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dancerjodiThe office park hosted a free cook-out for all tenants, so we got a free lunch, got to play some games *and* I got to see DW for a bit (and introduce him to my crazy boss - who said he'd eat extra baked beans in preparation for our 2:00 meeting).
One thing I'm noticing since doing WW is how much food people eat, and that I actually don't have a desire to eat such food. They had a nice spread of options: potato salad, pasta salad, fruit salad, huge hot dogs, hamburgers, rolls (for said meat), grilled chicken breast and condiments/sides for them. There was a selection of drinks (diet and otherwise) and two ice cream trucks where everything was free for us.
Now, I'm not saying this to be critical of others - put into your body what you want to. I'm just wondering how much people realize about what they're eating. This was totally my case - I had no clue how much extra stuff I was putting into me each day. If you think of a regular meal as a meat or protein, starch and veggie - most people had a few meats, a few starches, and no veggies (unless they bulked up on the lettuce, tomato and onions provided for burgers - there was no kind of green salad). A burger (with bun), a hot dog (with bun) and a chicken breast plus sides . . . if you think about it that's about a day's worth of food in just one meal.
Its funny, because my plate looked really small to me, but after that and an ice cream and a whole bottle of water I'm stuffed. Its still fascinating to me how the body can train itself to eat more than it needs . . . doesn't seem like a good thing evolutionwise. Of course unless our bodies haven't learned yet that most of us don't have long periods without food as our ancestors did. But I digress.
Just some things to think about. I was disappointed that the ice cream trucks didn't have rockets http://www.hoodhomedelivery.com/pageFiles/ProdDetailTemp.php?id=473&itm=3291&strPageName=Ice%20Cream . The printing on the packaging is different now, but these guys were my classic ice cream truck treat and if I ever have the chance to order from a vehicle and they have these, that's what I get. Not bad nutritionally either (at least, compared to the Klondike bar that I had). :)
One thing I'm noticing since doing WW is how much food people eat, and that I actually don't have a desire to eat such food. They had a nice spread of options: potato salad, pasta salad, fruit salad, huge hot dogs, hamburgers, rolls (for said meat), grilled chicken breast and condiments/sides for them. There was a selection of drinks (diet and otherwise) and two ice cream trucks where everything was free for us.
Now, I'm not saying this to be critical of others - put into your body what you want to. I'm just wondering how much people realize about what they're eating. This was totally my case - I had no clue how much extra stuff I was putting into me each day. If you think of a regular meal as a meat or protein, starch and veggie - most people had a few meats, a few starches, and no veggies (unless they bulked up on the lettuce, tomato and onions provided for burgers - there was no kind of green salad). A burger (with bun), a hot dog (with bun) and a chicken breast plus sides . . . if you think about it that's about a day's worth of food in just one meal.
Its funny, because my plate looked really small to me, but after that and an ice cream and a whole bottle of water I'm stuffed. Its still fascinating to me how the body can train itself to eat more than it needs . . . doesn't seem like a good thing evolutionwise. Of course unless our bodies haven't learned yet that most of us don't have long periods without food as our ancestors did. But I digress.
Just some things to think about. I was disappointed that the ice cream trucks didn't have rockets http://www.hoodhomedelivery.com/pageFiles/ProdDetailTemp.php?id=473&itm=3291&strPageName=Ice%20Cream . The printing on the packaging is different now, but these guys were my classic ice cream truck treat and if I ever have the chance to order from a vehicle and they have these, that's what I get. Not bad nutritionally either (at least, compared to the Klondike bar that I had). :)
