What foods do your co-workers eat?

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  • xxempress
    xxempress Posts: 122
    I try to encourage my colleagues to make healthier choices. Luckily I have a colleague whom fills a basket of various fruits at the beginning of each week, but still I’ve notice how poor everyone’s intake is out of control. I am totally a hypocrite because that was exactly me 3 months ago >_<

    On a normal day most of them go out and eat at fast food chains or come back with “plate lunches” filled w/2 scoops rice, macaroni salad & a main entrée which is normally artery clogging. &can’t forget the LARGE SODA. I work for a very well known Union & a lot of our members will constantly bring food to our office. At times it’s very tempting, but my will power is much stronger &it will take a lot for me to fall under temptation. Members normally bring all the bad crap… donuts, pies, manapuas, pork hash, cakes, candies & more damn donuts, Chinese, pizza, bread, cookies – IT’S INSANE. You name it, they’ve brought it!

    Mind you we have not one, but two snack areas where everyone contributes their candies, snack bars, crackers, etc…. I’m happy that I can resist all this food & lucky that I have my own office where I don’t have to see most of them indulging on these foods. I have my own little snack area in my office which I keep filled w/Kashi bars, bananas, tons of water, dried fruits & raw nuts. Not to mention the gallon of water sitting under my desk. Water is my best friend at this moment!!!


    Here’s a great example of the **** I see daily:huh: :noway: :brokenheart:

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  • FrauHausMaus
    FrauHausMaus Posts: 194
    My boss goes to Bojangles (fried chicken and biscuits) almost every day. He ALWAYS offers to buy me something, and as much as I hate to turn down a free lunch, I've been sticking to my guns (and the lunch I bring from home) and tell him not to worry about getting me anything. His wife (my other boss) has been complimenting me about how well I am doing with eating right and going to the gym. She tells me all the time how proud she is of me :smile:

    They're both awesome people. I love my job :heart:
  • spells1977
    spells1977 Posts: 146 Member
    There's only 10 of us in my department and we are all fairly healthy and support each other on the whole.

    When it's someone's birthday cakes and donuts etc are bought in but luckily i don't have a sweet tooth so i can bypass that.

    Our biggest problem is alcohol. So many of my work mates go out and easily drink 2 bottles of wine each during lunch time or tons of beer :smokin:

    Then they will have the smallest salad or sandwich possible to make up for all the alcohol!
  • pineapple1989
    pineapple1989 Posts: 195 Member
    My co-worker next to me eats quite healthy, usually a salad sandwich or cous cous etc. The other two guys around me usually bring the typical packed lunch in (sandwich, fruit, crisps) but the problem with my office is the biscuits. Somebody always brings in biscuits! And I sit next to the biscuit cabinet! Aaaargh! Its like pure hell, especially when its a Friday and some genius brings in Marks & Spencers All Butter Luxury Cookies... :sad:
  • pjrbs
    pjrbs Posts: 179 Member
    We are quite a large staff and everyone eats healthy food. I am by far the heaviest. It is very rare to see anyone with fast food.
  • NYChick84
    NYChick84 Posts: 331 Member
    My co-workers eat pure CRAP...plain and simple....
  • jacque930
    jacque930 Posts: 122 Member
    I live in Colorado where everyone is crazy health-conscious, so most of my co-workers eat pretty healthy, lots of salads, whole-grain cereal, Subway, Garbanzo's, stuff from home, etc. That being said- there is one morbidly obese guy on my team who moved here from Chicago looks exactly like comic book guy, and he eats awful- TONS of sweets, candy, donuts, Mexican fast food, american fast food, hot dogs, etc. It bums me out for him. I think that his "yummy" food is his only comfort.

    I've actually noticed recently that the Colorado transplants tend to eat the least healthy. My boss is from Atlanta by way of Chicago and he turns his nose up at my salads, or hummus, or yogurt chicken salad in favor of either a "low-carb" diet of turkey meat, raw veggies and cheese (that never lasts more than three days) or just goes balls out and gets a double cheeseburger and root beer float at dairy queen or Steak-n-Shake. One of the other guys that transferred from Atlanta gets pizza a lot, and one time even got one of those cheeseburgers with the "bun" made from two donuts!! I think it's a regional viewpoint of food. I ate a lot worse in Florida than I do now, just because Colorado has so many healthy options.

    You are right about CO and being healthy. I don't live in the state but have friends that do and have visited quite a bit. CO residents are overall healthier in their food choices. Also exercise is always occuring. So many activities available and many people do them!
  • cristileigh
    cristileigh Posts: 158 Member
    Actually the people around me all eat very healthy. One guy across from me in a cubicle eats bags of spinach as if it were chips. We don't have many sweets and on very rare occasion have doughnuts. I have no pressure at work...its when I go home that the pressure heats up.
  • hollyk57
    hollyk57 Posts: 520 Member
    I live in Colorado where everyone is crazy health-conscious, so most of my co-workers eat pretty healthy, lots of salads, whole-grain cereal, Subway, Garbanzo's, stuff from home, etc. That being said- there is one morbidly obese guy on my team who moved here from Chicago looks exactly like comic book guy, and he eats awful- TONS of sweets, candy, donuts, Mexican fast food, american fast food, hot dogs, etc. It bums me out for him. I think that his "yummy" food is his only comfort.

