Feel embarrassed about healthy lifestyle

lufties

So I'm a healthy eater, vegetables, quinoa, organic, coconut oil etc etc. I do yoga, don't drink, don't smoke. (I wasn't always like this).

I've noticed how unhealthy people I work with eat and when they observe my eating habits(especially work colleagues), I get reactions that make me feel uncomfortable or that I'm being 'all uppidy', hipster, perhaps even a bit snobbish :rolleyes:

Anyone else experience this?

Shenshen

Go vegetarian for a while and wait for the reactions you'll get once people notice....

TheDoctor

All the time. I find its a full time job having to go around calling out all the hipsters at lunchtime.

LDN_Irish

No, not at all. Then again I'm not a big smuggy smuggo like yourself.

lufties

Shenshen wrote: »

You turn vegetarian for a while and wait for the reactions you'll get once people notice....

I'm not a vegetarian, but eat more veg/fruit and nuts than meat.

bb1234567

I experience this a lot.
Even when Im not being healthy, just like trying to be less unhealthy.
Like Ill have a diet coke, friends like ''oohh on a diet I see ''
Want some crisps? Nah no thanks. Friend: watching the weight are we?
Stuff like that, its actually so annoying.

Talib Fiasco

Why would you feel embarrassed about eating good healthy food? I'd be more embarrassed rocking up to work with leftover takeaway tbh.

NachoBusiness

Your strengths just highlight their weaknesses and people would prefer to not think about such things.

If they were truly comfortable with what they were eating, what you eat wouldn't bother them in the slightest.

Don't eat with embarrassment though. It'll give you indigestion.

lufties

Talib Fiasco wrote: »

Why would you feel embarrassed about eating good healthy food? I'd be more embarrassed rocking up to work with leftover takeaway tbh.

Its a bit of a blue collar, male dominated, unsophisticated workplace.

Frigga_92

Yep.
Nobody calls me a hipster but they do smirk at me and pass comments because I won't have a slice of birthday cake or I won't go out for lunch because I've gone to the bother of cooking and bringing to work something healthy.
And then there are the people who lecture me on what I'm eating, insistent that it can't be good for me while they're stuffing themselves with crisps and chocolate and all kinds of crap.
And then there are the people who look at something I'm eating and make comments like "oh I couldn't keep going all day if I was only eating that rabbit food".

Just ignore them.

Lago

I feel ya OP. I've been lifting weights now for 4 years and have kept it quiet from a huge portion of my friends. It was mainly down to feeling I should have made more progress than I have but now that's starting to wear off.

I don't really talk to people about it still even though I'm more into fitness than ever but it's mainly because I realise other people who aren't into fitness don't want to hear about it.

kowloon

I got embarrassed counting carbs, didn't want to seem like one of those people who looks down on others for not being enlightened and eating some fad diet. I expect a lot of it comes down to guilt about their own eating habits, but we've all met someone who makes a point about how they eat healthy with an undertone of smug.

Mint Aero

lufties wrote: »

So I'm a healthy eater, vegetables, quinoa, organic, coconut oil etc etc. I do yoga, don't drink, don't smoke. (I wasn't always like this).

I've noticed how unhealthy people I work with eat and when they observe my eating habits(especially work colleagues), I get reactions that make me feel uncomfortable or that I'm being 'all uppidy', hipster, perhaps even a bit snobbish :rolleyes:

Anyone else experience this?

Why do you eat with the people you work with? Yuck! If it's not in the pub for a few at lunch then I don't want to see their faces.

cerastes

Never mind, that's just irishness I think, don't go with the herd, they get upset.
By the way, where you getting the cocunut oil, and any links how to include it? Got something but it turns out its a jar of coconut paste, came from an Asian store but it seems its limited and geared towards ertain asian cooking rather than what I'd hoped as more eastern.
Want to go off butter anyway so this might suit, I'll check.
I must look into flat bread recipes from atta,
Any lnks would be of help, might try quinona myself too.

It comes from school, uni and working places where people feel like they're all acting like each other. One big unit that does things together.

The team mentality causes a load of women to start doing yoga or a group of lada to play football even if they've fek all interest.

People like yourself who break the mould are easy to have a but of a laugh at.


Personally, I'm in a drinking crowd but have started to go my own way.

Paramite Pie

Despite the fact that I never draw attention to what I'm eating, I don't talk about healthy eating or whatnot, people have started to notice that I'm not eating chips everyday in the canteen like they are.

Thankfully they haven't been slagging me off (they're encouraging mostly) but they commented jokingly that they feel so self-conscious about their food because of me!!!:pac:

People who dig into ya over this are probably feeling judged themselves and projecting their own diet insecurities on you in defense.

