Eating Out = Wearing Me Out

What kind of luck is this? LP and I went out to Cafe 61 (Downtown Memphis) to catch a late b/day dinner for me. We also caught "Inside Man" which was decent but quite predictable-- think of it as "Ocean's Eleven" but without as much excitement or creativity.

So after the movie we chug it from Downtown to way out east to our house in Cordova and get this-- we did not hit a single red light. What are the odds? Union Ave. which has more traffic lights than pavement; and we didn't hit a single one? Awesome. With that kind of luck I should have immediately bought a lottery ticket.

But that's not what I'm hear to talk about. The dinner thing is the topic of the day.
Friday, I ate out for all 3 meals- breakfast with my Channel 4 News Team (Zack and KY), lunch with Brick Lacek and dinner for my birthday.

I was sick by the end of day from so much eating out. My body literally revolts on me after I eat out too much.

This is gonna come full circle, I promise. So I'm having trouble shedding the blubber I put on from 4 months of no exercising. The first few pounds came off easily but not so much after that. I've got about 10 lb. to lose-- 7 lb. to get to where I'll feel okay again. The weather is warm and I'm riding more but I noticed about 7 years ago that the weight just does not peel itself off like it used to. I have to make some changes. I can't workout any more than I do-- no time. The last avenue is analyzing my diet.

This all came crashing down on me Sunday morning. I got up early so decided to get some McD's b'fast for the family. I got the Big Breakfast; pretty reasonable I thought- biscuit, eggs, sausage and hash browns. How bad could that be?

Well, Lordy. Check out McD's nutritional information-- 730 calories for the Big Breakfast. I also had some coffee and milk so now I'm north of 800 calories!! And this is the first meal of the day.

Research indicates that 5 grams of trans fat per day increases your chance of heart disease by 25%. The Big Breakfast has 7 grams by itself!! Ahhhhhhhhh !!

LP and I then plan to hit PF Chang's for Easter lunch. Mongolian beef is one of my favorites. How bad could a 5-6 oz. serving of beef in brown sauce be? Try 1,100 calories and enough sodium to build a salt lick for your cows. Sh1t.

The deal is, I thought that even when I went out and ate reasonably I was doing okay. Truth is, even when you get the "lite" or "good" stuff, it's prolly packed with more shat, sodium and trans fat than you can count.

My resolution this week-- no eating out. I swear I'm killing myself with that processed shat.

I'm out of town for racing this upcoming weekend so I'll have to eat out a few meals, but I'm gonna cut back on this crap and save myself some money and clogged arteries.

I swear, McD's is bad for my body like Wal-Mart is bad for America.

Peace.