healthy food eaters rant

I have spoken up. I've said simply, "That's so rude." They're usually embarassed.

I have spoken up. I've said simply, "That's so rude." They're usually embarassed.

Just look at what they are eating and say "ugh, I feel the same way about THAT!" Of course, I usually take the b*tch route on things.

I like the 'eww your lunch looks so healthy' (complete with curled up lip)

I just smile and say thank you.

people have no filter.

I'm not one to keep my mouth shut so I'd probably respond with some snide comment like: "Yeah, but it tastes delicious and isn't nearly as bad for me as that (as I point to what they brought for lunch)."

"ew, that's so gross"
"FINE, I'll share with you"

I just look at what they are eating and am glad that I don't put that crap into my body.

I usually can't afford or have access to super healthy food. However, sometimes my coworkers will comment on how healthy my food looks. Especially the one that had gastric bypass, and still eats crap!

yeah well, happens to me a lot and usually i answer "yeah, looks gross and has like 400 kcal less than your yucky food. any more questions?!"

'Ewwwwwww that looks disguisting'

'it tastes quite nice, want to try?'

They will either try it, or say no thanks

I've had quite a few converts to different foods through that.

They pretty much know they will get offered the food to proove my point, so they havent commented since.

Ya I'll bring tuna in for a snack, or tilapia for a meal (I eat it cold because I really don't want to be that person that stuck up the whole office cooking fish) and I feel like I have to hide in the cleaning closet to eat it because every one comments and says "EWWWW how can you eat fish it's so nasty!"

I have to apologize because I am allergic to seafood and cant be in the same room with it. I stopped eating in the lunchroom at my old job because of this. I'd go in to see if the coast was clear and the minute I started eating a coworker would come in and heat up fish & I'd have to leave. Being around it gives me hives, eating it makes my throat close up.

What's difficult for me is when I go out to eat with other people and they try to push food on me. when I say, "No thanks, I'm stufffed." etc., they keep pushing. A friend tried to get me to eat a dessert last week. I knew I was at my calorie goal for the day and I was full from they dinner we had just finished. Usually, I pick at a few small bites and push it around on my plate, but it can be tough! I don't want to be rude, but I also work really hard to keep healthy.

Any other tips from my fellow MFPs?

A co-worker does this to me (I work in a pizza restaurant and there's ALWAYS extra pizza laying around for us to eat.). I usually say no thanks, and most people know not to even ask me if I'd like a piece.

One girl always, always, always asks me to share. She said "I feel rude if I don't ask and share! I was always taught to share!" I tell her "If you never ask me again, I promise I won't think you're being rude. It's rude if you're trying to tease me into eating." One day she was sort of taunting me, saying "You know you want some..." I said "Let me ask you this: Would you go up to an alcoholic and put a shot of vodka in his face and say 'you know you want some...you want to drink it!' Would you show a heroin addict a needle and say 'You want this...you know you do!' Would you do that? No...so it's the same thing with me. Do not do that to me, it's just as sh*tty." She said she never thought of it that way. She's been better since, though she still tells me my food is gross while she's eating junk.

I say "It's okay. you're 25. Wait til you're 35. You'll be in my shoes." :laugh:

I would tell them it doesn't look near as gross as their big mac and fries!

ugh yes! just yesterday i brought lunch to work and had:

baked miso cod with sesame seeds and purple thai rice with ****ake mushrooms (leftover from dinner)

and one of the guys was like....what is that....fish??????

um yeah it's cod ....what's wrong with my gourmet lunch lol

Sounds delicious!

I like how it censored the mushrooms. :laugh:

I consider myself a pretty healthy eater who likes to try different things, even if they look weird they can still be good and if they are good for you then even better!! For instance I like lightly salted roasted seaweed strips from trader joes, I like broccoli sprouts on stuff too. I just feel it is so rude when someone comments on how gross your food looks, I'll be making my lunch at work and a coworker comes up ewww what is that that looks gross. I mean come on, common sense says thats pretty rude, it's even better when they are heating up a hot pocket, or having a greasy hamburger with fries. Just a rant, cause it happened today. Anybody else have this problem, do you keep quiet or do you speak up?

girl. this is the story of my life. people have called my food turtle food, grass clippings, shrubbery, rabbit food, i even got a "it looks like somebody already ate that!" comment on a curried eggplant dish i made once. my dad endearingly told me the other day that the kale i was eating looks like something he'd scrape off the bottom of his shoe. and yes, i speak up every time :bigsmile: