The office ice cream social <rant>

[GoalGetter]

The one about having more time just really gets me going. You have 168 hours in a freaking week. Most people probably spend about 30 hours of that watching TV, smoking, surfing the internet (I know I do), etc...

"Oh, work is so busy right now" is my favourite one. Bunch of BS.

People who tell me they can't free up 3-5 hours a week for exercise I tell them to honestly look at all the crap they do every day and MAKE TIME.

You know? TIME was my #1 excuse in the past. THen I had an epiphany.

Somehow, stuff I wanted to do always got done, no matter how much TIME i was lacking. So obviously I could make time for things if I really wanted them. The only question left then was, "HOW BADLY DO I WANT TO IMPROVE MY BODY AND MY HEALTH? How important is this?"

That's when I decided to shift around my priorities. I realized I spend way too much time watching television, loafing around, etc. Time I could use productively to achieve this goal i kept talking about but never doing anything to accomplish.

And that was it.

If you want it badly enough, you make the time.

 

[BulkMeUp]

If you want it badly enough, you make the time.

Amen to that!

I always lived by that statement.

 

[BulkMeUp]

i've gotten to the point where i won't even discuss nutrition w/people. for the longest time i would try to be "helpful" but it gets old taking time to explain and teach and answer questions once you know full well that they aren't really listening (even though they brought it up) and aren't going to change a single thing. (if anyone were sincere i'd be completely willing to help)

Me too! I dont bother to even get into the conversation anymore. I just sit there and keep quite, and let them ramble on with all their misconceptions and 'i-know-it-all' belifs. But am still willing to help if someone is genuinely intrested.

 

[GoalGetter]

Me too! I dont bother to even get into the conversation anymore. I just sit there and keep quite, and let them ramble on with all their misconceptions and 'i-know-it-all' belifs. But am still willing to help if someone is genuinely intrested.

Typical know-it-all beliefs often discussed by these folks include:

- Trimspa and how it worked for so and so's cousin (and anna nicole! hahaha)

- The pedometer someone got at mcdonald's and how "it works! It realy works!"

- spot reduction

- plastic surgery as a last resort if they can't lost those last ten pounds (because you know, it's always those last ten pounds)

- the latest low-carb food they found at the supermarket and how "healthy" it is for you

- the 100-calorie nabisco treats, and what a great idea they are

- Curves ("yeah, it sounds great! I've been meaning to join the one by my house..." she says, whilst stuffing another handful of bbq flavored corn chips into her still-full mouth)

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[shutupntra1n]

The one that takes the cake.... Next person that asks me if I'm on Atkins... Im 5'4", 152 lbs.... Does it look like I'm on Atkins? HAAAAAAAAa

 

[GoalGetter]

The one that takes the cake.... Next person that asks me if I'm on Atkins... Im 5'4", 152 lbs.... Does it look like I'm on Atkins? HAAAAAAAAa

HAHAHAHAHAH! ATKINS. Oh man.

Some of the people who know I'm training and am health-conscious and all often ask me that same thing. like atkins or south beach diet or one of these is the answer to everything. If I've lost a bunch of weight (fat, mind you, not that they know the difference), then i MUST be doing one of these diets that's all the rage, or course.

"Right? Right? So Ivy, does it work? Is that what you're doing? Oh you're not? Well ok anyway, what do you think? Should I try the atkins diet? No? Why not? Bad for me? I dont see how! Look at all those people who lost weight on atkins! It can't be bad... "

What can you do...

 

[Pylon]

Arrrgh- the dreaded "cake time" at the office.

I actually took a protien bar to the last birthday thing (I had to go, it was my new boss.) I got a few looks, but it stopped when the cake came out and they all tried to go in head first at the same time...

 

[pmech]

I dont think it is pilates he is interestred in .

 

[BulkMeUp]

I dont think it is pilates he is interestred in .

i concur!

 

[GoalGetter]

i concur!

HAHAHAHA! He's like a grandfather! Come on you guys! He and his wife give oil painting lessons. They are cute, sweet old people. No no no. i refuse to believe there are underlying motives.

 

[PreMier]

J, you are a true JaJa Bings!!! Three stomachs inside you and counting LOL! Can you really eat like that and look good??

No, I look like shit! So skinny.. not enough protein in icecream lol

MulkMeUp- im not on a bulk, im injured.

 

[BulkMeUp]

(Pics in your gallery) Looking pretty darn good for an injured guy!

 

[PreMier]

Pre injury. 20lbs lighter now

 

[dalila]

Pre injury. 20lbs lighter now

Wow that's a lot man! You never said what lift injured your shoulders so badly? Does that generally happen, one stops working out and loses weight?? Sounds like an oxymoron doesn't it?

