Berly1023's Journal, 10 May 2018

Obsession
I talked to a lady tonight who was obsessed with germs, and getting sick. As she talked my mind started wondering and I realized that I am amazed at what people obsess over. Weight is the biggest obsession by far for a good percentage of the population. I often weigh people daily in my business and before they even step on the scale they are making excuses. "I just ate lunch.", "I have on heavy shoes." the latter is my favorite. Dude if your shoes were that heavy you would have legs like a body builder. Kid yourself all you want the average shoe is no more than 2lbs. Trust me I have had to weigh them. Then there are the ones who will not even get on the scale. Which in turn I try to get them to turn around and not look but they even refuse that so I am clueless. Thing is your doctor does not do it to punish you but excessive or sudden weight gain can be a symptom of an underlying problem so its kinda for your own good. But people can really get freaked out about it.
I also can not understand obsessing about what you eat. I do count my calories and try to make good choices but I don't sit and berate myself when I don't make a good choice. I did it I enjoyed and its over on to tomorrow. I think you have to allow yourself some treats now and then. Food is for eating and enjoying and for vitality and life. There is a line between enjoying and overindulging. Like anything else. One drink does not turn you into an alcoholic. One bad meal won't blow the whole week and cause a weight gain anymore than one bowl of salad will make you loose weight. The worse thing I think people do is obsess over everything you eat. Get a hobby, go for a walk, or discuss the latest movie you saw. But please don't give me a rundown of everything you ate for the past two days. Your smarter than that, show it.

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1945 kcal

Fat: 77.44g | Prot: 75.98g | Carb: 241.07g.   Breakfast: Butter, Multigrain Bread, Coffee with Cream and Sugar. Lunch: Kale, Flour Tortilla, Chicken or Turkey Salad. Dinner: Seagram's Jamaican Me Happy, Jack Link's Jalapeño Beef Jerky. Snacks/Other: Butter, Country Harvest Whole Grain Bread, Snickers Snickers Bar (1.86 oz). more...