17 things that people on diets are tired of hearing
 

http://www.buzzfeed.com/erinlarosa/t...red-of-hearing

not entirely accurate but entertaining none the less :)

Haha!

I've mentioned this before on this forum but my militant fat acceptance feminist friend says these things to me all the time. She also has told me that losing weight is anti-feminist act! :)

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:lol: Nice way to start my day!

OMG! Yes! Some of them are so annoying, and especially when they come from best friends or people who claim to love you but don't support your new lifestyle. I end up thinking "well... do you love me or not!? If you love me, support this thing I'm doing!"

Ha! So true, many of those.

Recently for me, "You look good now, but you looked good then, too!" (when I shared a before/after pic with some friends). :halfempty (It should be a compliment but it just feels like all the hard work I've done is completely trivialized by a comment like that)

Ha. I loved the article. Loved the thread even more when I saw Statler and Waldorf!

My favorite is the "good for you". I want to kick someone in the junk every time they say that. I feel like they're complimenting my finger painting.

This is exactly how I feel. I HATE when someone says it to me. I realize that people have good intentions when they say it, but it feels insulting to me.

A guy from my office saw me working out at the gym, walked up to me, patted me on the shoulder and said "good for you" with the most pathetic look on his face. It was all I could do to not punch his F***ing lights out!

I took a yoga class, and a woman came up to me and did exactly the same thing. I didn't see her saying "good for you" to skinny people in the class!

People think that because I am overweight that I never exercise, which is not true. As overweight as I am, I had been somewhat toned because I had been taking yoga, Pilates, and kickboxing in addition to strength training and hiking for a few years. My instructor told me that I am at intermediate level kickboxing and could move to advanced. I always did some type of exercise; the doctor was impressed with my core strength.

Since I know kickboxing, the next time someone says "good for you" to me, I just gonna go all Bruce Lee on their asses so they understand that fat doesn't mean lazy and weak! :boxing: :exercise:

It's my opinion that if people say **** like "Oh you don't need to change, you're perfect the way you are!" when you have stated over and over again that you are unhappy with yourself, miserable, and you want to better yourself, them saying anything after that is basically their way of convincing you to not change because they feel they have to treat you differently and they can't **** with you the way they did before. My parents had a fat euphemistic name for me and they have to catch themselves every now and then because the name isn't going to describe me anymore.

I love it when people who are thinner than me tell me I'm skinny and don't need to lose more weight. Ummm....so what you're saying is that it's not okay to be like you?

Or other people that say that and I say well if you look at a BMI chart, I'm still 30lbs overweight. Their response is always - BMI charts are wrong. MMmm...sure...but I have a mirror and I'm 30lbs overweight.

And then the other thing that gets me is that if I agree with them that I no longer need to lose weight, the obvious response is to eat crap that will make me unhealthy. ???

Or I get - How much more are you going to lose? As they look me up and down very conspicuously. Gee...I don't feel judged now. Should I take my clothes off so you can see better? Please, oh great one, tell me what I should do??

Most of the time I'm smart enough not to get into the calorie conversation but when I forget and let my guard down - WHAT?! 1200 calories, you're starving. That's why you're not losing. Nope. I'm not losing because 1200 calories is my goal but yesterday I ate like a pig and went way over. But thank you.

Or if I make the mistake and mention that I am both (mostly) vegan and trying to lose weight. "But do you get enough protein?" "don't you crave meat?" "Here's this recipe with cheese in it" "You don't want to be skinny fat when you're done." "No wonder you binged last week." "Don't you miss meat?" "chicken only has 120 calories" Ugh! eye roll!!

And another favorite - when I'm dumb enough to make a reference to bathing suit season. "I haven't been able to wear a bikini for years. We're too old for that." Ummm....I'm 35 and have been morbidly obese all throughout my 20s until the last 3 years. I'd like a turn. But mention that and I'll get nods of sympathy and looks assuming I'm on some sort of existential/youth crisis. Meanwhile, it's quite normal for people in their 30s to wear bikinis who have never been overweight but somehow they get to do it without judgement.

I've seen these meme lists before on all sorts of topics and I think the bottom line is that people have a tendency to say the DUMBEST and most uneducated things. I'm finally learning it's their idiocy and not to be so concerned or slighted by their judgement. Whether I'm pregnant, not pregnant, getting married, not getting married, skinny, dieting, not dieting, fat, wearing white on the wrong day or whatever - someone is going to have something stupid to say. I just try to avoid it now, not because it derails me but because it annoys me. But, it's good for a laugh - sometimes.

