Comments for Grey Thinking

Comment on Change in Perspective by Emily

Emily — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 02:38:19 +0000

It’s funny, but I seem acutely aware of the fact that my therapist has other patients. Because of this awareness I won’t contact him outside of our weekly 50 minutes together. I feel like there are plenty of other patients, meetings, etc. that he needs to attend to, so far be it from me to ask for some extra attention. Who knows what that says about me…

Anyway, I love In Treatment and wish it were a more popular show. I find the show interesting because it shows both sides of the therapeutic relationship. We see the patients’ issues, but we also see how how human the therapist is. I guess it is sort of refreshing to see a (albeit a fictional) therapist deal with their own less than perfect life.

Comment on TMI, Panera by lana

lana — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 22:58:01 +0000

I have just become incredibly grateful that we dont do this (yet!) in New Zealand.
I find that I have less trouble eating out than at home simply because I dont know how many calories are in the food I order, goes without saying I usually opt for the healthiest (ok honestly the least fatty looking) thing on the menu, but I can order and eat what is for me a decent sized meal. yeah id still think about the cals but there would be no way of finding out right then. cooking at home its way too easy to jump onto the internet and google everthing in my meals. safe to say Im still very much in the grip of my ed.
if I saw the calorie content on the menu maybe it wouldnt remove all of my choices, but it could mean I wouldnt order what I actually wanted to.

Comment on TMI, Panera by PTC

PTC — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:30:52 +0000

I don’t know. I think I would have gone with the one with sprouts and lettuce and stuff like that, which actually had the same amount of calories as the sandwich I got, but mine was much more tasty, I’m sure. I would have chosen the option that I thought had the least amount of calories.

Comment on TMI, Panera by greythinking

greythinking — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:00:27 +0000

Jane –

Glad to have you reading GT!

Being “bludgeoned by the menu board” is exactly it. It’s tiring, really, trying to come up with the best choice. You get to a point where it just all seems like a bad idea.

Thanks for commenting, and take care!
grey

Comment on TMI, Panera by greythinking

greythinking — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:57:21 +0000

BL –

Interesting, I hadn’t thought about the insulin thing. Somehow I think that a VERY small percentage of the population would actually use it for such. I think that most of the people concerned with the carb count would be because he/she was doing some low-carb diet.

I wonder if DD does that on purpose — list the calories for a whole box of munchkins — so that people are less likely to not order something because of the calorie count. Meaning, when I see 1900 for a whole box, that does’t mean a lot to me. However, if I divide that by 25 and realize there are 75 for each one, then I start to rethink my choice.

Comment on TMI, Panera by greythinking

greythinking — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:51:37 +0000

J: Guess it’s a good thing (for both of us) that we don’t live in NYC.

Comment on TMI, Panera by greythinking

greythinking — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:50:27 +0000

Wei-Wei:

I know what you mean. For disordered reasons it’s a relief to have the calories there, but healthily, I know it’s not a good idea for me…

Thanks for your comment!

Comment on TMI, Panera by greythinking

greythinking — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:49:19 +0000

PTC –

If there were NO calories on the menu, do you think you would have been more likely to order one of those sandwiches that had the nutrition facts blocked? Just curious

Comment on TMI, Panera by Jane

Jane — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 23:15:04 +0000

Thank you so much for making this post…I thought I was going crazy. It seems like a lot more places are doing this now (posting calorie counts on menus) and while I can agree with the health/awareness rationale, it is not making my life easier *at all.*

You’ve succinctly outlined the issues that sent me into a minor (silent) tizzy at Panera today. It felt like I was being bludgeoned by the menu board — I had my choice picked out, but then:
(Wham!) “Woah, that many calories?’ and (Bam!) “Wait, that one’s less!” but (Smack!) “There’s no veggies and I want those” but (Whack!) “There’s just too many numbers, oh crap…”

I hate this *especially* because I hate counting/obsessing over numbers. I never used to do this before ED, and I still can’t quite recognize myself when I get into obsession-mode; like a crazy lady took over my head and I’m stuck waiting for her to draw all her minute calculations out before I can get my freakin’ lunch.

This is the first time I’ve ever posted a comment. I stumbled on your site and it seems amazing; an actual place of support and hard-won wisdom. Have been having a rough time, so thanks also for…just being here, I guess.

Comment on About by Justo

Justo — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 22:38:24 +0000

Hi,
I’m replying in response to your direct message via Twitter. I had the same problem as Paddy and couldn’t reply via Twitter.

My reason for following you is that I work with the government. As a public servant, I have to deal with all kinds of people. I am a school educator (M.A.) with a B.A. in Social Work. So, I am very interested in how the human mind works and it is related to my E-commerce in which I strive to offer products to help people achieve a sound body, mind and spirit. It’s still in construction but up and running.

Take care and spread the word around about my website.

Justo