Kashi Go Lean

In my quest to slim down for the ride season I have been taking what are, by my standards, drastic steps.

I first started on a sugar reduction mission. I drink a very large glass of iced tea (fresh brewed) each day. It was here that I waged the first battle. I would guess that I make about 32 ounces of tea, to which I add 6 teaspoons of sugar. I tried going "sans" sugar, but no dice. I craved the sweet taste. So I went to a sugar substitute based on stevia. Probably better for me, but the taste was off. Tried it in coffee too, same result.

So I am back to sugar, but only 4 teaspoons now. This is, I feel, a happy compromise.

Fresh off that overwhelming victory, I next looked at my other sources of sugar. And that's when an old friend my have been lost. My weekday breakfast has always been a bowl of Frosted Mini Wheats. Love them! I must say here that I measure the serving size to follow the rules, but the word "FROSTED" should have been a very large beacon indicating SUGAR included.

And hence my pilgrimage to the grocery store to find the cereal that is better for me.

If you haven't done this, it can be eye-opening. My Mini Wheats always came from Costco, great prices, huge box size, limited choices. The grocery store has crappy pricing, normal sizing, and an ENTIRE aisle of choices. I worked my way down the whole length, it seemed like a football field, and back. Everything from Cap'n Crunch (oh to be 7 years again) to Grape Nuts. But nothing was blowing my dress up with excitement. As a side note, I lived in Tokyo for many years. I met a guy there whose father is the inventor of Cap'n Crunch. He also invented Gaines Burgers for dogs. I often wondered if these inventions were in some way related.

It was then that my wife and I wandered over to the organic foods aisle, and I discovered Kashi! Now this stuff was more like it. I truly must the last person in the nation to discover Kashi. I settled on Kashi Go Lean Crunch, because I have a nut allergy it really my only choice.

I had a bowl of it this morning with banana slices. Delicious! And so it is good-bye to my old friend Frosted Mini Wheats, hello KGL Crunch.

Travel safe today.