantly fighting against the impulse to make unhealthy food choices, to fill my own head with negative thoughts, and to get up off the couch to work my butt off. I don't necessarily think of them as bad words, its just shows really how hard losing weight can be. I quit smoking after 25 years cold turkey. Didn't really gain any weight, didn't turn into a witch. I wish that losing weight could be that easy. But can't give up food so always fighting the good fight to live & work with it.
  • FearAnLoathing
    FearAnLoathing Posts: 4,852 Member
    I can handle those...it's "journey" that makes me cringe

    I'm with you.

    same! I thought i was the only one :p lol

    That and lifestyle change:sick:
  • goatruns
    goatruns Posts: 61 Member
    I can handle those...it's "journey" that makes me cringe

    I'm with you.

    That phrase makes me want to stick needles in my eyeball. It' since to know I'm not the only meanie in the room. I'm like, WTF are you going exactly?
  • ilookthetype
    ilookthetype Posts: 3,021 Member
    I can handle those...it's "journey" that makes me cringe

    See, that just makes me start singing....

    "Just a small town girl
    Livin' in a lonely world
    She took the midnight train goin' anywhere"

    You just made me cringe.

    YOU LOVE ME

    It's over. I'm breaking up with you.

    *Drops to knees* NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO (like tough guys cry out when someone dies in all manly movies ever made)
  • dayzeerock
    dayzeerock Posts: 918 Member
    I can handle those...it's "journey" that makes me cringe

    See, that just makes me start singing....

    "Just a small town girl
    Livin' in a lonely world
    She took the midnight train goin' anywhere"

    You just made me cringe.

    YOU LOVE ME

    It's over. I'm breaking up with you.

    *Drops to knees* NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO (like tough guys cry out when someone dies in all manly movies ever made)

    AAADDDDDRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!! *that was in my Rocky voice*
  • goatruns
    goatruns Posts: 61 Member
    I can handle those...it's "journey" that makes me cringe

    See, that just makes me start singing....

    "Just a small town girl
    Livin' in a lonely world
    She took the midnight train goin' anywhere"

    You just made me cringe.

    I'll see your cringe and raise you a gorge rising.
  • ilookthetype
    ilookthetype Posts: 3,021 Member


    *Drops to knees* NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO (like tough guys cry out when someone dies in all manly movies ever made)

    AAADDDDDRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!! *that was in my Rocky voice*

    We should be in "manly" movies...that makes it sound like I mean porno...either way, really.
  • jgic2009
    jgic2009 Posts: 531 Member
    Not everyone is a pacifist, so not everyone sees these terms as negative.

    What does pacifism have to do with it?

    Maybe nothing, but the question seemed to be coming from a pacifist POV, based on the wording.
  • goatruns
    goatruns Posts: 61 Member
    I never thought to call it anything. I eat less food, I exercise, I get smaller. It's not really all that theme worthy. Battling Cancer, sure, but like, a waffle?
  • dayzeerock
    dayzeerock Posts: 918 Member


    *Drops to knees* NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO (like tough guys cry out when someone dies in all manly movies ever made)

    AAADDDDDRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!! *that was in my Rocky voice*

    We should be in "manly" movies...that makes it sound like I mean porno...either way, really.

    Do we each get our own fluffer?
  • dayzeerock
    dayzeerock Posts: 918 Member


    *Drops to knees* NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO (like tough guys cry out when someone dies in all manly movies ever made)

    AAADDDDDRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!! *that was in my Rocky voice*

    We should be in "manly" movies...that makes it sound like I mean porno...either way, really.

    Do we each get our own fluffer?

    Dang....look what you made me do! Now I'm gonna get my own thread deleted, lol!
  • Qarol
    Qarol Posts: 6,159 Member
    Do we each get our own fluffer?
    I volunteer...
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