This is really irritating me - please tell me it will go away.

[BlueToBlue]

Originally Posted by paperclippy

I see SO MANY women who match that pattern at the grocery. They will be buying Lean Cuisine, SlimFast, any sort of diet food for themselves, and then have a cart full of snack cakes and cookies and pop tarts and candy for their little kid. And people wonder why so many kids are obese??

Well, that's totally my grocery cart, but the cookies, pop tarts, etc. are for my SO. And he's thin as a rail. I'd buy him even more of that stuff if I thought it would help him reach a normal weight. Unfortunately, he doesn't seem to be able to gain weight, regardless of what he eats.

The voice in my head has definitely gotten cattier as I've gotten thinner. Luckily I've filtered myself my entire life (voice in my head says one thing, I say something else--it's become a joke between my SO and I), so I'm used to keeping a lid on it.

I do really have to struggle to not constantly tell everyone how many calories are in the food they are eating and what foods are good for them vs. bad for them. I think it's because it's such new found knowledge for me and I'm excited about it, so I want to share. But not everyone else is so excited about knowing that their dinner probably has 1,000 calories.

Recently, a friend and I were eating a business function with a buffet. My friend is sort of half-heartedly trying to lose weight. Her "healthy" lunch consisted of 1/2 plate of raw spinach and 1/2 plate of tortilla chips. No protein or anything that would sustain her through the afternoon. I almost had to clamp my hand over my mouth to keep from commenting on what a poor choice it was.

[kittycat40]

Originally Posted by paperclippy

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Okay, here is my grocery rant though. There's this magazine called "Women's World" that is always on the racks, always has a headline about weight loss, and always has a picture of some kind of cake or dessert on the cover. ??

I always look at that magazine and shake my head. Ugh.

[the slim me]

Barbara, I think I dislike your SO. And My DH too. It's not fair that they can eat anything/evreything and not gain!! IT"S NOT FAIR!!! whine, whine.....

I have a hard time not saying anything to people who tell me they are dieting and then have a totally unhealthy, high calorie meal. I'm not sure if they know it's that high calorie and choose to eat it anyway, or just not know. I know I eat lunch regurally with one person that will ask me, and then i do say something. The rest of the time I bite my tongue.

I confess, I look in other people grocery basket too. I'm dismayed when I see an over weight couple, with over weight children, with a basket full of junk. I just feel sorry for the kids. I'm confessing that it makes me take out all the things that aren't healthy out of my cart too. Fear? I'm not even sure why. Do I want to feel superior? I hope i'm not that bad.

[BlueToBlue]

Originally Posted by the slim me

Barbara, I think I dislike your SO. And My DH too. It's not fair that they can eat anything/evreything and not gain!! IT"S NOT FAIR!!! whine, whine...

Yes, I long for my SO's metabolism. But I try to remember that life isn't fair the whole way around and while my SO may have it easy over me in terms of metabolism, there are lots of other areas where I have it so much better than him. His mother is borderline personality disorder nuts, my family is no prize but at least they don't bother me; he can't find a job, I have great job that I didn't even have to look for, it just fell in my lap; he is plagued with minor but annoying injuries (he has one recurring condition that will cause his eye to water for a week or so at a time--no fun), I'm generally healthy as a horse; he still struggles with acne at 42, my skin is pretty clear these days. What goes around comes around; there are some areas in your life where you are envious of others, but there are also areas of you life that make other people envious.

For me, it's not the grocery store where I have the hardest time holding my tongue, it's the gym. I see people exercising with horrible form (slumped over on the stepmill or propping themselves up with their arms on the TM), or doing stupid annoying things (the men who grunt loudly and disgustingly while lifting weights come to mind), or exercising at such a low intensity I know their heart rate is barely elevated (just casually walking along at 2 mph, no incline, while reading a book on the TM), and it's all I can do not correct them. And I don't even want to express the holier-than-thou thoughts that run through my head. I am sure I am earning a special place in for my lack of charity and tolerance. And then there are the outfits some people wear. There are so many times that I just want to go up to both men and women at the gym and say "oh honey, that outfit just isn't helping you."