What Do You Eat?

What do you eat when you come home from work too tired to cook?

Not long ago, I would pop up about three quarts of popcorn in safflower oil, sprinkle it liberally with salt and Parmesan, and chow down.  Or fix me a bowl of Mesa Sunrise with 2% milk, fruit, and nuts.

Since I have not been losing weight, I decided to cut back on carbs.  Now there is no popcorn or cold cereal in my house.

Tonight I did not feel like cooking, so I debated on either grabbing a sandwich at Burger King or stopping at the grocery store.  I opted for the latter, but for some reason fixated on a pot pie.  To ease my conscience, I also bought fruit.

Well, the pot pie was not as satisfying as I thought it would be.  The nutritional aspect was not good, either:

• Calories:  450
• Fat:  27
• Carbohydrates:  36

What if I had eaten a cheeseburger and small fries from BK?

• Calories: 330 + 230 = 560
• Fat:  16 + 13 = 29
• Carbohydrates:  31 + 26 = 57

Hmmm.  The pot pie fared a little better in this showdown, but not much.  And sadly, I was still hungry.

So I sliced up one of the peaches I bought.  Smelled good, but ugh!!!  Awful texture and no flavor.  I can’t remember the last time I had a good peach.  No wonder people don’t eat fresh fruit.

What if I had eaten cold cereal instead?  My usual Mesa Sunrise, with 2%, walnuts, and blueberries:

• Calories: 120 + 122 + 90 +  20 = 352
• Fat:  1.5 + 3 + 9 + 0.5 = 14
• Carbohydrates:  24 + 11 + 4  + 21 = 60

Or popcorn a la me:

• Calories: 370 + 240 + 44 = 654
• Fat:  3.6 + 27.2 + 2.8 = 33.6
• Carbohydrates:  74.4 + 0 +0.4 = 74.8

Very interesting.  And what is most telling is some nights I would have both popcorn and cold cereal.

While I’m not into calorie counting, calorie awareness could lead me to smarter choices.

But I’m still hungry.  Where’s that oatmeal?