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June Stats – Part I: Drinks

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I am 6 months into the year. I am still logging it all. I am planning to post the 6 months stats for the year. I will gather up all the information so far and show you what I have already had the first part of the year. I feel like I am slacking on eating correctly. Not that I have really cared about what I have eaten but I am slacking on actually grocery shopping. I am pretty lazy when it comes to that. I mean I work at a grocery store. You’d think I would have no problem finding food. But imagine working 8-10 hours a day and staying longer just to shop. Not saying I hate my work or my store, I just want to get out and go home. If I do need something, I’ll go to another store. It’s closer to my humble abode. After I post the stats for the food and the drinks, I’ll tally up the first 6 months and post it in one lump sum.

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May Stats – Part II: Food

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It’s that time again. I am here to share with you all the amazing unhealthy things I ate last month. I will say that I am lacking on preparing a home cooked meal. There are many factors. I really have no time. Okay, I do. I just am lazy when I get home. I cook food for about 1800 kids (now, only 1100) every morning. No one wants to spend all day cooking at work, get home and cook more. It’s unheard of. Plus, it’s hard to cook for just one person. I tend to make too much food and rather than saving it for leftovers, I over indulge myself, licking the plate clean. Gluttony at its best.

My fridge is barren. It does have the essentials all good bachelors need. I have my ketchup and miracle whip bottle. I have the pizza box (with one slice still lingering inside), the soda, the beer, and block of processed cheese. I live the good life. It would be a crime if I ever decided to get married and have kids. We’ll stave. But if my wife is a homebody, then she can do the cooking and we’ll probably have food with names I cannot pronounce and textures not seen by many.

Looking back at the year and everything I have ate, it’s basically the same shit over and over again. I said I hate change. When I find something I like, I stick with it. No need to go and be adventurous. It’s too much of a hassle and I am not a “on a whim” kind of guy. Not saying I don’t do things on a whim. I do. Just not very often. But you’re probably asking yourself right now, “so, Kirk. What did you eat last month? All your readers are dying to know. Please! Please, tell us!”

No need to twist my arm. Here is the list. Enjoy.

Breakfast:

  • 2 Farmer’s Choice Breakfast
    • 4 eggs over easy
    • 4 pancakes
    • 6 pieces of bacon
    • 2 orders of toast
      • 1 white
      • 1 wheat (this was during my “be healthy” era. Did it taste different? No. But I prefer white.)
  • 1 Bowl of Oatmeal
    • (brown sugar, butter)
  • 12 Bagels
    • 10 blueberry bagels
    • 2 cinnamon raisin bagels
  • 12 Yogurts
    • 3 Strawberry
      • 2 with granola
      • 1 without granola
    • 2 Raspberry with granola
    • 7 Blueberry

      • 6 with granola
      • 1 without granola
  • 11 Donuts
    • 8 maple cinnamon rolls
    • 1 maple iced raised donut with chocolate drizzle
    • 2 Quicktrip long johns
      • 1 maple
      • 1 chocolate
  • 3 Jumbo Blueberry Muffins

Lunch (work meals):

  • 9 Medium Spicy Beef Lo Mein
    • no vegetables, no oyster sauce
  • 2 Grilled Chicken Breast Sandwiches
    • lettuce, tomato, mayo
      • 2 Rotini Pastas
  • 2 Pasta Bakes
    • 1 corn
    • 1 mashed potatoes with beef gravy
    • 1 rotini pasta
    • 1 slice of wheat bread
    • 1 bread stick
  • 1 Chicken Enchilada
    • side of mexican corn
    • side of spanish rice
  • 3 Pulled Pork Sandwiches
    • 2 small, 1 large
      • 1 side of baked beans
      • 1 side of mashed potatoes with beef gravy
      • 1 piece of cornbread
  • 1 Beef Tip Sandwich (with BBQ Sauce)
    • 1 side of baked beans
    • 1 side of macaroni and cheese
    • 1 piece of cornbread
    • 1 oatmeal raisin cookie
  • 1 Grilled Club Sandwich (with 3 miracle whips)
    • 1 bag of fun size fritos
  • 2 Hot Turkey Sandwiches With Beef Gravy
    • 1 on white bread/1 on wheat bread
      • 4 scoops of Mashed Potatoes
  • 1 Bacon Cheeseburger
    • lettuce, tomato, ketchup)
    • 1 side of tator tots
  • 2 Grilled Cheese Sandwiches

Lunch:

  • 1 Philly Time Deluxe Philly Steak
    • 1 side of onion rings
    • 1 chocolate chip cookie
  • 1 Burger King Whopper
    • 1 side of onion rings
  • 7 Peanut Butter and Raspberry Sandwiches
  • 1 Hy-vee Club Foot Long on Wheat
    • 4 miracle whips
  • 1 Subway Cold Cut Combo
    • 1 on white bread
    • 3 oatmeal raisin cookies
  • 1 Visit to Pizza Street
    • 2 slices of baked potato pizza
    • 2 slices of bacon pineapple pizza
    • 2 slices of pepperoni pizza
    • 1 slice of taco pizza
    • 2 slices of cheese pizza
    • 1 pizza street cinnamon roll

Dinner:

  • 3 Twenty Piece McDonald’s Nuggets
    • 6 BBQ,
    • 6 Sweet and Sour Sauces
  • 2 Chicken Ramen Noodle Soups
  • 1 Ming Garden General Chicken (ate half)
    • 1 side of steamed rice
  • 1 Plate of egg noodles
  • 2 Popeye’s 3 piece dinners (3 legs, 3 thighs)
    • 2 sides of mashed potatoes with gravy
    • 2 biscuits
  • 2 Subway Cold Cut Combos
    • 1 on white
    • 1 on wheat (forgot the tomatoes
    • 2 M&M chocolate chip cookies
    • 3 oatmeal raisin cookies
  • 14 Papa Johns Pizza
    • 8 hot slices of cheese pizza
    • 3 cold slices of cheese pizza
    • 3 nuked slices of cheese pizza
    • 10 pieces of cinnamon sticks

Drinking Snacks:

  • 2 handfuls of Lime Chips
  • 1 Tostinos Cheese Pizza

Bar Meals:

  • 1 Order of Mozzarella Sticks
    • 8 count
  • 2 Orders of Quesadillas
    • (6 count) 12 total

Desserts:

  • 2 Granola Bars
    • 1 Fudge Bar
    • 1 Honey and Oats
  • 1 Hy-vee Ice Cream Bar
  • 7 Cookies
    • 1 oatmeal raisin cookie
    • 2 M&M cookies
    • 3 Chocolate Chip Cookies
    • 1 Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie
  • 2 Caramello Candy Bars
  • 3 Mini Blueberry Muffins
  • 1 Bag of Sour Patch Kids
  • 1 Scoop of Vanilla Ice Cream
    • topped with mini m&ms and chocolate syrup
  • 4 mini cinnamon rolls

Test Tasting:

  • 1 Chicken Taquito
  • 1 sample of crisp topping
    • flour, butter, brown sugar, oatmeal, cinnamon
  • 3 Samples of Taco Salad
    • 1 mixed with black bean salsa
    • 2 without the black bean salsa
  • 1 Strip of grilled Porkloin

Misc…

  • 34 Valerian Pills
    • to cure my attacks

There is the stats for the month of May. I say it about everytime I finish with the stats but I really do need to learn to eat better. I can’t say I try cause I don’t. But you never know. Maybe after this month, I will. I am planning on doing a half way point tally of what I have ate the entire year so far. I don’t know if it will be done but it’s an idea I have. That will take some time. Just keep watching the site. You never know. It might show up.


May Stats – Part I: Drinks

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The month began like any other. I drink what I wanted. I ate what ever I felt like. God gave me this amazing gift of staying fit. Deal with it, mofo’s. I had a couple of attacks last month. I was determined to figure out what was causing it. I ruled out work. At first, I thought it was. Work is effin’ crazy. It’s a damn soap opera around there. I’ll save that for another post. Hell, with the amount of hoopla that goes on daily, I’d probably need an entire blog dedicated just to everyone’s antics.

Aside from work, I was still unsure. Could it be the food I eat? Could it be cause I smoke? Maybe the amount of soda I drink? I do drink a lot of soda. Tallying up January to April, I had a total of 222 servings.

Holy Carbonated Drinks, Batman!

Sometime during the month, I thought I needed to fix that. I drop the soda for a week. I know. I would have gone longer but I didn’t. I had no real excuse as to why I did. I wasn’t having caffeine withdrawls. Even when I went back to drinking it, I haven’t had any attacks. So I don’t think it’s the soda. But maybe, just maybe, it’s water. I don’t drink water. Read back at all the logs. I hardly drink it. But I have continued to drink it each night before bed. I take my pills and a small glass of water each night. If anything, I can say drinking water is keeping me alive. Let’s jump to the log. What crazy crap did I put in my body this time?

Coffee:

I still drink a lot of coffee. It’s the one drink I will never rid myself of. My mother drank coffee for years. She lost the taste of this delicious beverage when she was pregnant with my older sister. Thankfully, I am a man.  For the month of May, I had a total of 69 coffees. To break it down,

  • 3 of those were large Starbucks coffees. I don’t miss Starbucks. I am not trying to save money. I just don’t drink it as much. How is that for starting with about 26 the start of the year?
  • 57 of those were coffees I had at work. I grab a cup every morning I get to work. I usually cap it off at 2 but some days, I’ll get three. When I do, I break my rule of using public restrooms.
    • 54 of those were regular coffees. It’s an 8oz. serving.
    • 2 of those were dark roast coffees. I am not a fan of this kind of coffee. I don’t like strong coffee. It hurts my chest and it makes my heart race. Funny how I was able to drink 2 or 3 energy drinks in one day and feel nothing but give me a bold coffee and I feel like I want to die.
    • 1 was a decaf coffee. We were out of regular coffee at the moment. I wanted coffee and didn’t want to wait.
  • 4 of the coffees were my Foldger’s  I drink at home. I am out at the moment and haven’t restocked my cabinet. If I had, the amount would be more.
  • 5 of these were coffees at Bob Evans. It’s tough to measure these when they constantly come by and refill my cup. Look. I just took a sip. I don’t need a refill. I want to finish my cup, log it, and then you can refill it. But it’s okay I guess. I manage to estimate the amount I drink.

Soda:

At one point during the month, I wanted to see if soda was the reason for my attacks. I did go a week without soda and I didn’t have one. I fell off the wagon and went back to drinking soda. I still have yet to have an attack. They are still random. Hopefully I will eventually discover what’s causing it.

This month, I had a total of 44 sodas. Quite impressive I must say. To date, I have had a total of,  266 sodas. That’s everything, from cans of coke to the drinks I have at work.

  • 41 of the sodas I drank were Coke.
    • 17 of those Cokes, I had on break at work. Out of 15 days, I only went for a second cup on 1 day.
    • 19 of those were cans of Coke.
    • 2 of those were from McDonald’s
      • 1 was a large Coke
      • 1 was a medium Coke
    • 1 was a large Coke from Burger King
    • 2 were from the local movie theatre. I went to see, “Iron Man II” and “Shrek 4”.
  • The last 3 were Pepsi.
    • 1 was from Philly Time
    • 1 was from a trip to Popeye’s (the clean one)
    • 1 was from Pizza Street

Juice:

I drank just this month but not as much I did the month before. In the month of April, I had 10. This month, I had 5.

  • 4 of those Orange Juices.
    • 2 were had when I made my monthly (sometimes bi-monthly) trip to Bob Evans.
    • 2 were 16 oz. bottles of Minute Maid Orange Juices.
  • 1 was a 16 oz. bottle of Minute Maid Cranberry Grape Juice.

Alcohol:

I looked at my stats and it seems I drank more than I thought I did. Maybe it was the bottle or two I would enjoy after a drama filled day at work. No matter. I am not going to cut this out of my life. I like vices. Miami especially. This month, I had 49 liver ruining alcoholic beverages.

  • 4 of those were shots of Captain Morgan Lime. It’s new to me. I don’t know where I stand on it quite yet. I mean, I like it but it has a strong lime flavor. I guess it’ll get you to drink more without knowing how much it’s inebriating you.
  • 45 were Bud Lights.
    • 41 of those, were long neck bottles I had at home. Much more than last months, 23.
    • 4 of those, I had at 54 Street Bar & Grill. (or is it, Grill and Bar?)
      • 1 was a small mug.
      • 3 were tall mugs.

