Football and Food

Okay...sorry Eagles fans but my G-Men sure looked great last nite...

During the football games yesterday we had some backed pastry puffs that contained some meat, potatoes and other high-caloric items. As I was watching the games, I could not stop eating these things one after another after another. I was intently watching the games, completely distracted in my eating pattern, and wound up eating much more of these things than i should have.

Point here again: NO DISTRACTED EATING!!! I should never have puth those things up nor ate them during a game. Posner did the thing that he rants and raves about to you in this blog!!!

How do I make up for it? Today I will be incredibly strict in my food intake and Mondays I usually do not exercise but today I may go down to the treadmill during Monday nite football....laughing....and not bring down pastries as I watch!

Night at the Movies....

Okay....Saturday nite...you plan on going to see one of the new movies that have been released...you buy your 11 dollar ticket (anyone out there besides me remember the 3 dollar picture???) and then you pass that concession counter...you know, the one that charges you the same amount of money for one soda as you can buy an entire case for at Costgo...the smell of the popcorn weakens your resolve....alright...just go for the small popcorn...but...that really nice kid behind the counter gives you a deal that, to quote Marlon Brando from the Godfather.."You can't refuse"...for a quarter more you get the LARGE bucket....and..a free refill! or...perhaps you dont feel like popcorn but that nachos and cheese snack looks great....oops..they also gave you a coupon that tells you that if you buy that large popcorn and soda...you get a box of Whoppers for a buck...thats a steal!

as you are watching that exciting movie...you find yourself going repeatedly from hand to mouth..hand to mouth....hand to mouth..not even thinking about it...

here are the damages: the popcorn: 1263 calories...nachos 1440, whoppers 680.

OOPS!!!!!!!! your scale that week is not a pretty site....

Bottom line: eat before you go to a movie and bypass that concession counter...eating in a distracted manner will cause you to consume far more than you intended..

on a non-weight loss note: i watched the movie Juno on the flight last weekend...two stethoscopes up...fun picture (even without the airline peanuts)

Distracted eating

I was at the movie theatre last night watching the new Indiana Jones picture. Sometimes I cannot help but observe people's behavioral patterns as that relates to eating at the movies. On all sides of me, there were people eating from these large containers of popcorn...non-stop! Hand to mouth...hand to mouth...almost like a ritualistic behavioral pattern.

Here is the issue: Distracted eating...when our attention is on something else, and in this case it is a thrilling movie, we are not paying attention to appetite signals or eating control modulators. To soothe our angst and heart-pounding thrills, we tend to reach repeatedly for small, repetitive food sources. By the time the movie is over, we see that the entire container of popcorn is gone.

Whether it be working at your desk, sitting at the movies or another scenario, do not put yourself in a distracted eating mode.

By the way, if my opinion counts (and there truly is no reason why it should because I am a doctor, not a movie reviewer) I give the movie only 2 stethoscopes up...Raiders was MUCH better.