Most annoying comments people make about dieting

Grandmother: "This apple pie is healthy! There's fruit in it, and I used your raw sugar instead of white sugar."
Oh yeah, because every nutritionist recommends 3 servings of apple pie daily.

My MIL does this that and she'll tell me to look forward to having to walk to the shops because its "exercise"

I really don't like when family members try and coax me into breaking my weight loss goals by offering me ice-ream, various treats, etc. When I politely deny their requests they get annoyed and tell me I can't keep this up forever and that it is impossible for me to reach my goal because loosing weight and staying healthy is too hard. Looking forward to proving them wrong.

* I know that their is that famous phrase of everything is ok in moderation but as of now that saying has been stricken from my life. I have tried the whole moderation game and I do not have enough self respect to stay within my portions when it comes to sweets. I have decided to go cold turkey until I hit a certain weight while keeping up on exercise because I need to know that I can say no and that I am in control of my decisions. When I have that self discipline down then I can start reviewing what I can have in moderation.

Amen! I am doing the same, for the same reason.

My mom-in-law always seems to be making cookies and bringing them over whenever I mention I am trying to eat healthier. In her view, she is bringing me 'moderation' and a bit of joy into the misery of eating healthily. I hate the phrase, "well, you gotta live a little sometimes." Obviously, if I were able to keep it to 'just a little' I wouldn't be so overweight. I told my husband that any baked goods, cany, etc. that are left out on the counter, in the fridge, or cabinet will be subject to immediate destruction. He doesn't like that but he puts up with it. I can't forbid him having what he wants, and I don't want to, but if there is cake around, I will eat it and we both need to face up to that. His whole family eat like its going out of style and the heaviest of them has a 36inch waist. They really don't understand how hard and mentally consuming it is for me. I have 84 lbs to lose and the first thing my husband says to me is, "Well, I don't want you to lose too much weight." I tell him, he can worry about that when I get there. I find that highly annoying. I havent told anyone besides my hubby that I am eating healthier/trying to get to what feels like a normal weight for me because once you do that, everyone is always watching you eat. This is hard enough without the furtive looks from good friends as well. Despite that, I am getting a kick out this thread, although some of you have some really mean and undermining people around. Cheers to you all!

are you sick?

I recently posted a photo of myself to facebook and it casued a bit of an issue for some people who hadnt seen me for a bit (or seen my other posted pics and costant gym check-ins,lol)

i recieved 3 inboxes & 2 phone calls. one person asked me did i have cancer, another daid i was taking it too far, another I should lose any more weight, i look terrbile. ect ect..

for christs sake.. im 79kg/176lb........bmi 27 (still over weight0.. and i still have 13kg/30lb to lose... i was not amused

Good lord, all of these posts just reaffirm my decision to keep mum about my goals. I've talked to a couple of coworkers who already value health and fitness (my boss who plays soccer recreationally, and another who is a crazy runner and cyclist) because I know they're not going to give me sh-t about anything I'm doing - in fact, they know I'm doing a Zombie 5k in May (runforyourlives.com) so my boss got me a book about zombies and a book about running for Christmas. Talk about supportive!

Sometimes my family does say stuff that they don't mean to be negative/problematic. I've always been the skinniest one in my family, but that doesn't mean anything. Most of my mother's side is morbidly obese, so my regular ol' obesity seemed small to them. My mom always calls me skinny or small, I think because she thinks she's complimenting me in a healthy way. Thankfully, though, since they all struggle with weight issues and are nice people, they don't really try to butt in to my eating habits or give me terrible advice. They trust me to know what I'm doing, which I really appreciate.

My fiance is probably the worst offender, despite having zero ill intentions, and I can't really keep my fitness goals to myself since we live together. He tries to make light conversation with me about it, but he doesn't really take it seriously, nor does he understand, since he's been the same tiny weight since high school despite always appearing to be carb-loading for a marathon that never comes. He always jokes with me about "wailing on my pecs" and stuff like that, which I do find funny (especially if I have, indeed, wailed), but he doesn't understand the serious work I'm doing or the deep emotional processes I've been going through to get to the success I've had so far. Since he doesn't exercise, doesn't care about what he eats, has no concept of portion control or eating for anything other than pleasure, and has never had body image issues, it's basically impossible to enter into a conversation with him about it. So I don't, and I go exercise some more, and I win :-D

A really annoying one is when you tell someone your on a diet and then the next time they see you they say "oh yeah you've lost weight!" when you know youve only dropped 2 lbs LOL

Oh, and this one: 'you won't like us when you get all skinny'. WTH? Really? You've been my friends forever and I'm just all the sudden going to hate you? People are dumb sometimes.

I usually get the ....

"Your too skinny, eat 10,000 of __insert bad food here__."


The worst one was...

"Are you still loosing weight, you look SICK in the face. But don't worry that's a compliment!" <-- from my aunt.

Ugh.

This isn't so much a comment as it was just offensive. Monday I was at work standing with a group of co-workers and I turned down some candy that a guy was handing out. I said no thank you I'm watching what I eat. He was ok with that but another guy in the group burst out laughing and spit on himself in the process. I asked him what was so funny and he said...Like you're ever going to be able to stick to that...followed by another burst of laughter. :mad:

....You left out the part where you graciously accepted the candy bar and jammed it right in his eye.

This isn't so much a comment as it was just offensive. Monday I was at work standing with a group of co-workers and I turned down some candy that a guy was handing out. I said no thank you I'm watching what I eat. He was ok with that but another guy in the group burst out laughing and spit on himself in the process. I asked him what was so funny and he said...Like you're ever going to be able to stick to that...followed by another burst of laughter. :mad:

....You left out the part where you graciously accepted the candy bar and jammed it right in his eye.

or a good kick to the growing would shut him up too. Just bring him down a few sizes lol.

Mine is.... "you are skinny, you shouldnt have to watch what you eat".

Do people really think skinny people can eat everything and stay that way? I have a healthy body because I watch what I eat and exercise.

we only do this because we are jealous

I know this will confuse most people but it is troublesome for me.

My boyfriend telling me how great I look and telling me that he doesn't believe I have gained any weight when I am 5'2 and gained like 40lbs over the span of a couple of years! I know he is not allowed to tell me I am fat or anything because that would be just suicidal but helping me be realistic about my body image might be more beneficial to me.

You're kidding right?

I know this will confuse most people but it is troublesome for me.

My boyfriend telling me how great I look and telling me that he doesn't believe I have gained any weight when I am 5'2 and gained like 40lbs over the span of a couple of years! I know he is not allowed to tell me I am fat or anything because that would be just suicidal but helping me be realistic about my body image might be more beneficial to me.

So you want him to tell you that you're fat, but you don't want him to tell you your fat? I don't get it.

Yeah I am not right in the head

Friend who is naturally a uk size 6 which I think is a size 2 in the states: "why are you losing weight? You're the curvy one! If you're skinny too guys won't look at me!"

I don't want to be a size 6 because i'd look sick and I have a boyfriend! Also are you implying because I'm fat I wouldn't get chatted up? B*tch please!

Colleague: "if you lose all that weight then i'll be the fattest one here"

She's my height (6ft) and naturally slim!!

Mam, "don't eat any carbs, chocolates or sweets and be careful you don't lose too much or you'll gain it back" and "you're exercising too much, you're knees will get damaged under all your weight!"

Mam I love you but shhhhhh!

"You have such a stunning face just need your body to match it."

I'm a little over thirty pounds from my gw so guess i'll just be one hot lady at the lake this summer.

Or when someone looks at what you are eating and says "is that part of your plan?"