"Do you ever stop eating?"

Ok - so I'm sitting at my desk and minding my own business eating an APPLE...and one of my overweight middle aged male co-workers walks by and says "Do you ever stop eating?  You're just like me!  Stop it."  So I say back "this is actually how I lose weight - I eat all day to keep my metabolism up and running."  He responds with "oh yeah, that's it huh?" (rather sarcastically) UGH!  I just had to rant about how stupid some people are.  Seriously - since when do you critisize someone for eating an apple?

Original Post by jla0610:

 Seriously - since when do you critisize someone for eating an apple?

He's probably miffed that you're succeeding and he isn't :p Maybe he thinks: "If she can eat all day and lose weight, so can I!" Little does he know you're not reaching for the Mars bar but the apple :p

Let him be jealous of your success haha, and keep it up :D!

i have one motto that i live by...(well i have many but this one applies...lol) the world is full of idiots, identify them and ignore them!! you stick to your plan, get your results and that is the best comeback....silence is golden! he who laughs last, laughs loudest!

I know how you feel. I hate being the odd one out of most of my friends while i eat small amounts of food every 3-4 hours, and they eat huge meals 6 or 7 hours apart.

Lots of people know very little about nutrition, metabolism, or genuine healthy eating.

Some people are windbags who like to give unsolicited opinions regardless of whether they have any idea what they are talking about.

There's bound to be some overlap.

i was chit-chatting with a cowoker about diet & exercise stuff when the Diet Martyr* walked past my desk and said "well, no wonder you have to go the gym.  you eat all.  the.  time."  i looked down at my bowl of fresh veggie strips & glass of iced tea and said "are you...  serious?"  she harumphed and walked away. 

whatever.  some people are just have to be bullies to feel better about themselves.

* you know the one.  she lives on iceburg lettuce and black coffee just so she can complain that she's on a diiiiiiiiet and sooooooo hungry all the time.

my mom does that to me too sometimes! i eat 5-6 times a day and she's like "you're eating, again?" i'm like "yes, i work out and so i get hungry easily.. it's great knowing my metabolism is so fast now!" then i munch down my delicious food in front of her while she drinks a protein shake for dinner because "she doesn't like eating late...." lol.

don't worry.. do whatever works for you!

The same things happens to me at work ALL the time.  I eat all day long (many small nutritious meals) and people are always commenting that they see me eating all the time.  Whatever! If it works, it works :)

Sounds like a real douche.  He will probably ask you out next week.

my mom ALLWAYS has to make a comment as soon as food even dares to touch my lips... its so annoying

Awww, I am so sorry this happened.  People often just spew their internal dialogues without thought of how the person they are spewing to take it.  Little comments like this can really get to you during the day if you let them, and sometimes when we are feeling a little less engery then normal we just gcan't shake things off as well.

We all work with one or two tools, like someone said above me, it's best to figure out who they are and just no longer take stock in what they say.

Good on you for all your work, KEEP EATING !

Your baby is a real cutie!!!

Anyway all people should keep comments on how much someone is eating and their size or gym routines to themselves, perhaps they are unaware that a simple comment can trigger a relapse of an eating disorder.

You sound like you are eating healthy, why should you get a negative comment?!

LOL O man thats nuts...how inconsiderate he is...not your fault he's fat and lazy...

You were eating an apple, you are doing the right thing, he probably wolfs down a bag of chips or a candy bar or something...hang in there...don't let him bother you....

Those kinds of people frustrated me.

The day that I stop eating is the day that they start planning my funeral.

I eat small amounts of food every hour or two.  I keep a pile of apples and clementines and bananas on my desk each day.  Occasionally, I run to the fridge and grab a yogurt.  I'm most hungry during the day.  I hardly much at all in the evening.  Probably because I eat 1000 in mostly fruits and veggies with a bit of dairy and meat tossed it.

I joined the site on the 9th with a goal to lose a pound a week.  It's been two weeks.  I've lost two pounds.  It works.  For some people it is just easier to eat all the time than to starve between 3 full meals.

There is a lot of ignorance out there when it comes to food and nutrition, at work the other day one of my co-workers told me she was on a 'diet' and goes to the gym and l asked how many calories a day her diet allows, she says 'oh l don't count calories because some things are low in calories and high in fat, so l eat very little on weekdays and on weekends l eat whatever l want'. she says she loses and gains it all back....... l wonder why

Ignore him you are on a mission and doing everything right.  He is an idiot!

I totally understand what you're going thorugh.  I get the same thing at my workplace.  Everyone either jokes that I'm always eating or starting rumors that I'm bulimic (which I'm not).  I've successfully lost 25 pounds by eating well and smartly and exerscising.  What works for me is eating 6 to 8 small meals a day (1500 cals) i.e. an apple for a snack, or 10 almonds, or 17 soy crisps, etc.  The ones who critize or say something are the people who are unhappy with their body image.  And they don't get why we are eating the way we do--or the things we do, I get teased for eating tofu, soy products, counting out my portions, I don't really give a rat's **** because I know the progress I've made and maintained. 

these people making the critisims probably have no idea that working out and leading an active lifestyle causes you to get hungry and require certain types of fuel at certain intervals through the day.  We all don't eat processed junk and sit on our fannies all day.  You are doing a great job, next time that loser makes ask him if he wants an apple or if he'd rather have some pork rinds.

@Leanerandmeaner, yeah that lady sounds like a real tool also.  What's with these people??  Other then projecting their weird hang ups onto others.

haha i looove when that happens cos i just go "I HAVE TO FEED THESE GUNS EVERY 3 HOURS!" and flex. people just laugh and walk away. when my mom says somethig i strike like 7 poses and she cracks up.dont let it bother you- you know what your doing right

"No, I never stop eating. When I run out of food, I feast upon the steaming entrails of douchebags who ask me stupid f**king questions."