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[ragdoll13]

First, the diet.

I've recently endured what I dearly hope is good natured ribbing from my friends about having a salad with nuts and cheese on top while on a diet.

The reason I do this is because I DRASTICALLY cut calories in other places, and every bit of nut, every crumb of cheese that goes on my plate is weighed. In fact, everything apart from my water and my vegetables is carefully measured and weighed before it goes into my mouth. Let's take a look:

Breakfast: weigh out 56 g of cereal into a bowl; zero it. Weigh out a half-ounce dried blueberries into the bowl; zero it. Weigh out 4oz of milk into the bowl. Result: 300 calories.

Lunch: weigh out tortilla, zero scale. Weigh out an ounce of cheese; zero it. Weigh out 3oz of refried beans. zero it. 270 cal.

I weigh my meat before portioning, wrapping and freezing. I weigh fucking everything. I weigh my fruit. I weigh a snack of nuts or of cheese and crackers. I weigh my edamame. The only times I don't weigh my food are the occasions on which I go out to eat with friends, and there are many of those opportunities when I don't go because I'm on a diet. When I do go it is probably far more detrimental to my diet than an ounce of nuts on my salad, and yet no teasing. These nuts and cheese adorn plates containing 4-6 oz of lettuce. Have you seen 4-6 oz of lettuce? It's quite a bit.

If I have turkey kielbasa for dinner, with a slice of brown bread and mustard and a salad sans nuts and cheese, the total calories come to around 300 calories. Not enough for dinner, particularly when one works out in the evening. So fuck off.

I know it's probably friendly teasing, but it's very frustrating to have something I work so hard at be made fun of.

Comments

[che.livejournal.com]

I can't remember you ever being made fun of for having a salad with nuts and cheese on it...at least I'm pretty sure I've never mocked you for it, seeing as my version of salad has been putting a pizza on top of a lettuce leaf...remember what Teddy Roosevelt said, "Don't let the Bastards get you down!"

[quipper.livejournal.com]

I *applaud* your efforts, myself.. I know you know that, but you seem to need some support in your corner today.. :)

[harriet-m-welsh.livejournal.com]

I don't pay attention to what other people eat. Much like what they think, what they eat is none of my business. ;)

[ragdoll13.livejournal.com]

You absolutely pay attention to what other people think, and not a thing you say will convince me otherwise.

[harriet-m-welsh.livejournal.com]

I absolutely do not pay attention to what people EAT.

What they EAT and what they THINK is none of my business.

I don't give a shit whether you can be convinced otherwise.

[ragdoll13.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry if I offended, the above was meant as a joke.

[harriet-m-welsh.livejournal.com]

In that case, I had better quit raising an athiest child and flaunting my adultery!

[cherrycrusrgirl.livejournal.com]

wow this looks suprisingly like my diet.
I would be doing some boot sticking,even if it is jest. Sorry i do know how hard everything is.

Weighing everything sucks anus but it works right? it teaches you how to see with your eyes and not your stomach (is that right).

[paper-machete.livejournal.com]

I see your determination and dedication, and I'm proud of your for setting goals and going after them.