Being Made Fun Of For Eating Healthy...

Belittling people is an attempt to control them. It's hurtful that that's what they're trying to do, but what they actually say shouldn't stop you from achieving a healthy life. Stick to your guns :-)

People will criticize you no matter what you do. As you lose more weight you'll gain more confidence and learn to laugh it off. Many of those people a just jealous and misery loves company. The day will come when friends and family will turn to you for advice.

THIS.

I had two female coworkers who would tease me about the lunches I would bring. Once I lost enough weight where it was noticeable, guess who were the first to ask how I was doing it? :bigsmile: I have found that the people who mock your healthy food choices are generally the ones who feel guilty/need to lose some weight themselves. It is more of a defensive move on their part. Keep doing what you're doing and don't let the envious people get you down.

I live in the South and hear snide comments all the time. I belong to two local workout groups and we have private facebook groups to encourage each other. That helps and MFP is helping as well. Don't let it discourage you. Once I started showing significant improvement and weight loss, some of those same people also started asking what am I doing to look so good. It's your body and your health:).

People giving you crap for making healthier lifestyle changes are bullies, pure and simple. After hearing the same sort of garbage from people at work and family, I started 'hitting back'. The results have been hilarious to me.

Cow-orker (who is easily in morbid obese category): You shouldn't drink protein shakes, they're bad for you.
Me: *looking them over* When did you become an authority on healthy living?
Cow-orker: ...

I was wondering if this happened to anyone else. . . searched it and I see it is.

Just had a not so fun experience, but I lived to talk about it

Moving on.... letting those people be those type of people. & i'm not talking about the junk food eating type of people. I'm talking about the judgemental, negative type.

a bunch of my friends busted my chops about it because they didn't think I was out of shape as I knew I was, and it was odd for them to see me doing what I was doing. They joked a bit primarily because they did not think I was serious. When they saw I was they knew I wasn't just doing it as a fad and that I actually wanted to be fit.

Your family may be doing the same, if not, then don't let it worry you.

I just finished doing 4hr Body for 90 days. It's unfortunate that I didn't record my eating for those days, but that's another story. This entire 90 days I've been harassed in the office I work out of. "Want to grab a beer?" .. "Would you like some cookies?" .. "Enjoy some of the pastries we brought into the office!" .. "Happy hour starts in an hour, want to go get a burger?" .. For 90 days, I've eaten primarily beans, meat, veggies, and nuts 6 days a week and one glorious 7th day of victory eating. Everyone close to me has been told this at least once, and possibly multiple times when they were trying to understand the rules of my meal planning. Yet, they still pushed their offers my way. My dad's side of the family tried to be supportive, but even they couldn't grasp.. "beans, meat, veggies, and nuts.. nothing else." It still came at a cost of being offered something not on the list, or being made fun of because I'm on some "stupid diet."

As frustrating as it could get at times and frequently feeling enticed by these offers, I pushed through. Personally, I set a goal and committed to it. You'll have your following that supports the goal, but it also comes with people that make fun of you for not partaking in the cupcake feast they organized. The people that make fun of you for the way you eat usually aren't people that share a similar goal or set of life choices. It was one of the hardest things I learned in the 90 days of 4hr Body. If I were to do it all over again, I would try to surround myself with more people that share a similar goal. Morale support would have been wonderful at the times I about had a mental break down because I craved something like a snickers bar.

I did feel slightly better after reading an article written by this lady I've followed off and on for years. I read it about 30 days before the end of the challenge (home stretch baby!). It was just reassuring that I'm not the only one annoyed with some of the negativity that followed by my healthy nutrition planning. I was also amused reading it.

http://chickentuna.com/Crap_pushers_sample_letter.html

Another piece of advice that came from my mother during my whole 90 day challenge was to avoid words like, can't, won't, shouldn't, etc. Instead, make suggestions for alternatives that are win / wins. She encouraged me to combat my family's inviting to go out and eat a hamburger with, "I'd prefer if we ate x because it's [ healthier / lighter / better for you / how ever you prefer wording it ]." There's a small chance you might find value in this way of thinking and communication.

A healthy lifestyle is rewarding in so many ways, but it can come with sacrifice. Even if your closest network of people make fun of you for your choices, there is still an entire community here that supports your goal. Keep your spirt up. Keep your eye on the prize. Don't take s*** from anyone and brush your shoulder off!

Nope, luckily. Especially my Mum is ecstatic that I'm trying to be healthier. My group of friends are supportive and praise me, even though they don't live healthily. However, when I go out to dinner with them or hang out at their places, I save up calories for a day or two, so I don't ahve to worry about higher calories. I only say no to completely unnecessary snack foods.

I got some reactions from colleagues because I have lunch duty at my school 4 times a week but rarely eat the food supplied there even though it would be free for me. They asked why I always brought a box with a small sandwich etc, guessing that I was maybe vegetarian or allergic to things. Once I explained that I prefer eating my main meal in the evening and that I'm trying to lose weight, they stopped talking.

Only the lunch lady keeps trying to get my to eat, bless her heart. She's a lovely old lady and very concerned I might not be eating properly.

A friend of mine would always give me crap for not eating the same as the rest of them, for example we would order pizza and I'd order a salad. according to him, eating healthy doesn't really make a difference. then he went away for a couple of months, and after he came back he couldn't stop complimenting me on my weight loss, how good I look etc. he wasn't the only one who made fun of me for 'trying' to be healthy and trying to get fit. in the end it all resulted in me ending up with an eating disorder, and he has no clue that that's the main reason I literally split in half while he was away. he's convinced I lost so much weight because of all the salads etc, and is doing the same thing now.

So my family always told me that I needed to start eating healthier and exercising more. They never thought that I was overweight or necessarily needed to even lose any weight, but they said it just because I never exercised and I ate a lot of junk food. So now I have gotten more conscious of myself and I have been eating healthy, counting calories, and working out everyday. And now I get made fun of and laughed at by the same people who always told me to do what I am now doing. Am I the only one having a hard time making the cross over to a healthier lifestyle? It makes it a lot harder to keep with it when everyone just laughs at you for adding up the calories in what you're eating or for making a salad instead of eating something unhealthy.

Possibly because they realise they ought to pull their fingers out of their arses and do it too and you doing it just reinforces the fact that they are not doing it.

I think it's time to post on Facebook every time you workout.