How to Survive on Ice Cubes

Has anyone looked at me recently and thought "That is one skinny girl"?  Yeah, I thought not.  But, when I was in elementary school I bet people were thinking that all the time.  I was skinny, I mean can-see-her-ribcage skinny.  You would think my mother starved me to death all of the time.

I was, and still am a very picky eater.  I have exposed myself to a lot more variety since elementary school, hence the reason I am no longer called "that skinny girl with long hair".  Now that I am called "that fat girl with long hair" I eat spaghetti with sauce on it instead of just plain noodles with a little processed Parmesan on it.  I eat three cheese garlic bread instead of just bread.  Granted I still don't eat beef, fish, anything that looks like an animal, and anything green.  I know I am still picky but trust me, this is much improved.  I like to think of myself as a carbitarian.  Yes, I just made that word up.  I can't say I'm a carnivore because I don't really like meat and I'm not a vegetarian because I mostly hate vegetables.  I love carbs therefore I am a carbitarian.

This is all besides the point because I am really trying to explain why I was so skinny when I was little and it really has nothing to do with what a picky eater I was.  I was skinny because I mainly ate ice cubes.  Yes, I ate ice cubes.  Like, all the time.  My mom refilled our ice cube trays at least once a day.  I would sit, watch tv and suck on an ice cube instead of eating dinner.  I loved it; I loved the flavor of water; I loved how it melted in my mouth, and I loved how cold it was.  Instead of grabbing a glass of water after coming inside after playing in the heat I would grab a couple ice cubes.  My mother couldn't complain because, after all, I was just eating water. 

When my mother noticed that I had no intention of stopping with the ice cubes she decided to get me some nutrients the only way she knew how.  She started flavoring my ice cubes.  She made me juice ice cubes.  She would actually freeze orange juice and feed that to me.  I didn't like the flavored ice cubes as much as the regular ones but I still ate them.  I also started eating frozen grapes because they were kind of like ice cubes.  

I am not sure why I was so obsessed with ice cubes but I eventually grew out of it and once puberty hit in middle school I started eating almost anything I could get my hands on.  That puts us at where I am now.  I still love ice, but now I eat it mainly in the form of sno cones.  I even own my own sno cone maker for winter when all the little stands are closed.  So, if anyone is craving some flavored ice in the middle of winter you know where to come.