what so many lo carb haters lately???

I stopped at a convenience store this morning, and picked up a lo carb
bar, and diet soda. The guy asks me if i wanna try a soft pretzel
sample, i say no thanks, and he says, "but it's free". So i told him i
don't eat bread. Then he rips into me, oh your one of those people
trying that stupid atkins diet. tells me dr atkins died of a heart
attack, and was so fat he could hardly walk because of the diet he
followed. I just kinda gave him a "whatever you say " sort of look and
left, but i've noticed a lot of people with this attitude lately.
Last month me and my wife were on a cruise, and i got a bunch of
burgers and no buns one day for lunch and a woman comes up and just
goes on a rant about the atkins diet and how bad it is.Then Last week
at the gym, a guy found out through a friend of mine that i was on the
diet, and he tracks me down one night to tell me i'll never get strong
on the diet, and i'll just keep getting weaker because of the diet and
not having carbs, then he hops on the bench and does 250, and i hop on
and put up 470, now this idiot doesn't say anything about me being
strong, just comes back over to me and tells me i won't be benching
that much very long if i stay on the diet. They never ask if it works
or how it's working for me, or anything, and it's never provoked by me
saying anything about the diet, they'll just see me eating something
that makes it obvious i'm a LC'er, or they'll hear through the
grapevine i'm on the diet and they go on a rampage!!! I'm a fairly
big, muscular guy, but these people got some balls too...they come out
of nowhere and just start yelling at me for how i eat, it's just
nuts... alright, was just annoyed and wanted to vent.... have a nice
night everyone!

Dallas

http://dallas.0catch.com/diet.html

On 5/14/04 2:24 PM, in article
, "dtk" wrote:

I stopped at a convenience store this morning, and picked up a lo carb
bar, and diet soda. The guy asks me if i wanna try a soft pretzel
sample, i say no thanks, and he says, "but it's free". So i told him i
don't eat bread. Then he rips into me, oh your one of those people
trying that stupid atkins diet. tells me dr atkins died of a heart
attack, and was so fat he could hardly walk because of the diet he
followed.

Whatever happened to "the customer is always right"?

doug

"dtk" wrote in message
m...
I stopped at a convenience store this morning, and picked up a lo carb
bar, and diet soda. The guy asks me if i wanna try a soft pretzel
sample, i say no thanks, and he says, "but it's free". So i told him i
don't eat bread. Then he rips into me, oh your one of those people
trying that stupid atkins diet. tells me dr atkins died of a heart
attack, and was so fat he could hardly walk because of the diet he
followed. I just kinda gave him a "whatever you say " sort of look and
left, but i've noticed a lot of people with this attitude lately.


that's pretty weird. i usually get the opposite. i'll be buying groceries
and the checkout person will start asking about which diet, and how much
have i lost, and how well does it work... or comment on some new LC
product they have in... i don't think i've ever had anyone bash me about
it.
friends ask what i'm doing because i look good, family wants to know my
secret, yeah, i can't think of a single time someone has been rude about LC
stuff.

oh well.

-kelly

Dallas (that's where I live, by the way), honestly the hugest slap in the face
to callous comments & rude naysayers like these is SUCCESS. You are obviously
progressing, and I saw your page and you are really looking wonderful - sorry,
they're probably just jealous & jaded! Keep on keepin' on; continue to
bench/lift/grunt/whatever the guy lingo is - you'll show them!

Sheila
Size 10 to 2 in 5 months (since 2001), thanks to Atkins!
http://www.SugarFreeSheila.com - My Success Story, Extensive FAQ, & More!

"dtk" wrote in message
m...

not having carbs, then he hops on the bench and does 250,
and i hop on
and put up 470, now this idiot doesn't say anything about
me being

Show him how many times you can bench *him*?

--
Bob
Kanyak's Doghouse
http://www.kanyak.com

Er, Dallas --- you can bench 470....that tells you that dude must be a
complete moron....

You can't overcome the ignorance of others....other than by being a shining
example of success.


dtk wrote:
:: I stopped at a convenience store this morning, and picked up a lo
:: carb bar, and diet soda. The guy asks me if i wanna try a soft
:: pretzel sample, i say no thanks, and he says, "but it's free". So i
:: told him i don't eat bread. Then he rips into me, oh your one of
:: those people trying that stupid atkins diet. tells me dr atkins died
:: of a heart attack, and was so fat he could hardly walk because of
:: the diet he followed. I just kinda gave him a "whatever you say "
:: sort of look and left, but i've noticed a lot of people with this
:: attitude lately. Last month me and my wife were on a cruise, and i
:: got a bunch of burgers and no buns one day for lunch and a woman
:: comes up and just goes on a rant about the atkins diet and how bad
:: it is.Then Last week at the gym, a guy found out through a friend of
:: mine that i was on the diet, and he tracks me down one night to tell
:: me i'll never get strong on the diet, and i'll just keep getting
:: weaker because of the diet and not having carbs, then he hops on the
:: bench and does 250, and i hop on and put up 470, now this idiot
:: doesn't say anything about me being strong, just comes back over to
:: me and tells me i won't be benching that much very long if i stay on
:: the diet. They never ask if it works or how it's working for me, or
:: anything, and it's never provoked by me saying anything about the
:: diet, they'll just see me eating something that makes it obvious i'm
:: a LC'er, or they'll hear through the grapevine i'm on the diet and
:: they go on a rampage!!! I'm a fairly big, muscular guy, but these
:: people got some balls too...they come out of nowhere and just start
:: yelling at me for how i eat, it's just nuts... alright, was just
:: annoyed and wanted to vent.... have a nice night everyone!
::
:: Dallas
::
:: http://dallas.0catch.com/diet.html

dtk,
My dad says my kidneys will fail if I don't get off of it soon, heh.
I've been on it almost a year nonstop, so family members and others are
starting to say it's time for me to go back to eating carbs, normal.

Yeah, so I can eat out of control and get chunky again? I think not

Kerri

6/10/03
*158/113*

It's because you look too nice. If you want these fools to shut up, you
need to learn how to glare and scowl with bad intent.

--
I wake up every morning and remember that I get to spend all day with me. It
doesn't get any better than that. -- MFW


"dtk" wrote in message
m...
I stopped at a convenience store this morning, and picked up a lo carb
bar, and diet soda. The guy asks me if i wanna try a soft pretzel
sample, i say no thanks, and he says, "but it's free". So i told him i
don't eat bread. Then he rips into me, oh your one of those people
trying that stupid atkins diet. tells me dr atkins died of a heart
attack, and was so fat he could hardly walk because of the diet he
followed. I just kinda gave him a "whatever you say " sort of look and
left, but i've noticed a lot of people with this attitude lately.
Last month me and my wife were on a cruise, and i got a bunch of
burgers and no buns one day for lunch and a woman comes up and just
goes on a rant about the atkins diet and how bad it is.Then Last week
at the gym, a guy found out through a friend of mine that i was on the
diet, and he tracks me down one night to tell me i'll never get strong
on the diet, and i'll just keep getting weaker because of the diet and
not having carbs, then he hops on the bench and does 250, and i hop on
and put up 470, now this idiot doesn't say anything about me being
strong, just comes back over to me and tells me i won't be benching
that much very long if i stay on the diet. They never ask if it works
or how it's working for me, or anything, and it's never provoked by me
saying anything about the diet, they'll just see me eating something
that makes it obvious i'm a LC'er, or they'll hear through the
grapevine i'm on the diet and they go on a rampage!!! I'm a fairly
big, muscular guy, but these people got some balls too...they come out
of nowhere and just start yelling at me for how i eat, it's just
nuts... alright, was just annoyed and wanted to vent.... have a nice
night everyone!

Dallas

http://dallas.0catch.com/diet.html

On 13 May 2004 22:24:19 -0700, (dtk) wrote:

I stopped at a convenience store this morning, and picked up a lo carb
bar, and diet soda. The guy asks me if i wanna try a soft pretzel
sample, i say no thanks, and he says, "but it's free". So i told him i
don't eat bread. Then he rips into me, oh your one of those people
trying that stupid atkins diet. tells me dr atkins died of a heart
attack, and was so fat he could hardly walk because of the diet he
followed. I just kinda gave him a "whatever you say " sort of look and
left, but i've noticed a lot of people with this attitude lately.

snip

I've never had a stranger talk to me like that, but I've found that
people I know who comment negatively about low-carb eating have
certain characteristics: they've never struggled with compulsive
overeating, have never been significantly overweight, have always been
able to lose weight through will-power and the low-fat diet and think
anyone who can't lose that way just doesn't have enough self-control,
and/or are generally stuck in the '80s and are still doing things like
eating margarine and using a mini-trampoline for exercise.

Skippy

dtk wrote:

They never ask if it works
or how it's working for me, or anything, and it's never provoked by me
saying anything about the diet, they'll just see me eating something
that makes it obvious i'm a LC'er, or they'll hear through the
grapevine i'm on the diet and they go on a rampage!!!

Why the hell do you let people be rude to you?

I "get" it if a family member or close friend expresses concern, and I'd
explain it to them.

But random strangers attempting to interfere in how you eat? Why are
you not responding with a withering look, a well-placed insult about the
busybody's own physique or health, or a comment about the rudeness of
people who shove their oversized noses into other people's private business?

It's none of their ****ing business. Anyone who decides to be that rude
to you deserves whatever verbal kick-in-the-gonads you dish out.

--
As you accelerate your food, it takes exponentially more and more energy
to increase its velocity, until you hit a limit at C. This energy has
to come from somewhere; in this case, from the food's nutritional value.
Thus, the faster the food is, the worse it gets.
-- Mark Hughes, comprehending the taste of fast food