Ever been made fun of for being healthy?

xoAmyxo

So I have a few people in my life that make fun of me for being healthy..its so annoying. I feel like im going to kill them all one day. LOL jk. but they talk *kitten* about me exercising..about me counting calories..about my food scale....these people by the way that do it are so un healthy..they lay around most of the day..smoke..eat fast food atleast 3 times a week and never exercise. So I was just wondering am i alone in this or has anyone else ever dealt with this?

ariel3561

My family is a lot like that. They are mostly unhealthy and overweight and when I put on a few pounds they are all excited and when I try to regain control and take the weight off they are discouraging and tell me it's inevitable because of my genetics. So far I'm proving them wrong. But it's the same if I eat a lot they judge me for overeating as well. Can't win with some people.

2012Kristin

My boss actually applauds me if I take the elevator instead of the stairs, or drive when I can walk. She takes us out for lunch and always orders me dessert, even when I'm not hungry. She KNOWS I'm trying to get in shape and lose! It's so bizarre - just because she is unhealthy she wants me to be too. Pass!!!

Mallory0418

Yep quite a lot. I've had to learn to let it go in one ear and out the other now. This is why I keep my food choices and workout talk on MFP and keep it to myself around other people. I agree, it gets real old.

khill2742

LOL! No you are def not alone.

rjbrowne82

I go through the same thing on a daily basis. I make a joke out of it.

Contrarian

I just take it as good-natured teasing. I also don't talk too much about fitness to people who aren't interested in it.

jenbit

YUP and I have a bunch of people at work trying to sabotage my weight loss

negative187

I get this all the time. I weigh my food, especially cereal, and always stick to serving sizes. My boyfriend always makes fun of that, telling me "that's not a real bowl of cereal" or "eat some real food". It's frustrating. He might be able to eat half a box of cereal in one go, but it sure won't do him any good in the long run!

mynameiscarrie

^^ what rjbrowne said...i get crap for it all the time but i turn it into a joke. don't let it get to you!

tonyavanwinkle2

Your not alone, but I look at it like this...they are simply jealous and rather than gathering up their courage to ask you for help they resort to making fun of you. It's sad really. Don't let it get to you.

catshark209

Every day of life in some shape or form.
At the grocery store, the bigger people mutter and/or loudly ask if I'm starving myself because I don't have Twinkies and soda in my cart.
At home, my aunties tell me I won't ever be able to remarry because I'm too thin and I look like a man.
Yesterday at work, one of the customer loudly exclaimed, "Wow, what happened to you, are you sick?".
Or If I pull out my phone to log, someone has something snarky to say about it. Or I get made fun of because I drink soy milk vs regular milk. Its like ok, I'll drink some regular milk if you don't mind me blowing up your bathroom with explosive diarrhea. :frown:
I'm not underweight either, just very slender and kinda boyish lol. Sh itbirds!

kimber_av

I deal with it at work.
80% of the people I work with are overweight.
I am not. and I watch what I eat, bring packed lunches, skip the catered lunches and deserts.
They call me a health fanatic, obsessed etc.

when i'm not. I dont overly stress counting macronutrients/calories. Just try and eat healthy meals.

Oh well. I smile and nod while they all eat the catered lunches and slowly blow up.

Qarol

My mom always told me when people tease me, it's cuz they like me. I'm going with this...

catshark209

I get this all the time. I weigh my food, especially cereal, and always stick to serving sizes. My boyfriend always makes fun of that, telling me "that's not a real bowl of cereal" or "eat some real food". It's frustrating. He might be able to eat half a box of cereal in one go, but it sure won't do him any good in the long run!

I wonder what they mean by "real food"? I get that too.

chicklidell

I get it every sinlg eday...comments from men, about how heavy I lift and how I embarass them in the gym..nasty comments from women, my own daughter doesn't like the muscle, she says I draw too much attention...but with that, goes the compliments from the women who I inspire, my clients who who keep coming back, and the men I date that I don't intimidate who respect what I do....takes all kinds, let it roll off you, people who are negative about your healthy living style are envious or disatisfied with their own incapabilities to be able to do it...it's all good as long as you're happy at the end of the day with your coices.

Justjoshin

Just limit, or eliminate, your exposure to those people.

If they aren't helping you get where you want to be, and have nothing to offer you... boot them.

mynameiscarrie

In the grand scheme of things, does it really matter? They're making fun of you...**for being healthy**. Why take offense to that? that's like making fun of someone for being pretty or being talented at something. Yeah, it happens, but why let it bother you? at the end of the day, they're getting fat, you're getting fit. If you let it bug you then they're getting the reaction they want. At least they're noticing that you're doing something different you know?

jasmineheaven

So I have a few people in my life that make fun of me for being healthy..its so annoying. I feel like im going to kill them all one day. LOL jk. but they talk *kitten* about me exercising..about me counting calories..about my food scale....these people by the way that do it are so un healthy..they lay around most of the day..smoke..eat fast food atleast 3 times a week and never exercise. So I was just wondering am i alone in this or has anyone else ever dealt with this?

OMG this is my mom 100%! I have to workout and eat healthy behind EVERYONE'S back or else they will constantly talk junk and if I slip up and eat a piece of candy one them will say,"Thats why your not losing weight!" Its like leave me alone and mind your business. This is MY body MY life and I'm the only one who can change it so back off! lol

xoAmyxo

i agree with all of yall..but sometimes you can't help but wanna punch someone! lol I thought about starting to make fun of them for being nasty pigs lol..but i don't wanna get to there level so i just smile.

Iamfit4life

Sure.
They call me "bugs" because I eat carrots.

When I walk by they move out of my way saying "I don't want to knock you over"
If they complain for a snack and I offer them some nuts or carrots they usually turn it down with colorful wording.

All these things said there isn't any way I could possibly care less what these lunatics think of me.

Libby81

My mom always told me when people tease me, it's cuz they like me. I'm going with this...

:laugh: I'm going with this too.

My mum is always telling me not to "go daft" with my exercise. Think she thinks I want to be anorexic or something. Her and my sister make fun of me all the time when I get my phone out to log my food, or if I don't log before I eat they're both "you can't eat that you've not logged it". I had a piece of birthday cake at work the other day and everyone was like "I thought you were wtaching your weight" yeah I can still have cake once in a while.

Its frustrating

ajbeans

People make fun of others when they're insecure about themselves. They're mocking your health because when they see you doing healthy things, they're reminded of how UNhealthy they are. Let it roll off. But if it's bothering you, tell them that these things are important to you, you're not going to change just because of some rude remarks, and that if they care about you they shouldn't be trying to hurt your feelings or discourage you from achieving your goals.

thor1god1of1awesome

I get made fun off all the time for trying to be healthy.

lor007

Oh my, people look down on other people for not buying Twinkies? And someone has coworkers trying to sabotage her weight loss? It is a wonder anyone is able to get healthy..

jetscreaminagain

Americans have a skewed idea of what a healthy weight looks like. I was in the overweight BMI range and joined a weight loss challenge at work. My Sisters-in-law and mother-in-law wondered why on earth I would do such a thing. I love them dearly. One SIL is a little more annoying than the other, but I seriously love and cherish them. After I'd lost about 10 pounds I was at my MIL's house (where the slightly more annoying SIL also lives). My MIL said "I can see you've lost weight, now stop". I was still in the overweight range, and even now that I'm (barely) in the healthy range, my bodyfat percent is certainly too high. So now, I'm more about strength and endurance than numbers on a scale. I also am about pants sizes.

Here's the thing, though. My husband was previously married to a seriously eating disordered individual who was, to put it objectively, skanky as well. I think that my MIL loves me and loves her son, and doesn't want to see me do what the ex did. To her, she has this PTSD reaction all wrapped up with skinny, ho-like, mind-game filled b!tch. Mostly I'm not like any of those things. So she says what she says I smile and nod and do what I want to do. My sisters-in-law have busy lives that exhaust them. They don't see any time in their life to change how they look and feel, and probably my choice to do differently calls into question their choices, which is uncomfortable for them. Plus it is a little funny the first time or two to say, "I believe the only time to run is when someone is chasing me". I can respond, "if someone is chasing me I want to know that I can 1) outrun them, or 2) beat the bloody hell out of them if they catch me" hence, I exercise.

Plus my MIL has spinal stenosis and diabetes and other problems associated with the American diet and lack of exercise. I love her and want her to be healthy, and her daughters see the same thing I do. It inspires me to maintain my fitness and flexiblity. I suspect for at least one SIL, it provides an excuse "that runs in my family, there's no way to avoid it". Ok, if that helps you sleep at night, fine. But when I saw my dad unable to put his socks on without assistance, I decided it was time to lose weight.

Otherwise, I don't have people in my life who feel comfortable with commenting negatively on my eating or body shape and size. I wouldn't allow people like that in my life any more than they would need to be. I would figure that anyone who does feel free to make comments like that is doing it for their own reasons, like my mother-in-law and sisters-in-law.

docHelen

it's sooo good we've got each other on here.....we just applaud healthy lifestyles......we could take over the world......

LeanMeanFitnessMachine

I understand what you're going through - the worst is when your own family doesn't support you KNOWING you're trying to make changes for the better in your life. My mom is constantly making dinners laden with fat and butter and cheese and salt - its terrible! And she knows that for the past year and a half I've started eating healthy and exercising a great deal to get in shape. She'll also go to the grocery store and buy all these tempting foods - Tastycakes, potato chips, poptarts, etc. - and buys like 2 apples. Really, Ma?

Its frustrating because I feel like sometimes the people around me are working against me instead of with me. You just have to "keep calm and carry on" with your life change.

Best of luck!!

boomboom011

i am going through this NOW. Im dreading thanksgiving because my body has changed and my mom and my sister like to laugh at me and when they ask me stuff i tell them "im not sharing anything with you cause to you its a joke and to me its important" then they say "oh were just playing. gah why are you so sensitive" all the while my sister is obese and my mom loses her weight by a cookie diet called Smart For Life or something like that.

So i cant wait to get to my aunts because they all pretty much work out and at least make an attempt. I feel like i have some backup.

The funny thing is my husband, step dad and my brother in law ALWAYS have my back and i really think it makes them even more mad. What i dont understand is that this is my mother and my sister. I refuse to think they are jealous. I think thats just hateful. If either one of them ever told me they were working out i would be nothing but supportive. As a matter of fact i might freaking cry!

Classalete

All the time!

But I embrace it, I love the teases and jabs.

That means that they're either mirnin' or jelly...either or puts a smile on my face.

cmriverside

All the time!

But I embrace it, I love the teases and jabs.

That means that they're either mirnin' or jelly...either or puts a smile on my face.

What is mirnin' ?

....OP, I don't talk about it. They don't need to have that much info about me.