Grocery Store Rant! Some people are idiots!

Nikstergirl

Just want to tip my hat... you, my dear, are my HERO!!!! Amen to all those crabby nit-pickers who don't know crap!!!!

WOOHOO!!!!

xxcatyxx555

Way to go! you tell her!:)

janakatharina

You are my hero! Way to go! Very classy replies. I can't believe someone would actually say that! People just say stupid things to make excuses for themselves to keep on being lazy and unhealthy! Congrats on your amazing progress!!!!!!!!!

becoming_a_new_me

Thank you all for the amazing and hilarious comments!! A long time ago, I never would have had the self confidence to say something, but I do now. While I thought of some really good zingers to pop off after I left, I am glad I just said what I said. I even walked home with my groceries (I only live across the street)...and I have a broken big toe!! She probably would have used one of those motorized carts and lifted it to go home in if she were in my situation. lol!!

jmp1031

OMG you ROCK!!!!

TheAnie

Like everyone else here, I am so glad you said something. I think you said just enough to put her in her place and keep your class. Well done!

I'm also interested in your recipes! Let this hater make you famous!

thelovelyLIZ

Some people just can't stand to see other people succeed where they have failed. It's really sad, actually.

MichelleV1990

First off, let me congratulate you on your AMAZING accomplishment! Secondly, you handled that woman with far more dignity than I could probably muster! You are a strong, focused, fantastic young woman....a true inspiration! :flowerforyou:

patty9013

OMG! What nerve! I would have totally gone nuts on her. Way to put her in her place and keep your composure:drinker:

dalgal26

I bet she had pajama pants on too!!

:laugh:

becoming_a_new_me

So I made my weekly trip to the grocery store to stock up my yummy healthy foods. I was standing in the line waiting to pay for my fresh fruits and veggies, super lean turkey burger, fish, morning star items, frozen veggies, greek yogurt, nonfat cottage cheese, whole grain pasta, beans, etc. This woman (and I use that term lightly) behind me loudly says to her husband "You see? That's why I don't eat healthy...it's obviously not working for HER". Mind you this woman had probably 50 lbs on me, the cart was filled with TV dinners, fatty ground beef, beer (no problem with that, just making a point), tons of non-diet soda, sour cream, etc. The only veggies was some canned corn. I felt sorry for the husband cause he was trying to hide behind her when I did the dramatic slow-turn, gave her a hard-a$$ed stare, looked her up and down, and said "Actually, not that I would ever need to answer to you, but I have lost over 187 lbs eating this way. What's your excuse?"

I turned around and she starts grumbling to her husband "I bet she's so b!tchy because she is hungry" I turned around again and said "you know, one of the benefits of a healthy diet is 1. I am not deaf, so I can hear you, and 2. I am able to eat quite a bit more healthy food with lower calories than unhealthy calorie-dense food. I am never hungry, and in fact I am a generally happy person. Perhaps you should try it sometime, maybe then you won't be so irritable." I turned back around again to hear the husband tell her to shut her mouth before I rightfully punched her in the face. I have never been criticised for eating healthy...most people ask me for recipes when I am in line. Goes to show that the miserable ones aren't those of us on this site getting fit, but rather the rest of them wishing for a better life but not caring enough to persue it.

I like the sound of your grocery cart, do you post recipes here?

I do quite often...here: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/iddreams and sometimes on the boards here: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/493355-stuffed-acorn-squash-food-porn-included and here: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/493356-carrot-and-butternut-squash-cocounut-curry-soup-vegan-frien and here: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/492002-spaghetti-squash-heaven-warning-food-porn-attached

Mary1757

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MercenaryNoetic26

You sure told her! MMMMMmmmmmHmmmmmmmmm! I've been criticized for being overly healthy. The absurdity of people trying to make you feel outcast for living a healthy lifestyle is beyond me. Unfortunately, in this society, we become the minority and the kinda targets cows like to pick on. Congrats on your success and telling that ***** off.

radosti1

Wow!!! It's incredible how some people feel the need to put someone down for no reason. I also think the men have been educated on what to NEVER say to a woman. It's now the women doing all the insulting for some reason.

I remember having my middle kiddo. He was 10 lbs 1 oz, needless to say, my stomach did not bounce back like a bungee cord. On the way home from the hospital (he was 2 days old), I needed to stop at CVS to pick up some sensitive diapers for him (he needed size 1, not the newborn ones I had at home). My husband ran to another aisle to get something while I stood in line with the baby. Some woman with 10 lbs of makeup on says, "Oh congratulations, you're expecting!" On hearing this, 3 guys in their 20's who were waiting to check out gaped at her as even they could tell I just had a baby and was holding a newborn. I said, "No, he's 2 days old!"
I kid you not, to this she looks at my son, looks at my stomach and says, "But how can that be? You're expecting AGAIN already???" To this the guys in line almost choked.
I looked at her and said, "It does not bounce back that quickly and you need to mind your own business."

I was nowhere near as quick on my feet as you, but I did just give birth, so that was my excuse. To this day I do not think that woman realized she was extremely insulting. I wonder if all that makeup on her face was the toxic kind...

hwjssc

1. GOOD for up for speaking up..

2. Let me guess were you at WALMART...LOL

Jazzyjules71

Very well handled. Kudos to you.

minadeathclutch

So I made my weekly trip to the grocery store to stock up my yummy healthy foods. I was standing in the line waiting to pay for my fresh fruits and veggies, super lean turkey burger, fish, morning star items, frozen veggies, greek yogurt, nonfat cottage cheese, whole grain pasta, beans, etc. This woman (and I use that term lightly) behind me loudly says to her husband "You see? That's why I don't eat healthy...it's obviously not working for HER". Mind you this woman had probably 50 lbs on me, the cart was filled with TV dinners, fatty ground beef, beer (no problem with that, just making a point), tons of non-diet soda, sour cream, etc. The only veggies was some canned corn. I felt sorry for the husband cause he was trying to hide behind her when I did the dramatic slow-turn, gave her a hard-a$$ed stare, looked her up and down, and said "Actually, not that I would ever need to answer to you, but I have lost over 187 lbs eating this way. What's your excuse?"

I turned around and she starts grumbling to her husband "I bet she's so b!tchy because she is hungry" I turned around again and said "you know, one of the benefits of a healthy diet is 1. I am not deaf, so I can hear you, and 2. I am able to eat quite a bit more healthy food with lower calories than unhealthy calorie-dense food. I am never hungry, and in fact I am a generally happy person. Perhaps you should try it sometime, maybe then you won't be so irritable." I turned back around again to hear the husband tell her to shut her mouth before I rightfully punched her in the face. I have never been criticised for eating healthy...most people ask me for recipes when I am in line. Goes to show that the miserable ones aren't those of us on this site getting fit, but rather the rest of them wishing for a better life but not caring enough to persue it.

i woulda knocked her fat lazy *kitten* down on the ground.
guess her parents didnt teach her manners.. my parents taught me to beat the crap outta people who open their mouths when they shouldnt you're beautiful!!! she's jealous. clearly!

luvmycandies

Good for you!! I am impressed you told her off!!

saragato

It really sounds like you ran into one of those "starts drama just for the sake of it" people. I run into them all the time, though only once at a grocery store and it was before I started losing. Two women basically followed me with their carts so close if I had walked at a slower pace my *kitten* would've had grill marks and decided to talk to each other loudly about me as though I were either deaf or had headphones on. I grabbed Febreze from an end shelf (I was trying to find detergent and had nothing else with me) and just laid my finger on the spray nozzle until they started coughing and left.

But really that was uncalled for, no matter what weight you're at. I think people who go in Walmart to buy 6 cases of beer and diapers are stupid but you don't see me flapping my gums about them in the store, ESPECIALLY if they're in hearing range. Even if it's "obviously not working", it's still a hell of a lot better than what she had. I feel sorry for her husband, man must've been mortified regardless of whether he agreed or not.

jeyko

OMG- I love your response, good for you and shame on her!