AIBU to think my lunchbox is my business and my business only

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Right. DH isn't at home to rant at, and this has been bugging me all day. Today at college, someone in my class asked me if I have a packet of crisps in my lunchbox every day (it's not the first time I've been asked - I'm not in hte UK so crisps are not standard lunchbox fare). Answer yes I do, I also have these 3 pieces of fruit which no one ever seems to comment on. She then started telling me that it isn't healthy. I asked her if I looked like I needed to worry about it. She said it didnt matter what size you were, it still wasn't healthy. I told her that I have a high metabolic rate and if I don't eat regularly, I lose weight (true). She continued, I shrugged and turned around.

AIBU to think it's none of her business what I eat?

TBH I'm really annoyed that I started justifying myself to her rather than telling her to bog off. Has anyone got any good comebacks? I'm rubbish in the moment. Why do people think it's ok to say these things?

She buys a salad from the canteen. If I had only a salad I would probably faint.

If she is health conscious, that's her lookout, it's none of her concern what you eat, she should keep her nose in her own lunch. :)

Tell her that a bowl of cornflakes has more salt than your crisps and then watch the debate take off!

Hold the bag towards her and say "want one?"

I had lunch with a couple of women once and was asked in shocked tones "do you know how many calories there are in orange juice?"

I showed her the label and said "yup, 147"

do you think she's secretly jealous as hell of your lunch?

salad.

pah.

Tell her to mind her own, interferring cow

Are you in Germany?

OP YANBU. I make most of my own food, generally because anything home-cooked is much nicer than ready meals or supermarket sandwiches, which is the alternative at my work because we don?t have catering facilities on-site so it?s bring your own or go out at lunchtime and the quality available locally isn?t great.

I get sick to death of the comments ?ooh that looks nice?, ?ooh aren?t you good?, ?I don?t know how anyone finds the time to make pack up? etc etc etc, like cooking your own food is a privelidge of the lucky few.

I hate having to choose in a shop when I?m starving and don?t like fridge-cold food that you get when you buy pre-packed salads/sandwiches, so throwing some leftovers from the night before into a plastic tub or retrieving one of the mystery soups from the freezer seems a much better and easier solution to me.