Year 3, Day 7: We Walk, No Matter What

We Walk in 10 degree weather. Perhaps fed up by a few weeks of cold and freezing weather, and perhaps not content to grow heavy and sedentary, the staff and I dressed up in layers and went out for a walk. I wanted to go for multiple reasons (one was that I did not get my extra trip to the gym) but mainly because I woke up with a backache for the first time in I don't know when and thought a good two mile walk would help work out the kinks, which in a way it did. Today also marked the triumphant return to Christos Seven-Star for a chicken greek salad for the first time in well over a year (Feb 23, 2006, to be exact). Sad to say, nothing much has changed; they continue to take 20 minutes to assemble a salad; they continue to present supermarket-bought parmesan cheese on their counter; and they continue to sell what would be at Russo's a nine dollar salad for $5.50.

Breakfast
Kashi Go Lean!
Heritage Flakes
Blueberries
Banana
Unsweetened Soy Milk
Coffee

Snack
2 oz 50% Jalapeno Cheddar
5 Sticks Beef Jerky
1 oz Boston Lite Popcorn

Lunch: Christos
Greek Salad with Chicken
Feta, Balsamic Vinegar

Dinner:
1 Joseph's Net Carb Wrap
5 Slices Ham
1 Egg & Cheese
Salsa
Green Beans

From foodfacts.info

Looks like California might be the first state to require the posting of nutritional data in fast food (and other chain) restaurants. A bill as been introduced in the California Senate by Sen. Carole Migden.

from the San Francisco Chronicle:

Migden, D-San Francisco, introduced legislation Tuesday that would require chain restaurants to post calorie counts for their food in plain view -- that is, on menus and menu boards. The legislation defines chains as restaurants that have five outlets in California, or have one in the state but at least 10 nationwide.

Citing the nation's high obesity rate -- 30 percent of adults over age 20 are obese, according to the National Center for Health Statistics -- Migden argued that consumers should be allowed to make informed choices.
This won't be much trouble for the big chains (except Quizno's, since they won't tell anyone what's in their sandwiches), but it might be hard for the smaller chains that will have to spend the money on laboratory fees (to calculate the data) and signs. It might be more reasonable to limit the requirement to chains with 20+ locations. Just as important might be to require disclosure of those items that have trans fat or high fructose corn syrup.