Anyone Else Keeping Weight Loss Efforts a Secret?

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  • Mallory0418
    Mallory0418 Posts: 723 Member
    You guys are the only people I talk to about it. It comes up though, unfortunately. Yes, it does feel good when people notice and tell me how nice I'm looking but the people I work with have NO SHAME. We work in a little cubicle area where everyone can hear everything. Most people I work share much more than I care to know and when someone decides to put me under the microscope, EVERYONE in the room hears about me "not being as big as I used to be". So I do not talk about it.
  • dragonflybird
    dragonflybird Posts: 232
    I told my entire class because I told them they may see me running down the road and I need all the support I can get. Now, my students say things like...Ms. N those pants are making you look gangsta. (That's supposed to be a compliment).
  • Captain_Mal
    Captain_Mal Posts: 945 Member
    It's not really a secret. I do not disclose any details though to anyone really. I don't tell my family how many lbs I've lost or how much I weigh or how many calories I ate that day. They just know I've lost some weight and my attitude has changed.
  • sarahp86
    sarahp86 Posts: 692 Member
    Yeah I'm keeping it quiet for two main reasons. The first, and most important reason, is that my mother is a lifelong yoyo / fad dieter who has nothing to say about weight loss that isn't stupid, unhelpful, insensitive or wrong. As far as I'm aware she's never gone about this in a sensible and evidence based way. I just do not want to have the conversations which will inevitably ensue if she discovers I'm doing this. She's currently on a starvation diet which will do her no good in the long run but I know she'd try to go all competitive with me. Because obviously the only thing that matters is how quickly you manage to shift pounds *rolleyes*

    The second reason is that I've met many women who've been on diets and become spectacularly boring people as a direct result. When diet talk is the only conversation someone wants to have it's very difficult to maintain a friendship if you're not also on a diet. I have to spend a lot of time thinking about calories and exercise - that's fine. I just don't think that every single person around me should also have to do so.

    This ^^^^^^^^
  • Mallory0418
    Mallory0418 Posts: 723 Member
    Yeah I'm keeping it quiet for two main reasons. The first, and most important reason, is that my mother is a lifelong yoyo / fad dieter who has nothing to say about weight loss that isn't stupid, unhelpful, insensitive or wrong. As far as I'm aware she's never gone about this in a sensible and evidence based way. I just do not want to have the conversations which will inevitably ensue if she discovers I'm doing this. She's currently on a starvation diet which will do her no good in the long run but I know she'd try to go all competitive with me. Because obviously the only thing that matters is how quickly you manage to shift pounds *rolleyes*

    The second reason is that I've met many women who've been on diets and become spectacularly boring people as a direct result. When diet talk is the only conversation someone wants to have it's very difficult to maintain a friendship if you're not also on a diet. I have to spend a lot of time thinking about calories and exercise - that's fine. I just don't think that every single person around me should also have to do so.

    ^^ This too. By the way, do we have the same Mother by some chance?? Oy...
  • galaxyhearts
    galaxyhearts Posts: 258 Member
    Do you see all these great TICKERS? No one needs to know your weight...just your goals. And by that, only for the pure fact of being able to support and motivate you.

    If you are hiding the facts, then the fact is you are making excuses to make the change you want.

    Man Up! Woman UP! IF YOU WANT IT...GET IT!


    I think some people just don't want to be "called out" so to speak or have eyes watching them through this for fear of failure.

    It's called accountability. If you friend someone on here, it is, most likely, because you want them to support you and help you...and in return you do the same. Being called out on a Social Network for how much you have to lose or gain?? I have yet to see that here. Being called out for the AMAZING results people are getting here....AWESOMENESS IN ACTION!

    Failure is a Choice. and I will say again...IF YOU WANT IT...GET IT.

    I thought the OP was saying away from the Social Network/MFP, or at least that's how I took it *shrugs*. While I don't disagree with you in that Failure is a choice some people don't get much support away from this site.

    Yeah, I was def. talking about away from MFP. =)

    I have a ticker up on my profile, & I have no clue how to add one (or that people would care to see it) in a forum post LOL
  • Davis1818
    Davis1818 Posts: 22 Member
    I go to a nutritionist and other than that, I don't discuss it. I find that some people mistake helpfulness with intrusiveness. And, I don't agree that not discussing it makes one make excuses. Everyone has to find their own path. I am actually very satisfied- I am 55 years old, am 5'2" and weigh 113.
  • ahinescapron
    ahinescapron Posts: 351 Member
    My husband knows, but other than that, I am not advertising. I lost a lot of weight several years ago and it seemed like that was all anyone ever talked about for a long time. I would rather just do it on my own than deal with the constant commentary.
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