OK, so this is a bit inspired by the Fish thread, because I was reading it the other day and I just got to craving tilapia. So yesterday I went to the store to get some for dinner.

I was cooking for myself since the house is all mine for the next 6 mos while the Boy is in CO for work. I really wanted a nice healthy meal, so I was planning on making some fish, rice and a bunch of asparagus.

So I went to the store and bought just one tilapia filet. The guy behind the counter was like, 'well, these are pretty small, so maybe you want more than that'. I told him it was ok, one was fine. Since it was just me I was cooking for I didn't need multiple filets (and I'm not very big to begin with). OK, so they were on the small side of all the filets for sale, but to my eyes they were perfect for a serving size (and a lovely $1.30 in price!), and plus I would be eating lots of yummy asparagus and rice.

Then as I was leaving the counter person was like, 'well thats a nice alternative to a meal'. I was so pissed off.

Because I felt like he was calling me anorexic or something, and here I am just eating healthy. I just feel like, especially in some regions of America, there is just this huge focus on quantity of food. If you eat less than a pound of meat in a sitting or something, people look at you like you're crazy.

I mean, most restaurants.... don't get me started! I enjoy to eat out as much as the next person, in fact I love it. And if I'm at a good restaurant, I'll get appys and entrees and desserts and probably go home stuffed when I shouldn't, but what normal person needs to eat a 20 oz. steak? I mean, even after I had my dinner I was flipping through channels and got caught by The Biggest Loser on tv and my mind kind of made the connection between all these obese people in America, and these huge serving sizes at our restaurants. Because when I was little we had a 'clean your plate' mentality, and now as an adult I find it hard to leave leftovers (especially those I've paid for) on my plate, though mostly I will take them home if they will be good for lunch the next day.

It's very frustrating, you know?

K.