I'm like you, I have given up trying to explain why LCing is good for you, most people already have it set in their minds that "ohhh its soo bad for you, blah blah blah....".

I have totally given up explaining myself to people because there will always be those ones that want to argue with you and go on and on and on... so, i just dont bother with it anymore. If someone actually seems open and willing to try LCing, then i'll talk... but other then that... i just ignore what people say and come into work lookin better and better each day!

Once you go off ANY diet, you will gain the weight back..which is why, if you want to be successful, you must make your way of eating a lifestyle change. And as far as having a heart-attack & dieing...ummm...I've been on Atkins over 4 years now, have lost over 100 lbs. and am still alive & better than ever!

The problem is that the average person is not only ignorant, they are indoctrinated. They will parrot their indoctrination at you like their evangelism of food, all kinds of ridiculous nonsense. And then you will have to resist the urge to punch them in the head, and it's always annoying to have that feeling for people that you work with or worse, actually love. So usually it's easier just not to mention it at all. Some people choose to put it differently, like, "I avoid sugar, grains and processed foods, because they don't agree with me."

I don't tell people what I eat and what I don't eat unless they ask. Then if they turn around and tell me "that doesn't work" I simply say you didn't see me 10 years and 130 pounds ago. That generally shuts people up.

If I really don't want to go there I tell them I do not recall asking for their opinion. I used to be less direct in how I phrased it, but I long ago learned that people who want to foist their opinions on me don't understand that I am saying "back off" when I am less direct.

In my view, there is nothing ruder than someone giving their unsolicited opinion on my personal life.

I like this one... Most people don't put 2+2 together with this statement..

I also wanted to add... Another gal at work was lecturing me on diet pepsi and all the potential cancer etc. Now, I only drink about one or 2 cans per week... I'm real good with my water... Anyway, of course she was drinking full on sugary Pepsi... AND she brought her lunch, but first she ate about 3 sugary desserts from the potluck, THEN ate her lunch..

She's constantly shoving her face full of sugar...

I didn't say anything...

I always say ATKINS.

I like to f*$k with people

When I'm talking to patients I use the term "carbohydrate controlled". It seems to go over better.

Lisa

I've never really had anyone be rude to me when it comes to my weight-loss journey. When they ask me how I've lost the weight......I just tell them "I watch my carbs".

P.S.....most people (whom I deal with on a daily basis) just say to me "wow....are/did you lose weight?" to which I simply reply "I'm trying".

I wonder where all those people are when you are taking the biggest slice of cake or a plate full of pastries at some party. Everyone knows that those things make people fat. But yeah... I forgot that obesity doesn't really increase the risk of heart disease and diabetes, among other things...

I don't really feel the need to explain a lot to people about what I eat; however, if it does come up for some reason, what I tell people is that I don't eat processed foods, sugar, dairy or grains. Translation - I eat meat, veggies, nuts and fruit.

I owe Atkins my life.

I make SURE I tell anyone who asks. I don't give a rat's arse if people don't like it or believe me.

I honestly don't give a crap what others think and more or less enjoy their ignorance. Leaves all the meat and cheese for me!


I say things like, 'oh really? doesn't work? well, I've reversed my heart disease and borderline diabetes and lost 120 pounds. So I think it does work.'

"A fad? yes, it's been around since evolution, seems pretty fly-by-night to me"

"Grains are important? oh, yes, to finish off and fatten up livestock... for humans, hardly."

"It's hard to 'give up' insert carby food here'? It's harder to die by digging yourself your grave with your fork."

i wouldn't do that. it's not anyone else's business what you do, or don't, put in your mouth. it's not up to them to tell you that you can't have something. it's your diet structured along the lines of what you've decided is right or wrong, and nobody else gets to tell you otherwise.

as far as i'm concerned, someone telling me what i can't have is far worse than someone trying to push sugary foods on me saying "oh just one bite won't hurt you."

Now see, maybe I'm horrible, but the first words out of my mouth would have been

"Wow. That is the biggest load of bulls*** I've ever heard in my life."

But then, I'm a blunt kind of person

I just find it condescending when people try to put thier "business" in my face...

But really I don't give a shoot.