I work at a tech start up so it's an extremely progressive work environment. However, there are still a few people who like to give me a hard time for eating bacon or drinking bulletproof coffee and claiming to lose weight. One guy in particular (let's call him Ace) is kind of pretentious and claims that his wife, a nutritionist and not a dietitian, knows more about nutrition and weight loss than I do. I've never argued with him about it, he just feels the need to make it known.
Anyway, I recently discovered how much water I can drink in a day if I use a little bit of Peach Mango Green Tea Crystal Light. 5 calories per 64 fl oz of water, but no biggie, I've been hydrating like crazy as a result and it's a net positive. At work yesterday, Ace comes over and asks what's in my water. I tell him Crystal Light, and he asks "Isn't that full of sugar and sweeteners?" I say that there's just aspartame in it. He then starts talking about how bad aspartame is for you. I said it's not bad in moderation. He starts lecturing me about how I'm just drinking a bunch of water filled with chemicals. I had had enough at this point, so I turned to him and said, "You know, technically YOU'RE just a bunch of water filled with chemicals."
No response, he laughed a little and shuffled back to his seat. The day is mine, Trebek!
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