Getting Jersey Mike's for lunch
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Years ago I made my own hummus. Not too hard with chickpeas and a few other simple ingredients. Problem is, me and chickpeas became sworn enemies. Damn you, chickpeas. Damn you to hell.
Incidentally, why is it both names for chickpeas are so funny? It's either chickpeas or garbanzo beans. Both hilarious.
Oh, and I had Jersey Mike's for lunch yesterday. Not because of this thread necessarily, but more because we have a standing date pretty much every other week. I normally just do turkey with bacon, but I did go crazy and add roast beef to the mix. What a rush.
Yeah, I don't mind it. It is just one of the main things I get my wife on this crazy diet she is rolling with. There is also quinoa, ezekiel bread, sprout grain tortillas, shelled sunflower seeds, and a bunch of other stuff. OTOH, there are certain days she can eat bacon and she makes her own jerky for the week with this dehydrator I got for her. It is some fast metabolism diet or something.
I eat healthy but my diet is basically grill all my food for the week on Sunday and don't eat potato chips.
I've also been reading a lot on alcohol and calories. I pretty much only drink Tattoo (rum) and coke. Apparently one of those drinks is equivalent to eating 1 and 1/2 to 2 blueberry muffins. So if I have three that could be like having 6 muffins. That's pretty ridiculous considering how hard I'm trying to tone up by doing my ab and upper body stuff along with a good diet. It kind of sucks. Spending all this money eating healthy and just blowing it all. At 40 I probably need to quit anyway.
Lol what are abs?
Luckily for me (and all guys), after they turn like 22-23*, girls no longer are looking for a dude that looks like a Calvin Klein model (i.e., a six pack). If you can dress nice, add a little muscle to your upper body, and just sorta minimize your beer gut as best you can, you can get girls.
*The only girls that still look for guys like that after they've reached early to mid 20's are either 1.) whores, 2). perfect 10's you'd never get regardless, 3). incredibly vain, 4). intense fitness chicks who not only do cardio but power lift and can out squat you. None of these four are anything you'd want anyway. I mean, why the hell would I want a chick who is that intense about working out? What am I supposed to do, give up eating Fritos for her?? Nah.
Actually drinking rum is good for you. Follow my logic on this one. Rum is made with water. Any health professional will tell you that not only is water healthy, but you should drink it daily. Since rum has water in it you would actually just be doing what a doctor recommends that you should do. Makes sense right?
Yeah, my wife doesn't care. Like any good relationship she thinks I'm great no matter what (though I have no idea why). Still, when I used to lift a lot before I was married I had nice abs (oddly enough I had then nickname Calvin Klein for a while, though it never made me any more handsome, haha) and when she started to get serious about this diet 7 or 8 months ago I figured I would try and get them back. Plus, I had gotten lazy and put on an extra 15 pounds so had gotten kind of sloppy. We also go to the beach every year and I like looking decent without a shirt. The best benefit is that any shirt sure does fit and look better when you have a flat stomach and are somewhat toned.
Tequila and soda with a splash of lime is a low calorie tasty drink
I make my own hummus as well. I also make soap (not as tasty), laundry detergent, pimento cheese (omg), tomato sauce, and salsa
I make my own hummus as well. I also make soap (not as tasty), laundry detergent, pimento cheese (omg), tomato sauce, and salsa
The "healthiest" (read: least caloric/fattening) likker drink you can have is gin (or vodka) and tonic. That's the good news. The bad news is you have to drink gin (or vodka) and tonic.
That inverse relationship with tasty/healthy is one of those things makes me certain God enjoys angood laugh at our expense. "I know, everything amazingly delicious will be amazingly unhealthy! Yea thats the ticket!"
when i drink liquor, which is only one day a week, it's always vodka over pellet ice with a splash of lime juice...yes, pellet ice, because i have access to it and it's the best.
i know it sounds dainty, but it's clean and doesn't make me rage like scotch, tequila, and whiskey used to.
scotch is a once a year type thing for me now...single malt, please.
This. Scotch and other whiskeys are oh so tasty. But they do tend to make me less than desirable to be around. So I try to limit my enjoyment of those, for the good of everyone else around me. But single malt scotch is definitely the way to go when allowing myself to indulge.
Had one of these for lunch today. Wendy's burgers are what they serve in Heaven.
^ What is this, a Justise Winslow - Coach K texting conversation going on here?
Yeah, I really don't care that much about drinking anymore. I just love Tattoo and coke. My buddy was on a diet where he drank gin once. I agree it was not the best drink I've ever had.
Also, healthy food is crazy expensive. I grill with some seasonings that aren't great for you but overall it is pretty healthy and also tastes good. I mean, it isn't friend chicken good or anything but is good.
We just started making it recently, even though the way we do it's not really that cost effective as opposed to buying it. It's one of those foods I tried not to like, but damnit I just can't help it. It's so good.
Why did you declare war on chickpeas I wonder?
Hummus is one of those things I really want to like because I know it's so good for you, but I just can't stand the stuff. I hate the flavor, hate the texture, just hate everything about it. I don't know how you guys like it. I really don't.
I'm in the hummus lover crowd. I'm not really sure how I like it either. I have plenty of texture gripes with similar textured food/condiments: Absolutely can't stand mayo, sour cream, yogurt - and things of that nature. But there's something about hummus that I just really like. Although I must say, I'm not a huge fan of original flavor hummus. I'm more of the roasted red pepper kind of guy (as well as pretty much every other flavor of hummus).
Believe it or not, I'm walking on air. I never thought I could be so free-eee-eee.
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