I hate listening to people that want to lose weight talk. I hate listening to the gov't telling us how many calories are in our food. Now before you are appalled at that, I'm all for full disclosure of calorie content, but I hate all the hullabaloo that's going with it.
Really? You didn't guess that the triple bacon cheeseburger had about twice the calorie content a normal person should consume in a day? Really? Sometimes I think just looking at the food should give you an idea.
Take The Cheesecake Factory. OMG the food there is so damn good, but it will also make you fat and possibly give you a coronary. There is next to nothing on the menu that sinks below 1000 calories!
Yikes!
But if I'm told someone is taking me out to The Cheesecake Factory, I'm not going to cry and whine and say that I can't go. I'm not passing up such good noms!
But what really gets me about dieters and people that try to shove health conscious eating down our throats is how they seem to think their low calorie concoctions taste good.
Take your egg beaters and splenda and shove them up your butt.
I want food that tastes good. Find some other ways of taking the calories and fat out of my food. I like sugar and I like eggs.
Actually, sometimes I wish the whole support chain, that dieters cling to would evaporate. I know when you are trying to lose you need all the help you can get, but when it takes over your entire life it makes those around you MISERABLE!
On that note...I'm going to eat something fattening.
Showing posts with label diets. Show all posts
Showing posts with label diets. Show all posts
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Thursday, September 24, 2009
I'm Sick Of It
I'm Sick Of It
I'm sick of the world trying to tell me what I should or shouldn't eat. I'm also sick of people telling me that sugar is bad and all these artificial sweeteners are good.
BLECH!
If Splenda, Equal or whatever were so fantastic, why do they leave such a lovely aftertaste in my mouth, thus making me want to grab a bag of chips or anything just to get rid of the taste.
Its the same with people that go on and on about eggs. I don't mind egg beaters for scrambled eggs, but please, I would rather have bamboo shoots rammed under my fingernails than eat a poached egg white.
YUCK!
Ever have one of those Jimmy Dean De-lites? Seriously, toss the egg in the trash and eat the sandwich with just the turkey sausage. The egg is too painful. Microwave it a second too long and its like eating rubber and who wants to do that?
I do my best to eat healthy but there are times when I want REAL FOOD, because, see, I like food. I enjoy eating. Yes, that's why I have a little pudge. At this point I'm thinking I'll just live with it, because I become way too cranky when I have to diet.
Food is my friend, but health food is my enemy.
What can't stuff that's good for us be tasty? I can count on my hand the number of "good for you foods that I actually like."
Grrrrrr.
Have any of you guessed I'm trying to diet and am failing miserably?
I'm sick of the world trying to tell me what I should or shouldn't eat. I'm also sick of people telling me that sugar is bad and all these artificial sweeteners are good.
BLECH!
If Splenda, Equal or whatever were so fantastic, why do they leave such a lovely aftertaste in my mouth, thus making me want to grab a bag of chips or anything just to get rid of the taste.
Its the same with people that go on and on about eggs. I don't mind egg beaters for scrambled eggs, but please, I would rather have bamboo shoots rammed under my fingernails than eat a poached egg white.
YUCK!
Ever have one of those Jimmy Dean De-lites? Seriously, toss the egg in the trash and eat the sandwich with just the turkey sausage. The egg is too painful. Microwave it a second too long and its like eating rubber and who wants to do that?
I do my best to eat healthy but there are times when I want REAL FOOD, because, see, I like food. I enjoy eating. Yes, that's why I have a little pudge. At this point I'm thinking I'll just live with it, because I become way too cranky when I have to diet.
Food is my friend, but health food is my enemy.
What can't stuff that's good for us be tasty? I can count on my hand the number of "good for you foods that I actually like."
Grrrrrr.
Have any of you guessed I'm trying to diet and am failing miserably?
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Healthy Eating?!
Healthy Eating?!
I'm a fan of healthy eating when I can. Heck, who am I kidding, I'm a fan of eating. I'm one of those women always on a battle with my waistline. I hate dieting, simply because when I'm dieting, I'm the most miserable person to live with.
So yesterday when my mom calls me at work to tell me about this woman she saw on Rachael Ray's talk so, I was sceptical and yet intrigued. I trust nothing about Rachael, except her food, because I truly believe the lady is second in command to Satan. Her made up words make me want beat my head against walls, but back to the topic. My mom introduced me to Hungry Girl.
If you are like me, and need to diet, but don't want to give up food, this is an awesome site. It has tips, recipes and food comparisons to help you make good choices or to makeover your favorite foods with less fat and calories than their regular conterparts.
I've definitely found some hints I want to try. And she's much more tolerable than those wankers that write the Skinny Bitch books. Heads up Vegans. You don't live any longer because you don't eat meat or products from animals. I'm pretty sure more Vegans are killed each year by the rest of the carnivores because they are sick of having them shove their lifestyle down everyone's throats than those living to a ripe old age.
