Training & Nutrition - Fat People Making Comments

Do any of you all experience this same thing? I get great comments from skinny, average, and toned people on how good of shape that I have gotten myself in. When it comes to fat people, I usually get derogatory remarks from them. This happens to me a lot at work.

For instance, I was eating peanuts for a protein snack. This girl, that probably weighs 350, comes into the kitchen and sees me eating them. She immediately says "I can't believe I see you eating nuts. They are loaded with fat and you are going to put on weight in no time!" She, and a few other obese people at work, will make these types of comments. They are always watching everything I eat.

The other day, I ate a hamburger for lunch...my cheat for the week. This fat guy comes into the kitchen and tells me that I am eating so unhealthy. I thought to myself, WTF. Look at yourself!

I haven't gotten that necessarily from fat people but i have gotten a lot of discouraging remarks from people in the last 2 years i have been thin. (dieting and exercising) It really pizzes me off. At my grandma's funeral i saw a lot of people i haven't seen in years. Several of them had the nerve to tell me i needed to eat more and one even told me i needed to "lift weights."

It was a blizzard outside and everyone was wearing coats and covering clothing. How the heck did they know what my body even looked like? They just knew i didn't look like any of them. THankfully summer came around and some of those same people got to wear swimwear around me. Guess What.....nobody had much to say on that day. :eek:

I have learned to not talk about my bike riding and low fat lifestyle. People act supportive with their comments but usually throw a negative comment or to in to make sure you don't think they are envious.

Some comments i have heard....

"I wish that was all i had to do..." (too busy watching TV)

"I wish my shedule would allow me to exercise that much." (it would if you would cut out the couch time and get out of bed before the sun like i do.)

"You're going to blow away." (nah, i'm not worried, there will always be some fat ass like you to grab on to.")

"You're crazy." (yeah i know. Following a Doctor's advice by eating right and exercising is crazy. As opposed to sitting on the couch and eating donuts all day!")

"I'm gonna live my life while i'm alive. Give me another cheeseburger." (Eating cheeseburgers is 'living life?"


"I hope nobody runs over you on that bike." (And i hope an 18 wheeler doesn't T-bone you in your car on the way to work in the morning.")

and on and on....




:mad:

Dont be so mean ;)

Perhaps they'd like to not see you become them. I'd take it as a "don't become me" type comment rather than some type of attack. That'd just be me though.

I notice that a bit. Normally I find it's the more overweight people who are the most vocal about giving 'advice' when it comes to diet. Considering the source, it's usually pretty hard to take them seriously... really worked well for them, huh?

I just had an 'encounter' earlier today. Eating some vegetable soup that I made on Sunday. Lardo assumes it came from a can and proceeds to tell me off for eating something so high in sodium. I let them go on for a while about how bad it was for me before filling them in. Priceless. :D

I often get those sort of comments about peanuts and the pasta I often have for lunch. Considering I'm riding 30 miles per day minimum, I think I'll be ok.

"You're going to blow away." (nah, i'm not worried, there will always be some fat ass like you to grab on to.")

LOL.

I've lost between 30 and 35 lbs since the new year and my mom says I look sickly. I think she's just used to me being overweight.

It's either a sour-grapes comment or they really want to see you succeed in your weight loss and think that the motivational method they probably use for themselves is a meaness is what will help you continue without temporary relapses. Hope that makes sense.

People who don't get regular exercise just don't get it. That is the bottom line.

My parents regularly berated me about being too fat. When I finally started getting into cycling, back in 1997, the weight just melted off me. But then when I finally did get the weight off, then they started complaining about me being too thin, and they kept talking about how unhealthy I was becoming (I was at 23% bodyfat, which is nowhere near skinny, and pretty muscular from weightlifting A LOT). I actually think they just really like seeing me as disadvantaged and imperfect, so they spend all their time looking for what's wrong instead of accepting me for what I am. Oh well.

The only other thing I get is that people are always warning me about the dangers of riding a bike- fat folks and skinny folks. But fat folks are always the first ones to jump up and say they couldn't ever do something like that- I must be crazy or something! I get really sick of people acting like me doing something healthy and environmentally responsible like cycling is abnormal.

Koffee

Try being large yourself, working on your own diet and exercise routine. (I'm currently 230, down from nearly 290.) The comments get even meaner - the underlying message is "oh, you think you're so great, getting thinner. *****." Then there's the attempted forcefeeding, the monitoring of every bite, etc etc.

