The Sad Diary of a Team Eater

So since my last post I have been doing very well. I have a better out look on my body image and I am finally starting to see a difference in the way that I look. It also helps that quite few people have told me how skinny I look. It may be shallow but at times others comments mean more than my own when it comes to the way I look. I am starting to believe they really mean it and I am seeing a change in the mirror. I even went shopping. I'm a size 2 in jeans and a size small in shirts so I know I must have lost something.

New problem… My family is in town. They have been here for over a week and their eating habits drive me crazy! They snicker at me for eating less than they do and then they'll get diet foods and say they are being healthy as they eat the entire box in one sitting. All they do is eat. I went up to take a nap for 2 hours and when I came back down stairs half the food in the kitchen was gone. It makes me sick.

 I mean I love them. But here I am…knowing that I am team eater. And there they are making it hard for me to even eat the little bit of food that I need. I have been doing so well. I have lost 24 pounds since the end of February. That was on my own and with the support of my husband and of course calorie count. But they want to eat out all the time. I never know what I am doing because at the last minute they will want to go out on the town. And I understand that I can eat healthy and all that; but It does suck to eat a salad when I have only been doing this for not even six months. I choose a salad but that doesn't mean I don't want a burger. I hate watching them shove their faces with crap and then telling me they care about losing weight. They obviously don't care. I tell myself it is only for a couple more days and then I can get back to eating like I normally do and not having to worry about my food being gone when I go to eat. It's just really hard when they are here for me not to want that steak and potatoes.

I am also just disgusted with the majority of society. I apologize for my bluntness but seriously....

 I am sick of the ignorance. I'm sick of the nasty comments, the assumptions that just because I am thin that I can magically have whatever I want. I'm tired of people asking me what the secret to weight loss is. There is no secret! Sometimes I just want to yell at them"THE SECRET IS... DON'T EAT SO MUCH! and it not a secret it's just plain common sense." Whenever they hear about my keeping a food diary or this site they stick their noses up in the air and claim it's too hard. Well sorry folks. Life is hard. Losing weight is not any different. I am so sick of it.... sorry just needed a rant.

Original Post by bigfatarmsbegone:

 I'm tired of people asking me what the secret to weight loss is. There is no secret! Sometimes I just want to yell at them"THE SECRET IS... DON'T EAT SO MUCH! and it not a secret it's just plain common sense." Whenever they hear about my keeping a food diary or this site they stick their noses up in the air and claim it's too hard. Well sorry folks life is hard. Losing weight is not any different. I am so sick of it.... sorry just needed a rant.

Oh, yeah! LOL! It's almost comical to watch how disappointed people get when I tell them what I'm doing. One woman said, "Oh. You're doing it the right way." She sounded so let down. I think she was hoping to hear that I'd used magic pixie dust or something.

Good luck with the family.  There's a proverb: No man is a prophet in his own home town.

how is it not fair that they eat a burger and you have a salad, just because you care about your health and weight doesn't mean everyone else in the world is going to..

as far as everyone asking you how you lost weight, everyones always looking for a quick easy fix that takes no effort. I guess they think if they ask enough people someone will have the magic answer !

When I quit smoking everyone asked " how did you do it?" I would reply "I quit buying them.."

Original Post by pschristmas:

Original Post by bigfatarmsbegone:

 I'm tired of people asking me what the secret to weight loss is. There is no secret! Sometimes I just want to yell at them"THE SECRET IS... DON'T EAT SO MUCH! and it not a secret it's just plain common sense." Whenever they hear about my keeping a food diary or this site they stick their noses up in the air and claim it's too hard. Well sorry folks life is hard. Losing weight is not any different. I am so sick of it.... sorry just needed a rant.

Oh, yeah! LOL! It's almost comical to watch how disappointed people get when I tell them what I'm doing. One woman said, "Oh. You're doing it the right way." She sounded so let down. I think she was hoping to hear that I'd used magic pixie dust or something.

Good luck with the family.  There's a proverb: No man is a prophet in his own home town.

 lol glad I'm not alone in feeling that way sometimes.

Original Post by bmfan77:

how is it not fair that they eat a burger and you have a salad, just because you care about your health and weight doesn't mean everyone else in the world is going to..

 

as far as everyone asking you how you lost weight, everyones always looking for a quick easy fix that takes no effort. I guess they think if they ask enough people someone will have the magic answer !

 

When I quit smoking everyone asked " how did you do it?" I would reply "I quit buying them.."

 It does suck to me when I eat a salad and I don't want one at the time. I have only been doing this for not even six months. Sometimes I still have a hard time with temptations. I do choose a salad but that doesn't mean I don't want a burger. I also hate watching them shove their faces with crap and then telling me they care about losing weight. And I never said I thought that everyone should join me. I'm just stating how hard it is because I am a team eater. By myself and with people who are supportive, I am fine but the people around me sadly influence my eating the most. Luckily they are the ony ones who are unsupportive of my change and they live far away. :)

That is funny about how you said you stopped buying them LOL!

It's ok to have a burger once in awhile, I think I have had one every week since I started losing weight. it's funny when you mentioned salad, I haven't had one since I started losing weight, and I actually like salad ! I have mostly just been having either bran flaks or eggs in the morning, and almost always fish and vegetables for lunch, though lately I have been having brown rice.. which much to my surprise isn't even brown !

People sound so disappointed when you tell them "I'm exercising and counting my calories." They want to hear you're on some magic pill or some wild and crazy overnight thing. They don't want to hear that to achieve real results they're going to have to work hard, just like you.

I find it amusing :P

i feel your pain. my family is always on my back about how much exercise i am doing and how little i am eating when in the long run i am just being healthy, exercising, and spacing out my meals inside of indulging 3 times a day.

stick to your healthy ways, you'll find more satisfaction in yourself than you will from others but who really cares what they think as long as you are happy. =)

Original Post by asiodlak:

i feel your pain. my family is always on my back about how much exercise i am doing and how little i am eating when in the long run i am just being healthy, exercising, and spacing out my meals inside of indulging 3 times a day.

stick to your healthy ways, you'll find more satisfaction in yourself than you will from others but who really cares what they think as long as you are happy. =)

 I know! I have been eating crap all this week (cause with my family here sadly I have a hard time resisting). And I have managed to pretty much maintain my current weight with two hours of exercise everyday. My family not only makes fun of me for exercising but they actually get mad at me and say that I don't need to....(like hell I don't need to.) They say I am already skinny and a couple of days of pigging out won't hurt me... (um more like a week not just days and yes it will make me gain if I don't do something to burn it off.)

 I say to them "Um you understand when you eat  thousands upon thousands of calories a day and then just sit around it just sticks to you right?" They just get annoyed with me. I am just being honest. I am actually proud of myself for not just sitting on my ass and for getting up and paying the price for my actions. It was me who decided to pig out not them, but at least I could help myself recover with exercise.

Original Post by elfkittie22:

People sound so disappointed when you tell them "I'm exercising and counting my calories." They want to hear you're on some magic pill or some wild and crazy overnight thing. They don't want to hear that to achieve real results they're going to have to work hard, just like you.

I find it amusing :P

Sadly it's typical in this country for people to actually believe the celebs and people that are thin just sit on their asses and eat Mcdonalds everyday. You'd think more people would be smarter than that but alas the majority are ignorant to the fact that I and most people that look just like me exercise for at least two hours a day and monitor everything that goes into our mouths for the sake of holding onto our health and our figures.