do you judge others based on what they eat?

Man, I hope all you guys/girls don't always judge people based on what they eat. If you do, please don't ever visit me because you'll probably have a heart attack.

Just because someone is making an unhealthy choice does not mean they have an attitude or are ignorant. A few days ago I ordered fries with my dinner just because I felt like it. I worked them into my macros for the day and everything was fine, those fries certainly didn't undo my months of work exercising and watching what I've been eating.

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Everyone needs to read that

nope.
last thing that crosses my mind.

I usually look up how bad it is on my phone and then leave it there. I really don't think that people realize how much of a splurge some things are, and that meal they're eating is 2500 calories! I feel bad and grossed out and then stick to my under 500 but still lots of sodium food.

Yeah, I sometimes judge people based on what they eat or food they buy. I judge people about a lot of things, though, some of it valid and a lot of it not valid at all.

But you know, I never actually TELL that person. And I think that's a big distinction.

For those of you who say, "I don't judge, but if it were a family member or friend I would tell them how unhealthy it is," to me this is about a hundred times worse. How condescending and humiliating this is! Treating someone like a child who doesn't know any better.

In today's fat-obsessed society, the vast majority of people know the ins and outs of what's healthy and what's not. We're bombarded with it every day. Maybe they don't know the specific details to the degree that the average dieter or MFP member, but it's not too much of a stretch for people to realize that fresh veggies = healthy, massive milkshake = not healthy.

So I keep quiet. Maybe they don't care that they're fat. Maybe they have other issues and really just want a cheeseburger right then to make them feel better. Maybe they can't afford better food. Maybe it's a special occasion. None of my business.

I can't control judging them in my head. But I can control what I say to another person.

I never get mad at the individual or feel the need to chastise or lecture an adult in any way. We are our own worst critics and get down on ourselves enough, so if its a person who is dieting, trying too cut back on bad foods, change their eating lifestyle, or whatever they are doing, they already know when they are making bad choices. Thats their own weakness and no amount of putdowns, critisism or lectures will make them change it.

Instead I try to point out what they did good, and leave the negativity for them too decide how strict they want to be with their calorie restrictions, or other food choices. I try to encourage them because you see people on here all the time beating themselves up. I dont need too kick them while they are down I need to help them remember what they did good and help them get back up.

This!!! Well said!

I never judge people when they eat unhealthy food, but I do OBSERVE - a lot, and I see it as a LEARNING curve.

Before I joined here, I went on holiday to the Canary Islands. Lot of other British tourists there, and the one thing I noticed was that the men were average sized but their wife/girlfriend were huge!

I looked at what they were eating - the men would have their plate piled high, but the women did too - they matched their plate with their partners. It was the FIRST time I realised that portion sizes were definitely key.

So as soon as I got home, I started making my portions around one-third to half of what my 5'9" tall, built partner eats (especially as I'm only 5'2" myself) - lost 14lbs after that

Not even close to what I meant. I am surrounded by unhealthy people in my life who choose to eat all unhealthy foods and feed it to their kids. I hear about gastrointestinal problems to no end and about constant serious issues that the kids have to go through because they can't choose what they are fed. I'm told "it's just easier" "I really don't want to know if I'm sick" "I know my blood pressure was 220, but I just ignore it now, no, I don't want to get it checked".

I get to hear about the annoyance of having to get a young child's 10 rotten teeth removed, never mind that her parents let her eat straight sugar daily. Or how about "my kid must have some disorder, they won't eat properly or try any new foods" yeah that can happen when you consider chocolate, cake, cookies and cordial a daily school lunch.

This makes me very upset and no, I was never talking about ordering fries with dinner. I was talking about how I feel when I see what ^^^these people order to eat when around me. Despise my best efforts to explain nutrition etc.

While I can understand mentally shaking your head at bigger people ordering bad fatty foods, and everyone has their right to feel how they will about others' food choices, comments like this:

It is their attitude and ignorance that bothers me, more than the food. I don't think you're a bad person! LOL

Are what worries me. Just because someone is making an unhealthy choice does not mean they have an attitude or are ignorant. A few days ago I ordered fries with my dinner just because I felt like it. I worked them into my macros for the day and everything was fine, those fries certainly didn't undo my months of work exercising and watching what I've been eating. I know very well what fried foods contain and how they affect my body, just because I sometimes choose less healthy foods does not make me ignorant about them, and assuming someone is ignorant because they are overweight or ordering foods you personally wouldn't just doesn't sound right. I think everyone needs to take a step back and remember where assuming anything about anyone leads you...

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YEAH RIGHT! There sure are a lot of angels on this website! Everyone is so tolerant and nonjudgmental and only concerned with how people act, not what they eat....
Yeah right! haha.

Sometimes, I wanna dive over to the reeeeeally big person's table, rip that sausage out of their hand and rescue their gaping maws from devouring it in two chomps...all the while screaming, "don't doooooo itttttt!" (this has all occurred in slow motion)

But. I don't. I am polite. I mid my own business. Doesn't mean I don't THINK it! And I know all you angels have thought it before too.

Don't worry OP. You're not alone. Or a jerk.

No one said they don't notice, just that they don't care. There's a difference. And, no, I have not thought about diving to another table and ripping food from someone's hand. Life is about more than what you eat or how much you exercise. Yes, I judge people by WHO they are, not what they eat.

And some of you who do care, I'm surprised you have any friends to eat with.

If someone has an oxygen tank and is lighting a cigarette in MY vicinity, then yes I'd say something. I'd say something if someone was smoking near a gas tank, too.

Because THAT has the potential to end my life. Someone eating a doughnut has no effect on me. It's that person's business. And if that person doesn't know that a doughnut is high in fat and calories and not healthy, I can't help him or her, anyway.

Of course people have the right to think (and even say) what they want. But you insisting that everyone who said they don't care about what other people eat is insulting. Unless you're a mindreader or other kind of psychic, you can't know that. YOU think it, so of course that must mean everyone does.

And if you come on a public message board and say, "I have these thoughts, what does that say about me?" then you're going to get answers. When you make your thoughts my business, then you get what you ask for. You don't want me to judge your thoughts, don't tell me what they are.

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Nope. Tbh I wouldn't even notice, I'm not the most observant person in the world.

That said, what does get me judging and angry is when parents give kids their bad habits. Make whatever choices you want for yourself but don't risk your child's health.

I'm a kindergarten teacher, and there's a 3 year old in our school who is overweight. Every day, her mother sends in a cake and chocolate milk in case she doesn't want to eat her lunch, so she won't get hungry.Basically, this child has learned not to eat her lunch so she can have the cake and chocolate milk. It's encouraging horrible habits in the child, ensuring she never has to try a vegetable or anything healthy.

Now I don't know how she is fed at home, but based on her reactions to all foods in school, and the mother's response then I don't hold out much hope.

This makes me really angry, even though technically I guess it's none of my business

That's so sad...I really hate to see bad habits passed onto children. My SIL hates veggies, so she never tried to teach her kids to eat healthy. My 19 year old niece is overweight and just started college (freshman 15+), my 9 year old niece is still thin, but eats horribly and has been crabby her whole life. My nephew is almost 18, and he took control of his own destiny by starting a major healthy-eating and workout regiment (he wants to be a Marine)..I'm very proud of him, but I do worry about the girls. Its much harder to correct bad habits when you're older than it is to learn them early.