Make up you mind already

[candyshopgirl]

How can two people take 20 mins to pick a candybar/energy bar.School is starting back up and of course the too skinny college girls and their pampered housewives moms are coming in.I swear they take 20mins sometimes longer to pick a candybar or a energy bar. Because they are super super skinny and they have to look at the calories in everything. And then they will pick up one thing and then proceed to have a 10min discussion about this item. You know I've lost 35 pounds in the last year but I don't need to look at calories in everything. And when they do come up to pay they have to know the price of everything(the prices are on the displays).And while I'm venting why do people need a bag for a bottle of pop or a f**king candybar. Especially since they have a handbag or go straight out to the lobby and eat or drink the f**king thing. I have said it for years and I will continue to say it people have no common sense.

[depechemodefan]

Really, why look at the calories of a candybar? If you are so worried about calories, buy fruit.

Especially since they have a handbag or go straight out to the lobby and eat or drink the f**king thing.

That reminds me, I keep on forgetting to bring my own recycled bag, need to do that, but in general I ask not to bag something like a 20oz soda I'm about to drink.

[powerboy]

If you are so worried about calories, buy fruit.

Seriously, that is all they need. That reminds me that there is a fresh produce store in my town that I want to stop in sometime.

[bloodrose]

I'm one of those annoying cnady people. I have severe food allergies so I have to read the ingredients on _everything_. I take much longer to shop when buying prepared goods than anyone I know.

[portia911]

I remeber being stuck behind these 2 snooty women at the counter of a gourmet food store. swear to God they took 10 minutes to decide what chocolate to have each. Out of a selectiopn of about 40 they must have examined each one. Grand purchase each. 50c. The guy behind the counter looked ready to explode and we burst into fits of laughter as the door closed on their way out.

[rerant]

I love when people hem and haw over the caloric count of things that are obviously bad for you.
A woman asked me today if I knew how many calories were in her large vanilla bean latte.
My response was, "A lot," and I left it at that.
I mean honestly now, you're ordering one of the most sugar-saturated drinks on the menu AND you want whipped cream - at this point do the caloires even matter?

[pile of monkeys]

Reminds me of going to Starbucks in the winter- I love their eggnog latte, and I indulge in one every few weeks or so while it's in the drink rotation. I'm in line behind this "non-fat, half-caf, sugarfree, whatever whatever" woman who, as is the norm for my area, is over-tanned, over-blonde, and by clothing and vehicle apprearances, over-rich. She orders then goes to wait for her drink. I give my order, "grande eggnog latte" and go wait for my drink. As we're waiting, she says to me, "Do you have any idea how many calories are in that? Probably close to a thousand!" And the barista kinda looks up, and I say, "I have no idea- I'm guessing a lot, but I don't really like to obsess about what I eat and drink. Seems kinda shallow." She gets handed her drink, huffs and puffs out the door, and I get my latte a few minutes later, with extra whipped cream.

(BTW, apparently a grande eggnog latte has about 450 calories. Yummy yummy calories.)

[MoxisPilot]

Reminds me of going to Starbucks in the winter- I love their eggnog latte, and I indulge in one every few weeks or so while it's in the drink rotation. I'm in line behind this "non-fat, half-caf, sugarfree, whatever whatever" woman who, as is the norm for my area, is over-tanned, over-blonde, and by clothing and vehicle apprearances, over-rich. She orders then goes to wait for her drink. I give my order, "grande eggnog latte" and go wait for my drink. As we're waiting, she says to me, "Do you have any idea how many calories are in that? Probably close to a thousand!" And the barista kinda looks up, and I say, "I have no idea- I'm guessing a lot, but I don't really like to obsess about what I eat and drink. Seems kinda shallow." She gets handed her drink, huffs and puffs out the door, and I get my latte a few minutes later, with extra whipped cream.

(BTW, apparently a grande eggnog latte has about 450 calories. Yummy yummy calories.)

450 oh-so-delicious calories!!

