To avoid colleague whose weight loss

Gym bores really are the worst.

I don’t blame you for avoiding her.

To be fair to her - a change like that has probably had to become all consuming and her full personality. To change so dramatically, it’s most likely something she has to think about and plan all the time. She’s unlikely to have anything else for a while.

avoid her if you can for a while. Once she’s fully settled in her new normal, reached goal and now gym and food routines no longer need will power/are just normal, she’ll have the capacity for more, for novelty.

Don’t say anything.

And no-one's being forced to read them are they?

The OP and her colleagues ARE being forced to listen to this woman banging on.

They're not interested.

Interested in what? Whether the person concerned took WLIs, ran 15 miles a day and ate only tofu and bean sprouts, that doesn’t change the outcome and the fact she’s bothering the OP. That’s the issue here.

There are plenty of people who don't have to watch what they eat.

But if you're used to reading all the weightloss threads then your view will be skewed.

But surely you can see the difference between actively logging into Mumsnet and choosing to read those threads, compared to being forced to work with someone who bangs on and on about it when you're just not interested?

Catherine Tate nailed the response to this scenario.

It shows how interested people are!

The issue isnt the topic - its the fact that it's talked about non stop. THAT is boring. No matter how interested in weight loss I might be, I dont want to only talk about one subject all day long. Would you?

"It's a very very boring subject for many of us, especially if for example you've never had to diet in your life."

There's not that many people who've never had to be careful what they eat.
Just look at 'Active' on here now. Quite a few of the threads are about weight. There's also an exercise section, which doesn't as often have threads in Active, but the weightloss ones are very popular.

What has that got to do with the price of fish?

Sure, the first time you've talked about it- very interesting.
The second time- still interesting
The third time - mildly interesting
The fourth time- getting a bit boring and repetitive now
The fifth time- STFU, we've heard this every day now for a week

Most subjects are fairly interesting the first time they are talked about - not the case if its the only topic that person now talks about!

Everyone here seems to think they can't possibly also be fucking boring 😅

It's such a massive achievement for her and if some of her enthusiasm rubs off on this fatty nation of ours then that is a good thing. Just look around you, fatties everywhere draining the NHS etc. I was one too.

The problem seems mainly that she's loud and invasive.

I think was often happens is people swap one addiction for another

This is so true.

I must work in the same office as you OP! My colleague also talks of nothing else but provides far more details than we need. Her diarrhoea at the start, her changing underwear sizes, what her husband thinks of her new curves etc 😫

I have work colleagues like this who talk about nothing other than how we should all be lifting weights, taking collagen and walking barefoot each morning before a cold plunge. SO boring. They've discovered health and wellbeing in middle age and now preach to anyone they can corner long enough.

I had a sleeve and lost 15st, but I don't bang on about it or act obnoxiously. Being fit and healthy should be seen as a normal lifestyle, not something you should be cheerleading over. Otherwise, we'd all be cheerleading over every bit of normality in life- If you're following where I am coming from.

I absolutely hate that my mother has been faffing about with slimming world and weight watchers, since I was 7yrs old. She's in her 60's and that's all she talks about - Diets, losing weight, follow so and so on the TV...blah blah blah. Great if you want to lose weight, but do it quietly and stop ramming it down people's throat. It really is dull! Do people not have anything else going on in their lives other than dieting and gym!? I say this as a massive lover of the gym! I go every week, but I don't bore people over it.

It gets a bit much!

Let her enjoy it a bit OP… it might not last long , massive percentage of people losing masses of weight , put it back on

on another note how effing abusing not to be allowed to put headphones on! Wtf do you work for?

I think was often happens is people swap one addiction for another
There are many alcoholics in the running world for example

She has swapped her eating addiction for WL addiction
I worked with women like this and they were obsessed with SW, commenting if anyone had an avo/ tuna salad for lunch "" oooooh that 27 Syns" and all that nonsense

Eating healthily, WL all good but honestly why the constant need for validation, frankly no one cares

Can you get Loop ear plugs that are discrete?
Is she constantly talking about this in the work day?
Quiet word from her manager that she needs to be more professional

It's a very very boring subject for many of us, especially if for example you've never had to diet in your life.

OP, whenever someone bangs on too much about any subject I just say, "Anyway, that's enough talk about that. What are you doing at the weekend?"

Or something similar.

It might be boring for you not everybody. There are the my great holiday bores and the my chikd is a genius bores and my husband is wonderful bores. They are a lot worse imho. But if its borng walk away.

I run a lot (5-6 times a week, 40+ miles a week). I get a lot of benefits from it. But noone else gives a fuck about my tempo Vs threshold pace so I don't tell them. It's self indulgent and boring to rabbit on about it all the time. Most people are aware that exercise and not being vastly overweight is much better for your physical and mental health, they don't need to hear it all the time.

Doesn't matter the subject but anyone that can only go on and on about that one thing is dull as dishwater.

People who like to talk a lot about fitness and their step count etc... etc... are such bores.

That sounds likely. I had been thinking she might be doing this to reaffirm her resolve if she is struggling to keep the weight off. And I think when people lose that amount of weight over a fairly short period of time (10 stone in 18 months 😳) it can be especially hard to keep the weight off.

I don’t think you ABU though . People who talk about nothing other than themselves are very dull. I’m struggling to think a way of answering her honestly and diplomatically. All I’m coming up with is sarcasm or a very blunt “You’re boring me now.”