To hate it when women trying to lose weight

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Say "Oh I was dead good today. I never had any chocolate/cakes/crisps ect. What do they mean they were"good'. Going shopping for a poor housebound old lady/man. Giving up your time for a good cause. Donating to charity Iw being " good', no saying 'no to chocolate ect.
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I'm glad this isn't a huge topic of conversation at work. I am eating more sensibly now and am slowly getting slimmer but I don't talk about it at all. I have a MN thread for that :o

So on MN, we don't like fat people because they're terribly selfish and clogging up the NHS as quickly as they clog up their arteries.

We don't like people who are trying hard not to be fat any more and use an innocent turn of phrase to describe the pride they're feeling in moving away from their old eating habits.

And we don't like thin people because they're smug and annoying.

Soooo, who DO we like, exactly?

ballinacup You'll probably find that it's different people who dislike different things for different reasons. 'MN' doesn't dislike anyone.

Also it's not an innocent turn of phrase, it's part of a disordered relationship with food that is probably in part cause of the weight problem in the first place.

YANBU. Drives me nuts when grown women describe themselves as 'naughty' when they eat or drink something they clearly want. Eat it or don't eat it, but don't go on about it. Love the cake-removal scenario, am going to try that with SIL next time she witters about naughtiness.

This thread has made me really hungry and I have fuck all in the house till the Tesco delivery arrives.

So what are we allowed to feel good about?

" it's part of a disordered relationship with food that is probably in part cause of the weight problem in the first place"

Yep.

Also it's not an innocent turn of phrase, it's part of a disordered relationship with food that is probably in part cause of the weight problem in the first place.

I don't think I necessarily agree that you can diagnose someone based on a semantic short-cut, but if it is true, then surely it is appropriate to feel sympathy for someone rather than judging them for their choice of language. Do you think people choose to have a disordered relationship with food? Is it not within those who don't to show a little grace and compassion to those who do rather than peering down from their high horses and telling them that they just need a bit of will power? I'd bet my bottom dollar that living with disordered eating 24/7 is harder than occasionally having to listen to someone agonise out loud over whether to have a snack or not.

Damn I was trying to be good today as well.

It annoys me its just food and branding food naughty good is negative I could go on and on about this but I willonly rant

We had some buns at a work meeting this week. Someone arranged them on the plate so the cherry buns looked like boobs and the eclairs looked a bit penis like. I think that was possibly 'naughty' food.

Yes cherry buns do look a bit naughty snigger

We used to have women where I worked they ate little boxes of leaves and seeds the cook made roast potatoes they ummed and ahhed so much about how good they looked and how naughty it was I said fgs it is a tattie do you want it or not oh you do here

YANBU. Talking about what you eat is dull as fuck. I've dropped a dress size In a month just by cutting out bread. I still have plenty of wine and a couple of takeaways a week. Most 'health' advice you read is rubbish.

Gah, Moebus loop ... People who bore on about their diets and people who bore on about other people boring on about their diets ...

You're all being unreasonable!

I am on a vegan diet (with fish) for health reasons. I hate having to mention it, as feel it is a bit stupid. Going out for meals is no fun, I always end up with a bit if badly cooked salmon. Veg meals always include cheese.

Talking of being 'naughty', years ago I offered a colleague a cup of coffee. He had already had one that morning so his response was 'Ooh you are naughty' I wondered for a while if he had misheard 'coffee' for 'blow job' or 'shag'........

YANBU. Talking about what you eat is dull as fuck. I've dropped a dress size In a month just by cutting out bread. I still have plenty of wine and a couple of takeaways a week. Most 'health' advice you read is rubbish.

I love the irony of this comment!

LOL, was just thinking that.

This is naughty food, surely.

Oh is that a chilli willie it is crack myself up