Some people's only hobby is other people. Sad, that.

Do any of you all experience this same thing? I get great comments from skinny, average, and toned people on how good of shape that I have gotten myself in. When it comes to fat people, I usually get derogatory remarks from them. This happens to me a lot at work.


there are many nasty and unhappy people out in the world. many, but not all of them, are overweight and don't even like themselves to begin with. i almost expect them to make a comment.

Don't buy into it. We know something that they don't: there's no food in the world that tastes better than how you feel when you're fit.

Definitely sour grapes. They want to lose it too, trust me. They don't want to see any success stories....they're safer believing that being fat isn't their fault and there is nothing they can do to change it. You prove them wrong, and they don't like it. Jealousy at its finest (or worst).

If you are in good shape or are visibly losing weight, take comments about your methods as either complements or expressions of envy. Most people in the US are overweight to obese and are constantly looking for the magic bullet to regain the youthful figure they never had.

If someone comments on the food you eat, simply thank them and state that you ride your bike xx miles per day so you can have an occaisional snack.

If people comment about not having time to exercise, generally just leave it go. No reply is usually neccessary. If pressed to reveal how I can find the time to ride so much, I usually tell people that the President of the United States is far busier then me yet finds the time to exercise daily.

When asked how I lost a bunch of weight, I usually say, "It's easy. It just takes hard work."

"It's easy. It just takes hard work."

i like that. :)

what cracks me up is I'm 400lbs and i see these people looking at me like "what in the heck are you doing" like it's not obvious as to what I'm doing, I'm trying to remove some of my huge ass! That's the only thing....and when I get yelled at "get off the road you fat mother f'er" somehow turns into "ge.....er" as they fly by me at 50mph. I just shake my head and continue on

I'm sort of infamous amongst my friends for being able to "consume mass quantities". They stare at me in disbelief when I'm downing my 8th. bratwurst. Then when I talk to them about my cycling they stand there incredulous all the while saying stuff like, "I could never do that... isn't it hard?" For some reason, they never seem to connect my cycling with my ability to eat large amounts of food without gaining a lot of weight.

what cracks me up is I'm 400lbs and i see these people looking at me like "what in the heck are you doing" like it's not obvious as to what I'm doing, I'm trying to remove some of my huge ass! That's the only thing....and when I get yelled at "get off the road you fat mother f'er" somehow turns into "ge.....er" as they fly by me at 50mph. I just shake my head and continue on

Think of the millions of overweight folks who do nothing about their weight or care how their friends and family are affected by their lack of concern for it.

You go, PWRDbyTRD!

My parents sometimes would make comments about me being too thin and unhealthy. But they grew up during the depression and often had little to eat and knew all too well about malnourishment. It was honest concern, just misguided.

Funny... I get some of this at home from the wife but none from my co-workers. In fact, after going from 235 -> 180 we merged with another office with people who hadn't seen me in a year. I got some pretty positive comments and nothing negative.


We know something that they don't: there's no food in the world that tastes better than how you feel when you're fit.

Damn straight... at home I'll hear comments about how can you eat soup when there's a meat pie here. Well, that meat pie will take about 45 minutes to burn off tomorrow that's how!

Then there's the attempted forcefeeding, the monitoring of every bite, etc etc.

Some people's only hobby is other people. Sad, that.


Gosh - I had to look to make sure we didn't work together! The people I work with are always trying to put me down, and tell me all the time that they think I'm nuts. Sabotaging my diet, and belittling my active lifestyle. I used to let it get to me, until one woman, who I am very good friends with and has been struggling with her weight for as long as I've known her, said something that changed my feelings. She had asked what I had done one weekend, and it the first time I had done two 50 mile days. Ever so softly, she whispered that I was her heroine. So, look underneath other's comments. You might be surprised at what you see.

"You're going to blow away." (nah, i'm not worried, there will always be some fat ass like you to grab on to.")


LMFAO !!

I'm skinny, but i get comments too. For example, I love salads! BUt I've had people say, "well you sure look like you eat lots of salads!" Of course, I also have a terrible sweet tooth and love chocolate and cake, I just have a good metabolism. Or "Gee, but you can eat anything you want?" ANd I do! BUt just because I'm thin and in good shape doesn't mean I want to eat junk food and horrible crap! Although I actually LOVE hamburgers; but I rarely, if ever eat fast food burgers. Usually the onesI make at home or on the bbq in the summer.

