Hi there, I joined a fitness club last week and was told that I am eating too much, my complex carbs are too much. I eat between 1400 and 1800 calories a day, whatever I need to function. Rarely I go above 2000, rarely (once a month, if even). I am up at 5am and return for 10pm. In the morning I have 1 slice of brown bread and at lunch a handful of brown pasta, those are my complex carbs. I explained that I am a student nurse and nurse's aide and work long hours (13 hours) and was told to eat fruit. That won't work. I know my body, I've been through this so many times and for the first time ever I weigh less than I did the year before. That's huge for me (excuse the pun!) and I did it by myself.
Sorry for rambling, I'll get to the point now. Do you ever feel that people think that you should barely be eating at all? If I am to be healthy and "normal" surely I should be eating what my slim colleagues eat? And believe me, I eat better than most of them! I am so tired of the judgement and the restrictions that others seek to place, it's as if they can't believe I can be this size and eat well, I must control myself more more more. When I explain that if I drastically cut calories that in 20 years I'll be eating 900 a day just to maintain the weight they dismiss it.
I feel so annoyed with this woman and others like her, who had been talking of her birthday cake and eating a donor kebab. I feel tired of the hypocrisy, I make this continued effort and still I get those looks when I eat, even though I have a great diet. Just feeling really down about it today. :cry:
Sorry for rambling, I'll get to the point now. Do you ever feel that people think that you should barely be eating at all? If I am to be healthy and "normal" surely I should be eating what my slim colleagues eat? And believe me, I eat better than most of them! I am so tired of the judgement and the restrictions that others seek to place, it's as if they can't believe I can be this size and eat well, I must control myself more more more. When I explain that if I drastically cut calories that in 20 years I'll be eating 900 a day just to maintain the weight they dismiss it.
I feel so annoyed with this woman and others like her, who had been talking of her birthday cake and eating a donor kebab. I feel tired of the hypocrisy, I make this continued effort and still I get those looks when I eat, even though I have a great diet. Just feeling really down about it today. :cry: