..heh..sorry, but I have to laugh as I write this as its a monthly/yearly event, and every time it happens I laugh my arse off...
I work in an office environment, and in my dept (actually on my floor), its predominantly women. These women are constantly getting on diet kicks, and the conversation is always the same.. this diet is soo great, Im going to lose all this weight, this is the latest trick to losing weight, blah, blah, blah..
They all start their new diets, and then just as sure as the sun rises, in weeks, they start jumping off the diet and going onto another fad.
The best part is that they always end up gaining weight because they all cheat on their diets!! I watch as they munch on donuts, eat kringle, snack on chocolate..then they get together and wonder why their diets dont work. Hello Dear, but ordering a Big Mac, large fries, large McFlurry, and then, getting the diet coke...isnt helping any.
I just want to stand up and shout... Hello fat women, no offense, but... STOP FRCKING EATING SO MUCH!!
I snicker and giggle as they chat in their cubicles about cutting sugar, cutting flour, eliminating caffeine, drinking more water, counting calories, watching the diet numbers on the labels.. but when nobody is around... the rip and tear of a snickers, chips, bacon double cheeseburgers, etc.
Sorry, Im not trying to rip on anyone who struggles to lose weight, but these women are so funny as they talk all strong and proud about how much theyre going to lose, and then turn around and fill the candy dish next to their desk... heh...
About 10 years ago I actually made a bet with them about losing weight. I told them Id pay them a dollor for every pound they lost, but, theyd have to pay me for every pound they gained.., payable each week. Geez, over the course of a month, I made over $10 off every woman in my dept.
I then had a couple of them bet me I couldnt lose weight. I took the bet, and when I started losing weight, they asked how I was doing it.. heres a secret trick used for centuries... eat less and work more. If they would spend half the energy they do planning their diets on working in the office, theyd be thin as a rail...heh...
Anyone else have some coworkers doing the diet game...??
When I worked at the corp HQ for the self storage company based in Buffalo, NY, the office there was EXACTLY as you described. To the TEE! Every day, same topics, stories, diets etc. It was so predictable I often thought to myself "don't these women realize that this is all they do, and over and over again each and every day".
Hey, I am not a thin person by no means, but I'll be damned if I am going to stand around the office and swear up and down how "I am going to do it this time" and then walk away and go back to my desk and wipe out the peanut M&M's in the candy dish at my cube. Funny thing is, they did this stuff openly, talk about how they need to loose weight and then walk right to their desk, open the drawer and begin to eat an entire bag of Doritos.
It's was almost a comical routine to sit back and watch this each and every day. Wouldn't you think they would realize people hear them and then see them etc.? And then there is always the token 2 or 3 super skinny women in that same office who eat carrots for lunch every day, bowl of granola each morning etc. And here they could stand to put on a few pounds. LOL I think every office in the country has the same scenario, just different people...
... yeah, its funny how the conversations are always the same, and if they do drift away from the diet topic, then it becomes the usual banter about their kids, their husbands never listen, or shopping for shoes..heh
