Starbucks coffee cake = 570 cals, 75 cars

1 slice of cheesecake = 2-3 meals

Sometimes I would have cheesecake from The Cheesecake Factory day after day:

(These are the cals for the 10 " cake, which I think is what I ate)

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  Chocolate Mousse = 920 cals, 77 carbs
  


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  Dulce de Leche = 1010 cals, 83 carbs
  


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  Lemon Raspberry Cream = 700 cals, 66 carbs
  

food should not be suffering

food is "over-rated" in some families

This point was made by a reader on a diet blog -- just the fact that food is over-rated in some families. It is annoying to get scolded for not eating and to have people cajole you into eating more and having them send you home with tons of food.

I suppose the idea is it's a showing of love, but i think maybe food is a drug of "happiness" and it makes people want to get others on it too. This isn't food for sustenance and nutrition, this is food as an indulgence lever.

from Washington AFP

It is also "plausible" that "areas of the brain that correspond to actions such as eating food may be stimulated if these actions are observed by others," the report read.

wow!

Integral Interval from Women's Health

heat Fate: Do Integral Intervals
Those sprints you dreaded in high school are your BFF these days. Try this workout: Warm up with 5 minutes of walking. Next, sprint for 30 seconds, trying to reach 90 percent of your best effort. Then walk or jog lightly for 90 seconds. Repeat this sprint cycle 10 times. To make it harder, reduce your 90second rest period.

How you know you're exercise is working

From Women's Health:

Sign No. 7 You don't run from the gym to the fridge.
If you're hungry after what was supposed to be a high-intensity workout, you took it too easy. "Intense exercise tends to curb appetite," says Leslie Bonci, R.D., director of sports medicine nutrition at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. The workout-induced appetite lull occurs because the area of the brain that regulates hunger — aka the appestat — decreases when you're hot, zapping food cravings. Exercise also stimulates the secretion of a hormone that suppresses hunger. Although you shouldn't feel hungry for 1 to 2 hours after a butt-kicking workout, you should try to eat a snack, such as a handful of trail mix, within 20 minutes to speed recovery and prevent yourself from diving headfirst into a bag of Cool Ranch Doritos when the effect wears off.