I had a coworker shove chocolate in my face repeatedly saying "eat it"

They are always asking me if I want to order chinese/pizza etc with them and then saying "oh. I forgot. You don't eat anything but seeds and leaves"

One of them watched me pull out my lunch the other day and said "I bet you just want a big cheeseburger right now". I told her that actually I'm not very hungry and am trying to force myself to eat this. She didnt really seem to know what to say to that.

They are now starting to tell me that I am losing TOO much and should stop the diet soon or they're gonna get concerned. WTF? I'm still over 200 lbs?!?

So wierd

Egads you guys work with some nuts! I usually have never had bad comments on my lunch other than "oh that looks good, oh that smells good, how do you make that, etc..."

BUT they do bring a LOT of treats- and I'm dreading the next month and a half. People finally stopped bringing in holiday candy and now they are bringing in baked goods! Donuts, banana bread (oh gawd drool), bagels, pretzels, etc. I have politely declined everything and lucky for me I work with a bunch of fitness nuts but there are times people say "oh just one..."

Overall I decline but it's hard.

I think if someone told me I was eating rabbit food I'd say "hm, rabbits get a lot of hanky panky, I think I want to be a rabbit so I'm gonna continue this way of eating cuz who wouldn't WANT to be a rabbit..."

lol.

These heady months at the end of the year seem like one long holiday, during which people at the office eat & eat & eat.

I want to call it HallowThanksMas.

In January, these same people will take me aside quietly, one by one. (The ladies' room, when we're side-by-side washing our hands or checking our hair, is a favorite place.) They will tell me how bad they feel about their weight & how they want to make a change. They will ask me what I eat & tell me they plan to exercise.

I will be warmly encouraging & will momentarily forget how they pouted, just weeks before, & said wheedling, childish things when I wouldn't eat any of their snickerdoodles or snowballs or pecan squares or whatever they were pushing that day.

I think that's what discourages me most about eating right... people's comments. I'm very shy and bashful in person, I hate eating in front of people or fixing a plate in front of others. (Yeah, I know they know I eat... but I'm insecure. I assume they are thinking "Gawd, look at that fat cow chewing her cud!") So when I do eat well or bring my lunch I hate the attention I get. I hate the comments... I've heard all of them that you all have heard too.

I just wish people would bugger off an let me be... haha When it comes to working on a healthy lifestyle change (hate to call it a diet) I want no attention. Guess I'm just difficult like that...

I've lost a very small amount of weight compared to other women on this site, but I've learned tons. I've also found that I have probably never eaten healthy ever. My mother and I constantly disagree on what's healthy and not ... well not so much disagree as she says "Well, this is what I've always bought." or "Well, I have to make stuff that everyone else will eat too."

I made a vegan dish for the church dinner which consisted of red quinoa, bell peppers, onions, garlic, mushrooms, and tofurkey sausage. My brother took one look at it and disgustingly exclaimed, "Ew, what is that?!!" I have mentioned before that he won't touch veggies. When I try to get him to eat any, my parents scold me, saying that he doesn't have eat anything he doesn't want to.

I agree with what you wrote. I'm afraid people are going to be like, "Dang, that fat girl is fixing her plate. Hope she will leave some for me." or something akin to that. Or if I ever decide to eat something healthier and someone sees it, they'll be like, "Oh, fat girl's on a diet. We'll see how long this lasts before she's chugging down chocolate and pizza!"

Exactly! I'm always concerned they are thinking those thoughts.
I know most of the time I'm being a bit paranoid and self-conscious... but I guess that's just something I'll have to work through.

That's sad your parents act that way about you getting on track and eating healthy. At least you are trying to get your brother to try a healthy dish. I say, no harm no foul in at least offering him some. All he has to do is say "no thanks."

Exactly, but I do wish he would at least try a bite (a real bite, not just lightly touching the tip of his tongue to it) first. He's only 10, so he really should be made to eat healthier. I always had to try stuff I didn't want when I was his age.

when colleagues comment about what i eat, i tell them straight out that i am dieting.

...but i don't stop there: for some reason, i have this compulsion to tell them how many calories they are consuming and how many hours of exercise it would take to burn them off... which annoys them. lol. so now they never start this talk with me or they'll regret it.

Same here. My mum grew up in the war years and was nearly 18 before rationing completely ended. What was "good for you" when she was young was big meat pies and full cream milk because they had some fats and proteins in them, such things were a luxury. Nobody worried about her getting enough vegetables because that was 90% of what everyone had since you could pull them out of your garden without a coupon book. She has done modern diets since, but still has ingrained in her head that a pork pie is good for you. She used to force me to eat them (for a snack!!) as a child even though I hated them, promising me that they were not fattening. 350cals and 23g fat per 3oz pie, and believe me these things are super-dense, 3oz of pie would fit on the end of your pencil as an eraser. Similar texture too.

Not sure if you have anything quite as revolting as a pork pie across the pond, if you are thinking of a nice hot pie with some diced pork in it, go google this thing - eurcgh!

It wasn't pork pie I had to google - know those dense little guys - it was "Eurgh", to wit:Thanks for the new word.

Well, my mother isn't quite that extreme. Her biggest problem is that even if she agrees with me, she still won't change her eating habits because my dad is super picky and will only eat a selective amount of meals (usually pasta, meatloaf, casserole, beans and cornbread, fried fish, fried chicken ect). But she is willing to try new things, and if I make something that she's never had before, then I will usually take her some.

I hate any comment beyond "that looks good", but what really pisses me off is advice. I work with this one lady that is really into fad diets and will be like "But where is your fish oil?" and "Oh noes, that's alkaline!". She will then proceed to tell me about how when she did [whatever] the weight just "melted off" and she doesn't seem to notice that it never stays off.

My employers (husband and wife; small convenience store/deli/bakery) are SO friggin nosy about what I bring in for lunch. First, even though we are in a food setting, they have never offered me anything for lunchtime. Granted, if I worked in a bank, I wouldn't expect to be offered cash for free but you know what I mean.

But they won't say anything about other employees that stroll over to the deli, make themself a sandwich or salad, then walk away.

So I always bring something in. I have to HIDE it because if I leave it out in sight, they will comment on it ("Oh, Holly brought some lunch..what's in your lunch, Holly?" in this really stupid condensencing tone of voice) Also, I am not given time to eat it. I have to stand and fork it down, in between customers. So I get very resentful of that. Last year he said, "oh Holly, are you going to share your lunch with me?" And I said "I would share with you, ___, if you would give me just 5 damn minutes to eat it in the back room" and he said, "Oh, Holly, you don't have to share your lunch with me".

The wife will stand there and slurp down soup right in front of customers, wipe off her mouth with her hand, then make them a sandwich without washing her hands or using gloves (yes a customer called the Health Dept. on them once after seeing that; all they got was a verbal warning)

At one point I was making the same thing every day and bringing it in. It was working out SO WELL for me. I'd make a skillet of a cup of EggBeaters and a ton of sauteed veggies and it was a huge amount of food for a very few calories. So I was having it every day, really enjoying it, and the wife would say 'you're eating that AGAIN? God! ugh!'

The man is strange about food..he will 'hide eat' . Meaning he will wait til no one is around, then put something together and eat it furtively. I see his mouth moving from where I'm stuck behind the register. He won't eat out in the open. He has about a 5 month pregnant beer belly but he will make horrible mean 'fat' comments about customers.

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Wise up old timer

It's obvious she is hitting on you

I work with a bunch of construction guys...the only time any one even pays attention the the other guys food is if he wants some of it!

My guys are always passing around burritos or bbq ribs that they or their wives made....if you want one, take one...if not don't.....no one even cares.