Sunday, October 23, 2011

Counting Calories Will Mess You Up

My workout today was: eat as much food as possible.  I am not even joking.  I have the appetite of a T-Rex.  I ate 1.5 lbs of meat today. 

I wonder how many Calories I hav.................STOP.  It doesn't matter, yet I doubt I will ever be able to stop the constant tick.

I have never been a Calorie counter, but I am a "numbers person," and I do find myself constantly making calculations like I have an internal reality GPS.  Caloric information is SO available and has received such a focus that countless people have developed a debilitating Calorie obsession.

Food for thought (pun intended): Consider the energy that is currently being invested in an effort to make mandatory Caloric information in restaurants.  What if we spent the same time and energy educating people to make sound nutritional choices?  F* the food pyramid.  Oh wait, isn't it a plate now?  Either way, its lame.

Some people (myself included) are able to manually override the undercurrent of Calorie Mania.  A lucky few have developed a dysfunction-free relationship with food.  This is my goal, and unfortunately I think it will be a battle I will be fighting for myself and those I love for a long time.

It is pretty ironic that while contemplating Calories, I stumbled across these: LO CAL AVOCADOS!  Calorie phobia is ruining our food!!


I haven't tried mine yet, but the reviews online aren't great.  They were described as watery and flavorless.  Not surprising of a low calorie version of a nutritiously rich food. 

I picked up some normal avocados also for PALEO PUDDING!



4 avocados - 24 dates -1 cup cocoa - Some water



Put everything in a food processor (not a Ninja as you see here... it doesn't work.  You have to use a food processor)

Add a little water... 

Blend, add some water, and repeat until smooth. 

This recipe makes 8 servings.  I have some extra to share, but if there are no takers it will be gone in a few days. 

You could easily spice up this recipe with nuts or coconut.  If you want to sweeten it up you could add a little honey. 

If you want to get really crazy you could top strawberries with it and feed it to your sexy lover.


...and then burn off all of those Calories you didn't even bother counting.


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About Sam

I am a writer in Omaha, Nebraska sharing my adventures in the foundations of healthy living - nutrition, being active, and being funny.

I was born in Kansas City in the sweltering summer of July, 1986. I was nearly born in the car because I was so pumped to get my life started. I have been bouncing off of the walls ever since. Growing up I hung out with the big kids who were even older than my sister (and best friend) Allie. I quickly developed an "I'm over it" 'tude toward kids my own age whose pastimes seemed juvenile - an interesting perspective coming from a preschooler. My snobbish worldview was hard earned however, as I was forced to learn both multiplication and division early to keep up when we played "school," and I was always forced to do dangerous stuff first to make sure it was okay, like eating unidentified berries and making the first run on super steep hills while sledding. We biked all day, ate wild honeysuckle, painted the house with mud, and collected cicada shells for no reason other than they stick to fabric and freaked my mom out.

I quickly realized that even little legs can get you as far as a car can, and as a young child, you really have nothing but time. My adventures were only restrained by the fact that adults do not find it acceptable for young children to explore the town on foot unaccompanied. I prematurely developed a desire to be an independent self-supporting person, so I opened a Kool-Aid/popcorn business to finance my big plans. Looking back, I would say that the only issues holding me back were my limited advertising budget and the fact that I was still too short to ride roller coasters. People just don't take you seriously when you can't go on the upside-down rides.

I was moved to Omaha in the second grade. I continued walking all over the place, exploring surrounding neighborhoods and visiting grocery stores to pick up my favorites: Goldfish, Sprite, and sugar cigarettes. I don't even think you can buy those anymore, and for the record, I never started smoking.

I never lost my hard work ethic, and I needed to increase my income to afford my new hobbies of beading and Polaroid photography. At the age of ten I mailed in a response to an advertisement for paper delivery routes without discussing the issue with my family. Sometimes you need to take matters into your own hands when people don't share you vision. The people at the Omaha World Herald must have had a good feeling about me becuase they contacted my parents to tell them that they wanted to hire me but would feel better if there was an older family member onboard. I still wonder if Allie holds any resentment toward me for pulling her into the labor force when she was only twelve.

In third grade, I followed Allie's lead and began taking dance classes at Mary Lorraine's Dance Center. For the next eleven years it became "what I did." Nowadays, I train more like an athlete, but I will always move like a dancer, and being in a studio will always feel like home.

After high school I relocated again (this time of my own volition) to study "everything" in the College of Business Administration at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln. I acquired a degree in marketing and finance that I may use someday. More importantly, I became a close friend and Alpha Phi sister with a cross country runner who easily persuaded me to train for the 2005 Lincoln half-marathon. I have been running ever since. In April 2011 I developed plantar fasciitis after jumping into an intense 50-70 mile/week schedule. This is the first athletic injury in my life. Although it has been indescribably frustrating both physically and emotionally, the silver lining is my increased receptivity to more variety in fitness disciplines.

I enjoy Pilates, yoga, enjoy Zumba, plyometric interval training, running, walking, and seeing how quickly I can run up stairs without losing my lunch. When I am too exhausted to move, I read and write. I love fiction, non-fiction, cookbooks, poetry, philosophy, song lyrics, and comedy. I have been writing for as long as I can remember. I love spell check, and felt tip pens.

I am happy and optimistic most of the time. I enjoy living simply and deeply. I hope you enjoy what I have to share.







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