Eating habits and work vs coworkers

I only get the odd one or two comments now - specifically when people make cakes and bring them in - I always ask for the calorie count...

However, I would say that since I started and lost so much weight, my colleagues are now all following suit (although to a lesser degree).

Just stick to your guns - your colleagues will get used to it and eventually give up, and may even join you in your lifestyle change when they see what it's doing for you.

I get the same things as well, especially when donuts are brought in or the boss buys everyone chicken/sausage biscuits from fast food restaurants, or pizza or whatever. Honestly I don't care what they think. I started eating right and exercising for a reason.

I have that too unfortunately, although lately I think people are starting to give up. But for a while they almost seemed to view it as a "sport" to position boxes of timbits and the likes around me. Whenever I could, I said no; whenever I thought it was acceptable, I'd have like 1 timbit (=not often). Whenever there is a meeting with donuts etc., I just don't take anything and watch everyone else gorge themselves on sugary treats. It's actually no longer difficult to say no, so it 's not a big problem for me personally.

I'm lucky, the majority of my office is health conscious and they don't normally bring in treats. My boss is the one who introduced me to MFP and I couldn't be more thankful. I bring in food from home for breakfast and lunch and if the office goes out I stick to salad with dressing on the side unless we go to a restaurant that I can find in my restaurant app. Tax season's are hardest, because the boss brings in tons of food to keep us going through overtime. (Which is why my 'lifestyle change' started in May.) He is buying more healthier foods now, but there is still an abundance of candy, muffins, crackers, etc.

YES! I go through it everyday! Its like they are waiting for me to fall off the ban wagon and they will be here to catch me with a pile of junk food! I work in a Dispatch center and we always go out for lunch, Chili's, Chipotle, and tons of local places. Luckily I started working here at the same time I started changing my eating, so they are used to me bringing my lunch and passing on ordering out. But those days that I didn't pack my luch, they almost seem excited that I'm ordering out with them! Then I sit there and calorie count before ordering and end up with a meal that doesn't sound extreamly appetizing, and then they give me the "your ordering that? thats no fun" Its all in good spirits, but your right, I don't understand why people have a hard time being supportive.

I honestly think its because you have this will-power to make a change and they are so happy eating the way they do, and just want the weight to majically disapear, or they think maybe one day theyll change, but in reality they just don't want it bad enough to do anything about it, so I'm going with its some twisted form of envy that they stuggle to be supportive. Oh and I'm relatively small compared to most of them, so they see me as "Skinny" which I assure you, I am 30 lbs over weight, which makes it worse, as someone already mentioned, they don't understand why you are dieting if you are smaller....

I do. Everyone at work knows I am trying to eat better, yet they bring in cake, bagels, you name it. I hear "wish I had your willpower!" So this makes me wonder if they do it on purpose to see if I will cave.
They also know that I limit my fast food to about once a month, if that. At least 2 times a week they want to go to McDonalds or Sonic. When I say no thank you, they tell me that I am just not fun anymore..In my mind I think "oh im still fun, but I am gonna be fun while being skinny

you're just making them feel guilty about their own crappy diets. keep it up!!

when the truth is, there WAS something wrong with me, and i'm fixing it, and there is something wrong with them for not respecting that.


^^This^^

I don't get it as much anymore but still do. When I first starting eating healthier (almost 4 years ago now), it was awful. Now, I get the random comment every now and then. Like, oh you can eat one donut. Or you can eat a piece of cake, looks like you are going to blow away anyway. Seriously? Stupid people.

Yeah, I have had a coworker basically accuse me of being anorexic. Well, no....I just try to eat better most of the time and workout more than I used to. I have a two year old son and a husband that I would like to be around for for a very long time. And if I am fat, lazy and out of shape....how the heck am I supposed to keep up with a two year old? I really don't think he is going to lose all his energy until maybe he is a teenager. lol I do not refuse to eat anything. Some days I will have whatever I want.....other days, I try to stay healthy as best as I can or eat one bad meal that day. And if I know say my hubby and I are going to have a date night....I will try to eat really good and workout alot leading up to it, so I can enjoy our night and not worry about the calorie count of something. One date night isn't going to derail me. You have to do what is right for you. Keep up the good work!!

I eat at my desk most days. They pick and say I am not really eating, and that it is gerbil food. They make a ton of food bring in all sorts of goodies, but I just say no.

I just dealt with this yesterday during a meeting. They all ordered pizza for the meeting and I declined. Then they took the leftovers and left them around my desk and at least 4 people asked me why I didn't want any pizza.

They stopped bugging me after a few hours. Yes I could go workout and burn off the ~300 cals per slice or whatever but I'm not just doing this to lose weight. I actually want to be more mindful of what I'm putting in my body.

I think some people just don't get it.

Not much yet since I just started, and I keep my diet pretty balanced. Although, today I am having potatoes and broccoli for lunch, with some bacon bits, and they have already said it was strange that I would bring small Yukon potatoes instead of a big huge "baking" potato. I haven't lost enough weight for people to visibily notice, and they don't know that I am trying to lose weight, so they just think it's weird.