Comments on: No Free Lunch.

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[...] Special: Virtue with a Heaping Spoonful of Self-loathing So our healthy lunch program has begun, and it is…awkward. I decided that since I couldn’t stop the program, I would [...]

By: livingrainbowcolor

livingrainbowcolor — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:12:13 +0000

Don’t forget that most people are going to feel the same way you do – 250 calories is an absurd amount for people who are not dieting. Take the meals, thank the boss, and support anyone’s comments about how it’s not enough. Bring in a dessert to share. That kind of calorie count at lunch means everyone will be having a low in the middle of the afternoon. Bring in a snack to share and see if productivity improves. Watch and see what happens. Ought to be interesting.

By: emmysr18

emmysr18 — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 03:08:51 +0000

i’m wondering if there should be a new law: separation of weight and occupation. (i would’ve said state, but i think school’s need to be active in what the provide for kids during the school day and and making sure they get proper exercise during school hours.) i hate hearing that these offices are bringing in WW and their own versions of TBL. health should not be a competition and people in the office who are uncomfortable with the idea should not be forced to be surrounded by it.

emmy.
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By: jamboree

jamboree — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 23:00:18 +0000

It sounds like your boss is putting you and your coworkers between a rock and a hard place. I was going to suggest eating that free meal if you wanted to, and then supplementing the abysmally low caloric content with another side dish or a fabulous dessert… but if you did so, and people noticed, what kind of message would that send?

Frankly, I just don’t understand everyone else’s interest in what you or I would eat. I mean, really? These people care *that much* about what I put in my mouth? Because I really don’t care what other people eat, unless they are sharing it. But maybe I’m too different to understand….

By: sparklepants

sparklepants — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:53:55 +0000

I can’t survive on 250 calories for lunch, either. Today I’ve eaten a grand total of 560 calories because I’m two days from payday and overdrawn and don’t have much in the way of easy take-to-work meals in my house. Let me tell you, I am light-headed and cranky and nauseated and exhausted.

I’m a bit wary of businesses that feel it necessary to put everyone on a diet. This obsession with weight and food and everything makes me pretty depressed. I mean, it’s bad enough that I have to deal with it in my own head, but I’d go crazy(er) if I had to deal with it at work, too.