Hope nobody notices. I work in a big company, where people often ride the elevators carrying breakfast or lunch from the cafeteria. I find myself casting a critical eye on the stuff they pile on their trays!

I want to say, "Y'know, you could do with fewer biscuits, buddy." Or "Do you REALIZE how many carbs are in those chicken strips???" Of course, I don't.

The thing is, according to the headline in this morning's KC STAR, we're all in a pinch over health care costs. I'm glad my company has good insurance right now. But I'm not too happy about paying for a heart attack someone could have helped prevent.

I'm glad we live in a free country. If I were the Nutrition Police, a lot of people would be in BIG trouble.

So...go forth and be LC healthy.

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lol... guess if Emeril can have food police, we can have nutrition police, huh?

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LOL Barb

I do the same thing on line at my supermarket checkout. Sometimes it's appalling how much junk people buy. I've seen people rack up a $90 bill and the most nutritious thing in their cart is 10% fruit juice drink. 90% sugar water.

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OMG Rob! I do the SAME thing at the grocery store... I am staring at what is in people's shopping carts while in line (I know, I shouldn't stare!). It's crazy though...

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Oh yes. Definitely in grocery stores! I'm bad.

Of course, I also have to stop myself from commenting when I see people unloading market baskets featuring fresh leafy veggies, fresh meats, butter, cheese, eggs, and a carton of Hood Low-carb something or other. It really isn't polite to comment on the shopping choices of strangers--even if they are conspicuously practicing LC!

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It's different for me, probably because this way of eating is still fairly new to me. (started Oct. 1, 2004)

Sure, I notice what people are eating or putting in their carts, but instead of thinking, "they shouldn't be eating that," I think, "Oh my gosh, is that what I was living on? No wonder I was pushing 240 pounds!"

You know, it's really good that there is no Nutrition Police monitoring the checkstands. If there were, they'd likely be removing the bacon, steak, cheese and eggs from our baskets and replacing them with breads, rice and pasta. Truth is, I have no doubt that there are low-fat believers in line behind me who look at the food in my cart and think, "No wonder she's so fat. All she eats is bacon and cheese and when she does eat salad she pours that high-fat dressing all over it."

Barb, it is true that weight is either a contributing factor or, in some cases, the main factor in some health problems. But I'm also a believer that too many medical health professionals discriminate again (aka: wrongly diagnose) their overweight patients. Problems are often attributed to obesity when in reality the weight might be dealt with better if other medical conditions were diagnosed instead of overlooked.

My former doctor told me that I'd be on blood pressure meds the rest of my life if I didn't lose weight. I had to remind him that I'd been on bp drugs when I was thinner but had to go off of them when the source of stress (a teenager) grew up and moved out and was put back on them after I became the bread-winner of our home. It seems that my BP problems are linked to stress.

The same doc, who by the way is overall a very good doctor and came highly recommended, pooh-poohed my shortness of breath complaints for several years. He told me that it would go away if I cut out the fat and exercised. It didn't. Instead, I was miserable eating low-fat and gasping for air every time I tried to exercise. Long story short, a few years later, by way of urgent care and then a substitute doc when mine was out, I was finally diagnosed with asthma and put on meds that help keep it under control.

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I am like that in restaurants..when I see people's food go past me. "Are you really going to eat all that bread??!!" Aren't we lucky people can't hear the things we are thinking?

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Nutrition policing depends upon your perspective. And your program.

Let's hope health care professionals continue to get more savvy as their patients educate them. Right now, I'm working on a thyroid issue with mine. Not critical, but interesting. Next time I see him, we'll have a good chat.

Then again, a little knowledge can be, as they say, a dangerous thing. We have to depend on professionals for many reasons, not the least to protect us, or direct us, in the appropriate use of the latest trendy advertised drugs.

Is "X" right for you?? Gee. I dunno. Wonder what it treats??

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I don't eat this way because it's "The Healthiest" way to eat. I'm very open-minded about the possibility that there might be some "healthier" way to eat. I eat this way because it keeps me healthier and thinner than the other ways I have tried.

It's perfectly reasonable to assume that sometime in the future they will have a study saying that this way of eating sucks compared to some other way. Fine. In the meantime, I have committed. I just don't spend too much time second-guessing other people's way of eating.

Still, I get a little upset when I meet people that are gigantic and have diabetes and they tell me that low-carb is bad for me. I just don't bother arguing anymore. They are totally convinced about what they believe, even though in their case, it clearly doesn't work.

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Haha I do the same thing at lunch! When all my friends have their cookies, white bagles, chicken nuggets, etc. I want to say wow are you really trying to eat healthier. It really is funny I think when my friend (Kat) said she was going to eat healther and for lunch that day she got a salad. This salad was only iceburg lettuce and she drenched it with french dressing! I guess it was better than a cookie though! I think its really sad how poor the school lunches are! They are all sugar just about. In the non regular lunch line the onlything halfway lowcarb is the regular cream cheese to put on whiter than glue bagles!

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100 day cheat free challenge started on Jan 8th 05

I do feel a little self-conscious at the checkout, 'cuz living with DD, DH, a dog, and a cat.....I'm down EVERY aisle except the baby goods!

I am weaning DD off the junk she had gotten used to, but it;s been a slow process, since her father complains if I don't buy them "some goodies".

So, here I am unloading some celery, sour cream, cauliflower, cans of chicken, full-fat dressing, Little Debbies, flaxseed meal, fruit snacks, a bag of Whiskas, regular mayo, CarbOptions BBQ sauce, some ribs, cereal, regular milk, Carb Countdown milk, some dog biscuits, Trix yogurt, Carb Masters yogurt......you get the picture. What's a gal to do when you've got 4 or 5 different horses at the trough??

I just say "It's none of their business, I'm not gonna worry about it." and go on!

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Maxibee, I'm in the same boat as you, and I totally agree with you.

I thought of this post when I was shopping today. I was in the checkout and looking over my food on the belt

My stuff - caulliflower, broccoli, bok choy, snow peas, green beans, chicken breasts
His stuff - twinkies, pringles

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i never worry about what i've got in the checkout line. like maxibee, i've got a young'un who seems to think absence of sugar in the house is some form of child abuse. she's 15, and tells me when she gets a job, she's gonna eat at mcdonald's every day. (and yes, she's seen "supersize me." she said it made her hungry for french fries!)

i don't give it two thoughts, though, at the checkout. if somebody says something, i use it as an opportunity to plug low-carb. and even with a few treats, my kid has still lost over 25 pounds, because it's still way better than it was before!

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I too have a mixed basket to unload at the checkout. Sometimes, I grin as I look at the diversity of the things I am unloading: Hood choc milk, heavy cream, eggs, cheese, brussels sprouts, broccoli, jalepenos, HUGE bag of individual chip bags for dd and dh, white bread(just cannot wean dh from it, tho dd now says, "yuck, where is the whole grain?" ), yoo-hoo chocolate drink boxes, fruit juice, and sometimes, a lc treat. Anyone looking would definately notice that there are a variety of different eating styles going on!

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