The Lies We Tell Ourselves

Excellent post!

maleficent said:
[*]I don't need to weigh myself; I can go by how my clothes fit.
[*]I really don't look any different at 140 than I do at 150.
[*]I go by what I look like in the mirror, not by some number on a scale.
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I've told myself these even when I was thin! At my current weight I could only say them in jest, although to be honest, if I can, the only difference betwen 225kg and 119kg (12lbs) has been how my trousers hang.

The one I tell myself right now is: "Food isn't the problem, lack of exercise is."
 
It is true that people have big bones, but it doesent give you an excuse to be fat. However you can weigh a little more then someone with a small frae. Take me for example 7 1/2 inch wrist, and Im a girl .
Im guilty of:
I don't need to weigh myself; I can go by how my clothes fit.

If my friends are fatter than I am, I look thin.

Broken cookies don't really count << Haaa

Things licked off knives and spoons have no calories if you are in the process of preparing something.

I will eat less tomorrow.
 
"I have big bones. Everyone in my family has big bones and they are all fat, so I'm doomed to be fat."
But is not a lie! I used to swim a lot, my bones are large... And my family has obesity gene... But I don't use these as excuses to escape my diet :)

I will eat less tomorrow.
I use this one sometimes *blushes*

At the end of a long day, I need rest more than I need exercise
Oh yeah... I dont know how to make up to this one... I arrive home at 21 and I must go sleeping 23... and those 2 hours I feel so f*cking tired :( :(

Btw nice topic!
 
I think for some people, at some stages in weight loss, you can lose weight, and know you're doing things right, without weighing yourself.

When I started out, at 182lb, I knew I was eating too much. My portion sizes were way too big, and my favourite snacks were triple chocolate muffins. So, I halved the portion sizes and replaced the muffins with smaller, less unhealthy snacks. I'd been weighed at the doctors, so I knew my start weight, and I knew I was doing the right things to lose weight by changing my diet the way I had. I didn't have scales in the house, so it was several months before I had a chance to weigh myself again. I was down to 148lb.

The only trouble was, I was pretty happy with that weight. My nice clothes fitted me again, I felt better, people commented on how good I looked, and because I wasn't weighing myself regularly, I let the weight creep back up again. Fortunately, it didn't get too bad before I stopped it, and now I have a very clear goal, I weigh myself regularly and I'm determined to get to where I want to be.

I guess what I'm saying is, if you're more than 30 - 40lb or so overweight, and you know exactly why it happened and what to do about it, and you know you can be disciplined enough to eat sensibly, you can get away with not weighing yourself for a while. But once the weight gets harder to lose, you need the scales to let you know you're still heading in the right direction.
 
I don't lose weight like other people do

My friend has often said that to me. For the past 2 years, she's hired a personal fitness trainer, yet she continues to drink booze and eat all kinds of foods you can't eat if you want to be slim. While she's come a long way in developing some good exercise habits, she's in complete denial about stringing together those calorie-deficit days. She'll often cheat. You can only lose weight if you rarely cheat. She is connected to Weight Watchers so hopefully one day she has the courage to do it. I say "courage" because her husband and everyone in his family are overweight and eat like there's no tomorrow.
 
I will eat less tomorrow.

That's pretty much the biggest problem I have. I get caught up in a cycle of overeating, feeling guilty and having resolve to eat less tomorrow, and then giving in and eating normally or overeating again. It's very weird because for these last couple months, when I was trying to lose weight, I would be able to eat like 500 calories and be full and now lately I've been eating more, about 1150, and even more recently I've been almost binging on food, getting huge cravings--and have had consecutive days of eating about 3000 calories. Its crazy, but I can isolate a few plausible causes. I've been drinking soda again (albeit diet soda) and I used to have the biggest soda addiction ever. I used to drink more than 2 liters a day and maybe drinking soda again is triggering all my other cravings from that time. Also, the scale in my house is broken and I haven't been able to weigh myself--so there hasn't been any harsh truth. Also, I would overeat a day and and be told by people that I look anorexic or rail thin so I'd feel liek it was okay to eat more again.
Anyway, sry for the long post.
 
-I will eat less tomorrow.
-I took the stairs today so that makes up for this cupcake.

These are the lies that have made me gain 75 lbs in the last 7 months.

Geez, now I feel like an idiot:( ... Not only I NEVER stopped eating less the next day, but I gained like crazy lying to myself like that!
Please watch out for that one.
 
When I was at college (the time I put on most of my weight), I can remember saying if I ate a piece of fruit and a chocolate bar together, they cancelled each other out.
 
Most part of these lies is a way to rationally explain our bad habbits. :) Changing habits will result in achieving our weight loss goals
 
Some of these made me chuckle. But some I'm guilty of. :doh:


I have big bones. Everyone in my family has big bones and they are all fat, so I'm doomed to be fat.

I can't maintain at a lower weight. My body just gets fat again on its own. I can't help that.

If my friends are fatter than I am, I look thin.

These cookies are low-fat so I can eat several.
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Things licked off knives and spoons have no calories if you are in the process of preparing something.

I will eat less tomorrow


I'm guilty!
Oh well, at least I know the error of my ways!
 
Meh...I think my chest/area is a bit too big, it's bone either side since the only fat I have left is my stomach really, and people are telling me I'm thin enough already... I've been thinking that might just be bones oO Unless fat is packed between, pushing it out ?
(Male, by the way)
 
wow, really funny .
Pinkroses, I had already begun to think that you are a female. So, It was funny when I saw your (male, by the way) at the end.

I myself have this eating habit, sometimes I eat even when I am not hungry.

hehehehehe
 
If you eat something and no one sees you eat it, it doesn't count.

^ LOL, I laughed so hard at this.

I've said some of these, but not the crazy ones like the above. More like the "I'll eat less tomorrow.." ones.
 
but i do think i look better with a few extra pounds though. skinny people look horrible IMO. but i think you shgould change it to a couple of kg instead as a few pounds insnt so much but kg is a lot.

also i dont want to associate people who wont like me for who i am inside rather than on the outside. people taht judge like that are fical, skin deep people who cant see past a books cover. lame ass people!!

the one that strikes it for me thoug is "ill eat less tomorrow" LOL

i bet weve all said that.
 
Thank you for this thread. I copied it into a word document, bolded the ones I feel that I use to justify some of my behaviors, and popped it on my thumb drive. I'm going to look at it when I feel like I need a reality check.

It's amazing the lies we tell ourselves just to be lazy or have a moment of pleasure.
 
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