However, I will eat junk food, as I'm quite the sweet-tooth, so it's important that I prepare my own healthy lunch & snacks to avoid impulse binging. And I conveniently happen to dislike most fizzy drinks so I don't even have to try in that department.

lufties

cerastes wrote: »

Never mind, that's just irishness I think, don't go with the herd, they get upset.
By the way, where you getting the cocunut oil, and any links how to include it? Got something but it turns out its a jar of coconut paste, came from an Asian store but it seems its limited and geared towards ertain asian cooking rather than what I'd hoped as more eastern.
Want to go off butter anyway so this might suit, I'll check.
I must look into flat bread recipes from atta,
Any lnks would be of help, might try quinona myself too.

Try lucy bees extra virgin coconut oil. You can get it on amazon. I live in london so I don't know where you'd get it in ireland. I put it in stir frys or curries mainly.

RDM_83 again

I think sharing food is one of those real basic human bonding exercises so i see why not eating birthday cake or going to lunch is noticed and remarked upon, the other might be people feeling guilty or it might be the fact that people give digs because thats what people do

anncoates

Usually bring in healthy homemade stuff for lunch plus fruit but nobody ever says anything about it. Don't often eat in the kitchen though, just heat it there. Usually eat at my desk

I think a lot of what people think are judgmental comments in offices and the like are often just people making hamfisted attempts at conversation most of the time.

Larbre34

Ive watched too many very healthy eaters, very clean livers that i know get cancer anyway.

You have to die of something, might as well enjoy yourself even a little while you're here, instead of being a miserable sod with a sparkling colon.

arybvtcw0eolkf

NachoBusiness wrote: »

Your strengths just highlight their weaknesses and people would prefer to not think about such things.

If they were truly comfortable with what they were eating, what you eat wouldn't bother them in the slightest.

Don't eat with embarrassment though. It'll give you indigestion.

^^^

This.. I get it over my training and my age ~ apparently I'm too old to be training and competing martial arts, cycling 40km (plus) daily and I lift weights, it makes the fat lazy f*cks uncomfortable in their lazy unhealthy lives, so they try knock me down to their level.. Fools.

(my age, 49 today)

WoollyRedHat

Lufties next time they give you guff, throw an avocado at them... while screaming manically "How do you like my superfood bitch!".

Tarzana2

lufties wrote: »

So I'm a healthy eater, vegetables, quinoa, organic, coconut oil etc etc. I do yoga, don't drink, don't smoke. (I wasn't always like this).

I've noticed how unhealthy people I work with eat and when they observe my eating habits(especially work colleagues), I get reactions that make me feel uncomfortable or that I'm being 'all uppidy', hipster, perhaps even a bit snobbish :rolleyes:

Anyone else experience this?

How are you "noticing"? Quietly, out loud, or letting it read on your face?

What are their reactions to your food like?

Tarzana2

anncoates wrote: »

Usually bring in healthy homemade stuff for lunch plus fruit but nobody ever says anything about it. Don't often eat in the kitchen though, just heat it there. Usually eat at my desk

I think a lot of what people think are judgmental comments in offices and the like are often just people making hamfisted attempts at conversation most of the time.

Yeah, I almost always bring my own lunch and am the only one in the office to do so (most of the time, occasionally the other bring stuff in) but I never get any comments at all 'cept the occasional "oh what's that?".

Pumpkinseeds

They must have very empty lives to care what somebody else has for their lunch. It's like people who rant about vegetarians lecturing people but you very rarely hear any of us veggies ranting about people who eat meat. Well done OP, I wish I had your discipline, although I have made a start on it.:)

Schwiiing

I find eating healthy food in a canteen can illicit the same response as drinking soft drinks in a pub. People seem to get uptight and insecure. They feel like they are being judged.

4zn76tysfajdxp

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

They must have very empty lives to care what somebody else has for their lunch. It's like people who rant about vegetarians lecturing people but you very rarely hear any of us veggies ranting about people who eat meat. Well done OP, I wish I had your discipline, although I have made a start on it.:)

What about Morrissey?

anncoates

Tarzana2 wrote: »

Yeah, I almost always bring my own lunch and am the only one in the office to do so (most of the time, occasionally the other bring stuff in) but I never get any comments at all 'cept the occasional "oh what's that?".

I think an awful lot of these office scenarios run like this.

Both of you standing at microwave.

Silence builds. Polite conversation required but not really wanted by either party.

Party A finally blurts out some inane non sequitur like 'Healthy option today?'

Party A walks back to desk morto thinking they've been a blabbering idiot.

