People suck.

On the waving plate one, all it takes is, "You have exactly three seconds to back away from me. Three...." You'll never get to the One count.

Why office people think it's fine to be a snot - and then get all manner of offended when I've told them to get bent - is utterly beyond me.

I think at that point, I would have given a straight-faced, "Since when did it become okay to comment on everything I eat? Just be glad I don't do the same to you."

Ugh. That is the worst. I feel your pain!

In my current office there's just a couple of guys and an average weight 50-something lady (my boss) who pretty much never eat at work, and if they do it's totally reasonable and they show no interest in what I am eating or not eating. I seriously view it as a PERK of this job, after the other offices I have worked in!!! I'm not gloating...just saying I get it. It is SO obnoxious when your coworkers say that stuff...ugh

Great job for staying strong!! this happens in my office all the time. although its tough to say no, at the end of the day Im sure your going to feel better!!

I came in here to tell you to lighten up and live a little, but yeah, the people you work with suck.

Pretty much that. Good luck to you!!! :flowerforyou:

*Edited to add...Though, on second thought...the way you describe the catered lunch was kind of snotty, too, to be perfectly honest. Just because you choose to eat healthfully (and, in all seriousness, good for you for it!) does not make you better than your co-workers who do choose to "stuff themselves until they can't breathe" or however you termed it. It certainly doesn't excuse their behavior, but is it possible they were reacting to your attitude about the catered lunch? Honest question. How do you typically interact with your co-workers about food? Perhaps, if you used the same tone and terminology with them, they became defensive about it, and that's what triggered their comments. Again, NOT saying or implying that your co-workers' behavior was acceptable, regardless of anything else. Not even a little bit. And I wasn't there so I certainly don't know how you actually acted or spoke...just making an observation about the possibilities. It's equally likely that you were perfectly polite and they're just pushy jerks .

So this should totally be posted in the Success Stories thread. Great NSV!

If it makes you feel any better, I got flack last night at my grandma's birthday dinner for weighing my slice of cake and blueberry compote. I had it all exactly figured out. My mom was supportive, my stepdad was laughing because his piece of cake was the exact weight I wanted and so I took it. It was my grandma who gave me a weird look (she can eat whatever and not gain a pound...) and my aunt who gave me the hardest time. Her response was "I just eat." Which is why she is fat, that and she doesn't work out. AT ALL.

Great Job!

I came in here to tell you to lighten up and live a little, but yeah, the people you work with suck.

Pretty much that. Good luck to you!!! :flowerforyou:

^This :drinker:

Anytime you do something good for you, people will want to knock you off your pedestal. DON'T LET THEM! After a while those same people will compliment you for your weight loss.

ETA: When they ask your secret you simply tell them "I don't eat the potluck food!"

I reply with, "I have clothes I'd like to fit into... but you go ahead and eat all you want." That turns the tables. =D

Yea... because going down to their level is the way to do things! /sarcasm

Honestly, it wasn't that food that made you fat. It was eating over your calories day in and day out that made you fat. If you choose not to participate then that is cool. Whatever. But don't try to blame it for your previous problems with food.

I was trying to be funny.. Chillax sour pants, and lay off the girl cuz it ain't that serious.

Another good thing about working from home...Having worked in such environments I can totally sympathise with you. I've realised there's no point talking to people about food and/or fitness who haven't done it successfully. They'd be happy with me being average and unfit for the rest of my life. 'I don't think you need to lose weight' is an interesting response - I'm not doing it for you, you don't know what I look like without my clothes on and you don't realise I'm sick of not being able to wear the types of clothes I've avoided all my life! On telling someone else that I lift heavy and one of my goals is to get a BF of 20%, he was worried I was going to develop an eating disorder... Today I foolishly posted my 50 day MFP anniversary NSV on Facebook (I've lost 8 inches all over my body), and the first response was 'I saw you last week and you look fine' - yeah - last week I'd already lost about 7 inches from all over my body. Idiots!

OP, you were very strong given the situation - I would've probably grabbed a small plate myself - self control under a bit of peer pressure is something I'm working on. Being poor and therefore unable (as well as introverted and a bit unwilling) to socialise much has probably saved me!

Edited for crap tagging.

Potlucks are bad now? Crap, I'm doing this wrong.

:flowerforyou:

Sounds like you handled it with tact and lots of grace. Good for you!

Agreed; you handled that quite well. Good job!

My office is having a luncheon at work. What's the occasion you ask? We hired 2 new people. Apparently that's a reason to eat tons and tons of food. I brought my lunch, as usual. I don't care to participate in the stuffing-of-faces-until-we-can't-breathe-fest. I'm just starting out and am trying really hard to meet my goal. I'm sitting with everyone and chatting like usual, just not eating the food. It doesn't fit into my daily allowance and I'm good with that. Anywho, I get my lunch out of the fridge. Let the comments commence....

"That's what you're eating for potluck??" "Yep, I'm good with this."
"Go get in line and get some food!" "Oh no, I'm good, thank you though."
"Why aren't you eating??" "I didn't gain weight eating like THIS, I gained weight eating like THAT."
"She's eating a granola bar!!"
Waving a plate of food in front of my face (literally) "You don't know what you're missing!!" (trying to keep calm and not slap it out of her hand) "Oh yes I do, and I'm good, thanks."

Seriously?? People suck.

And then when everyone else is on a diet and you're eating Taco Bell, they will have something to say about that as well. People just like to make sure everyone around them is exactly like them. It's horrible. When it comes to lunch, we will be talking down at the front desk and they will just say "well we aren't inviting _____, she's eating "healthy" and they are so snide and snotty about it. Keep your head up. There are always people around trying to keep you down to their level one way or another.