I need a reply to this comment I keep getting

i would encourage her on her way since she is your friend!!
be a good friend to her and then if she needs help along the way you will still be there.. and vice versa! thats what friends are for. dont be like everybody else and down on her, be somebody she wants to be friends with. everybody has things during their friendship that will annoy, but being a true friend is whats important.

Say "that's nice, I'm changing my lifestyle so I can get healthy and fit, AND stay that way. I wouldn't want to do the yo-yo thing" And leave it at that

This. Followed by "I think vilifying a food group is a cop out, learning moderation is key if you actually want to keep the weight off..."

I find headbutting useful? Lol, sorry, I have a friend like this so I know how you feel. To be honest I found them too toxic to be around and withdrew from them.

this

Ask her how it feels to be living off bacon and clogging her arteries....and then kick her? Keep up the good work for YOU, No one else!

She's jealous and is trying to sabotage you. Punch her in the face.

I've heard some people like to punch in the vagina as well.

I'd ignore her unless she's asking you directly about something you are eating, then I'd use some of the replies you've already been given.

Oh yeah, I low carbed it too for about two weeks, lost 4 lbs and then I ate some pasta and gained it back plus some.

My boyfriend and I are trying to lose weight together, he lost 4 lbs in the first week...I lost 1. So he rubs it in my face that he is losing more weight by eating low fat than I am by eating low calorie and working out. My comeback is that I am a woman and am supposed to have boobies and it will take a lot more than 4 lbs for him to lose his moobs.

BWAHAHAHAHA!!!

If you are doing it the right way, then the only "comeback" you need will be your ability to keep the weight off come 6 months from now when shes gotten bored of her low carb diet and is putting all the weight back on again.

Just brush it off for now. Be the bigger person.

Well said, and I agree wholeheartedly. Congratulate her on her weight loss when she brings it up, and leave it at that.

In a few month's time, she'll be back at her starting weight (or bigger than before), and you will have lost X pounds and KEPT THEM OFF. That will shut her up. lol

I have a friend like that - she mocks calorie counting and is always on the latest fad diet - you name it, she's tried it so that makes her an expert. Every now and then she loses 20lb, then puts it back, with more on top. As a consequence, in the time that I've known her, she's got bigger and I've got smaller, but she's still 'the expert'!
Guess what her latest fad was? Yes, calorie counting! I'd recommended MFP to her, she found a different site which she said was better, stuck with it for a few weeks and then got bored!
So just smile and nod - one day she'll come to her senses!

Say something like, "I've heard that the low carb thing isn't supposed to be a diet but a lifestyle or the person gains all the lost weight back. So be careful with that"

Let her be petty, you don't have to. We're LADIES not teen girls.

THIS! Agreed!

I'm going through this with a few coworkers right now who, after asking me repeatedly over the past year what I did to lose my weight (what I keep telling them is the truth: I move more and I eat smarter), jumped on the Jan.1 bandwagon to get healthy with quick fixes like cutting out entire food groups...when they say something about how they're losing so quickly my response has been, "hey I'm glad it's working for you. Congrats on working to get healthier" Smile, nod, continue doing what works for you, support them if they ask for help. Snarky comebacks will just make you look like YOU are jealous of them for dropping weight quickly (even if they gain it back), which you have no reason to be since you are doing what's best for your body.

What are some of the old sayings...things we say to our kids.

Kill her with kindness - Say that's awesome. Keep up the good work.

Don't give the bully the attention they seek - Don't get upset, frustrated or emotional.

Encourage, Encourage and Encourage. It will come back 10 folds.

My response would be based on what time of the month it is...:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

All kidding aside...I am going through this with my 19 year old son about his girlfriend being on Adkins. :explode: :explode: :explode: Sure, you can be successful at losing the weight, but keeping it off is a different story. :noway: :noway: :noway:

I think my first response, without thinking, would be "whatever". That's just the way I tend to roll sometimes.

I find headbutting useful? Lol, sorry, I have a friend like this so I know how you feel. To be honest I found them too toxic to be around and withdrew from them.

Exactly this.

dont even worry about it, as soon as she eats some carbs all that water loss will just creep back on anyway

ps, whats wrong with string cheese??