I want to get rid of THIS.

B

Boybert

Cathlete
I love comments like this from people who show me arm jiggle or something like that...they want a three second answer to get rid of that spot.

Usually I give that deer in the headlights look before I collect myself to answer. Short of lopping of that spot? AHEM.


I notice people lose interest or walk away when you tell them diet, lifting all over, cardio, etc. Either that or they say, "yeah, I need to get started on that", then walk away.

Sigh. There are some interesting people at my gym.


Debbie


Everyone is entitled to an opinion. It's just that yours is stupid.
 
I really dig the gadgets (I'm still not over the Hawaiian Chair aka the Hula Pooper) that promise to give you that toned sexy look in three minutes a day. And I love that Bender commercial with the toothy dimwitted blond chick who says over and over "I looooove my abdominals." Every time I see her I want to jump into the tv and ask her is she knows how to spell her own name...ddduuuuhhhhhh! And there's the lady who says her husband can't keep his hands off her--I wonder if she met him through a prison penpal program.

Any way, I know what you mean and I wish people would realize that, as they say, the only place success comes before sweat is in the dictionary.
 
My biggest irritant thing that people tell me ..

"Now I don't want to buid any muscle .. I just want to tone up"

what in the H### do they think they are "toning" .. the skin???

I usually give the same deer in the headlights look .. then take a deep breath and try my hardest not to sound sarcastic and give a breif body anatomy and mechanics lesson to which they in turn respond w/a deer in the headlights look!

{{{ double sigh }}}
 
<Now I don't want to buid any muscle .. I just want to tone up>
That's code for "I want to sit on the couch and lift potato chips and 'tone' up"
 
><Now I don't want to buid any muscle .. I just want to tone
>up>
>That's code for "I want to sit on the couch and lift potato
>chips and 'tone' up"

Exactly! Ugh, that bugs the he!! out of me too! So many people aren't knowledgeable about working out and body mechanics and it's too bad.

Allison

http://www.picturetrail.com/allisonj90
 
My personal favorite: "I WISH I could look like that." Well, first of all, it sure as heck doesn't come from WISHING!!!!!! Second of all, you CAN look like this if you were willing to WORK for it! :p

P.S. this comment usually comes from some chick who's been strolling on the treadmill either 1) chatting on her cell or 2) flirting w/a personal trainer.
 
You guys are too funny!!!

I give the deer in the headlights look *all the time* and never feel the need to apologize for it. Maybe I'm too blunt, but I figure so long as I start my sentence with "well, ..." and speak slowly then no one can think I'm mean. :p :+ }(
 
Oh tell me about it! I have SIL who got a gym membership and a trainer. SIL got very upset with trainer because she wanted her to eat chicken all the time and protein shakes, "She wanted me to bulk up!" No honey she wanted you to loose weight and that would be the easiest way to see it come off.

Today she is scheduled for Lipo in October! I asked her what about the fat that is in other places like the face and chest? Also if she loose weight after lipo she could see fat pockets? ewwww.
 
Sounds like my Aunt & Cousin that I saw last week!! They were both going on about my weight loss and asked what I do. I just said exercise and eating healthy (I knew they weren't interested in a long drawn out answer!). That was *not* the answer they were looking for.... :eek:
 
God blessed me with a tall, small framed body. If I did nothing about exercise, and ate what I wanted, I would - of course - gain weight. As it is, I work like crazy to keep this body toned and in shape. It bugs me when these same people as have been referenced above will look at me and say, "Oh, you are so lucky." Well, yes, I am lucky - lucky that I take care of my body, eat right, and exercise hard. Otherwise, there is no luck involved!
 
People who know me have finally stopped asking what I do to keep in shape. They know I'll tell them and it isn't a pill and it isn't genetics (not in my case anyway) and it isn't lifting potato chips whilst relaxing on the couch (I love that, Beavs!!)

The only comment I get now is "Oh I wish I had the time to exercise" like I don't have a full life and a job and a half during tax season (I'm a tax accountant) when I'm working 70+ hours a week. It's about deciding what's important and my health and fitness is important to my well being. And sometime it's hard work. And sometimes it means working out instead of parking it in front of the TV.
 
I just get dirty looks at my gym, it hurts my feelings cause I'm sensitive like that...which is why I love working out in the privacy of my house.:)

I HATE that commercial, "I looooveeeee my abdominals" for the bender ball too!x( I always make some comment out loud (cannot print the sort of comments that spew out of my normally ladylike mouth) everytime I hear that moron gush on about her "abdominalszzzz"...
 
No one ever says stuff like this to me. x( Guess that's because I love to exercise AND I love to eat. Especially chocolate. Sooooo, I'm fit, but I'm still about 20-30 overweight. And at 52, I don't think that will ever change. Everyone I work with knows how much I love to exercise and how much I love Cathe and the forums, but no one ever asks me how to get in shape. They all think I'm insane.
 
<That's code for "I want to sit on the couch and lift potato chips and 'tone' up">

Wow, does that mean since I just finished the bag of chips, I'll be toner tonight or will I have to wait until morning to see the results. (ok, no spears please. It was just a single serving size and I'm craving salt)

Jean
 
You know what really gets when me? Is when people in my office say how do you eat so much and never gain weight? While Im at work I would have had my breakfast snack lunch snack then dinner at time and all I always get "IS JESUS YOUR EATING AGAIN MY GODDNESS YOU MUST HAVE A WORM IN YOUR STOMACH!!!!" How annpying is that.
 
Oh, my DH does that to me! You are eating again?? I am like, well, yeah, my mini meals are just that, mini meals! I eat every three hours, if you ate like me, maybe you would lose a few pounds instead of starving yourself or eating alot once a day!x( I love him, but sheesh, obviously what I am doing is working, so shut up already! It makes you feel like you are eating like a pig or something, and you are not.:)
 
Lol, you guys are cracking me up! I am doing BFL and feel like every time my boss walks in, I am eating again! I eat breakfast here at 8 a.m. , then a mid-meal at 10 a.m., lunch at noon, and another mid-meal around 2 or 3 p.m. I'm always stuffing my face, but thank goodness I'm losing weight!
 
This is ironic because my friend called me today, wanting to slim her thighs and muffin top. I told her you really can't spot reduce and concentrate on toning all over. And then she procede to tell me her workout plan. Walking on the treadmill and outside. Luckly for her, that I have another BSS1 for sale and we will be starting with that and progressing to Cathe. Little does SHE know what lurks behind those weights with me!!


Annette Bethel
 
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