RANT OVER UNHEALTHY PEOPLE JUDGING YOU
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FitnessLover001
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Does anyone else get FURIOUS at people who judge you for eating healthy??? And watching what you eat?? Or tell you that you're "too obsessive" over exercise and eating healthy and should "enjoy your life??"" I'm like BACK UP, I take pride in my work in the gym and kitchen and DO ENJOY EATING HEALTHY. Sorry I don't want fries with that???!?!
Like today I was told running long distances was terrible for you and I would have to have knee surgery and leg surgery when I got older and was basically belittled because I like running ten miles instead of being told, "Wow look at you go!" Like excuse me people, I love love LOVE being healthy and no I may not eat the entire serving of cake that is put on my plate, but that means I'm "too obsessive" and "worry about my weight too much" ?!?!?!?
People can just piss you off, ya know?
Like today I was told running long distances was terrible for you and I would have to have knee surgery and leg surgery when I got older and was basically belittled because I like running ten miles instead of being told, "Wow look at you go!" Like excuse me people, I love love LOVE being healthy and no I may not eat the entire serving of cake that is put on my plate, but that means I'm "too obsessive" and "worry about my weight too much" ?!?!?!?
People can just piss you off, ya know?
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There is a technique that you should perfect that I call "The art of listening without listening" and it is the ability to nod, make sympathetic noises and generally agree while not taking the slightest notice of what the other person is actually saying.
I always think its worth trying
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Also perfect the real-life LOL.4
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I agree. Sometimes people think that just because it goes through their head, it has to come out of their mouth. I try to take a step back and just think they are feeling the need to show they are able to form an opinion. If they get pushy I just ask them why they feel so strongly about the issue and how it is affecting them. Not like I care, but just to turn it around on them.7
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Seriously?
I couldn't care less what people think of me. I have a marathon coming up in 6 weeks and started a new job with a big company.
The last thing I could care about right now is what people think of me.8 -
Seriously?
I couldn't care less what people think of me. I have a marathon coming up in 6 weeks and started a new job with a big company.
The last thing I could care about right now is what people think of me.
I don't care either but it just irritates me!!! I mean I work hard and I hate when you're doing something positive with yourself and then people drag you down! It's like, if I wanna do it, then I can!
And then they say, "well you won't be able to do that in 50 years." or "yeah you may look good now but let's see you in a couple years when you stop lifting all those weights."
I'm like WHO SAID I WAS STOPPING???????????5 -
I don't talk to people IRL about food, calories, or exercise unless they ask. I'm not open to their input so I don't even let that topic be open for discussion.
That doesn't stop the occasional person from saying something annoying, but it definitely limits it.6 -
I run. I run despite the fact that bad knees (both parents have had replacement by age 60) run in my family. I run because I can guarantee that being 50+ pounds overweight every single day for the next 30+ years is going to be worse on my knees than running. I'd rather have knee replacement due to running than have knee replacement, high blood pressure, and diabetes from being overweight my entire life.
That comment ticks me off too. You keep doing what you're doing.13 -
I think we've all been there at some point. Robert Downey Jr. said it best: "Listen, smile, agree, and then do whatever the f**k you were gonna do anyway."29
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I agree. Sometimes people think that just because it goes through their head, it has to come out of their mouth. I try to take a step back and just think they are feeling the need to show they are able to form an opinion. If they get pushy I just ask them why they feel so strongly about the issue and how it is affecting them. Not like I care, but just to turn it around on them.
^^^This! What people say to us, about us etc is a reflection of them. Try to see it this way and it takes the sting out of it. They are really revealing more about how their mental processes work. It is what they say to themselves. It may work for them. Good. They are not you.2 -
Alway ALWAYS consider the source.9
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Luckily, I haven't had this happen to me. The only annoying this I get is my parents being worried that I'm doing too much and that I'll get injured. That's expected too, so I just keep doing what I'm doing lol0
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Don't pay attention to them. I was getting teased a little bit at my workplace, I just smiled. Now, they are trying to eat more of the things I eat.
Win-win 3 -
Middle fingers are wonderful tools.11
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Does anyone else get FURIOUS at people who judge you for eating healthy??? And watching what you eat?? Or tell you that you're "too obsessive" over exercise and eating healthy and should "enjoy your life??"" I'm like BACK UP, I take pride in my work in the gym and kitchen and DO ENJOY EATING HEALTHY. Sorry I don't want fries with that???!?!
Like today I was told running long distances was terrible for you and I would have to have knee surgery and leg surgery when I got older and was basically belittled because I like running ten miles instead of being told, "Wow look at you go!" Like excuse me people, I love love LOVE being healthy and no I may not eat the entire serving of cake that is put on my plate, but that means I'm "too obsessive" and "worry about my weight too much" ?!?!?!?
People can just piss you off, ya know?
step back a second...
what exactly is "eating healthy" and why do you think that the foods you choose to eat give you a position of moral superiority over the foods that others choose to eat? food is just fuel. if you're getting enough nutritional value from your food choices, then fries can be a regular part of your diet.
of course, the foods you choose to eat are your business and nobody should be giving you a hard time so long as your diet is giving you the nutrients that you need. however, if you are disgusted when you see somebody else eating fries and you think that person is necessarily "unhealthy", then you're in the wrong too. that doesn't mean you're a bad person. it just means that you may be misinformed about the true nature of food and how your body uses it. your body doesn't care whether it gets what it needs from a diet that includes only so-called "healthy" foods or one that also includes so-called "unhealthy" foods. it simply goes to work breaking them down and extracting what it needs from them.12 -
There is a technique that you should perfect that I call "The art of listening without listening" and it is the ability to nod, make sympathetic noises and generally agree while not taking the slightest notice of what the other person is actually saying.
I always think its worth trying
While this might be the "right" thing to do, in retrospect, I find that I seldom ever do/say the right thing.
I will take into consideration that maybe they're trying to help, that maybe their comments are genuine, LoL not fuc#ing likely! So then I just tell them to piss off and mind your own business because what I'm doing isn't your concern.2 -
I don't talk to people IRL about food, calories, or exercise unless they ask. I'm not open to their input so I don't even let that topic be open for discussion.
That doesn't stop the occasional person from saying something annoying, but it definitely limits it.
ok, i promise to be less annoying in the future. well, at least i'll *try* to be less annoying. can't guarantee any results though.0 -
I don't talk to people IRL about food, calories, or exercise unless they ask. I'm not open to their input so I don't even let that topic be open for discussion.
That doesn't stop the occasional person from saying something annoying, but it definitely limits it.
Yes, this.
Ditto.0 -
I don't talk to people IRL about food, calories, or exercise unless they ask. I'm not open to their input so I don't even let that topic be open for discussion.
That doesn't stop the occasional person from saying something annoying, but it definitely limits it.
ok, i promise to be less annoying in the future. well, at least i'll *try* to be less annoying. can't guarantee any results though.
aww not you, burro.
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I think we've all been there at some point. Robert Downey Jr. said it best: "Listen, smile, agree, and then do whatever the f**k you were gonna do anyway."
LOL! I love it! I will think that the next time some jealous (usually overweight) person says "well haven't you lost enough weight yet?"2
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