My diet...

[Hermskii]

My wife sent me this today. It makes part of an argument that I have made against her for years. I do eat pure trash food most of the time. I'll eat a whole package of Oreos with a giant cup of chocolate milk at 11:00 at night calling it dinner and then go straight to bed. I'll then wake up, drink coffee for breakfast. I'll eat a big bag of funyuns with a original coke for lunch and maybe chase that down with several Little Debbie oatmeal creme pies. I'll go home and eat a can of mini raviolis for dinner with another coke and repeat this routine every day without gaining weight.

Meanwhile, my wife eats salads with chicken, take vitamins, eats fruit for breakfast and has stuff like turkey meat spaghetti for dinner and she struggles with weight and has high blood pressure. Can you imagine how much she hates me sometimes? here is the article I wanted to share:



http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/08/tw ... professor/

[Hook]

I don't eat much junk food, but the thing between you and your wife was similar to things at my house - at least until I turned 52 almost 5 years ago.
Then things changed!

[EvilGrins]

Junk food is your friend. Man may not live by health alone!

[David]

I am too broke to eat like you Herm. Nevermind about the health, imagine the money you could save if you did not always buy the "junk food".

Anyway, I have my weaknesses. I love hot wings. There is a place called Wings Express.....Wings Express ,761 South Alma School Road, Mesa, AZ 85210-1075 (480) 898-8113 Can you say shout out?

I love the sauce on these wings. Now mind you that this place is 3 hours away from where I live, but when I need to go down to the valley (Phoenix, Mesa, and surrounding cities) for work or medical for family members, we stop by and get the wings. Have been doing this for over a decade.

Anyways back to the story at hand,............... I plainly do not have the funds to get food on the go. Sure I might spend about $5 a week on dollar menu junk during work hours, but due to the lack of money, it saves me form eating too much junk food.... and good food

But I agree with EG, what fun or enjoyment will you get out of life if you do not enjoy the taste of foods. I do not care how unhealthy the wings might be for me. It just taste great and some things are worth the cost (financially and health).

[Hermskii]

Oh! Don't get me wrong. I make it to plenty of awesome Mexican restaurants here and God Bless all of the Chinese food buffets around here too! The family and I get out plenty for breakfast and nice dinners as well.

I'm just saying that through the week, I usually eat pure junk and I'm a remarkably fit person for a guy that drinks tons of beer, smokes, hardly exercises and basically doesn't give a crap about health. There is a country tune out there that says it pretty well for me. It goes about like this:

I'm not gonna lay around and whine and moan
Cause somebody done done me wrong
Don’t think for a minute that I'm gonna sit around
And sing some old sad song
I believe it’s half full not a half empty glass
Every day I wake up knowing it could be my last

I ain’t here for a long time
I’m here for a good time
So bring on the sunshine
To hell with the red wine
Pour me some moonshine
When I'm gone put it in stone
He left nothing behind
I ain’t here for a long time
I’m here for a good time

Courtesy of lyricshall.com
Folks are always dreamin’ bout what they'd like to do
But I like to do just what I like
I'll take the chance, dance the dance
It might be wrong but then again it might be right
There’s no way of knowing what tomorrow brings
Life’s too short to waste it
I say bring on anything.

I ain’t here for a long time
I’m here for a good time
So bring on the sunshine
To hell with the red wine
Pour me some moonshine
When I'm gone put it in stone
He left nothing behind
I ain’t here for a long time
I’m here for a good time
I ain’t here for a long time
I’m here for a good time.

This is by George Strait I think.

[a nameless entity]

So Herm your weight is ok, and maybe your LDL's and all that stuff are ok, but what about your teeth?
Hook makes a valid point. You may get away with this for a few more years, but at some point you will no longer. Fair warning!

When I buy oreos or chocolate chip cookies, or Little Debby cakes, I gain weight. Even if I ration them until they're stale. I am over weight at 250, and have been most of my adult life. To get the weight to come off I have to starve myself, and it goes right back on as soon as I even approach a normal diet. I'd love to get down to 180-200 and stay there. But it would mean being on a perpetual diet and being hungry all of the time.

[Hermskii]

I'm at 205 right now. That is a little higher than normal. I have not drank beet lately. I think that this extra weight is from eating rather than drinking. I don't know. Yes, I'm sure all of this will catch up to me someday. My teeth are good but they are yellow from drinking instant coffee too much. I'm sure the smoking doesn't help either. I have a few new cameras. Some recent pictures of me are due here soon.