How do I change my bad eating habits at work without coming off as a snob? -
How do I change my bad eating habits at work without coming off as a snob? -
We literally have a picnic everyday at work and it-s showing on my hips, waist, and in my health. It-s time for it to stop but I don-t know how to stop it. All the eating goes on right in my work area. These people have already said that they aren-t interested in -healthy eating,- so suggesting that they join me isn-t going to work. I don-t want them around me with all the fried, greasy food. It-s just like if you were trying to stop smoking, you wouldn-t hang out with smokers. But these people are my friends and I just don-t know how to stop this. Any suggestions???Blame your doctor!-My doctor says my cholesterol/ triglycerides/ blood sugar is too high and I can-t eat chocolate/fried chicken/too much fat-.
-That looks good, but my doctor says to stay away from ice cream/fried foods/cookies. He-s really mad at me!-
-This looks great--I-ll just take a tiny bit of it since my doctor told me to avoid butter/sugar until my blood sugar/cholesterol goes down a little.-
-This looks wonderful! I had a huge breakfast and I-m so full--can I take a piece of it home to enjoy tonight?-
Change the sentence to suit whatever food your co-workers and employer are offering you. If you say you-re dieting, you-ll just get unwanted diet advice. I have used all of the above tactics to avoid unhealthy foods as well as foods that looked really nasty. You won-t offend anyone and it will look as though you WANT to eat that stuff, but your doctor won-t let you.Just say to them you want to be healthy and don-t want to continue eating non-healthy food.I had the same problem at my last job. We didnt- have picnics, but my boss wanted to buy us lunch nearly every day. It was a really nice gesture, but he bought really unhealthy food.
I finally just put my foot down. I told him that I was struggling to lose weight and that while I appreciated it, I needed to bring my own lunch. After that, he would offer to buy but stopped pushing me to order in with everyone.
I suggest you tell everyone politely that you-re trying to lose weight. Just take care not to make it sound like you-re looking down on them. If they get offended, there-s not much you can do. But it-s not worth protecting their feelings if it makes you unhealthy.IF they were your friends, they would support you in your efforts to live a healthier life. These people just sound like really selfish jerks. I would ask them to take the food elsewhere, it doesn-t belong in the work space anyway. If you can-t bring yourself to do that, then bring your own healthy food and don-t eat what they bring. That isn-t being snobbish, that is being smart, and if they can-t see that, their loss.
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