If you put that brownie and icecream into a glass of Guiness, you can have a Guiness float. I’ve done this with Guiness, icecream, and cake, and it was delightful.
Because she was laughing at me. I don’t give a fuck what she eats or drinks. But if she’s going to be laughing at me for my choices, I am allowed to return the favor, right?
People have been eating meat for a kajillion years and it doesn’t seem to be killing them either. But I’d consider a person who eats five sirloin steaks in one sitting to be disqualified from being a nutrition snob.
yep. I see people at work who always (always) have a bottle of Coke or Mountain Dew in their hand, and complain about not being able to lose weight.
as always, the problem is with people who don’t understand the concept of “moderation.”
What do you call all the hate for HFCS specifically, and the preference for “real sugar” Coke? Not mentioned wanting raw sugar in one’s espresso. Sure seems to me that “sugar snob” would be an appropriate moniker.
I’m anti-sugar, but I’m anti- across the board. Not sure whether that makes me a sugar snob or a sugar blue-nose or what. 
Beer’s not that bad, outside of the alcohol. It’s pretty high in B vitamins (from the yeast), and most of the non-alcohol calories are in relatively complex carbs (otherwise the yeasts would have eaten them), and there’s a small amount of protein as well.
Hey, the baby Jesus didn’t turn water into a chocolate cake. Hic!
First off, I think she sounds a bit of a jerk for commenting on your eating habits, so I already don’t like her (“yo beotch, don’t be dissin’ our monstro!”). That being said, drinking muchas cervezas every night is a different, er, “issue” than not maintaining a super healthy diet. I think it has the potential to be a sore spot if brought up to her. People can be pretty defensive about their drinking habits, even if a comment is totally in jest. And while I don’t want to make any assumptions, it strikes me odd that anyone who is otherwise very healthy indulges in that much alcohol that often. No judgment; just saying.
She probably just doesn’t realize how many calories there are in a beer. I mean, it’s basically the same as in a soda but you generally don’t drink three or four cans of Coke in one sitting. I have a hard time keeping it in mind, too.
I’d consider beer as junk food in the same way that pizza is. Something that could be consumed in moderation and part of a reasonable diet, but more in junk food territory when you have a large amount in a short period.
I maybe wouldn’t bring up the beer habit at lunch or some time like that, because you would sound like you’d been waiting to zing her (which you would have been). Although that could work on shutting her down if you don’t care about making things awkward.
Next time you’re out and she’s ordering her fifth beer, you could say something like “I see you’re ignoring your diet for the moment, I think I’ll join you and order a <unhealthy thing>.” But even with that there’s a small chance she’ll take your point, and a much larger chance she’ll argue with you on what is more unhealthy, or justify that she’s okay because she eats healthy most of the time.
If I was in your place, next time I was eating a bag of chips and a coworker said something I would do one of the following:
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[li]“What?! Chips are unhealthy?! Why did no one every tell me?! Thank you so much for saving me from my unhealthy existence!!!” And just go over the top as possible in a workplace setting, and then laugh and go back and keep eating my chips.[/li][li]Roll my eyes and go “Really? It seems like food is all you ever talk about. It’s so boring. Let’s talk about <subject> instead.”[/li][li]“Don’t judge me for my eating habits, and I won’t judge you for <your bad taste in music/gossip magazine addiction/terribly messy desk/whatever other subject that could be teased about in a lighthearted way>.”[/li][/ul]
That sounds annoying to deal with her nitpicking your food choices, hopefully you figure something out.
Sure, make fun of her. Beer is bad for you and it’s bad to boot. Then again, there is no way I would ever drink a beer now. I’m almost 40 and I have no shame about drinking my girly frou-frou drinks. I do go with a White Russian a lot, as it’s a drink most restaurants/bars can have and it’s delicious.
I kind of agree with Sam Lowry’s last couple of paragraphs - I would be move inclined to just tell her, “Coworker - would you please knock it off with the comments about what I’m eating? It’s not funny, and it’s really getting tiresome.”
are a meal in a glass.
Yeah, the beer is irrelevant really. Even if she ate the absolute ideal diet, where it’s perfectly healthy in every possible way, with absolutely zero junk food, it still would not be cool for her to be criticizing what you eat.
Beer is junk food by any reasonable definition. I’m not one to think of good and bad foods per se, but good and bad diets. And beer and pizza and McDonald’s can all be part of a good diet, assuming they are limited and infrequent. But 5 beers in two hours is equivalent to eating an entire big bag of potato chips, or a couple of sleeves of oreos. It’s not really reasonable part of a diet. If she did that a few times a year, it would be a different story, but you say this is every weekend, which makes me think she probably drinks after work during the week, too.
But you’d be surprised how many people don’t think about alcohol as part of their diet. It’s considered a separate thing, like pills or pot. Something that will get you a buzz, but not something that will make you fat.
