Co-worker “detoxing”

app_119
app_119 Posts: 24 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I have a co-worker who went home early yesterday because she said she was sick from detoxing from sugar. She is telling everyone today that she still feels sick from her detox. I asked her why she thought she needed to “detox”. After telling me that “ people” have told her sugar is very toxic, she also told me she didn’t eat yesterday until after she went home; then she felt better. I tried to point out that she probably just needed to eat, and that was why she didn’t feel well. I know I should just keep my mouth shut and stay out of it. You can’t really get through, can you?
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  • bagge72
    bagge72 Posts: 1,377 Member
    if sugar was toxic wouldn't she be sick from eating them, not after "detoxing" from them? Just walk away and don't enter in conversation with her when she talks about it.
  • app_119
    app_119 Posts: 24 Member
    malibu927 wrote: »
    Ask her if she thinks fruits are toxic too

    Yes, good point. Of course she probably doesn’t think of that kind of sugar as the “toxic” kind!
  • kds10
    kds10 Posts: 452 Member
    It is almost like "detoxing from sugar" is the in thing to do. To me it is like the term "eating clean" ..I have to admit it bugs me when I hear people talk like that.
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    NovusDies wrote: »
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    NovusDies wrote: »
    Bring in a doughnut tomorrow eat it and then act out a death scene.

    Or just take in cake for your office

    Or bring in something really delicious like pie which is far superior to cake. But don't skip acting out the death scene...

    Brownie trumps all these things....

    YASSSS!
  • Alyssa_Is_LosingIt
    Alyssa_Is_LosingIt Posts: 4,696 Member
    edited June 2018
    Just smile and nod. Usually best just to mind your own business when it comes to coworkers and their eating habits and hope that they do the same.

    There's a lot of woo floating around my office, too, and while it can be infuriating, it's just not worth my time trying to talk sense to them.
  • kami3006
    kami3006 Posts: 4,979 Member
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    NovusDies wrote: »
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    NovusDies wrote: »
    Bring in a doughnut tomorrow eat it and then act out a death scene.

    Or just take in cake for your office

    Or bring in something really delicious like pie which is far superior to cake. But don't skip acting out the death scene...

    Brownie trumps all these things....

    I like you more and more :)
  • NovusDies
    NovusDies Posts: 8,940 Member
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    Not if it has peanut butter swirled through it

    I assume you mean crunchy since smooth would be the same texture.

    Pies can be savory or sweet. They can also be FRIED. They are more versatile as-is.
  • NovusDies
    NovusDies Posts: 8,940 Member
    nutmegoreo wrote: »
    NovusDies wrote: »
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    Not if it has peanut butter swirled through it

    I assume you mean crunchy since smooth would be the same texture.

    Pies can be savory or sweet. They can also be FRIED. They are more versatile as-is.

    You've obviously never had a cake sammich with a pinch of pie.

    You lost me at the word cake.

  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    NovusDies wrote: »
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    Not if it has peanut butter swirled through it

    I assume you mean crunchy since smooth would be the same texture.

    Pies can be savory or sweet. They can also be FRIED. They are more versatile as-is.

    Not in the ones I make, peanut butter isn't the same consistency as brownie batter
  • Alyssa_Is_LosingIt
    Alyssa_Is_LosingIt Posts: 4,696 Member
    kshama2001 wrote: »
    I'm normally a cake person, but it's almost peach pie season...

    I live in the south and peaches are a big deal here this time of year. Nothing better than a warm gooey peach cobbler made with fresh peaches from our farmers market. Even better if you have room in your calories for vanilla ice cream to go with it.

    I think I may just have to make one this weekend...
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    edited June 2018
    kami3006 wrote: »
    NovusDies wrote: »
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    NovusDies wrote: »
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    NovusDies wrote: »
    Bring in a doughnut tomorrow eat it and then act out a death scene.

    Or just take in cake for your office

    Or bring in something really delicious like pie which is far superior to cake. But don't skip acting out the death scene...

    Brownie trumps all these things....

    Brownies trump cake but they are still one note texturally. A pie has a crust.

    Nuts, chocolate chips...so many things you can put in them but even without it they put the smackdown on pie any day.

    You don't often get brownies with nuts in... stupid people with nut allergies
  • apullum
    apullum Posts: 4,838 Member
    But what about...BROWNIE PIE? https://spicysouthernkitchen.com/brownie-pie/
  • sunfastrose
    sunfastrose Posts: 543 Member
    quiksylver296 wrote: »
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    NovusDies wrote: »
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    NovusDies wrote: »
    Bring in a doughnut tomorrow eat it and then act out a death scene.

    Or just take in cake for your office

    Or bring in something really delicious like pie which is far superior to cake. But don't skip acting out the death scene...

    Brownie trumps all these things....

    YASSSS!

    You haven't heard of the wonder that is the cake sandwich.

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