Biggest Pet Peeve

BTW.... I haven't lost any lately cause I'm Pregnant, and I'm not currently trying to lose weight. BUT when my baby gets here, I AM going to lose all the weight that I gain!

CONGRATS!!

Mine is that now every piece of food i look at is a number and I mentally calculate the calorie totals all day long. I almost told a girl (slim, fit, bicyclist) that her protein bar she was about to get was over 400 calories and a ton of sugar. Then I mentally slap myself and remember that i'm way over weight and she would probably look at me like I have two heads if I told her that. Plus, that's really annoying too, when people bigger then you try to give you fitness advice.

I did this once - about Chick fil a ... that girl was RUDE back, lectured me, and never spoke to me. So I had to apologize. I bet she never ate that meal again, though.

I agree with a lot of the things that were said.

I've never had much to loose so when people ask why I am trying to loose the answer has been because I want to be healthier. They say if I loose to much I'll be to skinny too but thats also because I 'carry my weight well'... That annoys me. Just cause I carry it well doesn't mean its not effecting me. I am not a vain person I don't want to loose weight to fit into a certain size. I just want to feel better.

Ever since I started this journey I've been a much happier person.

What are your biggest pet peeves when it comes to diet/exercise?

Mine is "don't worry, muscle weighs more than fat."

Generally this will go as follows:
Friend 1: Help! I have gained 3 lbs this week. I don't understand.

Friend 2: (trying to make you feel better) "Don't worry. Muscle weighs more than fat. Its probably all muscle.".

No. Nope. Nu-uh. Sorry. ..well maybe..yeah..No. It is not muscle...and even if it were muscle the scale wouldn't reflect it.

1) A pound of muscle weighs the same as a pound of fat. A pound is a pound. However, muscle is leaner than fat. So if you really did, miraculously and against all logic, exchange 3 lbs of fat for 3 lbs of muscle you would look leaner. But it would not reflect on the scale.

^^^^ This. When I told my dad and stepmom about my protein shakes and my wanting to lose weight & slim down their response was this. And then they proceeded to tell me protein powder is what they give their longhorns to bulk them up. :grumble: They could not understand that I am wanting to lose the fat and build muscle in a way that I will still weigh less. They still tell me I am too skinny (down to about 152 now) and that muscle weighs more than fat. They like to tell me protein is only good for building muscle so its stupid for me to have a protein shake for breakfast and expect to lose weight. AH!!! Makes me want to pull out my hair!

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My pet peeve is co-workers that know that you are trying to eat healthier but continuously "push" baked goods that they've baked over the weekend, cookies, donuts, anything sweet in your face. I politely turn them down but if you know that I am trying to be more health conscious dont leave items on my desk when I'm refilling my water bottle.

Haters gonna hate.

Pet Peeve:
1. Being asked "how much longer am i going to do this"or how much more are you going to lose? - myob, when i reach my goal, i will surely let you know. thank you:)

2. Friends/ Coworkers saying I wish i could lose weight like you did -- You CAN. It isn't rocket science. exercise and eat right and repeat.

3. being judged by everyone when I eat my healthy food. I do not judge you when you eat cake or pizza so please don't judge me when I eat Egg whites or whey protein.

This. Or when people say, you don't need to exercise today, you did that yesterday. :huh: wtf?

When Im eating my fruit at work and people have to make a comment on it. "oh you're on a diet?" "That is sooo healthy" "thats what I SHOULD be eating." So go buy some and eat it. Sheesh.

Oh, and skinny women who always say things like 'I feel so fat' all the time.....when they are probably at the low end of their BMI range, if not below.

That shouldn't be a pet peeve. People with low self-esteem shouldn't be dismissed like that, whether they're skinny or fat! Maybe they have a little to lose, in which case, they may feel fat, and if they don't have any to lose, maybe they should be encouraged to realise that. Just a thought.
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I never thought of it t hat way before

... I am an instant gratification person (most people who are overweight ARE and that's how we end up overweight - we choose the instant joy of fattening/fast food over choosing and preparing healthy meals)

My pet peeve is the "desire for instant gratification makes you fat/fat people just lack will power" assumption/insult/slur. Just because you're an "instant gratification person" and you're overweight doesn't mean everyone else is just like you.

Dude, I was raised in a religion where you sit quietly in a room for 60 minutes to see whether or not you get any Inspiration from God. That's vastly oversimplifying the theology of it; but my point is that when, from the age of 12, you can sit calmly for an hour during which almost nothing happens, you are *not* an instant gratification person.

When I was a Teaching Assisitant during graduate school (itself definitely not an instant gratification proposition), I once spilled a test tube full of molten lead onto my bare forearm. Yes, it hurt like hell. I held my arm under cold running water long to stop any continuing tissue damage, rolled down my shirtsleeves to cover the burn, and finished teaching two more hours of lab class. I'm telling you here and now, that's not something a person without any willpower is going to do.

Some of the reasons why I'm overweight are:
- genetics (every woman I know of on my mom's side of the family is overweight or obese),
- a mild early chilhood brain trauma that makes me suck at most sports & other forms of athletics,
- an extremely painful illness that plagued my early adulthood,
- and the perhaps-related not-quite-so-painful illness that has completely disabled me in middle age.