[friendofjimmyk]

I'm neither super-rich, super-skinny, nor super-blonde, nor do I have food allergies, but I am one of those who tends to check the nutritional value of the food I eat. However - I DO NOT check nutritional value of chocolate!!! It's freakin chocolate! Hello!?!!?!?

I also know that those tasty yummy frapaccinos I USED to love to drink have nearly 1,000 calories. Hence, I don't drink them except on rare special occasions - maybe once every 4 - 5 months. I too like eggnog lattes and I am so glad they are seasonal.

Awesome Blossoms at Chili's or any other variation at other restaurants - 1,500 calories+ and I can't even tell you how many grams of fat because it would make you sick! I used to love them til I discovered that! I eat 1560 calories (give or take a few) per day now and one of those onions would be my daily intake - in one appetizer.

I know, I may be crazy. However, a big part of the reason I was strung out for so long was because it kept weight off. So, I have to find healthy ways to stay in shape and fit and eating right is just part of that.

I'm not an SC about it by any means.

[pile of monkeys]

I'm neither super-rich, super-skinny, nor super-blonde, nor do I have food allergies, but I am one of those who tends to check the nutritional value of the food I eat.

Which in and of itself is totally fine, and good for you for being a responsible eater. I completely lack the willpower. What makes you not a SC though, is that I'm sure that you don't lecture other patrons about their food/drink choices. This woman's over-everything included a sense of over-entitlement which made her feel like it was OK to comment on my drink order.

[Boozy]

A woman asked me today if I knew how many calories were in her large vanilla bean latte.
My response was, "A lot," and I left it at that.

My answer in that situation was always "absolutely none, like everything else on our menu." Then I'd wink.

You're right - if they really cared that much, they'd be ordering black coffee or water.

[Pezzle]

Well it's not just the calories it's ingredients too. I try to count everything I consume because I have to be fastidious to start. Not counting calories is a great way for me to fall into the pungee stick filled pit of overeating again (read: comfort eating). I'm not having to count them so badly but I'd always weigh the ingredients and calorie count of a snickers to a pack of Reese's.

I also personally choose to abstain from consuming artificial sweetners and large amounts of HFCS,. So I like to check a lot of the labels to see if there's high amounts of HFCS or any aspartame in them to make up for a lack of HFCS in the product (Lower fat/Lower corn syrup = lower flavor, so artificial sweetners are sometimes used to 'liven' them up with no cals). If I look like a royal retard for reading food lables then so be it, go make fun of me in the parking lot and call it a day.

Slightly OT: I'm fat. I just lost 40 pounds. I'm allowed to eat a god damned chocolate bar once in a while. I dislike the "Fat girl bying a candy bar" stare I get from other people in line. As far as the "if you care about calories just eat fruit", I eat plenty of it. But when the horomones start to fly, stand not between a woman and her chocolate ration.

[Chromatix]

I just eat good-quality food that isn't obviously unhealthy, and make sure I get at least some exercise. It seems to work well enough.

The only things I do have to check (once, and then I remember which brand I chose) are fruit juices (to make sure they haven't actually made sugared water with fruit flavouring), and things with tomato-based sauces (to make sure they haven't "spiced it up a bit" with chilli powder).

[RetailWorkhorse]

I check the labels. But then I also keep a list of what brands don't add sugar to their canned tomatoes and which energy bars are more whey protein than soy (too much soy and I'm sick as a dog).

But then again...most energy bars are loaded with sugar anyhow. So I don't eat them.

Now where did I hide my cheerios?

[Cordiform]

I'm one of those annoying cnady people. I have severe food allergies so I have to read the ingredients on _everything_. I take much longer to shop when buying prepared goods than anyone I know.

I'm a high maintenance shopper also b/c of food allergies. We're different from the others though, because it's like, nope this has wheat, put it back.... this has soy, put it back. People who want to compare calories and fat grams are gonna go back and forth forever until they make up their damn mind.

I don't know about you, but I still always feel bad when I (try to) go out to eat and I have to ask the server a million questions. I know it's not like I'm one of those horribly picky eaters, but I still feel weird, and usually just stay home.