Milk:

I do enjoy a nice pint of milk every so often during a slow period of my morning. I get to work early. I work my ass off for 5 hours. After things slow down and I get cleaned up, I stroll over and get a milk and sometimes I’ll enjoy yogurt with it or get a bagel. There is no formula to it. It’s just a spur of the moment kind of thing. This month I had 10. It’s the same amount I had last month too.

  • 9 of them were chocolate.
  • 1 was a white milk.

I was a big milk drinker when I younger. I don’t crave it much any more. I tried white milk and it was nasty. I don’t know why. I loved milk. Chocolate milk is better. It isn’t great for you but anything that taste good is never good for you.

Water:

Did I really drink that much water this month!? Did water finally make the upper portion of my list of drinks I had the current month. You bet it did! This might be the reasoning behind the whole attack fiasco I go through. Since I have started to drink water on a regular basis, I haven’t had attacks. I have a water every night before bed. Let me tally up all the water I have had for the year. January through April, I had a total of 16 1/3 glasses of water. Last month, I had 25. I had more this month than I did the first 3 month of the year. Let me break it down for ya,

  • 7 of the waters I had at work on break.
  • 2 were had at the local “54” when I was Mcdrinking.
  • 16 were 8oz. tumbler size waters.

Etc…

Here is the rest of the items I drank this month. I was debating if I should have added my fruit drinks to the list. I mean, I did have a number of those. But I am not sure if it’ll become a regular thing for me. If it does, then it will move to the upper section of the food log.

  • 1 was a glass of pink lemonade I had at home.
  • 6 were fruit drinks.
    • 3 were Fruit Punch Powerades.
      • 2 were 32oz. sizes.
      • 1 was a 20oz. size.
    • 3 were Fruit Punch Gatorades.
      • 2 were 32oz. sizes.
      • 1 was a 20oz. size.

That ends the stats for what I drank last month. Sorry for delaying this stats. I would say I was busy but that would be a lie. I was lazy. Maybe a little busy. But I was more lazy than anything. I cannot say when the food stats will be posted but they will. Keep looking. Thanks for reading.

Kirk

April Stats – Part II: Food

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Finally have the time to create the food log for what I ate last month. Unfortunately, I am having some trouble remembering what I ate for dinner on some the nights. I’ll do my best at it. It’s okay I guess. You will still see everything I ate for the month of April.

Breakfast:

  • 2 Farmer’s Choice Breakfast
    • 4 eggs over easy
    • 4 pancakes
    • 6 pieces of bacon
    • 2 orders of white toast
  • 1 Breakfast Burrito (it was my sister’s birthday)
    • ham, peppers, cheese, salsa, and sour cream
  • 1 Oatmeal
    • (with brown sugar and butter)
  • 5 bagels
    • 4 blueberry bagels with strawberry cream cheese
    • 1 plain bagel with strawberry jam and butter
  • 1 Bowl Of Cinnamon Toast Crunch
  • 1 Breakfast At My Mom’s House
    • 2 eggs over easy
    • 2 pancakes
    • 2 pieces of bacon
    • 3 sausage links
    • 1 order of white toast
    • 6 strawberries
      • 5 with sugar
      • 1 without sugar
  • 9 Jumbo Blueberry Muffins
  • 14 Donuts
    • 8 maple cinnamon rolls
    • 2 cinnamon rolls with chocolate and maple drizzle
    • 3 maple long johns
      • 2 with chocolate drizzle
      • 1 plain
    • 1 maple ring donut with chocolate drizzle

Lunch (work meals):

  • 7 Medium Spicy Beef Lo Mien
    • no vegetables, no oyster sauce
  • 1 Bacon Cheeseburger (lettuce and tomato)
    • 1 side of onion rings
  • 1 California Wrap
    • mistakenly made with onions
  • 1 BBQ Brisket Sandwich On A Bun

    • 1 side of baked beans
    • 1 side of macaroni and cheese
  • 3 Grilled Club Sandwiches

