Please get out of my plate!!

[Finesse]

This past weekend I went out of town with my MIL and some of my hubby's aunts and cousins. I enjoyed everything about the trip except for when it was time to eat. Every time we would sit down and everyone would be figuring out what they wanted.....I would end up "on stage". Soooooo many questions..... Can you eat that? Should you be eating that? If I thought it was out of genuine concern, I would not have had any problem. But it was not, I felt like I was being monitored and everything I put in my mouth was picked apart for comment. I am doing WW so I can have whatever I feel, as long I allow for it and include it in my daily points. I got so tired of saying this, that at the end I would not even go out to eat with them. I ate by myself and then got accused of being antisocial :-( I was never rude.....even tho I felt like being that way. Maybe it was me being overly sensitive....I dunno? Has anyone else ever been thru this? If so, please share what you did or do. If not...thanks for letting me vent :-)

[BrooklynSouth]

Yup, been there. I told no one when I first started Nutrisystem; I hid labels and picture boxes. Once people saw the weight loss and I began to believe in the program I slowly told a few. Comments came such as "Should you be eating that, that's too much salad",or even "that's too small, you will not be filled, or you are eating again?!? blah, blah, blah...{as they ate their fried protein topped by french fries}" I told them "I'm OK, I can eat this better to eat many meals than three big ones." The comments about what I was eating stopped once they realized I was basically ignoring them.
Respond politely then.....Ignore, ignore, ignore.

[nicki6]

My Mom did that to me when I started WW online. Once the weight loss became apparent, she let it go. You have to realize that some people are intimidated and/or jealous of those who are trying to improve themselves.


Keep doing 'you'!:up:

[Priss Pot]

Yep, I've been through that. My boyfriend's mother watches what I eat, and then she'll talk to him about it in private and tell him that I ate too much :mad:. I know that she does have a general concern for my health, but I haven't overeaten when having dinner with them. She has another son that is huge, and he always overeats, but she doesn't watch him. She watches me. I'll eat a plate of food, and when I'm done, I may get another strip of chicken and some macaroni....that's not overeating. And it's not like I fill my plate up to the rim to begin with. When my boyfriend told me about her "concerns" I got angry. He didn't see why, but I told him that I wasn't comfortable with her watching me like that. Needless to say, when she invites me to dinner, I'm careful to not "eat" much around her. Sometimes I'll eat before I go over to her house, that way when it's time to eat there, I'll have barely anything on my plate. My boyfriend thinks I'm putting too much into this, but I just don't like it.