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    I had to attend a work related seminar this afternoon. I ate my lunch before I went in case there wouldn't be any acceptable food. My tactic worked because other than the diet soda and the fruit salad, there wasn't: croissant sandwiches with either tuna or chicken salad, potato salad, potato chips, pretzels, Doritos, cookies, and three kinds of mini-tarts and ice cream.

    Anyhow, I got my strawberries and my cup of ice (I brought a bottle of water with me just in case) and sat down behind two women. One woman asked the other how the sandwiches were. The woman replied they were very good and the lemon tart was delicious.

    The first woman replied, "That's good. When I picked up the food, I just went up and down the aisles thinking 'If I weren't diabetic and fat, what would I buy for lunch.'"

    By the way, this woman was eating a green salad with a grilled chicken breast with a bottle of water on the side.

    My first thought was "Ouch! She doesn't think too highly of the folks here at the seminar if she bought us crapola and got good stuff for herself." My second thought was "Well, at least she knows what really makes good food."
    ~Megs~
    242/141/160 (130)
    dress size 26/10/8
    5'4", Female, May 2, 2003
    My blog:
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    Re: She didn't mince words....

    Actually, it sounds like she knows how to eat well but she still thinks "really good foods" are all the ones she shouldn't be eating. Why feed that garbage to others?

    Good thing I wasn't there. I probably would have asked her why she's eating the good food and bought crap for everyone else!

    Good for you for eating ahead of time!!

    ~ Linda
    5'7" Age: 42 Female

    lowest consistent weight 143
    up to 193; gained weight after baby

    "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." ~ Aristotle

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    • #3
      Re: She didn't mince words....

      Megs, you sound like a very with-it young lady. GOOD FOR YOU for being proactive by bringing along food beforehand, as this knocks down a huge wall with newbies ... which obviously you're not, losing all the weight you have! You are obviously doing something very right & deserve major applause for it. Good job!
      Sheila, Founder of SugarFreeSheila.com
      5'3", medium-framed & muscular, & maintaining since 2001

      What's allowed on Induction

      My new YouTube Before/After slideshow

      Then: 140+, size 10-12
      Late '98, on top of the Empire State Building



      Now: 109, size 0
      January 2010 - Malta

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      • #4
        Re: She didn't mince words....

        It's all about the pocket book. It is too expensive to feed everyone a healthy lunch. Plus most probably would not appreciate it. Kudos to you for thinking ahead.
        Make it a happy low carb life!
        My WOL for 6.5 years..Found freedom from fat 2/7/2000
        210/125
        "The best way to succeed in life is to act on the advice we give to others"[/color]

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        • #5
          Re: She didn't mince words....

          I used to order food for an office of 40 every single week. If I didn't buy junk, no one would eat it. I'd get salad, and one person would take some and I'd end up throwing the rest away. I'd get veggies as a side dish, and they wouldn't be touched. Even when I did get junk food, there were one or two people who ate healthy that didn't like what I ordered. One time I got a tray of sandwiches and one of my guys wasn't eating, so I asked what was wrong and he replied, "I don't like tuna, and the turkey is on wheat bread which I don't like, and the chicken has mayonnaise which I don't like, and I don't eat red meat so I can't have the roast beef". Ugh! I'm not criticizing anyone for being picky, but this is what I went through everytime I ordered anything.

          How's that saying go? You can please some of the people all of the time, and you can please all of the people some of the time, but you can't please all of the people all of the time.
          F/30/5'4"
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