Saturday, May 2, 2009

Meal 3: Peanutbutter Infusion

Brunch/lunch today. Cacciatore... again. Only another 22 meals of it. I'm trying to decide what the chunks of faux chicken are. It's not chicken because all the meals are vegetarian so I'm assuming it's soy. At least, I hope it's soy. Since I added rice to the meal, that adds about 200 calories to my diet. All told, that makes for a 360 calorie meal. If I'm not mistaken, that falls somewhat short of a 2000 calorie goal.

One of the things I've noticed is that I'm hungry again about 2 hours after eating. Both the math and stomach seem to indicate that I should be getting more calories. A large spoonful of peanutbutter actually does a pretty good job of quelling those hunger pains and it's also valuable protein.

Most people don't understand why I'm doing this. An acquaintance of mine commented , "If they have to ask, they wouldn't understand." I think that's a pretty accurate observation. I remember watching the interview of Mordicai Gerstein, the man who walked between the twin towers, and I don't think he ever gave a great reason for why he did what he was doing. It was there, it was a challenge and he called it the single greatest achievement ever. I'm not sure I would go that far, but I can understand the unexplained compulsion once an idea takes hold.

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