# It's all how you look at things...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-all-how-you-look-at-things/646793>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 10, 2013, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-all-how-you-look-at-things/646793 "2013-01-10T20:50:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Zyanthia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Zyanthia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyanthia)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-all-how-you-look-at-things/646793/1 "2013-01-10T20:50:51Z")

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As a back drop, my company ran a health and wellness program over the holidays that was designed to help people from gaining weight over the holiday season.

Today was the weigh-out for the program, and people were coming out happy for the weight they lost. One person came out and said, “I lost a negative 2.5 pounds!”😃

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**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-all-how-you-look-at-things/646793/2 "2013-01-11T01:53:19Z")

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Yes, exactly. This is the problem.

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**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-all-how-you-look-at-things/646793/3 "2013-01-11T13:57:45Z")

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The more grey hair, the higher my rates. 🙂