Question

[angelchicken]

Are cherries fattening? I have been eating them like a mofo for the past few weeks (sooooo tasty and in season to boot) because they are filling and, I figured, something healthy to munch on while I am still in the (kind of ) earlyish stages of quitting smoking (though it has been seven weeks. Yay!). I figure better cherries than chocolate.

But a (really annoying, constantly bitching) woman on the train told me today that they are really fattening. Is this true? Am I eating junk under the guise of health food? Because, if so, then I may as well eat the stupid junk.

Bah.

Maybe I'll make Rice Krispie treats tonight.

Comments

[caltrask55.livejournal.com]

http://dwp.bigplanet.com/thecherrystation/thehealthycherry/

According to that they are free of fat!

[angelchicken.livejournal.com]

I love and adore you. Thanks, dude. You made my day!

[sodanyc.livejournal.com]

Heh, no, to my knowledge, cherries are not fattening. But maybe what she meant was that despite the fact that they are fruit, they have calories. I think, according to Atkins diet enthused people (which I in no means agree with and think is just ridiculous), since the sugars eaten in fruits are eventually converted to carbohydrates, as are all sugars, it doesn't matter whether you eat real cherries or Sour Patch Cherries, it's all gonna end up the same. But, of course, this ignores the difference between natural sugars and overly processed and refined sugars, plus the additional chemicals that come with junk foods and all that jazz. Hence, the ridiculousness. And also, like all of the info on cal's link, they have viatamins, and fiber, and all of that other good stuff.

And cherries really have been particularly good this summer. They've been serving quite well as my dessert of choice.

So, umm, that incredibly wordy answer was just another way of me saying: Stupid Train Lady.

[angelchicken.livejournal.com]

Stupid Train Lady.

Truer words . . .

And dude. She really is the most annoying people on the planet. She starts talking to me when I am reading. And I just want to scream at her to shut up.

AND

She is always bitching. About her job, her apartment, her landlord, the weather.

The weather is the worst, though. If it is really hot and humid, she bitches about that non-stop, like it is something that someone is controlling and they are doing her wrong. If it is nicer, like today, she bitches about how it might not be hot now, but it really is just a wee relief because it's going to get bad again. And it may be cooler, but it's cloudy. God. I just want to, ummmmm, step on her foot really hard or something.

Or scream at her to SHUT THE HELL UP!!

[sodanyc.livejournal.com]

Oh wait, so Stupid Train Lady is someone that you are forced to encounter every morning on the train??? B/c that sucks beyond all possible belief.

Thankfully on the subway, I'm just squeezed together with a bunch of random strangers every morning;) The funny thing is, it's surprising just how quickly you get used to that. After 4 years here (and years of overcrowded buses back home), it seems like the most natural thing in the world. I wonder how it must feel for tourists from Small Town where everyone drives, USA.

[angelchicken.livejournal.com]

Every. Fucking. Day. And, yes, I could go stand in another bunch. But I have been standing in the same spot for the past year. And it is a good spot that lets off close to stairs no matter what track we come into Penn on. And I know ow to find the exact spot because it is familiar.

So I just mentally glare daggers at her and curse her name. Grrr.

And dude. So true about the cherries. They have been exceptional this year. And now I know that I don't need to feel any guilt when I gnosh on 'em all the time.

And I am right there with you with the Atkin's thing. There is so much more to the diet than carbs. And with so many things, the good so outweighs the bad. I am not going to doom myself to a lifetime of celery and water because it is healthy. That would suck.

If I Want an omelet, I'm going to have an omelet. But I will have veggies in it. So even though I am eating something that is mostly unhealthy, I am getting some nutrients out of it.

Mmmmmm, omelets

[sodanyc.livejournal.com]

Dude, omlettes aren't unhealthy if you do it right. First off, eggs=incredible source of protein. The only downfall is cholesterol b/c one egg has almost all of your needed cholesterol for the day. Hence the bad in a two egg omlette. But this is easily remedied if you just get it with egg whites. And if you have it with veggies, well, you're getting great protein, nutrients and viatamins and all those other goodies from the veggies, and it's low fat/cholesterol to boot if you do egg whites.

Umm, yeah, I'm a little obsessed with nutrition and food. It's a thing.

[angelchicken.livejournal.com]

Good! Then I will bore you to tears on Saturday by grilling you about food that I eat and what I can do to make it healthier! Yay!

And I can grill you about exercise!

Oh, you are going to rue the day you said "Hey! Brunch with AC would be fun!" :)

[sodanyc.livejournal.com]

Hee, no worries, dude! I don't mind at all,and I actually like doing it. Of course, sallyanne may be ready to kill us by the end of brunch, but no matter.;)

[sunbrae.livejournal.com]

Seven weeks! Whooooo, go ac! I was thinking about this very topic last night & wondering how you were doing. I'm a million times proud of you. ;)

[angelchicken.livejournal.com]

Thank you, princess! It helps when I have friends who are so supportive.