Anyone else surprised at their co-worker's unhealthy habits?

So you're a nutrition bore are you? You're gonna be real popular with your work colleagues.

i had an old fat guy co-worker who drank 4 (four) 20oz Mountain Dews a day. he told me when he was in the Air Force, they made him stop smoking, but he gained 40lbs. Once that happened the Air Force told him to start smoking again because stopping caused his weight gain

It’s very common

They get use to it

You will likely be viewed as odd for being healthy

My advice is don’t talk about, be an example, and be careful to not develop the bad habits yourself

The people I work with are super healthy, but just other people in general.....I can’t believe that with everything that’s known about fast food, there is still a line-up at every McDonalds drive thru. That sh!t is not real food!!

Not surprised at all. People are gross. That said, don't talk about your food intake. Nobody cares. If asked why you're skinny or fit, stay neutral and say: "I try to burn more than I eat. It's hard but I'm doing my best." And leave it at that. You're going to hear all sorts of BS from people about Keto this, carbs that, I can't this, I can't that. Don't chime in. Let them be disgusting slobs and you do you.

Everywhere I go I'm amazed that the world seems to consist entirely of simpletons who are unenlightened, undisciplined, and inferior to me in every way.

Not surprised in the least. Work in the insurance industry and everyone is an alcoholic and abusing prescription medication. Eating burgers and fries working through breaks and lunches. A lot of people have cancer and continue to work. This is America.

You won't get far if you can't stomach the 3 martini lunch followed by a big fat cigar in the executive suite.

heck join the sales team on the road taking a client out.

a few cocktails before dinner. wine with dinner. more cocktails after dinner.

large heavy meals

no exercise

cigars and cigs with booze late night

rinse/repeat....

Letsrunners rule! wrote:

Everywhere I go I'm amazed that the world seems to consist entirely of simpletons who are unenlightened, undisciplined, and inferior to me in every way.

Essentially this post. A lot of people's diets are really crappy for them, it's true. But yes.

I eat food, most any kind, I don't care wrote:

So you're a nutrition bore are you? You're gonna be real popular with your work colleagues.

I have not talked about anyone's habits at work, including my own. Just observing and was curious if this was something unique to this office or not.

I think some people just keep their college dorm nutrition of microwaveable meals and vending machine snacks. My boyfriend works at a web development company and he says all his coworkers are having fast food or microwaveable meals for lunch. Apparently, they are also mocking him for his healthy lunches; which I pack for him btw, otherwise I am pretty sure he would eat the same stuff as them because he is too lazy to pack a lunch himself, but I don't want him to get fat so that's that.

I'm the healthy guy at work and I get chik fila once a week.

What I find even more shocking is when people bring in leftovers from dinner and eat them in the lunch room. They would do much better eating fast food compared to the slop they are making in their instapots at home. My firm's insurance premiums go up every year because we have about half the firm being treated for some sort of obesity related chronic condition (diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, etc.). And the high earners at the firm who can afford to eat out at good restaurants for lunch eat total garbage too. Chicken fried steak, BBQ, beef enchiladas covered in cheese, and so on.

My theory is that people generally hate their jobs and meals are the one time each day that they can enjoy themselves. So, they eat the most indulgent thing they can find on their budget. For the file room folks, that is fast food versus bringing a turkey sandwich from home. For the higher earners, that is dinner sized portions at a restaurant instead of getting a sensibly sized salad or a nice piece of fish.

This is how normies live... Sad, no?

Be prepared to counteract "crab pot syndrome" that your co-workers will begin exhibiting towards you the longer you work there. The contrast between your healthy ways and their unhealthy ways will cause them psychological pain and they will try to drag you down.

I ate pretty bad when I ran track in high school and college.

My eating habits got better as I aged and didn't run every day.

I certainly never thought to judge how others eat, though.

alea iacta est wrote:

This is how normies live... Sad, no?

Be prepared to counteract "crab pot syndrome" that your co-workers will begin exhibiting towards you the longer you work there. The contrast between your healthy ways and their unhealthy ways will cause them psychological pain and they will try to drag you down.

So true, and this phenomenon will increase from October through January 1 as the holidays/shorter days increase. There will then be a brief period of NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS. That lasts until about Feb 10 or so, at which point Crab Pot returns until OH MY GOD, I HAVE TO WEAR A BATHING SUIT, which is somewhat shorter.

God bless America!

Poignant name for this post, Supertramp.

Yea i’d Echo what everyone else has said, I accept this now to a degree too, but the caffeine I take is what I don’t get. I know people who will have coffee before they come in to work, a morning coffee, then an afternoon soda or coffee. Soda is the devils drink.

It is important though to answer questions about your diet gracefully if they come up, other wise, yea, just don’t go in any editorials about dieting.