Partner telling me to eat healthily- fuming

[dreamer24]

I went for a run today. It's 23 degrees where I am, it's hot and it's not the best weather for running. I managed 3.2 miles but then had to stop as I'd ran out of water and what little water I had left in my bottle was warm given the heat.

I texted my partner when I'd finished (he was at a soft play with our toddler) to say I'd struggled but managed 3 miles, and that I felt a little dizzy and was craving water and salt (presumably because I'd sweated so much I'd lost a lot of salt). I said I might drive past McDonalds on the way home to grab some chips (just chips, nothing else) as I needed to replace the salt. He replied, "you need to eat healthily".

So... I saw red. This is a man who is overweight and who I watched sit on the sofa at lunch time and eat a Greggs cream cake. I didn't do this - I had a half a sandwich and a banana then went for a run. This is, by the way, my 3rd run of this week and I also plan to go to the gym tomorrow morning to do a weights class.

For context, I am a size 10 (BMI is 22.5 ish). So I am not even overweight but I want to tone up a bit and to get back my pre baby level of fitness, hence making this effort

Am I right to feel really annoyed by what feels like judgement for what I've chosen to eat post run, when I'm making an effort here and he is not? If he was the picture of health and fitness then maybe I'd accept that comment a bit more but ... seriously?! You eat a cake for lunch then tell me, post 3 mile run, to "eat healthily" 😵‍💫

Or am I overreacting or am I right to feel annoyed at this judgement? 🤔

Also not true.

One of my (many) previous replies explains why his response grated on me, should you care to read it. I'm not typing it again - it was a carefully considered reply to a previous poster about why, on reflection, I felt I had got so upset about his response. And it has blot all to do with "knowing he was right".

A sandwich from Asda would have been more calories than the mcds fries though..
God people have some messed up views on food and exercise on this thread.

A better macro split though for recovery. There isn't anything wrong with having fries if you want them, but to tell someone about it using a rubbish excuse (when no excuse is needed) and then moaning they say something you don't want to hear is odd.

And actually, mc d regular fries are 445 calories, Asda chicken salad sandwich is 388 calories, so it depends a lot on the sandwich, but certainly not always the case that the fries are less calorific!

She had a small fries 😁

Yeah I’m calling BS, as a runner you know about vitamin and salt replacement in the for of tablets and drinks, you don’t go to McD’s for chips to “replace” yoir salt content.

yes he’s a twat that can get away with eating a cream cake for his lunch but you cannot according to you, you can’t punish him for that even though you’re trying to be healthy.

‘Yeah I’m calling BS, as a runner you know about vitamin and salt replacement in the for of tablets and drinks’

That’s why you add olives to a martini. I’m sure I read that in Runner’s World.

Do I? Ok, thanks for telling me what I know and don't know 👍🏻🤣

Just had a mcds fries after shopping and thought of you OP. Delicious and v salty 😊

Off topic but I used to order McDonald’s quite regularly when I lived in London, loved the fries, milkshake and chicken burgers - but then two years ago I moved to a town where the one McDonald’s is disgusting - always serves stone cold food and has a very low review rating online so I know it’s not just me 😆

I rarely have them now as I only go to mcds if I’m in another city. Think the last time I had one was about 18 months ago

An overreaction on your part.