Good morning! I am draggin a** today! Ok, the truth is that I'm hung over today! Ugh! That alcohol gets me every time! One of these days I'm gonna learn.
Tummy - that's great about your friend!
Lixue - I love martial arts! I used to take Tae-kwan-do. I'd love to get back into it, but my schedule and wallet don't currently allow it.
Leenie - have fun with the puters!
Brenda - good job on cookie avoidance!
Shimma - girl, you are dealing with a LOT!
Jane - we won!
Ok, I didn't even know who the teams were when the game started, but I opted for the patriots.
Warning: long rambling rant is about to happen!
So the game was fun and there was a goodish amount of people there. We were eating the best buffalo wings I've ever encountered in my life and having a good time. Then, after the game was over, a subway wrap commercial comes on and this guy starts going off about Atkins and how it's a load of crap.
Of course, I had to jump on that and we got into this huge discussion about what Atkins is and is not and the huge difference between the perception of this woe and the reality of it. He finally relented but - argh! - I'm so sick of dealing with stuff like that!
Here comes the rant part....
I am so tired of feeling like I have to constantly defend my own choices for myself. I'm sick of talking about it and explaining it and then having these people come up to me and expecting me to tell them all the answers because they're too ignorant or lazy to do a little research of their own. I'm happy to help and share what I've learned, but for the love of Pete!
I know I don't have to jump in and defend my woe every time I hear it get bad-mouthed. I know I can just walk away. But I have this huge desire to vanquish the atkins ignorance of the world. I'm just frustrated at the people who judge my woe without ever learning what it really is and I'm frustrated at the people who think that they're "doing atkins" who haven't laid a finger on the book and haven't got a clue about what they're doing.
I love this woe and I really believe that this is a way of life for me from here on out, but I'm so sick and tired of all the social bs that come with it!!!
End of rant