Party B walks back to desk thinking 'what did that judgmental bastard mean by that?'.

witnessmenow

26sdrawkcab wrote: »

Yep.
Nobody calls me a hipster but they do smirk at me and pass comments because I won't have a slice of birthday cake or I won't go out for lunch because I've gone to the bother of cooking and bringing to work something healthy.
And then there are the people who lecture me on what I'm eating, insistent that it can't be good for me while they're stuffing themselves with crisps and chocolate and all kinds of crap.
And then there are the people who look at something I'm eating and make comments like "oh I couldn't keep going all day if I was only eating that rabbit food".

Just ignore them.

Where do ye all work!? When I eat salads etc or refuse cake/biscuits people would ask about it but the would definitely not be snobby about it, to be honest I would get a lot more "fair play to you" than anything else.

Possibly unfair without context: I am 5'9 and 14 stone which is overweight, but I am losing it (was over 16 stone this time last year)

Pumpkinseeds

Aileen Prehistoric Showboat wrote: »

What about Morrissey?

Ah, well Morrissey is more of a tit than a vegetarian.

whiskeyman

Just point and laugh as they suffer a massive coronary.

That'll teach them.

circadian

lufties wrote: »

So I'm a healthy eater, vegetables, quinoa, organic, coconut oil etc etc. I do yoga, don't drink, don't smoke. (I wasn't always like this).

I've noticed how unhealthy people I work with eat and when they observe my eating habits(especially work colleagues), I get reactions that make me feel uncomfortable or that I'm being 'all uppidy', hipster, perhaps even a bit snobbish :rolleyes:

Anyone else experience this?

Don't let it bother you. Enjoy your food and let them judge whilst stuffing their faces with crap. I eat junk food but I also balance with a lot of salad and fresh veg. Not so much fruit though. Couldn't give a flying what anyone thinks of my diet, as long as I'm enjoying my food!

eviltwin

People are funny. At Christmas just gone I was 3.5 stone overweight so I made it my new years resolution to lose weight and just get in better shape. I'm getting older so have to think about these things. So now I am losing weight, running a few times a week, not drinking and instead of getting praise I'm getting slagged off for being healthy by the very same people who slagged me off for being fat. Can't win.

Ronan|Raven

lufties wrote: »

So I'm a healthy eater, vegetables, quinoa, organic, coconut oil etc etc. I do yoga, don't drink, don't smoke. (I wasn't always like this).

I've noticed how unhealthy people I work with eat and when they observe my eating habits(especially work colleagues), I get reactions that make me feel uncomfortable or that I'm being 'all uppidy', hipster, perhaps even a bit snobbish :rolleyes:

Anyone else experience this?

To hell with what they think. People like that aren't worth worrying about. ( I say this as someone who has the polar opposite of your diet!)

4zn76tysfajdxp

eviltwin wrote: »

People are funny. At Christmas just gone I was 3.5 stone overweight so I made it my new years resolution to lose weight and just get in better shape. I'm getting older so have to think about these things. So now I am losing weight, running a few times a week, not drinking and instead of getting praise I'm getting slagged off for being healthy by the very same people who slagged me off for being fat. Can't win.

You are winning.

The only thing that occasionally aggravates people is my being a non-drinker, and only in certain places and usually a particular demographic. Doesn't bother me. If my not drinking upsets them, it's their problem.

Vandango

lufties wrote: »

I get reactions that make me feel uncomfortable or that I'm being 'all uppidy', hipster, perhaps even a bit snobbish :rolleyes:

Fúck them, they're most likely just jealous & haven't the mental fortitude for healthy options.

todders

I hate this. It all comes down to jealousy and ignorance

Grays Sports Almanac

I pity your work colleagues, like I pity some of mine.

What an utter waste of money it is buying lunch everyday (on top of your weekly shopping). It's usually junk too.

A bit of time and effort in the kitchen is rewarding in many ways.

c_man

*choking on burger in anger*

ShadowHearth

I could not give a flying feck about what you do and what you shove up your mouth as long as it does not interact or influence me in any way.

Example:

You eating away your carrot wrapped in salad leaf and minding your own business - Great.
You eating away your carrot wrapped in salad leaf and at the same time telling me how amazing it is to be vegetarian and how bad meet is for you - would ya kindly just feck off.

SadieSue

My inlaws used to always give me guff for being a vegetarian. :rolleyes:
I don't care what anyone else eats but sometimes people feel the need to comment.

geniuspure

be proud wish i had the discipline

Aongus Von Bismarck

There is absolutely no need to feel embarrassed about leading a healthy lifestyle. A good diet, exercise, and a regular sleep pattern have tremendous benefits for your physical and mental health. It's one of the finest gifts you can give yourself. What starts off as requiring discipline will soon become so enjoyable and positive that you'll wonder how you ever lived without it.

