Grocery Store Snob??

I do look at what is in other peoples carts, I don't think bad thoughts, I do wonder what people think about my cart when half the stuff I buy isn't healthy....I don't want to starve my kids they are already skin and bones and I have to get things they will eat, chicken nuggets, fries, chips, so its really hard for me to eat healthy in a house full of un-healthy food But I manage!

This makes no sense. What makes you think your children will starve if you feed them healthy food?

they will not eat it. they don't eat, they starve. I make them taste things and sometimes they eat healthier food sometimes not. My 8 year old has a major texture issue and will actually vomit if food texture isn't right. but they are all very active and not even close to being overweight.

Children do not have the mental capacity to starve themselves. They may complain, but when hungry enough, they will eat whatever is available. Weight is not the only thing that affects health. Most diet related ailments other than weight take years to develop.

I'm not saying there is anything wrong with your children having these foods occasionally, or even as staples depending on how they are prepared. But saying your children will starve if you feed them healthy food is ridiculous.

I do look at what is in other peoples carts, I don't think bad thoughts, I do wonder what people think about my cart when half the stuff I buy isn't healthy....I don't want to starve my kids they are already skin and bones and I have to get things they will eat, chicken nuggets, fries, chips, so its really hard for me to eat healthy in a house full of un-healthy food But I manage!

This makes no sense. What makes you think your children will starve if you feed them healthy food?

Huh, they'll starve. Highly doubtful, kids can go a long time before they starve. It's all about parenting, you are the one that sets the rules and whats to eat, not the kids. But i'm sure this will fall on deaf ears as it usually does on over-indulgent parents.

I look at other carts and only think about what would happen to me, physically, if I ate some of that stuff. I'll have a fleeting thought of "oooh I wouldn't be able to go to the bathroom for a week if I ate that way!" Sometimes I'll look at all the "naughty" foods and think yummmmmm too.

I have plenty of crap so I don't judge. I do cringe when I hear wrong information though. Someone saying a medium size bag of chips had 180 calories (or whatever) in the whole thing- she didn't understand there were multiple servings in it. It just angers me the lack of education we have in food. I don't judge carts though. it is like having a toddler- easy to judge a public tantrum until your kid is in the ground freaking out!

This would be different than having a cart full of nothing but Cocoa Pebbles, ice cream and pop tarts.

Hmmm, good idea, maybe I'll get all 3 - the trifecta.

If I ever saw anyone with a cart like that, I would assume that they were going to have an awesome sleep over, & be hurt that I wasn't invited.

Point is, get over yourselves. It's not like a person's cart is a window into their soul or a measure of their value.

Says the woman who likes to feel superior to everyone NOT buying treats because obviously they all think they can never have them.

I think you are confused about my point. I don't care if people buy treats or not. Seriously, I don't. But, I do think that it's silly to look at another person's cart, see poptarts and Cocoa Pebbles, and assume that they can't be healthy while eating it. Or that they know anything about that person's situation or reason for filling their cart with whatever it is that you find unacceptable.

I agree that thinking treats can't fit into a healthy diet is wrong, but that's also not what the OP or most of the replies have said.

And MY point was that you giggling at people who look at you buying only treats is no different than those who are looking when you don't know their situation either. Maybe they are just thinking "Hmm, those look tasty".

Same for me. I have never had someone comment on my cart though.

Hahahahaha, yep I also do this.

oh, i forgot last week ,
i went to the store for 2 things
greek yogurt and frozen veggies
(please keep in mind i have a family of 9)
so i go up to the register with 30 some yogurts and about 30 bags frozen veg,
and some fresh lettuce and everyones fave at my house carrots and spinach

and i was told it "looked weird" by the lady who was standing behind me kid- and my Darling 7 year old looked at this kid and straight to her face said I LOVE my brussels sprouts, you should try them..

yep smart kids,

(oh yes , 9 people eat about 3-4lbs of veggies for dinner every night)

Nope. I'm usually way too busy trying to figure out 1) what to make my family for dinner all week 2) how to keep my 10 year old son in check while shopping and 3) how to satisfy everyone while also making food choices that satisfy my own dietary goals. Plus, there's the whole weighing price options while shopping, and if I do happen to peek into someone else's cart, I usually just take in mentally what they have and wonder what is for what and / or analyze what I would or would not use / eat out of it.

Lots of people, like myself, shop for more than just themselves. I buy strawberries for my husband, but I hate them. I buy skim milk for myself, husband hates it. Twinkies for him and my son, I don't touch them. So yeah, judging someone by their grocery cart is kind of pointless.

Thank you!

This absolutely!

I couldn't care less what someone else has in their grocery cart and I find it extremely pretentious and judgmental of those who do! That is just a snapshot of one hour of someone's life and is absolutely no indicator of how they live their life. Besides that, who makes me judge and jury of what someone else chooses to buy? I certainly don't appreciate someone else judging my purchases, so why should I judge theirs? I usually have a mixed bag of healthy and not so healthy - some of it mine, some my husband and son's. Sometimes, my cart is full of junk only - also some of it mine and some my husband and son's. I'm sure some people (like some in this thread) are judging me for it since I still have a ways to go to get to my goal weight, but as I said - it's NONE of their business and they should just absolutely get over themselves and find something better to do with their time.