Some people figured this out, but that doesn’t prevent them from still being unreasonable. I dated a woman who was a functional alcoholic, who also obsessed about her diet. She would try and stick to an 800 calorie or less diet so she could drink 6 200-calorie craft beers a night. Definitely not a reasonable diet. But still, at least she took her beer habit into account. Also, she wasn’t preachy about what people ate, despite being a vegetarian.
Beer is the staff of life.
(Beer: Helping ugly people get laid since 1864.)
A good friend of mine is a functional alcoholic, but very strict about his diet otherwise. His dad died very young from nutritional problems secondary to his alcoholism.
Monstro, you’re better than this. Don’t stoop to her level. Let her have her little jabs. Meanwhile you can have the satisfaction of knowing you’re not an ass like she is.
Well, there are worse things out there than beer.
Yes, it’s somewhat hypocritical for a health nut to decide that the empty calories of beer are okay, but it’s not unusual at all. I’ve known many women who saved their weight watchers “points” for a good weekend drinkfest.
I suspect what they had for breakfast was small beer, not something like a bottle of IPA pale ale.
That could also be wrong. 
ETA: I find it boring and inappropriate for people to comment on each others’ food choices. I’m not a child, I don’t need anyone’s input on my food. Ditto any drinks I may or may not have. These days, I have no problem saying that. Ironically, now that I don’t, I’m not surrounded by people feeling the need to comment on how much fat/sugar/points/carbs/chemicals are in my biweekly Coca-cola.
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Baseball playoff game
Baseball throw
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Battleship
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CD
Cell phone throw
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Dog sled race
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Dragon
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Duesenberg
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Earth from Sun
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eBay auction
eBay item sold
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Elevator fall survived
Elevator - time trapped
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Erupting volcano
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Eyeballs
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Family tree
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Group hug
Gum wrapper chain
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Hedge maze
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Highway
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Hollywood marriage
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Kite
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Migration
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Miniseries - TV
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MP3
Nail
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National anthem
NBA Championship drought
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NFL field goal
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NHL career
NHL contract
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NHL overtime games
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NHL shootout
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NYSE trading suspension
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Olympic swimming event
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Painting title
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Paper airplane flight
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Paragliding flight
Parasite
Pencil
Person
PGA cuts made streak
PGA sudden-death playoff
PGA win streak
Pi
Pi memorized
Pier
Pink Floyd song
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Pizza
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Play
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Playing slots
Poem
Pogo stick distance
Pogo stick jump
Poker game
Pole sitting record
Pole vault
Pool toy
Popsicle
Postcard
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Prison sentence
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Putt
Quidditch match
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Reef
Reigning Pope
Remote control
River
River - Europe
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Rocket
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Route 66 stretch
Running beauty pageant
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Running film series
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Running rock fan club
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Runway
Run-on sentence
Salami
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Scarf
Scuba dive
Seaweed
Sermon
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Serving U.S. President
Ship
Shot put
Skateboard
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Ski run
Skiing marathon
Skis
Slide rule
Slinky
Snake
Snake - venomous
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Snowmobile jump
Song
Song - Beatles
Song title
Song title - Beatles
Space shuttle flight
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Spaghetti strand
Spanish word
Spider
Squid
Staircase
Stained glass window
Stalagmite
Standing motionless
Standing on one foot
Stanley Cup drought
Stanley Cup win streak
Static cycle ride
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Stilts
Stolen base streak
Stone skip
Straw
Street
Street name
Strike
Structure - standing
Subway
Sugar cube tower
Sunflower
Super Bowl drought
Surfboard
Surviving headless chicken
Sushi roll
Suspension - NBA
Swim
Swimming pool
Swing bridge
Tattoo session
Tax code
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Team name
Telephone call
Telescope
Tennis match
Test drive
The Longest Time lyrics
Thermometer
Throw
Tiddlywinking
Time between children
Toenails
Tongue
Top spin
Tornado
Totem pole
Touchdown - NFL
Tour de France
Tour de France stage
Tour de France win streak
Traffic jam
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Tramway
Tree
Tree sit
Triathlon
Triple jump
Tunnel
Tunnel - railway
Tunnel - road
TV
UFC fight
Under water
Urinal
URL
US Presidential term
Wait on a hospital gurney
Walk
Walk - backwards
Wall
War
Watching TV
Water ski jump
Water ski jump - barefoot
Water skiing marathon
Waterfall
Waterslide
Wave surfed
Wedding dress
Wedding dress train
Well
Whale
Wheelchair journey
Windmill blade
Window
Windsurfing journey
Wingspan - airplane
Wingspan - bird
Without a heartbeat
Without sleep
Without water
Woman
Word
Words trivia
Working career
World Series game
World Series win streak
Wrestling match
Xylophone
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YouTube video
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Given that mead is one of the oldest fermented beverages known, it would seem to have been worth the fight.