CoWorkers Not Supportive & Give Negativity

Bry_Fitness70

Do you have even one other person at work who is "with you" on being fit? If so, support each other. Unfortunately, I don't have another fit coworker to talk fitness with or hang out with at company luncheons, so I just quietly eat according to my own rules and bore anyone to tears with my nutritional philosophies if they make the mistake of shaming me for the way I eat.

Running_and_Coffee

The more you react in any way, the more likely they are to continue to scrutinize what you are eating/doing.

If you insult them, they'll be more curious why you're so riled up. Same if you act surprised, shocked, angry, saddened.
If you explain you're on the XYZ diet and hope to lose 17 lbs, they will feel comfortable offering opinions on the diet, the weight loss goal, etc. Or why are you on a diet, are you trying to meet someone? Avoid a health condition?
If you say something cryptic, sarcastic, funny, self-deprecating--all of these things are going to incite more curiosity.

I'd just shrug, eat my non-sandwich and just say, "This is what I'm eating, thanks." In the most boring way possible. And change the subject.

WinoGelato

Alatariel75 wrote: »

I never understand these threads. Maybe I'm just lucky but in all my years I've never worked in a workplace where people will comment on my food, save for a "looks good!"
Like... "why don't you have a burger instead" is just not something I've ever heard uttered in the lunch room. I mean, maybe if you were burger gal and had eaten a burger for lunch every day since you started and made a big deal of eating burgers and then one day didn't have a burger I could see someone commenting but... that's just weird.

I know, that's why I said there must be more to this story than what OP has shared, some sort of back story or context that would explain why, unsolicited, a coworker would suggest that she eat a burger instead...

Muscleflex79

a guy at my work used to comment how bad for me coke zero/aspartame is...like everyday....I sent him an article on the link between alcohol use (he is a big drinker) and impotence and never heard a word about my aspartame again!!

KayTeeOne

If they don't care about health then just ignore them and keep going

RachelElser

Ignore them. They are your co-workers not your friends, not your family. Outside of work matter, their opinion matters exactly 0% to you.

As for how you can answer their questions, you can go a couple ways. 1- this one takes some time to prep- go into a LONG CONVOLUTED explanation, talking right over them when they try and change the subject, don't answer any other questions, just drone on and on and on and on and on. Feel free to have charts and graphs you can pull out. 2- tell them because it's lunch time and you didn't bring a burger 3- tell them it's none of their business and they are making you very self conscious and creeped out when they seem to be stalking your food choices or 4-Blank stare and "how does that pertain to work?"