ego
my ego: i am all talk. An incessant chatter, monologue to reinforce my sense of self. I talk about who i am, what are my likes and dislikes to hold on to some reality of who i am. For without it, my world crumbles. I will lose my sense of self.We have often heard comments like "he has a huge ego". But yet when someone has less of it, won't he seem more like a wimp? How much ego should we have to keep it just right?
Diet Hypes: --
The Zone diet, who says that carbohydrate makes u fat, seems to have quite some followers. Hmm, wait, doesn't the Atkins diet say so too? I don know, I am not into diets, i just try (the key word here is try) to eat healthy. But i know people, mostly females who seem to view carbohydrates as something evil and which should be avoided. Still, there was something I really didn;t understand -- that is, the asian diet is mostly carbohydrate based. We eat rice all the time! And we are till thinner and smaller than our european/american counterparts. I firmly believed that it has more to do with our serving portions then how much carbo we consume.
If one imagines the diets throughout southeast and central Asia, and the typical body size of those peoples, it is clear that carbohydrates are not responsible for obesity. In a roundtable discussion hosted by the Gatorade Sport Science Exchange [1995], the typical Chinese diet was described by a leading nutritionist:
The 'typical' Chinese diet tends to be higher in carbohydrate and fiber, and lower in fat than the Western diet. In the morning people often take porridge or millet gruel for the main food. Soybean milk, salted vegetables, eggs [boiled or fried], deep fried dough sticks or cakes are the common choices for breakfast. For lunch and dinner, steamed rice and boiled noodles are major foods...eggs, chicken, fish, meat and vegetables are non-staple foods ...
So, pretty much as I had suspected.
I am a sucker for cakes and chocolates and pastries and bread. But i don eat that much of them.
Its ok to eat them, but not exessively.
I can't stand it when people tell me that justbecause i am not fat, i can afford to eat more. geez, thats so not the point. Though i must admit that i do eat more than the average female... i do exercise quite a bit more than the average person too!
At the end of the day, its not about attaining an anorexic figure, but maintaining a certain level of fitness. There are really thin people out there who are just fats and bones with little muscle mass. I think that is unhealthy.
sighs... sometimes i feel like i am too fussy.
posted by eline @ 12:09 AM
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