I'm more judge-y of people who say they want to lose weight, then subsist on stuff like lean cuisine and those 100-calorie snack packs instead of just eating healthier/smaller portions... Way to replace fat and calories with tons of chemicals.
I use to judge people who I thought were thin and were dieting. I recently lost 80 pounds and my outlook is much different. The majority of people have to work at staying thin.
When I went to visit my parents over Christmas they couldn't understand why I was concerned with what I was eating. Well I no longer want to be the obese girl. Yes, I lost 80 pounds, but I am FAR from skinny. My dad thought I was starving myself. He had a whole conversation with my mom after I left of how worried he was. I laughed about it and didn't take him serious.
Hmmm IDK. I look relatively thin but I have the biggest, flabbiest gut from having 2 kids. I just hide it well and I've been trying to lose 10 pounds. I eat healthy. I don't have the patience to count calories.
Ditto this exactly! I'm thin, but having babies destroyed my shape (despite doing ab work and lifting weights for the last 7 months), I've come to the conclusion that I'm going have to have lose weight to get the flab off my tummy and thighs.
Hmmm IDK. I look relatively thin but I have the biggest, flabbiest gut from having 2 kids. I just hide it well and I've been trying to lose 10 pounds. I eat healthy. I don't have the patience to count calories.
Ditto this exactly! I'm thin, but having babies destroyed my shape (despite doing ab work and lifting weights for the last 7 months), I've come to the conclusion that I'm going have to have lose weight to get the flab off my tummy and thighs.
I'm probably going to be flamed to all hell but this is what really scares me about potentially having kids. I mean, aside from being worried about things that actually do really matter. I know this is super vain.
I don't mind when someone is mindful of what the eat. It bothers me if they have bulimia or anorexia. One of my good friends has bulimia. She doesn't want to talk about it with me or seek help.
I'm probably going to hate myself for posting this but after a couple years of intense pain after eating I had an endoscopy in December only to find out I have esophagus damage from years of bulimia.
DH gets upset with me when I complain about my weight. I've recently lost 44lbs but I still see myself at 200+lbs, so no I don't judge because I've been there. I also try my best not to judge overweight people eating junk. You don't know their story.
I don't judge anyone who watches what they eat as a part of managing their weight. I never really know what struggles thay've had with gaining/losing/maintaining or what sort of body image issues they might be dealing with. If it's unhealthy and I'm worried about the person, that would be different. What I don't care for is anyone who makes comments about what other people are eating. I have a friend that I won't eat with anymore because all she does is dissect my plate and compare it to hers. It's not that I'm eating anything terrible, it's just not as healthy as hers and I know she thinks I should be doing more to lose weight. I'm working on it, that's for sure, but this just drags me down in an unneccessary way.
I am 5'5 and weigh about 127 I do not weigh mysef often so I do not know my current weight but last time I weighed I was 127. I went crazy and was weighing myself every morning and this was not good for me so I stopped. I say I am dieting but really I am trying to get muscular and in my mind more healthy. I have blood pressure problems. I would still like to lose weight in my belly, but in reality it is probably loose skin from having 4 chidren.
I have had people roll their eye's at me if I decline eating something. But that was in the beginning of my diet back in March I eat more often stuff that I was not in the beggining because I have bulit my metaoblism back up.
Ditto this exactly! I'm thin, but having babies destroyed my shape (despite doing ab work and lifting weights for the last 7 months), I've come to the conclusion that I'm going have to have lose weight to get the flab off my tummy and thighs.
I'm probably going to be flamed to all hell but this is what really scares me about potentially having kids. I mean, aside from being worried about things that actually do really matter. I know this is super vain.
Totally understand this! I recently lost 50 pds and am not thrilled with the prospect of putting it back on. Of course the kids are worth it, it just makes me pause a bit. Kudos to you for putting this out there!
I'd be lying if I said I didn't judge. My assistant is super thin - the works out all the time and only goes to lunch because I force her based on the law.
I've never seen her eat any thing, but a yogurt. Not a single thing.
She's a young, beautiful girl, but she's in college and I know it's a sucky stage of life where your weight really can become a challenge, but I do judge her for not eating.
I think I also have leftover issues myself from people constantly asking me if I was anorexic when I was younger (I wasn't) and so the girls that choose not to eat irrationally piss me off b/c I would have loved to be heavier back in the day. Like I said, irrational, but I know I judge people with eating disorders b/c I was accused of having one for so long by so many people that I built up some sort of dislike for those that actually do have a problem.
I am also on the other side of the GoDawgs comment - I feel that as a thinner person I can't ever, ever say that I'm feeling chunky one day b/c I'll be attacked by the girls that are larger than me. I've been smacked down for it in the past and I learned to keep my mouth shut. Unfairly so in my mind because I definitely do have days when I feel my roll is out of control. I think I see both sides on the coin on that one.
ITA with you. But also with Veronika that I have the right to have a fat day. And after having a kid my body is totally different. What used to look good no longer looks good at the same body weight as before because now I am shaped differently. My boobs are a whole cup bigger than before thanks to breast feeding. They are no longer perky. My belly is so stretched out from having the baby that even after 2 yrs later it hangs over like a muffin top above my size 2 waist. So while some people would kill to be my size, I still don't think I should be judged for my dieting if you happen to see me doing so. I miss my pre pregnancy body so I am mindful about my calorie intake.
But I did give a side once to someone not skinny who would eat healthy cereal with skim milk and add spoons full of sugar to make it taste better. That made no sense to me at all. ^o)
I had 20lbs to lose, and so far I've lost 15. My goal weight is pretty low, but I'm also short. I've had so many people tell me that I don't need to lose weight, but according to my doctor, I was overweight. I didn't feel good about myself.
I feel really good now that I'm close to my goal. I have more energy and I don't feel so frumpy.
Along the same vein, I want to backhand anyone who tells someone to "Go eat a burger." It's just as douchey as telling someone they need to put the burger down. Best to just keep your opinion on someone else's weight to yourself.