To think my lunch was not bad?

[NameChange278]

Just chatting at lunch around food habits and failing to bring lunch from home - a colleague commented my lunch was unhealthy and too much salt and sugar as it was shop bought / ready made. I didn't think it was an unhealthy lunch:

• shop bought salad - (Pret - Avocado & Crayfish)
• a pear
• small pack of popcorn
• a coffee

For comparison she had brought a home made chilli and rice (leftovers).

Honestly, who comments on the healthiness or otherwise of other people's lunches? Well, I suppose I sometimes say, "Oh, that looks good," and others might say similar about mine, but I'd never make a negative comment about what other people are eating.

If I had a colleague like that I would be tempted to go to the chippy and go back to the office to eat chips and drinking coke whilst proclaiming loudly that it is good to have a healthier lunch for a change.

If the colleague is from a slimming world back ground she’s probably terrified of what’s involved in eating an avocado and how many syns it has and how it’s the work of the devil.

have you checked the nutrional content of the salad on the pret website?

Shop bought salads do generally have far more calories than you'd think is possible for leaves and dressings of whopping salt/sugar/bad boy content.

I think I’d want to cry if someone said this to me. I’m recovered from an eating disorder but still feel terrible about the way I look and don’t have a great relationship with food and can’t inspect or think about what I eat or it spirals. I would feel so awful if someone at work said that to me.

Jesus I thought the lunchbox police ended at primary school 🤣
Tell her this next time!

Tomorrow I think you should get out a Greggs sausage roll and iced doughnut in front of her and eat them, lasciviously, as the sugar and fat literally drips down your chin

She sounds like she might be a UPF evangelist OP and be appalled at the shop bought bread (and extremely proud of her home cooking)

A woman in my last office in East Yorkshire used to make herself a pie, with gravy, bread and butter every day in the staff room microwave and no one said anything apart from the time she once dropped it all over the floor - then everyone commented how sad it was.

Your colleague can mind her own

Coffee and fruit for breakfast would hardly be recommended by many nutritionists, so don't claim it's 'eating properly'

Your colleague needs to mind her own business and bog off!

Context on her lunch?

Not your business.

That salad is very healthy! I love a Pret salad.

I had a burger King for breakfast today 🤣

It's none of your co-workers business. Your lunch sounds absolutely fine 😆

Ugh! I can't stand judgy people. As you were talking about bringing in lunch from home vs buying from sandwich shops, then a comment about saving money or knowing exactly what is in your lunch is probably fair enough, but what does it matter to her if your lunch was a five bar kitkat and 2 litres of coke?

@Ktime

you’re wrong

you’re bmi is something like 70-80% what you eat and only about 20% due to exercise

I ate a KFC bucket for one, diet starts tomorrow…….😂

@NameChange278, People have a great deal of hang ups around food and she is probably dealing with her demons. If she is overweight and you are not, she might feel judged and be defending herself.
It is not fair, but perhaps not personal. That does not make it any more fair nor less hurtful.

I used to work with a tit like this. Constantly commenting on other folks food, how many sugars folk take in their tea ! It’s Noones business what u eat. I literally couldn’t give a shit what other folk eat or drink. Only time I care at work is if it’s stinky fish in a shared space lol

You could've eaten a McDonald's, with a side of 5 mars bars and it isn't anyone's business to comment on.

Some colleagues just have an opinion on ANYTHING shop brought.

Next time put her on the spot - say why? Exactly how much salt/sugar is in this meal? I bet she couldn’t actually tell you.

WHAT??!!

Horrors. Did you not consider trans fats in the peanut butter or colleagues with allergies??!!

Just joking. Your lunch is about my perfect meal. (Although Ive sadly not eaten peanuts in years due to a child's allergies.... coveting peanut butter bigtime).

Actually, in the Zoe style of eating, rice isn’t actually that nutritious, so she needs to sshh.

how rude she was depending on the conversation and context. But I don’t think your lunch is bad at all. As a rule I’m not that keen on shop bought sandwiches but I love pret. I always take my lunch to work and I eat the same daily as it requires little thought, ham & cream cheese bagel thin with salad, and Pom bears, followed by a mini choc bar worth around 70 cals. It’s not particularly healthy but it’s also not that bad and is part of a calorie controlled diet. I just take it to save money and because I don’t get chance to pop out and I drive in, so convenience. I do love left overs but no way would I have the calories for left overs hot meal and then have a second hot meal for dinner

It's OK, it's my only meal of the year 😇

I'm not a huge peanut butter fan to be honest, I find it a bit dry so the apple helped. I did consider putting Nutella on too but I didn't have time to faff and would you put both peanut butter and Nutella on the apple or would it be pointless?