Not Food

Yesterday was a very bad day for weight loss. I went to a food expo - this was a big event and we got tickets from a business partner as 'buyers' so the expo was not really open to the public.

there were samples everywhere! but as most manufacturers are processing food almost all food was processed which does not fit with my idea of food. in fact most of the items were not really food at all. even the 'Organic and Health Food' section was mostly good ingredients turned into CRAP.

One interesting thing was the 'healthy' instant noodles. this company markets themselves as trying to provide a healthy alternative to quick lunches of instant noodles. their product is MSG free, lower in fat etc. plus they give it supplements for improved nutrition. This is not advertising so i won't put their website here.

Anyway, the girl offered us to try the product for a week and see if we had any effect. My Japanese colleague (female) was given the Beauty version which contains collagen (or something like that) and i got the Power version that has one of the L-cariblahblah amino acids in it. Mine is supposed to improve recovery after workout and also increase sperm count.

At this stage I'm not sure if i will try this as i don't consider it food and thing most supplements are complete marketing crap. Couldn't even try it today as it's fasting day (or Starve Day as my mate Dave calls it). But i do like the business concept of this product - I'm sure they will do well.

Anyway, after too much chocolate, coffee, candy, and other crap i had to go to the bank. as another friend also had to go we went together. I think banks suck in all countries. this experience (2 hours) left us needing a burger so we found a place and tucked in. No as bad as fast food, we got a real burger and the fries were terrible so they didn't get eaten.

Bad day all round. i think crap at expo = 500 calories and burger = 900. Also had some cheese cake at our buffet lunch so lunch = 900. At least b'fast was small at about 300.

So total for the day = 2,600. this is about 1,100 more than my target - yes it was a bad day.

on the plus side i had a super heavy workout today. i bumped up everything and made most sets - I'm very happy. Dumbbell presses with 65 lbs in each hand for the max weight set is a long way from where i started.