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Sep. 28th, 2007 12:48 pmI'll admit that I've become sort of obsessed while on campus with watching what people eat. Quantities, types, and all of this in relation to what they look like. I guess I consider it in my quest for more knowledge -- so that, perhaps, one day, I can actually conquer my battle for permanent weight loss.
But the conclusion I've come to is that it seems not to matter what people are eating. It seems not to make a difference! Sure, there are those girls who eat a bag of chips and nothing else. Or who may be eating tastee-d-lite ravenously, and you presume that, looking at them, that flavored air is the only source of nutrients they get for the week.
But there are also beanpoles gorging themselves on pasta and pizza. Or maybe that Tastee-D-Lite girl was eating her flavored air as the finale to her 12-course meal.
I guess too that I'm noticing what I'm eating really only in retrospect because I've been so manically busy with school. But I do notice that I'm paying so little attention while I eat that I usually eat more than I'm hungry for, and I think if I eat one more Big Steamed Vegetable Bun from Ollie's I might turn into one.
What are the real qualifiers of food vs. weight, though? I feel like I eat far less than girls half my size. And it seems to be the general assumption that vegetarians are slimmer, on the whole... [with me as a big exception, emphasis on big!]
I guess I'm looking for a new game plan. I don't know what my schedule will allow in terms of exercise -- I'll never make it to Tuesday aikido since Disease Ecology gets out at 8pm, and maybe Wednesday Belly-dancing, and Thursday Aikido essentially means I'll never go to MT again and Friend Services will take![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
infd away from me.
So many decisions to make. I'd consider doing laps at the Columbia pool again if it weren't so simultaneously dirty and overchlorinated. I like my eyeballs where they are, thank you. Also, it's so full, all the time! I should check it at lunch time.
Anyway, it's on my mind. Now that I have ten minutes to actually have my mind to myself.
But the conclusion I've come to is that it seems not to matter what people are eating. It seems not to make a difference! Sure, there are those girls who eat a bag of chips and nothing else. Or who may be eating tastee-d-lite ravenously, and you presume that, looking at them, that flavored air is the only source of nutrients they get for the week.
But there are also beanpoles gorging themselves on pasta and pizza. Or maybe that Tastee-D-Lite girl was eating her flavored air as the finale to her 12-course meal.
I guess too that I'm noticing what I'm eating really only in retrospect because I've been so manically busy with school. But I do notice that I'm paying so little attention while I eat that I usually eat more than I'm hungry for, and I think if I eat one more Big Steamed Vegetable Bun from Ollie's I might turn into one.
What are the real qualifiers of food vs. weight, though? I feel like I eat far less than girls half my size. And it seems to be the general assumption that vegetarians are slimmer, on the whole... [with me as a big exception, emphasis on big!]
I guess I'm looking for a new game plan. I don't know what my schedule will allow in terms of exercise -- I'll never make it to Tuesday aikido since Disease Ecology gets out at 8pm, and maybe Wednesday Belly-dancing, and Thursday Aikido essentially means I'll never go to MT again and Friend Services will take
infd away from me. So many decisions to make. I'd consider doing laps at the Columbia pool again if it weren't so simultaneously dirty and overchlorinated. I like my eyeballs where they are, thank you. Also, it's so full, all the time! I should check it at lunch time.
Anyway, it's on my mind. Now that I have ten minutes to actually have my mind to myself.