Also, during the last year or so I lost quite a bit of weight due to illness.I'm normally slim but this past year I got particularly thin. People have noticed it and commented on it, but no one has said anything negative. However, I wonder if people who don't know about my illness think, "yeah, probably she has an eating disorder." Which I most certainly do not! And what about the gym? When we see fat people working out, I am sure others think, "look at that fat lardo,WHAT is he/she doing here?" What,only skinny people are supposed to exercise? And if skinny people exercise, people think, "Oh sure, she's probably starving herself". Ya can't win!

My parents regularly berated me about being too fat. When I finally started getting into cycling, back in 1997, the weight just melted off me. But then when I finally did get the weight off, then they started complaining about me being too thin, and they kept talking about how unhealthy I was becoming (I was at 23% bodyfat, which is nowhere near skinny, and pretty muscular from weightlifting A LOT). I actually think they just really like seeing me as disadvantaged and imperfect, so they spend all their time looking for what's wrong instead of accepting me for what I am. Oh well.

The only other thing I get is that people are always warning me about the dangers of riding a bike- fat folks and skinny folks. But fat folks are always the first ones to jump up and say they couldn't ever do something like that- I must be crazy or something! I get really sick of people acting like me doing something healthy and environmentally responsible like cycling is abnormal.

Koffee

Sounds like some of my relatives. Maybe you and I come from similar cultures, Koffee. The way to "nuture" people is not to encourage them or to say good things to them, it is to feed them and the more the better! Unfortunately, some of my relatives are very, very good at making really yummy things. They tend to make enough to feed a small starving army. And, of course, their feelings get hurt if you don't take seconds or maybe even thirds of everything. Ah, social gatherings with relatives! They are interesting and they do mean well.

I too have gotten that too thin response from some. I think that they are just used to plump people and someone who is near their correct weight is obviously way too thin and quite possibly has some sort of debilitating illness. The obvious cure is feed them right away!

I know exactly what you guys mean. I can relate 100%. My dad's always trying to "force feed" me stuff I DONT WANT. He sits around and downs TONS of food while watching football. The minute he's home from work, it's football.. all evening. When I get home from work, I run upstairs, change, and go straight to the gym. The minute I get back from the gym all's I hear is "Dont you want some of this food?" all the fricken time.

At my last place of employment there were several fat ladies that'd take their lunch at the same time I did. I'd sit over at a tabel by myself, and down a TON of food. (I have a really high metabolism). They'd ALWAYS comment.. and say something like "You're gunna get heavy if you continue eating like that..." I'd look right over at em and say "Not when I lift weights 2 hours a day, mountain bike on the weekends, and do other activities besides watching TV". That shut em' up real quick.


-Matt

Try being large yourself, working on your own diet and exercise routine. (I'm currently 230, down from nearly 290.) The comments get even meaner - the underlying message is "oh, you think you're so great, getting thinner. *****." Then there's the attempted forcefeeding, the monitoring of every bite, etc etc.

Some people's only hobby is other people. Sad, that.

You're so right about that! A lot of people know that I lost 73 pounds and have kept it off for 3 years. I have the same senarios that you listed above! I have also gotten comments such as you're going to put it all back on.

I am so with you guys. I have lost 120 pounds since last January and I am feeling great better then great actually. But now most of my close friends , some family and coworkers are telling me I am getting too skinny and looking anorexic and I need to eat more . It is starting to get annoying as of late. I just inform them that I have made a lifestyle change . I really enjoy riding, exercising and being active and I try to get them to join me. Of course I have no takers.
The worst is going out for drinks I will have one or two beers if that and when I watch the rest of them down about 1000 empty calories in a few hours I just think to myself that is a whole lot of riding I would have to do if I did that .

Ranger, those are great, I am going to copy them. I usually ride about 40-50 miles a day. and sometime stop at Macdonalds for a fudge sundae, Often people will say, You ride a bike and are eating Ice cream.. I say Hey I ride the bike so I can eat Ice cream. I'm 76 and just keep peddlin

Ranger, those are great, I am going to copy them. I usually ride about 40-50 miles a day. and sometime stop at Macdonalds for a fudge sundae, Often people will say, You ride a bike and are eating Ice cream.. I say Hey I ride the bike so I can eat Ice cream. I'm 76 and just keep peddlin

If you're 76 and riding your bike to go eat icecream and on top of that computer savy enough to be on the internet then I have to say "YOU ARE GREAT!" I'm not trying to stereotype you by your age but most of the older people I know are so much the opposite of you.

