Are you critical of other people's food choices?

[bagelbeautyxO]

I know it's not my place to care about what other people eat, but my dad's eating habits are a MAJOR trigger for me.

The other day, for breakfast, he had a microwavable eggplant meal (450 cals) and some pasta (200-300? cals)

It kind of pisses me off and frightens me all at the same time because he's overweight, and I feel like he'll just keep getting bigger and bigger because he doesn't know how to diet.

Does anyone else find themselves to be critical of other people's food choices...or triggered by them?

[insight]

I'm critical of my dad's food choices because he eats so much, and it's all greasy/salty/unhealthy stuff. I don't understand how he can eat it.

My mum eats rather normally, but every now and again she will binge on loads of sweets. That sometimes triggers me into wanting to binge...

[CanadianBeaver]

My sister-in-law is 6'1" 300+lbs of fat. She just doesn't seem to care about herself or the example she's setting for her young children.
And too, like 4 years ago i opened up to her a little bit about my purging and body image then she took the credit for "healing" me when I finally managed to quit purging.
Which needless to say pissed me off to no end b/c I did the work and stopped by myself not 'cause she talked to me about it a bit.
AND now I just went and talked to her like a week ago and apparently she's purging now.
Whenever I'm around her I get so disgusted I honestly can't eat. And I feel bad because I can't help but feel that my purging has caused her to purge idk if that makes sense..

[stories]

I am not around my family enough to analyze their eating habits, but from what I grew up on, they have been pretty normal. Though thinking about how my dad used to get McDonalds and other fast food, as my younger sister does sometimes, still grosses me out. My mother is actually good with her eating habits.

I do have some friends though, who if, chocolate chip cookies or something was baked and left for residents at my dorm's front desk, would come and take three large cookies or something and start eating them all. I'd hear how they didn't eat for almost a day because of school work and stress and then scarf down a lot of food as they normally do. It irritates me. And at the same time I trying not to binge on that food so...

I think a lot of my criticism comes from those who eat healthier than I am. If I see someone I know choosing to eat something healthier than what I have chosen, I feel guilty. It just triggers me to want to eat less.

[Mianis]

very much so. My step dad eats enough for 3 people at dinner. And on top of that smothers it in margarine and salt. HE PUTS SUGAR AND MARGARINE IN RICE! ew

And then all day long he rarely eats meals and just snacks on junk like chips, gummies, mints, popsicles, pop

It really triggers me.. He used to have abs and was a good weight.. now he has a beer belly and even his face doesn't look the same. I don't know what happened but her used to eat very good :/

Then whenener I confront him on it he gets defensive and refuses to see the problem, or change it.

[kickthecan]

Yes! My dad pours salt on EVERYTHING; not just sprinkling salt, but pouring it.
My mom is pretty good though. We bot eat a ton of Greek yogurt and run together. She's pretty healthy, and has been losing weight I also have friends who eat a ton of bagels and are still bone-thin. Ugh.

[Victorian Fantasy]

I have a problem with my husband's eating habits. He's not overweight but has some extra weight to him and often complains but will constantly eat unhealthy food. Many times it's hard to get away from it because well, he's my husband and we're always together. I get so frustrated because I severely restrict my food and he can be so unhealthy. Sometimes I just get angry and demeaning when I should ask him to eat healthier for both of us.

[LosingMyself]

My boyfriend and our bestfriend/roomate eat whatever they want, whenever they want and in large quantities, and never gain a pound. Those boys have the metabolism of a horse. I can cook a full meal and by 10pm they're starving again and ordering pizza or tearing through bags of chips. Sometimes they're taking in 3000 calories in a day and that's just terrifying to me.

I'm a severe restrictor so its incredibly hard to watch them do this without saying something or being disgusted. I often bite my tongue or leave the room to stop.from causing a scene.

It's not as bad though when I'm cooking their meals because I know exactly what's in them and how healthy they are.

[Nothing&Nowhere]

I know it's not my place to care about what other people eat, but my dad's eating habits are a MAJOR trigger for me.

The other day, for breakfast, he had a microwavable eggplant meal (450 cals) and some pasta (200-300? cals)

It kind of pisses me off and frightens me all at the same time because he's overweight, and I feel like he'll just keep getting bigger and bigger because he doesn't know how to diet.

Does anyone else find themselves to be critical of other people's food choices...or triggered by them?

I work at KFC, which is sort of ironic since I'm an ED'd vegetarian bordering on vegan and I find myself absolutely repulsed by so many peoples choices when they buy food from us. Like, there is a morbidly obese woman who comes through at least once daily and orders a small snack sized meal with extra salt on it and I just think "Really? Do you REALLY need that extra salt!?".

There's other customers who come in and buy family meals but sit and eat them in the restaurant, alone. I always feel really sorry for them, but at the same time I am disgusted by them. And big families who come through almost daily and get meals for their dinner.

They must spend $100s on fast food every week and they're all obese. It just makes no sense to me at all. But then I remind myself that not eating makes just as little sense. Still, it's an expensive way to kill yourself... fast food.

My family are all active, healthy people, but my dad cuts huge chunks of cheese and puts them on mashed potato and melts it all on top. I hate it, cause I'll eat the mashed potato without the cheese, milk or butter... but he just heaps those three ingredients on and I can't help but feel it's not necessary.

When I see my friends who are normal sized eating a high calorie snack without a second thought, I get a little jealous. I wish I could be like that. But I also feel a sick sense of pride that I'd never do that.

Blah...

[shadowcaliber]

I am hypersensitive to what other people eating. I call it foodar (food radar). When I see others eating super-healthy stuff and picking out the cheese bits from their salad, I feel guilty for being such a pig in comparison. When I see skinny people scarfing down cookies and pizza, I am mad with jealousy. When I see morbidly obese people shoveling junk food, I feel sorry for them and scared that I'll get to that point.

Thus, I like eating by myself.