Anyone else find IE at work challenging?

July 22, 2010

I just started a new job the other day, which I am very excited about and think

that I am going to love. I've always had challenges with IE when I am working,

i've spent a lot of time as a stay at home mom since I became an IE which makes

it very easy. In trying to honor my hunger I sometimes find myself hungry at

times which may be inconvenient for coworkers. I find that my manager is very

accomidating and doesn't mind but her assistant manager has already made a few

comments. I can tell that she is challenged by her own body issues because she

has talked about her arms being fat and calories a few times.

Here are the things that have come up:

Yesterday I got myself a iced white mocha with whip from the starbucks because I

wanted one. When my manager brought it back to the store (she went on the

coffee run) the asst manager said, " oh my who's haviing all those calories!? "

I mentioned that I had taken the previous month and took a break from school and

work and mostly hung out with my kids and read a lot of books, among other

things and she said, " wow that could make a girl very big " meaning gaining

weight from sitting around.

I went to take my mid shift sort of lunch break today and she said don't take as

long as yesterday, only take 10-15 minutes, which I don't think I took more than

that the day before anyway but whatever.

This morning she was having a snack of celery and peanut butter and she was

trying to tell me that if I ate what she was eating it would fill me up and I

wouldn't be hungry the rest of the day. Like what or when or how I eat is any

business of hers.

Anyway my point is is that this girl has no boundaries around food/body stuff.

I am going to have to place a boundary at some point, probably the next time she

says something.

Mostly just wanted to write all of this down so it wouldn't be swimming around

in my head turning into resentment towards her. I want to be able to deal with

it quickly and directly so that it doesn't wear me down. So far it really

hasn't affected me much, i'm pretty clear that it has everything to do with her

not with me but if I don't set a boundary, I make it my problem because she

won't know any better.

Thanks for reading!

Tana

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