One time I mentioned I had two double cheeseburgers for lunch (sans-bun of course) and someone said "Oh man I can't believe that's diet food!" or something - similar to "you ate the WHOLE steak?" and I just said "Yep!"

No need to justify yourself to anyone.

My mom is being weird about low carb. She's trying to low carb herself but she is deeply deeply stuck on 40 years of "fat is bad." Or she doesn't understand ketosis or something.

She made some soup and said I could have some. I asked if there was any sugar in it. She said no. I mean carbs, mom. No. Is it made with tomato paste? Yes. And there's a little flour in it. She was really upset when I was asking her what's in it, like I was being rude or mean. I just wanted to be able to make a choice!

I also think it's really weird when grown people wonder aloud if couscous has carbs. How about beans? Corn on the cob? Are you new?

There is this one woman at work who is about 5% positive and 95% negative. She expects the lunch time conversation to be all about her - especially when she has something to complain about.

She saw me coming back to the table from the microwave as I just heated up my lunch.

It was a bed of zucchini noodles, homemade marinara, mushrooms, red bell peppers and onion, gahhhhlic, butter (to make it creamy), and fresh chicken breast with a nice layer of real melty ooey mozzarella. The whole dish gave me about 25g of carbohydrates thanks to having fresh vegetables - and I couldnt wait to devour it!

Miss Nosey-Rosey said "that doesnt look like pasta - or is it?" .. I told her 'nooo, I take fresh zucchini and spiral slice it into noodles to replace pasta - its really good and so much more filling than pasta! Would you like to try?"

In her most disgusted, nasty voice "there is NO replacement for pasta".. without thinking, I replied saying "actually there is - especially for people like me who cant digest refined carbohydrates - it makes me very sick. Zucchini helped me to get rid of those poor carb choices rather easily. If you cook it just right it is pretty darn close to the same texture as pasta!"

She rolled her eyes - and I wasnt going to back down. I told her "listen, in your private world, you do what you want to do but I dont want to come to the lunch table and hear you b****, piss and moan because Im not eating normal food according to your closed-minded thinking. I dont sit here and complain about all the junk food you eat, the two chocolate chip cookies you just bought from the cafeteria (We have a cafe in our workplace) or the tons of soda you drink every day. I suggest you put a lid on it if you cant say anything nice - immediately!

Five seconds later, the billing supervisor joins us for lunch and RAVED on how good my lunch smelled and said "I DO THE SAME THING WITH ZUCCHINI!!!!"... I nearly choked on my lunch from trying to stop myself from laughing. I offered the supervisor a bite to try my lunch - she accepted and raved about my marinara being so fresh and loved the texture of the zucchini... Miss Nosey Rosey was FUMING at the table - didnt speak a word the rest of the time! LOL!...

I wont put up with negativity in the workplace. Its one thing when you are complaining about some aspect of the job that just made you have to jump through hoops to get the task done (medical billing related)... ohhhhh we hate dealing with certain call centers for certain insurance companies.. what a pain... THAT is different. Its blowing off steam. Its the negativity that a coworker feels the need to project on to a person from a personal level.. I tend to think the employee is on the jealous side because clearly it looks like you need to spend a good deal of time preparing meals in my house - she is just not that into preparing things... and thats ok.... but dont be such a brat about it!~

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I like you

ROFLMAO.... with all due respect, there is no way that woman would ever survive being invited to my place for a function, a dinner party or anything that would involve providing food, appetizers and such. If it isnt fried, smothered in sugar, she aint gonna go... And, its a shame... but that just means more zucchini noodles for me and the others - I share my lunch with anyone who wants to try. I even bring in foods for everyone to try if they would like to. I once brought in 16oz of fresh smoked pulled pork....... no one ate their individual lunches and my container was damn near licked clean.... heheheh

:laugh: This topic just made my morning!