Fit Shaming

pinksarah7

Yes! I'm constantly nagged at work for eating healthy. I have no problem passing up donuts to eat hard boiled eggs or veggie, but people are constantly having something to say about what I'm eating. Trust me, I'd love to eat sugary, fatty foods all day. I love food. But I feel better in general eating healthy. Then they have something to say about how small my waist is as if I was just given this body & do nothing for it. I put a lot of effort into working out & eating healthy.

jdhcm2006

I get "don't lose anymore weight you're too skinny now..." or looks when I'm asked if I'm still trying to lose weight and I'll say "yeah I want to be between a certain weight b/c that's a healthy weight for my height." It's from family members b/c I don't generally talk about my weight, diet, or exercise goals with other people. I know it's coming from a place of concern, so I don't let it bother me b/c I know it's all in love. They don't harp on me about it. It's 1 comment here and there and then we don't talk about it anymore until I see them the next week, lol.

I do have a few coworkers who I happily talk fitness with and who happily talk with me about it. They're runners and I pole and we talk protein, how long their runs were, if they're training for a marathon, new moves I learned in class, best stretches for a sore muscle, etc. It's nice.