"Wow, healthy guy. You really practice what you preach!"

[Marius_Ursus]

It never ceases to amaze me that people are amazed when they see that I'm eating a mixed greens salad with olives and mushrooms and a few small pieces of cheese for lunch.

[IronCamp]

It never ceases to amaze me that people are amazed when they see that I'm eating a mixed greens salad with olives and mushrooms and a few small pieces of cheese for lunch.

I always get the response, "you're so disciplined." I despise that statement...not sure why. It just sounds so boring.

[Marius_Ursus]

I always get the response, "you're so disciplined." I despise that statement...not sure why. It just sounds so boring.

In my case it's not discipline. It's that I can't stand the taste of garbage. :D

[magnumfreak]

sad part is most have this mental image of healthy food tasting like leaves and twigs. When in fact if you use some imagination when you cook, it can have a better flavor than most junk food. Just for fun, lets keep it our little secret. LOL!

[Marius_Ursus]

sad part is most have this mental image of healthy food tasting like leaves and twigs. When in fact if you use some imagination when you cook, it can have a better flavor than most junk food. Just for fun, lets keep it our little secret. LOL!

I think our secret is safe. I can't even get as far as decribing the heady combination of flavor from the mushrooms and olives before their eyes glaze over. :D

[WizardGlick]

Happily for me everyone in my office gave up trying to convince me to eat unhealthy.

[djl_ottawa]

I get "Wow, your eating again?" I eat every 2 hours :P. Small meals. But still every 2 hours.

[Marius_Ursus]

Happily for me everyone in my office gave up trying to convince me to eat unhealthy.

Even after seeing me eat nuts, fruit, vegetables, fish...I still get those looks of horror when I turn down doughnuts.

How'd you get them to stop?

[Marius_Ursus]

I get "Wow, your eating again?" I eat every 2 hours :P. Small meals. But still every 2 hours.

Ha! I can't wait until you're down a few sizes and everyone's scratching their heads trying to figure out how you did it.

[IronCamp]

Even after seeing me eat nuts, fruit, vegetables, fish...I still get those looks of horror when I turn down doughnuts.

How'd you get them to stop?

I had to just tell people I don't eat that food, so please don't offer it to me. Eventually they stopped.

[WizardGlick]

Posted by Marius_Ursus

Even after seeing me eat nuts, fruit, vegetables, fish...I still get those looks of horror when I turn down doughnuts.

How'd you get them to stop?

Other than just staring at them blankly while I ate, I really didn't do anything. They just stopped.

[magnumfreak]

Even after seeing me eat nuts, fruit, vegetables, fish...I still get those looks of horror when I turn down doughnuts.

How'd you get them to stop?

next time you think they are coming around, take an alka seltzer tablet place it in your mouth, then start growling and snarling like a rabid dog while you eat. That should do it. LOL!

Let them continue to offer it to you. Some will do it to try and trip you up, others will do it just out of courtesy. Doesn't really matter. Every time they do offer it to you and you turn them down, consider it a victory. You could even keep score if you wanted.

[chodan9]

I always get the response, "you're so disciplined." I despise that statement...not sure why. It just sounds so boring.

yeah discipline sounds boring
but add some leather and handcuffs and then how boring is it? ;)

[rpaul11]

yeah discipline sounds boring
but add some leather and handcuffs and then how boring is it? ;)

LMAO

[Keltron]

It never ceases to amaze me that people are amazed when they see that I'm eating a mixed greens salad with olives and mushrooms and a few small pieces of cheese for lunch.


I always get the response, "you're so disciplined." I despise that statement...not sure why. It just sounds so boring.

I keep a food scale and measuring cups in the break room at work. I also have a small rice cooker :D . If I bring some fruit, I always weigh it before I eat it so I can an accurate calorie count on my food journal. I do the same thing if I were to get some grilled chicken and rice from the Hawaiian BBQ place next door. People look at my like I'm crazy. They also call me The Rabbit because I'll sit in a meeting w/a bag of pre-washed spinach and munch on it like a bag of chips. lol. We truly are the minority.

My previous job was at a retail hip hop clothing store. I was behind the register eating celery. No big deal right? Celery isn't that far fetched. Some 18yr old kid looks at me and goes, "Dog! What is you eating?!?!?!" As if it were the most off the wall sight in the world. He and his friend started laughing and I said, "That's why I've got guns and you're going to stay looking like a twig for the rest of your life."

He shut up after that.

