Addictive Foods

Okay fine, I admit (what are you talking about, I've never denied this): I'm quite the "health freak," if you get what I mean. I read labels diligently, lean towards vegetables (but so obviously totally appreciate meat, ...Fogo de Chao!! Fogo de Chao!!!! Texas Roadhouse!!), absolutely adore a wide variety of fruit (especially tropical - look at my ultimate food list), read up about stuff to feed my future children lol (Fiona: "Grace, honestly, you should just become a dietitian."), hardly ever eat deep fried foods, deeply dislikes grease, generally lean away from saturated fats (Anna: "Grace doesn't eat frosting right?")... that kinda stuff. So I've found a lot of generally healthy stuff to munch on, right? So, I'm like, super healthy right?
Wrong. Even healthy stuff, when eaten in excess, is unhealthy. But obviously, it's way better than bingeing on a bag of doritos for example, so all's fine. I'm human. I'm a teenager. I eat. I crave for foods. I forgive myself. I don't starve.

"The real poison is overdose."

- wise words by Mr Alex Wong, my high school chemistry teacher

This list. I've discovered, is very unforgiving.. All in, or all out.
Once you start, cannot stop.

1. Honey
ANYTHING with honey. Examples:
- Honey Maid Graham Crackers

Stupid maid. These are just like cookies.
NEVER BUY THIS, GRACE.
STEER CLEAR.

- Honey Nut Cheerios

Stoooopid nut cheerios (very mature, Grace)

- Utz' Honey Wheat Braided Twists (pretzel sticks)

THESE ARE SO AWESOME, CANNOT STOP. CANNOT STOP.
WHY IS THE PACKAGE SO BLOODY HUGE.

- Oats and Honey Any kind of granola (technically speaking, granola can't even be deemed as healthy in the first place)

Granola. It's like eating deconstructed cookies, honestly.

- This stupid masterful "nutrient-packed" dessert I concocted

Hello. You've seem this before. =.=

2. Peanut butter
ANYTHING with peanut butter. Examples:
- Kashi GoLean, crunchy chocolate peanut granola bars

Sigh, granola bars and their reputation.
Anyway, this is one of the less damaging granola bars.

- Elvis sandwiches (PB&B)

Yes yes, you've seen this before...

- This stupid masterful "nutrient-packed" dessert I concocted

Plain (so it's not bad) Cheerios and applesauce, just for kicks.

3. Cheese
- Ganja cheesecake

Dude, this was a Bailey's cheesecake.
BEST. THING. EVER. Baked by my talented brother-in-law.
MY talented brother-in-law.
MINE.

- Cream cheese (With the bagels, just don't start. Once you start slathering cream cheese on your Bodos, you crave them the entire week.)

Bodo's: Lox and (scallion) cream cheese, mmmm

- This stupid masterful "nutrient-packed" dessert I concocted

Notice the bowl got bigger.
It's not even dessert anymore. This was my meal itself.

So okay, breakdown of this strange dish I've been eating every single (week)day. It probably needs a name.
- Nutty and Cheesy Sweet Elvis Explosion!
- Texture Extravaganza! ---> Smooth, chewy, firm, sticky!
- PB&B in the Sweet Mild Cheese Attack!
- Humongous Protein Bombardment
- Nightmare for the Lactose Intolerant

(I think I try to study too much till it's unproductive. I'm so bored.)

Actually, this concoction is really healthy. I mean, look at the stats:
- (Natural) Peanut butter (danger food noted above): High in protein, healthy fats (helps with satiety), yet low in saturated fat. Only thing about this is portion size. Peanut butter is extremely dense. You absolutely CANNOT overdose on peanut butter.
- Cottage cheese (an extremely bland mild cheese, looks disgusting, interesting texture): Very high in protein, calcium, vitamin D, iron, naturally low in fat
- Banana (peeeel banana, peel peel banana): High in potassium, vitamin B, totally helps you poop, just saying (i.e. high in fiber). By the way, I don't know about you, but I love my bananas all spotty. Fun-fact!
- Honey (danger zone): Natural sugar (The cravings totally make sense. I mean, you get an instant sugar rush, and you kinda wanna keep that up...)
- Occasional (let's hope it's unsweetened) applesauce: Contains antioxidants, flavonoids...
- Occasional sprinkle of cheerios: Decent source of whole grains...

See? And they all contain tryptophan. Happy serotonin-inducing chemicals.

Happyyyyyyy!!!!

The color yellow is a happy color.

This also probably means that I'm (suddenly) eating a LOT of protein. Whoops... it all started when I realized I wasn't getting enough calcium and protein. Cottage cheese is readily available in my dining halls, so that was perfect.
I'd love to go for a run in the gym (wholly influenced by Lauren, just saying... and besides, the 'running culture' here in UVa is just way too active), which actually puts the protein to good use, but with two mid-terms last week, and two mid-terms this week... :'(

But anyway the body has a natural way of balancing things out. Like yesterday my appetite completely vanished. Completely. Strangely. SADLY. It was Mardi Gras!!! :( Pancake day! Fat Tuesday! I didn't eat for 21 hours.

21 hours!!! Wah. What is this.

Then today I bought evil stupid maid graham crackers. Must stop being so irresponsible and eat properly. Sigh.

Oh yes, and of course....

4. Chocolate.
This one is so obvious it doesn't even need examples. :P
A small square of dark chocolate.
A plentiful source of antioxidants, and makes you a ton happy.

Hard to stick to just a small square though, duhhh.

But just watch out... 

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