Comments on: Cheeseburger Rule #18: Weight Is Not A Public Issue!

By: t-sizzle

t-sizzle — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:37:16 +0000

uh, Rude! Who taught someone to talk like that? And Jennie I can’t believe the audacity of that girl love how she tries to pin the fact on you that she lost weight in just two weeks! Come on like we haven’t heard that one before!

By: j

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 19:45:24 +0000

Her: [Company] is going to donate a dollar to charity for every pound we lose. I’ve lost 6.2 pounds in two weeks. That’s pretty good.
Me: I’m not interested. I think I’d rather cut off one of my fingers.
Her: Oh. Okay.

It boggles my mind that a) she assumed I’d want to go on a diet and b) when I said I wasn’t interested she still tried to pressure me into it (”but it’s for charity!”). The look on her face when I said I’d rather cut off one of my fingers was priceless.

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LOL!!! Love it. Hehehehehehe…

By: Jennie

Jennie — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:48:46 +0000

A co-worker has gotten into Weight Watchers lately – she is in her early 20’s and a size 6. I overhear her talking about points and calories and whining about how she can’t eat this or that and I just shake my head. We had this conversation in the break room yesterday as I was heating up my lunch:

Her: Hey, I’m going to start up a weight watchers group at [company]. All the admin ladies are interested. Want to join?
Me: No, thanks. Too much work for me.
Her: [Company] is going to donate a dollar to charity for every pound we lose. I’ve lost 6.2 pounds in two weeks. That’s pretty good.
Me: I’m not interested. I think I’d rather cut off one of my fingers.
Her: Oh. Okay.

It boggles my mind that a) she assumed I’d want to go on a diet and b) when I said I wasn’t interested she still tried to pressure me into it (“but it’s for charity!”). The look on her face when I said I’d rather cut off one of my fingers was priceless.

By: Taydizzle

Taydizzle — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:06:27 +0000

i’m still ticked about this comment!!!!

By: Susan

Susan — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:38:12 +0000

… she stopped showering and pretty much lived at the gym. I’m supposed to encourage this? When I brought up these facts, my boss claimed she didn’t notice them. She can notice 5 lbs weight loss… but not the greasy, smelly hair and acne outbreak due to lack of showering?

Eeew!!!

In my workplace that behaviour would be considered a sign of depression and someone would tactfully suggest that she see a counsellor.

By: hope505

hope505 — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:09:44 +0000

There’s always the polite “mona lisa” smile and icy. cold. silence. as you stare back at them in response and wait for them to feel as uncomfortable as they might have made you…effectively saying, “Certainly you must not have meant me to actually respond to such a crass question. I will decline to respond, thus giving you a moment to recover your good senses, you unbearable asshat.” *hahaha!*

By: j

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:38:23 +0000

I wish this rule was posted in my workplace.

My female coworkers are so obsessed with weight. God forbid they are talking about something not work related… that thing is usually weight, diets, how they’ve been “good” (with food) and how they’ve been “bad”.

They fawn over this one woman who has lost so much weight that she actually looks ill. She just had a baby and she’s breastfeeding and only living on ABC (I’m leaving the numbers out – as they can be triggering) calories a day.

My female boss actually encouraged me to tell my female coworker how great it was that she lost a little weight. This coworker was so obsessed with weight loss that she wasn’t sleeping very much and she stopped showering and pretty much lived at the gym. I’m supposed to encourage this? When I brought up these facts, my boss claimed she didn’t notice them. She can notice 5 lbs weight loss… but not the greasy, smelly hair and acne outbreak due to lack of showering?

It’s just so sad. These women are really amazing in some ways and I wonder if they even see it.

One of them used to train with famous gymnasts. Another is climbing up the ladder of promotions in record time and she’s super smart. The other two have wonderful families and love their kids… But what do they talk about? Weight. Bad cookies. Good salads. What a shame… I wonder how much more these women would achieve if they didn’t waste so much energy on unrealistic beauty ideals.

They looked at me like I was an alien when I suggested they love their fat. The irony is that none of them are even overweight and the concept is still so very foreign to them. How sad.

By: Sinduja

Sinduja — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:57:08 +0000

So true… I guess in reality, some just feel so much better and glad when they see people heavier than them or have put on weight. I feel it is the same consolation that some sadists get when they see another person fail. It gives hem a feeling of importance. Of course, putting on weight is far far away from failure but in the society’s eye, it seems to be. I guess the next time someone passes that comment, we just got to ask “So?”and see what they reply.

By: Cathy Adamkiewicz

Cathy Adamkiewicz — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:53:13 +0000

Recently I was with a group of women rehearsing for a show, and several of them (the thinnest in the group) kept trying to turn the conversation to our body size.
One woman had just lost 30 pounds and was fishing for compliments (she lost it because she starved herself as she went through a traumatic divorce.)
Another randomly grabbed my midsection and said “I want one of those! How cute!” Drawing attention to her thinness.
Being with women like this just DRAINS me…the larger women in the group were so much more interesting and confident.

By: Fantine

Fantine — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:04:14 +0000

I like the Miss Manners approach: blink a couple of times, and then calmly ask, “What in the world would possess you to ask such a personal question?”