I'll start this off by defining what I mean by "normal": 60% or something like that of the population is overweight; these people have no idea how to eat, what they should be eating, how often and in what quantity. They eat maybe twice a day, often junk food and snack on more junk here and there.
Now, I'm not claiming g to be a dietician or anything; I'm far from that. But I have a clue. So does my wife. We're both in tolerable shape and we exercise. Definitely more than most folks. Then again, going back to my definition of "normal", most folks get their exercise by walking back and forth to the pantry for another bag of extra salt chips....
Ok, that out of the way, my wife and I took a fantastic motorcycle trip this past weekend to the NC mountains. 700 miles in 14 hours there on Fri; 300 miles cruising around for 12 hours Saturday; 250-ish miles in 8 or 10 hours Sunday and then the return trip -700 miles and 14 hours - Monday.
Naturally, this involved stopping for meals every 3 or 4 hours. Closer to 4. By the time 4 hours goes by, I am STARVING, and my wife usually is, too.
My buddy's girlfriend was actually getting fairly annoyed by the end of the trip and was making comments about "Oh, my GOD, you're hungry AGAIN??? I am SO not hungry!". Also she complained that the 5 pounds she just lost is going right back on.
This is my fault, you understand, because of how often I need to eat. I must somehow have control over what and how much she eats when we stop, though I was not aware of this power at the time..... Had I known I had this power, I may have made better choices for her..... And for my buddy, for that matter, who is diabetic and therefore NEEDS TO make better choices. Perhaps I have the power to make them quit smoking, also, and just don't realize it....
ANYWAY, we're going on another bike trip this weekend, this time the other direction, up to upstate NY, Niagara Falls, etc. In discussing the departure arrangements, my buddy gets around to telling me that since we'll have a larger group with us, "stopping every 2 hours to eat ain't gonna fly. I put up with it, but 5 other people aren't going to."
So, the only 2 people in this group of 7 people who aren't overweight, who don't smoke and don't have any health issues are expected to bend OUR ways to line up with the "normal" people who have no idea how to take care of themselves???
Part of what blows me away about this is these "normal" people have NO IDEA that they have NO IDEA how to eat or take care of themselves!!
Now, I'm not saying that a bodybuilder - if I can call myself that - is "normal", but I - we, meaning my wife and I - are FAR MORE fit and healthy than ANY of the others in the group, who all are varying degrees of UNhealthy! And THEY don't want to put up with US AND our ways......
WTF??????
The more I think about this, the more bent I am about it!
Now, I'm not claiming g to be a dietician or anything; I'm far from that. But I have a clue. So does my wife. We're both in tolerable shape and we exercise. Definitely more than most folks. Then again, going back to my definition of "normal", most folks get their exercise by walking back and forth to the pantry for another bag of extra salt chips....
Ok, that out of the way, my wife and I took a fantastic motorcycle trip this past weekend to the NC mountains. 700 miles in 14 hours there on Fri; 300 miles cruising around for 12 hours Saturday; 250-ish miles in 8 or 10 hours Sunday and then the return trip -700 miles and 14 hours - Monday.
Naturally, this involved stopping for meals every 3 or 4 hours. Closer to 4. By the time 4 hours goes by, I am STARVING, and my wife usually is, too.
My buddy's girlfriend was actually getting fairly annoyed by the end of the trip and was making comments about "Oh, my GOD, you're hungry AGAIN??? I am SO not hungry!". Also she complained that the 5 pounds she just lost is going right back on.
This is my fault, you understand, because of how often I need to eat. I must somehow have control over what and how much she eats when we stop, though I was not aware of this power at the time..... Had I known I had this power, I may have made better choices for her..... And for my buddy, for that matter, who is diabetic and therefore NEEDS TO make better choices. Perhaps I have the power to make them quit smoking, also, and just don't realize it....
ANYWAY, we're going on another bike trip this weekend, this time the other direction, up to upstate NY, Niagara Falls, etc. In discussing the departure arrangements, my buddy gets around to telling me that since we'll have a larger group with us, "stopping every 2 hours to eat ain't gonna fly. I put up with it, but 5 other people aren't going to."
So, the only 2 people in this group of 7 people who aren't overweight, who don't smoke and don't have any health issues are expected to bend OUR ways to line up with the "normal" people who have no idea how to take care of themselves???
Part of what blows me away about this is these "normal" people have NO IDEA that they have NO IDEA how to eat or take care of themselves!!
Now, I'm not saying that a bodybuilder - if I can call myself that - is "normal", but I - we, meaning my wife and I - are FAR MORE fit and healthy than ANY of the others in the group, who all are varying degrees of UNhealthy! And THEY don't want to put up with US AND our ways......
WTF??????
The more I think about this, the more bent I am about it!
