Coke, it's the Real Corporate Thing

Will DeBlasio stop worrying about the boobs in Times Square and maybe pick up on the Soda Ban where Bloomberg left off? Oh, wait, the boobs don't have unlimited funds to pay lobbyists? Never mind.

When I started this blog, it was daily, and it wasn't hard to pick apart the science and research all pointing to how sugar's upsides (tastes universally delicious, helps preserve processed food, creates interesting flavor profiles when cooked) is laughably outweighed by it's downsides (makes you fat with excess calories, makes you fat in ways not just from excess calories, addictive, pushes out nutritive food from your diet, and on and on) So it's gratifying when the media does it's job and looks at the major cash a major corporation spends in the name of "research" to defend the indefensible.

My anecdotal evidence is in, and for me, it is irrefutable (unless coke wants to send some of that sweet, sweet cash my way!) I've been looking to get healthy and stay that way for more than a few years now.  I've been a distance cyclist for years, and stayed fat because the hunger generated by cycling would cause me to take in more calories than I expended. Once I started counting and restricting calories, seeing what I was actually burning and actually consuming, and cutting back on sugar and grains, the weight came off and mostly stayed off. The key was never to do more, it's always been to eat less, and less Coke and Coke products in particular.

If I was a journalist and not an amateur blogger, I'd write that NY Times piece linked above. So go read it. -drops mic-

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WEEKLY AVERAGE: 2456

Relatively good eating week, despite only a few meeting out and about on Monday and an office gig on Tuesday. Was very busy professionally from home W-F which prevented me from indulging too far in my kitchen.

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MONDAY COUNT: 2410

SLEPT: 10:30pm-6am, 7.5 hrs

AM SNACK: 6:15 am, iced green tea

BREAKFAST 1: 9am, apple/beet/celery/carrot/cayenne/cucumber/ginger juice, 160 cal

LUNCH: 12:30pm, Maoz falafel salad, +/- 700 cal

PM SNACK:  4:30pm, momma salad, 100 cal

DINNER: 6:45pm, mahi mahi,  asparagus, poppa salad with dressing, 650 cal

EVENING SNACK: 7:15pm, popcorn, +/- 400 cal

EVENING SNACKS: 8pm, watermelon, +/- 400 cal
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TUESDAY COUNT: 2670

SLEPT: 9pm-5am, 8hrs

AM SNACK: 5:15 am, iced green tea

BREAKFAST: 7:45am, apple/beet/celery/carrot/cayenne/cucumber/ginger juice, 160 cal

BREAKFAST 2: 10:15am, fruit smoothie, 450 cal

LUNCH: 1pm, chicken meatballs, steamed string beans, mushroom curry, pickles, 620 cal

PM SNACK: 4pm, momma salad, cheezits, 310 cal

DINNER: 7pm, French Bread pizzas, poppa salad with dressing, 1080 cal

EVENING SNACK: 8pm, kind bar, 2 kid granola bars, 400 cal


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WEDNESDAY COUNT: 2560 cal

SLEPT: 12am - 5am, 5 hrs

AM SNACK: 5:15am, iced green tea

BREAKFAST: 8am, apple/beet/celery/carrot/cayenne/cucumber/ginger juice, 160 cal

BREAKFAST 2: 11:30am, fage yogurt with honey, almonds, vanilla, 450 cal

PM SNACK: 1pm, momma salad, 100 cal

LUNCH: 3pm, grilled chicken breast poppa salad with dressing, pickles, 420 cal

PM SNACK: 5:30pm, cashews, 250 cal

DINNER: 8pm, chipotle burrito, ice cream, 1180 cal

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BIKE CREDIT: 1300cal
THURSDAY COUNT: 1950

SLEPT: 10:30pm-3am, 4.5 hours

AM SNACK: 3:15am, iced green tea, 150mg caffeine

BIKE SNACK: 5am, homemade granola bar, 400 cal

BIKE SNACK: 7am, homemade granola bar, 400 cal

BREAKFAST 1: 10am, watermelon, +/- 400 cal

BREAKFAST 2: 12:45pm, apple/beet/celery/carrot/cayenne/cucumber/ginger juice, 160 cal

LUNCH: 2:30pm, chicken soup, poppa salad with dressing, veggie straws, 480 cal

PM SNACK: 3:45pm, momma salad, cheezits, 310 cal

DINNER: 6pm, vegetarian dim sum, ice cream, +/- 1200 cal
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FRIDAY COUNT: 2690

SLEPT: 9pm-3:30am, 6.5 hours

BREAKFAST: 3:45am, iced green tea

BREAKFAST 1: 9:30am, apple/beet/celery/carrot/cayenne/cucumber/ginger juice, 160 cal

BREAKFAST 2: 11:30am, fage yogurt with honey, almonds, vanilla, 450 cal

LUNCH: 2:45pm, sardines & avovado on whole wheat toast, pickles, poppa salad and dressing, 850 cal

PM SNACK: 4pm, momma salad, veggie straws, 230 cal

DINNER: 5:30pm, burger, fries, corn, ice cream, +/- 1000 cal