overlandflyer
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i meet regularly with a group once or twice a month. for the unusually curious, the meetings/ meets involve operating live steam locomotives, but this post has nothing to do with that. for years i have arrived at the compound and have always enjoyed a cup of coffee the first to show up starts brewing, but then inevitably the sugar rings arrive. typically 2-3 dozen depending on the size of the gathering. i would, however, rate the typical ingestion in the range of 1.5 donuts/ member on the average. up until recently it was something i just ignored. in over 7 years i may have had 3 or 4 myself total. i recall that most of the time it was that i'd see a small chocolate one, usually a lone survivor, i'd break it in half, but then wind up eating both halves eventually.
i look at things a bit differently now, though. since i have severely limited my sugar intake with such a dramatic impact on my weight/ health, i generally get a sick feeling watching many of my fellow members who show every sign of being well into the obese BMI range if not above, literally joking about how they shouldn't have a second donut... while reaching for a second donut. even more disturbing was a scene i witnessed recently when a visiting dad with his small son were invited to help themselves and then seeing his kid downing what i assumed was a donut though it was hard to see the actual fried dough under the rainbow sprinkled chocolate covering so huge it required both his hands to hold.
it is a 100 mile drive for me, so i usually don't attend the business meetings... a time when everyone isn't all over the place as on regular operating days... but i was thinking about getting up there this month and addressing the donut situation. any ideas about what to tell a group of friends who joke about killing themselves would be appreciated.
i look at things a bit differently now, though. since i have severely limited my sugar intake with such a dramatic impact on my weight/ health, i generally get a sick feeling watching many of my fellow members who show every sign of being well into the obese BMI range if not above, literally joking about how they shouldn't have a second donut... while reaching for a second donut. even more disturbing was a scene i witnessed recently when a visiting dad with his small son were invited to help themselves and then seeing his kid downing what i assumed was a donut though it was hard to see the actual fried dough under the rainbow sprinkled chocolate covering so huge it required both his hands to hold.
it is a 100 mile drive for me, so i usually don't attend the business meetings... a time when everyone isn't all over the place as on regular operating days... but i was thinking about getting up there this month and addressing the donut situation. any ideas about what to tell a group of friends who joke about killing themselves would be appreciated.
