Jiggle jiggle

[badseed1980]

Wobble. Slurp. Jiggle jiggle bounce.

It seems I am no longer nauseated by Jell-O. I wanted a no-point treat today, so I took a walk over to the student center where there's a little convenience store, and bought a snack pack of orange and lemon-lime sugar free Jell-O. I haven't eaten it in a loooong time. Back when I was 10 and on Weight Watchers, I once made a whole packet of sugar free Jell-O and ate nearly the whole thing, which was (I think) 4 servings. Hey, it was only 40 calories. When I got near the end, I realized I was totally sick of Jell-O, and didn't eat it again for years. Now, trying it again, it is a BLAST to eat. Yes, I know what's in it. No, I don't much care. It wobbles. Yay!

Comments

[leenah.livejournal.com]

i have boxes of jello in the cupboard.

and a couple packets of agar agar, one with sugar already added.

someday i'll make something with it.

[library-sexy.livejournal.com]

The Jell-O that you make is even better than the stuff you can buy pre-made. I still would not recommend eating a whole pack :)

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

Yes, I think I remember it being tangier. Still, this is convenient for work.

[library-sexy.livejournal.com]

I like the texture better of the stuff made from the box. You can also make gigglers with it.

[tisana.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry...did you say you were on WW at age 10?! Why??
That's kinda young for a diet.

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

Because I weighed almost as much then as I do now. I was on the program designed for kids.

[tisana.livejournal.com]

Hunh. Learn something new every day.
I didn't know they had a kid-specific program.

Sorry.
The kids-on-diets thing is a trigger about society sending messed-up messages to girls and body dysmorphic disorder.*

Nothing to do with you.

* Yes, that trigger constantly conflicts with the American obesity problem trigger, which nearly has me hissing at McD's when I pass.

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

Ah. Well, some kids need to eat healthier--and less--and I think many kids benefit from structure in that.

[tisana.livejournal.com]

No, this is true. And it makes sense; I think a lot of kids (myself included) don't really get a good idea of eating balanced meals. And WW (at least more recently) has been pretty good about encouraging proper eating habits.

But like I said...bit of a knee-jerk reaction, there. In my mind it kind of ties in to the woman-child (http://www.phillymag.com/articles/pretty_babies/page1) thing the country's been going through--getting bikini waxes for 8 year old girls, that kinda thing (no, I'm not kidding). Starting 'em young on the drive for model-like perfection.

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that stuff makes me sick too.

[tisana.livejournal.com]

And damnit, now I want to make something with Jell-o. How long before an unopened box goes bad, do you suppose?

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure it CAN go bad...

[tisana.livejournal.com]

Jell-o and cockroaches...the only things to survive a nuclear war.
Well, that and Twinkies.