I almost got into my first fist fight in a freshmen night-class on Social Inequalities..... when some loser girl announced, (like anyone cared may I add,)  that she didn't agree with the basic principles of social classes....she was then backed up by an old army-type guy...(remember this was a night class...) he claimed "this is America...those immigrants and people on welfare are lazy/draining our resources....blah...blah...blah...."  The girl THAN says she went to a KKK rally...(I'm serious, I didn't even know they had those in the North, or 2002.)  I was the ONLY one to say anything to her statement, (I think everyone was a little shocked.) I basically told her she was a total ignorant loser and a KKK rally might be the only place she could make friends, we both almost got kicked out of class, AND we were delayed in leaving early.  That was like 8 years ago...good to get that off my chest, whew.

Um, you're awesome!

ah, thanks VR, I'm sure you would have done the same...I still cannot get over it and sometimes wish I would have actually punched her...but then I guess the terroists win :)

People who don't know what vegan means, so they decide to try and tell me what it means. As in, a professor ate pizza with vegetables on it then decided to tell me it was vegan. When I said no, you're wrong, there's cheese, he tried to argue with me. Just because someone has a PhD doesn't mean they know everything (but don't tell them that!). Grrrrr.

I had a biology professor with a PhD (of course ... and lots of print credentials from magazines, etc. posted on the outside of his office door) who told the class that the best way to maintain a healthy weight was to follow the Atkins diet.  Meanwhile, he was AT LEAST 100 pounds overweight.  What a jackass!

Okay, so I had a marathon this weekend, and the proceeds of it were going to the American Diabetes Association. There was information all over about diabetes, they talked about it on the loudspeaker, whatever. So, what do they serve after the marathon? Cotton candy, meat filled spaghetti sauce, white flour pasta, white flour breadsticks, meat filled bean soup (the woman said the meat was just there for flavor, so I could eat it. Jesus Christ monkeyballs), and tons of other incredibly unhealthy shit. I pointed out the irony of this to everyone working, but nobody cared. I said things like "oh, I'm sure this would be really good for a diabetic." Apparently nobody got my humor. How do diabetes plan to get any better if they are not taking care of their bodies (at this point I want to point out I'm talking about type 2, the lifestyle diabetes, and not type 1, which you have no control over whether you get it). Let's not be hypocrites here, people.

ARGHHHHHHH! We left the "free buffet" and went to Qdoba and ate beans and rice. And it was good.

Have you read the ADA recommendations.  I typed a dietitian's notes for a weekend.  Their diet is totally unhealthy and is definitely not appropriate for a diabetic that wants to get rid of the disease (type 2 obviously).  My theory is that their diet is designed to control symptoms so that you stay on drugs, considering that is who largely funds them. 

One of the things that really gets to me is the marketing of diabetes supplies. Because 95% of Americans with diabetes are type 2, everything is geared to them. Blood glucose home testing meters are allowed to be 25% inaccurate in either direction. Because that kind of inaccuracy is okay for type 2 diabetics.

I wish type 2 diabetes was called something else. I really, really do. Because I walk into Publix and they have signs that advertise free diabetes medication, and I know they aren't going to give me a few free bottles of insulin. By the way, that would be fantastic if they did.

That's a good point--I guess the 2 diseases are related in that there are problems with insulin, but other than that they are completely different!  On my health insurance plan, we can get free "diabetes" medicines, free cholesterol lowering meds, free high blood pressure meds, and so on. But I have to pay a ton of money for my IBS pills that prevent me from shitting myself when I run. Also, my monthly copay on my birth control was $33! Thus, I went off of birth control, because I just can't afford it right now. But they're handing out lifestyle medications like candy! What. The. Fuck.

Again, sorry for the rant. I am in such an aggressive mood, I guess!

I just got my order from Vegan Essentials.  I ordered some donuts to have for my daugther with the burth of birthday parties coming up.  It turns out she doesn't like donuts.  Strange.  Anyway, I mentioned this in passing to a morbidly, morbidly obese friend.  (I love her but she has 200+ pounds to loose.)  She made some snide comment about Caitlin being way to picky of an eater!  Lol.  What?.  It's a donut.  As far as real food goes, she likes just about everything except sweet potatoes, bell peppers, and onions.  Why would I be worried about her not liking donuts!?  Her little friends eat only chicken nuggets and fries at every restaurant, but no one makes comments about them.

God the people where you're from shock me almost daily... morons... you're doing the right thing! Their kids will develop diabetes before they get out of elementary school!

Where my bf goes to the dentist the assistant is absolutely huge. He says she has to rest her boobs on his arm to lean over him to clean his teeth. Like, she's so big she can't really move around without bumping into everything. Seriously. Anyway, he is really tall and skinny, and she thinks he's totally a weird health nut. One time he was there she was trying to talk "health food' with him, and she asked him if he'd tried the whole wheat Krispy Kreme donuts (or "wheat" I don't know. I doubt they're whole wheat). He was like "um, no, can't say that I have" and she goes "Oh, I love them, and I love that my donuts are healthy now too. Now I can eat more of them"

Dental assistant smack.

There was a piece on the Today Show that I saw somewhere online, and it was basically telling people that it's okay to eat fried foods, it's okay to eat less fiber, it's okay to eat refined sugar, and a bunch of other crap that made me blow my gasket. Oh, here it is

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/18424824#18424824

What kind of advice is this? I understand "everything in moderation," but the US has proven that moderation doesn't work for us. Don't tell us we can eat all these things when we're already killing ourselves with them!

People.... who type messages and texts... with a bunch of dot things.... ellipses?... I don't remember what they're called... but.. yeah.. okay... (and they usually end like that)

IT IS ALWAYS A DOWNER. It just comes off as sad or serious but they ALWAYS do it. Arg.
(aka, boy texted me saying "youre a jerk.. i know" And I was scared for 2 seconds and he said he was singing the song, the dots are the only thing that worried me. Haha.)

I will too...or I'll try. :)