HappyGrape
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Nov 1, 2013
@4HOLIDAYS I hope nothing serious come out of the tests. Sorry the results were not as expected.
@fromscratchmom
There is a lot of peer pressure on people that choose to abstain from foods that aren't very healthful even if the health situation of the person required them to be strict. What is healthy for one person isn't for someone else too. The expectation is even if you are overweight with medical issues you still need to participate in eating cake or ice cream. Part of it is the crab story - if you put one crab in bucket he will get out, if you put many they won't as they will pull each other down. The line people really want to see you succeed ... until you do! Once you do a different story begins. I hate food policing. I am lucky, I work in large multinational company with average age of employee in their 30's. There are so many kale salads stored in the fridge and athletic people, most people are into their healthy eating but it wasn't like this in my old job.
I have learned to set up strong boundaries if someone starts to dig into the way I eat with lines of
"Doctor's orders!" "I am not interested in discussing the way I eat, this is personal" I refuse to go in defense mode, or start a debate. Most people are respectful, and one that wasn't isn't part of my circle anymore.
How we eat can be very personal, and I learned both not to engage in debates about how I eat, and not judge other choices.
@fromscratchmom
There is a lot of peer pressure on people that choose to abstain from foods that aren't very healthful even if the health situation of the person required them to be strict. What is healthy for one person isn't for someone else too. The expectation is even if you are overweight with medical issues you still need to participate in eating cake or ice cream. Part of it is the crab story - if you put one crab in bucket he will get out, if you put many they won't as they will pull each other down. The line people really want to see you succeed ... until you do! Once you do a different story begins. I hate food policing. I am lucky, I work in large multinational company with average age of employee in their 30's. There are so many kale salads stored in the fridge and athletic people, most people are into their healthy eating but it wasn't like this in my old job.
I have learned to set up strong boundaries if someone starts to dig into the way I eat with lines of
"Doctor's orders!" "I am not interested in discussing the way I eat, this is personal" I refuse to go in defense mode, or start a debate. Most people are respectful, and one that wasn't isn't part of my circle anymore.
How we eat can be very personal, and I learned both not to engage in debates about how I eat, and not judge other choices.