Food facts I wish were true:
There are no calories in food eaten standing up. This includes the truffle you snatched from the box at the back of the pantry, the mashed potatoes you ate out of the pot while you cleaned up after dinner, and the cheese cubes put out as samples at the grocery store to entice you to purchase more.
There are no calories in the broken potato chips at the bottom of the bag. When chips break, all the calories leak out.
There are no calories in any food if you eat only a handful. A handful of walnuts, a handful of M&M’s, or a handful of little marshmallows don’t count.
There are no calories in liquids used to wash down your daily pills, even if it’s milk or orange juice. Besides, you drink them standing up by the refrigerator, don’t you?
These daily nibbles seldom make it into my food tracking for the day. I call them “off-track eating”. Tracking every bite I put into my mouth just seems so compulsive. Maybe this is why I usually meet my daily calorie goals, but don’t lose weight as fast as I’d like.
Here is a poem I found on The Writer’s Almanac website right after I broke my ankle. It was written by Jeanne Marie Beaumont
Afraid So
Is it starting to rain?
Did the check bounce?
Are we out of coffee?
Is this going to hurt?
Could you lose your job?
Did the glass break?
Was the baggage misrouted?
Will this go on my record?
Are you missing much money?
Was anyone injured?
Is the traffic heavy?
Do I have to remove my clothes?
Will it leave a scar?
Must you go?
Will this be in the papers?
Is my time up already?
Are we seeing the understudy?
Will it affect my eyesight?
Did all the books burn?
Are you still smoking?
Is the bone broken?
Will I have to put him to sleep?
Was the car totaled?
Am I responsible for these charges?
Are you contagious?
Will we have to wait long?
Is the runway icy?
Was the gun loaded?
Could this cause side effects?
Do you know who betrayed you?
Is the wound infected?
Are we lost?
Will it get any worse?
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