I'll start off the vast majority of mornings with a run. The length will vary depending on my training regime, but I've been known to run up to 12k of a weekday morning. It's such an invigorating way to start the day. Watching the sun just start to rise as you set out and hit the tarmac.

Home for a shower, then breakfast. This meal has gone from one that I thought of a necessary evil to one I really love. I don't follow any of these silly fad diets as I believe your own body will signal what is a healthy and balanced diet. I'll always juice up a large selection of vegetables with some fruit. I'm getting 5 portions of veg and fruit into me before I even leave for work. Couple of poached eggs, kippers, homemade granola - it depends on my mood.

Try to keep away from processed food in so far as it is possible. I don't have a sweet tooth anyway, so I rarely find myself craving a bar of milk chocolate or a soft drink. A handful of seeds and nuts is now my idea of a wholesome, filling and nutritious snack.

Evening times will be a home cooked meal on most days. Again, I don't bother calorie counting or looking to see if I'm overdoing it with my carbs. It will be healthy, balanced and tasty. I may do some other light exercise of a weekday evening - perhaps a swim, light weights session, pilates.

People keep pulling me up on it around here, but I must also sell the tremendous benefits of incorporating even 15 minutes of mindfulness meditation into your evening. It's a hugely positive thing to do as a cog in this whole body/mind dynamic.

threeball

lufties wrote: »

So I'm a healthy eater, vegetables, quinoa, organic, coconut oil etc etc. I do yoga, don't drink, don't smoke. (I wasn't always like this).

I've noticed how unhealthy people I work with eat and when they observe my eating habits(especially work colleagues), I get reactions that make me feel uncomfortable or that I'm being 'all uppidy', hipster, perhaps even a bit snobbish :rolleyes:

Anyone else experience this?

So what, plough your own furrow and stop worrying about what everyone else thinks, you're doing exactly the same thing in your own way.

I was out for a few pints with a few lads on Saturday, some I knew, some who were friends of theirs. They were skelping back pints, vodka and coke etc. I just drank at my own pace skipped a pint sometimes when they went for a round but bought my round when it came. You should have enough conviction and confidence in yourself to not give a bollX.

A couple of them said after to me, fair play I couldn't have done that but for the life of me I can't understand why. We're supposed to be a little more sophisticated than sheep.

moc moc a moc

lufties wrote: »

Its a bit of a blue collar, male dominated, unsophisticated workplace.

Think we've found the reason people think you're uppity and snobbish...

Cody montana

I eat Turkey on wholemeal bread, a salad and fruit everyday with green tea.
I've been asked if I'm vegan.

I usually gobble down the a sandwich first as it's the only thing that's appealing.

Mister Vain

lufties wrote: »

So I'm a healthy eater, vegetables, quinoa, organic, coconut oil etc etc. I do yoga, don't drink, don't smoke. (I wasn't always like this).

I've noticed how unhealthy people I work with eat and when they observe my eating habits(especially work colleagues), I get reactions that make me feel uncomfortable or that I'm being 'all uppidy', hipster, perhaps even a bit snobbish :rolleyes:

Anyone else experience this?

Occasionally yes, although I always eat in my car now at break time, partly because of all my healthy grub, but mostly because there's not enough room in our pokey little canteen for everybody that works there. I have been called a "health freak" on occasion, or "what sort of shyte is that?" someone might say. I take supplements everyday which include whey protein, multivitamins, cod liver oil and glucosamine.

Tar.Aldarion

Cody montana wrote: »

I eat Turkey on wholemeal bread, a salad and fruit everyday with green tea.
I've been asked if I'm vegan.

I usually gobble down the a sandwich first as it's the only thing that's appealing.

Slow learners? :pac:


Sounds like I'm lucky, I eat healthily (badly on friday ), am vegan, and go to the gym every lunch time. I only get encouragement and complements about it from colleagues, most just say whatever I have looks and smells great.

We now have started doing running events and obstacle tough man events with work. Being healthy is certainly something you shouldn't feel anything but good about, but If you get comments otherwise I wouldn't really be talking to them and you shouldn't either.

Sephiroth_dude

lufties wrote: »

So I'm a healthy eater, vegetables, quinoa, organic, coconut oil etc etc. I do yoga, don't drink, don't smoke. (I wasn't always like this).

I've noticed how unhealthy people I work with eat and when they observe my eating habits(especially work colleagues), I get reactions that make me feel uncomfortable or that I'm being 'all uppidy', hipster, perhaps even a bit snobbish :rolleyes:

Anyone else experience this?

There just jealous of your healthy ways, ignore them, they actually called you a hipster?

For Forks Sake

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

There just jealous of your healthy ways, ignore them, they actually called you a hipster?

He was probably oiling his beard at the time.