Picture this: you and your bestie have been planning a hiking trip for ages. You’re super excited, and you’ve got everything ready to go. But when you finally hit the trail, you realize your friend’s food choices are, well… questionable at best. What do you do? Do you let her continue on her self-imposed diet, or do you step in and say something? This is the dilemma our protagonist faced on a recent hiking trip with her dieting friend. Let’s dive into the story and see how it all unfolded…
Hiking Trip Plans ️
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Food Suggestions ️
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Lunchtime Surprise
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Bag Inspection
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Diet Dilemma
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Fruit Feast
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Binge Alert
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Tears & Accusations
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Food Shortage ️
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Diet Disaster
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Hiking Trip Turns Hangry
Our protagonist and her friend embark on a 3-day hiking trip, with the friend insisting she’s on a diet and has brought enough food. But when they stop for lunch, our protagonist discovers her friend’s food stash consists of just a few apples, bananas, oranges, and crackers! Despite concerns, they continue on, but the friend quickly devours all her fruit and starts eating our protagonist’s food too. After a binge that would make a bear proud , our protagonist confronts her friend, leading to tears and accusations. The trip ends with them running out of food on the third day, and the friend blaming our protagonist for her diet failure. What a rollercoaster of emotions! Let’s take a look at some of the top responses to this wild hiking adventure…
Supporting a friend with an eating disorder: Navigating boundaries.

Supporting a friend’s food issues on a hiking trip

Both parties share the blame for the hiking trip fiasco.

Supporting friend’s diet choices on hiking trip, NTA.

Setting boundaries on a hiking trip with a food thief

Setting boundaries with friends on hiking trips. NTA for standing up.

New hikers on overnight trips: wise or unwise? NTA
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Supporting a friend with a possible eating disorder ❤️

Experienced hiker gives NTA advice on dieting and safety ⛺

Being a good friend is tough, but setting boundaries is necessary.

Don’t let your friend’s poor planning ruin your hike . NTA.

Friend complains of starvation on hiking trip, gets food, still complains.

Friend’s diet, friend’s decision. NTA.

Friend’s diet disaster ruins hike, no more trips together

Supportive comment, calls out friend’s unhealthy diet and blame-shifting

Friend’s diet tantrum on hiking trip: NTA takes stand

Encouraging support for tactful advice in hiking trip food rationing.

Friend brings rabbit food on hike, eats more, blames OP. NTA.

Compassionate response to friend with possible eating disorder

Setting boundaries on a hiking trip ️

Backpacking can reveal true friends in a Zombie Apocalypse ♂️

Friend with eating disorder steals food and blames OP. Reevaluate friendship.

Supportive comment – Hoping for friend’s recovery.

Supporting a friend’s diet doesn’t mean being a doormat

Supporting a friend’s diet doesn’t mean sacrificing your food

Hiker criticizes friend’s lack of food planning on trip.

Supporting a friend with binge eating disorder and addressing her actions.

Friend’s poor planning left them hungry on a hike. ESH.

Friend’s diet complaints ruin hiking trip, NTA for avoiding her.

Concerns raised about friend’s unhealthy relationship with food.

Concerned friend suggests therapy for friend’s unhealthy relationship with food

Hiking trip turns into diet disaster and safety issue. ESH.

You’re not responsible for policing your friend’s food choices

Support your friend with disordered eating, but set healthy boundaries

Friend’s diet drama leads to end of friendship. YTA?
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Friend’s diet and stealing food on a hiking trip raises concerns

Meal planning mishap leads to hiking trip hunger horror

Small snack for a day of hiking, not for 3 days. NTA

Friend’s diet disaster on hiking trip: NTA’s food stolen

Sharing food on a hiking trip – NTA wins

Taking personal responsibility is key. NTA.

Friend’s diet disaster leads to lost friendship. NTA wins.

Friend can’t feed self on hike, commenter not the a**hole.

Setting boundaries is key in supporting friends with eating disorders.

Friend eats all food, blames me. I’m NTA ♀️

Friend’s diet disaster on hike: NTA comment gets brutal ♀️

Friend’s eating disorder ruined hiking trip. NTA but offer help.

ESH, but could your friend have an eating disorder?
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Always be prepared: bring extra food and water on hikes.

Setting boundaries is key. NTA for not letting her sabotage.

Friend’s diet causing hunger on hiking trip leading to overeating

Friend’s diet disaster ruins hike, NTA considers ending friendship. ♀️

Experienced backpacker saves the day, friend not worth apocalypse team.

Did OP’s meal suggestion contribute to friend’s hunger on hike?

Friend blames OP for diet, but comment suggests medical issue.

Friend’s diet ruined hiking trip, blames OP. NTA drama queen.

Don’t let a bad friend sabotage your diet goals. Stay strong!
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Supporting friend with eating disorder isn’t easy. NTA.
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Food is fuel, not sabotage. NTA for sharing resources.

Taking responsibility for one’s actions is important. NTA
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Harsh comment, but is there any truth to it? ESH.

Group packing party saves hiking trip from food issues!

It’s important to discuss food needs before a backpacking trip

Supporting a friend’s food choices: NTA, not your responsibility.

Negligence or not? NTA for not stopping her hike.

Humorous comment on food rationing during hiking trip.

Friend’s diet sabotage on hiking trip. Blamed me. ♀️

ESH on food check and unrealistic diet expectations
