Re: My concerned friend and my Seinfeld moment

[Guest guest]

Wow! What a story! That's so cool that you are swaying them from " the

darkside " haha! Anyway, I am pretty new here...how long have you been

doing this, how much have you lost, and can we see your pics too? You

don't have to answer, but I was just curious. Thanks!

e

--- Dianne wrote:

> Well wasn't I shocked yesterday when a very good friend of mine

> invited me to dinner. When I got there several other friends were

> there as well. I thought, hey this is great, everyone getting

> together. To my amazement, it was an " intervention " (this is the

> Seinfeld part) of some sort concerning my health and obsession

> with exercise and food. They are very concerned beacuse I have

> lost so much weight and am too " rigid " in my eating plan and

> asking me when I will finish this " diet " and exercise fad. So I had

> to sit there and explain the whole BFL plan and then explain that

> it's for life and I'll never stop. Once we starting discussing all of

>

> the basics, they seemed OK with my continuing, and I think I

> even starting swaying them. It was sweet to see their concern,

> but at points it was also hard to control feeling so trapped in a

> planned confrontation. I'm heading out to buy 6 copies of BFL for

> my future recruits (I hope). I'm gonna enclose my b4 and afters

> with each copy. Funny how when you start getting healthy and

> really taking control people can feel threatened by it. I wonder

> why they never did this when I was progressively getting fatter,

> lazy, and unhealthy while pounding down McDs and Taco Bell.

> Hmmmmm, anyway, just thought I'd share.

> Dianne

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Wow! What a story! That's so cool that you are swaying them from " the

darkside " haha! Anyway, I am pretty new here...how long have you been

doing this, how much have you lost, and can we see your pics too? You

don't have to answer, but I was just curious. Thanks!

e

--- Dianne wrote:

> Well wasn't I shocked yesterday when a very good friend of mine

> invited me to dinner. When I got there several other friends were

> there as well. I thought, hey this is great, everyone getting

> together. To my amazement, it was an " intervention " (this is the

> Seinfeld part) of some sort concerning my health and obsession

> with exercise and food. They are very concerned beacuse I have

> lost so much weight and am too " rigid " in my eating plan and

> asking me when I will finish this " diet " and exercise fad. So I had

> to sit there and explain the whole BFL plan and then explain that

> it's for life and I'll never stop. Once we starting discussing all of

>

> the basics, they seemed OK with my continuing, and I think I

> even starting swaying them. It was sweet to see their concern,

> but at points it was also hard to control feeling so trapped in a

> planned confrontation. I'm heading out to buy 6 copies of BFL for

> my future recruits (I hope). I'm gonna enclose my b4 and afters

> with each copy. Funny how when you start getting healthy and

> really taking control people can feel threatened by it. I wonder

> why they never did this when I was progressively getting fatter,

> lazy, and unhealthy while pounding down McDs and Taco Bell.

> Hmmmmm, anyway, just thought I'd share.

> Dianne

>

>

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[Guest guest]

My husband's grandmother tried this on me(and him) one day, too,

saying that we were 'getting too thin'(I'm 135 lbs./5'5 " and my

husband is 170 lbs./5'6 " ) and when were we 'going to stop dieting'.

I explained to her the way the program works, and she cautioned me,

saying we were going to get too skinny and look bad when we were

old. This is from a family where almost everyone is overweight and

there's always too much food at every gathering.

I took it with a grain of salt, but I wanted to laugh. A while ago

there was a thrown together family gathering, and we brought our own

food(it was the day after free day). She couldn't help herself but

try to convince to just have a little of this or that. Well, I'm not

stopping either, 'cuz I don't need a Wisconsin butt(extra wide

load)! I save the burgers and brats and munchies for free day and

hardly even miss them in week 11!

Angie

> Well wasn't I shocked yesterday when a very good friend of mine

> invited me to dinner. When I got there several other friends were

> there as well. I thought, hey this is great, everyone getting

> together. To my amazement, it was an " intervention " (this is the

> Seinfeld part) of some sort concerning my health and obsession

> with exercise and food. They are very concerned beacuse I have

> lost so much weight and am too " rigid " in my eating plan and

> asking me when I will finish this " diet " and exercise fad. So I had

> to sit there and explain the whole BFL plan and then explain that

> it's for life and I'll never stop. Once we starting discussing all

of

> the basics, they seemed OK with my continuing, and I think I

> even starting swaying them. It was sweet to see their concern,

> but at points it was also hard to control feeling so trapped in a

> planned confrontation. I'm heading out to buy 6 copies of BFL for

> my future recruits (I hope). I'm gonna enclose my b4 and afters

> with each copy. Funny how when you start getting healthy and

> really taking control people can feel threatened by it. I wonder

> why they never did this when I was progressively getting fatter,

> lazy, and unhealthy while pounding down McDs and Taco Bell.

> Hmmmmm, anyway, just thought I'd share.

> Dianne

[Guest guest]

My husband's grandmother tried this on me(and him) one day, too,

saying that we were 'getting too thin'(I'm 135 lbs./5'5 " and my

husband is 170 lbs./5'6 " ) and when were we 'going to stop dieting'.

I explained to her the way the program works, and she cautioned me,

saying we were going to get too skinny and look bad when we were

old. This is from a family where almost everyone is overweight and

there's always too much food at every gathering.

I took it with a grain of salt, but I wanted to laugh. A while ago

there was a thrown together family gathering, and we brought our own

food(it was the day after free day). She couldn't help herself but

try to convince to just have a little of this or that. Well, I'm not

stopping either, 'cuz I don't need a Wisconsin butt(extra wide

load)! I save the burgers and brats and munchies for free day and

hardly even miss them in week 11!

Angie

> Well wasn't I shocked yesterday when a very good friend of mine

> invited me to dinner. When I got there several other friends were

> there as well. I thought, hey this is great, everyone getting

> together. To my amazement, it was an " intervention " (this is the

> Seinfeld part) of some sort concerning my health and obsession

> with exercise and food. They are very concerned beacuse I have

> lost so much weight and am too " rigid " in my eating plan and

> asking me when I will finish this " diet " and exercise fad. So I had

> to sit there and explain the whole BFL plan and then explain that

> it's for life and I'll never stop. Once we starting discussing all

of

> the basics, they seemed OK with my continuing, and I think I

> even starting swaying them. It was sweet to see their concern,

> but at points it was also hard to control feeling so trapped in a

> planned confrontation. I'm heading out to buy 6 copies of BFL for

> my future recruits (I hope). I'm gonna enclose my b4 and afters

> with each copy. Funny how when you start getting healthy and

> really taking control people can feel threatened by it. I wonder

> why they never did this when I was progressively getting fatter,

> lazy, and unhealthy while pounding down McDs and Taco Bell.

> Hmmmmm, anyway, just thought I'd share.

> Dianne

[Guest guest]

Obsession? Most people are obsessed with sitting in front of the TV

too much and munching down on food. I'd much rather have

someone " intervene " in this case, but I am sure no one would. Or if

someone is eating fast food for lunch everyday, we could say they are

obsessed with fast food. Am I obsessed with cleanliness since I like

to shower every day?

The funny thing is that people seem to ignore the fact that we are

eating 6 meals per day. It isn't like we have stopped eating. And

we aren't obsessed with exercise. It is just a natural part of our

daily routine. People could accuse you of being obsessed with a lot

of things just because you do them. I'd like to know since when

exercise and eating right was bad for your health. Most people need

to take the time to look in the mirror at themselves instead of

worrying too much about other people that they don't need to worry

about.

It is too bad that you had to explain everything to them. It would

have been a more positive situation had they asked you how you had

lost the weight, what you were doing for exercise, etc. They should

have been asking questions.

We have to be rigid in our eating plan or BFL won't work very well.

They should understand that one can never be finished concerning diet

and exercise. If you finish, where do you go from there? Back to

where you used to be before you started. What is the point?

Good that you could educate them and a good idea to buy them all

copies of the book.

Andyman

> Well wasn't I shocked yesterday when a very good friend of mine

> invited me to dinner. When I got there several other friends were

> there as well. I thought, hey this is great, everyone getting

> together. To my amazement, it was an " intervention " (this is the

> Seinfeld part) of some sort concerning my health and obsession

> with exercise and food. They are very concerned beacuse I have

> lost so much weight and am too " rigid " in my eating plan and

> asking me when I will finish this " diet " and exercise fad. So I had

> to sit there and explain the whole BFL plan and then explain that

> it's for life and I'll never stop. Once we starting discussing all

of

> the basics, they seemed OK with my continuing, and I think I

> even starting swaying them. It was sweet to see their concern,

> but at points it was also hard to control feeling so trapped in a

> planned confrontation. I'm heading out to buy 6 copies of BFL for

> my future recruits (I hope). I'm gonna enclose my b4 and afters

> with each copy. Funny how when you start getting healthy and

> really taking control people can feel threatened by it. I wonder

> why they never did this when I was progressively getting fatter,

> lazy, and unhealthy while pounding down McDs and Taco Bell.

> Hmmmmm, anyway, just thought I'd share.

> Dianne

[Guest guest]

ROFLMAO!!!!!

Your letter wins Letter Of The Day!

Tell your friends not to worry, I know a BFL de-programmer!

heh, heh,

Les

>

>Subject: My concerned friend and my Seinfeld moment

>Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 17:43:06 -0000

>

>Well wasn't I shocked yesterday when a very good friend of mine

>invited me to dinner. When I got there several other friends were

>there as well. I thought, hey this is great, everyone getting

>together. To my amazement, it was an " intervention " (this is the

>Seinfeld part) of some sort concerning my health and obsession

>with exercise and food. They are very concerned beacuse I have

>lost so much weight and am too " rigid " in my eating plan and

>asking me when I will finish this " diet " and exercise fad. So I had

>to sit there and explain the whole BFL plan and then explain that

>it's for life and I'll never stop. Once we starting discussing all of

>the basics, they seemed OK with my continuing, and I think I

>even starting swaying them. It was sweet to see their concern,

>but at points it was also hard to control feeling so trapped in a

>planned confrontation. I'm heading out to buy 6 copies of BFL for

>my future recruits (I hope). I'm gonna enclose my b4 and afters

>with each copy. Funny how when you start getting healthy and

>really taking control people can feel threatened by it. I wonder

>why they never did this when I was progressively getting fatter,

>lazy, and unhealthy while pounding down McDs and Taco Bell.

>Hmmmmm, anyway, just thought I'd share.

>Dianne

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[Guest guest]

ROFLMAO!!!!!

Your letter wins Letter Of The Day!

Tell your friends not to worry, I know a BFL de-programmer!

heh, heh,

Les

>

>Subject: My concerned friend and my Seinfeld moment

>Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 17:43:06 -0000

>

>Well wasn't I shocked yesterday when a very good friend of mine

>invited me to dinner. When I got there several other friends were

>there as well. I thought, hey this is great, everyone getting

>together. To my amazement, it was an " intervention " (this is the

>Seinfeld part) of some sort concerning my health and obsession

>with exercise and food. They are very concerned beacuse I have

>lost so much weight and am too " rigid " in my eating plan and

>asking me when I will finish this " diet " and exercise fad. So I had

>to sit there and explain the whole BFL plan and then explain that

>it's for life and I'll never stop. Once we starting discussing all of

>the basics, they seemed OK with my continuing, and I think I

>even starting swaying them. It was sweet to see their concern,

>but at points it was also hard to control feeling so trapped in a

>planned confrontation. I'm heading out to buy 6 copies of BFL for

>my future recruits (I hope). I'm gonna enclose my b4 and afters

>with each copy. Funny how when you start getting healthy and

>really taking control people can feel threatened by it. I wonder

>why they never did this when I was progressively getting fatter,

>lazy, and unhealthy while pounding down McDs and Taco Bell.

>Hmmmmm, anyway, just thought I'd share.

>Dianne

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[Guest guest]

Dianne,

I think it's nice of your friends to be concerned! But from their

reaction I'd say it's probably because you look fantastic. Not to be

mean, but do you think they might be the teensy-weensy-ist bit

jealous?

Its funny the reactions that people have to stars and girls that are

very lean. " They " even made Barbie fatter because they didn't want

little girls to wonder why they don't have a 12 inch waist or

something like that. The AMAZING thing is that if you compare deaths

in the US caused by obesity to the deaths caused by being too lean,

I'd say the obesity wins by a landslide! I'd love to do some

research on the statistics. But you're right, you are soooooo much

healthier lean than overweight. GOOD FOR YOU! Congratulations. I

can't wait until I get lean enough to get an intervention! ha ha ha h

Jeanne

[Guest guest]

Dianne,

All I can say is wow. I can't possibly imagine being

in your situation. Would I be angry or laugh

hysterically? Good for you for turning it into an

opportunity to teach them about BFL!

> Funny how when you start getting

> healthy and

> really taking control people can feel threatened by

> it.

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[Guest guest]

saw this today and thought of this thread.

http://www.toonoftheweek.com/

> Well wasn't I shocked yesterday when a very good friend of mine

> invited me to dinner. When I got there several other friends were

> there as well. I thought, hey this is great, everyone getting

> together. To my amazement, it was an " intervention " (this is the

> Seinfeld part) of some sort concerning my health and obsession

> with exercise and food. They are very concerned beacuse I have

> lost so much weight and am too " rigid " in my eating plan and

> asking me when I will finish this " diet " and exercise fad. So I had

> to sit there and explain the whole BFL plan and then explain that

> it's for life and I'll never stop. Once we starting discussing all

of

> the basics, they seemed OK with my continuing, and I think I

> even starting swaying them. It was sweet to see their concern,

> but at points it was also hard to control feeling so trapped in a

> planned confrontation. I'm heading out to buy 6 copies of BFL for

> my future recruits (I hope). I'm gonna enclose my b4 and afters

> with each copy. Funny how when you start getting healthy and

> really taking control people can feel threatened by it. I wonder

> why they never did this when I was progressively getting fatter,

> lazy, and unhealthy while pounding down McDs and Taco Bell.

> Hmmmmm, anyway, just thought I'd share.

> Dianne

[Guest guest]

saw this today and thought of this thread.

http://www.toonoftheweek.com/

> Well wasn't I shocked yesterday when a very good friend of mine

> invited me to dinner. When I got there several other friends were

> there as well. I thought, hey this is great, everyone getting

> together. To my amazement, it was an " intervention " (this is the

> Seinfeld part) of some sort concerning my health and obsession

> with exercise and food. They are very concerned beacuse I have

> lost so much weight and am too " rigid " in my eating plan and

> asking me when I will finish this " diet " and exercise fad. So I had

> to sit there and explain the whole BFL plan and then explain that

> it's for life and I'll never stop. Once we starting discussing all

of

> the basics, they seemed OK with my continuing, and I think I

> even starting swaying them. It was sweet to see their concern,

> but at points it was also hard to control feeling so trapped in a

> planned confrontation. I'm heading out to buy 6 copies of BFL for

> my future recruits (I hope). I'm gonna enclose my b4 and afters

> with each copy. Funny how when you start getting healthy and

> really taking control people can feel threatened by it. I wonder

> why they never did this when I was progressively getting fatter,

> lazy, and unhealthy while pounding down McDs and Taco Bell.

> Hmmmmm, anyway, just thought I'd share.

> Dianne