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Pics of the Week: Mel's Campus Improv Eats on Scouts Field Trip
Chris Sinagoga | Saturday, February 2, 2019 at 4:59PM Over MLK weekend, Mel and his son went on an annual ski trip with the Boy Scout Troop and he sent me some food pictures to be included on Campus Improv Eats. Slim pickins' I tell ya, and for someone who seems as dialed in with nutrition as he does, this couldn't have been pleasant. Here's what it looked like:
Here's the breakdown Mel included in his email:
- Pic 1 - My dinner Sat. night pre-snow tubing, at the ski resort. Clockwise from the top, curly fries (shared with son), sparkling water, bowl of chili w/ cheese on top, chicken sandwich, and that pinkish stuff is fry sauce (mayo + ketchup), made by me. After a few bites of the sandwich, I bailed on the top bun; it was very stale. Everything else in this pic was eaten in its entirety.
- Pic 2a - This is the spread for the "continental breakfast" the Scouts got on Monday morning, before the long drive home to NC. From l-to-r, 1% milk (the horror!), Gatorade, hot chocolate, lemonade (in the 5-gallon cooler), apples, and flavored oatmeal.
- Pic 2b - Spread, continued. From l-to-r, clementines, protein bars (20g each), various muffins, sweet rolls, and other pastries; bananas, more apples, and honey buns.
Pretty much all carb, all the time!
Win or loss: Neither. It's like that Michigan/Northwestern M00N game.
Notes: Boy I've been there my man. Not scouts, of course, but food choices like the the South Park mascot election. If you want to stay balanced, this is where planning ahead comes in handy. And the two most critical food choices to plan with, in order, are 1) fat and 2) protein. There will always be carbohydrate. Always. I promise. In some way, shape, or form. There is never not a carbohydrate selection available. It's usually unfavorable, but still possible to balance. Similarly, more often than not, there is some form of food-type substance that was alive and running around at one point in time. Thus we have our protein. (Breakfast, as you see in the picture, can be an exception.) Good fat (nuts, seeds) are rarely offered. So when packing ahead, look there first.
If you don't want to plan ahead, I would honestly say to just eat as much food as possible and not worry about quantity or quality. It's going to be unhealthy either way. I would much rather be unhealthy and feel full than unhealthy and feel hungry.
