Save me from diet bores

[burntcopper]

:eyeroll: save me from crash dieters who don't believe that your body weight and shape changes as you get older. And when you try to point out that it does and there's probably a reason why you can't shift those inches, you're told you're not being sympathetic. Never mind that she's been pretty consistently an 8-10 for a year since she left uni.

'I'm not snacking, I'm exercising, I'm eating salad and soup and it's still not going!' (she's now going on the Atkins. Suggesting that she might as well do any diet that is less calories than your supposed to be intake was shot down and wailed at. As was my suggestion that if she's really that desperate, she should go on the drink and piss diet.)

Seriously. It's so bloody boring when they start calorie-obsessing. I'm constantly told to shut up when I point out that I don't calorie count and eat what the hell I want because this is clearly being smug, rubbing it in and not helping. Even when I point out why I can do this : there's this magical thing called exercise. My route home involves approx 4 miles of walking that I have no choice about. (They also say that I have a great figure with no problems, even when I point out that I'm a 12 and they're 10s. And yes, I'd like my stomach podge and some of my thighs and arse to go. It'll go gradually if I increase the jogging and didn't eat chocolate. Which I'm realistic in accepting is not likely to happen anytime in the near future.)

And before you ask, yes, these are the kind of people who'll debate the merits of diet coke vs. coke zero because coke zero has half a calorie less... and then go eat crisps or cake-type snacks. And ice cream. And yes, miss Atkins appears to forget that she has been eating crisps and ice cream this past week. Suspect pointing this out would elicit screaming, though.

You may have heard this rant before.

Comments

[be-themoon.livejournal.com]

argh, cannot stand it when people do that. *headdeskxinfinity*

SO ANNOYING.

[burntcopper.livejournal.com]

they just spent an age in the supermarket (lunchtime is *finite*) debating over an atkins-approved recipe plan. Which they had a list for.

[cynicalcylon.livejournal.com]

I can never seem to shift my weight, despite having a relatively healthy diet. I don't, however, moan about it as I fully accept that it's mainly due to sheer laziness, with regards to exercising.
I know my limitations/short-comings, and I just keep my mouth shut, when I know damn well I can fix it if I wasn't, ya know, too damn lazy ;)

I also refuse to go on one of those fad diets - the Atkins guy died of fat-bastardness-related problems! *rollseyes*

[dougggie.livejournal.com]

he actually died from a head injury caused by slipping on ice outside his office. Autopsy information indicating he was "obese" was obtained and released by PETA, omitting to mention the fact he'd been on a glucose drip in hospital, which would have added to his weight considerably.

Plenty of misinformation spread by papers etc, lazy journalism.

As for the "diet", problem is that it's not short term, it has to be a way of life if you're carb sensitive.

Detest the diet "industry" as they have no interest in long-term results, only repeat business.

[xenaclone.livejournal.com]

Try having a baby. That spreads everything, trust me :-).
[That wasn't an instruction, mind...]

Before gorgeous kiddies; waist = 28" and hips 40"
After gorgeous kiddies; waist = 32" and hips 42" [ish].
Try getting solid bone to reduce in size [GGG]

[dario006.livejournal.com]

I love food, I adore it, I think eating is one of the true great pleasures in life. The sensuality of taste and flavour...mmm...

But I accept that in order to eat what I want to I have to work my ass off exercising.

The older I get the slower my metabolism, the more I have to work for it. It sucks but it’s just a fact of life. Still totally worth it :)

People that do fad diets are just after short cuts without the effort, and therefore not worth yours. Don't let them get to you hun x

[burntcopper.livejournal.com]

sadly, there is only a finite amount of the day you can keep the earplugs in.

[fahrenheit-f430.livejournal.com]

I hate people like that, mainly because they're high on diet guilt. The only response is 'oh I'm supposed to feel sorry for you because you've eaten a whole pack of cherry bakewells and consumed 3 days of Slimming World/Weight Watchers calorie allocations? GROW A FUCKING BRAIN, LOSER'

I don't diet. I've lose 5 stone in 7 months (oh how you can't tell) through nothing but stress and vicious food intolerances (that I do know better but sometimes, no matter how ill I feel afterwards, a jacket potato/slice of pizza is worth it). Basically, I've been living rigidly on Atkins and low GI (with the odd starch lapse which is understandable) for the last few months because I don't like the pain and problems.

Would you like me to come round to your work and punch this moron in the stomach 20mins after she's eaten a sandwich/bag of crisps/plate of pasta?

[burntcopper.livejournal.com]

oh yes. friday? they were eating caramel shortbread because one brought a pack in. And that was after mcdonalds. (yours truly had brought in sandwich). And only *now* is she going on atkins. I eat very little in the way of cakes due to high-fat cream intolerance, and don't eat crisps or junk food because it tastes of chemicals and it doesn't fill me up.

I make an effort to exercise. I burn calories faster than everyone else at work because I bounce and fidget a lot naturally. And this is why Tom (similar exercise bunny) and me can happily sit there sharing chocolate buttons or haribo once a week.

[fahrenheit-f430.livejournal.com]

What you're dealing with isn't a dieter, it's a snivelling loser who thinks anyone above a size 14 is 'fat' and has been content all of their lives to stuff crap in their mouths because they 'can't gain an ounce'... Then middle age has hit and now they've realised they can get more attention/victimise others by hopping a fad diet.

I did strict Atkins - meant I had to phase unprocessed carbs and beans in after 3 months - as it was the only way I could figure out WHAT was making me tired/sleepy after eating and a whole variety of not nice things that got worse after I'd done 6 months on Orlistat (which my doctor all but stuffed down my throat as he had government obesity targets to meet and fucked up my body even more). Losing weight and me, I know means 3hrs a day MINIMUM of exercise 'cause most days I barely get 1,500 calories down, and in the days when I had to walk 3 miles to school/5 to college and do all manner of physical stuff for an hour a day when I got there - I didn't lose a pound.

What REALLY bloody irritates me are diet trolls who whine about MY size costing THEM tax money (and being EVIL to look at) while sobbing into a box of chocolate eclairs that they're an unhealthy-fat 10/12, when most of 'em have never done a day's exercise since they left school.

I do feel your intolerance and the dislike of pre-pack fill up stuff. If the choice is a McDs & box of pre-packaged cakes OR plate of soya beans, peas and grilled chicken with homemade dessert - I'll take the latter any time. I just live on microwave stuff atm, as I don't trust my cooker. It was Mumsie's choice and I hate the bloody thing. New house - new cooker - BRING IT ON!

[luckykaa.livejournal.com]

Well, you do have a great figure! Genuinely curvy and not too skinny.

But the girly obsession with diets irritates me as well. It's not so much that they want to lose weight, but that they don't seem to realise that you actually do need to eat sensibly and exercise.

They cheat on the diet and skip the exercise as though the magic weight loss fairies will see their good intentions and magic the fat away.

[sgrio.livejournal.com]

Now I want soup. Mmmm.

Good luck with Ms. Atkins!