On Health Food and Cheeseburgers

So I spent several months getting ready for a wee little triathlon held at Tech on 9/14, and a big part of my preparations involved eating healthy foods. I ate – and still eat – lots of protein and carbs, and I’m drinking a ridiculous amount of water every day. (I’ve even starting taking a supplement intended for livestock, but that’s another story.)

Now, I’ve always been a reasonably healthy eater, but I’ve also always given myself some leeway when it comes to eating out. I tend to rationalize that a healthy diet is about what you eat as a whole, and thus, eating something like a big, fat cheeseburger is OK when it’s time to go out.

Lately, though, that hasn’t been the case. For example, when I recently consumed a huge breakfast bowl complete with eggs, cheese, potatoes, bacon, and sausage, I quickly realized that I hadn’t bought that food so much as I’d rented it for a short time. I’ve grown so accustomed to healthy food that junk food is getting to the place that it isn’t worth the pain and discomfort I know it’ll cause later.

As the realization has dawned on me that it’s better for me to avoid greasy, fatty foods, it has occurred to me that there are some parallels with sin that can be drawn here. As my brilliant friend Sean G. once pointed out, sin has to be appealing on some level, or we wouldn’t struggle with it. Of course, sin has consequences, and it’s dealing with those consequences that isn’t always pleasant. I’m hoping to draw some practical application from the lessons I’ve learned with greasy cheeseburgers.

And for what it’s worth, I recently enjoyed a grilled chicken sandwich at a Texas Tech football game. (Seriously… who goes to a football game and gets a chicken sandwich?!)

Random Thoughts

Random thoughts that I’ve had tumbling around in my head lately:

Facebook Status
A couple of statuses (or is that statii?) that I’ve come up with for Facebook, but haven’t been brave enough to post:

• Glen just had a really stellar poop!
• Glen is thinking that, somehow, Katy Perry’s breakout song wouldn’t have been nearly so popular if it’d been recorded by a male and titled I Kissed a Guy (and I Liked It).

Olympics Coverage
So I certainly don’t have the qualifications to be a professional sports broadcaster, but that doesn’t stop me from snickering at those who are. One of my favorite lines during the Olympics came from a guy who was calling the BMX cycling. At the start of both the women’s and men’s events, he said, “Here we go – winner takes all.”

My thought was, “Really? The winner gets the gold, silver and bronze?”

Microsoft Error
This also makes me snicker: “Currently, there is no solution for the problem you reported.” Yeah, ‘cause the problem was Windows!


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