 

[GoalGetter]

surprise surprise

An announcement was just made: "Cookies up front! Cookies! Cookies up front at reception!"

So of course, there is a crowd around the bags of cookies right now.

Damn them all straight to hell. Those evildoers and their warm, just-baked cookies.

 

[ponyboy]

They actually announce when there are cookies at the front? Damn!

You should rig up a speaker that plays the sound of cows mooing when they all start rumbling down the hall. Try to find an mp3 of the Bulls in Pamplona or something.

 

[GoalGetter]

They actually announce when there are cookies at the front? Damn!

You should rig up a speaker that plays the sound of cows mooing when they all start rumbling down the hall. Try to find an mp3 of the Bulls in Pamplona or something.

HAHAHA! Oh man, that's awesome. I should! I have kick-ass speakers here.

yes, they make announcements like that...

in this case it's the office hippie - she's awesome, and very kind-hearted and means well, but she always brings in pastries and cookies and stuff. baaaad.

But it's not limited to her. Sometimes, when there has been a big executive meeting and there is leftover meeting food (they hire caterers for these things), an announcement is made over the paging system that there is food in the meeting room, and everyone can feel free to help themselves to whatever is there.

Believe it or not, even if it was JUST AFTER LUNCH and everyone has eaten, that meeting room will be packed with freeloaders

 

[I Are Baboon]

Mmmmm...cookies.....

 

[GoalGetter]

Mmmmm...cookies.....

Some help YOU are.

 

[Northy]

*Finishes eating his Chocolate Fudge Brownie Ice cream, drinks the rest of his chocolate milk*

Damn that was good

 

[GoalGetter]

*Finishes eating his Chocolate Fudge Brownie Ice cream, drinks the rest of his chocolate milk*

Damn that was good

Must be nice to be bulking instead of cutting...

 

[BulkMeUp]

Believe it or not, even if it was JUST AFTER LUNCH and everyone has eaten, that meeting room will be packed with freeloaders

Same here! beats me as to how ppl manage to wolf it down AFTER a full meal!

 

[annarbor930]

Around my office I have become the health food guy as well.

My favorite incident, was recently I went to a lunch meeting at a local restaurant. I was the last to order, and I ordered a grilled salmon sandwich, but I asked for steam vegetable instead of french fries. Then everyone at the table changed their order from french fries to vegetables as well.

I loved making them feel guilty since they always manage to make sure I didn't want any cake or donuts every other day at the office.

If I'm going to cheat, it's going to be some incredible double chocolate peanut butter brownie pie with ice cream not some crappy office donuts/cake!

 

[GoalGetter]

...If I'm going to cheat, it's going to be some incredible double chocolate peanut butter brownie pie with ice cream not some crappy office donuts/cake!

NICE!!!

If I'm going to cheat (and that won't be for another five weeks) it will be with a nice tub of Ben and Jerry's Oatmeal Cookie Chunk, and some vanilla rum cake (the type you find at weddings quite often). Maybe simultaneously, maybe one for lunch and one for dinner, I haven't decided yet, but boy I'm gonna do it up right that day!

 

[bulletproof1]

dr. phil was doing a fat show 1 day. he said "i know how ya'll (junk food eaters) think. you think if you just take a bite of the cookie, you didnt really eat it." he says some funny shit.

 

[GoalGetter]

dr. phil was doing a fat show 1 day. he said "i know how ya'll (junk food eaters) think. you think if you just take a bite of the cookie, you didnt really eat it." he says some funny shit.

I'm not one to readily attack fat people, but please do NOT get me started on Dr. Phil. He needs to start practicing what he preaches if he's going to be promoting a healthy lifestyle.

How can he have the face to sit there, and talk to fat people about losing weight, when he's not exactly a picture of good health himself? Of course he knows how junk food eaters think - look at him. How he got a book deal for a diet/fitness book is a bigger mystery to me than crop circles.

 

[BulkMeUp]

If I'm going to cheat, it's going to be some incredible double chocolate peanut butter brownie pie with ice cream not some crappy office donuts/cake!

Yup! if i want to cheat, i want to do it with some good and glorious stuff.

 

[Candy]

Goal Getter - you are pretty judgmental. You have alot to say about other people. Who cares what they do? Maybe they DO have other priorities. Who are you? A bitch.

 

[shutupntra1n]

Well that was uncalled for. And downright wrong. BTW... you should quote someone before saying something like that. I don't think your a bitch GG.

 

[PreMier]

Ooh.. catfight!