    I've actually noticed recently that the Colorado transplants tend to eat the least healthy. My boss is from Atlanta by way of Chicago and he turns his nose up at my salads, or hummus, or yogurt chicken salad in favor of either a "low-carb" diet of turkey meat, raw veggies and cheese (that never lasts more than three days) or just goes balls out and gets a double cheeseburger and root beer float at dairy queen or Steak-n-Shake. One of the other guys that transferred from Atlanta gets pizza a lot, and one time even got one of those cheeseburgers with the "bun" made from two donuts!! I think it's a regional viewpoint of food. I ate a lot worse in Florida than I do now, just because Colorado has so many healthy options.

    You are right about CO and being healthy. I don't live in the state but have friends that do and have visited quite a bit. CO residents are overall healthier in their food choices. Also exercise is always occuring. So many activities available and many people do them!

    I live in CO too and yes, there's an overall healthier mindset here. I think CO was voted the healthiest State in the US recently (of course, Dunkin Donuts announced they're coming back, so that might tarnish our star a bit). I work for a large institution with lots of physicians and administrative staff, and while I don't pay a lot of attention to what my coworkers eat, I do see an overall health-conscious staff. We even have a Wellness Committee here that rewards employees with extra vacation days for eating right and exercising. Just like any corporate environment, there's still always some sort of free food up for grabs, and cake does seem to be around a lot (though not right now, and I'd like some) - and the hallways always smell like delicious pizza because of the students' events - but there's always a big bowl of fruit available too. There's lots of healthy choices in the area.... but there's all the usual bad suspects as well. I used to live in FL and I know I ate a lot worse out there. It all has to do with your mindset and priorities. I don't want to be the downer, but it bugs me a little that there's a lot of pointing fingers on this thread when all of us were there to some degree at some point - it's how most of us got fat. I didn't eat like a total glutton like some have described, but we all probably ate pretty crappy at some point, so we're not 'holier than thou' now just because we've made changes. Either we need to focus on ourselves or be supportive of helping our coworkers 'see the light', not just bashing their lifestyles.... NEway, that was my mini rant. *hugs*
  • Hernandeak11
    Hernandeak11 Posts: 351 Member
    I work at an Animal Shelter, so two of my managers are understandably vegetarian, and eat plenty of raw fruit while at work.

    The rest of my co-workers frequently order pizza, and I always have to decline!

    I'm a happy medium, drinking plenty of water and trying as hard as possible to eat a wholesome breakfast mid-way through my shift (I work mornings)

    Also, at my last job (grocery store) a guy woofing down a bag of Cheetos was trying to tell me how disgusting my spinach salad was...
  • Beana21
    Beana21 Posts: 91 Member
    A lot of fast food. Southern food like what they call barbecue (pulled pork in vinegar), collard greens. I'm the weird one to them because I don't like that stuff and enjoy foreign foods and rice. lol
  • Olivia_Avery
    Olivia_Avery Posts: 8
    great question! I'm still in school, but it's nice to know that other people get teased for making healthy choices- motivates me to stay strong knowing that I'm not in this alone : )
  • Pebble321
    Pebble321 Posts: 6,423 Member
    They eat all kinds of stuff - everything from soup to leftovers to McDonalds to salads and sandwiches to chocolate and chips.

    Why does it matter what they eat? I'm not responsible for their health or their weight, I have enough to concentrate on looking after myself!
  • dawnrenee567
    dawnrenee567 Posts: 292 Member
    Wow.. judgemental much? I worry about what I'm eating, not what other people choose.
  • shaynak112
    shaynak112 Posts: 751 Member
    Oh my gosh, I know what you mean! I'm kinda jealous that they can eat that food and still look like they do :p. Aha. They are always saying how healthy my meals are and stuff. Their food always looks so good.
  • MariaLivingFit
    MariaLivingFit Posts: 224 Member
    My co-workers eat anything and everything! Our boss buys our lunch every single flipping day!! it is part of our benefit package, and I am not allowed to opt out either. Do you know how hard it is to try to stay with in calorie and nutrition goals. We don't do fast food, like McDonalds or Burger King, we order take out from so called "home style cooking" restaurants. I throw 90% of what I order away.

    I must be doing something right because I have been working for him for 6 years now, and I am almost 2 years into my weight loss journey, and have not gained anything back! That is not true I have gained back my confidence and self esteem!!

    i've never heard of a place of employment where as part of your benefits package they buy you a restaurant lunch every day - and you can't opt out????? so strange.
  • ImperfektAngel
    ImperfektAngel Posts: 811 Member
    lots of fast food and yes! Im jealous! :-/

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