Things that bug me
"It's not a diet, it's a lifestyle change." Oh, eff off. Saying "I've been on this lifestyle change for six months" is exactly the same as saying "I've been on this diet for six months." It's just a word. Call it whatever you like, but don't call it a lifestyle change. Are you really going to eat 1200 calories for the rest of your life?
"It is what it is." Oh, really? Is it? Is it really the exact thing it is? Is chicken really chicken? Yeah, thanks.
When people call this weight-loss thing a journey. As a very wise (and now forgotten) MFP member once said, you're trying to lose weight, not drop the ring in the fire of Mordor.
Whistling. Shut up, hubs, not every Lady Gaga song warrants whistling for five agonising minutes.
People telling me I can't eat something because I will "get fat again." Eh? The women at work do this to me. I think I know what to eat and what not to eat at this point in my life, thanks, though, Miss Crash Diet. Let me know how day three of the liquids-only-for-a-month plan goes for you.
Shakeology in my face. (And I am so aware of the amount of people who will be pissed off by this.) If you like it, buy it. Drink it. Bathe in it. Whatever. Stop trying to get me to buy it, though. I'd rather spend that money on shoes. I've said it before and I'll say it again. I don't care what's in it. I don't care if it makes you pee gold. I don't care if it contains Tony's sweat. I'm not doing it. Leave me alone.
People telling me I don't need to work out anymore. Oh, really? That's how it works, is it? Get to your goal weight and just quit? Yeah, I'll get right on that.
H&M dress shirts. I didn't lose all this weight to still be a fricking 16 in those shirts, H&M. Please fix this.
The never-ending debate about exercise calories. You know what? I don't even care, anymore, if you eat your exercise calories or not. Just stop asking. And use the goshdarned search function!
The bafflement of my gender regarding their menstrual cycles. Yes, you will eat all the chocolate in yours and all surrounding counties. Yes, you will gain five pounds. Yes, you will cry cry cry when you stand on that scale. Yes, it will go away in a week. And guess what? It's going to happen all over again next month. I know, total shock, right?
But, most of all, you know what I hate? Intolerance, complainers and hypocrites. ;)
Awesome post, btw.
I also hate...
You didn't gain it overnight; you won't lose it overnight
Duh! But if I could just lose it at half the rate I gained it, I'd be a happy camper. But no way can I even lose at the same rate as I gained. *sigh*
I'm sure that I have said every single one of those things at least once in my short time here. And that's why this blog rocks. Love!
Perhaps not, but some of us are trying to save our lives. And sometimes when you've diet time after time, after time, you need a life style change, not another diet. Have a wonderful day!
--Are you really going to eat 1200 calories for the rest of your life?--
The answer to this ^ is YES. That is why it's called a LIFESTYLE change. I agree you, that you can call it whatever you want, but calling it a diet implies it being temporary. So if you want to not only lose weight, but stay at that weight for the rest of your life, well guess what? You have to change your lifestyle. Because whatever got you to your over-weight state before, it will get you there again if you continue it after your success with your "diet". It's about making changes that you can LIVE with, hence the forever change in your lifestyle and how you see food.
I can honestly say that I do and will aim to eat 1200 calories a day. Why eat more if I don't feel like I can eat a whole 1200? Why eat junk and risk gaining my weight back?
The only thing I have even the slightest beef with is the lifestyle change part. Though I agree completely with the illustration you used. Most of us will not stay at a low calorie level. But, for me at least, the lifestyle change part is about turning my back on foods and habits that weren't healthy. Like eating fried foods on a regular basis or constantly consuming products filled with sugar (sodas, candies, etc). Or emotional eating. Eventually, I'll find a way to live in moderation when I get to the body I'm happy with. The diet will end but the lifestyle choice needs to stay.
lifestyle change sounds like people are switching what teams they play for lmao
Thanks for the laugh :)
While I think it's great that you're voicing your opinion for what you feel and believe, other people are as well. So they believe in this journey or diet or dropping this ring or whatever they want to call it. It's their journey, and they define it as they please.
I totally have the same issue w/ H&M, too. Stupid shirts.
I guess that fits into the complainers
Diet is the habitual set of foods a person has (healthy or not). A person is ALWAYS on a diet but not always a good one. A lifestyle encompasses more than just one is eating or drinking. It includes the attitude and habits which may and may not include ones diet. It is not incorrect, then, to say that one is changing the lifestyle. In fact, it is better to state it this way than saying that one is going on a diet. You can hate it, but it's not wrong. Semantics is sort of my thing.
"But, most of all, you know what I hate? Intolerance, complainers and hypocrites. ;) "
At least I detect a sense of humor. =)
Eff off. This blog was (mostly) meant in jest. Oh, and if you didn't realise I was being ironic there at the end, by saying I hate complainers and hypocrites, well, you really shouldn't be reading my blogs.
P.S. I don't care what you do or what you call this, as long as you keep rocking! Call it what you want, eat your exercise calories or don't. Do what works for you, because I honestly don't care. Just keep using MFP and losing!
Hilarious....and who cares who you offended. :)
Some times things get to us to the point we can no longer take them. I hate it when people keep at me trying to get me to do something they do--because it works so well for them. That is fine, but it doesn't mean it is for me.
Loved reading it.
So, I do not believe in "diets". What I do believe in is "making healthier choices, more often than not". I don't believe in sacrifice, or torture, or doing without. I believe in trying new recipes. Actually, when I'm really watching what I eat and making healthier choices, people will ask me if I'm on a diet. No, I'm trying new recipes, which just happen to be healthy.
Truth be known, your diet is what you eat, not something you go on and off of. Making little adjustments will help anyone lose weight and keep it off. Becoming aware of how many calories, fat and sodium are in packed/processed and many restaurant foods will help anyone lose weight quickly without having to feel hungry all the time. We have to let the industry know what is and is not acceptable, and we do this by asking for healthier versions and refusing to eat the crappy mush they expect us to pay for.
PS... I think I would've wanted to punch that person for making that crack about a food you were eating! And the person who said you don't have to exercise anymore???... What a stupid comment!!!
ok... that's my soapbox. I'll step down now... ;)
The word "Diet" used to mean simply, what you ate. That's it. Doctors told people for all kinds of various reasons, "You need to change you diet to lose weight."
Over decades, people started abbreviating the language and began saying "I need to go on a diet." Diets were no longer what you ate, but what you needed to do to lose weight.
The problem is, diets (crash diets) are not sustainable, and if after you go on your diet, you do not change your lifestyle in general (eating, exercising, and activity level), you are doomed to gain weight back.
As for calling it a journey, it's just poetic language. Now, if these sayings, articles, and people anger you so badly that you actually, "hate" them, might I suggest NOT READING THE FRICKIN article. What else do you hate, what you are actively watching on TV or listening to on the radio.
You do know that you don't have too, just like you can unfriend everyone on here and not use any of the social networking and still use the calorie counters.
^^^^love, love, love this!!
your quote:
"But, most of all, you know what I hate? Intolerance, complainers and hypocrites"
You sound VERY INTOLERANT and impatient.
Lol! I nearly fell out of my chair laughing at this! Because I hate all of these things too, and yet everytime my period comes along, I get utterly "shocked" at my own moodiness ... like I'm not moody every single month?
PS -- "Journey" is just a weight loss community phenomenon. Actors are also especially guilty of this one. People working on any kind of long-term project. While it's a little melodramatic, it does bother me this much though -- I suspect that the journey to Mordor carrying the One Ring might feel easier for some people than losing weight does.