Being Made Fun Of For Eating Healthy...

I"m a school bus driver. When I was training and brand new, I had packed my healthy lunch of a sandwich on whole grain bread with dark chocolate and water bottles and a few of the veteran drivers made fun of me and said, "Do you drink milk when you go to the bar, too?" But I look at them, and look at myself, and they can make fun all they want, b/c at least 70% of my coworkers are morbidly obese...

Take it with a grain of salt. They're not the ones who have to shoot you with insulin if you become diabetic!

Try to ignore them and just keep doing what you're doing. I had coworkers who would look at me sideways and laugh because I would measure out my foods and came to work with a lunch box full of small containers to assemble my meals together, but my journey is not about them. So you just have to keep sticking with it and doing what you're doing and ignore them. It's all about you and what YOU want to do!

Good luck!

I know first hand that family can be difficult. While happy to tell you what you need to do, you will never do it right - even if you do it like they told you to in the first place. If you find it difficult to listen to or easily get derailed by the negativity, you may need to distance yourself from them for a while (provided it's possible) until you can be confident enough in your routine and progress to not get derailed.

That being said, have you spoken to them? Have you explained to them how difficult you find the negativity and how unappreciated it is? they can have differing opinions and still not be so "poo-poo" about it. Make sure you've come across clearly about the necessity of positivity around you right now.

SOme of those family members may need you to take care of them one day - how can you do that properly if you aren't taking care of yourself? Just a thought

Good luck with them all! :flowerforyou:

I find that people constantly make little judgments about what I eat (healthy or not) at whatever weight I am. For example, I ate a cupcake when I was at a heavier weight and my mom told me (years later, when I wasn't overweight anymore) that she thought, "She really shouldn't eat that cupcake. Her thighs are so big!" Fast forward to now, when I'm at a healthy weight. I was at a baby shower where there were sweets. My cousin walked around with a tray of cupcakes and encouraged me to have one. "You should have one," she said. "You're thin."

Now that I have started to exercise and eat healthily, my family members tend to make a lot of comments. My sister said, "Why are you eating spinach for lunch? You're not fat." It's like they have the mindset that you need to be overweight to have a healthy lifestyle.

I've learned to ignore what is said and to not let it affect my healthy eating. It sure would help to have supportive people around, though!

Just tell them that you're eating healthy because you want to look good at their funeral.

Let them revel in their jealousy. It's a bitter pill.

They know they should be doing the same thing but they are just displacing their guilt. Just say "whatever" and blow them off.

I hear it from family, friends and coworkers... not too meanly but I'm considered a little "crazy", but I don't mind it at all. This works for me and is getting me closer to my goals... while most of them are jealous of the progress I've made but aren't willing to do it themselves.