The Daily Perils of Reception

Your colleagues.

Plain and simple. Now, if a blog isn't somewhere to go on about the impossible people you work with, then where else? Sometimes I think that my colleagues are living on another planet - one called ignorance is bliss. These women lack such common sense it does my head in. Why is it that they have no idea about nutrition?

I mean, one of them, bless her will say in the same breath, 'Olive oil is good for you isn't it?' then 'Are olives fattening?' then 'oooh, you lose weight on a low fat diet' and 'You can even have nuts, they're healthy aren't they?' Its like, no idea what the difference between a fat, a carbohydrate and a protein is, not to mention the best line, 'This soup isn't made with any fat in it at all..' What planet? Did they list the ingredients in the canteen then? Of course soup is made with fat you moron, 'The 'cream of' soup isn't fattening is it?' Have a salad you silly woman! The best one just now, 'oh! on that new diet you're even allowed bread made from wheat!'

Actually, that's made me giggle...

But its driving me round the bend, especially this flipping between complete surety that bad foods are good and good foods are bad to this complete insecurity about what you put in your mouth (ok, don't answer that one)...

Come on, people! Its like you watch all these diet programs on tv and you still don't get it?

Eat lots of fruit and vegetables, avoid excess sugar and salt, don't eat too many carbohydrates or use lard in cooking, stay away from processed foods, watch your portion size and drink lots of water. NOT DIFFICULT!

Life would be a lot easier if you just threw away the scales and refused to diet.