This is shocking!

And not in a "just got tased" kind of way. More in the, "I can't believe I don't weigh 900 pounds" kind of way.

While I was making my daily trip through Ronsonville , I read this post about Ronson's new obsession with food and the calories they contain. Ronson's new calorie obsession quickly became my own calorie obsession, and thanks to the link he provided, I was face to face with this terrible realization:

Little did I know that a delicious steak burrito with some cheese on it and a side of chips and salsa was a fat attack wrapped in a tortilla at a whopping 1415 calories. Add a can of Coke to that meal, which is pretty standard for me, and that jumps up to nearly 1600 calories! That leaves me with only 400 calories for the rest of the day.

Also, I'm pretty sure that 2313 mg of sodium in one meal can't be good. It just seems like a lot.

On the upside, there is 57 g of protein, which seems good, so I've got that going for me. And I'm getting 70% of my Vitamin A for the day, and Vitamin A is good, right? I mean, it is a vitamin.

But still, it's way more unhealthy for me than I thought it was. Unfortunately, this new information probably won't change my eating habits one bit, but it's good to know, I guess.

My Latest Obsession: Nike Plus

A couple of weeks ago I bought a Nike Plus kit so I could track my running. If you haven't seen one, it's basically a sensor you put in your shoe and a chip you plug into your iPod that tracks the distance and time of your runs. They only work with iPod Nanos, so even though I already have a perfectly good iPod, I went out and bought a Nano, just so I could use the Nike Plus.

So for slightly under $250 I have everything I need to eliminate the tedious process of writing down in a notebook - with a pen - how long and how far I've run. I'm sure I'm saving at least 30 seconds a day not having to do that!

What a foolish purchase, you might be saying to yourself. No way, it was totally worth it because now I'm totally addicted to running. Well, not so much the running as seeing the stats from my run when I'm done.

I've run twice with it now, and it's tracking all my miles and time. It could be the best thing ever.




This is my run from this morning.



If you have the means, I highly recommend picking one up. It’s so choice.