That is, champs at consuming calories. I was hungry on my way to work early this morning, so I stopped for some really unhealthy breakfast items at the gas station. The bottle of chocolate milk alone is 880 calories, the box of cookies a total of 800. Don’t worry– I won’t consume the whole mass in one sitting, I’ll probably be working on it throughout the day. I simply find this amusing because I know better, hehe… and because I should be watching what I eat. Oh I’m watching… every last bite, hehe. But at the same time I recently realized why girls so often say that “the diet starts tomorrow” or “the diet starts Monday”… they ease their mind of the guilt of eating things they shouldn’t so that they can just totally enjoy the indulgence. It’s actually FUN to say “I’ll start Monday” and then eat all the garbage you want. But I think perhaps you have to have really followed a strict diet in the past to appreciate this indulgence.
Think about it– it’s the same concept as premeditated sin. The sinner says “I’ll repent later” to minimize the guilt felt during the action of sinning. No wonder words like “sin” and “decadent” are used in association with chocolate confections and desserts, hehe…
In any case, this breakfast just reaffirms my need to work out regularly. At my present body weight, if I work out 60 minutes a day 5 days a week, I can consume up to about 3800 calories a day and still maintain my present weight. I love being a tall male.
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12 responses to “B’fast of champs… or something.”
I hate you.
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haha, that’s why i work out – so I can eat whatever the frig I want. I heard somewhere that exercising without dieting is better for you than dieting without exercising. don’t know if it’s true or not, but i like it!
I believe it, heebs, though I’m sure it depends on how severely you regularly overeat. But on an average diet, say, without trying to diet, you could work out and lose weight… dieting just helps it along. It takes forever to lose weight by just dieting alone– like a couple pounds a month instead of a couple pounds a week.
you want to hear something crazy? my doctor wants me to eat at least 1800 calories/day. i can barely do it. you know about my current stomach issues. i basically have no appetite until i lay down at 11pm then i suddenly start craving mcdonald’s breakfast burritos. weird. anyway, i walk around counting calories, too. i try to get 1000 down by 2 pm so i can relax and not worry about eating so much in the evening. megan is so jealous. haha.
ahaha, yeah that’s a problem I’m sure a lot of people wish they had, eh? But those breakfast burritos, man… put some of the mcdonald’s hot picante sauce on there… those things were just designed to give you heart burn. weird that you’d crave them… hehe.
Diet starts tomorrow!
this post reminds me of Digets and milk on the mish. Remember that?
And, we can’t forget Jorry Pong!!!
So get this, I googled my name, and found posts that I made on your site like 3 years ago, crazy huh. Anyhow, you probably don’t remember me, but this is Richter, who is now Lewis 🙂 Hope all is well, ps, way too much chocolate to start the day, 🙂
Googling your own name… how conceited.
not conceited, bored 🙂
Mikie, are there any cookies left?? I’m hungry!
🙂 EM