    • 2 bags of fun size fritos
  • 2 BBQ Pork Sandwiches
    • 1 side of baked beans
  • 4 Chicken Wraps (lettuce, tomato, cheese, mayo, pepper)
    • 1 Spicy Chicken Wrap
      • side of baked beans
    • 1 Grilled Chicken Wrap
      • side of baked beans
      • slice of New York Style Cheesecake
    • 2 Chicken Wraps (non spicy)
      • side of baked beans
      • side of onion rings
  • 1 Penne Pasta with Broccoli and Alfredo Sauce

Lunch:

  • 1 Philly Time Deluxe Sandwich (peppers, onions, cheese)
    • 1 side of onion rings
  • 1 Pulled Pork Sandwich On A Corn Bun (Smokehouse BBQ)
    • 1 side of cole slaw
  • 1 Burger King Whopper With Cheese
    • 1 side of onion rings
  • 2 Hot Dogs With Ketchup
  • 1 Subway Cold Cut Combo
    • had an anxiety attack that day
  • 7 Peanut Butter and Raspberry Sandwiches
  • 2 Plates of Egg Noodles

Dinner:

  • 2 McDonald’s 20 Piece Chicken Nuggets
    • 4 sweet and sour sauce
    • 2 BBQ Sauce
    • 2 BBQ Chilpotle Sauces (new?)
  • 1 Burger King Whopper With Cheese
    • 1 side of onion rings
  • 1 Ming Garden General Chicken
    • 1 side of steamed rice
  • 1 Korr’s Butter Pasta
    • 2 beer brats on side
  • 5 Ramen Noodle Soups (chicken flavored)
  • 6 Sandwiches
    • 3 black forest ham on white
      • slice of cheese
      • 3 miracle whips
      • 1 bag of Cool Ranch Doritos
    • 3 honey smoked turkey on white
      • slice of cheese
      • 3 miracle whips
      • 1 bag of original sun chips
  • 1 Plate of my mom’s famous stew
    • 2 incorrectly made long rolls
  • 1 Plate of my moms famous chili
    • 6 crackers on side
  • 1 Popeye’s 3 piece dinner (2 legs, 1 thigh)
    • 1 side of mashed potatoes and gravy
    • 1 biscuit
  • 1 Plate of Spaghetti and Sauce
  • 1 Tostino’s Pizza (pepperoni)

Drinking Snacks:

  • Northern Lights Pizza
    • 2 sausage/pepperoni
    • 2 breadsticks

Dessert:

  • 24 Cookies
    • 2 monster cookies
      • peanut butter, chocolate chip, M&M
    • 3 sugar cookies
      • 2 plain
      • 1 shaped as a spider (see photo)
    • 4 M&M cookies
    • 14 chocolate chip cookies
    • 1 snicker doodle
  • 1 Blue Bunny Neapolitan Ice Cream Bar

Snacking:

  • 1 Garlic Bread Stick
  • 2 Teddy Graham Cookies
    • 1 Cinnamon
    • 1 Honey
  • 1 Butterfinger
  • 1 Twix Bar Package (2 total)
  • 2 Nacho Cheese Doritos
  • 1 Strawberry

Taste Testing:

  • 2 spoonfuls of Cole Slaw
  • 1 taste of BBQ Sauce
  • 1/2 size of Garlic bread stick
  • 1 bite of Old Folk’s Medium Spicy Sausage
  • 1 taste of Michael’s Shitty Chicken Taco Mix
    • he was raving about it. I thought it was horrible. Too much garlic.
  • 1 taste of a Panini
    • turkey, swiss cheese, honey mustard, bacon, cinnamon bread, mayo

Misc…:

  • 2 Valerian Pills

I really need to eat better. I eat nothing healthy. Also, I should really move my cookies to snacking. I don’t think they are desserts. I’ll usually snag a cookie at work if I crave one- which is quite often. Here’s hoping next month improves somewhat.


Foldgers coffee

Bob Evans coffee x 3

Farmers choice

Large coke at movies. Ironman 2

Can of coke

Ramen chicken noodles x 2

April Stats – Part I: Drinks

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I noticed as I collected all the data for this past month, I am not doing anything good to my body. I don’t eat right. I don’t drink right. It’s amazing that with the crap I put in my body, I still stay slim. Everyone says when I hit 40, it’ll come to haunt me. It’s okay. I have 10 more years to improve my eating habits. I am four months into the year and I still log it all. Pretty impressive, huh? Enough of this babbling. Let me show you the stats for the crap I drank.

