Called “greedy” at work

Digs at slim people aren't acceptable either, it is mostly genetics and missing the hunger hormone, granted many diet, however mocking them as a group, is no different from fat jeering.
I couldn't count the amount of times an overweight person has made a jibe about my slim frame. I don't get hungry, I need to remind myself to eat, it isn't fun and has many downfalls.
Maybe consider it when making offensive comments.
I always finish a meal in a restaurant.

It wouldn't be there for everyone if some greedy people grabbed as much as they could for themselves. When it's a shared thing, everyone should be considerate of others.

But no one should be calling anyone out in this way in a workplace. As others have said, it’s suggestive of workplace bullying.

Behave how you like in your personal/social life. Comment on your friend’s and family’s eating habits/body/diet if they let you- that’s your own business. But not at work - just focus on your job.

But then- if you yourself are taking nothing, then why judge. It's nto like Op was barring people from going to get more food. It was there for everyone.

And presumably ‘calling you out’ for ‘feeding your face’ if you order what they deem to be an excessive amount.

You were greedy. Just because it's there doesn't mean you're obliged to eat it u tim it's go e. Guessing your have gone back again if the comments hadn't been made.

It's there to be eaten. I love a buffet. Luckily, my colleagues feel the same and we all give it a right hammering. We work hard enough. It's surprising what some sandwiches, sausage rolls, pizza slices, crisps, cheese and pineapple on sticks, cupcakes and brownie bites does for the morale. Good for you op!

Meals out must be fun with some of you lot

"No starter thank you, I'll just have half a poached chicken breast, and a small portion of raw carrots please, that'll do me for 2 days, humans don't NEED to eat more than that"

Probably. But at the end of the day noone is calling me out for feeding my face multiple times at the buffet.

Yep agree. I've NEVER been to a work buffet where there's not loads of leftovers and everyone is encouraged to eat as much as they can to avoid waste! Saving it all up for you kids dinner RIDIC.

“So strictly speaking a bigger person actually needs more calories in a day all things being equal.”
Challenge the word ‘need’.

Sounds like work place bullying. You did nothing wrong and you didn't know the food had been allocated for people with kids.
Who decided to be the gatekeeper for food everyone had contributed to- I'm assuming you'd brought something in too, but even if you hadn't, it's usual for everyone to help themselves until the food is eaten! At my work, any left over food from leaving buffets gets put on a table for people to help themselves. And at the age I am (having worked in a few places!) this is pretty standard across the board.
Make a note of who said this and keep an eye and ear out for further snide comments as this how bullying starts.

You sound utterly insufferable and rather ghastly

No-one is arguing against the statement that if you eat less you lose weight (in most cases at least) the issue is the posters who are suggesting if she is overweight then it means she’s been greedy to eat that much if she’s slim not so much.

If someone is 5ft 5, weighs 13 stone and leads a sedentary lifestyle they will be overweight and require a higher calorie intake for maintenance or calorie deficit .
Same person at 9 stone who is not overweight will require less calories.

So strictly speaking a bigger person actually needs more calories in a day all things being equal.

Additionally the slimmer person may have had a massive breakfast and are planning a 3 course meal and therefore they
‘need’ much less for lunch.

Whereas the bigger person you see going back for seconds may not have had breakfast and is not having a big dinner either, so they ‘need’ to eat more if lunch is their on main meal.

TDLR: unless you’re tracking what everyone eats 24/7, and know their height, weight, activity levels etc to work out their calorie allowance, you really can’t just look at two people and decide who “needs” more food at any given time!

The person doing this is Gaslighting you. Not hearing about food being taken home to kids was purposeful. And by the way the food was for you and colleagues with and without children. Unless you brought very little or nothing to the contributions for the event you do not deserve this treatment

She might have had little and often, I wouldn't expect someone had three lunches (or care if they did)

Really rude- tell them to bugger off next time. A buffet is there to be eaten.

Which is why I'd go for a 2nd piece. 😁

No, they weren’t very nice or polite, OP. Nobody should be calling a colleague ‘greedy’ in front of others and embarrassing them. In hindsight, you should’ve said, “I’m quite upset by that. I’ve only had a few small things and there’s plenty to go around.” Rude colleague.

It’s rude to say anything but you did have the equivalent 3 lunches and then took more of the same food to eat at home…

How is it not that simple though? I know (believe me, I know!) that it's really not easy to change your diet. But it's a plain fact that if you eat less than your body needs, you'll lose weight; if you eat more than it needs, you'll gain weight. That's just basic physics.

Probably would have raised an eyebrow at someone visiting the buffet 4 times which seems like a lot of me but don’t think I would really have registered . I mean who keeps tracks of these things.
it’s a lunch time buffet you were entitled to visit it ten times if you wanted ( assuming of course
there was enough food for everyone of course )

Don’t give it another thought op. It will old news by the morning

Ok maybe OP should just say “ stop being tight wads and buy your kids actual dinner rather than cadging left overs from office party “

Why are those with kids the chosen ones? Fuck that.

I would be subscribing to the Sarah Millican school of work buffets.

It’s posts like this that make me think I’ll never leave my job, this situation would simply never arise. I’m not sure of your office etiquette but I would have said fuck off you cheeky bastard and feed your kids yourself and no one would bat an eyelid but I suppose it depends on your environment