I suck at being supportive
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ishtar13
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which is why I don't "friend" people regularly.
Really.
Someone says, "I'm not losing weight, whhhhhhyyyy??"
I respond.
I give info. I ask a question.
I even take the time to look at someone's diary and realize they are only eating 800 cals/day; comment on that.
Person says, "Weigh in is tomorrow morning before coffee and breakfast. Hopefully I see some results."
Um, yeah.
Really looks like the person did not read a single word of what I wrote, and certainly didn't answer the questions I asked, so why should I keep the person on my friends list?
Overwhelming optimism doesn't work alone.
Really.
Someone says, "I'm not losing weight, whhhhhhyyyy??"
I respond.
I give info. I ask a question.
I even take the time to look at someone's diary and realize they are only eating 800 cals/day; comment on that.
Person says, "Weigh in is tomorrow morning before coffee and breakfast. Hopefully I see some results."
Um, yeah.
Really looks like the person did not read a single word of what I wrote, and certainly didn't answer the questions I asked, so why should I keep the person on my friends list?
Overwhelming optimism doesn't work alone.
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Empathy is a good thing ;-)0
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I have no friends like that. Simple. My friends like to eat and indulge, know their limits and I'm pretty sure all of them eat more then 1200 calories. I delete people that start talking about throwing up dinner (no offense to ED people, I just don't want to hear about it), I delete people that constantly complain about not losing weight and I delete people that only log in about once a month.
All my friends understand true weight loss and fitness takes time and patience. There is no room for complaining if you don't want to put in the work.0 -
I really have no Idea of what to say0
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But I would like too0
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