I could be over-reacting but you guys tell me what you think and how you would react to this.
I have only told 1 person at work about being on CD. I'm not ashamed about it- if people notice my tetras or ask I will happily explain but do not feel the need to shout it to everyone, as I am a private person, and I think most overweight people don't want to draw attention to the fact that they are overweight, by publicly announcing a diet (+ its no one else's business!!!)
The person I told is a close friend of mine, another manager. lets call him "Jim". 2 days after I explained it to him, another colleague smirked at me and said "hows this milkshake diet going" - obviously thinks CD is crazy etc etc. So I went back to Jim and let him know that I would prefer him not talking about me/the diet to others, its a sensitive subject for me, and that if I want to let people know, I will in my own time. He nodded and looked really red/embarrassed.
Friday a colleague from another branch (close close friend of mine) called me. She had been on a 2 day course with Jim and with lots of other managers and head office team, she knows about CD and supports me 100%.
To cut a long story short- Jim had got tipsy/drunk at the dinner on the first night. He sat amongst 6 managers who all know me well, and the Regional manager, and shouted out....
" Jen is on that silly Cambridge milkshake diet, she thinks it will help her lose weight"
to which my friend replied, (embarrassed) "she will lose weight, she has before, and when she sets her mind to it she will achieve it"
to which he LAUGHED out loud, said he could never imagine ME slim, and lets face it she needs to lose weight.
Another colleague (as well as my friend) contacted me to share that she felt it was embarrassing and unprofessional also.
Now Jim has been with our company 6 months so was meeting some of these people for the first time but I cannot believe after telling him NOT to discuss my business, he did this. When my friend told me i was so shocked, but still tried to defend him, suggesting as he didnt know people he was trying to make conversation, and he knew they all knew me so used me as erm... a joke?? topic of laughter??
thoughts?? am I over reacting? I HAVE to say something to him about this. Or should I leave it??
WHY do people feel they have the right to discuss MY diet and health?? no one said a word when I was eating choc muffins from starbucks everyday!!!
I have only told 1 person at work about being on CD. I'm not ashamed about it- if people notice my tetras or ask I will happily explain but do not feel the need to shout it to everyone, as I am a private person, and I think most overweight people don't want to draw attention to the fact that they are overweight, by publicly announcing a diet (+ its no one else's business!!!)
The person I told is a close friend of mine, another manager. lets call him "Jim". 2 days after I explained it to him, another colleague smirked at me and said "hows this milkshake diet going" - obviously thinks CD is crazy etc etc. So I went back to Jim and let him know that I would prefer him not talking about me/the diet to others, its a sensitive subject for me, and that if I want to let people know, I will in my own time. He nodded and looked really red/embarrassed.
Friday a colleague from another branch (close close friend of mine) called me. She had been on a 2 day course with Jim and with lots of other managers and head office team, she knows about CD and supports me 100%.
To cut a long story short- Jim had got tipsy/drunk at the dinner on the first night. He sat amongst 6 managers who all know me well, and the Regional manager, and shouted out....
" Jen is on that silly Cambridge milkshake diet, she thinks it will help her lose weight"
to which my friend replied, (embarrassed) "she will lose weight, she has before, and when she sets her mind to it she will achieve it"
to which he LAUGHED out loud, said he could never imagine ME slim, and lets face it she needs to lose weight.
Another colleague (as well as my friend) contacted me to share that she felt it was embarrassing and unprofessional also.
Now Jim has been with our company 6 months so was meeting some of these people for the first time but I cannot believe after telling him NOT to discuss my business, he did this. When my friend told me i was so shocked, but still tried to defend him, suggesting as he didnt know people he was trying to make conversation, and he knew they all knew me so used me as erm... a joke?? topic of laughter??
thoughts?? am I over reacting? I HAVE to say something to him about this. Or should I leave it??
WHY do people feel they have the right to discuss MY diet and health?? no one said a word when I was eating choc muffins from starbucks everyday!!!