[KLMARB]

What's really funny are the comments when I'm eating my bowl of fatty meat. No one believes that it can possibly be healthy! Especially when I drizzle more olive oil on it......

[Arlecchino]

I always get the response, "you're so disciplined." I despise that statement...not sure why. It just sounds so boring.

But you respond well to discipline, or so you say.

:)

[Minotaur]

It never ceases to amaze me that people are amazed when they see that I'm eating a mixed greens salad with olives and mushrooms and a few small pieces of cheese for lunch.

That's pretty much what I'm left with for lunch in the cafe :rolleyes: at work. It's the feta cheese that breaks my food budget... salad bar is .35/oz.


I always get the response, "you're so disciplined." I despise that statement...not sure why. It just sounds so boring.

The woman who sits across from me will periodically chirp that or "oh, Frank eats so healthy, doesn't he?" to anyone around. I just say "I try but sometimes the runner stumbles".


I get "Wow, your eating again?" I eat every 2 hours :P. Small meals. But still every 2 hours.

I got that years ago from a female coworker, with the addendum "...no wonder you can't lose weight!". Um no... I didn't know I am insulin resistant and carb intolerant.


Even after seeing me eat nuts, fruit, vegetables, fish...I still get those looks of horror when I turn down doughnuts.



What's really funny are the comments when I'm eating my bowl of fatty meat. No one believes that it can possibly be healthy! Especially when I drizzle more olive oil on it......

One thing I have to say about the guys I work with, as much as they are walking garbage cans and will eat anything in sight (I say that with no-homo affection... they're nice guys), they're non-judgmental. They're all pretty cool.

[Iron Barbarian]

Same thing happens to me at work all the time and they don't even ask me if I want whatever they bring in. They see how strict I am with my diet. Kind of funny when they walk around and offer candy, cookies, or cupcakes to each other and walk right past me. Another place is when I am at Sam's Club and Costco and they always offer you all these free samples of food and I politely tell them I eat a Special Low Carb diet but thanks for asking. Still waiting to see the day when they offer free samples of healthy food like salmon. ;)


I had to just tell people I don't eat that food, so please don't offer it to me. Eventually they stopped.

[eomrat]

I have a very, very sweet older lady who works with me who is always bringing in the most awesome treats that I wont eat anymore. This is totally baffeling to an older southern woman. She used to press me and I would say,
"OK, I'll eat one tiny browny, if you will do just one tiny shot of heroin with me"

Lately she has been bringing me home made trail mix.

[Keltron]

,
"OK, I'll eat one tiny browny, if you will do just one tiny shot of heroin with me"


Good freakin' analogy!

[justboo2u]

Even after seeing me eat nuts, fruit, vegetables, fish...I still get those looks of horror when I turn down doughnuts.

How'd you get them to stop?

30/06 come to mind...
:)

[Stevelegh]

I don't like eating crap food BB'ing or not. My idea of heaven is salad with tuna and beans. I bumped into a friend at the supermarket this week.

One look in my basket was enough for her.

I am officially from another planet, according to her.

[wulf88]

I get the same thing at my work. What, you are eating AGAIN???? I just laugh at them and continue on. As for shopping baskets, I am in the minority here at the commisary. My basket is filled with fresh fruits, vegies, fish, chicken, beef...no processed crap. The looks I get are priceless!!!! It is like, what no chips or candy, soda?

[jtroster]

The guys in the little deli in my building at work see me and immediately say, "Daily special, no rice, salad with no dressing?"

[Marius_Ursus]

The guys in the little deli in my building at work see me and immediately say, "Daily special, no rice, salad with no dressing?"

You might want at least a little olive oil on that salad to get the fat-soluble vitamins from the greens.

[tomdana]

People no longer tease when I turn down the Krispy Kremes. Funny one today. One of my staff was saying that on her birthday she wanted us to get a pinata and all go outside and break it. The expressoin on my face apparently said to her, "think of all that sugar". She replied with "ok, we will fill it with protein bars, nuts and tuna cans" It made me laugh when I realized what she was referring to. :)

[rpaul11]

People no longer tease when I turn down the Krispy Kremes. Funny one today. One of my staff was saying that on her birthday she wanted us to get a pinata and all go outside and break it. The expressoin on my face apparently said to her, "think of all that sugar". She replied with "ok, we will fill it with protein bars, nuts and tuna cans" It made me laugh when I realized what she was referring to. :)

thats funny Tom :D