The other day I was ordering a salad sandwich (with pineapple and mushrooms, so yummy!) and there were a few people waiting in line to do the same.
A lady next to me ordered a salad in a box. She was thin. About an Australian size 6, is my guess. She asked for every type of vegetable available and then 300g of chicken breast. 300g. Odd. Okay.
And then she pulls out her kitchen scales (from her Gucci handbag) for the salad maker to weigh the chicken for her.
I’ve never seen that before. I couldn’t help but look. The salad maker didn’t bat an eyelid. I wondered, was she once overweight? Is this how she got to be so thin?
The chicken was weighed and placed into her salad box. The scales were wiped down and the placed back into her Gucci handbag.
And I was left to wonder. xx
wow! I have never seen such a thing but I guess thats one way to keep your portions in check!
The first thing I think of when I see that is that she has an eating disorder. My anorexic/bulemic friend used to do that. She would weight it all out and not eat anything besides that one salad with meat – and this is after she “recovered”.
Be careful. It’s probably not healthy to have total disregard, but it can be unhealthy to focus on it too much. Oh, how do we find the balance? I’ll let you know if I ever figure it out!
I do hope and wish that she was just once overweight and is now healthy. I’ve just been turned into a skeptic by friends and my degree.
*Lifts jaw up off the floor*
I have never seen let alone heard of this before. Talk about random…each to their own I guess!
P.s Pineapple and mushroom?! Sounds scrummy!
Traveling scale, hmmm..interesting idea. I guess it could work, but I’d definitely need a bigger bag. Oh wait, that’s an excuse to shop! I’m in!! hehehe
That makes me laugh!!! how odd!! I think maybe your suspiscions may be true…dont know if I would go to such extremes….no room in my handbag for scales too full already of nappies wipes etc…
Shell – I know. I couldn’t possibly fit another thing into my bag. It already weighs too much for my shoulder to handle!
Diana – Just after I finished lunch I was walking to my car. A mother and daughter (who clearly had anorexia) were behind me in the escalator. The conversation between them was breaking my heart. The mother was trying to tell the daughter she needed to put on weight, and the daughter was telling her she was fat. So sad. xx
how odd!!!! It doesn’t sound healthy to me….but then since I am relatively unhealthy, who am I to comment?
But definately odd!
I see you just being observant…
I used to think that thin people had it made, and never had to worry about anything. As I started dropping weight, and really started to pay attention to what thin people around me ate, I felt enlightened. Many of them DO work at it in some regards. Perhaps this girl just needs to work at it a little harder. I am proud of her doing wahtever she needs to do to maintain her weight.
🙂
As somebody who suffered an eating disorder for well over a decade, I can’t help but laugh .. I understand the crazy things it makes you do 😉
xoxo