Anyone else feel discriminated against at work because they're fit?

[Anonymous]

This happens to me, always working women of a lower class. I am very fit, thin, blonde, married young, have successful husband and never had to work. When they find out, they generally go "So what do you DO?", as if managing my family, our households and staff, pets, schedules, and of course my own fitness and interests is nothing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's supposed to be random, but my boss seems to choose me more then my share for special activities and errands he needs, like lunchtime planning meeting and helping him try on suits. That feels discriminatory.

Helping him try on suits? Is your boss Donald Trump or Harvey Weinstein?

[Anonymous]

"fit shaming" ??? LOLOL
People will say anything to make themselves a victim!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This happens to me, always working women of a lower class. I am very fit, thin, blonde, married young, have successful husband and never had to work. When they find out, they generally go "So what do you DO?", as if managing my family, our households and staff, pets, schedules, and of course my own fitness and interests is nothing.

How do you feel "discriminated against at work" if you dont even work?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's also very noticeable, because teams will often want to go out after work to happy hours and other social functions. Those functions often involve booze, crappy junk bar and finger foods, and just totally unnecessary calorie intake overall. Someone trying to maintain their fitness levels will skip those events. But then teammates hold it against them for 'not being team players' simply because a person doesn't want to constantly surround themselves with booze and garbage foods.

Why not just go and have a seltzer? That way you’re being sociable and sticking to your nutritional standards.

For sure. It’s an odd take. I go to these all the time and drink NA beer since that’s available now. Or something else. People get it because often times I have a workout planned for after work. I never talk about what I’m doing and people tend to be encouraging and interested and drag it out of me anyways. YMMV

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Discrimination?

OMG, maybe you give off "I'm fit and you're not" vibes. I'm skinny, you are fat.

It's a you problem.

Puhlease, women body shame other women for something as trivial as makeup, jewelry and fashion choice. You really think it is surprising then that women would shame others for being fit? We know they're probably subconsciously jealous of a fit person given that almost 75% of the entire US population is now overweight. Or they're insecure over their bodies due to being overweight and therefore feel the need to trash anyone who is fit simply because not being overweight is now a highly abnormal body type this day in age..

Oh, here's the reddit incel-man troll again. Women are just so jealous and catty, amirite!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's also very noticeable, because teams will often want to go out after work to happy hours and other social functions. Those functions often involve booze, crappy junk bar and finger foods, and just totally unnecessary calorie intake overall. Someone trying to maintain their fitness levels will skip those events. But then teammates hold it against them for 'not being team players' simply because a person doesn't want to constantly surround themselves with booze and garbage foods.

Why not just go and have a seltzer? That way you’re being sociable and sticking to your nutritional standards.

Yeahhhhh.....let me waste 2.5 hours with my team after work all so I can sit around and drink seltzer a skip all of the trash food like sliders, wings, and fries. No thanks. I have a workout to do rather than waste my time getting obese and ruining my liver.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:It's also very noticeable, because teams will often want to go out after work to happy hours and other social functions. Those functions often involve booze, crappy junk bar and finger foods, and just totally unnecessary calorie intake overall. Someone trying to maintain their fitness levels will skip those events. But then teammates hold it against them for 'not being team players' simply because a person doesn't want to constantly surround themselves with booze and garbage foods.

Why not just go and have a seltzer? That way you’re being sociable and sticking to your nutritional standards.

Yeahhhhh.....let me waste 2.5 hours with my team after work all so I can sit around and drink seltzer a skip all of the trash food like sliders, wings, and fries. No thanks. I have a workout to do rather than waste my time getting obese and ruining my liver.

NP - haven't you ever heard of putting in face time? You go, drink seltzer, hang out for 30-45 minutes, then say you have evening plans and have to go but it was great hanging out with everyone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"fit shaming" ??? LOLOL
People will say anything to make themselves a victim!

It happens. Again, 75% of adults in the country are now overweight. If you are not only not overweight but fit, you are in a vast minority in terms of body image compared to the rest of the country. People get super jealous or downright hateful because you stick out like a sore thumb for not being overweight like everyone else.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's also very noticeable, because teams will often want to go out after work to happy hours and other social functions. Those functions often involve booze, crappy junk bar and finger foods, and just totally unnecessary calorie intake overall. Someone trying to maintain their fitness levels will skip those events. But then teammates hold it against them for 'not being team players' simply because a person doesn't want to constantly surround themselves with booze and garbage foods.

Why not just go and have a seltzer? That way you’re being sociable and sticking to your nutritional standards.

Yeahhhhh.....let me waste 2.5 hours with my team after work all so I can sit around and drink seltzer a skip all of the trash food like sliders, wings, and fries. No thanks. I have a workout to do rather than waste my time getting obese and ruining my liver.

You sound insufferable. What do you think “pro” and Olympic athletes do? A lot of those people have actual jobs. They still manage to put in some after work face time. At least my friends in those groups do; especially the ones who are engineers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't know what it is, but a lot of my coworkers seem nasty towards me or constantly give me churlish attitudes over simple things. I am not a talkative person and am quite introverted. I mind my own business 99.9% of the time and simply go about doing my work. The only thing I can think of is that they're angry at the fact that I'm very fit. You can absolutely tell. When I wear a short sleeved shirt you can see all of my vascularity, and for lack for better terms - my shredded arms. I am very trim and have nice shapely legs and a sculpted derriere because I do tons of leg workouts. My body fat % is below 13%.

