What foods do your co-workers eat?

Erica27511
Erica27511 Posts: 490 Member
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Don't tell me I am alone in this. I was looking at a co-workers meal today and thinking "Do they even know how many calories are in there??!" She easily had 800-900 calories for breakfast alone. :noway:

Then I remember that was me a few months ago and start to feel bad for her. But, quickly I thought of how proud of myself I am and how far I have come.

What kind of stuff do your co-workers eat???
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  • iWaffle
    iWaffle Posts: 2,208 Member
    I went to In-N-Out burger the other day with a couple. I just had an unsweetened tea since I brought food to work. One had a double meat double cheese with fries and a shake, the other had a double-double and fries. Yes, that's 4 patties of meat and 4 slices of cheese. It was huge. I bet it was at least 1,000 calories for the burger alone.
  • Erica27511
    Erica27511 Posts: 490 Member
    Whoa! NOM NOM NOM
    lol
  • _Stampede_
    _Stampede_ Posts: 66
    My co-worker has been on "the atkins" for years. For lunch he eats approximately a 1/2 pound of cheese, 1/2 pound of lunchmeat, and a couple celery sticks. His weight loss is currently on hold.
  • emmygrace2012
    emmygrace2012 Posts: 44 Member
    Stampede-maybe we should check his cholesterol!
  • AwesomelyAmber
    AwesomelyAmber Posts: 1,617 Member
    My co-workers eat the Schwann's pre-made meals...cheeseburgers, pizzas, and most definately the hot pocket type things. Every. Day.
  • nightsrainfall
    nightsrainfall Posts: 244 Member
    Haha. I'm trying to eat healthy too, but with my line of work most of the guys (and women) having higher calorie foods or quick and easy foods makes sense. But it's funny to see just how much of their foods are buy it, throw it the lunch box, and go especially since I'm use to actually making my lunch (even if somedays it's just a sandwhich). However there is one guy who eats only a salad for lunch and then peanuts or some sort of trail mix, beef jerky, something snack... all I ever think is "How is that ENOUGH for you!?". He's ont super skinny either cause he tends to drink his calories (beer) after work - but still!

    But it's hard to be healthy around people who don't care as much but it's funny what you start to notice!
  • Lup120
    Lup120 Posts: 31
    Pretty much everyday a couple of my co-workers get their lunch at the Chinese place down the street and they get the lunch special which is appetizer, soup, entree and egg roll. Then they always complain about how they need to lose weight. I always shake my head at that, internally of course, I do not like to comment on others people eating habits unless specifically asked.

    Then they always comment on my soup and sandwich I bring and comment on how healthy I am being. I hate when they do that, I have food issues so I do not like it when people comment/talk about what I eat. So I always try and shut them down politely when they do but they do not get the hint.
  • JenAiMarres
    JenAiMarres Posts: 743 Member
    carls jr.... pizza.... deli....etc etc ...they try convincing me daily that going to the gym isnt worth anything if i dont have anything to work off. i work with all men. they are all chubs. and i can probably beat them all up.
  • odusgolp
    odusgolp Posts: 10,477 Member
    Can't say I've ever looked at my coworker's food choices with much thought...
  • keenercam
    keenercam Posts: 321 Member
    My willpower is not that great, so it takes a LOT of effort on my part to eat my packed-at-home lunch when my co-workers order Chinese takeout or cheeseburgers and fries. I feel like every day I get through the lunch hours without getting takeout is a personal victory.
  • Erica27511
    Erica27511 Posts: 490 Member
    Once a week, a vendor we work with brings bojangles chicken biscuits and another vendor brings everyone in the office a king size bag of M&M's every Tuesday.... :grumble:
  • _Stampede_
    _Stampede_ Posts: 66
    Another one of my co-workers constantly brings in Popeye's chciken and biscuits. I typically curse him, then start gnawing on my desk. Nothing like downing a protein shake while smelling fried chicken :grumble:
  • Kimberlybett
    Kimberlybett Posts: 8
    One of mine complains about "needing to lose weight"..... Seeing I was dropping lbs.....so I explained & explained & then when we get lunch out she brings me back a salad and she gets the burger & fries and then asks me hw many calories she just ate ???? Then says I guess I need to pay closer attention but never does.......
  • AwesomelyAmber
    AwesomelyAmber Posts: 1,617 Member
    One of mine complains about "needing to lose weight"..... Seeing I was dropping lbs.....so I explained & explained & then when we get lunch out she brings me back a salad and she gets the burger & fries and then asks me hw many calories she just ate ???? Then says I guess I need to pay closer attention but never does.......

