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To be sick of my ultra healthy friend

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LeFemme1 · 15/01/2017 12:14

Whatever I buy she has a problem, I brought the dc Krispy Kreme s as a treat and she says her dc are not allowed trans fats. This is repeated when it comes to things I myself or my dc eat.

I had the biscuits out when she was here and when I had one she started ranting about the preservatives and sugar in them and how sugar is addictive like drugs. This is repeated with alcohol on a night out as well.

Aibu to tell her, her advice is not needed.

OP posts:
PuntasticUsername · 15/01/2017 14:41

"Her catch phrase is "your body isn't designed for that"."

Nobody's body is "designed for" anything. That's not how evolution works. Point that out to the irritating bint Grin

YouTheCat · 15/01/2017 14:43

Puntastic, I'd just say I was helping mine evolve. Grin

DotForShort · 15/01/2017 14:43

YANBU. No one is more tedious than a self-righteous diet bore.

PurpleDaisies · 15/01/2017 14:43

From the Krispy Kreme website...
Q Do Krispy Kreme doughnuts contain trans fats?
A Krispy Kreme UK has significantly reduced the level of trans fat in our doughnuts to below 0.5g – this is the level at which it is declared 'zero trans fat' in the US.

DangerousBeanz · 15/01/2017 14:57

Unless you and your DC are enormously obese or seriously underweight and your choices are seriously affecting their health then it's nobody else's business what you feed your family. Tell her to sod off and you'll do things your way in your own family.
It does a healthy child no harm at all to have the occasional doughnut, cake, chocolate bar or biscuit as part of a balanced diet.

StiffenedPleat · 15/01/2017 14:58

Bill Clinton went for the Krispy Kreme trans fat defence when he said he didn't have sex with that woman.

Cornettoninja · 15/01/2017 15:01

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To be sick of my ultra healthy friend
TheAntiBoop · 15/01/2017 15:11

I would get a filled Krispy Kreme doughnut

Sit down at the table and let her rant. Then just look her in the eye, say 'really' in the most bored voice you can and then take a massive bite out of the doughnut and let filling dribble down your chin before wiping with the back of your hand. Maintain eye contact at all times.

Or just tell her that you respect her food choices so please could she respect yours

expatinscotland · 15/01/2017 15:11

Food bores are tedious in the extreme. Just tell her, 'I'd appreciate if you keep your thoughts about food to yourself and I'll do the same.' Eat right. Exercise. Die anyway.

Amethyst81 · 15/01/2017 17:06

YANBU OP how would your friend like it if you analysed aspects of her life? Maybe not diet but finances etc, I bet she wouldn't like it. I tend to let friendships like this drop because they make you feel like you have to defend yourself all the time and its just not fun to be around. And Krispy Kreme is delicious in my humble opinion.

whyohwhy000 · 15/01/2017 17:12

Tell her to move to Denmark if she wants to live away from trans fats.

ClaryIsTheBest · 15/01/2017 20:46

Her preaching sounds awful.

But some of the comments here... I don't drink and I don't eat sweets and I can't think of one product containing transfats that I consume semi-regularly.

But that doesn't mean I'm boring or a pain in the arse. Just saying.

I'm not judging you for eating cookies, cake, ice cream or chips. So... you know?

Deadsouls · 15/01/2017 22:40

Clary

This is true.

kilmuir · 15/01/2017 22:43

I have a friend who seems to post a picture of every meal she eats. And always with the comment'yummy'
Courgetti spaghetti, no thanks

TheAntiBoop · 15/01/2017 22:46

Clary - you would only be a pain in the arse if you go on and on about it and criticise others for not doing as you do. Which is what ops friend does

ClaryIsTheBest · 15/01/2017 22:55

TheAnti

Yes, I know. But some comments here seemed to suggest that simply not drinking or eating sugary foods already makes one boring or that not eating certain things is inherently rude.
Not the OP's comment but other users'.

TheAntiBoop · 15/01/2017 23:02

Oh I see - agreed then!

VanillaSugar · 16/01/2017 06:26

cornetto That is my mother to a T! She even pauses for effect GrinWink

KERALA1 · 16/01/2017 06:34

As a teenager I did childcare for 3 kids whose mother was like this. They were pale and wan and sickly despite their no sugar diet. They would go mad in shops desperate for sweets. The older one turned out to be a drug dealer in the end (upper middle class family). Has made me wary of being ott on the healthy food front.

Kloppers · 16/01/2017 06:57

I would prefer your friend than my morbidly obese friend who eats vast amounts of junk and then claims it is fine because she had a medical condition. She forgot she already told me the tests came back negative. Always offering me junk and then surprised I don't want to eat every 40 minutes. Non stop talking about food

HashiAsLarry · 16/01/2017 07:13

I normally eat as naturally as possible, but there's a place for treats and naughtiness. I've only made similar comments to one friend for two reasons. Firstly she called me mean for making my small DC share a very large cake between them when half was a large portion in itself and secondly because she gave her DC an full cake then complained bitterly that he wouldn't eat dinner an hour later Shock. Apparently I was preachy for saying when it came to my DC I'd rather they got the nutrition from a main meal then had smaller treats Hmm

But yes, if its unsolicited then your friend does sound like a pain.

Surreyblah · 16/01/2017 07:20

She is not "ultra healthy": she's just rude!

Sallystyle · 16/01/2017 08:15

Only 0.5g of trans fat?

Now I don't have to feel so bad when I have one.

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