You're Better Off Eating a Snickers

I apologize, as it's been waaay too long since I last posted, but the reason (key word reason, not excuse) was that for most of June I was getting settled into my new job and new town, and then I was on the road the past two weekends.  And since it's been a while since I blogged, I'm going to give you something I meant to write about a few months ago.

After the weigh-ins at the bodybuilding competition where I coached my friend, we were sitting in the seats near the stage, waiting for the competition to get going.  My friend was getting some post weigh-in fuel in him, as were all of the other competitors.  Behind us there was a man who was coaching his wife in the women's' division.  She was eating one of those Met-Rx Big 100 Meal Replacement Bars.  He said to her: "You're better off eating a Snickers."  Yes, those meal replacement bars have a lot of protein and are convenient on the go, but the next thing he told her was: "Do you know what they put in those?"  If you look at a label of one of those bars, it's got more sugar and fat than a Snickers and has over 50 ingredients, not to mention that it costs more than twice as much.  You should know what you're putting into your body, and frankly, I have no clue what cyanocobalamin is.  Do you?  (Actually, a quick google search shows that it behaves chemically like vitamin B12, but it is an artificial version).

Basically, those meal replacement bars are glorified candy bars with protein, artificial ingredients, and chemicals added to them.  When shopping for food, follow the well-know acronym K.I.S.S: keep it simple, stupid.  Look for items that have the least amount of ingredients, or at the very least, know what the ingredients are.  Save your money and skip the meal replacement bars - but try not to eat Snickers either.

K.I.S.S.,
Jeff