I have no objections to meatless meals, but I know I frankly couldn't go the rest of my life without a burger, chicken or turkey. But again I digress. This website is all kinds of awesome and offers a daily newsletter too, where you can access everything.
Oh and if you are a fan of Freebies, Hungry Girl can help you out too. In a recent newsletter they provided a link to get a free trial sized box of Kashi Cereal. Go here to get yours. And if Kashi isn't your thing, you might want to try the new Blueberry Pomagranate Total. You can get a free sample of that here. Plus when you sign up for your cereal you can get more recipe filled newsletters.
Mmmm tasty
I'm a fan of healthy eating when I can. Heck, who am I kidding, I'm a fan of eating. I'm one of those women always on a battle with my waistline. I hate dieting, simply because when I'm dieting, I'm the most miserable person to live with.
So yesterday when my mom calls me at work to tell me about this woman she saw on Rachael Ray's talk so, I was sceptical and yet intrigued. I trust nothing about Rachael, except her food, because I truly believe the lady is second in command to Satan. Her made up words make me want beat my head against walls, but back to the topic. My mom introduced me to Hungry Girl.
If you are like me, and need to diet, but don't want to give up food, this is an awesome site. It has tips, recipes and food comparisons to help you make good choices or to makeover your favorite foods with less fat and calories than their regular conterparts.
I've definitely found some hints I want to try. And she's much more tolerable than those wankers that write the Skinny Bitch books. Heads up Vegans. You don't live any longer because you don't eat meat or products from animals. I'm pretty sure more Vegans are killed each year by the rest of the carnivores because they are sick of having them shove their lifestyle down everyone's throats than those living to a ripe old age.
I have no objections to meatless meals, but I know I frankly couldn't go the rest of my life without a burger, chicken or turkey. But again I digress. This website is all kinds of awesome and offers a daily newsletter too, where you can access everything.
Oh and if you are a fan of Freebies, Hungry Girl can help you out too. In a recent newsletter they provided a link to get a free trial sized box of Kashi Cereal. Go here to get yours. And if Kashi isn't your thing, you might want to try the new Blueberry Pomagranate Total. You can get a free sample of that here. Plus when you sign up for your cereal you can get more recipe filled newsletters.
Mmmm tasty
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Results Not Typical
Results Not Typical
I was leafing through a copy of Woman's Day today, because I was bored and had nothing to read that was keeping my interest, when I happened upon an ad for Jenny Craig.
Now I have to admit I've always been intrigued by these weight loss places where you buy certain food and you lose weight. If I had the money I would probably try it, because like millions of other women, I'm fighting the battle of the pudge!
But it wasn't really the necessity to shed a few pounds that drew me to the ad featuring Phylicia Raschad. She Phylicia has lost 35 lbs on the program. The ad didn't say how long it took for her to lose that weight but in fairly noticeable print it said "results not typical."
Huh?
35 lbs isn't a large amount of weight. Most people I know what to lose, 30lbs or more. So what is that saying about the plan?
How much can you be expected to lose, if following the regimen won't typically allow you to lose 35 lbs?
It certainly doesn't make good sense. I mean it could say that these results are possible if you combine the plan with exercise, but saying that such a small amount of weight isn't typical kind of smacks of saying, this diet doesn't work. It also leaves me wondering what their typical results are.
I guess it really should reaffirm the weight loss theory that I have. "Stop shoveling food in your gaping pie hole and exercise a little and you'll lose weight"
Gimmicks and expensive diets don't work!
I was leafing through a copy of Woman's Day today, because I was bored and had nothing to read that was keeping my interest, when I happened upon an ad for Jenny Craig.
Now I have to admit I've always been intrigued by these weight loss places where you buy certain food and you lose weight. If I had the money I would probably try it, because like millions of other women, I'm fighting the battle of the pudge!
But it wasn't really the necessity to shed a few pounds that drew me to the ad featuring Phylicia Raschad. She Phylicia has lost 35 lbs on the program. The ad didn't say how long it took for her to lose that weight but in fairly noticeable print it said "results not typical."
Huh?
35 lbs isn't a large amount of weight. Most people I know what to lose, 30lbs or more. So what is that saying about the plan?
How much can you be expected to lose, if following the regimen won't typically allow you to lose 35 lbs?
It certainly doesn't make good sense. I mean it could say that these results are possible if you combine the plan with exercise, but saying that such a small amount of weight isn't typical kind of smacks of saying, this diet doesn't work. It also leaves me wondering what their typical results are.
I guess it really should reaffirm the weight loss theory that I have. "Stop shoveling food in your gaping pie hole and exercise a little and you'll lose weight"
Gimmicks and expensive diets don't work!
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