Are you sad about having to restrict what you eat?

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, I am very sad. 55 years old, 5'2" and haven't eaten bread or pasta in YEARS. I eat fairly healthy, do lift weights, walk 3 miles daily (at a good clip) and still have to restrict or I would balloon up to over 200 pounds. As it is, I'm 15 pounds of where I'd like to be, and 25 from my ideal weight.

Any celebration, a parent, child or inlaw birthday, a retirement, whatever, seriously I will skip my own dessert and have one small bite from my husband's plate just to not feel completely left out. But it sucks being short, old, and hungry.

Please don't say you lift weights if you are using the Barbie-pink 5 lb dumbbells at the gym.

Right? I lift and I eat freaking pasta and carbs. Wtf

Wow. Why do you care if the PP lifts pink 5-pound weights or black 35 pound dumbells? She is where she is in her weightlifting journey and the color of the dumbells is 100% irrelevant. And your decision to mock her is just mean.

There are people on this board who insist that there’s only a single right way to strength train. There’s not. Even “lifting weights” can look different, depending on an individual’s specific goals and preferences.

Last but not least, bodies are different. They respond differently to strength training, nutritional inputs, etc. That is what it is; stop insisting that your one way will work for everyone.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, I am very sad. 55 years old, 5'2" and haven't eaten bread or pasta in YEARS. I eat fairly healthy, do lift weights, walk 3 miles daily (at a good clip) and still have to restrict or I would balloon up to over 200 pounds. As it is, I'm 15 pounds of where I'd like to be, and 25 from my ideal weight.

Any celebration, a parent, child or inlaw birthday, a retirement, whatever, seriously I will skip my own dessert and have one small bite from my husband's plate just to not feel completely left out. But it sucks being short, old, and hungry.

Please don't say you lift weights if you are using the Barbie-pink 5 lb dumbbells at the gym.

Right? I lift and I eat freaking pasta and carbs. Wtf

Wow. Why do you care if the PP lifts pink 5-pound weights or black 35 pound dumbells? She is where she is in her weightlifting journey and the color of the dumbells is 100% irrelevant. And your decision to mock her is just mean.

There are people on this board who insist that there’s only a single right way to strength train. There’s not. Even “lifting weights” can look different, depending on an individual’s specific goals and preferences.

Last but not least, bodies are different. They respond differently to strength training, nutritional inputs, etc. That is what it is; stop insisting that your one way will work for everyone.

What PP said is inconsistent. If she were truly lifting heavy, she wouldn't have trouble with maintaining a healthy weight. Which is why I think she isn't exactly 'lifting weights'.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, I am very sad. 55 years old, 5'2" and haven't eaten bread or pasta in YEARS. I eat fairly healthy, do lift weights, walk 3 miles daily (at a good clip) and still have to restrict or I would balloon up to over 200 pounds. As it is, I'm 15 pounds of where I'd like to be, and 25 from my ideal weight.

Any celebration, a parent, child or inlaw birthday, a retirement, whatever, seriously I will skip my own dessert and have one small bite from my husband's plate just to not feel completely left out. But it sucks being short, old, and hungry.

Please don't say you lift weights if you are using the Barbie-pink 5 lb dumbbells at the gym.

Right? I lift and I eat freaking pasta and carbs. Wtf

Wow. Why do you care if the PP lifts pink 5-pound weights or black 35 pound dumbells? She is where she is in her weightlifting journey and the color of the dumbells is 100% irrelevant. And your decision to mock her is just mean.

There are people on this board who insist that there’s only a single right way to strength train. There’s not. Even “lifting weights” can look different, depending on an individual’s specific goals and preferences.

Last but not least, bodies are different. They respond differently to strength training, nutritional inputs, etc. That is what it is; stop insisting that your one way will work for everyone.

What PP said is inconsistent. If she were truly lifting heavy, she wouldn't have trouble with maintaining a healthy weight. Which is why I think she isn't exactly 'lifting weights'.

LOL - there you go! You're not "lifting weights" if you're not "lifting heavy." Moreover, you assume that "lifting heavy" is the deciding factor in weight maintenance for everyone, which is absurd.

-Woman who builds muscle easily and has lifted all kinds of programs through the years (Olympic, powerlifting, endurance-style)

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, I am very sad. 55 years old, 5'2" and haven't eaten bread or pasta in YEARS. I eat fairly healthy, do lift weights, walk 3 miles daily (at a good clip) and still have to restrict or I would balloon up to over 200 pounds. As it is, I'm 15 pounds of where I'd like to be, and 25 from my ideal weight.

Any celebration, a parent, child or inlaw birthday, a retirement, whatever, seriously I will skip my own dessert and have one small bite from my husband's plate just to not feel completely left out. But it sucks being short, old, and hungry.

Please don't say you lift weights if you are using the Barbie-pink 5 lb dumbbells at the gym.

Right? I lift and I eat freaking pasta and carbs. Wtf

Wow. Why do you care if the PP lifts pink 5-pound weights or black 35 pound dumbells? She is where she is in her weightlifting journey and the color of the dumbells is 100% irrelevant. And your decision to mock her is just mean.

There are people on this board who insist that there’s only a single right way to strength train. There’s not. Even “lifting weights” can look different, depending on an individual’s specific goals and preferences.

Last but not least, bodies are different. They respond differently to strength training, nutritional inputs, etc. That is what it is; stop insisting that your one way will work for everyone.

What PP said is inconsistent. If she were truly lifting heavy, she wouldn't have trouble with maintaining a healthy weight. Which is why I think she isn't exactly 'lifting weights'.

LOL - there you go! You're not "lifting weights" if you're not "lifting heavy." Moreover, you assume that "lifting heavy" is the deciding factor in weight maintenance for everyone, which is absurd.

-Woman who builds muscle easily and has lifted all kinds of programs through the years (Olympic, powerlifting, endurance-style)

Read up on the science if you don't believe me. Nothing works like strength training.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:eating is a function not a form of enjoyment or pleasure , we need to change this or American will continue to be fat

Oh look. The "it's just fuel" guy showed up.

I’m not the original poster but the reality is that people around here are boring. Because of that they turn to something easy for entertainment- food. Food is fuel and people over fuel.

Comparing that to not enjoying a worthwhile pursuit such as sex is just being weak minded.

Food absolutely can and should be enjoyed. But it’s fuel. Once you abandon that as its main purpose you end up where we are. So, stop being boring, find something better to do with your time, and stop eating “yummy” garbage in excess quantities.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, I am very sad. 55 years old, 5'2" and haven't eaten bread or pasta in YEARS. I eat fairly healthy, do lift weights, walk 3 miles daily (at a good clip) and still have to restrict or I would balloon up to over 200 pounds. As it is, I'm 15 pounds of where I'd like to be, and 25 from my ideal weight.

Any celebration, a parent, child or inlaw birthday, a retirement, whatever, seriously I will skip my own dessert and have one small bite from my husband's plate just to not feel completely left out. But it sucks being short, old, and hungry.

Please don't say you lift weights if you are using the Barbie-pink 5 lb dumbbells at the gym.

Right? I lift and I eat freaking pasta and carbs. Wtf

Wow. Why do you care if the PP lifts pink 5-pound weights or black 35 pound dumbells? She is where she is in her weightlifting journey and the color of the dumbells is 100% irrelevant. And your decision to mock her is just mean.

There are people on this board who insist that there’s only a single right way to strength train. There’s not. Even “lifting weights” can look different, depending on an individual’s specific goals and preferences.

Last but not least, bodies are different. They respond differently to strength training, nutritional inputs, etc. That is what it is; stop insisting that your one way will work for everyone.

What PP said is inconsistent. If she were truly lifting heavy, she wouldn't have trouble with maintaining a healthy weight. Which is why I think she isn't exactly 'lifting weights'.

LOL - there you go! You're not "lifting weights" if you're not "lifting heavy." Moreover, you assume that "lifting heavy" is the deciding factor in weight maintenance for everyone, which is absurd.

-Woman who builds muscle easily and has lifted all kinds of programs through the years (Olympic, powerlifting, endurance-style)

Read up on the science if you don't believe me. Nothing works like strength training.

Right, but you’re insisting that strength training is synonymous with lifting heavy. It’s not. There are plenty of ways to strength train, and not all women need barbells to get strong.

[Anonymous]

I have to restrict my diet for other medical reasons, but it doesn’t make me sad. I know my life is better if I stick to it. I do still very occasionally have foods I know I shouldn’t, immediately feel sick, then don’t do it again for a year or two.