Diet and Nutrition Posts

I finally found something coffee-ish I like to drink at Starbuck's. As some know, I don't drink any type of coffee. Have always hated it. The only foods I like which are coffee-flavored are the Jamocha Shake at Arby's and Jamocha ice cream from Baskin-Robbins. I had always avoided Starbucks because I always avoid coffee. This weekend, though, my wife suggested I try a frappuccino and to much delight, I found it's just a Jamocha Shake. Ha! I know someone at Starbucks Galactic Headquarters is freaking out being compared to a Jamocha Shake at that lowborn Arby's super-franchise wannabe, but that's what it tastes like to me. The frappuccino is slightly more coffee-tasting but not so much more so that I don't like it. It was really a tasty pick-me-up. Avoid the whipped cream topping, however - the Grande frappuccino is 260 calories already. In full disclosure, I actually had a Tall "Mint Mocha Chip" frappuccino. To be fair, a medium Arby's Jamocha Shake as 500 calories so a frappuccino is of marginally better nutritive value.

I've been working out a lot lately and pursuing my physical goals (loss of bodyfat and a 365 bench press) as fast as I can. If you look a couple of articles back you'll see that I just had my body composition tested. This is actually something I have been doing for a long time. When I was still at Illinois State, I used to go to the athletic department and pay them to do a dunk tank body composition test every once in awhile. I believe the technical term for this is hydrostatic weighing. I was curious to see how much I have changed since then so I searched and have now rounded up two printouts from my body composition tests at ISU.

Looking down the list of articles on my website you will find my resolutions for 2004. One of them says that I want to get my bodyweight down to 185. Well, I had a bit of a reality check tonight. I went to Bally's to workout and got my body composition tested. The results were quite surprising to me. The stats they needed to do the test were weight, height, and age. I'm 31, 5 feet 9 inches tall, and currently a whopping 225 lbs. The test is done with electical impedence and is known to be slightly inaccurate for muscular individuals but the percent error is not really material so I am okay with the results. The results were as follows:

When I was a youngster, my mother and grandmothers conspired to find novel ways for my brother and I to finish our meals. It was very common, given what a "picky" eater I am (or such is the rumor), that I would eat the items on my plate that I liked and would not touch the items I did not like. They devised the "Clean Plate Club" and it was met, by me, with immediate challenges. To be a member of the Clean Plate Club, you had to finish everything on your plate. Membership privileges included getting to leave the table before bed. Since I was very stubborn in addition to picky, I spent a lot of time looking at cold food as I was often at the table long after everyone else had finished.

I have discovered something truly remarkable. As anyone who knows me knows, I am a big Chipotle fan. My Chipotle of choice is a Chicken Fajita Burrito. Of course, this type of fare is not what one would usually consider "diet food". I think a Fajita Burrito weighs in around 2 lbs. At least it feels like 2 lbs. in your stomach once you've eaten the Fajita Burrito.

I am an ice cream junkie. I admit it. I am guilty. I love ice cream. But I have found that I love frozen custard even more.

Wow, I'm on a writing binge, here... While sitting back and working on allowing users to leave comments about postings on this site, I was struck with inspiration regarding my current beverage...Lynchburg Lemonade...