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To be irritated by people who say they can't lose weight?

375 replies

BeerSnake · 24/08/2011 17:00

umm just eat less and get out more. Or am I being unreasonable?

OP posts:
rhondajean · 25/08/2011 22:56

Three meals a day isnt ideal either, you should eat every 2 - 3 hours, to keep your blood sugars etc at a relatively constant level.

BMI is a bad indicator too. body fat percentage is better, and women should be up to 31 percent body fat.

rhondajean · 25/08/2011 22:58

Oh and sunshine, tell your friend 4 pounds in a month is an ideal weight loss!! We are led to think you should drop a stone in a month etc - its not good for you!

Desiderata · 25/08/2011 23:03

I don't care whether other people are overweight or not. It's up to them.

The OP is not being unreasonable, merely provocative. The simple truth is, being an old lady of 46, that people are getting fatter and fatter ever day.

When I was at school, there were no fat kids, and very few fat adults. Now it's the norm. Girls are bigger than boys these days.

It's all well and good to say you can't help it, but people seemed to be able to help it until quite recently.

Simple truth is, if you eat too much, especially carb's, and you drive everywhere, then you're going to get fat.

If it doesn't bother you, that's cool.

If it does, then do something about it.

jasper · 25/08/2011 23:04

sorry EMPUSA, I know that I categorically do stuff my face and that is why I am fat.

Of course this is not the case for 100% of people , but I do think it is the true for the majority

ANd I know that the stopping stuffing my face is the hard part, not understanding that I need to consume less than I expend.( I Know that!!)

Empusa · 25/08/2011 23:07

jasper Stopping "stuffing your face" may not cause you to lose weight.
Eating less than you expend will. Not exactly the same thing.

cheesesarnie · 25/08/2011 23:08

gave up reading thread.its just nasty.

Desiderata · 25/08/2011 23:09

Processed food is highly available these days. It has become a fix for a great many people.

I smoke and like a drink. Those two habits deny the food craving, which is why I am slim.

I doubt very much that I am healthy, but I look it.

FabbyChic · 25/08/2011 23:10

Ive put on weight, my size 12 trousers are busting at the gut cos Im getting fat again. Why? Cos I been eating cakes after lunch. Tonight I even had some biscuits.

So if any one wants to join my Im starting a diet on Monday! I need to lose a stone.

Anybody?

Tortington · 25/08/2011 23:10

did i mention this

rhondajean · 25/08/2011 23:13

Custardos post is exactly what i am talking about - this is soooo bad for you! Eeeeek!!

jasper · 25/08/2011 23:16

Empusa, Northrenruth, yes, that is more accurate,(consume fewer calories than you expend) and of course I know that .

seriously, I could write a book on how to lose weight, I just could not follow it Sad but I am still in stuffing my face mode so it's all hypothetical!

MoominsAreScary · 25/08/2011 23:18

Xenia I wonder how many of those people who left the concentration camps had serious health problems for the rest of their lives because they were starved half to death?

I looked after a women when I worked in a nursing home who spent years in a concentration camp, she had dementia and relived it every day for years, she didn't eat much as she saved half her food hiding it as if she was worried that she might not get any more for days, unfortunately she never remembered where she put it so we had to sneak in her room when she wasn't there to remove it before it got mouldy. You couldn't go through her room while she was there as it obviously brought back memory's of her room/ home being raided. We offered her food every few hours so that she ate more.

She was raped repeatedly and allthough she needed help washing and dressing it was difficult and sometimes deeply upsetting, helping her or if she was having a bad day watching her struggle to do it herself, she was a very proud lady who liked to look her best but this wasn't always possible due to the flash backs, she was also scared of the male carers and residents.

As the dementia got worse she forgot how to speak English and reverted back to polish, it must have been extremely frightening for her to have so many people around her speaking a language she no longer understood

So excuse me for thinking your comment is stupid, irrelevant , distressing and totally uncalled for and if you can't see that then there is something seriously wrong with you. People being starved half to death should not be used by you to make a point that if you don't eat you get thin, would you use someone suffering from anorexia in the same way to prove your pathetic point?

ShirleyKnot · 25/08/2011 23:19

Christ alive.

Give it a rest custy, this ain't the thread for blog pushing ( and you know it)

This whole thread is a fucking car crash and some of you should be ASHAMED.

Seriously, this shit ain't funny.

ShirleyKnot · 25/08/2011 23:24

Fuck me Moomins.

That's just awful.

I x posted with you and I am...beyond words.

Tortington · 25/08/2011 23:26

i'll post my blog where i like thank you very much shirley, if this is something that displeases you, please feel free to report.

and its not necessarily bad for you, thats a myth

rhondajean · 25/08/2011 23:28

It is not a myth, it is terrible dietary advice. Hang your head in shame.

Tortington · 25/08/2011 23:28

it just simply isn't hang yours

DioneTheDiabolist · 25/08/2011 23:31

That's easy OP.

You are being unreasonable.
Now that you know this (because I have told you) if this issue is still bothering you, do some research on eating disorders and remember that simply telling people to lose weight by eating less is just as effective as telling an anorexic to put on weight by eating more.

ghostofstalbans · 25/08/2011 23:31

can i eat potatoes with that diet custy Grin

Tortington · 25/08/2011 23:32

only the low carb ones Wink

rhondajean · 25/08/2011 23:32

Anyone who is unsure may want to read this and decide for themselves:

[http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Ketosis/Pages/Introduction.aspx]

ShirleyKnot · 25/08/2011 23:32
rhondajean · 25/08/2011 23:33

pfft

www.nhs.uk/conditions/Ketosis/Pages/Introduction.aspx

Tortington · 25/08/2011 23:39

ketones will sometimes be present if you are in ketosis. This does not mean you are getting ketoacidosis which is different altogether. As long as the levels of ketones are not too high which would mean you may be losing weight too fast.

fanjoforthemammaries7850 · 25/08/2011 23:40

Why do people care so much about others weight?

Look after your own weight and leave others to theirs, is my attitude

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