Funny looks when buying healthy food...

RoseBlanc

i work in a supermarket doing that very job and ive been doing it a LONG time. We really dont even notice what your buying because we see so much food going through all day we are really bored with it all.We really like to be distracted from the monotony of it all and like to make pleasant chit chat with anyone who will oblige just to get rid of the endless drudge of it all.So please we really are not judging you I think this might be down to you lacking confidence with yourself just remember you ARE doing something about the problem

Eh, you may be the majority but there are exceptions.
I made a grocery run and bought bananas, some Amy's frozen stuff, kashi cereal, soy milk,veggies, whole grain bread, and greek yogurt- and the lady behind the counter goes "You're buying all this healthy food but you're not buying organic bananas? If theres ONE thing I buy organic it's always my bananas!"
I was speechless. Didn't know how to take it, or what to say. So I just shrugged and smiled.

RoseBlanc

I'm the same way. I will drink my diet soda too. Even when I wasn't trying to lose weight I would drink diet soda over regular. It's the taste I like and the other stuff is too sweet for me.

And the icky taste regular leaves in your mouth. Ew.

lindsey_mickeyd

Oh and what about when you order food? I know for a fact that I used to judge fat people for ordering massive amounts of food when they'd go through my drive through at Steak N Shake when I worked there. I would NEVER say anything to them of course, but I couldn't help thinking, "You know this stuff's probably gonna kill you one day right?" Or something like that.

maryloo2011

I always feel a little funny when I am buying something new, and I stand there comparing the nutrition labels for like 5 minutes. I feel as though people are judging me just the same. I just have to remember it's probably all in my head!

I would kill for your abs (slightly off subject I know!)

Oh my, thanks!

bhalter

Ha ha, I'm glad I read a thread earlier on the different words used on different continents! I'm in the U.S., so these are unusual for me.

Crisps: European for "cookies"

Pasties: European for dough filled with meat, cheese or the like. Not sure we have a food equivilent of "Pasties". . . . but if you go to a local strip club in some more conservative towns you'll see a generous number of these. Two per woman. . .if you get my meaning :laugh:

I knew what crisps were, but had never heard of pasties. (Or maybe I have...don't they have "pumpkin pasties" in Harry Potter?) But anyway - a meat and cheese pastie sounds delicious!

I love English biscuits...luckily, my family shops at a military commissary, so they have a lot of food from all over the world and I LOVE buying stuff from other countries.