That was pretty cute! Loved seeing Toothless right at the beginning! :lol:

Also PatLib, how is loosing weight an anti-feminist act? I'm just not seeing the logic. Cause wouldn't getting diseases like diabetes from being overweight be more of an anti-feminist act? Or better yet heart disease? Just wondering...

Ha! Great article.

I found this Wiki on "fat feminism" to answer MrsTryingAgain's months-old question:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat_feminism

trust me folks, all this is nothing compared to when u lose weight, someone tells u u look great, not like the ugly old fat u "oh thank God look at u, u have no idea how u used to look, i'm happy for u" then u gain all ur weight back -_-'

"You know cake is the gateway drug" is my new response to anyone in the office who brings in treats and offers them to me. :D

That's the worst :( I feel for you there, I bounced back up 55 lbs myself.

One thing I'm sick of hearing are the ironic nicknames like "slim".

Or, when my family members see a celebrity on a talk show whose 50 lbs lighter than me but the same height and go on and on about how gorgeous they are but tell me I need to eat more. :listen:

I can't believe there are only 17 things! :-)

OMG! That link made my day! I've heard every single one them at one time or another.

Just stop talking people. lol. Let me be happy with my salad. :0

"But I made this cake. You can have A LITTLE cake."

Along with "cake," add 101 other things I can't have (the diet I'm on is seriously restricted, so maybe it's more like 1,000,001 things), and it doesn't matter if the person made it or not.

"Shouldn't it be okay to have just A LITTLE ____."
"Can't you take a cheat day? I thought all diets allowed cheat days."
"You can have a drink with us. How can ONE DRINK do that much harm?"
"But this new restaurant's *so good.* It'd be worth cheating for."

Well, you see, I'm on a ketogenic diet and if I do have "just a little ____" or take a cheat day or have ONE DRINK or eat at that *so good* restaurant, it'll knock me out of ketosis and take 3 or 4 days to get back into it. 3 or 4 days in which I could've lost another pound or two. And getting into ketosis isn't all that pleasant, so thanks, but I'll pass.

People have actually gotten offended, like I'm being antisocial or rude or whatever they think I'm being. Of course that's what it is--not because I'm sick of being overweight. Or because I've *always* been sick of being overweight.

Regardless, now that I've finally found something that's working to change that, damn right I'm sticking to it, so they can be offended all they want. :p

Ugh. This thread had me laughing out loud and grimacing :lol: So much yes. And I love all of your attitudes. Just my level of sarcasm and wit :D

What Jonquil said in the above post is especially true here in the UK. It IS considered antisocial or rude to decline food at events or gatherings in many cases and it drives me mad a lot of the time :dizzy: Although I am lucky to have many people around me who are understanding and don't push it at all any more. I have had to learn to be very firm with others as well as myself. :dizzy:

I've not yet lost enough weight to have the "how much more are you going to lose" comments et al. I shall look forward to it with unrequited glee. :D

love that unsolicited advice! that tiny little, penny sized, one-bite salad is adorable though lol

I loved this!

My *favorite* comments are the "you look fine. You're beautiful the way you are." but then they (who are obviously much smaller) complain about being bloated or how they just can't do carbs anymore or "eww, I look like a cow in that picture" or humble-brag about having to run an extra 2 miles to combat that one piece of cheese and one glass of wine they just had.

You just gotta let it go. It's their insecurities about themselves that are on the loose. They may genuinely think you look great. We all tend to have warped visions of our physical selves, but can often appreciate the beauty in others quite easily.

MsTibbles Mom was English/Welsh/Irish and pushed food terribly. I never thought about it being from her Mom, etc.

What a blessing it was when I learned to smile and say "No, Thank you." and if they continue to push, I continued to smile but said no more. Occasionally something is put on my plate and I simply leave it for them to toss or what ever.

How good to come to a group who definitely understand!!!

Too funny!! #10 though!

Yasss
 

That was so good. #2 really struck a chord with me "You don’t need to diet, you look awesome." ... I think if someone really cares about you and your well being, they won't be afraid to tell you the truth, even if it hurts a bit. :)

I don't even mention my diet to people. I hate getting all the unsolicited advice. I'm going to do what I want. k? thanks bye.

'Oh Tasi, you will begin to look ill if you lose too much weight'.

Thank you! I need this forum so bad! I am all alone on my diet/lifestyle changes. I am just reading and reading everything! I can relate to all of this and I am appreciating the advice on other feeds. I am finally feeling connected. 😊

Yep! that was interesting!

it makes me laugh though

I don't know what to do anymore, I tried every method:running::strong::woops:

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