Stupid things people say when they hear you're dieting

"Should you really be eating that??"
"I don't need to eat like you, I don't need to lose weight!!" ... from the hubs and the kids..

funny, this is what my daughter will say, and my mother-in-law said "so how many peices of pizza are u "allowed" to have"
everyone says "should u be eating that" its like yeah i should im accounting for it and its not your business, im the one keeping track of what i eat not you!

Another was a family member saw me make green tea

"you know that doesnt work"

huh?

what the mircowave?

Lol!!!!

"Why are you on a diet??"

Uhm. Everyone's on a diet. My diet consists of relatively moderate caloric intake consisting of roughly consistent blend of macronutrients, intended to make me feel and look a certain way. And other people's diet is "whatever is closest to their hands and fits inside their body".

(Edited to add: Yeah, what Grex1949 said.)

My size 00petite wife says,
"Im fat, look at my pot belly" , Looks nothing like a pot belly,
then I take my shirt off and say yea look at my six pack...... (super sarcastically.) as my gut hangs over my pants..
I did that everytime she complained and now she just doesnt do it anymore, she actually got the point

"You think drinking protein shakes will help you lose weight? We give that stuff to the cows to help them bulk up!" - I'm actually drinking them to help me burn fat and gain muscle. But thanks Dad & Stepmom for making me feel like a cow!

"You need to eat more real food. I'm tired of hearing all the time that all you & my grandson are eating is chicken and broccoli. Feed that kid some meat!" - Meaning a burger and fries.... Again Step mom. Excuse me but chicken & broccoli is HIS favorite meal and I don't see a need to change that.

"Don't you think you have done enough? You really don't need to lose any more." - I started at 250 and this was said when I was about 180. I'm now around 150 and just focusing on building muscle and toning.


Gotta love family!!!

"It's good what you're doing now, but we're big people. You're gonna look like your mother when you get older."

My mom is obese with diabetes and is trying to do better. And your body doesn't just pull fat out of the air because the rest of your family is overweight. -.- Thanks dad, from both of us.

" oh so your dieting, lets see how long you last this time"

"that will never work here try this diet"

“you can eat this its healthy” (no not when its fried and has more calories than I can count.)

“you need to do this and you need to do that”

“its going to take forever to lose all the weight you have to lose”

And my all time favorite “you need to go on a diet not a lifestyle change“ -.- (face palm)

"Why are you on a diet??"

Uhm. Everyone's on a diet. My diet consists of relatively moderate caloric intake consisting of roughly consistent blend of macronutrients, intended to make me feel and look a certain way. And other people's diet is "whatever is closest to their hands and fits inside their body".

(Edited to add: Yeah, what Grex1949 said.)

THIIIIIS

People are not bears that can go all winter without a diet!

*you deserve it
* You’re always on a diet
* You have big bones
*being a little over weight runs in the family. Yeah right a LITTLE!
MY favorite one….you have such a pretty face if you lose too much you will look old!

"But you look normal" Gee, thanks. I get that one a lot.

"You can't eat that, it has FAT it in!"

"How did you do it?" I counted calories and exercised. "Ohhh" in the most disappointed tone ever.

"You can't lift weights, you'll turn into The Hulk."

"Wow, should you really be eating AGAIN?"

"You're doing so well. now, if you could just get rid of those flabby arms and thighs." That little gem is just one of many from my MIL.

"I'd love to work out with you but...." Insert EVERY EXCUSE EVER here. Really, you can't make time to work out with someone who works 10 hours a day + an hour travel + cooks dinner and cleans up + works a little extra from home every night? Oh, and who has an ankle injury. Cool, I understand.

"How's your diet going?" My diet is fine, thanks. How's yours?

Also, one of my friends sat me down and had a very serious conversation with me when I had just made it to a healthy weight and told me she would like me to get help for my anorexia.

"Oh, don't ask Bee if she wants one. She's on a DIET."

"You must be all muscle. You don't look overweight at all." Yeah, well, you haven't seen me naked, dude. I promise you things look different that way.

my husband " you don't need to lose any more weight, you'll just get jiggly from all the left over skin".
ummm no that's why I'm exercising to building muscle and not just dieting.

my friend: so what diet or dietary supplement are you taking?
me: none I'm exercising and eating healthy/counting calories.
my friend: Oh wow! Really??

"You're on a diet? Wait, does that mean you can't eat anything? That suckss!"

It's MY diet, do I tel YOU what to eat?!?

"I tried logging my calories for a day. its just way too time consuming."

Why? Your not that big! After showing some progress "don't lose no more! You dont want to get too skinny. Background, started at 209 currently at 160.

they dont want you to succeed. show them up.

How about "how can you afford that eating healthy is so expensive I cant do it"

Hubs tried to tell me it was cheaper to eat out... yeah when we did that we spent $20/day... now it's $40/2weeks

^That so much.

And now that we're cooking/measuring stuff, we're saving even more than the packaged crap. It's amazing how much longer a box of pasta can go when you do servings.