    OoOoOoOh that burns me... My boss is constantly doing that to me. "Do you really need to be eating *that* on your diet?" he'll say followed up by "I need to lose a few pounds" while chewing on a frozen microwaved pizza "How many calories do you think this is?" and I'll look it up (against my better judgement) and say "580"... he'll look at me and say "maybe tomorrow" every. day. ugh. *eye roll* :laugh:
  • LizHowerton
    LizHowerton Posts: 329 Member
    One of my coworkers eats very clean and healthy ... fresh veggies, fruit, hard boiled egg, cottage cheese....

    She is 60 and slim. She is trying to work on gaining some muscle.

    My other coworker eats junk. Starbucks scones, or egg mcmuffins, breve drinks, top ramen, frozen lunch nacho things, chips, pretzels, cookies, fries,....she is 35 5'2 and about 250 lbs.
  • ambrwaves27
    ambrwaves27 Posts: 206
    cake. . . every damn day there is cake SOMEWHERE in this office
  • aproc
    aproc Posts: 1,033 Member
    I don't really pay too much attention to what the people around me choose to eat. Now...working at a pizza place, I see them eat plenty of pizza. I've yet to eat the stuff I'm making and selling. :P
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  • bcmlam1001
    bcmlam1001 Posts: 118 Member
    That is the TRUTH Ambrwaves27!!!! There is always cake in the breakroom that someone brings literally almost every day Monday - Friday!!! I just have to totally ignore it and just get my coffee and go back to my desk while my other 15 co-workers are getting cake and coffee!!! UGH!!! :explode:
  • mtaylor33557
    mtaylor33557 Posts: 542 Member
    Several of my coworkers are on that "Medifast" diet, so I always seem them eating some of the prepackaged stuff they buy from them.. never looks that great to me.
  • Moviedust
    Moviedust Posts: 110
    Our staffroom always has sweets and stuff ....sooooooooo bad!
  • MariaLivingFit
    MariaLivingFit Posts: 224 Member
    my coworkers usually get cafeteria food - but they also have pop tarts for breakfast - yuck! what are they, 10 years old?
  • MJ7910
    MJ7910 Posts: 1,280 Member
    One of mine complains about "needing to lose weight"..... Seeing I was dropping lbs.....so I explained & explained & then when we get lunch out she brings me back a salad and she gets the burger & fries and then asks me hw many calories she just ate ???? Then says I guess I need to pay closer attention but never does.......

    well is guess that is her problem then... did you tell her how many it was? they just have to want to eat better, and they don't want to. not much we can do.
  • poshcouture
    poshcouture Posts: 610
    Whatever is at the deli or someone is always hauling in a couple dozen of donuts. Just yesterday we received an e-mail in HomeOps that KFC had been ordered. 12noon rolls around and there literally was a line of people walking past my office with plates full of fried "chicken," biscuits and mashed "potatoes."
  • MariaLivingFit
    MariaLivingFit Posts: 224 Member
    That is the TRUTH Ambrwaves27!!!! There is always cake in the breakroom that someone brings literally almost every day Monday - Friday!!! I just have to totally ignore it and just get my coffee and go back to my desk while my other 15 co-workers are getting cake and coffee!!! UGH!!! :explode:

    maybe you should bring in a fruit or veggie platter to make a point - :smile:
  • misfit34
    misfit34 Posts: 104 Member
    I have one co-worker that says she is on WW, but so far she has gone out to eat at the places around here all week. Pizza, sushi, chicken tenders, etc. I am pretty sure that is over her points. Another coworker will eat a WHOLE watermelon in one sitting and says because it is fruit she is eating healthy.
  • loneworg
    loneworg Posts: 342 Member
    Can't say I've ever looked at my coworker's food choices with much thought...
    Same. It is not any skin off my bones what they eat. I really dont get why people care about what other people eat.
  • zorylopez
    zorylopez Posts: 23
    One of my co-workers eat 100 calories snacks. The problem is that she eats like 5 bags. And the other one eats frozen Pasta dinners like 3 times a week :O
  • SoozeE512
    SoozeE512 Posts: 439 Member
    My office just had an ice-cream social yesterday. People were filling their bowls with 2-3 cups of ice-cream and then adding m&ms and hot fudge and jimmies and whipped cream and walnuts to theirs. Some even went back for seconds. One co-worker ahead of me tried to take a plain scoop of ice-cream for herself and everyone started pressuring her to take more -- while all eyes were on her, I took a 1/2 cup of ice-cream w/ a small sprinkle of walnuts, and then I ran off quickly to eat it before anyone could pressure me to take more too! Because, of course, I used to eat like them. It took every ounce of willpower not to go back and get more - willpower is 100x easier when others aren't pressuring. And so I had a small NSV yesterday, I didn't go back for more :)
  • deucesarewild
    deucesarewild Posts: 1
    I constantly get asked out to fast food for lunch at work, it drives me nuts

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