Observation From the Office

Something clicked earlier.   Those people at work that put food into categories - you know, good and bad?  They look like shit.  And are weak.  With no endurance.  I realize I am not the fittest person on this planet, I'm not even as fit as I was two years ago.  But at least I am not delusional when it comes to food.  I know what makes me leaner and what makes me fatter, what gives me energy and what makes my fingers turn into fat little sausages.   But good and bad?  These people are crazy.

An example - today I learned cheeseburgers are a bad food.   Really?  Beef is protein that comes from cows.   Cheese is fat that comes from cows.   Cows once walked.  That makes them edible.    So what is good?  Lean Cuisine.  Uh what?  So THIS is good?   Maltodextrin?  Medium Chain Triglycerides? Calcium Chloride?

WHAT IS THIS STUFF?  (clicky the red link)

I get that a cheeseburger has an extra 300 or so calories but at least I know where it came from.  I can pronounce all the ingredients.  It fills me up.  It tastes good.   That shit?  In a box?  That smells like a chem lab in the microwave?  How is that "good"?  I'm pretty sure in chemistry class we weren't supposed to taste the shit in the beakers.   

I also have observed that "good" foods don't fill you up.  My current go to meal is protein pancakes - 1/3 c ground oats, 5 egg whites, some cocoa, protein powder - roughly 400 calories worth of healthy foods that makes a mountain of pancakes.  That people make fun of.  But really, I am not the one eating my "good" food then walking around looking for cookies or brownies or pretzels in 45 minutes.  I eat that and don't want to see food for hours after shoving down the last 10 bites because I am already ridiculously full.  

Oh, and these crazy people?  They are the same ones that won't try the protein brownies.  Or pumpkin muffins.  Something about them not being food? 

Amazingly despite the pathetic amount of sleep, I have the energy to work out 5 days a week.  I'd actually work out more if I only had the time.  Those "good" food folks?  Not a one of them exercises.  They pay for boot camps and are too tired to get up.  Too tired blah blah blah..... Too tired to do anything but make excuses.  They whine every single day and do nothing to change anything.  I guess it isn't as easy as Weight Watchers, NutriSystem, Jenny Craig and Medifast made it out be be.

On the bright side, after today, I am pretty sure no one will ever engage me in a conversation about food again.... seems people were offended when I spouted off about chemicals being why they are cold in 78 degree offices.   Oops?