Anyone have a case of "the haters"

Yeah a pair of them. A woman in the cube over the wall from me is always trying to get me to eat sweets. She brings in pies and other things all the time and pressures me to have some. It's more annoying than anything else. Then there's a guy down the row from me who's just a complete *kitten* (I'm amazed he's not been fired for a number of the things he says in the open). One day a few of the women in our aisle were talking to me about my weight loss and then as I walked away I heard him make some comment about me gaining it all back and then some in a few weeks. I spun around and said "well only if I start eating like you".

And of course there are always the people who sit there and tell me I'm getting too skinny. But overall I have to admit most people have been very complimentary and extremely supportive and encouraging.

One day a few of the women in our aisle were talking to me about my weight loss and then as I walked away I heard him make some comment about me gaining it all back and then some in a few weeks. I spun around and said "well only if I start eating like you".

Haha! you rock!

Someone asked me today if I was losing weight. Ouch...I have lost over 70 lbs. That hurt.:noway:

I don't have deliberate saboteurs so much, but I do have "normal-sized" co-workers who don't have to watch every single thing they eat like I do. They now have a "Breakfast Club" where every Thursday one of them brings breakfast for the rest of the club. I turned down the offer to join the club. But what I didn't realize was that every single week I would have to fight off temptation because they are bringing things like sausage and egg breakfast taquitos, Chick Fil-A Minis, and breakfast tacos, and they put them on a desk right in our work area, so I smell them for hours. Forget chocolate: I crave sausage and bacon and things like that, so it's getting to me.

I hear crazy stuff all the time. I hear that I'll look like a crack head if I lose to much weight. I hear that black women are suppose to have some meat on their bones. I hear "you're going to lose your breast or have sagging skin." The worst was when a friend told me that I wasn't meant to be slim, some people are just meant to be BBWs. When I told her I was still going to work on losing the weight, she told me that I wouldn't last long because I had no discipline when it came to food. WTF!! Let's just say that I don't talk to her any more.

I have a friend who recently told me she hates the fact that I watch what I eat and don't eat treats all time anymore. She says it make our end of day coffee time boring and she doesn't like the conversation about weight loss or needing new clothes. (she has lost 15lbs because of it) Oh well that's life.

Remember that Hater is just another word for jealousy.

My husband has been really supportive most of the time. My issue is that he is a fast food junkie and a chinese food junkie. It's really tough for me to say no when he says he wants McDonald's or Wendy's for dinner. ESPECIALLY since we're eating out A LOT less than we used to.. so when he says he wants chinese, I feel guilty saying no.

Oh well. He's supportive once in a while, and it is nice to have something "naughty" once in a while.

Hang in there.

God bless!

I just wanted to share - I made fried rice the other night, and figured out the calories with the tool on the app. All-in-all, it came out to be about 400 cal per serving, which isn't great, but to put it into perspective, it had:
~8 grams fat, 108 g cholesterol (from the egg), 45 g carbs, 12 g protein

4 cups white rice, 1 c chopped green onion, 3 eggs, 12 oz crab meat, low sodium soy sauce (I figured about 2 oz), and 1 c chopped cabbage. White pepper to season. Makes about 5-6 servings. My friend said "I can taste the chinese restaurant in my mouth". You can make it even healthier with egg substitute, a different meat, or other substitutions. Try it out on the hubby and see what he says

When asked to go out and drink, I decline 99% of the time. I get met with 'why not'

I simply say 'i cant drink' ..mainly cause of diet, and its always a waste. I work with guys who literally drink every night after work, waste their money, health and all that. And they LOOK like thats what they do.

some ppl just don't get it.


Mind you, show me some cute women, music and a dancefloor and I'm in there like a dirty shirt. But nowhere around here gets like that.

I keep my sanity but throwing in my tidbits about working out, or hitting new personal records and such.
they probly like hearin about that stuff about as much as i like hearin about the crappy things they do.

It all evens out, and the world keeps spinnin.

Your friends and work colleagues do not want to hear people babble on about working out, weightloss or calorie counting! They couldn't give two hoots. Afterall, do you really need their stamp of approval? Surely the fact that you have commited to a heathly eating and exercise plan and have the results to support your own success should be enough! Be proud of yourselves. Your not going to receive a gold star or get $200 for passing 'Go'... harden up and realise that you did this for YOURSELF not for the approval of others.

They just see you as a the party-pooper that won't losen up and have a beer OR come out and have a coffee & biscuit. And they are right in a way, but YOU know what is best for YOUR own health and to get YOU where YOU want to be. So why do you care what THEY say? It's not that they are not being supportive, it's just that they probably don't care as it doesn't affect them!

I NEVER comment on anyones weight loss. Because I figure that it's inappropriate to comment on weight gain, which is also a lifestyle choice. So what ,you've lost weight because you woke up to yourself and realised what's in YOUR BEST Interests? And now you want a pat on the back?

I have yo-yo'd through the years (to my own detriment) and respect those that are able to consistantly sustain a healthy balance.

Do you like to hear about your co-workers carry on about how they are potty training their 2yo? Or hear the lady that sits next to you whine about how pathetic the hens night her maid of honour organised was? Or even worse... once she avalanches into her wedding saga? Or how the coffee bloke is going home to yet again beat his all time record in some dorky online game? Or how sick your neighbours dog is (because it's owner is dumb enough to feed it cat food)? NO!! No one wants to hear about this, just like they don't want to hear you carry on about your calories!

I applaud everyone for taking the steps required to achieve their goals! I wish you all the very best in continuing your efforts.

Well, some of my co-workers calls me Crazy or Weird or Obsessed, because of the MFP apps on my phone and the fact that I record everything I eat.
For now, I haven't lose that much so I can't say I have a lot of compliments. But, everybody is nice to me.

I think the haters and sabbotagers can be likened to crabs in a bucket. There's an old saying that if you put one crab in a bucket, you have to put a lid on the bucket to keep it from climbing out. If you put several crabs in a bucket, you don't need a lid because every time one of them tries to climb out, the rest of them pull it back down. The haters want to pull you back down to their level.

I think the haters and sabbotagers can be likened to crabs in a bucket. There's an old saying that if you put one crab in a bucket, you have to put a lid on the bucket to keep it from climbing out. If you put several crabs in a bucket, you don't need a lid because every time one of them tries to climb out, the rest of them pull it back down. The haters want to pull you back down to their level.

Just saw this and LOVE it! How true!!!