Didja ever notice?

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Cathlete
When you first started to lose weight so that other people could notice and they asked what you were doing to lose weight...they all kind of have a disheartened, "oh." when you tell them you're exercising and watching what you eat. It's like they all expect you'll say something like, "I just bought a bottle of TrimSpa and eat pizza everyday!" No one wants to do what needs to be done, they just want the quick fix.

Like when they ask you why your face isn't all wrinkled and you tell them your miracle cream is sunscreen.:)
 
Yeah, or that you've found some miracle pill from your pharmacist, so you're sitting on your sofa watching soaps & eating bon bons all day & taking a pill that makes you buff.

You know what else I've noticed? My friends are always discouraging me from working out & dieting. Like, they'll say, "oh you can skip your workout just this once" or "let's go out & get some pasta, you can cheat on your diet just this once. But they say it all the time. It's like they want me to get fat. Why would they want that?
 
Because they're jealous of you and they know that by you looking so good, you're making them look worse. Or so they think. I think that it makes them realize that they're slackers.
 
I know what ya mean. I had somebody say, "just diet & exercise???" like they couldn't believe it. LOL

Max I don't know why your friends try to discourage you? Jealousy maybe???}(
 
Hi Ladies! I have a girlfriend who's always asking "Are you still doing that working out thang?" What's up w/that? I always tell her "Yeah I like to stay fit & healthy." I can never talk about fitness unless they workout themselves. They seem to think we workout b/c we have an overweight issue. Its very frustrating. Kathy
 
Yes everybody think that exercises is only needed when you want to weight loss.I do not need to weight loss but I want to stay healthy and working out with cathe is so much fun.I am the only in my job that use the breakfast break to take a walk during 20 minutes. I am almost all the morning seated and I need to move my legs. I can 't believe I am the only in my job that feel this.





Mariángeles a spanish terminator junkie.:) :)
 
I feel I get the jealousy thing alot, especially in the summer when the arms are exposed. I get stared at like I'm some sort of freak and then I hear the laughter. But it's just the women the men seem to love it. Or some of the women on my job will say, I want to workout but I don't want to get BIG but they still don't make an effort if you tell them, you won't get like Chyna (from wrestling) or for health purposes. Or how about if someone catches you eating something out of the ordinary? OMG the response I get, I thought you're not supposed to be eating that. My comeback, "lift weights" and see.

Haydee
 
I get the "you don't need to workout-your skinny enough". Well, duh, how do you think I got this way? (And let me say I am by no means skinny).I think a lot of it is jealousy but I don't know-I'm proud of what I've accomplished but unfortunatly I feel bad and kind of guilty when I mention working out around people who don't-how terrible is that?:-(

Does anyone ever feel like being heavy is more accepted in smaller circles where being thin is the standard of our culture on a larger scale(I hope I said that right)?

Wendy
 
I've said this before and hopefully I'll get to say it again, when people ask me how I stay thin, I say, "I inject the blood of virgin reindeer directly into my pituitary through my eyeball every morning with a long needle. Then I eat whatever I want and never work out."

When they say I'm thin enough, I say, "Yup, and I want to stay this way."

When they tell me to eat big pig pies and I refuse I say, "Nothing tastes as good as being thin feels."

AAAAARRRRGGGHH, I do get rather annoyed.
 
Ya my sister and mom think I am obsessed with working out. Ummm HELLO I only workout out 4-5 days a week for 45-80 minutes long. I do not think this is obsessive :eek: Anyways they always say "I'm not into working out" "Its so Boring" When I TRY to get them to start exercising. Matter a fact my sister and I got into a disagreement a few months ago. She has high blood pressure and about 10-20 lbs over weight. Anyways I told her I really WISH she would start working out for her health (Btw she only 40) Anyways she says "Well you don't have like a really GREAT body for all your working out" (That hurt) I am a size 8 sometimes 6, but I really got consistent last January.. I really needed to get toned. My reply was well I have only been working out consistently since January and ya KNOW WHAT I am just starting to see RESULTS. My legs are nice and toned(Thanks Cathe ;))
I told her the only reason I brought this up is because I love her and worry about her. She called me back later that day and asked me what I thought about her getting a really good treadmill. So I guess I got through to her. She's getting it delivered Friday. YAY


Why is it that when people start to exercise they expect overnight results.:D Then they quit and say oh exercise does not work for me???
 
This stuff drives me crazy!! My sister huffs and puffs just walking around her house, it takes a lot of energy for her 5'1" frame to carry around 200 lbs. I work hard (and love it) to keep my 5'8" frame at about 140. The only time we were both lean at the same time she was on a liquid diet and looked adorable at 110 I was eating right and working out. Her weight was back on in a year. She once lamented to me that she doesn't have time to workout so I asked her if she still watches entertainment tonight and jeopardy and she said yes, I replied that she had time to workout. Needless to say, we don't talk about such things anymore.:p

Take Care
Laurie:)
 
Hmmmm, I'm going to put a little twist on this.... I know of two people, who have muscle definition and are thin. Both say, "I don't work out" when come on, I *know* they do (at one of their houses, I saw some workout DVD's). But that just kills me. Why would someone deny that they workout?
Susan C.M.:D
 
Laurie my sister tried to use that one on me to "I don't have time" I replied the same as you about "HER SHOWS" she watchs in the evening. She's on me about exercising like she thinks its strange. I keep telling her I owe it to myself and family to take care of my self. Such a GOOD stress reliever, and I feel so much better.


Susan don't we ALL have friends like that;( It makes me wonder if they really are my friends????
 
