wagons!
last week at work someone saw the $0.55 box of junior mints (empty) in my garbage and said, "oh, falling off the bandwagon eh?".
now i've never told anyone at work that i'm officially on any sort of diet mind you, but maybe it's more obvious than i think. i try to be really coy about it. this qualifies as one of the reasons i never announced that i officially purchased a ticket for the bandwagon. although i suppose when you go out with everyone for lunch and only get a diet coke, people start to draw their own conclusions.
them: aren't you getting anything?
me: nah, i'm not that hungry (lie)
them: here, have a piece of my pizza
me: (what??) nah, thats ok i don't feel like pizza (lie)
well back the point, the bandwagon comment really bothered me. here we are 3 days later and one 2 second comment is still bothering me a little (this comment of course came from a thin person's mouth). i don't get it, why would you say that to someone? and i'm in cubeland so maybe 20 other people hear that i am falling off the bandwagon? i think i did not take it well because i was having a bad week to begin with. i mean if this guy only knew the depth of what i struggle with every single day with this blasted diet. and so much of my life, a struggle with blasted diets and other stuff. ! i don't want to go to work and be judged for everything i put in my mouth. i put too much pressure on myself as it is, thank you.
one of my biggest peaves is when people judge other people-- particularly for what they eat. who cares? (edit: but not on the blog, feel free to judge all you want about anything, thats why i list what i eat sometimes and we are all in this together right?) so anyway, how i respond to this is i eat 500 junior mints. to get back at them? i dont know why i do it but yeah i guess i got issues!
now i've never told anyone at work that i'm officially on any sort of diet mind you, but maybe it's more obvious than i think. i try to be really coy about it. this qualifies as one of the reasons i never announced that i officially purchased a ticket for the bandwagon. although i suppose when you go out with everyone for lunch and only get a diet coke, people start to draw their own conclusions.
them: aren't you getting anything?
me: nah, i'm not that hungry (lie)
them: here, have a piece of my pizza
me: (what??) nah, thats ok i don't feel like pizza (lie)
well back the point, the bandwagon comment really bothered me. here we are 3 days later and one 2 second comment is still bothering me a little (this comment of course came from a thin person's mouth). i don't get it, why would you say that to someone? and i'm in cubeland so maybe 20 other people hear that i am falling off the bandwagon? i think i did not take it well because i was having a bad week to begin with. i mean if this guy only knew the depth of what i struggle with every single day with this blasted diet. and so much of my life, a struggle with blasted diets and other stuff. ! i don't want to go to work and be judged for everything i put in my mouth. i put too much pressure on myself as it is, thank you.
one of my biggest peaves is when people judge other people-- particularly for what they eat. who cares? (edit: but not on the blog, feel free to judge all you want about anything, thats why i list what i eat sometimes and we are all in this together right?) so anyway, how i respond to this is i eat 500 junior mints. to get back at them? i dont know why i do it but yeah i guess i got issues!
posted by brent at
11:07 AM
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I can tell you why I have done that exact same thing- well, with hot tamales- for me, it was because their remark highlighted the guilt I was already feeling about eating the things. We are so made to believe there is "good" and "bad" foods, that we feel good or bad when eating them- respectively. For me- I stopped that mind game awhile ago by just focusing on calories in vs calories out and while respecting nutritional guidelines- really just focusing on the calorie count. I would have said, "I'm not on any wagon idiot- see any horses around here?" lol...
Fig aka www.santanacody.com
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Anonymous, at 2:53 PM
I hate that part of the whole journey, too - why do people feel comfortable looking in your trash and telling you how you ought to eat? If they've noticed your weight loss then they ought to know that you know what you're doing without their advice.
Thanks for the great comment on my site, too - it's a little embarassing but fun, too! :)
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Denise, at 4:29 PM
I think some people cut others down simply because they are struggling themselves and it's their form of self-medication. I know this was a "thin person" that made the comment, but maybe he/she has their own "bandwagon" they are struggling to stay on and it makes THEM feel better if they think YOU are struggling as well. These comments definitely irritate the shit out of me too.
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lainb, at 6:27 PM
sorry for the repetitive posts....i kept getting error messages each time I hit "submit" so would re-send it...looks like they all went through after all.
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lainb, at 6:29 PM
Hey there. I really don't have any advice or anything. But it sounds like you are doing so well. Sometimes people are thoughtless. Sorry you had a bad time of it. Kirsten
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Anonymous, at 9:00 PM
don't skip meals!!
the whole thing about weight loss and fitness is making better bad choices. so when you're at at lunch and pizza is your only option, eat only 1 slice, then eat a leaner meal for dinner. but skipping does bad bad things to your body. teaches your body to hoarde calories if it think it's not getting lunch. bad bad bad.
and... i would want a geniune friend to look out for me falling off the bandwagon, but co-workers need to keep their damn mouths shut!! sorry they're all up in your business like that....
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