Arrrrgh: a rant

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Okay, so last night our roommate was nuking some pasta in the microwave in a tupperware dish and out of the blue he said, "Well, I'm on the opposite of the Atkins diet right now. All I have is pasta." So I didn't say anything except "Ok."

So then he says, "Well the Atkins diet is all MEAT MEAT MEAT. And I'm eating all CARBS CARBS CARBS."

I wanted to strangle him... The Atkins diet NOT all MEAT MEAT MEAT! He wouldn't know a vegetable if it clubbed him in a dark alley and he was practically snarling at how much MEAT I am eating (which really isn't all that much). Maybe it seems like a lot when you all you have is mac n' cheese and ramen. He doesn't actually understand that the diet is really just a whole foods diet and not a MEAT diet. Most people don't.

GAWD, SOME PEOPLE.

[Richt]

Re: Arrrrgh: a rant

There is no educating some people! You could explain and explain and explain until you are blue in the face, yet some people just cant grasp it.

I know what you are saying.

Rich

[ttdriver]

Re: Arrrrgh: a rant

His PASTA lifestyle will one day bite him. Then you can laugh last.


Betty

[kibskix]

Re: Arrrrgh: a rant

Tell me again why you're living with this person?
People tend to like to believe whatever their buddy tells them rather than -knowing- it themselves from a good source. Thankfully i'm blessed with the attitude of a lawyer, I could debate your roomie into the ground If I were in that position, I would just basically say "actually I eat 3 cups of veggies every single day. When was the last time you were even within grabbing distance of some?"
I've been there too, the whole ramen for EVERY meal thing. So bad for you and for the way you feel, but you dont notice it until you change it. Once those pounds come flying off, he'll be singing a different tune.
P.S. Eating nothing but meat is just as bad as eating nothing but pasta, so what exactly is his point? Other than to just be a brat

[chrisie_20]

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It all boils down to a lack of knowledge! A friend of mine done atkins one time, and then she quit. I asked her why. She said because she was tired of meat, eggs, and cheese. She was having NO veggies. She thought that that was all you could eat. I asked her if she had even ever picked up the book, she said no. Hello, would you cook a recipe without the directions? It is these people that give the diet a bad name..needless to say I quickly told her she wasn't doing atkins!



235/227/125

[Richt]

Re: Arrrrgh: a rant

P.S. Eating nothing but meat is just as bad as eating nothing but pasta, so what exactly is his point? Other than to just be a brat

From what I could make out, that was his point! I think he was trying to make out that Atkins was really bad, as all you eat is meat.

thats how I translated the opening post anyway.

Rich

[big_bad_john]

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Lock him in a cupboard until he appologises if it upsets you so much!

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lol, yeah, I think you guys really hit the nail on the head about him...

He's one of DH's friends and needs a place to live for the time being--because I quit my job to become a full-time student (I graduate next Spring, thank God! just one more year), the extra money he gives us to rent our extra bedroom is extremely helpful. If it were completely up to me, though, I'd boot him out on his butt and take out another loan.

And Betty, you are right on, about it catching up to him. He's really puffed up in the 7 years since high school, but the poor, deluded guy brags about how he's the same size.

The pictures don't lie! He looks like a completely different person and not in a good way.
Maybe he is just jealous of all the good food we eat and how good it smells... because I know how to get the good grocery deals on meat and produce and because DH and I actually can/like to cook.

[big_bad_john]

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I'd still think long and hard about the cupboard suggestion....

[Jasmain]

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Okay, the next time he says something to you... just oink and refuse to do anything but oink until he shuts up.

[ValidRouge]

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LMAO Jas! That's a good one.