Volpone
Zombie Hunter
OK. I'm getting a little soft. Fat. Tubby. So I got back into exercising. (Where do people find time to exercise?! Christ! If that's all I did, I'd barely have enough time in a day.) And since the exercising is just part of it and I'm not as confident in how much time I'll have for it, I looked at caloric intake as well.
First off, let me say the serving size recommendations on food packaging are crap. No one eats what they call a "serving." You're really splitting a pint of Ben & Jerry's with 2 friends? C'mon. Still... Years ago I liked Tony's Pizza. Because it was smaller than, say, Red Baron. It was larger than "single serving" pizzas, but not so large that I couldn't have one for a meal. But! They decided to "fix" it by making it "33% LARGER!!!!" Again. And again. And again. Before long it was fully as big as Red Baron. So when I'd cut it into 6 pieces I'd give a slice to my dog. It was a routine. She knew to wait until I was done and the she'd come get her slice and I'd watch her eat it. (Watching a dog eat a slice of pizza is an amazing sight.) Well she died. And it wasn't like I could just throw away a slice. Because I grew up in the era when you got guilted that people were starving in China if you didn't clean your plate.
Today I officially ate 1/2 a pizza, leaving the rest in the fridge for tomorrow. We shall see if this is a viable option and the pizza remains edible after reheating (I guess I could've put it in a dresser drawer and ate it for breakfast, but maybe that only works with delivery pizza and hotel rooms. I dunno.) The point is, apart from attracting varmints that could get into the trash, truth be told, I'm thinking there's nothing actually wrong with just throwing away uneaten pizza. I could have, say, 2/3 and throw the rest away. It makes no difference. If I ate it, it wouldn't go to anyone but me anyhow. But eating the whole thing makes me fat. So when it gets down to it, throwing away food is actually *good*. *
*I mean I guess I could load it in my car and drive around until I find one of them guys at the freeway ramp with the cardboard sign and throw it at him. If he's really hungry and not a scam artist, he'd probably be happy to pick it off the ground and eat it. So it would be win-win.
First off, let me say the serving size recommendations on food packaging are crap. No one eats what they call a "serving." You're really splitting a pint of Ben & Jerry's with 2 friends? C'mon. Still... Years ago I liked Tony's Pizza. Because it was smaller than, say, Red Baron. It was larger than "single serving" pizzas, but not so large that I couldn't have one for a meal. But! They decided to "fix" it by making it "33% LARGER!!!!" Again. And again. And again. Before long it was fully as big as Red Baron. So when I'd cut it into 6 pieces I'd give a slice to my dog. It was a routine. She knew to wait until I was done and the she'd come get her slice and I'd watch her eat it. (Watching a dog eat a slice of pizza is an amazing sight.) Well she died. And it wasn't like I could just throw away a slice. Because I grew up in the era when you got guilted that people were starving in China if you didn't clean your plate.
Today I officially ate 1/2 a pizza, leaving the rest in the fridge for tomorrow. We shall see if this is a viable option and the pizza remains edible after reheating (I guess I could've put it in a dresser drawer and ate it for breakfast, but maybe that only works with delivery pizza and hotel rooms. I dunno.) The point is, apart from attracting varmints that could get into the trash, truth be told, I'm thinking there's nothing actually wrong with just throwing away uneaten pizza. I could have, say, 2/3 and throw the rest away. It makes no difference. If I ate it, it wouldn't go to anyone but me anyhow. But eating the whole thing makes me fat. So when it gets down to it, throwing away food is actually *good*. *
*I mean I guess I could load it in my car and drive around until I find one of them guys at the freeway ramp with the cardboard sign and throw it at him. If he's really hungry and not a scam artist, he'd probably be happy to pick it off the ground and eat it. So it would be win-win.
