LOSE is the word to use when you are trying to LOSE weight.

LOOSE is the word to use when your clothes are getting LOOSE while you are losing weight.

LOSING is the word to use when you are in the process of LOSING weight.

LOSER is the word to use when you think you are a slow LOSER.

LOOSER is the word to use when your pants are LOOSER than they were before you lost weight.

No, I am not the grammar police. Yes, you can search my posts and I am sure you will find many grammar errors.

Seriously, this is a weight loss forum and it drives me crazy when people do not know the difference between lose and loose.

Ok, my rant is over...

Just gotta laugh sometimes. Sometimes my typos are because my brain goes faster than I can type....

So true! I just did it in another post where I replied to someone. I did lol at myself. I didn't proof read it, I was tired and was typing fast and wrote lose instead of loose! I understand those things happen. I rarely rant and rave, usually I let things slide and not get to me. I must have been in a bit of a snarky mood yesterday when made this topic.

And because it's my birthday, can we ask every adult NOT to use "text talk" for the next 24 hours? Seriously, once you are over the age of 16, is it so hard to type your words out?

I come off here as a lousy speller. The fact is that my ipad for reasons of its own changes my spellings. it joins words, drops letters. changes spellings and adds/deletes caps at will. If there is spell check on it I have yet to discover it. Sometimes I click "post" without first checking it. I used to be mortified when later I would look back on it and see the terrible typos, including loose-lose. Now, not so much.

This is a help forum and there are people from many backgrounds and levels of education here. I do think it's kind of mean to point out the grammar mistakes of others in a help forum. Some people have issues they struggle with and those people should be able to ask or answer a question without fear of being ridiculed. I personally know someone that would get a great deal out of this forum and be able to contribute greatly due to her unique history but will not try. She came and read through many threads and decided that it wasn't worth the risk of embarrassment. She shouldn't have to feel that way, not in the adult world.

LOSE is the word to use when you are trying to LOSE weight.

LOOSE is the word to use when your clothes are getting LOOSE while you are losing weight.

LOSING is the word to use when you are in the process of LOSING weight.

LOSER is the word to use when you think you are a slow LOSER.

LOOSER is the word to use when your pants are LOOSER than they were before you lost weight.

No' date=' I am not the grammar police. Yes, you can search my posts and I am sure you will find many grammar errors.

Seriously, this is a weight loss forum and it drives me crazy when people do not know the difference between lose and loose.

Ok, my rant is over...[/quote']

LOLOL!

I am totally the grammar police' date=' I just stop myself from hitting the post button once I've ranted about it. [/quote']

Me too, omgsh, lol.

While we're on this topic can we have a quiet chat about they're (they are)' date=' there (a place or direction), their (belonging to a person), where (a place or time), we're (we are) and were (reference to a past tense event).

That's all I'm saying.[/quote']

Again, HAHAHAH, IKKKKK, I hate that one w a passion, and I read a post w it like that today, lolol. Yall r crazy funny today:D

I come off here as a lousy speller. The fact is that my ipad for reasons of its own changes my spellings. it joins words, drops letters. changes spellings and adds/deletes caps at will. If there is spell check on it I have yet to discover it. Sometimes I click "post" without first checking it. I used to be mortified when later I would look back on it and see the terrible typos, including loose-lose. Now, not so much.

This is a help forum and there are people from many backgrounds and levels of education here. I do think it's kind of mean to point out the grammar mistakes of others in a help forum. Some people have issues they struggle with and those people should be able to ask or answer a question without fear of being ridiculed. I personally know someone that would get a great deal out of this forum and be able to contribute greatly due to her unique history but will not try. She came and read through many threads and decided that it wasn't worth the risk of embarrassment. She shouldn't have to feel that way, not in the adult world.

Which is why I put this in the Rants and Raves section of this forum:

Vertical Sleeve Talk Rants & Raves

Want debate? Get it here. Gripe, complain, moan, fight, rant and rave. Enter at your own risk!

OK, not a problem. You put it in the Rants section because you can. I voiced my opinion on it because I can. No biggy. I just don't think its cool to be mean or hurtful to others and its certainly not funny. Just my opinion and I'll bet the world will continue to spin even though it differs from yours. Its all good.

Hey sarsar, how are those lunges going?

And because it's my birthday, can we ask every adult NOT to use "text talk" for the next 24 hours? Seriously, once you are over the age of 16, is it so hard to type your words out?

LL, HB2U! hope u have a gr8 day!

On the other hand.. Wouldn't it be nice if this was our greatest worry in life?

Yippee... It's Friday

Hey sarsar, how are those lunges going?

Going great, off to do some with my trainer in an hour...gotta keep my hip flexors lose...

For those who don't know, that was making fun of myself not anyone else!

Yes' date=' I am with all of you on those, too![/quote']

How about your and you're?

I've never let my school interfere with my education.

Mark Twain

The fact of the matter is we are all human. We make mistakes on a daily basis!

Life is short...we are fat.... And we can't spell!

I don't know about you, but I'm working on the not being fat thing, spelling can wait or should I say weight

I come off here as a lousy speller. The fact is that my ipad for reasons of its own changes my spellings. it joins words, drops letters. changes spellings and adds/deletes caps at will. If there is spell check on it I have yet to discover it. Sometimes I click "post" without first checking it. I used to be mortified when later I would look back on it and see the terrible typos, including loose-lose. Now, not so much.

This is a help forum and there are people from many backgrounds and levels of education here. I do think it's kind of mean to point out the grammar mistakes of others in a help forum. Some people have issues they struggle with and those people should be able to ask or answer a question without fear of being ridiculed. I personally know someone that would get a great deal out of this forum and be able to contribute greatly due to her unique history but will not try. She came and read through many threads and decided that it wasn't worth the risk of embarrassment. She shouldn't have to feel that way, not in the adult world.

OK, not a problem. You put it in the Rants section because you can. I voiced my opinion on it because I can. No biggy. I just don't think its cool to be mean or hurtful to others and its certainly not funny. Just my opinion and I'll bet the world will continue to spin even though it differs from yours. Its all good.

You know, after thinking about this a bit I can understand where you are coming from. If you knew me in real life or even from this forum, you would know that I have a good heart. I make fun of myself more than anyone I know. You can look in the fitness section and see what I'm talking about. I am terrible at grammar and am thankful for spell check. In fact, when I first started looking into surgery over 2 years ago and joined this forum, I had to figure out how to spell lose and loose because I didn't know which one was correct!

Also, everyone on this forum is at a different stage in their journey. When I first joined if I would have read this post it may have offended me because I was at a very emotional state. Now, not so much. I don't dwell on it if people use the words lose and loose wrong. I didn't even have any certain person in mind when I posted this, just something I have seen a lot on here recently.

We are all in this weight loss thing together, doesn't matter if we want to lose or loose the weight!