you're calling drill sargents cruel and childlike?
strange, I see them as good educators...

Don't be a dorkus, Lech. Drill sargents are doing it for education, and not for the sole pleasure of belittling others. I have a hard time believing that school thugs are trying to get kids to change their lives around for the better and become a respectable citizen.


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I never said that school bullies are a good idea, although you can learn from them.
I was saying that drill sargent like motivation, when you 're doign it not for pleasure 9as i had sais before few times) is a good way to motivate people

It's not a good way to motivate people. As an adult I was put down and told things like that and guess what it didn't make me lose weight. As a child it was HORRIBLE!!! With certain things like you say in bootcamp and stuff is one thing(even though I've heard of a guy who killed himself because of the way a drill sargent treated him)! You just can't use that kind of motivation for someone who is trying to lose weight. :mad:

WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS BEING A POSITIVE THREAD??

Some people like to rain on EVERY parade, just put them on ignore like I do!:P

Great thread by the way, I myself am getting ready to go to the gym in awhile!:D

I am trying to help here, why the hell are you accusing me on pissing on your parade?
If you cant take others having point of view different from yours -- that's too bad for you

Leach I can see how you would think that making someone angry would help. It probably does help for SOME people. But when your dealing with people and their weight it's a double edge sword. Some people shut down and say " Yeah he's right I am a fat ass and I don't deserve to be happy" and they continue to eat themselves to death. they have no motivation or self confidence.
The only other way I know how to explain it is .... say someone is a very intelligent person and you came along and this person thought you were a DUMBASS .. and kept calling you dumbass over and over again..... would it make you angry? Of course! Would that make you want to change yourself? Maybe ... it just depends on the person you are dealing with..... That's all I am saying :)

Teri .. the only thing you can do girl is kick yourself in the buttocks and next time you get the munchies DRINK LOTS OF WATER!!!! or chew on ice lol sounds weird but it helps me sometimes

Sometime (or even pretty often) encouregment and support can give people feeling of false comfort, and they would always be about to do something to change their lives, but never achually do anything.
Most of the time people take big steps to change their lives when they get hit hard. That's just human nature.

If you think that calling someone names will help them lose weight then you go a head and do it ;) I'm not gonna be the one that gets punched in the face for calling someone a fat azz:eek:

I am glad this thread is here, lets try to keep it positve and motivating! :thumbsup:

Sure thing Jen:dancing: :dancing: :dancing:

False Hope and False Comfort Vs. ridicule and no self esteem Which is right and which is Wrong?? Who is to say??? But in this thread we are going to encourage each other the NICE way and not put each other down ......

Exactly April:clap: :clap: :clap:

Let's keep ourselves positive and not worry about name calling. I think many of us who have dealt with a weight issue at one time or another know full well that being called names does NOT motivate us to lose, it just makes us feel worse than we already do. So we who care about each other will continue to give support and motivation, and the knuckleheads who think name calling will help us lose weight can kiss our butts.:D

:dancing: You said it Teri:dancing: :bow: :clap: :clap: :clap: