Friday Fun: Afternoon Snack

April 24, 2009

Friday Fun: Afternoon Snack

I spent the last hour at my desk, knowing I wanted a snack, but not sure if I how hungry I was. Then I knew what I wanted but didn’t want to take the time to go to the kitchen and microwave it. I had a piece of chocolate, some snack crackers….nope. Finally I sent off a couple projects and headed into the kitchen for what I was really craving….

Carrots, black beans, edamame, sugar snap peas, butter. Add a bit of garlic and a bit of pepper and YUM.

There is one drawback though…..the name:

What do you think? Am I a Traitor to the Cause for eating this? Or is it just food?

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fat acceptance, fluff, food

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Living 400lbs

I blog about what it’s like to be live life at about 400lbs. :)

18 responses to “Friday Fun: Afternoon Snack”

Georgia

April 24, 2009 at 4:26 pm

Food is definitely just food. I eat the “weight control” instant oatmeal, not because I’m trying to control my weight but because I’m too lazy in the morning to spend more than the 30 seconds it takes to make regular oatmeal, and the non-“weight control” instant oatmeal just tastes too sweet. So yeah, that looks really delicious, go for it!

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rebecca

April 24, 2009 at 4:34 pm

This is a super tough question. I tend to avoid foods whose labels offend me fatpolwise; but that’s not an especially pure approach, because plenty of foods whose labels don’t say anything diet-ish are still advertised that way, and it’s a slippery slope, and we should all be able to eat the foods we actually want. You should definitely be allowed to eat the exact food you want! Stupid label. I wish there were a version that were exactly the same but without the offensive name!

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TropicalChrome

April 24, 2009 at 4:37 pm

It’s not the food’s fault the company is calling it names.

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1. living400lbs
  
  April 27, 2009 at 1:47 pm
  
  This got lots of laughs around my house, BTW.
  
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Noel Lynne Figart

April 24, 2009 at 4:42 pm

Oh Sweet Baby Jesus, woman, it’s Just Food.

You probably know I eat bento for lunch most days. They’re touted as Perfect Portion Control. I make bento for a hobby to make sure I have a pretty, nurturing lunch for myself most days. Am I letting the side down doing that, or am I being smart by making myself something beautiful that makes me feel good to have to eat?

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1. living400lbs
  
  April 27, 2009 at 3:41 pm
  
  Oh Sweet Baby Jesus, woman, it’s Just Food.
  
  That also got a lot of laughter this weekend :)
  
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wellroundedtype2

April 24, 2009 at 6:03 pm

food.

Stupidly named food, but it’s just food.

And it is supporting your “healthy weight.”

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1. living400lbs
  
  April 27, 2009 at 3:41 pm
  
  And it is supporting your “healthy weight.”
  
  Intellectually I agree.
  
  Emotionally…this made me feel a bit bonkers. But in a good way :)
  
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jaed

April 24, 2009 at 6:49 pm

Hmmm. Eat the veggies, send a nasty letter to the company about the name?

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1. living400lbs
  
  April 27, 2009 at 3:43 pm
  
  Hee!
  
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Bree

April 24, 2009 at 7:41 pm

Don’t feel bad. I found a package of Slimfast chocolate granola bars at work the other day and decided to try one. It was like eating cardboard with chocolate on it. I ate half of it before I tossed it.

I say, eat that healthy weight food up and take pride that you’re eating it because you were hungry, it’s what you wanted, and you weren’t doing it deliberately to be “good.”

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Stef

April 24, 2009 at 8:04 pm

I say buy it and eat it if it doesn’t bother you. I avoid foods that are labeled as weight loss foods or that come from weight loss companies, but that’s because they bother me, not because I think everyone should make a political point of doing so. And anyway, I make an exception for “diet” soda.

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Bilt4Cmfrt

April 24, 2009 at 8:43 pm

Taste good? Satisfy your hunger? Food. . . Or a food-like substance (ie: Pop-Tarts – Food of the Godz) for sure.

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friendly daughter

April 26, 2009 at 2:34 pm

It’s just food.

The sad thing is that so many people have this bizarre hangup about Vegetables As Diet Food, so I get why the company slapped that label on.

If it makes you feel better, edamame are a classic boozing snack in Japan; the association with gallons of Kirin Ichiban prevent me from taking edamame seriously as “Diet Food.”

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Melanie

April 27, 2009 at 8:12 am

I have a “Healthy Choice Fresh Mixers” lunch sitting in my desk right now. Why? Because I actually like the damn things. Hate the name though. Eat your veggies.

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SassyInkPen

April 27, 2009 at 10:42 am

I have the same problem with several of my favorite video workouts that are poorly named (Fat Burning Yoga, Pilaties for Weight Loss, etc) but are otherwise fantastic workouts. I still do them and tune out the Calories Burned YAY! mentality….but I do get that traitor to the cause feeling.

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Level Best

April 29, 2009 at 7:58 am

Humans just shouldn’t feel guilty about the veggies they eat. Besides, those micro-steamable ones ARE good.

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Amy’s Brain Today

April 30, 2009 at 10:36 am

If it bothers you (as it would me), you could get the ingredients separately and make up a bunch of those freezer containers for yourself to nuke at your leisure. Then you’d still get your yummy snack but you wouldn’t be supporting Green Giant’s delusions with your $$.

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