Do People Get Annoyed With You Because You Count Calories?

YES! Just about everyone I know (or, at least have eaten around) get SO mad at me for counting calories. It's ridiculous. It's my life.

yes, my husband...he said to me the other day that as soon as i say the word calorie, he stops listening....but he doesn't mind the 8 lbs he has lost since i stopped buying crappy food

I actually heard that technology is becoming available soon on some show I saw recently.

What a great topic......It seems that people believe that because I have lost over 60 pounds I no longer have to worry. When comments are made and they are a lot I just smile and say.....If you would rather go for a walk than out to lunch I am up for it.

Counting calories on MFP has worked for me better than any other program and at 61 I have tried a few!

I never accept a lunch date unless it is at a place that has a salad bar. Friends are so used to that now that they say...usual place? I smile and tell them how much I value their support.

I am just now at a place where I feel I can trust myself to go to new places to eat.

Loved this topic.

yes but I don't give a F$#!... I don't have the body I want by eating whatever I want whenever I want...

I can't recall a time someone got annoyed with me, so I guess not! I get the feeling at times that one of my friends does find this whole getting-healthy thing to be stupid, but oh well, I'm not even that close to them lol. Though sometimes, if I have to go out and eat at some place, I'll mention that I'm counting cals so we don't end up going to a place that has a lot of high-cal foods and thus I wouldn't be able to get anything.

My boyfriend complains about it all the time and it's gotten old. I don't think I'm being neurotic or extreme because I like to keep track of what I eat.

A long time ago, when I did weight watchers, I counted points. One slice of pizza was 9 points and you could have like 28 points a day. And a fish stick is one point.
All in all, I think counting calories is HARDER, but gives me a different twist on things.
And I don't care what people think in most cases.

What I can say is that I used to be annoyed by people who counted calories because I was so out of control that I was really just deep down jealous that so many other people could assert power over their health, how they looked and felt. It was my low self-esteem talking.
Now, I get inspired by it a little bit. I think the point is not to go overboard with it and get annoying. Be self aware and try not to be self righteous about it and it's okay.

That's my input.

Yes... especially my hubby... He says I am "driving him nuts with 'my weight loss' thing". oh well... in one year, I will be looking hot and I won't care how much I annoyed him!

I think the main reason it annoys him is because he doesn't think that this is something I am going to stick with. He thinks it is just a "phase". I have "lost weight" before and gained back, but this time is different....

Im very lucky in that respect all of my family and friends are very supportive I have a few friends who kind of roll their eyes and tell me im more obessed with MFP than Facebook! Oh so true. :laugh: In the end though it doesnt matter. Im doing this for me and when I do get to goal weight no matter how it takes I will still calorie count because this for me is a life long thing and I am doing it for me. Everyone else can either support me or get out my way lol :flowerforyou:

same here! but I will show them the reason behind once I have reached my goal :-)

Not that anything has been said to my face, but yes I know it upsets a couple of people in my life. I don't tend to actually count calorie, more just track my daily food. But yeah have 1 acquaintance who has basically shut me out since I've started changing my lifestyle around. She seems to be very involved and supportive of my husband and his gym etc, yet nothing towards me. Don't let it bother me, just makes me love boasting on FB even more lol.

I've got a good quote that sums it up though " Haters don't really hate you. They hate themselves, because you're a reflection of what they wish to be"

I hear you! If I go out for lunch with a friend of mine she will say "I suppose you have already at at home for an hour to research what you can eat!" well actually yes, my sister gives it the constant.."Want a cake?" "No thanks" "Just have one you are always counting everything that goes into your mouth, and your needing to stop!" It happens all the time, the reality is as you have said I am probably going to be on this long term (as in forever) because if I don't even for 3/4 weeks my old eating habits creep back in and I will gain all the weight back that I have lost.
If I have a really bad day and I am disgusted at myself I still force my self to enter every single item that passes my lips to make me be not so keen to do it again! I don't know why people always feel they have to get there bit in but everyone seems to have an opinion! Keep u the good work and do what I do ......Ignore them! :laugh: