tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post4080820144004486212..comments2024-03-15T04:01:53.036-04:00Comments on Cranky Fitness: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way To FitCrabby McSlackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12108791388350253344noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-17897734200979096852015-05-18T15:43:32.026-04:002015-05-18T15:43:32.026-04:00Just in case anyone checks in late: I wanted to ap...Just in case anyone checks in late: I wanted to apologize for not responding to all of your comments as I usually do when Crabby lets me in on the Cranky party. None of the electronic devices in my house will allow me to comment! Technology is Big Magic!<br /><br />Please know that I read and appreciate every comment. Genienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-56946167537668110752015-05-18T14:26:08.518-04:002015-05-18T14:26:08.518-04:00Hi,
That's interesting! I thought it was mainl...Hi,<br />That's interesting! I thought it was mainly, ahem, alpha males who would give unsolicited (and usually questionable) advice. :) <br /><br />And that part about health professionals asking you - that's wild, and kind of funny! Yet I've been in so many health facilities lately (fortunately not for my stuff), that one can't help but notice that the folks in there may need to heal themselves. I remember one scene.... I overheard the doc in the hospital telling a patient in very certain terms that he had to stop smoking, almost with the wagging finger. I was there quite awhile visiting that day, and sometime later I saw the doc slip out and begin puffing extravagantly.<br /><br />Very interesting post!<br /><br />Dave/Tabby Davehttp://fitnesstabby.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-30176301256296452852015-05-17T06:22:27.463-04:002015-05-17T06:22:27.463-04:00Hi , i like this post great information , thank yo...Hi , i like this post great information , thank you and keep goingQuick weight loss advicehttp://quickweightlossadvice944.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-40550240377787626642015-05-16T15:38:40.376-04:002015-05-16T15:38:40.376-04:00Great post. I've also found MDs don't know...Great post. I've also found MDs don't know jack about nutrition. Hell my doctor smokes! I too am hearing "oh, you don't want to lose too much weight, you might get sick." I say get sick from what? Executive Supplyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16883968864644116754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-20952335689157304942015-05-16T08:12:02.622-04:002015-05-16T08:12:02.622-04:00OH, BABYCAKES,!! Ditto! Ditto! Double DITTO!
You...OH, BABYCAKES,!! Ditto! Ditto! Double DITTO! <br /><br />You are not alone! All the way through your post I kept thinking, DID I WRITE THIS? But my "favorite," going from 396 to 145, on my own, over years of lifestyle change and no "diets or surgery, and happily holding, also for years, is said in hushed tones... "Honey, are you sick? Do you have cancer or something?" ... Back from Obesity, my weight loss story, is not selling well, and I suspect it's because there is no "how to" or quick fix! ... Glad to read a post from another healthy gal who tells it exactly the way it is!! Blessings!Windy McBeachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17013085433304929887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-73010925737688036742015-05-15T23:33:50.709-04:002015-05-15T23:33:50.709-04:00As a personal trainer this was hilarious to me! I ...As a personal trainer this was hilarious to me! I mean you are losing weight and looking good, take the good with the bad girl! I know alot of ladies (especially the older ones) who struggle to diet and exercise, AND wish that someone would give them any kind of compliment...(even a backhanded one!) You did it for yourself but enjoy the fruits of your labor! Who knows, you may even inspire someone else!Milissa Scotthttp://www.ladiesathomefitness.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-56263016103554543882015-05-15T18:31:56.516-04:002015-05-15T18:31:56.516-04:00Well I think we have been bombarded with so much d...Well I think we have been bombarded with so much destructive talk and advertising that those messages and attitudes manage to seep in and corrode your brain. On the up-side I think I am seeing a general shift in many people's thinking.<br />I have caught myself dropping some smelly judgement or diet talk into conversations and immediately regretting it. I thought I had scrubbed all that junk out of my brain but sometimes "Oops! Look what popped out of my mouth".<br />I am obese and I get comments and I get people treating me like I'm 6 and only vary rarely now, I get abuse. I pretty much ignore what needs ignoring and accept that other people mean well but deliver clumsily or are consumed by their own issues, myself included.Cindyhttp://fatchicksfitness.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-47754465468758502712015-05-14T16:45:28.104-04:002015-05-14T16:45:28.104-04:00It's true that no one wants the answer that it...It's true that no one wants the answer that it has to be done the hard and correct way. That's in everything! There are no shortcuts, however, to any place that would be worth going.messymimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10649529601786689712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-32580186290026422862015-05-14T15:59:22.488-04:002015-05-14T15:59:22.488-04:00No, it's not the thin-is-a-compliment thing. S...No, it's not the thin-is-a-compliment thing. Sometimes it may be, but some of them are close friends of mine who know me better than that, and they have to be convinced (with numbers) that I really haven't lost weight. And some are relatives on my mother's side, where there is a branch that tends to thin and who recognize weight-loss as Not Healthy. (She had emphysema. Some of her relatives had cancer.)<br /><br />Mary Anne in Kentuckysolarityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03606487180967915130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-48918901591668039482015-05-14T15:04:12.426-04:002015-05-14T15:04:12.426-04:00DRG, what a great comment! And likening clueless ...DRG, what a great comment! And likening clueless "helpers" who are no help at all to 5 year olds is a really great idea. No use letting them upset us--just nod attentively until they wander away to the next shiny thing... Crabby McSlackernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-84148878058591557712015-05-14T14:50:25.269-04:002015-05-14T14:50:25.269-04:00Yes, isn't it odd that is so widely believed t...Yes, isn't it odd that is so widely believed to be such a compliment? I don't think they remember you as fatter - I think they are just saying what they'd like to hear from others. Always seems a of a bit tin-eared choice to me.DRGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-33452155779728360242015-05-14T14:47:23.965-04:002015-05-14T14:47:23.965-04:00Well, I lost weight, but not enough to make any dr...Well, I lost weight, but not enough to make any dramatic differences in how I am seen (never got out of regular sizes, or even to the top end of those). But I know what you mean, because I have a couple of very close friends who have struggled for years with weight issues, and they tell me about what they experience. I think the thing is to just feel sorry for those people you describe. I try to react to people who are so sure they know the answer (whatever my particular problem is, and I've had brain cancer, so have had some pretty, uh, creative ideas thrown at me) the same way I react to a 5-year-old who solemnly tells me how to do something of, to his or her perception, grave importance. I smile, I thank them and if they are prepared to listen, I try to bring them back to the world of thought and science. Or if they are actually 5 years old, I try to be sure they don't get too close to knives or matches...<br /><br />As you know so well, the answer is not in a pill bottle or a magazine; it's inside us. Until we are ready to hear it, there is no answer. Not too surprising that people don't much like that. Pity them, and keep that inner glow of satisfaction you have soooo earned!Death Ride Grandmanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-16792835074082502162015-05-14T08:48:53.160-04:002015-05-14T08:48:53.160-04:00Lots of people talk about making changes and getti...Lots of people talk about making changes and getting fit (a discussion often had while drinking coffee and eating buns), but very few of them get off their bum and do anything about it. Less talk more action. You obviously understand this so well done you :~)Strangehttp://barmybulletins.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-16320139745683633782015-05-14T08:43:33.290-04:002015-05-14T08:43:33.290-04:00This is by no means a getting-fit experience, but ...This is by no means a getting-fit experience, but all my teenage and adult life people who haven't seen me in a few months have greeted me with "You've lost weight!" Er, no, I hadn't. Mostly I weighed exactly the same as I had for years. Why do people remember me fatter than I am? I have no idea, but it sure is weird.<br /><br />Mary Anne in Kentuckysolarityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03606487180967915130noreply@blogger.com