I know this has been posted before but i am SO SICK of these people who think they know what this WOL is about and dont have a clue. My SO calls me today and starts going off on a rant about how im killing myself and making myself sick and im "going to an extreme" and im not healthy. People have been doing this diet for 30 years!! If it was dangerous they wouldn't still be doing it. And no matter what i say i get argued with. "You NEED carbs" I tell them i eat lettuce and celery and other vegetables that have carbs "those arent carbs" they say.. whatever. Im not changing my way of life because of you, its working perfectly fine for me. For the first time in my life i can actually say no to foods and control myself when it comes to eating. Okay thanks for listening.

You went from 370 to 160 and people are critical???!!??

Are they insane?

That is PHENOMENAL!

Do they really think you would be healthier and happier if you were heavier?

You are amazing and should just ignore the ignorant.

NYorker took the words right out of my mouth!!!!

Just look at your stats!!!

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I know how frustrating it gets to constantly have to defend our WOL. But you have done an amazing job and your family has to know that you are so much healthier now. Wow you have done a remarkable job. Way to go!! I would love to see a gallery set up for you. that would be such an inspiration. Don't let your family get you down. In the end we are the only ones that make decisions for ourselves.

Am I ever with NYorker's sentiment!! I can't believe anyone would be critical of you given what you have accomplished !! (Was your SO with you at the start of your LC journey? and does your SO have a weight issue? I guess I am nonpulsed, given your success, that anyone would be anything but super-supportive.)

WOW! I just saw your stats, and that is IMPRESSIVE!! I am sorry that people are giving you a hard time about this. Is it that your SO is getting jelous, and worried about you because of how awesome you are looking, and might want you to gain back some weight?? I just cant figure out why someone would say that??

You go Matt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Way to go, Matt! Your stats are the proof in the LC pudding.

People need to RTFM before criticizing and being all concerned, watching an eppy of Dateline NBC doesn't cut it.

Wow, Matt!!! That's totally awesome!!!

If you were diabetic would they be demanding you stuff yourself with sugar? Don't let them get you down just be proud of what you have accomplished!

You're stats speak for themselves. And people have been eating this way for hundreds of thousands of years. Low-fat high carb is the "untested dangerous diet". Way to go on the weight loss. Your family should be thrilled.

When people start telling me it's unhealthy I ask them how do they know? They usually either spout "I saw it on the news" or some other nonsense. I tell them they should start reading medical journals and not get their health info off the 6 o'clock news. I told a nutritionist that once, because she couldn't back up any of the crap she was teaching us (Food pyramid).

Nah have her watch the news. Then she would know they are considering reevaluating the food pyramid and conduucting research that includes recomending cutting down sugar and refined flours.

(((((((((((((((((((MATT)))))))))))))))))))))))
Theres a hug from somone who truly admires what you have acomplished..You are an inspiration to me.
LOve Angel

so if those vegies aren't carbs what are they? chopped cheese?

Do people even know what rubbish comes out of their mouth?

So these people who 'love' you and want the best for you, want you to have some potato and bread and cake and start to feel sick so that they can feel better?.............you have to wonder............

People just amaze me. I have women at my work who know Ive lost 60 lbs. on LC. One sits at break and eats tuna, skim milk and a piece of bread. So we get on the conversation about how skim milk is worse because of the sugar and I mention that I use half n half. So she starts talking about how much fat is in h and h. So I want to just say "well gee, who has lost 60 lbs. and who hasnt?" they just crack me up....