Coffee:

This month, I had a total of 70 3/4 coffees. Damn. Even with me cutting back on starbucks coffee, I still somehow drink too much. I love coffee though. It’s a nice pick me up. I can drink coffee about any time of the day. It’s even more than what I had at the start of the year. In January, I had 61.  Not that much more but compared to last month (51), I am not doing anything good. To break it down,

  • 6 of those were Starbucks. Now that is impressive. Last month I had 12 and before that, I had 26.

    • 2 of those, were small coffees.
    • 4 were the largest size.

If I keep the math the same (not changing the fact that 2 were smaller size, meaning cheaper, I’ll keep it at the base price of $2.19)

6 x $2.19 = $13.14

  • This month, I had a staggering amount of coffee at work. This is something I really need to ease up on. I mean, look at last month. I had 5. This month I had, 44. I am not even going to do the math. You can see for yourself the huge increase. I can’t help it! I just love coffee. Maybe I can try (and when I say, try, I mean not to) to ease up and only get one cup a day. Who knows. I’m sure it won’t happen.
  • I made 2 trips to Bob Evans this month. I had a total of 5 3/4 cups. That seems about average. I don’t stay there very long. Plus for some reason, their coffee makes me sleepy.
  • The rest of my coffee is drank at home. I have my instant Foldger’s coffee I drink almost every day. Sometime I drink it twice a day. These came to total of, 19.

Soda:

I am still going to drink soda no matter how much I say I won’t. Sure the sugar and other additives are eating away at my insides. It’s like a liquid carnivorous earwig. Last month, I had 56. This month, I had 61. And where did I get all these sodas at? Let me show you.

  • 58 of those were Coke.
    • 28 of those Cokes, were had on break at work.
      • Out of 18 days, 10 days consisted of me having 2 on break
    • 23 of those were cans of coke
    • 2 were from McDonald’s
    • 2 were from Burger King
    • 1 was a small 12oz. glass from work
    • The last 2 were from a trip to a local BBQ restaurant.
  • 3 of those were Pepsi
    • 1 from Philly Time
    • 1 from Popeye’s Chicken
    • 1 from Ming Garden

Juice:

I was on a juice kick last month. I was hoping to keep doing it but no. Like every goal I make with this log, I don’t keep it.This month I had a total of  10 juices.

  • 8 of those juices were Orange Juice
    • 2 were from my trip to Bob Evans
    • 1 was a tall glass of Orange Juice at my moms (she made a delicious breakfast! Free too!)
    • 1 was a 15.2 oz Minute Maid bottle (it was my sister’s birthday. I treated it. Great brother right here!)
    • The final 4 were small 10oz bottles
  • 2 were 10oz. bottles of Minute Maid Mixed Berry

Alcohol:

How I missed you. Last month I had 40. This month I had, 25. I was really hoping that being alone again, I would kill my liver in month. But, no. I am cut back on my alcohol and I don’t know why. Hopefully I can get my groove back. If Stella can, anything is possible.

  • 23 of my measly 25 were Bud Light bottles.
  • The final 2 were Schlitz.

Milk:

I feel as if I have more milk this month than I have in the last 10 years of my life. I usually grab a milk in the morning when I get muffins or donuts to snack on. It’s some pretty damn good milk too.I had a total of 10 milks.

  • Those 10 milks were all chocolate milks. The brand? Belfonte! Eff Tea Double You.

Etc…

To finish off the stats for drinks, here it my Etc… list.

  • 3 8oz. cups of water.
    • 1 was when I began to have an anxiety attack. I am still clueless as to what brings them on. I was at Target buying a few things. Picked up some toothpaste, a candy bar and a toilet brush. Now if my buying a toilet brush its that serious it brought on an attack, I have issues.
    • The other 2 were when I took some Valerian Root pills. They say it helps with stress/anxiety.

And that is it folks! That is the stats for the month of April. I don’t see much difference in what I drink. Only upside is the amount of Starbucks I have cut back on. At the start of the year I had 25 Starbucks. This month it was 6. Impressive my young Padawan.