You know coworkers accept your woe when

(Mike Glasbrener) #1

So I’ve been kind of busy. I normally fast on Mon and Thursday. Well they were talking about where to eat and I forgot today was a fasting day. They said “Oh yeah you’re not eating today”. I was like… Yup I forgot… I’m good because I didn’t eat breakfast… :slightly_smiling_face:

(Aimee Moisa) #2

Are you sure it wasn’t just a sneaky way of keeping you out of their lunch plans 'cause they don’t like you anymore?

Sorry, I’m the rude-but-hopefully-funny one on the forum. I’m new here and will most likely get kicked out for my rudeness soon. :slight_smile:

(karen) #3

Lol.

I don’t have coworkers, but my little social group had our weekly discussion of who was bringing food and whether we should eat at home and then gather, and the first matter of fact question asked was, “Is kib fasting this week?” Apparently they’re not planning a donut intervention after all. Victory!

(Jeanne Wagner) #4

haha! My co-workers have gotten used to it too. I know a lot of people don’t share or get uncomfortable with all the questions and looks and judgemental attitudes we sometimes get from co-workers, but I’m pretty bulletproof (no pun intended, well maybe a little!) and I just told them about it. Some don’t agree, but they don’t press it. I don’t press it either. But yeah,a couple of the ladies are dipping their toes into keto, and one is ‘preparing’ to go keto. Well, however she gets there, as long as she gets there. :+1:

(Mike Glasbrener) #5

Nope! I know them too well. Good friends. When they don’t want to have others they just disappear at lunch time.

(Aimee Moisa) #6

Oh good. :slight_smile:

(Mike Glasbrener) #7

I’m like that too. Rather than be a closet faster I tell people. It makes it so much easier. Plus I’d have blown it today otherwise. I’ll even go to lunch with them. At a reastuarant I’ll just tell the waiter I’ve already eaten. It works great!

#8

My boss started bringing in salami and cheese for me when she gets donuts for the team.

(Eric - The patient needs to be patient!) #9

That goes in the win column.

(Raj Seth) #10

Off with her head🤣

(Mike Glasbrener) #11

Great boss!

(Brian) #12

I work at home so my wife is it. And she’s with me on this way of eating.

My biggest challenge is church potlucks. We generally avoid them. But if we feel enough pressure to stay, we’ll typically find salad, maybe a few green beans, if we’re lucky a few deviled eggs, and pick over them while being sociable. My wife has to be particularly careful about salad dressings (allergic to soy, and soy oil is in most of them), and even most mayo that people use for deviled eggs is soy oil based. So we do our best. Unfortunately, most people don’t understand. But we do our best. For me, it’s not usually a big deal. For my wife, an indisgression may result in a day of hives and face swelling, not pretty.

(matt ) #13

You have to try really hard to get kicked outta here but I will keep my eyes on you. :wink:

(Brian) #14

Naaaahhh. We like ya. :smiley:

(Marta Loftfield) #15

@Genewich what great boss😎!

(Aimee Moisa) #16

Yay! I like it when people watch. :wink:

(Aimee Moisa) #17

Aw! You’re so sweet, @Bellyman. So sweet I am gonna have to ban you from my new WOE! :slight_smile:

(Brian) #18

(In my best Larry the Cable guy voice:) That’s funny, right there, I don’t care who you are, that there is funny!

LOL!!

Thanks, Aimee. :slight_smile:

(Marta Loftfield) #19

@Bellyman I play the allergy card. I’m celiac and most friends acquaintances know it. You can do the we ate earlier because dear wife’s allergy.:sunglasses:

Plus being a church group you could bone up on the fasting passages in the bible. (Or other holy books)

(Marta Loftfield) #20

Love this @Mglasbrener! We had team trivia last night and they are all used to my fasting (one is contemplating trying keto!)

They did say I’m faster with the answers when I have an adult beverage though​:joy::joy::joy::joy::joy:

Maybe it makes information retrieval easier :thinking::thinking::thinking: