judgmental

No.

Maybe it's not so much being judgemental as it is being more cognizant of exactly what they are putting into their bodies. I think the more we work on healtier nutrition and the more we log our foods and calories the more aware we become of exactly what is in the food the we used to eat (and that others are still eating). I feel the same way and wonder how people can eat the stuff they eat on a regular basis. Don't be hard on yourself for being "judgemental", it's just that you are more aware now.

Human nature...but something to watch out for. I'll find myself critiquing people's grocery carts, wondering how they can buy "that crap." Or judge people I just saw come from the gym, and head to the bakery in the grocery store....

Something I have to watch, for sure....

Nope I only care about what I eat and not what some stranger eats.

I feel the urge to yes and most of the time I catch myself and try to remind myself that I didn't always make good choices and so I really shouldn't judge others for theirs. I always try to remember too that a lot of people simply don,t have the knowledge that many of us here on MFP do regarding calories, nutrients, exercise, etc. and many folks who don't have that knowledge simply become frustrated and give up on even trying. There is so much mis-information out there that I can still understand how many have a hard time finding the answers they need.

not at all

Trying so hard to lose weight. I told my daughter a few weeks ago that when I shop I am looking at the foods that people have in their carts and the heavier people have foods that I used to buy but no longer would consider. I am trying to look in the supermarket and in restaurants and learn the eating habits that healthy sized people have. Can only change ourselves.

ok this scares me a bit i have not got to the weight loss part but i always believed people would care more about what they ate than what i did ... this makes me a little scared to eat infront of people what are all those people think about me?!

btw my son eats better than i do i have always been pickey and i hate it but i seem to get him to eat great...

and you cannot judge some people may have a problem and they take it out of food dont judge people if you dont want to be judged

i dont want to be judged!

One other thing to keep in mind is you don't really know just how active some of the thinner people chowing down really are. I was reading a blog of a trainer who was 5'2" and quite fit, but on an average day she taught fitness classes, she said she burned around 3,200 calories. If she didn't chow down a bit after all that, she would be doing the wrong thing for her body.

I know ever since I started with a strength training program, I've had to up the amount of foods, particularly protein foods, compared to what I'm used to, and sometimes I feel like I'm looking like a pig eating large servings at some meals, but while I can go a bit over and under in my macros, and don't always get them perfect, I'm usually a bit under in my calories at the end of the day and need to make sure I eat a little bit more so as not to go too far under what is allotted to me in my diary. I'm pretty much the right weight for my height at this point, so I'm eating what I need for my situation.

Anyway, not saying that everyone out there who is eating so much should be, just probably better to worry about what is right for myself, because it's not like others really understand what I'm trying to accomplish just from looking at me.

I have all the thoughts in my head and then I rationalize them for the people.-cheat day, meds, bad day, extra long workout....I also think that I was once that person.

Maybe thats the key - perhaps you are not judging them, but the old you.

I was once told by an incredibly wise friend that other people are a mirror to ourselves - and the bits of others that annoy us, that we dislike, or that we judge are reflections of things in ourselves, and thats why we notice them. I laughed at the time, but the next time someone annoyed me it was for being impatient - my worst fault!

So don't be harsh on yourself for 'judging' - you are just acknowledging how far you have come. At least thats my opinion! (By no means offered as fact)

Jodye

I'm more critical of family members and their eating habits. I have immediate family members who are diabetic or have had heart issues in the past. I get really annoyed when I see them downing a Coke w/ a Double Del and extra "macho" fries. Really?

It's frustrating for me because I wonder if they care that little about their health. Than I have to remember that I've made some pretty terrible decisions with food/alcohol and they'll have to figure it out just like I did.

As for strangers, I do get the passing thought @ the grocery store but it doesn't really bother me.

I do this sometimes but then I think of it the other way around.

Grocery shopping today, a skinny man came up and loaded up the belt with snack cakes, sodas, chips, beer, pizzas, and cakes. And then I look at my huge mound of veggies and fruits with eggs and bread.... I could only help but thinking "How can he be skinny and eat all that junk" and he probably thought "how can she be so fat and eat all those good foods?"...

I'm sure it works both ways...

Sounds like he's having a party!
I try not to judge people at the grocery store or whatever because I know that sometimes I don't get any fruits or veggies at all since I got them at the farmer's market earlier in the week.
I'm also that girl who got a kit-kat from the vending machine at the gym after my workout because I felt my blood sugar getting dangerously low. I laid down on the couch while eating it and drinking water. That will teach me to eat an early morning breakfast and work out right before a late lunch, I guess. Sure, it neutralized a huge portion of my burnt calories, but I didn't pass out at least. Not ideal, but I did what I could in the moment.

i had a co worker who lost a substantial amount of weight and kid you not every time she saw me putting food in my mouth she would tell me how many calories I was consuming....just wrong. So now that I'm losing weight I try not to do it and only worry about me.

I find myself doing it too.. and of course I wind up doing it to my poor Mom, who's also trying to lose weight but hasn't been as successful as I have due to factors beyond her control. I always feel awful, because I know better.. but some days, it just drives me nuts that she's willing to eat all this crap without a care in the world and I'm sitting there eating healthy and counting everything.

I also think about how I used to down like 4 or 5 margaritas twice a week in college and not give it a second thought.... and now if I even thought about doing that, I'd prob. have a panic attack and then some..

Maybe it's not so much being judgemental as it is being more cognizant of exactly what they are putting into their bodies. I think the more we work on healtier nutrition and the more we log our foods and calories the more aware we become of exactly what is in the food the we used to eat (and that others are still eating). I feel the same way and wonder how people can eat the stuff they eat on a regular basis. Don't be hard on yourself for being "judgemental", it's just that you are more aware now.

I agree 100%