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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%

I ate really poorly for a long time so I don't think I'm in any position to judge!

Just because I'm healthy now doesn't give me licence to go around judging other people or harping on to them about how unhealthy they are. If someone asks me for advice, I'll give it to them, but otherwise, it's not my place.

Even if it's only in your head, most people only put down others to feel better about themselves. So what if someone puts too much dressing on their salad. Does that make you a better person because you don't? (Hint: no. You just use less salad dressing.)

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...

I look at other people's carts too, wondering how they can feel good after eating that. Course, I then realize I never felt bad eating that stuff, but I just know that now I shouldn't. I do, however, have permission from my trainer for one sweet treat/day.

I catch myself doing this as well, but then I remember. I remember how I wasn't really ready for a long time, and I don't even really know what changed for me to make me successful this time.

I think back to a few months before I started this journey. My tiny sister (less than half my weight and about 6 inches shorter than I) who is also 9 years younger than I, and single with no kids, an easy job schedule and no responsabilities tried to tell ME how to lose weight. Lets just say it did NOT go over well.

I am always paranoid of being judged. Like if I go to a restaurant and order something healthy people might think "pfft, look at how big she is, she's must binge at home or something" or if I order a treat meal they'll think "That's right lady, pack on some MORE pounds". I just feel like in public I'll get judged no matter what I order.

Last time I lost weight, I ended up at 149lbs and I was SO judgemental. I would look at heavier people and think "For F*** sakes, get up off the couch and do something about it". After gaining all that weight PLUS back I am hoping I'll be a little more humble with my weightloss this time. Try to be encouraging and supportive, instead of critisizing.

One thing I know is : You can't accurately judge someone until you have truely walked in their shoes, and battled their demons. Pretty impossible to do.

When it comes to seeing what parents feed their kids with- yes, I'm with DanDan on that one. I used to work with kids and it never failed to amaze me how someone would think that giving their 4 year old one of those 99 cent bags of cheetos is a good idea. o.O And the scarier part is that the little girl finished it all! Don't get me wrong, I'm not the junk food police or anything, but at least have some moderation.

Other than the pet peeve listed above, I'm more observant than judgmental. I'll see someone eating almost the whole take out container of Chinese food with 3/4 of a box of white rice and I'll remember all the times I've done that before. I wouldn't think less of the person but rather it would remind me of how easy it is to under estimate the number of calories in things.

I totally agree with it not being so judgmental....as being involved or aware of it now. I think like anything else once your life is affected by it, you are more aware. Like anything else. When one of our family was hit with a serious case of depression it seemed like all of sudden there were ads on tv all the time about treating depression, articles in the paper, etc., and then someone pointed out it was because I was directly affected or involved in that at the time. Same goes for anything I think....don't be hard on yourself. Your more aware and more interested I believe....