Very few of them exercise and very few of them can figure out a computer. Attitude has everything to do with both problems. Keep on pedalin'! ;)

I am so with you guys. I have lost 120 pounds since last January and I am feeling great better then great actually.

An incredible accomplishment! You should be proud. Congrats! :beer:

Ranger, those are great, I am going to copy them. I usually ride about 40-50 miles a day. and sometime stop at Macdonalds for a fudge sundae, Often people will say, You ride a bike and are eating Ice cream.. I say Hey I ride the bike so I can eat Ice cream. I'm 76 and just keep peddlin

40-50 miles.....how many days per week? awesome

Melo... you are my hero. That seriously rocks HARD man!!! Keep it up!!!!!


-Matt

When I was 340lbs I had bought into the DIET craze too. Like the ladies that pletcgm speaks of, I watched every single bite of food that I ate. I watched others. I lost something like 5lbs in 2 years! But, I thought I knew what I was doing. Felt confident enough to share my perceived knowledge proud of the fact that I was "doing something" in my mind.

Perhaps people that are overweight and making these comments are still missing the KEY that I was missing to this equation!

YOU MUST EXERCISE!

I never got that exercise, what every type you choose, is as important, if not more so than the food you eat. I never understood CALin vs. CALout. I never understood that it is really simple math. I concentrated on the CALin only. This is exactly what our society pushes in the face of the obese with all these DIET schemes.

So those overweight folks making the comments about your eating have not gotten the whole picture of the weight loss equation. I hope they do before the side effects of their lifestyle takes its toll as it has done to me.

One other issue here. I'm 215lbs now but still have some of the fat guy that lives inside my mind. I really take offense to the name calling in this thread. I'm still called "fat _____" from time to time. It stings just as bad today as it did prior to my weight loss. Actually, even more now since I have worked so hard to loose weight and get healthy. We should not lower ourselves to name calling. We should be supportive and uplifting to those around us who we may inspire to move more.

Bob

I can totally relate. I've been busting my butt on the bike to lose weight and all I get are coments like.

"I don't see any change."

"Ah, You'll out it back on in no time."

etc.

I feel like, "Hey, what I'm doing has nothing to do with you. So F*@k off."

The worst is when people keep trying to convince me to do the things I used to do. Smoke, drink, etc. just so that they can say "I told you so."

I honestly never thought that so many people around me would react so negatively to me wanting to live healthy(er). :(

I think the most frequent thing I have to deal with is skinny/fat people alike, looking at me, seeing a small/fit person and saying: Why do you care so much about what you eat? Come on, just eat this brownie, you are so small who cares. And the push and push and push, and I keep saying no thank you. HOW DO YOU THINK I GOT TO BE THIS SMALL, by just having one brownie here, and a burrito there.

Has anyone found a good reponse that shuts people up quickly and yet is still polite? I find that I have to debate with people everytime they offer me sweets.

I think the most frequent thing I have to deal with is skinny/fat people alike, looking at me, seeing a small/fit person and saying: Why do you care so much about what you eat? Come on, just eat this brownie, you are so small who cares. And the push and push and push, and I keep saying no thank you. HOW DO YOU THINK I GOT TO BE THIS SMALL, by just having one brownie here, and a burrito there.

Has anyone found a good reponse that shuts people up quickly and yet is still polite? I find that I have to debate with people everytime they offer me sweets.

I have that problem with my college friends. They will come into town to visit. We go out and they will say things like come on, these cheese fries won't hurt you one time. I am like, ya, they will. That's how I got fat before by eating "just one time!" They are all obese, like I used to be. Since I have gotten myself into shape, there has been a "distance" put between us. We are not as close as used to be. They ask me all the time how I did it and I respond by telling them that I was absolutely sick of being fat all my life and didn't want to continue! I started eating right and exercising. I have caught them just staring me up and down when they thought that I was not looking.

My friends here in Nashville are all athletic and pretty much that made me feel guilty being around them. That helped push me along!

I deal with this all of the time. It has been worked into three different responses:

1. Amazement. "Wait, you ride 30 miles in 1.5 hours? I can't even make it up the STAIRS!" Yes, you are fat, i can see why. I'll help you get in shape, if you want to.

2. Sarcasm/hostility. "Look at that ***, what a ***, he eats right and rides his bike. Biker ***!"

3. Self Pity. "No matter what I eat, I only get fatter. So I eat what i want." Good attitude.

So far, number two is by far and away the most frequent response, leading me to wonder how anyone in this area survives past 30.

These last few posts basically illustrate that people never really "grow up." What is basically being demonstrated is peer pressure. People are trying to push you into doing something so they feel better about themselves. In general, people and espescially kids cave in.

"Come on man, it is just a little weed...."then a few months later, "come on it's just a freakin' line of coke." It is hard to be different. NObody wants to be and that is why at times it is in fact even hard to eat correctly and exercise.

It makes us different and that is a hard thing to be. THere are always going to be people that try and force you into failure because it will make them justified in their lack of discipline and ambition. I truly think the answer for me is to remain silent.

I am no longer boastful of my bike riding or exercise. Not that i was really boastful, i just told people about it. Now, I just remain quiet when the topic of bike riding or exercise comes up. Just awhile back, a couple of the overweight people in my office who had just tried and failed at the Atkins diet were telling me how a low-fat diet doesn't work for their body.

They said it might work for me but not for them. Hello???? Of course it works for me, because i actually DO IT. I don't just eat a low fat dinner and then go have 3 Big Mac's for supper!! I still get really mad when i hear these people because i know they are wrong. However, i didn't argue with them. I simply nodded and agreed that it probably wouldn't work for them.

Fat people and lazy people have rights too. I will let them live their life as long as they don't interfere with mine. Notice that i called them fat, and not overweight. They are fat, just like i am skinny. I am not underweight, I am skinny. Fat is not a derogatory term. If it makes people that are fat feel bad, than they should try and lose weight.

If skinny people like myself don't like to be called skinny than they should eat more and hit the weights. Fat and skinny are merely adjectives that describe the preceived relative weight of a person when compared to one's imagined, "normal" person.

Personally, i think this country is consumed by body image issues. I think there is one person in this world who is the happiest person in the world. I don't know who he or she is or what they look like. I do however imagine, that they don't have a lot of money and probably aren't physically beautiful. I would even be willing to go as far to say that they probably don't even own a TV or a computer. And lastly, how about this one? Maybe they aren't even American???

I never got that exercise, what every type you choose, is as important, if not more so than the food you eat. I never understood CALin vs. CALout. I never understood that it is really simple math. I concentrated on the CALin only. This is exactly what our society pushes in the face of the obese with all these DIET schemes.


I Live by Calorie in vs. Calorie out these days it is what works for me. I record everything I eat on my palm pilot and log all my exercising each day and keep my net calories below a certain number. Right now I try to stay around 1600 net cals a day but I might increase it a little to level off ( I am still dropping weight) Some days I go above where I should be but I just push my self harder the next day . If I can’t ride (I hate the cold btw) I am at the gym if I am not at the gym I go to Kung Fu Class my new motto these days is to keep moving Btw I started at 270 last January on a physician assisted low calorie diet with lots of Physical Activity as part of the diet , as of yesterday I was 145 and I have been off of the diet for a few months doing my own thing.

Matt

Ranger Thanks - Ya I average 300 miles a week in spring summer and early fall, 7000mi so far this year, and try to ride every day. I still teach at local college 4 months a year, (Japanese students only) and I still work on National ski patrol, and I broadcast football, basketball and wrestling for our local High School. I guess that not too bad for an old retired guy. I gotta keep peddlin or maybe I won't get started again. The ice cream tastes better after a long ride too !

These last few posts basically illustrate that people never really "grow up." What is basically being demonstrated is peer pressure. People are trying to push you into doing something so they feel better about themselves. In general, people and espescially kids cave in.

"Come on man, it is just a little weed...."then a few months later, "come on it's just a freakin' line of coke." It is hard to be different. NObody wants to be and that is why at times it is in fact even hard to eat correctly and exercise.

It makes us different and that is a hard thing to be. THere are always going to be people that try and force you into failure because it will make them justified in their lack of discipline and ambition. I truly think the answer for me is to remain silent.

I am no longer boastful of my bike riding or exercise. Not that i was really boastful, i just told people about it. Now, I just remain quiet when the topic of bike riding or exercise comes up. Just awhile back, a couple of the overweight people in my office who had just tried and failed at the Atkins diet were telling me how a low-fat diet doesn't work for their body.

They said it might work for me but not for them. Hello???? Of course it works for me, because i actually DO IT. I don't just eat a low fat dinner and then go have 3 Big Mac's for supper!! I still get really mad when i hear these people because i know they are wrong. However, i didn't argue with them. I simply nodded and agreed that it probably wouldn't work for them.

Fat people and lazy people have rights too. I will let them live their life as long as they don't interfere with mine. Notice that i called them fat, and not overweight. They are fat, just like i am skinny. I am not underweight, I am skinny. Fat is not a derogatory term. If it makes people that are fat feel bad, than they should try and lose weight.

If skinny people like myself don't like to be called skinny than they should eat more and hit the weights. Fat and skinny are merely adjectives that describe the preceived relative weight of a person when compared to one's imagined, "normal" person.

Personally, i think this country is consumed by body image issues. I think there is one person in this world who is the happiest person in the world. I don't know who he or she is or what they look like. I do however imagine, that they don't have a lot of money and probably aren't physically beautiful. I would even be willing to go as far to say that they probably don't even own a TV or a computer. And lastly, how about this one? Maybe they aren't even American???

Beautiful. Eloquent, wise, and beautiful.

Unfortunately, I'm one of those with a distorted body image, but I'm trying. Luckily, in addition to thinking I'm bigger than I am, I also think I'm much taller. Keeps me reaching higher than I thought I could.

Just to clarify.

Being called fat is not the issue. Being called "FAT ____" (you fill in the blank) is what I was talking about in my previous post. Call me fat. I could care less. I know I am. Call me a "fat a$$ or fat ba$t_rd" and that changes it to a rude hurtfull attack.

Most folks, fat and skinny alike, can do without the rude hurtfull attacks of this nature. Especially here on BF. :D

Just to clarify.

Being called fat is not the issue. Being called "FAT ____" (you fill in the blank) is what I was talking about in my previous post. Call me fat. I could care less. I know I am. Call me a "fat a$$ or fat ba$t_rd" and that changes it to a rude hurtfull attack.

Most folks, fat and skinny alike, can do without the rude hurtfull attacks of this nature. Especially here on BF. :D

So, would you rather read what people 'really' think, or you want us to sugar coat it for your sensibilities? (no pun intended) This is a pet peave of mine. No one here is calling you that, we may well call someone else that in our minds but you taking that on and feeling bad about it is on you, not me. I have much respect for someone working towards a healthy goal. However, dont expect me to pasturize my vocabulary to accomodate you and every one else with easy-to-hurt feelings. (dismounts soap box)

Now as to the context of the words you are trying to be offended by. Reread the original post. No where in this thread or on this board have I seen anyone call a member a name related to their weight. Someone repeating a thought, or something they read is far from a "rude hurtfull attack".

Now for a bit of advice, should someone ever actually call you fat to your face, just tell them the old line "I may be fat, but you're ugly and I'm dieting". :D

Today marks 15 years to the day since I've had a drink (yes, I had a problem). I view eating as an addiction just like drinking and drugs. Its more insidious in that it's required for survival thus the easiest to justify. I have very few friends from the years that I drank. And I dont know anyone that has lost >100 pounds that still hangs out with their old obese friends. Humans dont like change and we want things in context, that includes you fiting the role they know you in.

So, would you rather read what people 'really' think, or you want us to sugar coat it for your sensibilities?

I think most of us can communicate our thoughts more civilly. Thats all I'm saying. BF has been a very civil and supportive forum. Perhaps there are those among us that would rather that change. :rolleyes:


My apologies to everyone for hijacking this thread.

When I was 340lbs I had bought into the DIET craze too. Like the ladies that pletcgm speaks of, I watched every single bite of food that I ate. I watched others. I lost something like 5lbs in 2 years! But, I thought I knew what I was doing. Felt confident enough to share my perceived knowledge proud of the fact that I was "doing something" in my mind.

Perhaps people that are overweight and making these comments are still missing the KEY that I was missing to this equation!

YOU MUST EXERCISE!