Oh man I just HATE that! I hear that I'm too thin on a daily basis. Well, I'm 5'3" & 110 lbs. That is NOT too thin in my opinion. I think it's just right! :)

Good one about the virgin reindeer. So where do you find that stuff? Can I get it at the CVS or do I need to go to a health food store? :D
 
Yes, I do think being heavy is totally more accepted in social circles. People don't realize! "Skinny" has gotten to be spoken in a sneery type of voice on a regular basis. It used to be a compliment.

I did WW last year, and dropped 25 lbs (mostly postpartum ones, but not all) that I totally needed to drop. When I tell people I did WW they gasp and say something like "Wow, why? You're so skinny!" BECAUSE IT WORKED!!! Hel-lo! If I were heavy and told them I did WW last year, and was still heavy, they would nod understandingly and smile. Like...see, I told you, controlling your diet and eating patterns don't work....it's ok, don't worry about it. How screwed up is that?

I finally recognized it as jealousy and learned it was a reflection on them and not me. Amusing how often it happens and from people you never would have expected.

Plus the whole thing that as long as you are a certain size or weight, you can stop working out now....that just shows how oceans apart the attitudes between the two camps are.

I used to see the 60 percent overweight figure in the US and think it was exaggerated, or regional, or something...now I sit in a mall or school environment and the majority walking by are overweight. It is so normal these days. Too bad. I sure hope it changes. I try and change my little circle by being an example and trying to pretend the healthy habits I have, fitness and health related, are "normal" even though they are not, by society's standards. Hopefully one day they will be.

Jen
 
A comment made to me (and it was weeks ago) but still annoys the heck out of me was:

"with all that exercising you do,,,,,,,, I thought you would look better!"

Ouch


:)
 
Oh my have i ever noticed,2 1/2 yrs ago i weighed 162 ( i'm 5'6" ) and ,i am pretty confident in myself and thought i looked good then and still do,but i have a chronic health issue and got really sick and lost 34 lbs so i decided to do everything i could to be as healthy as i can be with my health issues and changed my diet and started to workout consistently and this is just for me it has nothing to do with anyone else yet whenever i eat with other people apparently i have an invisible sign on me that says "Food Police" because they all start talking about what i eat and how they should cut back and start exercising and stuff,i mean come on i dont care what they eat if you want the cheesecake thats your bussiness,is what i say,i mean no one ever commented when i was heavier about what i ate,its a sad state that reaching for the veggies gets the attention, when reaching for the cheescake no one says a word and don't even get me started on the whole your too thin stuff,in what universe is 128 lbs too thin? I just dont get it,oh well, Mrsscififanec
 
>Because they're jealous of you and they know that by you
>looking so good, you're making them look worse. Or so they
>think. I think that it makes them realize that they're
>slackers.

I used to "bodybuild" back about 10 years ago. I didn't compete or anything, and I certainly didn't get all "ripped" (my body mass doesn't lend to "ripping"), but I was in the gym on the average 2 hours a night, and sometimes on my lunch hour.

In short, I looked good. (I put forth the blood, sweat, and tears in workouts to earn the right to say that, by the way). :7

Needless to say, I was subjected to some of the worst gossiping ever to float through an office by many of my female coworkers. I was allegedly having affairs with everybody's husbands and was a worthless piece of human flesh, as far as they were concerned. These women would look at me scornfully as I walked through the office, even though my attire was professional -- but who was I to have a waist that small and be allowed to tuck in my blouse so that it showed it off even more? Do I have to tell you that these were women who were overweight, and in a couple of cases were severely overweight?

You know, it's not just the overweight who are discriminated against...the people who have actually worked hard to get into shape and stay that way are targeted, too. And, it's hurtful. Granted, I'm no longer bodybuilding and have gained some weight and gotten a little softer, but I'm hoping to change that now that I've found Cathe's workouts.

I am reminded of a story about how fishermen fish for crabs: A fisherman just has to get a bucket full of crabs, and he doesn't have to worry about putting a lid on that bucket to keep the crabs from getting free. The crabs themselves will make sure none of them get out. You see, as one tries to climb to the top of the bucket and gain its freedom, the other crabs will reach up and grab the one trying to get free and pull it back down into the bucket. See, as you try to break free of being overweight and/or out of shape, all the "crabs" around you will try to drag you back down into the bucket by picking on you, gossiping about you, and being mean to you. Let them talk. Just kick off those crabs and pull yourself out of the bucket.
 
>I know what ya mean. I had somebody say, "just diet &
>exercise???" like they couldn't believe it. LOL
>
>Max I don't know why your friends try to discourage you?
>Jealousy maybe???}(

That cracks me up: "just diet and exercise"??? Like it's nothing.

If somebody said that to me, I'd probably come back, "JUST diet and exercise??!!!???" as if to say, "Are you kidding me?!" I mean, diet and exercise are hard work, man!!!

Someone once told me that "if you want to change some things in your life, you have to change some things in your life." In other words, if you keep doing what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always gotten. So many people think that losing weight should be a quick fix. It's not. It took years to put that weight on...and one can't expect it to fall off in a matter of days. If it does, that's unhealthy. It takes drastic changes to eating and activity habits over the long term to see big and lasting improvements. Those improvements aren't going to happen when all one has done is look for a quick fix. I think most everybody here knows that, though.
 
> "Its so Boring"

Anybody who says this as their reason for not exercising NEEEEEEEDS Cathe! I used to dread working out because it WAS boring. I forced myself to workout, but it bugged me that I didn't "want" to. Well, that sure changed when I started doing Cathe's workouts. The time just flies! And I really look forward to exercising with her now. It's so fun. Plus, I like feeling challenged...most exercise programs just don't challenge me...but that's not a problem with Cathe.
 
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