Yes, that's a lot of crap to go through (and yes, I've gone through all of it). When you've gone through something similar, then you can tell me that a "have no willpower" and am an "instant gratification person." But not before.

My pet peeve is co-workers that know that you are trying to eat healthier but continuously "push" baked goods that they've baked over the weekend, cookies, donuts, anything sweet in your face. I politely turn them down but if you know that I am trying to be more health conscious dont leave items on my desk when I'm refilling my water bottle.

Haters gonna hate.

Yes, this!!!!! They are trying so hard!

My pet peeve is co-workers that know that you are trying to eat healthier but continuously "push" baked goods that they've baked over the weekend, cookies, donuts, anything sweet in your face. I politely turn them down but if you know that I am trying to be more health conscious dont leave items on my desk when I'm refilling my water bottle.

Even after you turned them down. Huh! Jerks! In your place, I would have promptly thrown whatever it was they left in the most centrally located trash can so they would have been sure to see it.

... I am an instant gratification person (most people who are overweight ARE and that's how we end up overweight - we choose the instant joy of fattening/fast food over choosing and preparing healthy meals)

My pet peeve is the "desire for instant gratification makes you fat/fat people just lack will power" assumption/insult/slur. Just because you're an "instant gratification person" and you're overweight doesn't mean everyone else is just like you.

Dude, I was raised in a religion where you sit quietly in a room for 60 minutes to see whether or not you get any Inspiration from God. That's vastly oversimplifying the theology of it; but my point is that when, from the age of 12, you can sit calmly for an hour during which almost nothing happens, you are *not* an instant gratification person.

When I was a Teaching Assisitant during graduate school (itself definitely not an instant gratification proposition), I once spilled a test tube full of molten lead onto my bare forearm. Yes, it hurt like hell. I held my arm under cold running water long to stop any continuing tissue damage, rolled down my shirtsleeves to cover the burn, and finished teaching two more hours of lab class. I'm telling you here and now, that's not something a person without any willpower is going to do.

Some of the reasons why I'm overweight are:
- genetics (every woman I know of on my mom's side of the family is overweight or obese),
- a mild early chilhood brain trauma that makes me suck at most sports & other forms of athletics,
- an extremely painful illness that plagued my early adulthood,
- and the perhaps-related not-quite-so-painful illness that has completely disabled me in middle age.

Yes, that's a lot of crap to go through (and yes, I've gone through all of it). When you've gone through something similar, then you can tell me that a "have no willpower" and am an "instant gratification person." But not before.

:-) THIS! (-:

I gained weight because I became insulin resistant. I started treating that, and began losing weight immediately (LITERALLY the day I started treatment). In just a few months, I'm almost back to the weight I was before the IR began, 5 years ago.

So, when I read all the sanctimonious "it's not complicated; it's all calories in/calories out" and "you're not different" kinds of remarks, I don't know whether to attempt to educate, snort back, or just ignore.

I accept that most people probably are overweight because they ate too much and exercised too little. Even in my own case, I can't lose weight without caloric deficit. I mean, that's how long-term weight loss works. But some of us have real, diagnosable, well-researched metabolic issues, for which diet and exercise, alone, could never hope to work (short of starvation and daily marathon running). My weight gain was a mystery, when it began. My diet was pretty healthy, and I had no significant lifestyle changes. Now that I'm treating the IR, I still have to watch my diet & exercise, in order to lose weight. Treatment only allows weight loss to occur, with caloric deficit. Without treatment, though, diet & exercise did nothing.

I doubt it, most of them are just fishing for compliments.

Although you can tell if they're sincere. I have a friend who is very thin, in my eyes, but is upset she can't wear any of her pre-baby clothes. So I'm supportive and got her to try the 30ds, and other ideas. She's probably in a size 4/6 now, but used to be a 2/4.

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My pet peeve is co-workers that know that you are trying to eat healthier but continuously "push" baked goods that they've baked over the weekend, cookies, donuts, anything sweet in your face. I politely turn them down but if you know that I am trying to be more health conscious dont leave items on my desk when I'm refilling my water bottle.

^^ they are the same who say "YOU don't need to lose weight, you look fine the way you are (even if you are obese and nearly getting type 2 diabetes ....." ANDDDDDDDDDD they are about 5'6" and are a size 0. Saboteurs with their own issues I say.

This sums it up:

I agree with a lot of the things that were said.

I've never had much to loose so when people ask why I am trying to loose the answer has been because I want to be healthier. They say if I loose to much I'll be to skinny too but thats also because I 'carry my weight well'... That annoys me. Just cause I carry it well doesn't mean its not effecting me. I am not a vain person I don't want to loose weight to fit into a certain size. I just want to feel better.

Ever since I started this journey I've been a much happier person.

I can relate to this, I get the "carry your weight well" a lot because ....well I do! I'm 6'1' and at 190 I don't look anywhere near it but as you said, just because my height & frame hides it well doesn't mean I don't want to get rid of it & be healthy!