kjowers1978's Journal

A quick realization
Mar 25 2008 22:06

So, for the past few days I have been watching people around my office and observing their eating habits. I spend a lot of my time at the office and I spend a lot of time with my co-workers, so, in the past it has been acceptable to participate in "social eating." I am really trying to stick with eating healthy and losing weight but it can sometimes be a struggle when I see other people socializing over food and I feel limited in that socialization b/c of the food that is around. Not to say that I don't talk to them, it's just that at some point I have to walk away b/c the temptation gets too great to reach my hand into the bag of potato chips, donut box, whatever.

My realization is that a lot of women that I work with have really bad eating habits. I have let the co-workers that I associate with the most know that I am trying to lose weight and eat healthier, so they don't try to pressure me into eating. I just sit back and watch what they eat. This week (and it's only Tuesday) I have seen hot cross buns, Whataburger, McDonald's, Arby's, and chinese food come in with various people. That got me to thinking. In the past there has been Backyard Burger, Sonic, Wendy's, Burger King, any fast food place imaginable. Then I started to look at the people who are eating this food. I love the people that I work with, don't get me wrong. They are amazing! But I really started to get jealous at some point that they just didn't care about what they are eating and will go and get a super-sized combo, if they wanted one.

Then, I started to look at the people who are eating this food. None of them healthy and the majority of them are overweight. I know that they may not care about how they look, but I do care about the way I look. I don't want to be fat anymore. Those that aren't overweight will always be able to eat whatever they want and never gain weight. That's not me and I have to remember this. They sometimes help remind me that I can always eat whatever I want to, I just won't ever lose weight and live a healthy lifestyle.