I never got that exercise, what every type you choose, is as important, if not more so than the food you eat. I never understood CALin vs. CALout. I never understood that it is really simple math. I concentrated on the CALin only. This is exactly what our society pushes in the face of the obese with all these DIET schemes.

So those overweight folks making the comments about your eating have not gotten the whole picture of the weight loss equation. I hope they do before the side effects of their lifestyle takes its toll as it has done to me.

One other issue here. I'm 215lbs now but still have some of the fat guy that lives inside my mind. I really take offense to the name calling in this thread. I'm still called "fat _____" from time to time. It stings just as bad today as it did prior to my weight loss. Actually, even more now since I have worked so hard to loose weight and get healthy. We should not lower ourselves to name calling. We should be supportive and uplifting to those around us who we may inspire to move more.

Bob

that is fact i eat 5500 cals. a day and am 10.2%bf but im 252 and i workout everyday ridin swimin hikin and run my own business its what you make time to do not what you have time to do. you make time to eat everyday huh???

I have not had to put up with the insults that allot of you guys have had to. I was pretty large for a while, and I really enjoyed it, I loved being a lard ass, it was great, ate whatever I wanted, when ever I wanted. Then after a few cues from my body, I decided it was time for a change. I started eating better, biking everywhere, trying to jog every day, and generally living healthy. I have lost allot of weight very quickly. The whole way, I was, and still am being encouraged. I never hear any negative comments, all very positive and encouraging. I even had a regular customer at my retail job congratulate me, and this guy is fat. He said he saw how fat that I used to be, and noticed how quickly I lost my weight. He told me that he thought after seeing how fast I lost it, that he could do it too. One of my co-workers that I spend most of my work days with, told me that he has seen how fast I am loosing weight, and that if I could do it he should have no problem either. My supervisor who is a tri-athelete, seems just as exited as I am, that I am loosing weight, and committed to getting in the best share of my life. He knows that I used to be a hard core roadie, so I have always joked with him by calling him a tri-geek. Earlier this week he convinced me to sign up for a duathlon, a little one mind you. After that I told him that I was going to swim, to try to keep up my fitness during the winter, he just laughed, and said he would have me doing triathlons in no time. I told him that a triathlon would be awesome if it were not for all the running and swimming.

I have not had to put up with the insults that allot of you guys have had to. I was pretty large for a while, and I really enjoyed it, I loved being a lard ass, it was great, ate whatever I wanted, when ever I wanted. Then after a few cues from my body, I decided it was time for a change. I started eating better, biking everywhere, trying to jog every day, and generally living healthy. I have lost allot of weight very quickly. The whole way, I was, and still am being encouraged. I never hear any negative comments, all very positive and encouraging. I even had a regular customer at my retail job congratulate me, and this guy is fat. He said he saw how fat that I used to be, and noticed how quickly I lost my weight. He told me that he thought after seeing how fast I lost it, that he could do it too. One of my co-workers that I spend most of my work days with, told me that he has seen how fast I am loosing weight, and that if I could do it he should have no problem either. My supervisor who is a tri-athelete, seems just as exited as I am, that I am loosing weight, and committed to getting in the best share of my life. He knows that I used to be a hard core roadie, so I have always joked with him by calling him a tri-geek. Earlier this week he convinced me to sign up for a duathlon, a little one mind you. After that I told him that I was going to swim, to try to keep up my fitness during the winter, he just laughed, and said he would have me doing triathlons in no time. I told him that a triathlon would be awesome if it were not for all the running and swimming.

That's awesome!!! Keep up the great work!!! You have to be feeling great! I know when I lost mine, I felt and still do awesome. It is so addicting!

I'm 76 and just keep peddlin

When I grow up, I wanna be just like you! :)
Awesome.

Once about 2 years ago when I started really working out hard and loosing weight/gaining muscle; I got the flu. A co-worker, who happens to be really big, told me that it was probably because my immune system was so weakened by loosing weight. I remember just looking at her with amazement and walking away.

Maybe there is some basis behind her reference to weakened immune system due to how many folks approach weight loss. Some of this weight loss dieting stuff people try can't be good.

Once about 2 years ago when I started really working out hard and loosing weight/gaining muscle; I got the flu. A co-worker, who happens to be really big, told me that it was probably because my immune system was so weakened by loosing weight. I remember just looking at her with amazement and walking away.

LMFAO :roflmao: :rolleyes: