This Is Titled Food I Like...

...because I am entering a contest that my sister-in-law is having! Hahaha so this might be a little bit of a cop-out, but when it comes to free food and gift certificates, I am always game. A friend once told me "Brian, if someone ever asks you if you are hungry, the answer is always 'I could eat.'" Wise words right?

So in honor of this occasion consider this my list of the best fast food type stuff you can eat. In no particular order here are my favorites:

1. Whataburger's The Honey BBQ Chicken Strip Sandwich - if you like chicken and BBQ sauce, this is simply magical

2. Bacon Cheeseburger - at first I was tempted to only include foods with bacon because bacon rocks. However, I stopped at this because this is my favorite way to eat bacon. No restaurant in particular here, just any bacon cheeseburger...

3. Supreme Pizza - this coming from a notoriously picky eater growing up. My friend Cliff once offered me some flour for a snack because I always had my food "plain" and flour is as plain as it gets.

4. PF Changs & Pei Wei Dan Dan Noodles - If you like spicy Asian food, do yourself a favor and try these out the next time you visit this fine dining establishment, you won't be sorry!

5. DQ Blizzard - After you finish the four meals listed above, finish it off with the Blizzard of your choice. Current favorites for myself include Butterfinger, Banana Cream Pie, and Heath bar.

So there you have it folks, my favorites. What say you?!

Don't Call Me a Health Nut...

...Because I definitely am not.

Let me preface this post by saying that I know that I am in reasonable shape, not overweight, and feel good. That aside, I have decided to eat a little bit healthier, and to workout a couple times a week. How is that for being vague about a new year's resolution?

I don't know why I decided to do this other than I am at an all time high weight of 173ish lbs. GASP! I know that isn't too much to weigh when you are 6'1, but when Amanda and I were married I weighed in around 158. I would actually argue that 15 lbs. in 3 years isn't so bad, but if I were being honest, I would admit that those 15 lbs. actually arrived mostly in the last few months. I have also noticed that they have arrived in primarily one area - my belly.

Now before anyone says "that's not a big deal, you should continue eating whatever you want, in whatever quantity you want.", I would like to say, thank you, I would do that if I didn't think it would hurt me further down the road. Don't get me wrong, I love going to bar-b-que places and eating roughly a pound and half of meat. It is, in fact, one of my FAVORITE things. I really love food to an extent that most people would not be aware of. Don't let my lunch of Chicken nuggets in the shapes of dinosaurs, mac 'n cheese, and a banana convince you that I have an unsophisticated palate (the banana is part of me eating better - normally I would just eat more of the chicken and mac 'n cheese). I truly like most vegetables (that aren't in a salad - really all veggies but lettuce), fruit, cheeses, meats, dairy, breads, the list goes on.

Basically all this to say I know I need to eat a little bit better and to work out more often. I feel like my run of eating whatever I want is coming to a close, and I plan on living a long time, and I hear that eating well helps with that. So yes, I resolve to eat more fruit, more veggies, to not eat after I am full, and to other such healthy things like drink more water. I also resolve to work out a couple of times a week.

I don't really know how to wrap this post up, so I am going to post a picture of my favorite thing to eat because... well I don't know why, so just look at it and maybe we can have one together some time soon if you are doing well with your resolution. THAT'S IT! I won't eat one of these until I have done well with my resolution for a while. Now I have incentive. Let's do it!

A bar-b-que bacon cheeseburger and fries.

No need to point out how bad it is for you - just eat one and your taste buds will dance with joy.