I knew a lady back in the DC area when we lived up there. She was well over 200 pounds and she went on WW and got down into the lower 100s. She was about 5' 8" and probably a size 10 or so. She looked fantastic!!!
I met her through a group of friends. Having lost bunches of weight off and on for all my life, I felt like I "knew her" because of the weight loss thing. Even though we didn't work together or see each other much, we shared a comraderie.
One day a mutual friend had a bbq pot luck. The WW lady brough some home made chocolate and peanut butter treats called Buckeyes (after the Ohio Buckeyes). She had more than a few at the party and she mentioned to me on the sly that she noticed a few people looking at her funny, like she was pigging out. She confided that she knew that she wasn't going to gain all the weight back that she lost, but that she felt like everyone who was already skinny and who never had to diet was watching her like a hawk, as if everything she put into her mouth was going to make her fat again.
I think the people who are naturally skinny or who have never had a problem being addicted to food just don't realize what we are thinking or feeling when we over eat or when we are dieting or trying to lose weight. They might think they are trying to help, but they don't understand how sensitive an issue it is.
Having my parents living with us now is not a piece of cake WW wise. My mom loves to feed my husband. My husband wants to lose weight. He works out every day and could lose about 15 pounds, but my parents and sister see him as a living garbage disposal. Save those leftovers for Ross. I got a carrot cake for Ross. Ross will eat that. That portion is too small for Ross. He works out like a fiend but maintains the same weight because he is used to living up to an image they have of him and he doesn't WANT to control his portion size or sweet tooth. My mother expects me to eat what they are eating as well. She is always comparing her weight to my weight. I ask her if she would go to Daytona Beach in a bathing suit and she says at her age, no. Well, age be darned, if she didn't live on donuts and cake and cigarettes and if she exercised just a little every day then she could wear a bikini or normal bathing suit to the beach.
Sorry to ramble on, I know I have a tendancy to do this. Eventually you have to get to a point where you ingore the people who give you unsolicited advice (unless it's me!) and just keep doing what is working for you. Eating healthy is something we should all try to do as often as we can. However, we need to indulge once in a while (but not eat meters of pizza, as Tiggerlover has pointed out!)
Just do your best to head off these conversations and thank your friends for caring about you before it comes to the Clash of the Titans.
We spent the whole day installing a patio at my sisters house. Then we went out at got YUMMY food to eat at her house. I totally wanted to have one taquito, and there was a pile of 20 of them in front of me, but I resisted the urge. We ended up cooking out (burgers and hot dogs and potato salad) at my house later and I stuck to my WW plan of chicken and broccoli. I wanted a burger, but my chicken tasted so good and I felt full afterward. Even if other people can't see that we are making choices for ourselves, we still have to make them. Just keep doing what you are doing and nevermind what anyone else says. If you get frustrated with someone, go exercise!!!!! You can do something positive with all that extra energy!!!
I can't wait for some decent watermelon. You are really making me crave it!!!!!! I am a total watermelon addict.
It's like. What do they know, they've never dieted before.
