Co-worker doubting my methods.

stealthq · February 2014

Oh, cut her a break. She's obviously a daddy's girl, and he apparently knows all in her eyes. She'll lose her naivete and figure out he's not infallible soon enough.

It really isn't much different than the numbers of people who come on here asking about this cleanse or that diet drug because their doctors said it'd be the best method to lose weight. They won't listen to results, either, because they think being a doctor means you automatically know all about the human body.

cafeaulait7 · February 2014

There are right ways to diet and wrong ways. The worst wrong way I know is to tell anyone their way is the wrong way, unless they specifically ask for your advice.
Do what is working for you. If she's on the Clean Eating wagon, either she'll learn down the line or it'll work for her and she'll keep drinking the organic kool ade.

yeah that's what threw me off the most to be honest is I felt like I was being drilled because I didn't even ask for an opinion... then told I was doing it wrong essentially

So lame! $:\$

Don't ask her what she's drinking next time. You opened up the discussion on what y'all drink and eat (and why). By the time she told you why she was drinking veggies, your mistake should have become clear

bumblebreezy91 · February 2014

Tell her to eat clean at maintenance or above if she doesn't think calorie deficits matter.

Hopefully she'll come around soon. Just keep doing what you're doing, and your results will speak volumes.

SaraLady89 · February 2014

Just try to ignore it.

I had a coworker tell me the other day that the only way to loose weight is to go on a diet and that exercise won't change anything. When clearly that isn't true because if someone ate at maintanence and then worked out and burned say 300 calories guess what they're now in a defecite and will loose weight. When I tried to explain that to her she said no trust me hunny you I've been doing this for years and years the only way is to go on a diet. That made me want to say well guess what you are a bit over weight obviously just dieting isn't working for you. Of course I held my tongue and just let her believe what she wanted to.

Anyways congrats on your weight loss already and continue the good work. And ignore the unwanted advice.

fast_eddie_72 · February 2014

It came up, initially, during lunch, they invaded my space while I was eating and criticized my small lunch.

Ran into a co-worker in the cafeteria one afternoon while I was microwaving an egg and making toast. He was getting his salad and "healthy" frozen lunch out of the fridge.

"I hope you're eating more than that for lunch!" he said. "This is breakfast" I said. lol