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Archive for the ‘Health’ Category
As many of you know, I haven’t eaten at McDonald’s in over a year. So when I got a craving for something besides Arby’s yesterday, I decided to go for a Quarter Pounder with cheese.
Here’s the letter I wrote to McDonald’s after my visit.
I have not eaten at McDonalds in over a year. So when I ate at your store yesterday, you should have been trying harder to impress me. The store in question was #25273. I was not greeted when I came in. The cashier just stared at me until I ordered. In fact, he said nothing except to give me my total. Next, the store was filthy, both behind the counter and in the eating area. The ketchup was empty. All the tables were dirty. The floor was dirty. I was afraid to go into the restroom. While I was there several employees were on break and several more went on break. None of them tried to clean anything before or after going on break. They seemed to be unaware of the state of the filth they were working in. I saw no manager on duty, but I wasnt looking too hard. Also, I asked for dine in service, but my food was given to me in a bag as if it were carry out. You just wasted one bag.
Check out my health blog. I’m trying to take better care of my self and you can track my progress there. I’m hoping it will be informative and I’m hoping that you will all help to hold me accountable for leading a more healthy life.
In case you’ve been living under a rock or perhaps you’re just finding this blog, you no doubt know of my “boycott” of retail giant Wal-Mart. Well, it’s all over. I’ve decided that boycotting Wal-Mart is like boycotting ExxonMobil or Royal Dutch Shell… pointless. Me not shopping at Wal-Mart isn’t going to bring manufacturing jobs back to the US nor is it going to bring back local mom and pop stores. I’ve decided that it’s time to recognize that the US economy is changing and I need to stop living in the past.
To break my boycott I went to Wal-Mart and made my first purchase there in over 2 years. I bought a softball bat (clearance priced at $15), some wrist weights to wear when I walk, an apple pie, and some fried chicken from the deli. The bat and weights are great, but the pie was undercooked and had nasty hard bits in it and the fried chicken made me sick to my stomach. People have since told me to stay away from the food at Wal-Mart and just buy the name brand stuff. A little late for me (and my stomach), but good advice nonetheless.
Speaking of brand named foods, one thing I’ve noticed a lot lately is that many foods are now offered in 100 calorie packets. This is something I’ve been wanting for a while now. It makes it much easier to watch what I eat. My only problem is not eating too may of the food packets at once. I would be happy to see more foods offered in these smaller portions.
If you haven’t yet, go see Sicko. I think it is Michael Moore’s best film yet. And it’s more than just a hit piece on healthcare in the US, it’s also about what is wrong with us as Americans. I’ve known that our values have been screwed up for a while, but this film really made it hit home.
Up until about a week ago, I was afraid to drink any kind of fruit juice. Juice had a negative effect on my digestive system of a nature that I’d rather not discuss, but that you can probably deduce from the title of this article. However, I have discovered a secret that now lets me enjoy juice again.
Until I was about 25 years old I could drink as much juice as I wanted and had no problems at all. I’d drink big 32oz cups of grapefruit juice as if it were iced tea. But then something happened, and all of a sudden the juice was making me sick. So I stopped drinking juice altogether.
About a year and a half ago I came down with a mysterious case of bladder infection and it was recommended that I drink cranberry juice to help with the pain. I tried it in small amounts and things worked out great, but I was still a little gun shy about juice.
Then about a week ago I bought some Sunny Delight in small 6.75oz containers (I was on a nostalgic kick). Sunny D was at the top of the no-no list of juices for me, but I thought I’d give it a try. To my “delight,” it had no adverse effects. Since then I have been enjoying juice as in the old days.
My secret? Moderate 6-8 ounce servings.
A new year and a new blog entry. Big fucking woop.
As you may or may not realize I have migrated this site over to Blogger. I hope that you will click on this link and sign up because Blogger will send me lots of money and make me rich! Okay, no they won’t, but do it anyway. Blogger is the fastest (and probably easiest) way for anyone to get a blog site up and running. It lacks a lot of the frills, but this site is my “no frills” site.
Now if you are all about frills, then visit my other site. It has been totally geeked out by Geeklog. Geeklog is a CMS. It is totally rad with tons of features and stuff. Of course it does lack a few things like valid XHTML and the ability to read Atom feeds, but it has so many other great features I can overlook the drawbacks for now. I have been adding content to that site over the past two weeks, so look for more good stuff from it soon.
Nothing much else going on. After taking up smoking again for about three and a half months, I once again laid them down and kicked the habit like a naughty puppy. I am also on a diet after blowing up to a rotund 271lbs. I have already lost about 4 pounds. In a month or two maybe my pants will fit again.
I have also completely destroyed any sleeping pattern I may have had. Now I just walk around like I zombie all the time with no clue as to the time or date.
Mmmm… pie.
