mike

Damned it. I bought two boxes of Girl-Scout cookies from my colleague here at work this morning. It doesn't look like I will make it out of here today before eating both boxes.

I should have known better. They are Caramel Delights. The most irresistable of the lot.

Sure, I shared some with colleagues, but the majority of them went to Mr. Mike himself.

Who knows how to do the math? It says that each cookie has 70 calories; 60 calories from fat (Gulp! Did I actually do that to myself?) How do they make a cookie with 86% of its calories from fat anyway - and still have some bit of crunch to it? Shouldn't it go "GLOOP" when you bite it if it has that much fat?

Oh no, wait. I goofed. It is 30 calories from fat per cookie. That is 43% of the calories from fat. I feel better about things already.

Anyway, 70 calories per cookie. There are 15 cookies per box. Two boxes is 30 cookies minus, say 5 cookies given to other people equals 25 cookies consumed in a single day. It takes a real man to admit that. So, let's see, that is 1750 calories. Cool 'eh! So much energy and so much fun to eat.

How many bicycle miles do I have to put in today to burn off 1750 calories? Should I plan a quick evening ride to Mexico this evening?

Pete Clark

You have bought the farm.

:angel:

(I would do anything for Girl Scouts, personally. )

Richard D

Mike, I make it around six and a half hours gentle cycling or three and a half more energetic (300-500 calories an hour?). Perhaps you could consider a sponsored cycle ride in aid of the Girl Scouts

Richard

mike

Sponsor the Girls Scouts?! BAh! They have done enough damage already with their irresistable high-calorie cookies.

Why couldn't they sell something less caloric like licorice or something. Girl Scout Licorice.... hmmm, it doesn't come out and grab you like the cookies do, but who knows. Maybe with some good marketing it could catch on. Maybe if the packages showed knot tying and you could practice tying knots with the strings of licorice.

So, anyway, I have to bicycle between 3.5 to 6 hours to burn off those calories? That seems like a lot of work. How much time would I have to spend watching TV to burn off those calories? Would it matter if I sat up or reclined while watching? Can I burn more calories by watching sports? How about if I don't drink beer while watching?

Help?

OctoberBlue

Mike, I think the old packages used to show knot tying... or some such symbols. This would have been late 70's when I belonged to the organization. The Trefoil cookies used to have little symbols on them (camping-related I believe) and had sugar on top which they don't anymore.

I agree. Those cookies are addictive! I bought 5 boxes from a co-worker's daughter. Hmm... "Caramel Delights"... is that the name of the cookie? The only caramel ones we have are Samoas -- caramel w/ coconut covered cookie striped with chocolate.

My personal favorite would be the Thin Mints. Mmmm. Of course, they're ALL good.

John E

Walking or running = around 90 cal/mi or 55 cal/km. Figure a little less than half of that for cycling, but obviously your actual mileage will vary.

Dirtgrinder

Mike: Give up. Surrender. You cannot win. The Girl Scouts are relentless. They'll get you sooner or later.

mike

UPDATE:

OK, I decided yesterday that my diet starts TODAY.

My beautiful wife packed a lunch for me - ya, I have it good. I think she likes me...

Anyway, I get to work and what is in the brown paper lunch sack? Did you guess TWO Kit Kat bars? Why two? Why even one?

Well, now the Kit Kats are gone. I had to eat them before one of my colleagues ate them. You see, my colleagues are on real diets; the kind where they weigh themselves every couple of days or so and compare notes. It would be too unkind to impose my chocolates on them.

I don't think I can bicycle enough miles to keep up with this kind of consumption! Maybe if I added some weight to my bike to increase the load and maximize the work-out. Hey, wait a minute! I am adding weight to ME and that goes onto the bike, thus increasing the load and maximizing the work-out.

Could it possibly be that I could actually get in better shape by eating junk? Are you seeing the logic here?

LittleBigMan

Yes, I think I am...

The more I eat, the more I weigh, so I burn more calories per mile.
Plus, the extra calories motivates me to bicycle more, burning even MORE calories and making me healthier, too. And I have more energy from the chocolate, too, so I can pedal faster, burning even more calories, because of the added wind resistance factor. Also, the extra calories I burn just due to digesting so much "stuff."

I wonder if eventually, if I eat enough extra junk, I will actually start to lose weight?

Thanks, Mike! (This diet sounds vaguely familiar...)

mike

Just building on a good idea, Pete.

Betsy Girl

Well I'm glad to see other people are on the same diet plan I am on. However mine is based on the Krispy Kreme doughnut. Let's just say I tasted my first one yesterday and thus far have had..... one while waiting in line to buy them, three in the car while still in the parking lot, one when I was sharing them with my co-workers and three for breakfast this morning. What do they put in thoes things!!!??? At least the only location is 45 minutes in a car from me so I wont be there too often!

bikehard700

I have two boxes of the mint monsters in my freezer, bought from my neices last year. I had to give the ones from the year before away to a freind, to make room for this years batch... uncle Greg's a real sucker. I buy'em and never eat them. They are my favorite Girl Scout cookies, I just have the willpower to stay away... :angel:



Now put a case of Guinness in the icebox... WOW, anyone want to join me on a ride transcontinental.
Oh, wait, Guinness is food... nevermind. I think I have room for those cookies now... mmm,mmm...
Dipped in Guinness, they're even better.

LittleBigMan

Oh, and one more thing--what if there's a bakery 10 miles away and I ride my bike over there to buy some naughty, sweet, chocolatey thingies? That's 20 miles, or about 700 - 800 calories more I've used up!

Wow! The more I think about it, the more reasons I discover for
yummy treats being good for me!



AND (this is true) recent research has revealed that chocolate is an "antioxidant" (you know, like broccoli and red wine, which are supposed to protect your cells from possible cancers). In fact, chocolate is supposed to be more powerful an antioxidant than almost anything else!

HEY, HEY, HEY!

mike

Pete, I like your science!