Why does it surprise people when they see me eating healthy?

[Anonymous]

Ok so first of all (and this might be the reason why) I'm a skinny girl. I'm 5'4, 25 years old and weigh around 105lbs. I've been skinny all my life but I'm healthy and love to workout and enjoy eating healthy, and yes, I also eat pizza, cheeseburgers, fries etc... I mean, I can eat all I want and not gain weight.

Anyway, people at work are so annoying, when I take my lunch sometimes I like to bring some fruit and people are always commenting on how I always eat fruit! Umm WTF! I don't know if people know but skinny girls can eat fruit! I seriously don't understand why it surprises people.
Today, this lady was annoying me saying "wow you always eat fruit!, and you don't drink soda either huh? Do you eat chocolate?" lmao whaaat? I'm not sure if people are that ignorant to think that fruit and eating healthy in general is only for people who want to lose weight or what?

Why, people, why?

I'm all about living a long, healthy life...

Oh yea, and the people at work who've told me things are usually overweight... so...

[Creole_Flavor]

Eating healthy is apparently weird to some people. I have experienced backlash for dieting and exercising. This year so far I have lost 18 pounds and I am proud. I was not overweight then and I am not now but I could lose a few pounds and I did not like the way my clothes fit. My ultimate goal is fitness modeling and bodybuilding. Last Christmas looking back at pics I felt embarrassed. I made a change not just to look better but to feel better. High blood pressure and diabetes run in my family run in my family as well as obesity. They blame genetics I blame laziness. I actually like eating healthy but you can't please everyone I do this for myself. When I was bigger I was teased about that even though it was just a few pounds and now that i'm doing something about it, im teased about that. When people see me eating certain foods they ask if I am on a diet and what am I trying to lose as if you have to only want to eat healthy if you are trying to lose weight but I have problem areas that I'm working on by exercising and of course that makes me lose weight all over but I'm cool with it. I don't want to increase my risk for getting sick in my middle ages because I want to indulge all the time so its deeper than looks. I also have a few digestive problems that are not that bad anymore because I changed what goes into my body overall I am healthy and my immune system is strong. Maybe people should try it instead of treating healthy eating like its from another planet.

[Asker]

Hey good for you in wanting to be a fitness model, I wish you the best in that :)
OMG I get the same thing, people ask me if I'm on a diet all the time, no I'm not, I just want to be healthy and feel good. Healthy foods are not only for people who want to lose weight -.-

[Creole_Flavor]

Thanks, I was on a diet and now I don't call it that its just a part of my lifestyle now. With holidays around the corner I'm gonna have to figure something out though lol

[Anonymous]

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[Theguyoverthere]

Fruit's great. People should seriously replace their chocolate with fruit. I get the same issues.

I have chicken breast broccoli and whole grain rice for lunch and I'll get some guy commenting on how I supposedly "don't need" to eat healthy and only stay active yet when I eat fast food I feel like shit. It's one of the main reasons I don't like eating in the break room at work. I don't understand how I get criticized for eating food that'll keep me alive longer and not have me feeling "tired" all day.

Yet at the same time I'll watch somebody criticize another person in the break room trying to act like a health professional getting on her case saying how whatever she has has sodium in it and she needs to watch it when he has no clue what she eats for the rest of the day. People seriously need to mind their own business.

[Asker]

ugh I get the "you don't need it" too also in regards to working out, but I do it because it makes me feel good. Yes, it's very annoying when people try to act as if they know what they are talking about, when really it just sounds stupid. Keep staying healthy.

[milightman]

Yeah I don't get that notion either. I'm in good shape and have a slim built, but when I bring a spinach turkey wrap, or eat rice, chicken and veggies, or say no to desserts or certain foods on most occasions, they look at my like why?

Well little do they know, even though it's hard for me to let my external body to get fat, I'm very susceptible to developing stomach conditions, and hypoglycemia. So yes you can be skinny and still have health problems thinking you can eat cheesburgers everyday. Yet people don't realize that and that's why the US has heart problems and diabetes. We think we can just eat crap and go "work it out", when really you're just putting gunky oil in the engine, you can still turn it on, and get it going, but it's going to be worn out and not function correctly.

[Asker]

I completely agree with you in that a lot of people think you can eat junk as long as you "work it out" when in reality you are putting potentially deadly junk into your body. I took a nutrition class and its all about the foods you eat that you can prevent many illness, and our diet is the number one cause of heart disease.

[NewYorkNewt]

I worked in an office a year ago and all the girls were as skinny as you. There was a strict taboo on eating anything that wasn't organic or raw or healthy because positive eating reflects positive choices in the mass. No one wanted the temptation of less healthy foods, especially those juicing or on diets. There was one girl that ate Wendys everyday in the secret and whenever she ate something healthy people would gasp in the same way. Its like kind of saying maybe you should eat healthy i guess.

[ElHenaut]

It's kind of a comment they make because they are impressed with your healthy living. Those people probably eat like crap and so they find you admirable to stay so healthy and want to know more about it.

[JackKerouac77]

Because people have been brainwashed by corporations to want unhealthy food.

How many advertisements to do see for healthy food (when you were growing up) vs. McDonald's, ice cream, candy, etc. etc.

Glad you eat healthy, continue to do so.

[koko124]

Ice cream and candy aren't necessarily unhealthy. It's what goes in them that are unhealthy, rather than the sugar/cream itself.

[JackKerouac77]

Correct. Still, sugar in excess quantities negatively impacts your health.

Let me put it this way: if you're conditioned to eat sugar more than other food groups from an early age, you will most likely eventually lead an unhealthy lifestyle and/or contract diabetes and die earlier than most.

[kheserthorpe]

It sounds like their diet is horrific and they are shocked to see someone who doesn't eat 100% processed garbage.

[atomique]

I get the same crap from family and friends when I decide not to eat meat with a meal or pick the vegetarian dish.

[everydaynormalguy]

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