Monday Mailbag 27
I’m in need of some positive thinking and visualization exercises for the future. I want to think about my goal, ground myself a bit, and then go after it with all I have once more. I hope you’ll join me in doing so and play Monday Mailbag.
You know how it works – MM is my tribute to my love of receiving mail (or is it just my loathing of an empty mailbox?).
Every Monday I will post my question for you to answer on your blog. You then come back here and leave a link to where you’ve posted your answer so we can all get to know each other.
Easy peasy. Wanna play?
This week’s question:
I recently went to a friend’s place and had a fun chat with his parents. I was amused at how concerned they got about how hungry I must be and provided more than enough snacks even though we were going out to lunch a little later on.
They were quite nice about it, but I have also been in the opposite situation where food - almost always unhealthy - is offered. If you don’t take the food, you are either bothered about it (asked if you want some repeatedly) or your host/ess is insulted that you won’t take what is offered.
I’m wondering…
How do you handle people who ‘force’ food on other people?
Remember to leave a link to your answer in the comments!
(If you have any question suggestions for MM, I’d be happy to hear them! I don’t promise to use all suggestions, but I do promise to read them. Thanks!)
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February 2nd, 2009 at 2:43 am
I haven’t had a chance to answer last week’s question yet, so I’ll do both of them this week.
Good luck in the heat!
February 2nd, 2009 at 4:41 pm
I really don’t have a link to answer this, so I’ll just answer here, if you don’t mind.
At the beginning of my journey of weight loss, I was honest about it when others pushed unhealthy food on me. “No thanks, I’m trying to slim down.” As the weight fell off, some were persistent with snacky-things…”Please eat something.” At present, sadly, to avoid lengthy conversations about my weight loss, I have to pull out every excuse under the sun. “I’m not hungry.” “I just ate.” “I have an intolerance.” “I’m not a fan of sweets.” Some *do* get very offended that I don’t eat their food, like their food isn’t good enough. But I just have to shrug it off, smile, and try to quickly change the subject. I know what’s best for me, and I am determined to reach my goals. If they are *so* offended because I won’t eat their food, that’s their problem…not mine.
You just have to stand your ground. Know what’s more important…your goals, or their feelings over food uneaten.
February 3rd, 2009 at 6:40 pm
Hanlie - Looking forward to it!
Nicki - True. I try to remember that a lot of people have the ‘clean your plate’ mentality still firmly ingrained in their minds and refusing to eat their food is part of that.