Is it just a thing this day in age to discriminate against fit people given that the majority of adults and coworkers are now overweight or obese? Half of it too could be the negative mindset and low self-esteem many people have that has reuslted in their obesity in the first place, which they try to dump onto other people around them.

Fit shaming at work feels like it is getting more and more out of hand as the population gets more overweight.

I was fit for the first 40 years of my life, then serious health issues drove a huge weight gain into obesity.

Not once in 40 years did I get fit shamed, and that included a decade or more when some of my colleagues were overweight/obese.

The only negative experience I’ve ever had related to being fit was the sexual harassment I endured from age 10 to age 45 due to my shapely figure, which included C cup breasts that stood out on a fit figure even when I chose loose cut blouses to minimize their prominence. I was sexually harassed in school, university, workplaces and public spaces - like most women in America endure at some point or another.

I’ve never seen any fit shaming. I’ve seen fitness envy, and I have it presently myself.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's also very noticeable, because teams will often want to go out after work to happy hours and other social functions. Those functions often involve booze, crappy junk bar and finger foods, and just totally unnecessary calorie intake overall. Someone trying to maintain their fitness levels will skip those events. But then teammates hold it against them for 'not being team players' simply because a person doesn't want to constantly surround themselves with booze and garbage foods.

Why not just go and have a seltzer? That way you’re being sociable and sticking to your nutritional standards.

Yeahhhhh.....let me waste 2.5 hours with my team after work all so I can sit around and drink seltzer a skip all of the trash food like sliders, wings, and fries. No thanks. I have a workout to do rather than waste my time getting obese and ruining my liver.

Geez, I wonder why they don't like you. Hint: it has nothing to do with how fit you are and everything to do with your personality.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ha, I know this is a troll but I still kind of see this...
At work one coworker always calls me by the wrong name and when I gently correct her she has said "You skinny girls all look the same to me, sorry." I'm not remotely skinny (5'3", between 125 and 130) but thanks?

You should have a real comeback ready the next time this happens. Something funny and self-confident. This person will respect you and stop calling you the wrong name.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's also very noticeable, because teams will often want to go out after work to happy hours and other social functions. Those functions often involve booze, crappy junk bar and finger foods, and just totally unnecessary calorie intake overall. Someone trying to maintain their fitness levels will skip those events. But then teammates hold it against them for 'not being team players' simply because a person doesn't want to constantly surround themselves with booze and garbage foods.

Why not just go and have a seltzer? That way you’re being sociable and sticking to your nutritional standards.

Yeahhhhh.....let me waste 2.5 hours with my team after work all so I can sit around and drink seltzer a skip all of the trash food like sliders, wings, and fries. No thanks. I have a workout to do rather than waste my time getting obese and ruining my liver.

NP - haven't you ever heard of putting in face time? You go, drink seltzer, hang out for 30-45 minutes, then say you have evening plans and have to go but it was great hanging out with everyone.

The point is that being fit requires a complete overhaul of mind before body. It requires discipline, which comes in the form often times of not surrounding yourself with toxic environments that contain things like booze and super high fat junk foods where the smells and visuals alone can overwhelm impulse control. You wouldn't understand it unless you've worked tremendously hard to overhaul your lifestyle to put your health and fitness first. They have done many studies showing that junk foods are even more addictive than even cocaine. Why would you even want face time in such an environment to drink seltzer while still being surrounded by toxic food choices?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's also very noticeable, because teams will often want to go out after work to happy hours and other social functions. Those functions often involve booze, crappy junk bar and finger foods, and just totally unnecessary calorie intake overall. Someone trying to maintain their fitness levels will skip those events. But then teammates hold it against them for 'not being team players' simply because a person doesn't want to constantly surround themselves with booze and garbage foods.

Why not just go and have a seltzer? That way you’re being sociable and sticking to your nutritional standards.

Yeahhhhh.....let me waste 2.5 hours with my team after work all so I can sit around and drink seltzer a skip all of the trash food like sliders, wings, and fries. No thanks. I have a workout to do rather than waste my time getting obese and ruining my liver.

NP - haven't you ever heard of putting in face time? You go, drink seltzer, hang out for 30-45 minutes, then say you have evening plans and have to go but it was great hanging out with everyone.

The point is that being fit requires a complete overhaul of mind before body. It requires discipline, which comes in the form often times of not surrounding yourself with toxic environments that contain things like booze and super high fat junk foods where the smells and visuals alone can overwhelm impulse control. You wouldn't understand it unless you've worked tremendously hard to overhaul your lifestyle to put your health and fitness first. They have done many studies showing that junk foods are even more addictive than even cocaine. Why would you even want face time in such an environment to drink seltzer while still being surrounded by toxic food choices?

Because....apparently...you want your coworkers to like you. Which they don't. Because you're obnoxious as well. Also, your mental health seems to be suffering despite of all of your working out and eating healthy. If you are this obsessed, you do not have balance in your life which is not good.