Stupid things people say when they hear you're dieting

I don't hear them but my sister does. She is about 100 pounds overweight. He job is part of HR for a large company. Anytime the discuss obesity/health programs/etc for employees, someone always starts off with, "No offense to you Michelle, but..."

for me personally it's more of the looks I get from my friends and family.

my friends roll their eyes at me when they ask me if I wanna go out at 12 and I say "sure! I'll just have to wake up early and do my run and video." or when we go out to eat and they get the biggest cheeseburger and I grab a salad (not because I'm afraid of the burger making me fat but I have learned this year that my system doesn't digest meat well so I became a vegetarian) and both the server and my friends ALWAYS look at me and tell me that meat is an important part to a diet too! Well yes it is I'll admit that! However, a burger/or any meat from those restaurants will not be healthy because of the way they cook it! Also, if I get sick to my stomach every time I eat meat than it's not exactly the type of thing I want to order is it?!

Than my family looks at me funny when I pick up a roll or the occasional cookie like I'm a baby deer and they don't want to scare me away from the food so they stand really still!

Okay Okay the family one kind of makes me laugh sometimes but still! It use to make me feel like they were wondering why I was eating it because I was so fat now I've learned it's just because they want me to eat it and I think it makes them proud that I'm finally allowing myself the occasional treat.

I hear quite the opposite.

"Uh, you need to put on weight" or "You're so skinny I can play my favorite Black Eye Peas song on your ribs."

I diet simply because I have to control my fat intake - OMG I LOVE PEANUT BUTTER AND KLONDIKE HEATH BARS SO MUCH YEAH BOY!

A bit of chocolate isn't gonna make a difference is it????

I have a bin with some really cute summer clothes. Small summer clothes. I told my friend that I was sick of being over weight and unhealthy and showed her the cute clothes in my bin(my motivation) and she said really? Thats an awful big task! Are you sure you should shoot for such a high goal? REALLY! A little support would have been much better! OK maybe it fueled my FIRE..... So far since that conversation in January I have lost over 40 LBS. When I feel low or tired or un motivated I just look at my bin and remeber Why Im doing this.

Honestly, reading all these motivated me even more than the Success Stories, lmao!

My boyfriend always says "but you're not fat!"
-facepalm- I KNOW I',m not fat, I am at a healthy weight. BUT I need to get my weight down to at least 9 stone, just so I have enough room for when my weight fluctuates. I want to attend the nine week foundation course at The British Racing School, for that, my weight cannot ever go above 9 stone 7lbs.

Another one is one I get from the people at work, even when they are talking to others about me.
"oh, she never eats."
Eh, I don't eat your butter and salt covered food at work, I can do without that.

So ... that means you like don't eat right?

Hahaha. Yeah. Right. I eat like 1500-2000 cals a day depending on exercise.

"Ugh, you're writing down everything you eat? There's no point in using a calorie counting website because, when you eat out, you don't know exactly what they are putting in the food."

Well, no, but at least I can get a sense of the nutritional value of what I'm eating, and see whether I am balancing my calorie sources correctly.

mine are :-
"why are u eating so much in a day, ur suppose to be on a diet??" my answer. im eating a lot of fruit veg and protein unlike ur pasties pies and cakes

"ur fat lump on the back of ur kneck has finaly gone"" i get that one all the time.

"i think ur eating habbits are weird you write everything down, weigh everything and wont eat somethig u really want because it has to many calories.... ur weird."

I get people telling me I look fine and don't need to lose weight. Um, yes, I do! I am 5'2" and weigh(ed) 200 pounds! I am very overweight and I DO need to diet.

Them: "Are you on a diet?"

Me: "No I'm just trying to eat healthily. And no, I would not like the bread and I can happily skip the rice, thanks."

"just don't put it in your calorie counter."

Because bad things in your body omly turn to fat if you count them, right?

"How long will it last this time?"

Here's a great quote from an article about the 8 kinds of people who sabotage your weight loss:

"That's why when you succeed with changing one tiny habit, it can change your whole perspective. It's not this monstrous solid mountain you have to overcome, it's just a big pile of stones, and you just easily picked one up and moved it. It's not about heaving the whole thing aside with some supernatural effort, it's just about moving one stone at a time. And the first one wasn't so bad, so you're stoked to grab a couple more.

"That's why when a "friend" says, "Ha ha, you dip****, what good is that one stone going to do you?" you want to clock them. And maybe you should, that will burn a good five calories."

Source: http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-8-people-who-will-ruin-your-attempt-to-lose-weight/