Seriously get on my nerves sometimes whenever we eat together. They always say I don't eat enough or I'm going anorexic. It's so annoying! I know when I'm full, so obviously I stop eating. And I have a pretty small stomach so I don't eat as much as they do. But it just get on my nerves how they always say that I don't "eat enough". ARG! I just don't know how to deal with this.
Okay, I'm done ranting. I really needed to let that out.
haha wierd I just did a rant bou something similar..im vegetarian n get pissed off whenever i eat with ppl it always comes up...n they dnt let it go like....why are ya so concerned n interested in what i eat!
aaahhh just shut up n eat ur food ill eat mine!!!
Haha, I thought this was going to be a thread about John Mccain or something. (Geez, I've been watching too many of the debates. That guy creeps me out on so many levels..)
My dad and my mom were once suspicious about me possibly becoming anorexic. Has this been going on for very long? When I first started changing my lifestyle and such, they were fearful and almost accusing, now they're used to it like "eh. That's Kaybug, the weirdo in the family that eats varieties of foods and small portions." My dad still teases me about food and such, but that's just my dad. He gets kicks out of irritating people. Maybe your friends are the same way? They get a kick out of your reaction! So perhaps if talking to them and saying "Hey guys, not cool, that bugs me very much" doesn't work, start giving them no reaction or a different one then what you've been giving.
Worse case scenario, shrug it off like it's just another fly in the building. Why let that one fly, of all flies, bother you as it buzzes near by? If you just acknowledge what they're doing, realize that irritates you a bit, but just let it go as nothing biggie, your mood will change as the conversation will, and you'll be able to sit back and relax. People's actions and words really aren't worth gettin' upset over, but I know where you're coming from. It takes time, but maybe if you try hard enough, it&n bsp;won't bother you. :D
Well do you eat enough..... ? If you get less than 1800 then maybe your friends have a point. Be objective. I lived with someone that was actually anorexic and ate very, very little indeed. Funnily enough, her reaction whenever we pointed out that she needed to eat more was similar to yours.... she had a 'small stomach', ate until she was full, and for us to mind our own business.
Maybe, just once, splash out a little and have a full-size meal in their company? That could be the best way to deal with it.
i know the feelings also. it is really irritating. for me, it is not that i eat little, but that i eat healthy. i like eating cake like everyone else, but i don't really like sugar that much so i will only like a taste and then i'm done. but one of my friend insists on giving me chocolate and cake and sugar rich foods that give me a headache - even though i keep saying i don't like much sugar!! i think that people think when you say 'i am full already' or 'i don't eat sugary/fatty foods' then it means 'i really do like it but i cannot because i think it is bad for me' Yes it is bad for me but it is also possible to not like it!
Id rather say that people are used to you eating large portions if this is something you have been doing for just the last year or so. I know it is annoying but they are used to also doing the same. OVEREATING! It consumes every one and they want to stop but its easier to point out how little you are eating. But it would be a shame on you if you pointed out how much they overate. Keep up the good work and make sure you are healthy.
Gi-Jane's idea is a good one. Especially if you have cheat days/meals, you should probably have it with them. Or just have a candy bar with lunch one day and don't make a big deal about it. They're going to have to see it to believe it for good reason, with how rampant eating disorders are, and I can promise you that *one* snickers bar isn't going to make you gain an ounce.
Mccain doesn't creep me out... that jihad devil worshipping obama freaks me out. If he gets elected and the whole world goes to sh#t, just remember that mercy_bobcat predicted it....
and I mean Jihad: not muslim. so no one has any need to get offended
Well, I never tell them how it makes me feel. And there were times when I did eat a full plate food in front of them, but still they think what they want to think. I don't know what else to do. Maybe they're just paranoid? Or overly worried?
Well, they probably are worried/paranoid.. But that's a good thing. O'course, they're allowed to be that way and voice themselves from time to time, but if it's a continuous thing that makes you feel bad, you gotta let them know. Friends are allowed to be totally honest with each other, and it's not very realistic if you expect them to know their comments bother you.
Yeah, samma här (same here). My stomach has shrunk sooo much from what it was before, and that was proven today, when I went to eat at McDonalds with my friends. I ate a happy meal (yup yup xD), and after it I was SO full I felt physically sick. But my friends just wouldn't believe it and kept offering their fries to me... Or then at school cafeteria, good grief... They keep telling me that if I dont eat more than I do now, they'll tell the school nurse and stuff. I tell them that if I eat one bite more they're so gonna have to carry me to the nurse to get some pain killers for stomach ache... ^^'
i have to agree with gi-jane...do you actually eat enough? if you're friends are noticing something off about your eating behavior, you might want to take an objective look, because my friends who unhealthy relationships with food tend to have the same excuses (just like gi-jane said). if it really bothers you, talk to them; not only will you be able to voice your own feelings, but you can hear their side too. win-win situation.
Original Post by mercy_bobcat:
Mccain doesn't creep me out... that jihad devil worshipping obama freaks me out. If he gets elected and the whole world goes to sh#t, just remember that mercy_bobcat predicted it....
and I mean Jihad: not muslim. so no one has any need to get offended
Wow, I wonder what being that blatantly ignorant feels like.
crystal, I have exactly the same problem. I tend to bum around not doing a lot at school so generally I don't need as much during that part of the day. I have a good breakfast which most of my friends don't so when they start scoffing chocolate and biscuits mid morning, I'm generally not hungry then..and get a load of stick for it! just eat what you feel comfortable with, however much that is..don't feel pressure to start eating just because other people are at a certain time though. However, I find that nuts are good for snacking on coz they are high calorie so you know you're getting what you need yet good for you too.
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