Weight loss sabotage- do you hide your eating?

I am sorry that your friends/classmates are like that. My husband is very supportive but he does comment sometimes that I go "overboard" on counting calories. I don't care, I just ignore anyone who says something contrary to what I am trying to do and do what I want. In the end, you live with your choices, your health and your body so YOU are the only one who knows and can commit to what you want for yourself. You can do it weather they support you or not if it is something that you really want and are committed to. YOU CAN DO IT!!

Despite the fact that I'm pretty open, doesn't mean that everything is game all the time. I get you.

YOu pry already look awesome and I think they might compliment you to your surprise. Keep doing what you are doing and if they comment so be it! you are better than that and doing this for yourself not them

Quite frankly, it's NONE of their business. You do what makes you feel good about yourself. If you need to weigh or measure out your food, then do it. If they are your friends, they'll support you.

This!!!

I didnt tell my mother I was dieting last time I sat down at the table to eat with her she said it looked like I had put on weight
and then when someone told her I was dieting she's like why you wanna do that for so......

just don't worry what everyone else thinks you're doing this for yourself not them they dont like it because
you're portioning your food then can look the other way

just tell them you are trying to eat small amounts but much more often! Tell them you feel more energized that way or whatever. Women can get pretty aggressive when they've learned you've lost weight and they haven't. Try to keep the topic off weight, and don't mention that you want to lose more, maybe just say you are working on building muscle. You need to find things to focus on about them, in conversations, to take the topic off the ol' "have you been eating" thing. lol people can be so rude about weight, just keep it light and don't elaborate too much (I know it's hard not to when your focus has been on it consistently)

My mother gets down on me about that, actually. She finds my weighing food 'obsessive' and silly that I log my food. However, she can't find a lot to complain about since I hit the "lost 55 lbs" mark. I have actually found myself justifying to other ppl that I am watching my weight and feel defensive about their perception of the fat chick who is eating 5 times a day. All I can tell you is that 1- dont be ashamed, embarrassed, or upset at your peers opinion of you and what you are doing to control your food intake in that amazing effort to lose weight. Chin up, and remind yourself that you aren't doing it for their approval (or disapproval, for that matter.) You are doing this for you. If they have nothing positive to say, or rather nothing except negative remarks to share - then avoid them. You do not have to justify yourself to them, who knows maybe you will find they are doing the same things you are and feeling just as scared or isolated. (Maybe not, but who knows?)

During a recent hospital stay I discovered a couple of the nurses used MFP regularly, and lost weight and I had a blast sharing stories about weight loss and how MFP helped me out. I could've been embarrassed, or worried about them judging me but who are they? No ones, so let them judge. Turns out they were in the exact same boat as me. That was a great discovery :-)

You are living for you, and losing for you, and answer to no one but you. Just remember that ;-)

I recently had to deal with something similar. My father in law was coming to visit and of course he was going to see me (once again) trying to lose weight. But I faced it straight on, I told him I am doing this for a few months now, I have already achieved a lot and I am doing well.
Basically take it or leave it attitude-and to my surprise he was extremely supportive. Now his ex wife on the other hand would of been the type to place cookies under my nose. Sometimes you have to just tell them to back off before they even begin to attack you. I have a feeling you already know who will be doing that to you when you return to school. I would make it clear you have goals and are seeing them through before they even begin to 'counsel' you with their opinions on how you should deal with your life/health.

I've had people say "how can you measure everything out like that?" to me and I just shrug it off and reply with something like "its not that hard" or "you mean use my measuring cup as a spoon to dip the beans out of the pot?...yeah real hard".
And I think sometimes its not so much sabotage as it is admiration or jealousy. Especially if you get results from your efforts. A lot of people probably wish they had the dedication to do that at every meal.

This is exactly what goes on I bet.. Most people that are over weight don't like to be overweight alone. If you think about it, they may all be eating out all the time, not worrying about their weight and then you come along and show them how you have lost weight. 17lbs will be noticeable and then they notice that you have just cut down your portion size they may be jealous or envy the fact that you did it and try to bring you down because they are still being piggish and don't want to be all alone.

I have to at work, many saboteurs here. In addition the bosses have a lot of customers coming through so there is a lot of food. Its not uncommon to have 10 left over pizzas lying about after the customer lunch. If I happen to wander in during the scavenger feast there is always someone waving a slice of pizza in my face, or in the morning a doughnut.

I used to get this at work a lot.
My co-workers wouldn't even try inviting me to lunch and would say things like "Oh, Melissa brought a HUUUGGEEE salad today so she's can't come out with us."

Once they saw my success and how dedicated I've been, they quickly changed their tune.

Don't let anyone stand in the way of your goals.
You do what you have to to be successful.
You never know, they just might see your progress and be inspired.
I've got 4 people from work using MFP now :P

They always tease me because right after eating I immediately come and long my calories. They now have attempted to lock me out of my office or computer to make me stop. I don't understand their actions because I am doing this to make me healthy.

Wow. If my co-workers did something like that, I would ask them how old they are! That's just stupid, disrespectful and down-right childish!

They need not worry about what you’re eating. What you eat doesn't make them **it. I just posted earlier about how I get attacked for wanting to eat healthy, but it’s your life not theirs. Hey, maybe you will motivate them to get healthy as well. Best of luck!

I have had issues in the past when I have tried to eat healthier than the people around me and them trying to get me to eat things that aren't what I needed or wanted to be eating. They would make comments such as "oh it's only one cookie it won't hurt you" or "you're on vacation, don't worry about it." My response to them and it worked was "If I was an alcoholic would you be trying to get me to drink one beer, etc." So, if you need to be that frank with your school mates then do it. Don't let anyone sabotage the good you are doing for yourself.

I like this reply!!!! I might have to borrow this for my next family gathering!

At first my husband would be like " are you really measuring that?" or" are you really counting out how many nuts/crackers/chips (whatever it was i was counting that day). And I tell him, or anyone else who asks, yes I'm really measuring/counting this. He's totally supportive of me now that he sees I'm sitcking to it and this is what I'm going to be doing every day! You don't need to explain yourself to anyone, but if you must then just tell them you want to be healthier and be the best person you can be. Ignore the haters