carrots (m)

I like Karen, my WW leader.  She is smart, funny and successful. 

The members in my class seem nice, but some are too intense.

Today, one woman grilled Karen on carrots.  "Are carrots a free food?" she asked.

Karen says "yes, they are".

The woman presses on.  "I don't think so because when you cook them, you release the sugars and that has to count for something.  I think it's misleading to tell people they are a free food (meaning you don't have to count the points)."

Without missing a beat, Karen looks at her, waves her hands across the roomful of overweight people and says : "Listen...you all didn't get here by eating carrots.  Eat the carrots and don't worry about it."