Old Habits die hard + OT: Joke of the Week

(deactivated member)
on 8/19/08 2:48 am - Canada
This past weekend, we were back to Utica for a weekend of shopping and seeing Dr. Graber for my wife's 3-week follow-up. As it happens, when you travel you also eat out. My strategy up to now has been to order reasonably, eat as much as I can without getting sick (protein first of course!) and invariably I ended up too full for what used to be the high point of my meal - Dessert!

On our return trip, since I could box leftovers to take home, I had the brilliant idea to purposely eat less of my main meal, so that I could save room for dessert. My choice at Cracker Barrel: Fruit crumble with ice cream - And I ate the whole thing!

To say that I dumped would be an understatement - Fortunately my wife was driving when we hit the Canadian border, as if I had been questioned, the border guard might have mistook my condition to my being stoned. Of course, the lesson learned here is that you do not pig out on a high sugar and high fat dessert while on the road, but old habits do die hard indeed ...

As for my joke of the week, since this is a Men's forum, here's one for you guys:

A guy charged into a bank today wearing a balaclava and wielding a gun.
He made people lie down while he stuffed money into his bag.

As he tried to leave one brave guy ran at him, failed to overpower him,
but did pull his balaclava off. The robber shot him.

He then shouted 'did anyone else see my face' most people looked down
at the floor but one guy looked at him, so the robber shot him as well.

He then shouted 'did anyone else see my face' and after a short silence
a voice was heard from a far corner 'I think my missus got a glimpse....
aimless
on 8/19/08 5:25 am - MA
Just to put your dump in context, according to this site -- http://www.recipezaar.com/271362 -- your old habit was good for 1600 kcals, 77g of fat, 23 of which were saturated, 221 g of carbs, and 131 g of sugar. And this is without the ice cream.

The good news, it also had 16 g of protein!
(deactivated member)
on 8/19/08 5:51 am - Canada
In that case, asking for the no sugar added ice cream would not have made any difference ...

Thanks for enlightening me on just horrible my choice was ...
NotDave (Howyadoin?)
on 8/19/08 8:18 am - Japan

Hey Guys,

Have you ever gotten leg muscle cramps from eating too much sugar? Last night I ate some ice cream with caramel syrup and thigh and calf muscles started to cramp. Could be exercise or hot yoga combined with sugar. This happened before after sprinting. So could be vigorous/ rigorous exercise followed by too much sugar.

I can handle the dump feeling and I think you begin to tolerate the hangover after a while, but the cramps are awful. All I could do is stand up and wait for them to subside.

Best Wishes,

Dave

 

Jason S.
on 8/19/08 11:40 am - Williamston, NC
Don't feel bad about an occasional bad choice.  Believe me, I've been there..recently.  I haven't dumped yet, I WISH that sweets made me sick maybe it would be easier to stay away from them! 

Jason
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Triple-Beast
on 8/20/08 3:47 am
Thanks for this thread!  Sometimes it's easy to think that you're the only one that makes bad choices when it comes to eating. I often crave sweets also, but have found that too much sugar in a short period can make me feel pretty badly.
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