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jefado Posts: 443 Joined: 2003/04/03	2003/04/30, 02:20 PM well...I'm not serious...I wouldn't want anyone to get hurt.

jefado Posts: 443 Joined: 2003/04/03	2003/04/30, 02:08 PM I'm not usually the type to interfere with another person's life...but my co-workers...MANY of them are on this crazy diet...they're eating next to nothing and taking chromium like mad.... Should I say something? Or let them learn the hard way?
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2003/04/30, 02:09 PM Better let them learn the hard way. -------------- IF YOU CAN STILL ITCH YOUR NOSE AFTER ARM DAY, GO DO ANOTHER SET!!!
jefado Posts: 443 Joined: 2003/04/03	2003/04/30, 02:18 PM <sigh> I'd hate to see 'em turn bright red and start gagging....well, some of them anyway :o)
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2003/04/30, 02:23 PM I know but for oyu to tell them wht they are doing wrong will seem like an attack and that will alienate them -------------- IF YOU CAN STILL ITCH YOUR NOSE AFTER ARM DAY, GO DO ANOTHER SET!!!
Ravenbeauty Posts: 3,755 Joined: 2002/09/24	2003/04/30, 02:25 PM i opt for mutts suggestion, sometimes they need to learn the hard way. that is the trouble with hard headed people, like myself....lol!! -------------- Bettia.... The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
jefado Posts: 443 Joined: 2003/04/03	2003/04/30, 02:52 PM You're right I guess....Besides, they already think I'm a little off :o) Well....that's probably because I am :oP
jefado Posts: 443 Joined: 2003/04/03	2003/04/30, 02:54 PM Just ran a stick horse relay race at work>>>>HA we kicked their butts :o) Kentucky Derby week-all Kentuckians are a lil off this time of year :o)
Miyu Posts: 118 Joined: 2003/04/15	2003/04/30, 02:56 PM Will they really turn bright red? I know next to nothing about supplements- As far as talking to them... most people do NOT like it when someone tells them they're wrong. Save yourself the trouble- if you hear them complaining about above mentioned diet, throw your two cents in, but I wouldn't touch it while they happy with what they're doing.
rev8ball Posts: 3,081 Joined: 2001/12/27	2003/04/30, 03:58 PM Or you could always use a great debate tatic: tell them you're interested about their diet, and have them start giving you details. Then, in an inquisitve way, you can start asking them questions about certain aspects of it; and when they attempt to answer it, ask another question about their answer, until finally, the utter fultility of this diet may become apparent to them. It may not work, but at least to put forth the effort in trying to help them without it seeming like an attack. Good Luck... -------------- Michael "Trample the weak; hurdle the dead!"
sypress Posts: 192 Joined: 2003/04/13	2003/04/30, 07:30 PM Congrats on your relay Jefado. As for your coworkers, let them learn the hard way even if they fall ill. You are doing it the right way. Sometimes people just dont get it that theres no fast way out. Talk to you soon!
bb1fit Posts: 11,105 Joined: 2001/06/30	2003/04/30, 08:07 PM The people who undertake those extreme diets usually don't last too long on them. Maybe after they "fail", you can talk sensibly to them about nutrition, and how negatively the body reacts to "extreme" measures. The body is a very intricate machine, and will fight back, usually with even worse results than before starting. Good luck to you. Try to help them when the time is right. -------------- The one goal you will NEVER achieve is the one you never attempt. Ron
jefado Posts: 443 Joined: 2003/04/03	2003/05/01, 07:30 AM :o) Thanks everybody. I think I'll just have to wing it. I've already tried Rev's idea....They still didn't seem to get it...LOL...But I tried. To think that there are people that are either more stubborn or airheaded than I am-SCARY :o) I believe the pictures from that stick horse relay are in :o) Can't wait to see 'em...they should be TOO funny.
effalunt Posts: 333 Joined: 2002/10/17	2003/05/01, 10:44 AM Find a scare-tactic article about extreme diets and leave it in the coffee room, anonymously... -------------- Think you can or think you can't; either way you're right--Goethe
jefado Posts: 443 Joined: 2003/04/03	2003/05/01, 10:45 AM :o) funny....might work....might just start leaving my fitness mags in the break room when I'm finished reading them...Maybe they'll find some inspiration in them :o)