- No one ordered red meat. Chicken, seafood, & vegetarian only.
- We all ate carbs & lots of 'em. Split about 50/50 on steamed vs fried rice (it was a Japanese place).
- Drinks were split about 50/50 for water and diet coke. Maybe one tea. No one had sugary soda.
- Everyone ate their vegetables. Lots of them.
- Most of us did not eat all the food that was served.
- About half of us refused the free dessert. Really seriously free (because of the b'day).
This is a very different experience than I have when I go out with family, or my other girlfriends who are not athletic. This is one night with one group of women (about 10 of us). I'm not sure I have a point here, but I found it to be an interesting observation, especially in light of the "naturally thin" discussions that are going on right now in several of our threads. I suppose one could argue a group of triathletes are as unique a group as a group of weight loss maintainers.
I find our conversations of how we are different and how we are similar to other people, fat and always thin fascinating, perhaps because most of the thin people I do know are triathletes/runners/etc, and they eat like me. More similar than different, and I know this is not the normal experience here.
Anybody have any thoughts on this?
Anne