Do you find some people try and sabatoge your weightloss??

I am just wondering if anyone faces the same situation as I do? I have a room mate who buys junk food all the time, willing to share it, buys me fast food when she knows I am on a diet. We share the milk in the house. She buys 2% where as I buy skim. She does not feel like switching to skim because she will have to add extra to whiten her tea. Gimme a break!!!

I bought some Molly Mcbutter one month ago and it was shoved right to the back of the cupboard. I am not sure if she is deliberately doing this to me but she knows I am counting calories and trying to eat healthy.

Am I blowing this out of proportion or does it sound like she's trying to hinder my weight loss?

it kinda sounds like going shopping with my mom. lol. she picks out potato chips, and I put them back and get carrot sticks. she buys coke, and I put it back and get flavored water. In my opinion, which of course, is strictly my opinion, she is probably not trying to hinder your weight loss. People who are on a diet honestly just don't even think about stuff like that. Even if she knows, chances are, when she buys food, it simply doesn't cross her mind. That is my take on it. but like I said, just my opinion. hope it helps!

Thank you. Just trying to stick to my new lifestyle this time

that's always a great goal. don't let anybody talk you out of it, cuz you CAN do it! Keep up the good work!

jasmine me n my roommie are facing the same situation!! n i've gained 14 kgs since i live with her :((( Not to mention the changing of lifestyle that happened to me, n i cant move out cuz we're best friend (at least!). Well, what i did now is just ignore n get my own stuff, so we both minding our own business >_<
I know thats annoying, good luck, Jasmine :))

jasmine, your roommate is insensitive to your needs.  you are not imposing your food preferences on her, but she is imposing hers on you.

time for some tough love.  next time she buys you fast food, tell her no thanks, and if she insists you take it, then dump it in the trash and say, Never buy this for me again UNLESS you ask me first!

I know it sounds drastic, but this is an important goal for you, and roommates and family members should give it the respect it deserves.

Be sure, however, that you never criticize her food choices, or indicate she should be eating differently.

I find that whenever I go on a diet (not that it normally works) people think i'm going anorexic on them and make me eat. I just don't understand that theory.. I'm eating, just not like a pig... what's so wrong with that!?!

haha sumtimes i do think that people do that to feel better about themselves :P

Great tips from you guys! Thanks! Next time she brings me food, I'm throwing it away.

Just ignore and know that people can be oh so annoying x

I am dealing with the same annoyance. My co-workers buy candy, and high calorie food from the vending machine, and then give it to me, just dying to see if I am going to eat it or not. I dont.

My husband eats fried everything, and candy, and drinks soda, and blahblahblah. It does get depressing at times, but I know what I am doing is best for myself. He does eat a healthy dinner with me though, well I guess because I am the one who prepares it.

I just ignore them, and keep it in my head that "This is the best thing for me! I can eat the junk if I want to keep looking like this." I dont want to, and my diet is working out really really well for me, so I am happy!

My roommate bought me the most ridiculously big box of gummy bears/worms/etc that I've ever seen. I don't even know what to do with myself.

It's annoying, but sometimes you just have to stick to your resolve. Feel superior that you have more control and are healthier!

My brother gets slightly disappointed when I try to eat healthy. He doesn't want to lose his "fast food buddy".

On the contrary, a good friend and old roomate of mine had very good eating habits, and after living with him for a while I became inspired to change. I began to use his shopping trips as a guide, and we would even joke when going to the grocery store that I would follow him around and just buy what he bought.

I learned a lot from him but unfortunately some current financial trouble is keeping me in an unhealthy rut.

I have this problem at home. My spouse brings home coke and chips as a "treat" for my child. At any given time, I can find treats like this throughout the cupboards.

For me, it's simple: I view it as poison.

My body is a sacred place. It deserves vegetables, salads, fruits of many colours, tuna and chicken breast. For the occasion that I am so in need of chocolate, it's gone from craving to murderous obsession, I take a spoon of peanut butter and a spoon of chocolate chips, melt it in the microwave and eat it with a coffee spoon. I don't lead a new, pure life where processed foods have been banished from my Queendom and where I'm so holy I haven't been known to nibble on crab dip, but it's amazing how viewing junk food as poison coloured my view of what I could eat.

And it's helping me rethink what I feed my daughter. (Coke as a "treat." I think NOT.)

Of course, I admit it's easier to view such things as poison when you've survived a recent grey moth infestation... nothing like having larvae waving at you from the other half of the oreo to make you really consider how badly you want another oreo. (Just thought I'd share that with you.)

my friends damn near make it impossible.

they always want to eat, always want to go out to eat, and mind you they don't eat healthy AT ALL.

and i dont want to be the one to sit home just cause they wanna go eat and i dont wanna lose my friendship over it so i just deal. They always tell me to just eat dah dah dah but sometimes u have to block it out.

haha! i understand completly! my last roommate in school is a stick thing 5 9 barely there type of girl....all she eats are goldfish, mt dew, cambells soups, pickles, fet. alfredo, etc etc etc

kinda hard when you are trying to watch what you eat AND live on <$500 a month.

and now my bf is like that...hes like..lets go to sonic...im like..you can go ill eat a salad from home :d so he ends up not going :D i win ..yay!


I also find I end up sabotaging myself at times as well...thats always pleasent..

My family is really keen on food, so whenever I visit them, my mom and aunt both cook enormous amounts.  They take it as an insult to their cooking if you don't eat a lot, unfortunately.  I tried to explain to my mom that I'm just trying to be healthy and not overstuff myself, but then she told me she was worried I'd end up with an eating disorder, which frustrates me because I do eat when I'm with her, I just don't eat like 10 fried eggrolls and 6 pieces of chicken, and then go back for thirds and fourths. 

And if any of my family members see me eating a salad, I get accused of being on a diet (why are diets bad but eating until you're about to throw up good?).

I have a similar problem as well.

Most of the people I know think eating EVERYTHING

that you're served(at restaurants) and going for secons is normal. Where as I know that is way too many calories and I try keep my intake to about 1500calories. You guys are right, when you order salad, or have about half or 3 quarts of the servings people suspect you of having an eating disorder, or they get jealous/overreaction and try to feed me or make me feel bad.

Having a boyfriend really doesn't help either- he loves to watch me eat and buys me a dozen Krispie Kremes(which I devour in a night) and we're always going to restaurants and coffee shops and snacking. It takes a lot of resolve and some days I would work out extra hard, and some days I would consider the battle lost and go to bed feeling really icky.

cmillington your post is definetly motivating for sure!!

<grin>

Particularly the part about going off oreos permanently, eh?

My boyfriends seems to think he has to convince me he loves me just the way I am... I KNOW he does, but he still tries to convince me.  I've been eating much less (1200 per day) and exercising heavily every day (usually a 300-700 calorie burn).  The other day, we were driving in my car and he pulls out a Reese's Fastbreak.  I LOVE them.  He knows that, so he waved it around in front of me (literally, in front of my nose, trying to feed me) saying "take a bite, babe.  one  bite won't hurt."  I stuck with it, I said no, but he continues to be this way... with EVERYTHING.  I'm staying with him this weekend and I'm worried he's going to try to feed me every hi-cal thing in sight.  Argh.  What to do, what to do... :-(